Active Member Login - If you are having trouble logging in, you can call the Member Service Center at (401) 462-7600 from Monday - Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Purchasing Optional Service Credit
You must be an active member of the Retirement System to purchase service credit.
You may purchase a maximum of five (5) years of service credit toward your total years of benefit service (with the exception of a Restoration of Service Credit purchase type).
None of the ones below count towards vesting.
Official Leave of Absence - You may purchase up to four years of credit for time spent on an official leave of absence from your employment. You must return to active employment for at least one year before you are eligible to make this purchase. You must make this purchase within three years of your leave concluding. You will be charged the full actuarial cost of the service credits you are purchasing, based on your current age and your eligible retirement age.
Military Service Credit - If you are called to active duty in the United States Armed Services during your active employment as a public employee after 6/30/2005, you may purchase the missed time by paying the contributions that would have been paid had you not been on leave. You must return to active employment within one month of your active duty ending to be eligible to make this purchase.
Out-of-State and Private School Teaching - If you are a public school teacher in Rhode Island, you may be eligible to purchase up to five years of out-of-state teaching or private school teaching time. Service purchases must be made within three years of your initial date of hire. You will be charged the full actuarial cost of the service credit you are purchasing, based on your current age and your eligible retirement age.