5505-7-03 Extended benefits to surviving children.

(A) An unmarried child (over age eighteen) of a deceased member or retirant shall continue to be paid the prescribed benefit if the child is a student and has not reached the age of twenty-three. A child is considered to be a student when enrolled and attending a high school, vocational or trade school, college, or university, in a program designed to complete the equivalent of at least two-thirds of the full-time curriculum requirements of the institution for a school year.

(B) The parent or guardian, and the student, upon request, must complete an application for benefits, including a certification of enrollment from the educational institution .

(C) Benefits are payable through any designated vacation period not to exceed four months, provided the parent or guardian completes a letter of intent as furnished by the system. A vacation period may be considered to be any part of the calendar year.

(D) The parent or guardian, and the student, joint and severally, are responsible to notify the retirement system of any change in the child’s student status and to refund any benefits that were erroneously paid after any such change.

Effective: 04/27/2006

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 02/07/2006 and 04/01/2010

Promulgated Under: 111.15

Statutory Authority: 5505.07

Rule Amplifies: 5505.17

Prior Effective Dates: 10/21/2005, 12/1/1987, 1/1/1986,