Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 169
Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems
←169.400
Section 169.410.1
169.420→
August 28, 2015
Definitions.
169.410. The following words and phrases as used in sections 169.410 to
169.540, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall
have the following meanings:
(1) "Accumulated contributions", the sum of all amounts deducted from
the compensation of a member and credited to the member's individual account
together with interest allowed on such an account;
(2) "Actuarial equivalent", a benefit of equal value when computed upon
the basis of interest and such mortality tables as shall be adopted by the
board of trustees;
(3) "Average final compensation", the highest average annual
compensation of the member received for any three consecutive years of
credited service of the member's last ten years of credited service or if the
member has had less than three years of such credited service, during the
member's entire period of credited service;
(4) "Beneficiary", any person other than a retired member receiving a
pension benefit, optional pension benefit or other benefit;
(5) "Board of education", the board of education or corresponding board
having charge of the public schools of the school district other than those
public schools which are operated by the board of regents;
(6) "Board of regents", the board of regents or corresponding board
having charge of a public city teacher training school within the school
district which was operated by its board of education prior to September 1,
1978;
(7) "Board of trustees", the board which administers the retirement
system;
(8) "Charter school", any charter school established pursuant to
sections 160.400 to 160.420 and located, at the time it is established,
within the school district;
(9) "Compensation", the regular compensation which a member has earned
as an employee during any period, excluding, however, any compensation earned
by a person who became a member after December 31, 1995, which is in excess of
the limitation set forth in Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(10) "Consumer price index", the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers for the United States, or its successor index, as approved by the
board of trustees, as such index is defined and officially reported by the
United States Department of Labor, or its successor agency;
(11) "Credited service", prior service plus membership service plus
service purchased pursuant to applicable Missouri statute;
(12) "Employee", any person regularly employed by (a) the board of
education, or (b) the board of trustees, or (c) the board of regents who was
employed at a public teacher training school within the school district prior
to September 1, 1978, and who did not become a member of the Missouri state
employees' retirement system pursuant to section 104.342, or (d) a charter
school. In case of doubt as to whether any person is an employee, the
decision of the board of education, or the board of trustees, or the board of
regents shall be final and conclusive;
(13) "Employer", the board of education, the board of trustees, the board
of regents or a charter school;
(14) "Medical board", the board of physicians;
(15) "Member", a member of the retirement system defined as an:
(a) "Active member", a person who is an employee;
(b) "Inactive member", a former active member who has accumulated
contributions with the retirement system; or
(c) "Retired member", a former active member who has retired and is
receiving benefits;
(16) "Membership service", service rendered as an employee for which the
employee received compensation. For the purpose of computing creditable
service at retirement, membership service shall include a member's
accumulated and unused days of sick leave. The decision of the employing
board as to the number of accumulated and unused days of sick leave held by a
member shall be final and conclusive;
(17) "Pension benefit" or "pension", monthly payments for life to a
retired member or to such beneficiary as is entitled to the payments;
(18) "Prior service", service prior to the date the system became
operative which is credited;
(19) "Public school", any school for elementary, secondary or higher
education, open and public, which is supported and maintained from public
funds and which is operated by the board of education of the school district,
by the board of regents, or as a charter school as defined pursuant to
sections 160.400 to 160.420;
(20) "Retired member", a member receiving a retirement benefit or other
benefit;
(21) "Retirement system", the public school retirement system of a school
district;
(22) "School administrator", an employee whose job classification is
included on the school administrators' position schedule of the employing
board;
(23) "School district", any metropolitan school district as defined
pursuant to section 160.011;
(24) "Teacher", any teacher, substitute teacher, supervisor, principal,
supervising principal, superintendent or assistant superintendent, who shall
teach or be employed on a full-time basis in the public schools of a school
district or charter school, except those teachers electing to become members
of the Missouri state employees' retirement system pursuant to section
104.342. In case of doubt as to whether any person is a teacher, the
decision of the board of education, or the board of regents with respect to
individuals within its charge, shall be final and conclusive.
(L. 1943 p. 805 § 1, A.L. 1949 p. 532, A.L. 1951 p. 513,
A.L. 1953 pp. 438, 496, A.L. 1957 p. 462, A.L. 1961 p.
384, A.L. 1965 p. 293, A.L. 1967 p. 263, A.L. 1978 S.B.
542, A.L. 1979 S.B. 392, A.L. 1981 H.B. 33, et al.,
A.L. 1987 H.B. 558, et al. merged with H.B. 713, A.L. 1989 S.B.
146, A.L. 1995 S.B. 378, A.L. 1996 S.B. 860, A.L. 2001 H.B. 660)
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169.410. The following words and phrases as used in sections 169.410 to
169.540, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall
have the following meanings:
(1) "Accumulated contributions", the sum of all amounts deducted from
the compensation of a member and credited to the member's individual account
together with interest allowed on such an account;
(2) "Actuarial equivalent", a benefit of equal value when computed upon
the basis of interest and such mortality tables as shall be adopted by the
board of trustees;
(3) "Average final compensation", the highest average annual
compensation of the member received for any three consecutive years of service
of the member's last ten years of service or if the member has had less than
three years of such service, during the member's entire period of service;
(4) "Beneficiary", any person other than a retirant receiving a
retirement allowance or optional retirement allowance or other benefit;
(5) "Board of education", the board of education or corresponding board
having charge of the public schools of the school district other than those
public schools which are operated by the board of regents;
(6) "Board of regents", the board of regents or corresponding board
having charge of a public city teacher training school within the school
district which was operated by its board of education prior to September 1,
1978;
(7) "Board of trustees", the board which administers the retirement
system;
(8) "Compensation", the regular compensation which a member has earned
as an employee during any period, excluding, however, any compensation earned
by a person who became a member after December 31, 1995, which is in excess of
the limitation set forth in section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(9) "Consumer price index", the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers for the United States, or its successor index, as approved by the
board of trustees, as such index is defined and officially reported by the
United States Department of Labor, or its successor agency;
(10) "Creditable service", prior service plus membership service;
(11) "Employee", any person regularly employed by (a) the board of
education or (b) the board of trustees or (c) the board of regents who was
employed at a public teacher training school within the school district prior
to September 1, 1978, and who did not become a member of the Missouri state
employees' retirement system pursuant to section 104.342, RSMo. In case of
doubt as to whether any person is an employee, the decision of the employing
board shall be final and conclusive;
(12) "Medical board", the board of physicians;
(13) "Member", a member of the retirement system defined as an:
(a) "Active member", a member who is an employee; or
(b) "Inactive member", a member who is not an employee;
(14) "Membership service", service rendered since last becoming a member
which is creditable. For the purpose of computing creditable service at
retirement, membership service shall include a member's accumulated and unused
days of sick leave. The decision of the employing board as to the number of
accumulated and unused days of sick leave held by a member shall be final and
conclusive;
(15) "Prior service", service prior to the date the system becomes
operative which is creditable;
(16) "Public school", any school for elementary, secondary or higher
education, open and public, which is supported and maintained from public
funds and which is operated by the board of education of the school district
or by the board of regents;
(17) "Retirant" or "retired member", a former member receiving a
retirement allowance or optional retirement allowance or other benefit;
(18) "Retirement allowance", equal monthly payments for life to a
retirant or to such beneficiary as is entitled to the payments;
(19) "Retirement system", the public school retirement school system of
a school district;
(20) "School administrator", an employee whose job classification is
included on the school administrators' position schedule of the employing
board;
(21) "School district", any school district now having or hereafter
attaining a population of seven hundred thousand inhabitants or more in which
a retirement system shall be established;
(22) "Teacher", any teacher, substitute teacher, supervisor, principal,
supervising principal, superintendent or assistant superintendent, who shall
teach or be employed on a full-time basis in the public schools of a school
district, except those teachers electing to become a member of the Missouri
state employees' retirement system pursuant to section 104.342, RSMo. In case
of doubt as to whether any person is a teacher, the decision of the board of
education, or the board of regents with respect to individuals within its
charge, shall be final and conclusive.
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