Shinnick v. State ex rel. Bowers

Citations

• 101 Ohio St. (N.S.) 246

Syllabus

<p>Schools — Teachers’ pensions — >Powers of boards of education — Creation and disbursement of fund — Section 7875 et seq., General Code — •Contributing teacher not re-employed — Twenty years aggregate service — One-half not in district.</p> <p>1. Under the provisions of Part Second, Title V, Chapter 9, of the General Code, the creation of a teachers’ pension fund is optional with the board of education of any school district, but the allowance and payment of such pension must be made as provided by such law and is not within the discretion of the board of education or the board of trustees of'such fund.</p> <p>2. A teacher employed by a board of education of adistrict wherein a teachers’ pension fund has been created, to which he has contributed as .provided by such law, who is willing to continue in such service, but is not re-employed by the board of education, is entitled to a pension under the provisions of said act, where it appears that such teacher had been engaged in teaching in the public schools for a period aggregating twenty years, regardless of whether one-half of the period of his service was rendered in the county within which such school district is situated.</p>