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MO Rev Stat § 168.770 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 168 - Personnel — Teachers and Others|Section 168.770 - Library information and technology program recognized — rulemaking authority.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018   168.770. Library information and technology program recognized — rulemaking authority. — 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:  (1) "School librarian", a teacher who holds a certificate of license to teach under section 168.021 and is certified as a library media specialist by the department of elementary and secondary education;  (2) "School library information and technology program", a school-based program that is staffed by a school librarian and that provides a broad, flexible array of services, resources, and instruction that support student mastery of the essential academic learning requirements and state standards in all subject areas and the implementation of any school improvement plan of the district.  2. Before July 1, 2019, the department of elementary and secondary education shall develop a process for recognition of a district's school library information and technology program.  3. The department of elementary and secondary education may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable, and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2018, shall be invalid and void. ­­-------- (L. 2018 S.B. 743)
MO Rev Stat § 169.022 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.022 - Board of education in sections 169.020 and 169.021 defined.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   169.022. Board of education in sections 169.020 and 169.021 defined. — For the purpose of sections 169.020 and 169.021, as amended, the phrase "board of education" shall with respect to school districts having a population of more than two hundred thousand be deemed to mean and refer to the board of directors of such school district. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 467 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 169.033 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.033 - Contributions by members may be required to be credited to members' accounts by employer, board may adopt plan.

Effective - 14 Jun 1989   169.033. Contributions by members may be required to be credited to members' accounts by employer, board may adopt plan. — The board of trustees by regulation may adopt a plan wherein each and every employer included within the retirement system shall specify that contributions withheld from compensation to members are being paid directly to the retirement system by the employer and that the members had no option to receive the contributions directly. These contributions shall be credited to member accounts as required by law, shall be included in the individual member salaries reported to the retirement system, and shall in all ways be considered member contributions. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 146)  Effective 6-14-89
MO Rev Stat § 169.035 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.035 - Additional deposits by members, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   169.035. Additional deposits by members, when. — A member may at the member's option, and under such regulations as the board of trustees may adopt, deposit additional sums in multiples of twenty-five dollars but not to exceed in total in any one year ten percent of the compensation on which contributions were collected during that year. Such deposits, together with interest thereon compounded in the same manner and at the same rate as for the member's contributions, shall be available to provide at the date of the member's retirement at net rates based on the actuarial assumptions then in use, a retirement allowance in addition to that provided pursuant to section 169.070. In the event of the death of a member before receiving a retirement allowance, the total amount of such accumulated deposits with interest shall be paid to the member's beneficiary, or to the member's estate if there is no beneficiary. In the event of the termination of membership before the member receives a retirement allowance, the member shall be paid the total amount of such accumulated deposits with interest if the member has contributed for more than five years, but without interest if the member has contributed for not more than five years. Such deposits may be withdrawn without interest by a member prior to the member's retirement when the member is not terminating the member's membership, in accordance with regulations of the board of trustees. In case a retired member who is receiving such an additional retirement allowance pursuant to this section dies without having received in additional retirement allowances an amount equal to the amount of the member's accumulated deposits at retirement, the difference shall be paid to the member's beneficiary, or to the member's estate if there is no beneficiary. The option provided by this section shall apply only to members who have elected to begin such deposits before September 1, 1996. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 480 § 169.030, A.L. 1996 S.B. 860)
MO Rev Stat § 169.045 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.045 - Bank deposits of system, how secured.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   169.045. Bank deposits of system, how secured. — Any money belonging to the public school retirement system of Missouri which is deposited in any bank or trust company shall be secured by the deposit with and for said retirement system of securities of like kind and value as required by section 30.270 as security for the safekeeping and payment of deposits by the state treasurer. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 227 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 169.076 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.076 - Death without a valid designated beneficiary, effect of — most recent valid designation of beneficiary revokes previous designations.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   169.076. Death without a valid designated beneficiary, effect of — most recent valid designation of beneficiary revokes previous designations. — 1. If a member dies before service retirement and is not survived by a beneficiary under a valid beneficiary designation filed with the retirement system or all designated beneficiaries have disclaimed the right to receive benefits from the retirement system, the following individuals shall be deemed to be the member's designated beneficiaries, in the following order of precedence, for the purpose of making an election and receiving benefits under paragraph (a) or (b) of subdivision (2) of subsection 3 of section 169.070 or section 169.075:  (1) Surviving spouse at the time of the member's death;  (2) Surviving children eligible to receive benefits under section 169.075 at the time of the member's death, share and share alike;  (3) Surviving children not eligible to receive benefits under section 169.075 at the time of the member's death, share and share alike;  (4) Surviving dependent parents eligible for a benefit under section 169.075 at the time of the member's death, share and share alike;  (5) Surviving parents, share and share alike;  (6) Estate.  2. The member's most recent valid designation of a beneficiary received by the retirement system prior to the member's death revokes all previous designations in their entirety. The member's marriage, divorce, withdrawal of accumulated contributions, or the birth of the member's child, or the member's adoption of a child, shall result in an automatic revocation of the member's previous designation in its entirety upon the retirement system receiving actual notice of such event before or after the member's death and prior to any payments being made under the provisions of this chapter. This section applies to all beneficiary designations filed with the retirement system before or after August 28, 2005, under which payments have not been made under this chapter. This section shall not apply to the member's designation of a beneficiary to receive a monthly benefit upon the death of the member under subdivision (1) of subsection 3 of section 169.070. ­­-------- (L. 2005 H.B. 443)
MO Rev Stat § 169.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.080 - Correction of errors in benefits — adjustment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   169.080. Correction of errors in benefits — adjustment. — Should any change or error in records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the board of trustees shall have the power to correct such error and, as far as practicable, may adjust the payments in such manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 1353 § 8, A.L. 1955 p. 524)
MO Rev Stat § 169.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.090 - Funds not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   169.090. Funds not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment. — Neither the funds belonging to the retirement system nor any benefit accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of sections 169.010 to 169.130 shall be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever, nor shall they be assignable, except in a proceeding instituted for spousal maintenance or child support and as in sections 169.010 to 169.130 specifically provided. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 1353 § 9, A.L. 2009 H.B. 265)
MO Rev Stat § 169.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.100 - Gifts accepted.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   169.100. Gifts accepted. — Gifts, devises, bequests and legacies may be accepted by the board of trustees, to be held and invested and, except where specific direction for the use of a gift is made by a donor, used at its discretion for the benefit of the retirement system. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 1353 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 169.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.110 - Appropriations made by general assembly to be repaid in two-year period.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   169.110. Appropriations made by general assembly to be repaid in two-year period. — To meet the requirements of the retirement system for the period between the time when sections 169.010 to 169.130 shall take effect and the time when sufficient contributions to the system are transmitted by employers, the board of trustees shall have authority to accept on behalf of the system such grants or appropriations as may be made to them or it by the general assembly of Missouri and to repay and return the same to the state treasury when funds of the system sufficient therefor are available; provided, that any funds appropriated by the general assembly shall be repaid within two years after the effective date of sections 169.010 to 169.130; and provided further, that the state of Missouri shall contribute no funds directly or indirectly to finance the plan to pay retirement allowances by appropriation bills or otherwise, except for payments or contributions of persons employed by the state board of education as provided in subsection 6 of section 169.010, and except those funds which the district may receive from time to time under a law or laws providing for a general apportionment of school moneys throughout all the state. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 1353 § 11)
MO Rev Stat § 169.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.140 - Community college, public, full-time employee may be member of retirement system, exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories   169.140. Community college, public, full-time employee may be member of retirement system, exception. — Any person employed in a public community college upon a full-time basis and who shall be duly certificated under the law governing the certification of teachers, or any person employed in said public community college in a full-time teaching, supervisory or educational administrative position certified by the executive officer of the institution for such full-time duties shall be a member of the public school retirement system of Missouri; except that, if the employee is a member of the public education employees' retirement system at the time such employment would qualify him for membership under this section, he may elect to continue in that system if he makes the election to continue at the time he becomes eligible for membership in the public school retirement system. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 325, A.L. 1987 H.B. 713, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1347, et al., A.L. 2005 H.B. 443)
MO Rev Stat § 169.296 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.296 - Indemnity and protection of trustee or employee, limitations — insurance — notice required, when.

Effective - 26 May 1994   169.296. Indemnity and protection of trustee or employee, limitations — insurance — notice required, when. — 1. To the extent determined appropriate by the board of trustees, the retirement system established under sections 169.270 to 169.400 may indemnify and protect any trustee or employee of the retirement system against any or all claims or liabilities, including defense thereof, arising out of his or her responsibilities with respect to the retirement system, provided, however, that no trustee or employee shall be indemnified for his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct. This section shall apply whether the claim is made against the employee or trustee in his or her individual or official capacity.  2. The board of trustees is authorized to obtain and maintain insurance and/or indemnity policies to insure the trustees and employees of the retirement system against any liability or losses incurred as a result of their responsibilities with respect to the retirement system.  3. No employee or trustee shall be entitled to indemnification under this section unless within fifteen days after receipt of service of process he or she shall give written notice of such proceeding to the board of trustees. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 575)  Effective 5-26-94
MO Rev Stat § 169.311 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.311 - One year creditable service, how computed.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   169.311. One year creditable service, how computed. — The board of trustees shall fix and determine by proper rules and regulations how much service in any year is equivalent to one year of creditable service, but in no case shall more than one year of service be creditable for all service in one calendar year, nor shall the board of trustees allow credit as service for any period of more than one pay period's duration, as shown on the salary and wage schedules of the employer, during all of which the member was absent without pay unless such member pays the employee contributions, including contributions by the employer in lieu of employee contributions, for such period as permitted by the board of trustees in accordance with the provisions of section 169.315. ­­-------- (L. 1982 H.B. 1522 § 169.311 subsecs. 1 to 4, A.L. 1989 S.B. 146, A.L. 1994 S.B. 575, A.L. 1995 S.B. 378, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1502 merged with S.B. 1242)
MO Rev Stat § 169.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.320 - Member may retire, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   169.320. Member may retire, when. — The board of trustees shall allow retirement of a member on a service retirement allowance under the following circumstances: Any vested member may retire on an annual service retirement allowance upon written application to the board of trustees setting forth at what future time the person desires to be retired; provided, that the member at the time so specified for retirement shall have attained the minimum normal retirement age, notwithstanding that during such period of notification or at any other time the person may have separated from service. Any member having thirty years of creditable service regardless of age may voluntarily retire upon giving advance written notice to the board of trustees and shall thereafter be entitled to receive monthly payments which are the actuarial equivalent of the monthly payments to which the person would have been entitled had the person's retirement been at the minimum normal retirement age. Any member who desires to retire under the provisions of section 169.563 shall give the board of trustees at least sixty days' written notice of his or her desire to do so. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 787 § 6, A.L. 1945 p. 1342, A.L. 1951 p. 477, A.L. 1957 p. 396, A.L. 1961 p. 369, A.L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 885, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1503, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1522, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1470, A.L. 1989 S.B. 146, A.L. 1993 S.B. 126, A.L. 1994 S.B. 575, A.L. 1995 S.B. 378)
MO Rev Stat § 169.331 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.331 - Retired teachers may teach full time without loss of benefits, when — school district requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   169.331. Retired teachers may teach full time without loss of benefits, when — school district requirements. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of sections 169.270 to 169.400 to the contrary, a retired certificated teacher receiving a retirement benefit from the retirement system established pursuant to sections 169.270 to 169.400 may, without losing his or her retirement benefit, teach full time for up to two years for a school district covered by such retirement system; provided that the school district has a shortage of certified teachers, as determined by the school district. The total number of such retired certificated teachers shall not exceed, at any one time, fifteen certificated teachers.  2. The employer's contribution rate shall be paid by the hiring school district and the employee's contribution rate shall be paid by the employee.  3. Any additional actuarial costs resulting from the hiring of a retired certificated teacher pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid by the hiring school district.  4. In order to hire teachers pursuant to the provisions of this section, the school district shall:  (1) Show a good faith effort to fill positions with nonretired certificated teachers;  (2) Post the vacancy for at least one month;  (3) Have not offered early retirement incentives for either of the previous two years;  (4) Solicit applications through the local newspaper, other media, or teacher education programs;  (5) Determine there is an insufficient number of eligible applicants for the advertised position; and  (6) Declare a critical shortage of certificated teachers that is active for one year.  5. Any person hired pursuant to this section shall be included in the State Director of New Hires for purposes of income and eligibility verification pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1320b-7. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 346 & 174)
MO Rev Stat § 169.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.360 - Trustees shall report annually to employers district's contribution, certification — transfer of funds.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   169.360. Trustees shall report annually to employers district's contribution, certification — transfer of funds. — 1. Before the first of July of each year, the board of trustees shall certify to each employer the amounts which will become due and payable from each during the school year next following to the general reserve fund. The amount so certified shall be appropriated by each employer's board by a resolution explicitly directing the appropriate officials to pay the same, not later than July twenty-fifth of each year and transferred to the retirement system on or before December thirty-first of the same year.  2. Effective January 1, 2019, each employer shall transfer its employer contributions to the retirement system promptly following the end of each payroll period at the time the employer transfers member contributions. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 787 § 10, A.L. 1951 p. 477, A.L. 1961 p. 369, A.L. 1973 H.B. 375, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1522, A.L. 1989 S.B. 146, A.L. 2018 S.B. 892)
MO Rev Stat § 169.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.370 - Obligations chargeable to general revenue fund — alteration of existing rights prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   169.370. Obligations chargeable to general revenue fund — alteration of existing rights prohibited. — 1. Interest charges payable, the creation and maintenance of reserves in the general reserve fund and the payment of all retirement allowances, refunds and other benefits and expenses are hereby made obligations chargeable against the general reserve fund and not of the school district, and the moneys placed in the general reserve fund shall not be diverted or used for other purposes.  2. No alteration, amendment or repeal of sections 169.270 to 169.400 shall be deemed to affect the rights of members of any retirement system established thereunder with reference to deposits previously made, or to reduce any accrued or potential benefits to those who are members at the time when such alterations, amendments, or repeal becomes effective or to reduce the amount of any retirement allowance then payable. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 787 § 11, A.L. 1961 p. 369)
MO Rev Stat § 169.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems|Section 169.380 - Immunity from execution, garnishment or attachment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1982   169.380. Immunity from execution, garnishment or attachment. — Any funds in the charge and custody of the board of trustees of the retirement system under the provisions of sections 169.270 to 169.400 shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever and shall be unassignable, unless otherwise specifically provided in sections 169.270 to 169.400. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 787 § 12, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1522)