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 10-4.020 - Prior Service Credit

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the procedures for
				  qualifying prior service credit as provided in section
				  169.050,
				  RSMo.
(1) On a form supplied
				by the board of trustees, each member claiming prior service credit shall file
				with the board of trustees a statement of all services performed by him/her in
				the public schools of Missouri prior to July 1, 1946, and services rendered
				outside of this state prior to July 1, 1946, for which credit is claimed, and
				the services shall be listed separately by years.
(2) All claims for prior service credit by
				members for services in Missouri, but not to exceed thirty (30) years, shall be
				verified by any of the following records: a statement from a school or county
				official having custody of the records; when no official records are existent
				for service claimed, verification of services may be made by affidavits from
				not fewer than two (2) persons having firsthand knowledge of the service,
				preferably persons who served with the individual or who were members of the
				board of directors of the district at the time; submission to the board of
				trustees by the teacher of the original duly executed teacher's contract made
				at the time of the service, with a sworn statement as to the fulfillment of the
				contract (see
				16 CSR
				10-6.050(1)-(4) for the nonteacher
				system).
(3) The member shall be
				responsible for the verification of the service outside of this state for which
				credit is claimed and the verification shall be made in the following manner:
				by means of affidavits completed with information obtained from school records
				by the custodian of the records; by means of affidavits completed with
				information obtained from the records of a retirement system; when no records
				are existent from which a verification of the claimed service can be obtained,
				by means of affidavits completed by two (2) or more persons having a first-hand
				knowledge of the service or by submission of the original duly executed
				teacher's contract made at the time of the service and with a sworn statement
				as to the fulfillment of the contract.
(4) In determining prior service credit, the
				minimum time for which credit for one (1) year's service shall be granted shall
				be as follows:
(A) Services rendered prior to
				July 1, 1909 shall be based on the legal school term of six (6) months or one
				hundred twenty (120) days, and service in any one (1) school year of five (5)
				months or one hundred (100) school days shall be counted as one (1) year of
				service;
(B) Services subsequent to
				June 30, 1909 shall be based on the legal school term of eight (8) months or
				one hundred sixty (160) days, and services in any one (1) school year of seven
				(7) months or one hundred forty (140) days shall be counted as one (1) year of
				service;
(C) Instances not covered
				under subsection (4)(A) or (B) of this rule shall be determined by the board of
				trustees upon the facts of each case;
(D) Service in excess of the minimum number
				of school days in any one (1) school year, as set forth in this rule, shall not
				count toward prior service credit in any other school year; and
(E) Prior service credit for time served in
				the Kansas City or St. Louis schools will be allowed members who are not and
				will not be eligible for benefits in their systems. Section (4) applies only to
				the teacher system.