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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.577 - Purchase of additional creditable service to achieve minimum time required for allowance — request, form, purchase, requirements, term.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
169.577. Purchase of additional creditable service to achieve minimum time required for allowance — request, form, purchase, requirements, term. —
Any member of a retirement system subject to the provisions of this chapter, who is within five years of being eligible to retire with a retirement allowance as provided in this chapter, may elect to purchase additional creditable service of up to five-tenths of a year which shall, when so purchased, be included in the total of the member's years of creditable service, used to enable the member to achieve the minimum creditable service time required for a retirement allowance, and applied in the computation of the member's annual service retirement allowance. For any member of a retirement system established by sections 169.010 to 169.141 or 169.600 to 169.715, and notwithstanding any other provision within this section to the contrary, the purchase shall be effected in the same manner as provided in section 169.056. The request for purchase of the additional creditable service shall be made in writing to the board of trustees of the system in which the applicant is a member. The purchase shall be effected by the member paying to the retirement system the amount required by the rules and regulations established by the respective retirement system, or absent such rules and regulations, the amount, with interest, the member would have contributed thereto and the amount the member's employer would have contributed thereto had the person been employed in a position covered by the retirement system for the number of months for which the member is electing to purchase credit, and had the member's compensation during such period been the same as the annual salary rate at which the member is receiving at the time of application, and the contribution rate in effect on the date of election to purchase credit. The payment shall be completed prior to termination of membership with the retirement system with interest on the unpaid balance. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow a member to vest in the retirement system by using the creditable service purchased pursuant to the provisions of this section to reach the time of vesting.
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(L. 1995 S.B. 378 § 1, A.L. 1997 H.B. 169 merged with S.B. 309, A.L. 2003 H.B. 346 & 174)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.585 - Certain retired teachers to be employed by retirement system as special school advisors and supervisors, when — actuarially unsound, effect of.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1972
169.585. Certain retired teachers to be employed by retirement system as special school advisors and supervisors, when — actuarially unsound, effect of. —
1. Any retired teacher now receiving retirement benefits, who served five years or more as a teacher in the public schools of this state and who retired after June 30, 1957, and prior to January 1, 1971, under the provisions of this chapter, shall, upon application to the retirement system from which he is receiving retirement benefits be employed by that retirement system as a special school advisor and supervisor. Any person so employed shall perform such duties as the board of trustees of the retirement system of which he becomes an employee directs, and shall receive a salary of five dollars per month for each year of teaching service not to exceed seventy-five dollars per month, payable by the retirement system as part of its administrative costs, but the payment to the retired person for such services, together with the retirement benefits he receives under this chapter, shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars per month. The employment provided for by this section shall in no way affect any person's eligibility for retirement benefits under this chapter.
2. Annually, immediately after the close of the fiscal year of each teacher retirement system, the actuary for the system shall determine if the payments made pursuant to the provisions of this section have impaired the actuarial soundness of the plan, and upon his certification that the soundness has been so impaired, the system shall bill each of the school districts which last employed each of these retired persons on a full-time basis for reimbursement of the amount paid to that person during the preceding fiscal year. The school districts shall forthwith accordingly reimburse the appropriate retirement system.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 613 § 1)
(1975) Constitutionality upheld as not violating art. III, § 39, or art. IV, § 25, of the constitution of Missouri. State ex rel. Dreer v. Public School Retirement System (Mo.), 519 S.W.2d 290.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.587 - Benefits exempted from taxation and creditors — benefits not assignable.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
Effective - 28 Aug 1976
169.587. Benefits exempted from taxation and creditors — benefits not assignable. —
Any retirement allowance, benefit, funds, property, or rights created by, or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter, are hereby made and declared exempt from any tax of the state of Missouri or any political subdivision or taxing body thereof and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, writ of sequestration, or any other claim whatsoever and shall be unassignable.
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(L. 1976 S.B. 721 § 1)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Taxation by state of annuities, pensions and retirement allowances, 143.123, 143.124
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.589 - Discharge from Armed Forces, defined — members may elect to pay contribution to system for service time — reemployment by school district, contribution by district to be paid, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
Effective - 28 Aug 1996
169.589. Discharge from Armed Forces, defined — members may elect to pay contribution to system for service time — reemployment by school district, contribution by district to be paid, when. —
1. A member of the system established by sections 169.010 to 169.141 or sections 169.600 to 169.715 who entered the uniformed services of the United States of America, and who is reemployed pursuant to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, or any subsequent revisions, shall be deemed to have been an employee for purposes of vesting and because of qualifying service in the uniformed services of the United States shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection 4 of section 169.050 or subsection 3 of section 169.650 with regard to termination of membership. In addition, such a member may elect within the period allowed by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 to pay the contributions the member would have paid but for service in the uniformed services. Upon completing payment, the member shall be entitled at retirement to payment of benefits based on the period of service. When a member has elected to make contributions as described in this section, the school district reemploying the member shall pay the employer contributions it would have paid with respect to the individual, with interest. The board of trustees of the retirement system may adopt rules for administration of this section consistent with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994.
2. For the purposes of this chapter,
"discharge from the Armed Forces"
means the final date of discharge and shall not mean the last day of active duty.
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(L. 1986 H.B. 1505 § 2, A.L. 1996 S.B. 860)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.595 - Sick leave or under workers' compensation, employee may receive creditable service for leave time, requirements.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
Effective - 28 Aug 1997
169.595. Sick leave or under workers' compensation, employee may receive creditable service for leave time, requirements. —
Any employee of a school district who is a member of a system pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall remain a member of such system during any period of leave under sick leave provisions of the district or under workers' compensation and shall receive creditable service credit, not otherwise allowable, for such leave time if the employee makes contributions to the system equal to the amount of contributions which would have been made by such employee if such employee had been on active service status, in accordance with rules and regulations established by the respective retirement system. The school district shall make contributions on behalf of the employee as provided in the applicable provisions of this chapter relating to the system involved. The contributions of the member shall be made on a monthly or other basis in the manner provided by the system. The creditable service credit provided in this section shall be granted only for the actual time of the period of leave under sick leave provisions of the district or under workers' compensation and shall not be granted after the date the member begins receiving retirement benefits from the system in which the person is a member.
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(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)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.596 - Retired teacher may teach full time without loss of retirement benefits, when — school district requirements.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
Effective - 28 Aug 2023, 3 histories
169.596. Retired teacher may teach full time without loss of retirement benefits, when — school district requirements. —
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, a retired certificated teacher receiving a retirement benefit from the retirement system established pursuant to sections 169.010 to 169.141 may, without losing his or her retirement benefit, teach full time for up to four 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, and provided that no such retired certificated teacher shall be employed as a superintendent. The total number of such retired certificated teachers shall not exceed, at any one time, the greater of one percent of the total certificated teachers and noncertificated staff for that school district, or five certificated teachers.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, a person receiving a retirement benefit from the retirement system established pursuant to sections 169.600 to 169.715 may, without losing his or her retirement benefit, be employed full time for up to four years for a school district covered by such retirement system; provided that the school district has a shortage of noncertificated employees, as determined by the school district. The total number of such retired noncertificated employees shall not exceed, at any one time, the lesser of ten percent of the total noncertificated staff for that school district, or five employees.
3. The employer's contribution rate shall be paid by the hiring school district.
4. In order to hire teachers and noncertificated employees pursuant to the provisions of this section, the school district shall:
(1) Show a good faith effort to fill positions with nonretired certificated teachers or nonretired noncertificated employees;
(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 or noncertificated employees that is active for one year.
5. Any person hired pursuant to this section shall be included in the State Directory of New Hires for purposes of income and eligibility verification pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1320b-7.
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(L. 2003 H.B. 346 & 174, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287, A.L. 2023 S.B. 20 merged with S.B. 75)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.597 - Hancock amendment standing — certain statutes void, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
Effective - 01 Jul 1998, see footnote
169.597. Hancock amendment standing — certain statutes void, when. —
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the board of trustees of any retirement system or the governing body of any political subdivision which funds such retirement system shall have standing to seek a declaratory judgment concerning the application of Article X, Section 21 of the Missouri Constitution to the provisions of this chapter. In the event a final judgment is rendered by a court which judgment determines that any provision of this chapter constitutes a new activity or service or increase in the level of an activity or service beyond that required by existing law pursuant to Article X, Section 21 of the Missouri Constitution, or any successor to that section, that provision of this chapter shall be void ab initio and any new benefit or feature required by such provision of this chapter shall be deemed not to have accrued and shall not be payable to members.
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(L. 1996 S.B. 860, A.L. 1998 S.B. 501 merged with S.B. 761)
Effective 7-1-98 (S.B. 501); 8-28-98 (S.B. 761)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.610 - System established — board of trustees to administer — funds to be kept separate.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
169.610. System established — board of trustees to administer — funds to be kept separate. —
1. There is hereby created and established a retirement system for nonteacher employees of all public school districts, as defined in sections 169.600 to 169.710, which shall be a body corporate and which shall be known as "The Public Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri". The system shall, by and in its name, sue and be sued, transact all its business, invest all of its funds, and hold all its cash, securities and other property. The system hereby established shall begin operations on the first day of November, 1965.
2. The general administration of and the responsibility for the proper operation of this retirement system and for making effective the provisions of sections 169.600 to 169.710 is hereby vested in the board of trustees for the public school retirement system as established by section 169.020.
3. Said board shall keep all funds belonging to this system separate and apart from all other funds, but shall manage and administer this system in all other respects as prescribed by section 169.020.
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(L. 1965 p. 298 § 2, A.L. 1977 H.B. 135, A.L. 2005 H.B. 443)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.625 - Board of trustees may adopt plan requiring all contributions by employee to be paid directly to retirement system.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 14 Jun 1989, see footnote
169.625. Board of trustees may adopt plan requiring all contributions by employee to be paid directly to retirement system. —
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.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 146)
Effective 6-14-89
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.640 - Bank deposits of system, how secured.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
169.640. Bank deposits of system, how secured. —
Any funds belonging to this retirement system which are deposited in any bank or trust company shall be secured by the deposit of securities of the kind and value required by section 30.270 as security for the safekeeping and payment of deposits made by the board.
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(L. 1965 p. 298 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.660 - Eligibility for retirement, when — temporary-substitute service for retiree authorized, limitation, no contribution from retiree required.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
169.660. Eligibility for retirement, when — temporary-substitute service for retiree authorized, limitation, no contribution from retiree required. —
1. On and after the first day of July next following the operative date, any member who is sixty or more years of age and who has at least five years of creditable service, or who has attained age fifty-five and has at least twenty-five years of creditable service, or who has at least thirty years of creditable service regardless of age may retire and receive the full retirement benefits based on the member's creditable service. A member whose creditable service at retirement is less than five years shall not be entitled to a retirement allowance but shall be entitled to receive the member's contributions.
2. Any person retired and currently receiving a retirement allowance pursuant to sections 169.600 to 169.715, other than for disability, may be employed on either a part-time or temporary-substitute basis by a district included in the retirement system not to exceed a total of five hundred fifty hours in any one school year, without a discontinuance of the person's retirement allowance. Such a person shall not contribute to the retirement system, or to the public school retirement system established by sections 169.010 to 169.141, because of earnings during such period of employment. If such a person is employed in any capacity by such a district on a regular, full-time basis, or the person's part-time or temporary-substitute service in any capacity exceeds five hundred fifty hours in any one school year, the person shall not be eligible to receive the person's retirement allowance for any month during which the person is so employed.
3. The system shall pay a monthly retirement allowance for the month in which a retired member or beneficiary receiving a retirement allowance dies.
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(L. 1965 p. 298 § 7, A.L. 1973 H.B. 411, A.L. 1984 S.B. 407, A.L. 1987 H.B. 558, et al. merged with S.B. 264, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1100, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 126, A.L. 1995 S.B. 378, A.L. 1996 S.B. 860, A.L. 1997 S.B. 152 merged with S.B. 309)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.663 - Disability retirement, when — return to duty, effect of disability payments — disability defined.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 01 Jul 2000, see footnote
169.663. Disability retirement, when — return to duty, effect of disability payments — disability defined. —
1. On or after July first next following October 13, 1969, any member who is serving an employer included in the system at the time the member becomes disabled, or who has served in such a district at some time in the twelve months immediately preceding the member's becoming disabled, and whose disability is traceable to an injury or sickness which was sustained or commenced prior to the cessation of such service, and whose age is less than sixty and whose creditable service is five years or more, may be retired with disability benefits upon written application to the board of trustees, if the member is incapacitated because of physical or mental disability as such disability is herein defined. If such disability shall cease to exist before the recipient of such benefits reaches age sixty, the member's membership status as of the date of the member's disability retirement shall be restored. If the member dies before becoming eligible for a retirement allowance, or if the member seeks to withdraw the member's accumulated contributions, the total of such disability payments shall be deducted from the amount otherwise due the member, the member's beneficiary, or the member's estate.
2. Disability, as a basis for retirement, shall render the individual incapable of earning a livelihood in any occupation and shall be of such nature as to warrant the assumption that it will be permanent. Whether or not such disability exists, in any case, shall be adjudged in the manner provided in subsection 15 of section 169.020 by the board of trustees on the basis of evidence that the board by its regulations may require.
3. For the purposes of adjustments to Social Security Administration disability benefits pursuant to 20 CFR 404.408 any member receiving disability benefits pursuant to this section who is at least fifty-five years of age and whose creditable service is at least twenty-five years shall be considered to be receiving a normal retirement benefit pursuant to this section.
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(L. 1969 p. 284, A.L. 1984 S.B. 407, A.L. 1995 S.B. 378, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1808)
Effective 7-1-00
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.676 - Death without a valid beneficiary designation, effect of — most recent valid designation of beneficiary revokes previous designations.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
169.676. Death without a valid beneficiary designation, 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 4 of section 169.670:
(1) Surviving spouse at the time of the member's death;
(2) Surviving children, share and share alike;
(3) Surviving parents, share and share alike;
(4) 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 4 of section 169.670.
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(L. 2005 H.B. 443)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.680 - Penalty for false statements — correction of errors in benefits — adjustment.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
169.680. Penalty for false statements — correction of errors in benefits — adjustment. —
Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement, or shall falsify or permit to be falsified, any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud such system, as a result of such act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable therefor under the laws of this state. 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 a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid.
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(L. 1965 p. 298 § 9)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.690 - Funds not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
169.690. 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 169.600 to 169.710 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 169.600 to 169.710 specifically provided.
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(L. 1965 p. 298 § 10, A.L. 2009 H.B. 265)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.700 - Gifts accepted.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
169.700. 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.
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(L. 1965 p. 298 § 11)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.712 - Transfer to public school retirement system, certain public education employees, procedure.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories
169.712. Transfer to public school retirement system, certain public education employees, procedure. —
1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person duly certificated under the law governing the certification of teachers in Missouri who, after August 28, 1997, is first employed in a position which would otherwise qualify the person for membership in the public education employee retirement system pursuant to the provisions of sections 169.600 to 169.710 shall be a member of the public school retirement system pursuant to the provisions of sections 169.010 to 169.141, and shall receive creditable service on a pro rata basis in that system for subsequent certificated services which would otherwise have been creditable in the public education employee retirement system. Any such person shall have the option of being a member of the public education employee retirement system. The option election must be filed with the board of trustees of the public school retirement system within ninety days of first such employment following August 28, 1997.
2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person duly certificated under the law governing the certification of teachers in Missouri who, on or after August 28, 2003, is employed by a public school, as defined in section 169.010, for at least seventeen but less than twenty hours per week on a regular basis shall be a member of the public school retirement system pursuant to the provisions of sections 169.010 to 169.141, and shall receive creditable service on a pro rata basis in that system. Any such person shall have the option of being a member of the public education employee retirement system. The option election must be filed with the board of trustees of the public school retirement system within ninety days of first such employment or within ninety days of August 28, 2003, whichever later occurs.
3. Any person who is a member of the public school retirement system or the public education employee retirement system pursuant to subsection 2 of this section may purchase credit in such system for service after August 28, 1991, that would have qualified such person for membership in either retirement system pursuant to subsection 2 of this section had such subsection been in effect prior to August 28, 2003; provided that such purchase of credit in the public school retirement system shall be subject to the provisions of section 169.056 and such purchase of credit in the public education employee retirement system shall be subject to the provisions of section 169.655.
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(L. 1991 S.B. 242, et al. § 1, A.L. 1993 S.B. 126, A.L. 1997 S.B. 309, A.L. 2003 H.B. 152 & 180 merged with H.B. 346 & 174 merged with S.B. 248, et al., A.L. 2005 H.B. 443)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 169 - Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems › Section 169.750 - Indemnification permitted, when — insurance or indemnity policies authorized.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 169
Effective - 28 Aug 2009
169.750. Indemnification permitted, when — insurance or indemnity policies authorized. —
1. To the extent determined appropriate by the board of trustees, the retirement systems established under sections 169.020 and 169.610 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 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.
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(L. 2009 H.B. 265)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.005 - Eye protection required, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
• Effective - 28 Aug 1976
170.005. Eye protection required, when. —
Every student, teacher and visitor is required to wear an industrial quality eye protective device when participating in or observing any of the following courses in schools, colleges, universities or other educational institutions:
(1) Vocational, technical, industrial arts, chemical, or chemical-physical shops or laboratories involving exposure to the following: Hot molten metals, or other molten materials; milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding or stamping of any solid materials; heat treatment, tempering, or kiln firing of any metal or other materials; gas or electric arc welding, or other forms of welding processes; repair or servicing of any vehicle; caustic or explosive materials;
(2) Chemical, physical, or combined chemical-physical laboratories involving caustic or explosive materials, hot liquids or solids, injurious radiations or other hazards not enumerated.
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(L. 1976 S.B. 519 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.007 - Industrial quality eye protective devices defined.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
• Effective - 28 Aug 1976
170.007. Industrial quality eye protective devices defined. —
As used in sections 170.005 to 170.009
"industrial quality eye protective devices"
means devices meeting the standards of the American National Standard Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection, Z87.1-1968, and subsequent revisions thereof, approved by the American National Standards Institute, Inc.
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(L. 1976 S.B. 519 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.009 - Instructions and recommendations for eye protection to be prepared by boards.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
• Effective - 28 Aug 1976
170.009. Instructions and recommendations for eye protection to be prepared by boards. —
The state board of education and the coordinating board for higher education shall prepare and circulate to each public and private educational institution in this state instructions and recommendations for implementing the eye safety provisions of sections 170.005 to 170.009.
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(L. 1976 S.B. 519 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.012 - Graduate teaching assistants communication in English language requirements — testing and reports.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1986
170.012. Graduate teaching assistants communication in English language requirements — testing and reports. —
1. Any graduate student who did not receive both his primary and secondary education in a nation or territory in which English is the primary language shall not be given a teaching appointment during his or her first semester of enrollment at any public institution of higher education in the state of Missouri. Exceptions may be granted in special cases upon approval of the chief academic and executive officers of the institution.
2. All graduate students who did not receive both their primary and secondary education in a nation or territory in which English is the primary language shall be tested for their ability to communicate orally in English in a classroom setting prior to receiving a teaching appointment. Such testing shall be made available by the public institution at no cost to the graduate student.
3. All graduate students prior to filling a teaching assistant position as a graduate student, who have not previously lived in the United States shall be given a cultural orientation to prepare them for such teaching appointment.
4. All public institutions of higher education in this state shall provide to the coordinating board for higher education on a biennial basis a report on the number and language background of all teaching assistants, including a copy of the institutions current policy for selection of graduate teaching assistants.
5. The provisions of this section and sections 174.310 and 175.021 shall not apply to any person employed under a contract of employment in existence prior to August 13, 1986.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 602 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.013 - Missouri higher education civics achievement examination, required when — question requirements.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2018
170.013. Missouri higher education civics achievement examination, required when — question requirements. —
1. Any student entering a public institution of higher education for the first time after July 2019 who is pursuing an associate's or bachelor's degree from such institution shall successfully pass an examination on the provisions and principles of American civics with a score of seventy percent or greater as a condition of graduation from such institution. The examination shall be known as the "Missouri Higher Education Civics Achievement Examination".
2. The examination required under this section shall consist of at least fifty questions, but shall not exceed one hundred questions, and shall be similar to the one hundred questions administered to applicants for United States citizenship by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services division of the Department of Homeland Security. Subject matter on the examination shall include the United States Constitution, the United States Bill of Rights, governmental institutions, historical manifestations of federalism, and history of constitutional interpretation and amendments.
3. The examination required under this section may be included within any other examination that is administered on the provisions and principles of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of Missouri, and on American history and American institutions, as required in subsection 3 of section 170.011.
4. Institutions of higher education may use online testing to comply with the provisions of this section.
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(L. 2018 S.B. 807 & 577)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.014 - Reading instruction act — reading programs established, essential components.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
• Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 2 histories
170.014. Reading instruction act — reading programs established, essential components. —
1. This section shall be known as the "Reading Instruction Act" and is enacted to ensure that all public schools including charter schools establish reading programs in kindergarten through grade five based in scientific research.
"Evidence-based reading instruction"
includes practices that have been proven effective through evaluation of the outcomes for large numbers of students and are highly likely to be effective in improving reading if implemented with fidelity. Such programs shall include the essential components of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, and all new teachers who teach reading in kindergarten through grade three shall receive adequate training in these areas.
2. Every public school in the state shall offer a reading program as described in subsection 1 of this section for kindergarten through grade five.
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(L. 2002 H.B. 1711, A.L. 2022 S.B. 681 & 662)
Severability clause, see § 82.293.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.017 - Agriculture or career and technical course may be substituted for certain units required for high school graduation, exception.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2014
170.017. Agriculture or career and technical course may be substituted for certain units required for high school graduation, exception. —
The department of elementary and secondary education shall, by July 1, 2015, develop a high school graduation policy that allows a student to fulfill one unit of academic credit with a district-approved agriculture or career and technical education course for any communication arts, mathematics, science, or social studies unit required for high school graduation in any combination up to fulfilling one requirement in each of the four subject areas. The substitution may not be made where the course for which the agriculture or career and technical education course is being substituted requires an end-of-course statewide assessment. The credit cannot be substituted for any course which requires a statewide end-of-course assessment. The policy required under this section shall be in addition to the optional waiver of one unit of academic credit for a three-unit career and technical program of studies.
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(L. 2014 H.B. 1189)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.028 - Industry certifications, professional licenses, and occupational competency assessments — council to have list, use of — department duties.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2018
170.028. Industry certifications, professional licenses, and occupational competency assessments — council to have list, use of — department duties. —
1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Council"
, the career and technical education advisory council established under section 178.550;
(2)
"Industry certification"
, a full certification from a recognized industry, trade, or professional association validating essential skills of a particular occupation, which may include, but shall not be limited to:
(a) Any certification related to a high-demand occupation as described by the Missouri economic research and information center (MERIC); and
(b) Perkins Technical Skills Assessment;
(3)
"Occupational competency assessment"
, a national standardized assessment of skills and knowledge in a specific career or technical area, which may include, but shall not be limited to, assessments offered by the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI).
2. The council shall annually review, update, approve, and recommend a list of industry certifications, state-issued professional licenses, and occupational competency assessments.
3. A school district may use the list described under subsection 2 of this section as a resource in establishing programs of study that meet the district's regional workforce needs under section 170.029.
4. The department of elementary and secondary education shall identify any provider of a course that:
(1) Includes a Perkins Technical Skills Assessment that leads to an industry-recognized credential that meets requirements related to college and career readiness under the Missouri school improvement program; and
(2) Is recommended for college credit by a nationally recognized body that provides course equivalency information to facilitate decisions on the awarding of course credit.
5. (1) At least annually, the department of elementary and secondary education shall provide the council with a list of all course providers identified under subsection 4 of this section. The council may recommend to the department of elementary and secondary education that agreements described under subdivision (2) of this subsection be entered into with one or more course providers identified in the list.
(2) The department of elementary and secondary education may enter into an agreement with a course provider recommended by the council that governs the conditions under which school districts and local educational agencies contract with the course provider.
(3) Any school district or local educational agency may contract with a course provider recommended by the council to design or deliver career and technical education programs described under section 170.029.
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(L. 2018 H.B. 1415)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.031 - Physiology texts to contain chapter on dental hygiene — penalty.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
170.031. Physiology texts to contain chapter on dental hygiene — penalty. —
One or more chapters on dental hygiene is required in all textbooks on physiology used in the public schools of the state of Missouri. The chapters shall convey the proper knowledge to the pupil on the care, function and relation of the teeth to the general health. Such chapters in the textbooks shall be edited or approved by a competent committee composed of five members, three of whom are selected by the state dental society, one by the director of the department of social services, and one by the state board of education, and they shall serve without compensation. The sale or offer for sale of any textbook which does not contain the chapter on dental hygiene required by this section is a misdemeanor.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 10-3)
(Source: RSMo 1959 §§ 163.180, 163.190)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.037 - Adoption of service-learning programs and projects encouraged — state board of education to provide assistance, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 2004
170.037. Adoption of service-learning programs and projects encouraged — state board of education to provide assistance, when. —
1. The state board of education shall encourage the adoption of service-learning programs and projects among school districts. As used in this section, the term
"service-learning programs and projects"
means a student-centered, research-based method of teaching and learning which engages students of all ages in solving problems and addressing issues in their school or greater community as part of the academic curriculum. As a result, service-learning fosters academic achievement, civic engagement, and character development.
2. Upon request of any school district that elects to implement service-learning programs or projects, the state board of education shall provide any assistance needed to districts in locating, leveraging, and utilizing alternative financial resources that will assist teachers desiring to receive training in developing and administering service-learning programs or projects.
3. Any local board of education that maintains a high school may include service-learning as part of any course contributing to the satisfaction of credits necessary for high school graduation and provide support for the use of service-learning as an instructional strategy at any grade level to address appropriate areas of current state educational standards for student knowledge and performance.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 945 and S.B. 803 & 1257)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 170 - Instruction — Materials and Subjects › Section 170.041 - Physical education supplies and equipment — certain districts may raise funds for.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
170.041. Physical education supplies and equipment — certain districts may raise funds for. —
The board of each seven-director school district which employs thirty or more teachers and also employs a supervisor of physical education or supervisor of health under section 168.171 may raise and expend funds to carry out the purpose of that section and for the purchase of books, printed matter, apparatus, including weighing scales, instruments and other necessary appliances and supplies as are designated by the commissioner of education.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 10-4)
(Source: RSMo 1959 § 163.280)