Greetings ORTA Members! I trust everyone enjoyed a Merry Christmas and will have a great New Year.   The newsletter from ORTA this month...

In spring 2025, STRS Ohio will hold an election for two contributing member seats and one retired member seat on the STRS Ohio Retirement...

ORTA thanks our members who made phone calls and wrote letters to Ohio's legislators and posted on social media in support of H.R. 82 and...

While reform board members of the State Teachers of Retirement System of Ohio have not fully implemented transparency of investments and...

Let’s reflect on the current state of affairs. While progress is being made, active teachers still have the worst, or one of the worst,...

Good morning. My name is Robin Rayfield, and I am an STRS retiree and the Executive Director of ORTA. Thank you for the opportunity to...

As a rule, we don't post about the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) as they are federal laws...

The STRS fund managers may beat other funds but they don’t beat the market. Misinformation and State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio...

In 2012, Senate Bill 342 was passed. This Bill made many drastic changes that impacted both active and retired teachers. The main impact...