RCW 41.35.180
Service credit—Computation.
(1) Except for any period prior to the member's employment in an eligible position, a plan 2 or plan 3 member who is employed by a school district or districts or an educational service district:
(a) Shall receive a service credit month for each month of the period from September through August of the following year if he or she is employed in an eligible position, earns compensation earnable for eight hundred ten hours or more during that period, and is employed during nine months of that period;
(b) Who earns earnable compensation in an eligible position during the period from September through August, except under (a) of this subsection, shall receive service credit according to one of the following methods, whichever provides the most service credit to the member:
(i) If a member in an eligible position for each month of the period from September through August of the following year does not meet the hours requirements of (a) of this subsection, the member is entitled to one-half service credit month for each month of the period if he or she earns earnable compensation for at least six hundred thirty hours but less than eight hundred ten hours during that period, and is employed nine months of that period;
(ii) A member employed in an eligible position for at least five months of a six-month period between September through August of the following year who earns earnable compensation for six hundred thirty or more hours within the six-month period will receive a maximum of six service credit months for the school year, recorded as one service credit month for each month of the six-month period;
(iii) In all other instances, a member in an eligible position is entitled to service credit months as follows:
(A) One service credit month for each month in which compensation is earned for ninety or more hours;
(B) One-half service credit month for each month in which compensation is earned for at least seventy hours but less than ninety hours; and
(C) One-quarter service credit month for each month in which compensation is earned for less than seventy hours.
(2) The department shall adopt rules implementing this section.
[ 2008 c 204 § 2; 1998 c 341 § 19.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions
Chapter 41.35 - Washington School Employees' Retirement System.
41.35.015 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
41.35.020 - System created—Administration.
41.35.033 - Membership—Service credit—Substitute employees—Rules.
41.35.035 - Membership in system—Charter school employers and employees.
41.35.040 - Nonelective position held for at least nine months—Deemed to be eligible position, when.
41.35.070 - Duty disability retirement recipients—Continued service credit.
41.35.080 - Members agree to deductions.
41.35.090 - Employer's contribution—Computation—Billing.
41.35.110 - Disability retirement—Criminal conduct.
41.35.115 - Death benefit—Course of employment—Occupational disease or infection.
41.35.120 - False statements—Penalty.
41.35.130 - Transfer of service credit from statewide city employees' retirement system.
41.35.140 - Hearing prior to appeal required—Notice.
41.35.150 - Hearing prior to appeal required—Conduct of hearing.
41.35.160 - Judicial review in accordance with administrative procedure act.
41.35.170 - Appeal—No bond required.
41.35.180 - Service credit—Computation.
41.35.1801 - Prior service—One-half service credit.
41.35.183 - Purchase of additional service credit—Costs—Rules.
41.35.190 - Effect of certain accumulated vacation leave on retirement benefits.
41.35.200 - Benefit calculation—Limitation.
41.35.210 - Post-retirement cost-of-living.
41.35.220 - Options for payment of retirement allowances—Court-approved property settlement.
41.35.235 - Purchase of life annuity benefit.
41.35.399 - Provisions applicable to plan 2 and plan 3.
41.35.400 - Computation of retirement allowance.
41.35.410 - Lump sum retirement allowance—Reentry—Reinstatement of service.
41.35.420 - Retirement eligibility.
41.35.423 - Member with terminal illness—Removal from system.
41.35.430 - Employer and member contribution rates.
41.35.440 - Earned disability allowance—Disposition upon death of recipient.
41.35.450 - Application for and effective date of retirement allowances.
41.35.470 - Leaves of absence, military service.
41.35.480 - Vested membership.
41.35.490 - Refund of contributions.
41.35.510 - Transfer to plan 3—Irrevocable option.
41.35.599 - Provisions applicable to plan 2.
41.35.600 - Provisions applicable to plan 3—Plan 3 elements.
41.35.610 - Choice of membership in plan 2 or plan 3.
41.35.612 - Right to waive benefit—Irrevocable choice.
41.35.620 - Computation of retirement allowance.
41.35.630 - Additional payment.
41.35.640 - Application for and effective date of retirement allowances.
41.35.650 - Leaves of absence, military service.
41.35.660 - Purchased service credit—Allocation.
41.35.670 - Lump sum payments—Reentry.
41.35.680 - Retirement eligibility.
41.35.683 - Member with terminal illness—Removal from system.
41.35.690 - Earned disability allowance—Disposition upon death of recipient.
41.35.700 - Restored, purchased service credit under plan 2—Transfer to plan 3.
41.35.720 - Employer contribution rates.
41.35.900 - Benefits not contractual right until September 1, 2000.