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...Each member of the school employees retirement board upon appointment or election shall take an oath of office that he will support the constitution of the United States, the constitution of the state, and that he will diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the said board and that he will not knowingly violate or willfully permit to be violated any law applicable to Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code. Suc...

...tings of the board shall be open to the public except executive sessions as set forth in division (G) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, and any portions of any sessions discussing medical records or the degree of disability of a member excluded from public inspection by section 3309.22 of the Revised Code.

...erence, the board shall ensure that the public can hear and observe the discussions and deliberations of all the members of the board, whether the member is participating in person or electronically. (D) Except as provided in this section, no person shall do any of the following: (1) Limit the number of board members who may attend a meeting by means of video conference; (2) Limit the total number of meetings t...

...oard or a retirant member employed by a public employer in accordance with section 3309.341 of the Revised Code for service to the board. (B) The members of the board shall be reimbursed from the expense fund for all actual necessary expenses incurred while serving on the board. (C) The board may secure insurance coverage designed to indemnify board members and employees for their actions or conduct in the pe...

...The school employees retirement board shall elect, from its membership, a chairperson, and shall employ an executive director who shall serve as secretary.

...unds of the school employees retirement system, and all disbursements therefrom shall be paid by the treasurer of state only upon instruments duly authorized by the school employees retirement board and bearing the signatures of the board; provided, that such instruments may bear the names of the board members printed thereon and the signatures of the president and secretary of the board. The signatures of the presid...

...e legal adviser of the school employees retirement board.

...ness of the school employees retirement system. Effective ninety days after the effective date of this amendment, the board may not employ a state retirement system investment officer, as defined in section 1707.01 of the Revised Code, who does not hold a valid state retirement system investment officer license issued by the division of securities in the department of commerce. The compensation of all persons engag...

...stering the school employees retirement system; with care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims; and by diversifying the investments of the system so as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it i...

...The school employees retirement system shall make no investments through, purchases from, or otherwise do any business with any individual who is, or any partnership, association, or corporation that is owned or controlled by, a person who within the preceding three years was employed by, a board member of, or an officer of the system, or in which a person who within the preceding three years was employed by, a board...

...t cause the school employees retirement system to engage in a transaction, if he knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a direct or indirect: (1) Sale or exchange, or leasing, of any property between the system and a party in interest; (2) Lending of money or other extension of credit between the system and a party in interest; (3) Furnishing of goods, services, or facilities between the system and...

...ransactions on behalf of the retirement system. The policy shall address each of the following: (1) Commissions charged by the agent, both in the aggregate and on a per share basis; (2) The execution speed and trade settlement capabilities of the agent; (3) The responsiveness, reliability, and integrity of the agent; (4) The nature and value of research provided by the agent; (5) Any special capabilities of...

...tem shall disclose the following to the Ohio ethics commission: (1) Anything of value received by the system from an agent and anything of value given on behalf of the system by an agent; (2) The name of any employee of the system with authority over the investment of retirement system funds or any board member of the system who deals with an agent regarding amounts described in division (A)(1) of this section. (B...

...b) A process whereby the board can give public notice to Ohio-qualified investment managers of the board's search for an investment manager that includes the board's search criteria. (2) The board shall determine whether an investment manager is an Ohio-qualified investment manager and whether the investment manager offers quality, services, and safety comparable to other investment managers otherwise available to t...

...nation required by the school employees retirement board in its resolution of purchase, or the board may by its resolution require that all bonds of any series of bonds purchased by it from any taxing district be consolidated and issued as one bond, the principal amount of which shall be equal to the aggregate amount of all the bonds of said series, which principal together with the interest thereon shall be paid in ...

...hanges required by the school employees retirement board. The board shall not change the date of maturity of any part of the principal or interest of any bond issue, nor shall it require a bond of any issue to be of a larger denomination, nor any partial payment of principal to be of greater amount than the aggregate amount of such issue falling due at any date.

...Interest deposited in the guarantee fund created by section 3309.60 of the Revised Code shall be credited annually to the various funds, except the expense fund.

...and no employee of the school employees retirement board shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in the gains or profits of any investment made by the board nor as such, directly or indirectly, receive any pay or emolument for his services. No trustee or employee of the said board, directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent or partner of others, shall borrow any of its funds or deposits or use the same e...

...ries of the school employees retirement system, or SERS retirants and other system retirants as defined in section 3309.341 of the Revised Code, the board shall adopt the tables to be used for valuation purposes and for determining the amount of annuities to be allowed on the basis of the contributions.

...he board shall submit the report to the Ohio retirement study council, the director of budget and management, and the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate with primary responsibility for retirement legislation immediately upon its availability and not later than the first day of May following the year for which the valuation was made. (B) At such times as the school employees retir...

...uation, 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: (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 t...

...e's compensation to be contributed by a public institution of higher education under division (D) of section 3305.06 of the Revised Code. The initial study must be completed and submitted by the board to the department of higher education not later than December 31, 2016. A subsequent study must be completed and submitted not later than the last day of December of every fifth year thereafter. (C) For the initial st...

...in every way the same as service in the public schools. (3) All other individuals who become members. (B) The following individuals may choose to be exempt from compulsory membership by filing a written application for exemption with the employer within the first month after being employed: (1) A student who is not a member at the time of employment and who is employed by the school, college, or university in whic...

...from membership in the school employees retirement system. If a majority of all employees participating in any such local district pension system apply for membership in the school employees retirement system by a petition duly signed and verified, approved by their employer, and filed with the school employees retirement board, all employees included in the membership of such local district pension system shall beco...

...ployee, the school employees retirement system shall inform the employee of the requirements of section 3309.251 of the Revised Code.

...The state teachers retirement board shall provide for the maintenance of an individual account for each contributor showing the amount of the contributor's contributions and any accumulations thereon.

... or reappointment of any teacher in the public day schools of the state, or service upon indefinite tenure, shall be conditioned upon the teacher's acceptance of this chapter, as a part of the contract.

...t such other time as the state teachers retirement board approves, each employer shall certify to the board the names of all teachers to whom this chapter applies.

...requent intervals as the state teachers retirement board approves, notify the board of removals, withdrawals, and changes in compensation of teachers that have occurred during the month preceding or the period since the period covered by the last notification. Not later than ten days after the date of hire, each employer shall notify the board of the employment of a new teacher. Notice shall be on a form provided by...

...on and assistance to the state teachers retirement board as it requires in the discharge of its duties.

...teacher, the state teachers retirement system shall inform the teacher of the requirements of section 3307.25 of the Revised Code.

...of the Revised Code, the state teachers retirement board shall verify the information provided under section 3307.213 of the Revised Code by the best evidence it is able to obtain. If official records are not available as to the length of service of a teacher, compensation, or other information required, the board may use its discretion as to the evidence to be accepted.

...r, in whole or in part, from other than public funds.

...member of the state teachers retirement system on or after the date on which the state teachers retirement board establishes an STRS defined contribution plan shall make an election under this section. Not later than one hundred eighty days after the date on which employment begins, the individual shall elect to participate either in the STRS defined benefit plan or one of the STRS defined contribution plans. If a fo...

...member of the state teachers retirement system who, as of the thirtieth day of June immediately preceding the date on which the system establishes an STRS defined contribution plan, has less than five years of total service credit is eligible to make an election under this section. Not later than one hundred eighty days after the day the state teachers retirement board first establishes an STRS defined contribution ...

...ice credit with the system or any other Ohio state retirement system for service covered by the election.

... the fiscal integrity of the retirement system. (B) For teachers participating in the STRS defined benefit plan, contributions shall be deposited in the teachers' savings fund. For teachers participating in an STRS defined contribution plan, contributions shall be deposited in the defined contribution fund. Contributions made pursuant to this section shall not exceed the limits established by section 415 of the "Int...

...y leave program shall make the periodic employee and employer contributions, in the amounts set pursuant to sections 3307.26 and 3307.28 of the Revised Code, for teachers granted disability leave, based on the teacher's rate of pay in effect at the time disability leave was granted.

...The contributions required under section 3307.26 of the Revised Code may be paid by the employer in accordance with division (h) of section 414 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 414(h), as amended.

...ll pay to the state teachers retirement system an amount which shall be a certain per cent of the earnable compensation of all members, and which shall be known as the "employer contribution." Each employer shall remit the employer contribution at intervals required by the state teachers retirement system. For members participating in the STRS defined benefit plan, the employer contribution shall be deposited into th...

... to the secretary of the state teachers retirement board.

... or at such times as the state teachers retirement board designates the amounts specified in such voucher to the secretary of the board. The secretary, after making a record of all such receipts, shall pay them to the treasurer of state for use according to this chapter.

...ansmit to the state teachers retirement system the contributions required under sections 3307.26 and 3307.28 of the Revised Code. The rules may provide for interest, at a rate determined by the board, in addition to the penalties.

...Employers who obtain funds directly by taxation shall levy annually such additional taxes as are required to provide the additional funds necessary to meet the financial requirements imposed upon them by this chapter, and said tax shall be placed before and in preference to all other items except for sinking fund or interest purposes.

...chools to the state teachers retirement system, as provided in sections 3307.29 and 3307.291 of the Revised Code, shall be made from the amount allocated under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code prior to its distribution to the individual school districts or community schools. The amount due from each school district or community school shall be certified by the secretary of the system to the department of education a...

...unts due the state teachers retirement system from the state treasury pursuant to this chapter shall be promptly paid upon warrant of the director of budget and management pursuant to a voucher approved by the director.

...rship in the state teachers retirement system shall cease on occurrence of any of the following: receipt of payment pursuant to section 3307.56 of the Revised Code or under an STRS defined contribution plan; retirement as provided in sections 3307.58 and 3307.59 of the Revised Code or under an STRS defined contribution plan; death; or denial of membership pursuant to section 3307.24 of the Revised Code.

...ate retirement system" means the public employees retirement system or the school employees retirement system. (5) "State retirement system" means the public employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, or the school employees retirement system. (B)(1) Subject to division (E) of this section, a member of the state teachers retirement system who holds two or more STRS positions may retire under sec...

...it an application to the state teachers retirement system for a benefit consisting of a single life annuity. The annuity shall have a reserve equal to the amount of the superannuate's or retirant's accumulated contributions, as defined in section 3307.50 of the Revised Code, for the period of employment, other than the contributions excluded pursuant to division (F) of section 3307.35 of the Revised Code, and an amou...

...e is to begin. (E) The state teachers retirement board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.