Ohio Code 3309.211 – Amortizing unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability
The school employees retirement board shall establish a period of not more than thirty years to amortize the school employees retirement system’s unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability. The board shall adopt a plan that specifies how it proposes to meet the thirty-year amortization period not later than June 30, 2007. If in any year the period necessary to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability exceeds thirty years, as determined by the annual actuarial valuation required by section 3309.21 of the Revised Code, the board, not later than ninety days after receipt of the valuation, shall prepare and submit to the Ohio retirement study commission and the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate with primary responsibility for retirement legislation a report that includes the following information:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3309.211
- Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
- Pension: means annual payments for life derived from appropriations made by an employer and paid from the employers' trust fund or the annuity and pension reserve fund. See Ohio Code 3309.01
- Year: means the year beginning the first day of July and ending with the thirtieth day of June next following. See Ohio Code 3309.01
(A) The number of years needed to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability as determined by the annual actuarial valuation;
(B) A plan approved by the board that indicates how the board will reduce the amortization period of the unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability to not more than thirty years;
(C) Whether the board has made any progress in meeting the thirty-year amortization period.