Okla. Admin. Code § 715:10-3-1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024
Section 715:10-3-1 - [Effective until 9/14/2025] Requirements for membership service
(a) All members of TRS must be employed a specified amount of time as related to their educational employment position, and earn a minimum salary, before membership service will be awarded. A school\employment year typically falls between July 1 and June 30 of any year. No membership service performed as an unpaid volunteer shall be counted as service credit. For membership service performed on or after July 1, 2013, membership service will be awarded based upon the information provided by each employer certifying full-time equivalent for each position, subject to approval by TRS. No member shall receive one (1) year of membership service credit for less than 960 hours of employment. (This does not mean that a member working 960 hours is automatically entitled to receive one (1) year of membership service.) No more than one (1) year of membership service shall be awarded for all service in any one (1) school year. For membership service performed on or after July 1, 2013, fractional membership service will be awarded for less than full-time employment performed during the contract year.
(b) For membership service performed from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2019, membership service credit will be the result of the days the employee worked during the employment year divided by the number of days the full-time equivalent for that position would be required to work during the entire employment year. A member employed in a position where the full-time equivalent is required to work at least 6 hours per day, 30 hours per week, and 8 months per year shall be considered a full-time employee.
(c) For membership service performed from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2019, the fractional membership service credit awarded for part-time employment will be based on the number of hours the employee works per week divided by the number of hours the full-time equivalent for that position would be required to work per week. A member employed less than 6 hours per day, 30 hours per week, or 8 months in a year shall be considered a part-time employee. If the employee works fewer days per week or employment year than the full-time equivalent, fractional membership service credit will also be awarded based on the number of days the employee works in the employment year divided by the number of days the full-time equivalent works during the employment year.
(d) For membership service performed on or after July 1, 2019, the formula used to calculate membership service credit will be applied in the same manner for both full-time and part-time employment. The minimum requirement for full-time employment is 6 hours per day, 30 hours per week, and 8 months per year. membership service credit will be reduced if the employee works less than the minimum requirement for full-time employment or less than the full-time equivalent for the position worked. membership service credit will be calculated by multiplying the full-time equivalent percentage by the employment year percentage as follows:
(1) Full-time equivalent percentage is calculated by dividing the number of hours per week the member was employed by the number of hours per week for the full-time equivalent position.
(2) Employment year percentage is calculated by dividing the number of days the member was employed by the number of days required for the full-time equivalent position for the full employment year.
(e) For membership service performed on or after July 1, 2016, membership service credit of less than 1.0 shall be rounded to the nearest tenths (0.04 and lower will round down, and 0.05 and higher will round up).

Okla. Admin. Code § 715:10-3-1

Amended by Oklahome Register, Volume 33, Issue 23, August 15, 2016, eff. 8/25/2016
Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 35, Issue 24, September 4, 2018, eff. 9/14/2018
Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 36, Issue 22, August 1, 2019, eff. 8/11/2019
Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 42, Issue 5, November 15, 2024, eff. 10/15/2024, exp. 9/14/2025 (Emergency)