169.595. Sick leave or under workers' compensation, employee may receive creditable service for leave time, requirements. - Missouri Statutes

Sick leave or under workers' compensation, employee may receivecreditable service for leave time, requirements.

169.595. Any employee of a school district who is a member of asystem pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall remain a member ofsuch system during any period of leave under sick leave provisions of thedistrict or under workers' compensation and shall receive creditableservice credit, not otherwise allowable, for such leave time if theemployee makes contributions to the system equal to the amount ofcontributions which would have been made by such employee if such employeehad been on active service status, in accordance with rules and regulationsestablished by the respective retirement system. The school district shallmake contributions on behalf of the employee as provided in the applicableprovisions of this chapter relating to the system involved. Thecontributions of the member shall be made on a monthly or other basis inthe manner provided by the system. The creditable service credit providedin this section shall be granted only for the actual time of the period ofleave under sick leave provisions of the district or under workers'compensation and shall not be granted after the date the member beginsreceiving retirement benefits from the system in which the person is amember.

(L. 1988 H.B. 1100, et al., A.L. 1991 S.B. 242, et al., A.L. 1994 H.B. 1544 merged with S.B. 575, A.L. 1997 H.B. 169 merged with S.B. 309)