Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 715 - Teachers' Retirement System
Chapter 10 - General Operations
Subchapter 5 - Establishing Other Service Credits
Section 715:10-5-3 - Official sabbatical leave from an Oklahoma school
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a) A member may purchase credit for an official sabbatical leave performed prior to July 1, 1990, provided the member received at least one-half (1/2) pay from the employing school and the governing Board of the employing school or institution granted such leave in its official records or minutes as an "official sabbatical". Payment shall be based on the actuarial cost of such service as defined by OAC 715:10-5-4.
(b) A member may receive credit for an official sabbatical leave performed after July 1, 1990, providing the member receives at least one-half (1/2) pay from the employing school, the governing Board of the employing school or institution designates such leave as an "official sabbatical," and the member notifies the Teachers' Retirement System in writing of his or her intent to make contributions for sabbatical leave credit. To qualify, the member must receive at least one-half pay from the employing school. Compensation from other entities will not qualify in meeting the one-half pay requirement. Contributions for such employment shall be at a rate commensurate with the salary earned as a regular full-time employee in the last preceding school year. "Official sabbatical" means paid leave granted by the governing board of the employing school or institution. The member must elect to participate and make contributions to TRS at the time of the sabbatical. Sabbatical leave cannot be purchased by the member at a later date.
Amended at 16 Ok Reg 743, eff 10-5-98 through 7-14-99 (emergency)1; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 3567, eff 9-13-99
1This emergency action expired before being superseded by a permanent action. Upon expiration of an emergency amendatory action, the last prior permanent text is reinstated. Therefore, on 7-15-99 (after the 7-14-99 expiration of the emergency action), the text of section 715:10-5-3 reverted back to the permanent text that was effective prior to enactment of the emergency action on 10-5-98, as last published in the 1996 Edition of the OAC, and remained as such until amended by permanent action on 9-13-99.
