Purchasing Service Credit

Types of Purchasable Service Credit

Other Ohio Public Service

Section 3307.76, Revised Code

STRS Ohio has two certification forms for other Ohio public service:

• Ohio Public Employees Retirement System  — for other Ohio public service.
• School Employees Retirement System  — for nonteaching service in a public school in Ohio.

Eligibility Requirements
Below is a list of the basic eligibility requirements:

• You can purchase credit for service under the following Ohio retirement systems:

  • Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS)

  • School Employees Retirement System (SERS)
    

• Provided:

  — Such service is not used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable in the future, or has not already been used in the payment of a retirement benefit;
  
  — You have not contributed to those systems for the service;
  
  — You are not eligible to purchase credit for this service in those systems; and
  
  — You made contributions to STRS Ohio following this type of employment.

Maximum Credit
There is no limit to the amount of credit you can buy, except that total service credit cannot exceed one year in any STRS Ohio fiscal year.

Certification
To request the following certification forms for other Ohio public service, call STRS Ohio toll-free at 1-888-227-7877.

• SERS — for nonteaching service in a public school in Ohio.

• OPERS — for other Ohio public service.

Cost
The cost is based on 50% of the liability to STRS Ohio resulting from this purchase.