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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The moneys dedicated by R.S. 11:901.28 shall also be used to provide for disability payments to any teacher:
(1) Who is now, on account of physical or mental disability, totally and permanently incapacitated for teaching service and who became so while in active service in the public schools of Louisiana;
(2) Who is not now and has never been eligible for membership in or any benefit from the teachers' retirement system of Louisiana or any other system in operation in the state, save from that fund temporarily created by Act 216 of the Legislature of Louisiana for the year 1940;
(3) Who has served for a minimum of fifteen years as a teacher in the public schools of Louisiana; and
(4) Who was in active service within the five year period immediately preceding August 1, 1936.
The allowance for any person approved for disability benefit under the above requirements shall be computed in the manner set forth in R.S. 11:901.29 for the computation of old age benefit, with the exception that the minimum annual allowance shall not be less than one-third of the average salary received for the last five years of service.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 11, § 901.31. Disability benefits, teachers entitled to receive; computation and amount of benefit - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-11-sect-901-31/
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