§ 26903 Disability Service Termination Rule

Education Code·California

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•If you get disabled, your work time that counts for retirement benefits stops on the day you become disabled.
•This rule is for two retirement plans: Cash Balance Benefit Program and Defined Benefit Program.
•The law changed in 1998 and started being used in 1999.

Example

A person works at a job and pays into a retirement plan. One day, they get into a bad car accident and become disabled.

The day they become disabled is the last day their work time counts for their retirement benefits. Any work time after that day doesn’t count.

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§ 26903 Disability Service Termination Rule

All creditable service subject to coverage by the Cash Balance Benefit Program and Defined Benefit Program shall be terminated prior to the disability date. (Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 965, Sec. 285. Effective January 1, 1999.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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creditable service Cash Balance Benefit Program Defined Benefit Program disability date

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Education Code. Section 26903.

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