{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-16-15","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-16-15","heading":"Amount of ordinary disability benefit.","body":"Upon retirement for ordinary disability under § 16-16-14, a teacher shall receive a benefit equal to the rate prescribed for service retirement under § 16-16-13 subject to the provisions of § 16-16-20; provided, however, that no teacher retiring with less than ten (10) years of total service shall receive a benefit less than he or she would have received if he or she had ten (10) years of total service.","path":["Title 16 Education","Chapter 16 Teachers’ Retirement [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE16/16-16/16-16-15.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:45Z","sha256":"42e74c1ee4db9d589b955d19c8775816e9c734ceccb312d3c9a31c2a294cdbd7","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-16-14","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-16-16-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}