Chapter 3: Service Credit

PERS Education Service Credit

Summary

This section contains information about service credit for members of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) working for education employers. The information in this section applies only to school districts, educational service districts, higher education institutions, community and technical colleges, the State School for the Deaf, and the State School for the Blind.

Rules governing service credit are contained in state retirement law. This handbook summarizes those rules in less legalistic terms. It is not a complete description of the law. If there are any conflicts between what is written here and state retirement law, the law will govern.