{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-238a.140","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 238A.140","heading":"Accrual of retirement credit.","body":"(1) An active member of the pension program accrues one year of retirement credit for each complete year of service and one-twelfth of a year of retirement credit for each full month and each major fraction of a month of service.\n      (2) An active member who is a school employee shall be credited with at least six months of retirement credit if the member performs service for a major fraction of each month of a school year that falls between January 1 and June 30, and at least six months of retirement credit if the member performs service for a major fraction of each month of a school year that falls between July 1 and December 31.\n      (3) When an eligible employee becomes a member under ORS 238A.100, the board shall credit the eligible employee with retirement credit for the period of employment required of the employee under ORS 238A.100.\n      (4) A member may not accrue more than one full year of retirement credit in any calendar year.\n      (5) For purposes of this section:\n      (a) “Major fraction of a month” or “major fraction of each month” means a month:\n      (A) In which an active member is employed for more than one-half of the total calendar days in that calendar month; and\n      (B) In which the member is being paid a salary by a participating public employer for hours worked in that calendar month.\n      (b) “School employee” means:\n      (A) A person who is employed by a common school district, a union high school district or an education service district;\n      (B) An employee of an institution of higher education who is engaged in teaching or other school activity; and\n      (C) An employee of the Department of Human Services, the Oregon Youth Authority, the Department of Corrections or the State Board of Education who is engaged in teaching or other school activity at an institution supervised by the authority, board or department.","path":["06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections","22. Public officers and Employees","Chapter 238A — Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors238A.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:12Z","sha256":"c09e5b7a12a9df97fbe80f12d1bbc72a66a1fc75d205107224afae740447bacd","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-238a.134","next":"us-or/ors-238a.142"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}