Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 16 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › Division 10 - The Public School Retirement System of Missouri › Chapter 4 - Membership and Creditable Service › Section 16 CSR 10-4.007 - Part-Time Election

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule defines what is meant by "first
				  employed" and "first such employment" as it relates to the part-time election
				  offered to certain certificated members under section
				  169.712,
				  RSMo, and sets forth the membership requirements of those members who elect
				  membership in the Public Education Employee Retirement System and then undergo
				  certain changes in their work or positions.
(1) Effective January 1, 2022, for purposes
				of section 169.712.1, RSMo, "first employed" and "first such employment" means
				the first instance of certificated part-time covered employment for an
				individual who has never held PSRS membership. At the time of this employment,
				if a certificated person is employed less than full-time, but in a manner that
				would qualify him or her for membership in the Public Education Employee
				Retirement System of Missouri, such person shall become a member of the Public
				School Retirement System of Missouri and shall receive creditable service on a
				pro rata basis in that system. However, such person shall have the right to
				elect to become or remain a member of the Public Education Employee Retirement
				System of Missouri by filing an election within the time frame required by
				section 169.712.1, RSMo, and in the manner required by the board of trustees.
				Such election shall be irrevocable and apply to all subsequent eligible
				part-time certificated employment in the current and future memberships, unless
				and until such person becomes employed full-time while holding a certificate.
				In that event, such person shall become a member of the Public School
				Retirement System (PSRS) of Missouri for all subsequent full-time and part-time
				certificated employment in the current and future memberships.
(2) Effective January 1, 2022, for purposes
				of section 169.712.2, RSMo, "first such employment" means the first instance of
				certificated part-time employment of at least seventeen (17) but less than
				twenty (20) hours per week on a regular basis with a public school as defined
				in section
				169.010, RSMo, for an
				individual who has never held PSRS membership. At the time of this employment,
				such person shall become a member of the Public School Retirement System of
				Missouri and shall receive creditable service on a pro rata basis in that
				system. However, such person shall have the right to elect to become or remain
				a member of the Public Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri by
				filing an election within the time frame required by section 169.712.2, RSMo,
				and in the manner required by the board of trustees. Such election shall be
				irrevocable and apply to all subsequent eligible part-time certificated
				employment in the current and future memberships, unless and until such person
				becomes employed full-time while holding a certificate. In that event, such
				person shall become a member of the Public School Retirement System of Missouri
				for all subsequent full-time and part-time certificated employment in the
				current and future memberships.