Correlated Systems

SCRS and PORS are correlated systems. If a member has contributions in more than one of these retirement systems, the member’s service credit is maintained separately within each system; however, the member’s service credit is added together to determine the member’s eligibility for a retirement annuity within each respective system. The 12 highest consecutive quarters of earnable compensation in SCRS or PORS typically are used to calculate a member’s SCRS and PORS retirement annuity unless the service is concurrent (earned at the same time). GARS is also a correlated system in which the member’s years of service may be used to determine retirement eligibility, but not the AFC.