STRS

The special audit was announced in October 2021, after retired Ohio teachers hired a forensic investigator and pensions expert to look into why the fund's board said it couldn't pay cost-of-living increases for the last five years.

The State Teachers Retirement System says that benefit could be restored this summer, but no final decision has been made.

Retired teachers in Ohio will not see a cost of living raise for the next five years. The State Teachers Retirement System board has voted to stop the…