As of Friday, January 30, 2026, all 1099-R forms have been mailed. If you are an SERS benefit recipient and have not received your 1099, it will arrive in the mail soon. The form is also available through Account Login. If…
Your pay date for February is January 30, 2026. You receive a payment stub from SERS twice a year. You also will receive a statement if there are any changes to your monthly payment amount. 2026 Monthly Benefit Payment and Direct…
During this time of year, the to-do list items seem to keep multiplying. While there are few things to keep in mind as far as your SERS payments and benefits are concerned, we are here to help you keep it all…
Whether you’ll be celebrating Kwanzaa, Christmas, or the end of Hanukkah in the coming days, we hope it is a wonderful and peaceful time. We will close early on December 24, beginning at 12 p.m., and remain closed through Thursday, December…
To all our Education Support Professionals: from bus drivers to secretaries, custodians to classroom aides, and food service to security — we thank you for all that you do to keep Ohio’s schoolchildren healthy and safe each and every day. Happy…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that the 2026 standard Medicare Part B premium will be $202.90 per month, an increase of $17.90 from $185 in 2025. Most Americans’ Part B premium is automatically deducted from their…
The federal government has shut down, but SERS members and retirees can expect business as usual. Member and employer contributions will continue to be processed and benefit payments also will be processed and delivered on time. Government services that will not…
At its September meeting, the Board unanimously voted to approve a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase for eligible benefit recipients in 2026. By statute, SERS’ COLA is based on the year-to-year change in the Consumer Price Index (June 2024 to June…
The American Investment Council (AIC), a private equity advocacy and research organization, released its annual Retirement Security Report this week, naming School Employees Retirement System of Ohio number two on their list of top pension funds with the highest private equity…
Scammers are at it again. If you received an innocent-sounding text from a number you did not recognize, it’s probably not that innocent. It might be the start of a “wrong phone number” scam, which is being used to steal money…
