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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-2687 Retirement fund, certain cities; assessments; tax levy, use of proceeds; gifts.

72-2687.
Retirement fund, certain cities; assessments; tax levy, use of proceeds; gifts.
In any city of the first class in the state of Kansas having a population of more than eighty thousand and less than one hundred twenty thousand, there may be created by the board of education of such city a retirement fund for board of education employees, which fund, when created, and the management and disbursement thereof, shall be under the control of the board of education of such city except that this act shall not apply to any teachers or other employees while they are members of and participating in a separate school retirement system or fund operated by said board of education. Such retirement fund shall be created and maintained in the following manner:
First, By an assessment of not less than one percent nor more than six percent of every installment of salary paid to such board of education employee in such city.
Second, By the setting aside by the board of education of such city of an amount which shall be not less than one and one-half times the amount of salary assessments, and not less than the amount necessary to meet the payments herein provided for; such amount and an amount to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by cities under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, for the financing of redevelopment projects upon property located within the school district may be raised by special levy and none of the debt or tax limitations provided by law shall apply to such levy made under this act, except that in no event shall such levy exceed one-quarter mill on each dollar of assessed valuation of real and personal property located within the taxing district of said board of education.
Third, By the receipt, by gift or otherwise, of any real, personal, or mixed property, or any interest therein.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 339, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 327, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 171; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-2688 Same; school board employees in cities between 80,000 and 120,000; disbursement and investment of fund.

72-2688.
Same; school board employees in cities between 80,000 and 120,000; disbursement and investment of fund.
Such a retirement fund when thus created and maintained, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be disbursed in the manner hereinafter set forth. Any surplus of fund not needed for immediate disbursement shall be invested by the board of education of such school district, acting as trustees of such fund as provided in K.S.A. 72-17,125.
History: L. 1941, ch. 339, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 282, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-2689 Same; retirement and payment of employees; conditions.

72-2689.
Same; retirement and payment of employees; conditions.
Any such board of education employee who has been credited under the rules and regulations of such board of education with an aggregate of twenty-five years of service may be retired by such board of education. Any such employee so retired under the foregoing provisions of this section shall be entitled to receive from such retirement fund, so long as such employee shall live, equal monthly payments which shall aggregate five hundred dollars per annum: Provided, however, That no one shall receive such pension without paying into the fund therefor, by way of assessment or otherwise, not less than the amount of the first annual pension to which such person shall be entitled. In order to make up such an amount, the board of education may provide for any deficiency by deducting the necessary amount from the first year's pension payments in equal amounts each month.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 339, § 3; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-2690 Same; retirement and payment on account of disability, when; reinstatement.

72-2690.
Same; retirement and payment on account of disability, when; reinstatement.
Any such board of education employee who has been credited under the rules and regulations of such board of education with an aggregate of fifteen or more years of service may be retired by such board of education on account of age, disability or incapacity, physical or otherwise. Any such employee so retired shall be entitled to receive from such retirement fund, during the period of retirement, monthly installments, the annual aggregate of which shall be such percentage of five hundred dollars as the number of years such service of the beneficiary shall bear to the term of twenty-five years. Any such employee so retired may, at the discretion of the board of education, should such employee's incapacity or disability be removed, be reinstated as an employee, and any right to any payments from this fund until such employee shall again be retired shall cease with such reinstatement. Should any employee be so reinstated, the years of such retirement shall be included in arriving at the term of service when such employee may again be retired, but no credit for such years of retirement shall be given in arriving at the amount such employee shall be entitled to receive from the retirement fund.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 339, § 4; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-2691 Same; refund to employee; voluntary retirement; payment to heirs, when.

72-2691.
Same; refund to employee; voluntary retirement; payment to heirs, when.
If any time any such board of education employee who is willing to continue is not re-employed or is discharged before the time when he or she would, under the provisions of this act, be entitled to a pension, then such employee shall be paid back at once the money he or she may have contributed under this act. Any such employee who shall retire voluntarily from the service shall receive a refund of one-half of the money he or she shall have contributed under this act. Should any such employee die before receiving any of the benefits or pensions by this act provided, the board of education shall pay to such employee's heirs or estate the full amount, without interest, which shall have been paid into such pension fund by said employee.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 339, § 5; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-2692 Same; fund kept separate; disbursement.

72-2692.
Same; fund kept separate; disbursement.
It is hereby made the duty of the treasurer of the board of education of such city to keep any fund arising under the provisions of this act as a separate fund for such employees, and to disburse the same in accordance with the instructions and orders of the board of education of such city.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 339, § 6; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-2693 Same; employee defined.

72-2693.
Same; employee defined.
The term "employee" as used in this act shall include all persons employed regularly in the conduct of the schools of said city, as determined by the rules and regulations of said board of education, but shall not include temporary employees, or any persons participating in any other pension plan, whether operated by said board of education or any other public body.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 339, § 7; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-2695 Retirement fund for teachers and employees, certain cities; assessments; tax levy, use of proceeds; gifts.

72-2695.
Retirement fund for teachers and employees, certain cities; assessments; tax levy, use of proceeds; gifts.
In any city of the first class having a population of less than 120,000 in the state of Kansas there may be created by the board of education of such city a public school teachers' and other public school employees' retirement fund, which fund when created, and the management and disbursement thereof, shall be under the control of the board of education of such city. Such retirement fund shall be created and maintained in the following manner:
First. By an assessment of not less than one percent nor more than six percent of every installment of salary paid to a teacher or other public school employee employed in such city.
Second. By the setting aside by the board of education of such city of an amount which shall be not less than one and one-half times the amount of salary assessments, and not less than the amount necessary to meet the payments herein provided for; such amount and an amount to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by cities under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, for the financing of redevelopment projects upon property located within the school district may be raised by special levy and none of the debt or tax limitations provided by law shall apply to such levy made under this act, except that in no event shall such levy in any one year exceed one mill on each dollar of assessed valuation of real and personal property located within the taxing district of said board of education.
Third. By the receipt, by the gift, or otherwise, of any real, personal, or mixed property, or any interest therein.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 340, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 253, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 327, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 172; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-2696 Same; disbursement and investment of fund.

72-2696.
Same; disbursement and investment of fund.
Such a retirement fund when thus created and maintained, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be disbursed in the manner hereinafter set forth. And any surplus of the fund not needed for immediate disbursement shall be invested by the board of education of such school district acting as trustees of such fund as provided in K.S.A. 72-17,125.
History: L. 1941, ch. 340, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 282, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-2697 Same; retirement and payment; conditions.

72-2697.
Same; retirement and payment; conditions.
Any teacher who has been credited under the rules and regulations of such board of education with an aggregate of thirty years of teaching experience may be retired by the board of education. Any teacher so retired under the foregoing provisions of this section, provided that at least twenty years of such accredited teaching experience shall have been in the public schools of such cities of the first class, shall be entitled to receive from such retirement fund, so long as such teacher may live, equal monthly payments, which shall aggregate one-third of such teacher's average annual salary for the last ten years of such teaching, except that no such teacher so retired shall receive less than five hundred dollars per annum or more than nine hundred dollars per annum; any other public school employee who has been credited under the rules and regulations of such board of education with an aggregate of thirty years of experience under such regulations of such board of education, may be retired by such board of education. Any other public school employee so retired under the foregoing provisions of this section, provided that at least twenty years of such accredited experience shall have been in the public schools of such cities of the first class, shall receive from such retirement fund, so long as he or she shall live, equal monthly payments which shall aggregate one-third of such public school employee's average annual salary for the last ten years of such service, except that no such public school employee shall receive less than three hundred sixty-five dollars per annum or more than nine hundred dollars per annum: Provided, however, That no teacher or other public school employee shall receive such pension without paying into the fund by way of assessments or otherwise, not less than the amount of the first annual pension to which such person shall be entitled and in order to make up such an amount, the board of education may provide for any deficiency by deducting the necessary amount from the first year's pension payments in equal amounts each month.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 340, § 3; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-2698 Same; retirement and payment on account of disability, when; reinstatement.

72-2698.
Same; retirement and payment on account of disability, when; reinstatement.
Any teacher who has been credited under the rules and regulations of such board of education with an aggregate of twenty-five or more years of teaching experience may be retired by such board of education on account of disability or incapacity, physical or otherwise. Any teacher so retired, provided that at least fifteen years of such accredited teaching experience shall have been in the public schools of said cities, shall be entitled to receive from such retirement fund during the period of retirement, monthly installments, the annual aggregate of which shall be such percentage of the computed annual annuity as the number of years of such accredited teaching experience of the beneficiary shall bear to the term of thirty years. Any other public school employee, who has been credited under the rules and regulations of such board of education, with an aggregate of twenty-five or more years of accredited experience, may be retired by such board of education on account of disability or incapacity, physical or otherwise.
Any other public school employee so retired, provided that at least fifteen years of such accredited experience shall have been in the public schools of such cities shall be entitled to receive from such retirement fund, during the period of retirement, monthly installments, the annual aggregate of which shall be such percentage of the computed annuity as the number of years of such accredited experience of the beneficiary shall bear to the term of thirty years. Any teacher or other public school employee so retired may, at the discretion of the board of education, should such teacher's or other public school employee's incapacity or disability be removed, be reinstated as a teacher or other public school employee and any right to any payments from this fund until such teacher or other public school employee again be retired shall cease with such reinstatement. And should any teacher or other public school employee be so reinstated, the years of such retirement shall be included in arriving at the term of service when such teacher or other public school employee may again be retired, but no credit for such years of retirement shall be given in arriving at the amount such teacher or other public school employee shall be entitled to receive from the retirement fund.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 340, § 4; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-2699 Same; refunds, when; accepting service in another city operating under this act; voluntary retirement; payment to heirs, when.

72-2699.
Same; refunds, when; accepting service in another city operating under this act; voluntary retirement; payment to heirs, when.
If at any time a teacher or other public school employee who is willing to continue, is not re-employed or is discharged before the time when he or she would, under the provisions of this act, be entitled to a pension, then such teacher or other public school employee shall be paid back at once the money, without interest, he or she may have contributed under this act. Should a teacher or other public school employee duly accredited in a city of the first class, accept service in the public schools of another city of the first class, operating under this law, a sum equivalent to all payments, without interest, made by such teacher or other public school employee into the retirement fund shall be transferred to the retirement fund of the city in which such service is accepted. Any teacher or other public school employee who shall retire voluntarily from the service shall receive a refund of one-half of the money, without interest, he or she shall have contributed under this act.
And should any teacher or other public school employee die before receiving any of the benefits or pensions by this act provided, the board of education shall pay to such teacher's or other public school employee's heirs or estate the entire sum, without interest, which such teacher or other public school employee shall have paid into such pension fund; and further, if such teacher or other public school employee is retired as an annuitant at the time of his or her death, then if such an annuitant shall have died before he or she has received one year's annuity, the heirs or estate of such annuitant shall receive an amount from said fund equal to the difference between the amount such deceased teacher or other public school employee has received and the amount he or she would have received under this act had he or she lived for one year after retirement under this act.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 340, § 5; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,100 Same; teacher and other public school employee defined.

72-26,100.
Same; teacher and other public school employee defined.
In construing this act, the word teacher shall include all members of the teaching staff regularly employed by the board of education of such city, which shall include superintendents, supervisors, and assistants to the superintendent of instruction, principals and teachers. Other public school employees shall include engineers, janitors, nurses, doctors, clerks, secretaries, stenographers, and librarians, and all other employees regularly employed by the board of education of such city.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 340, § 6; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,101 Same; fund kept separate; disbursement.

72-26,101.
Same; fund kept separate; disbursement.
It is hereby made the duty of the treasurer of the board of education of such city to keep any fund arising under the provisions of this act as a separate fund and to disburse the same in accordance with the instructions and orders of the board of education of such city.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 340, § 7; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,102 Same; exemption of salary and waiver of benefits; time for requesting.

72-26,102.
Same; exemption of salary and waiver of benefits; time for requesting.
After said retirement fund shall be created, by said board of education of such city, the salary of any teacher or other public school employee regularly employed by such city shall be exempt from the provisions of this act provided such teacher or other public school employee shall make a request in writing for such exemption and files the same with the board of education of such city within one month after the effective date of this act or within one month after such teacher or other public school employee shall enter upon such regular employment as a teacher or other public school employee, and such request, when filed with the board of education of such city, shall constitute a waiver and a bar to the receipt of any benefits from the retirement fund herein provided for.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 340, § 8; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,103 Same; rules and regulations.

72-26,103.
Same; rules and regulations.
The board of education shall have power to adopt rules and regulations for the carrying out of the purpose of this act not in conflict therewith.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 340, § 9; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,104 Same; retirement funds under K.S.A. 72-1726 through 72-1734 and K.S.A. 72-1780 through 72-1787.

72-26,104.
Same; retirement funds under K.S.A. 72-1726 through 72-1734 and K.S.A. 72-1780 through 72-1787.
All retirement funds heretofore operating under K.S.A. 72-1726 to 72-1734, inclusive for cities of the first class, and all retirement funds heretofore operating under K.S.A. 72-1780 to 72-1787, inclusive for cities of the first class having a population of more than 60,000 and less than 90,000, shall hereafter be continued under and governed by the terms of this act.
History:
L. 1941, ch. 340, § 11; L. 1943, ch. 253, § 2; February 18.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,105 Retirement fund for teachers and employees, certain cities; assessments; tax levy, use of proceeds; gifts.

72-26,105.
Retirement fund for teachers and employees, certain cities; assessments; tax levy, use of proceeds; gifts.
In any city of the first class having a population of less than 120,000 in the state of Kansas there may be created by the board of education of such city a public school teachers' and other public school employees' retirement fund, which fund when created, and the management and disbursement thereof, shall be under the control of the board of education of such city. Such retirement fund shall be created and maintained in the following manner:
First. By an assessment of not less than one percent nor more than six percent of every monthly installment of salary paid to a teacher or other public school employee employed in such city except that so much of any such salary installment as is in excess of $250 shall be exempt from such assessment.
Second. By the setting aside by the board of education of such city of an amount which shall be not less than one and one-half times the amount of salary assessments, and not less than the amount necessary to meet the payments herein provided for; such amount and an amount to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by cities under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, for the financing of redevelopment projects upon property located within the school district may be raised by special levy and none of the debt or tax limitations provided by law shall apply to such levy made under this act, except that in no event shall such levy in any one year exceed one mill on each dollar of assessed valuation of real and personal property located within the taxing district of said board of education.
Third. By the receipt, by the gift, or otherwise, of any real, personal, or mixed property, or any interest therein.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 384, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 327, § 3; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 173; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,106 Same; disbursement and investment of fund.

72-26,106.
Same; disbursement and investment of fund.
Such a retirement fund when thus created and maintained, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be disbursed in the manner hereinafter set forth. And any surplus of the fund not needed for immediate disbursement shall be invested by the board of education of such school district acting as trustee of such fund as provided in K.S.A. 72-17,125.
History: L. 1947, ch. 384, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 282, § 5; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,107 Same; retirement and payment; conditions.

72-26,107.
Same; retirement and payment; conditions.
Any teacher or other public school employee who has been credited under the rules and regulations of such board of education with an aggregate of thirty years of teaching experience or other employment, and has attained the age of sixty years, may be retired by the board of education. Any teacher or other public school employee so retired under the foregoing provisions of this section, provided that at least twenty years of such accredited teaching experience or other employment shall have been in the public schools of cities of the first class of the state of Kansas, shall be entitled to receive from such retirement fund, so long as such teacher or other public school employee may live, equal monthly payments, which shall aggregate one-half of such teacher's or other public school employee's annual salary for the last ten years of such teaching or employment, except that no such teacher or other public school employee who is so retired shall receive more than $1,500 per annum. Any teacher or other public school employee who has been credited under the rules and regulations of such board of education with an aggregate of thirty years of teaching experience or employment, but who has not reached the age of sixty years, may be retired by the board of education.
Any teacher or other public school employee so retired under the foregoing provisions of this section, provided that at least twenty years of such accredited teaching experience or other employment shall have been in the public schools of cities of the first class of the state of Kansas, shall be entitled to receive from such retirement fund, so long as such teacher or other public school employee may live, equal monthly payments, which shall aggregate one-third of such teacher's or other public school employee's annual salary for the last ten years of such teaching or employment, except that no such teacher or other public school employee who is retired prior to reaching sixty years, shall receive more than nine hundred dollars per annum, and no such teacher so retired shall receive less than five hundred dollars per annum, and no other public school employee shall receive less than $365 per annum: Provided, however, That no teacher or other public school employee shall receive either such pension without paying into the fund by way of assessments or otherwise, not less than the amount of the first annual pension to which such person shall be entitled, and in order to make up such an amount the board of education may provide for any deficiency by deducting the necessary amount from the first year's pension payments in equal amounts each month.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 384, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,108 Same; retirement and payment on account of disability, when; limitation; medical examination; reinstatement.

72-26,108.
Same; retirement and payment on account of disability, when; limitation; medical examination; reinstatement.
Any teacher or other public school employee who has been credited under the rules and regulations of such board of education with an aggregate of twenty-five (25) or more years of teaching experience or other employment may be retired by such board of education on account of disability or incapacity, physical or otherwise. Any teacher or other public school employee so retired, provided that at least fifteen (15) years of such accredited teaching experience or other employment shall have been in the public schools of cities of the first class of the state of Kansas, shall be entitled to receive from such retirement fund during the period of retirement, monthly installments, the annual aggregate of which shall be such percentage of one-half (1/2) of such teacher's or other public school employee's average annual salary for the last ten (10) years of such service as the number of years of such accredited teaching experience or other employment of the beneficiary shall bear to the term of thirty years, except that no such teacher or other public school employee who is so retired shall receive more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per annum.
The board of education is authorized to provide for medical examinations and to secure other evidence, at the expense of the retirement fund, for any teacher or other public school employee retired by such board of education on account of disability or incapacity, physical or otherwise. Such medical examinations shall be repeated at least every year, and may be ordered at any time until the beneficiary attains the age of sixty-five (65). In case any person receiving payments under this act by reason of disability shall recover, or if he shall refuse to be examined, then payments to such person from the retirement fund created by this act shall cease. In case any person receives payments under this act by reason of being retired because of disability and later recovers and returns to school service, the service record of such person shall include all school service, both before and after, but not during disability.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 384, § 4; L. 1959, ch. 284, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,109 Same; refunds, when; accepting service in another city operating under this act; voluntary retirement; payment to heirs, when.

72-26,109.
Same; refunds, when; accepting service in another city operating under this act; voluntary retirement; payment to heirs, when.
If at any time a teacher or other public school employee who is willing to continue, is not re-employed or is discharged before the time when he would, under the provisions of this act, be entitled to a pension, then such teacher or other public school employee shall be paid back at once the money, without interest, he may have contributed under this act. Should a teacher or other public school employee duly accredited in a city of the first class, accept service in the public schools of another city of the first class, operating under this law, a sum equivalent to all payments, without interest, made by such teacher or other public school employee into the retirement fund shall be transferred to the retirement fund of the city in which such service is accepted. Any teacher or other public school employee who shall retire voluntarily from the service shall receive a refund of all of the money, without interest, he shall have contributed under this act: Provided, That if any teacher or other public school employee shall so retire before the expiration of the contract under which he is employed he shall only receive a refund of one-half of the money, without interest, he shall have contributed under this act unless such retirement is occasioned by ill health or other just cause and the final determination of the same shall be vested in the board of education.
And should any teacher or other public school employee die before receiving any of the benefits or pensions by this act provided, the board of education shall pay to such teacher's or other public school employee's heirs or estate the entire sum, without interest, which such teacher or other public school employee shall have paid into such pension fund; and further, if such teacher or other public school employee is retired as an annuitant at the time of his death, then if such an annuitant shall have died before he has received one year's annuity, the heirs of estate of such annuitant shall receive an amount from said fund equal to the difference between the amount such deceased teacher or other public school employee has received and the amount he would have received under this act had he lived for one year after retirement under this act.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 384, § 5; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,110 Same; teacher and other public school employee defined.

72-26,110.
Same; teacher and other public school employee defined.
In construing this act, the word teacher shall include all members of the teaching staff regularly employed by the board of education of such city, which shall include superintendents, supervisors, and assistants to the superintendent of instruction, principals and teachers. Other public school employees shall include engineers, janitors, nurses, doctors, clerks, secretaries, stenographers, and librarians, and all other employees regularly employed by the board of education of such city.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 384, § 6; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,111 Same; fund kept separate; disbursement.

72-26,111.
Same; fund kept separate; disbursement.
It is hereby made the duty of the treasurer of the board of education of such city to keep any fund arising under the provisions of this act as a separate fund and to disburse the same in accordance with the instructions and orders of the board of education.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 384, § 7; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,112 Same; exemption of salary and waiver of benefits; time for requesting.

72-26,112.
Same; exemption of salary and waiver of benefits; time for requesting.
After said retirement fund shall be created by said board of education of such city, the salary of any teacher or other public school employee regularly employed by such city shall be exempt from the provisions of this act provided such teacher or other public school employee shall make a request in writing for such exemption and files the same with the board of education of such city within one month after the effective date of this act or within one month after such teacher or other public school employee shall enter upon such regular employment as a teacher or other public school employee, and such request when filed with the board of education of such city, shall constitute a waiver and a bar to the receipt of any benefits from the retirement fund herein provided: Provided, however, That a teacher or other public school employee previously employed in a capacity similar to those defined in K.S.A. 72-17,104, by any public corporation having a retirement fund, other than another city of the first class, operating under this law, who is employed after this act takes effect by a board of education maintaining a retirement fund under the provisions of this act, shall not be entitled to any benefits from the retirement fund provided for by this act until and unless such teacher or other public school employee shall deposit in the retirement fund of the employing board of education an amount equal to all funds that such teacher or other public school employee has received from the retirement fund of the public corporation last employing him, and such teacher or other public school employee shall receive no credit toward retirement for the time employed by a board of education maintaining a retirement fund under the provisions of this act prior to the making of such deposit.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 384, § 8; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,113 Same; rules and regulations.

72-26,113.
Same; rules and regulations.
The board of education shall have power to adopt rules and regulations for the carrying out of the purpose of this act not in conflict therewith.
History:
L. 1947, ch. 384, § 9; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,114 Supplemental retirement system in cities over 225,000; limitations; investment of salary tax moneys.

72-26,114.
Supplemental retirement system in cities over 225,000; limitations; investment of salary tax moneys.
The board of any unified district having a population of more than two hundred twenty-five thousand (225,000) is authorized and empowered to establish by resolution a supplemental retirement system for employees of such unified district, such retirement or pension system to be in addition to and to supplement the state system for retirement and payment of annuities provided for in article 55 of chapter 72 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, such system to provide for the payment of retirement benefits by reason of disability or on account of age and length of service or both, subject only to the following limitations:
(a) The total monthly benefits payable to any one annuitant under such supplemental retirement system may be graduated but shall not exceed one-half (1/2) the maximum service annuity payable under the state system.
(b) Each annuitant in order to be eligible for benefits under this act shall have been employed in the school system of such city not less than ten (10) school years and shall have attained the age of sixty-five (65) years except that such system may provide for the payment of benefits by reason of disability regardless of age and regardless of length of service in such system. Such boards of education may provide for the financing of such system out of its general fund and by salary deductions from all employees in such system but such salary deductions shall not exceed five percent (5%) of such salaries up to four hundred dollars ($400) per month for each such employee.
(c) The board of education is hereby authorized to invest any moneys derived from the salary tax and not currently needed as provided in K.S.A. 72-17,125, and may be invested in shares or accounts in savings and loan associations insured by the federal saving and loan insurance corporation, or other federal agency, to the extent covered by such insurance.
(d) The term "school system of such city" for the purpose of this section means the school system of the unified district or the school system of any disorganized district a part of the territory of which is included in such unified district.
(e) None of the provisions of this section shall be so applied or construed as to reduce or decrease the benefits of any person having rights under the provisions of this section at the time of its amendment by this act.
History:
L. 1949, ch. 384, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 402, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 329, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 410, § 31; L. 1967, ch. 385, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 282, § 6; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,115 Certain retirement systems; definitions.

72-26,115.
Certain retirement systems; definitions.
Unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context, the following words and phrases as used in this act shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Board" shall mean the board of education of any city of the first class operating a retirement system under the provisions of K.S.A. 72-1788 to 72-1796, inclusive.
(2) "Actuarial equivalent" shall mean a monthly life annuity, the amount of which shall be determined by an actuarial computation as provided in subsection (o) of K.S.A. 72-5501.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 409, § 1; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,116 Same; abolishment and membership in state school retirement system; procedure and rights.

72-26,116.
Same; abolishment and membership in state school retirement system; procedure and rights.
The members of a separate retirement system operated under the provisions of K.S.A. 72-1788 to 72-1796, inclusive, (not including members previously retired) shall become members of the state school retirement system in the manner and subject to the conditions prescribed by K.S.A. 72-5501 on September 1st following (a) the presentation of a petition signed by fifty-one percent (51%) of such members requesting the abolishment of the separate retirement system, and (b) the passage of a resolution by the board abolishing the separate retirement system and establishing a supplemental retirement system in accordance with the provisions of this act: Provided, That the separate retirement system shall remain in effect for previously retired members and members who retire before becoming eligible for benefits under the state school retirement system, until all obligations and annuities to such retired members have been paid. The sufficiency of the petition shall be determined by the board, and upon the filing thereof and the passage of the resolution as above provided, the clerk of the board shall certify to the state school retirement board that such petition has been presented and such resolution adopted.
The board shall contribute to the state school retirement system from the retirement fund of the separate retirement system the amounts prescribed by subsection (d) of K.S.A. 72-5501 to enable the members of its separate retirement system to become eligible for membership in the state school retirement system: Provided, That in the event any member of the separate retirement system who becomes a member of the state school retirement system shall retire before continuing in service under said state retirement system for a year, and is thereby ineligible to receive any annuity from the state school retirement system, the amount contributed by the board of education to the state school retirement fund for the benefit of such member shall be repaid to said board and placed in the separate retirement fund of said board. School employees of the board who are not members of the separate retirement system may, if otherwise eligible, elect to become members of the state school retirement system and shall be entitled to service credit in the state school retirement system in accordance with the provisions thereof.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 409, § 2; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,117 Same; supplemental retirement system for members of state system; limitations.

72-26,117.
Same; supplemental retirement system for members of state system; limitations.
The board is hereby authorized to establish a supplemental retirement system for its employees who are members of the state school retirement system, such supplemental retirement system to be in addition to and to supplement the state system for retirement and payment of annuities provided for in article 55 of chapter 72 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated. Such supplemental retirement system shall provide for retirement benefits by reason of disability or on account of age and length of service, or both, subject only to the following limitations:
(1) Monthly benefits payable to any one annuitant under such supplemental retirement system shall be the actuarial equivalent of such annuitant's accumulated credits in the supplemental retirement fund to be created: Provided, No annuitant shall receive from such supplemental retirement system a monthly annuity in excess of fifty dollars ($50): Provided further, That any annuitant who was a contributing member of the separate retirement system at the time it was abolished and who retires at age sixty-five (65) or over from the supplemental retirement system shall receive from such supplemental retirement system an amount which, plus the amount received from the state school retirement system, is not less than the amount which would have been received by such annuitant under the separate retirement system;
(2) each annuitant, in order to be eligible for benefits under the supplemental retirement system, shall have attained the age of sixty-five (65) years, provided that such system may provide for the payment of actuarially equivalent benefits at any time prior to sixty-five (65) but not less than sixty (60);
(3) such supplemental retirement system may also provide for minimum retirement benefits to employees whose services may be terminated by reason of disability, in accordance with rules and regulations established by the board.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 409, § 3; June 30.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,118 Same; supplemental retirement fund; credits, custody and investment.

72-26,118.
Same; supplemental retirement fund; credits, custody and investment.
For the purpose of financing the supplemental retirement system established under the provisions of this act, the board shall establish a fund to be known as the "supplemental retirement fund," to which shall be credited: (1) Annual contributions by the board in an amount equal to six percent (6%) of the first three thousand dollars ($3,000) of annual salary of each member of the supplemental retirement system;
(2) any residue in the separate retirement fund after payment to the state school retirement fund of the amounts required by subsection (d) of K.S.A. 72-5501: Provided, The board shall retain in the separate retirement fund an amount sufficient to pay retirement benefits to previously retired members until the proceeds of the tax levy authorized in K.S.A. 72-17,114 are available;
(3) interest received from investments of the fund;
(4) gifts made to, or for the benefit of such fund.
The board may invest any portion of said fund not currently needed as provided in K.S.A. 72-17,125.
History: L. 1951, ch. 409, § 4; L. 1974, ch. 294, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,119 Same; supplemental retirement system; tax levy, use of proceeds.

72-26,119.
Same; supplemental retirement system; tax levy, use of proceeds.
The board is hereby authorized to levy a tax of not to exceed one mill on all the taxable tangible property within the jurisdiction of the board for the purpose of paying the contribution to be made by the board to the supplemental retirement fund and for the purpose of paying a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by cities under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, for the financing of redevelopment projects upon property located within the school district. If in any year such levy does not raise sufficient money to make the contribution required, any deficiency may be made up in subsequent years, so long as the levy in any year does not exceed one mill. Such levy shall be in addition to all other levies authorized or limited by law and none of the levy limitations of article 19 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall apply to such levy.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 409, § 5; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 174; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 72 - Schools › Article 26 - School District Employee Retirement Systems › 72-26,120 Same; annuities and obligations to retired members; tax levy, use of proceeds.

72-26,120.
Same; annuities and obligations to retired members; tax levy, use of proceeds.
For the purpose of providing a fund to pay the annuities and obligations to retired members under the separate retirement system and for the purpose of paying a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by cities under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto, for the financing of redevelopment projects upon property located within the school district, the board is hereby authorized to levy a tax of not to exceed six-tenths (.6) mill on all tangible taxable property within the jurisdiction of the board. Such levy shall be in lieu of the levy authorized by K.S.A. 72-1780 and none of the levy limitations provided in article 19 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall apply to such levy.
History:
L. 1951, ch. 409, § 6; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 175; July 1.