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New! As an ORTA member, you may now register your own UNIQUE Username and Password for the Members-Only area at www.orta.org. The former ORTA issued usernames and passwords are no longer valid. Click HERE to register.

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Click on the icon above to read or print 22 Reasons to Join ORTA.
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Let Them Know...
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STRS Retirees, it is time that we remind our legislators of the assets our communities receive through the Defined Benefits of STRS retirees. Click HERE to go to the members-only area for ideas and contact information for Ohio legislators and ORSC members. Need a username and password? Click HERE.

Pension News 7-29-10

Social Security WEP/GPO Action Alert - Your Help Needed!

Click here to see: Special Pension Plan Reform Articles - STRS Ohio.

Cost of Living Adjustments from Other States

PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT PLAN ENACTMENTS IN 2010 STATE LEGISLATURES

Attention ORTA Members:

A Special Edition of the ORTA Leadership Bulletin is available in the Members-Only area. Need your own unique username and password? Sign up HERE and stay in touch.
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The ORTA Quarterly is now available for reading online in the Members-Only area. There you will find the latest articles from our Executive Director and from our President.

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Ann Hanning, ORTA Executive Director
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Bob Dengler, 2010 ORTA President

STRS Ohio Responds to Newspaper Articles about Reemployed Retirees (link to STRS article)

Learn more about the Legislative Service Commission (LSC) - the group drafting the pension legislation

Links to articles of interest on other sites:

 NEW  7-21-10 Ohio, NY Pension Funds Seek Recovery from BP from Dayton Daily News

7-17-10 AIG agrees to pay $725 million to investors in settlement  from KPIC.com

7-15-10
  STRS Lays Off Nine Employees link to Columbus Dispatch

STRS Health Care Premiums and Program Changes for 2011 link to STRS Ohio site

Teacher Salaries Next on Recession's Hit List from The Columbus Dispatch

Will State Pension Funds Need a Bailout? from Newsweek.com

STRS Board Meeting Minutes and Legislative News go to  www.strsoh.org

Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation Hosts Competition for Aspiring Authors

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Click on the calculator for the answer.

Sign on to Social Security Fairness: WEP/GPO HERE.
 

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The first permanent settlement in Ohio was Marietta settled in 1788 and named in honor of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France.

The first university in Ohio and the Northwest territory was Ohio University established in 1804.

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