(A) A member participating in the STRS defined benefit plan who has disability coverage under this section and is determined by the state teachers retirement board under section 3307.62 of the Revised Code to qualify for a disability benefit shall receive a disability allowance under this section. The allowance shall be an annual amount equal to the greater of the following:

1. (1) Forty-five per cent of the member's final average salary;
2. (2) The member's total service credit multiplied by two and two-tenths per cent of the member's final average salary, not exceeding sixty per cent of the member's final average salary.

(C) A disability allowance paid under this section shall terminate at the earliest of the following:

1. (1) The effective date of service retirement under section 3307.57 or 3307.58 of the Revised Code;
2. (2) The date the allowance is terminated under section 3307.48 of the Revised Code;

3. (3) The later of the last day of the month in which the recipient attains age sixty-five, or the last day of the month in which the benefit period ends as follows:

   Attained Age at Effective Date
   of Disability Allowance	Benefit Period
   60 or 61	60 months
   62 or 63	48 months
   64 or 65	36 months
   66, 67, or 68	24 months
   69 or older	12 months