State ex rel. Domhoff v. Ohio Pub. Emps. Retirement Sys. Bd. (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} We affirm the judgment in this appeal from the Tenth District Court of Appeals. Appellants, five former student-employees of Youngstown State University (“YSU”), sought a writ of mandamus against the Board of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (“OPERS”). One of the few exceptions to public-employee membership in OPERS is described in R.C. 145.03. That statute provides that a student employee is exempt from OPERS membership if he or she requests exemption by submitting a form to OPERS, OPERS approves the exemption, and the student is “continuously employed” by the school,…