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During Your Career

Members enrolled in the Combined Plan who have not yet retired or withdrawn their accounts may be eligible for benefits while teaching such as disability and survivor protection.

Resources

  • Benefits Counseling
  • Seminars & Webinars
  • Forms
  • Benefits Education Videos

Benefits While Teaching

  • Member Services
  • Disability Benefits
  • Survivor Benefits
  • Member Account
  • Adding to Your Account
  • Portability
  • Account Withdrawal
  • Register for Personal Account

Preparing for Retirement

  • Adding to Your Account
  • Applying for Benefits
  • Payment of Benefits
  • Account Withdrawal
  • Social Security
  • Reemployment
  • Register for Personal Account
  • Supplemental Savings

Life Events

  • Marriage
  • Birth/Adoption of a Child
  • Divorce
  • Death of a Spouse
  • Death of an Active Member

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As a participant in the Combined Plan, a portion of your retirement income comes from the performance of the investment choices you selected for the defined contribution portion of your account during your teaching career and market annuity rates in effect at retirement.

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Life Events

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  • Marriage
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  • Death of a Spouse
  • Death of a Benefit Recipient

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STRS Ohio offers a variety of ways for active members and benefit recipients to access information online.

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    Benefit Estimate
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  • Disability
  • W-4P Tax Withholding Estimate

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During Your Career

Members enrolled in the Combined Plan who have not yet retired or withdrawn their accounts may be eligible for benefits while teaching such as disability and survivor protection. Retirement planning information is also available in this section of the website, as well as schedules for various member education programs and benefits counseling sessions.

As a Combined Plan member, your member contributions fund a defined contribution account that you allocate among eight different investment choices. You can access your defined contribution account through the STRS Ohio/NRS website.

Benefits While Teaching

  • Member Services
  • Disability Benefits
  • Survivor Benefits
  • Member Account
  • Adding to Your Account
  • Portability
  • Account Withdrawal
  • Register for Personal Account
 
Disability Benefits
  • Defined Benefit Plan Participants
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants

Preparing for Retirement

  • Benefits Counseling
  • Seminars & Webinars
  • Adding to Your Account
  • Applying for Benefits
  • Payment of Benefits
  • Account Withdrawal
  • Social Security
  • Reemployment
  • Register for Personal Account
  • Supplemental Savings
 
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Combined Plan Retirement Benefits
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  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants

Life Events

  • Marriage
  • Birth/Adoption of a Child
  • Divorce
  • Death of a Spouse
  • Death of an Active Member
  • Defined Benefit Plan Participants
  • Defined Contribution Plan Participants

Calculators

  • Service Retirement Benefit Estimate
  • Purchasing Service Credit
  • Disability
  • Survivor Benefits
  • W-4P Tax Withholding Estimate

Counseling & Seminars

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