Salary continuation benefit

If you do not designate a beneficiary, salary continuation benefits are paid in the following order to your:

• spouse, provided the marriage occurred at least one year before your death
• children, regardless of age
• estate
  

Amount of benefit

Your benefit equals the disability benefits basis,* payable in 12 equal monthly installments if you are:

• an active employee, or
• receiving disability benefits under the Death and Disability Plan when you die, or
• a minister who has coverage when you die because of certain election, enrollment, and employment statuses

*The disability benefits basis is the greater of the effective salary, as reported to the Board, or the median effective salary as of the date any benefits payments begin, up to the IRS compensation limit.