Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 169
Teacher and School Employee Retirement Systems
←169.750
Section 169.010.1
169.020→
August 28, 2015
Definitions.
169.010. The following words and phrases, as used in sections 169.010 to
169.130, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall
have the following meanings:
(1) "Accumulated contributions" shall mean the sum of the annual
contributions a member has made to the retirement system through deductions
from the member's salary, plus interest compounded annually on each year's
contributions from the end of the school year during which such contributions
were made;
(2) "Board" shall mean the board of trustees provided for in sections
169.010 to 169.130;
(3) "Creditable service" shall mean prior service or membership service,
or the sum of the two, if the member has both to the member's credit;
(4) "District" shall mean public school, as herein defined;
(5) "Employ" shall have a meaning agreeable with that herein given to
employer and employee;
(6) "Employee" shall be synonymous with the term "teacher" as the same
is herein defined;
(7) "Employer" shall mean the district that makes payment directly to
the teacher or employee for such person's services;
(8) "Final average salary" shall mean the total compensation payable to
a member for any three consecutive years of creditable service, as elected by
the member, divided by thirty-six; with the proviso that any annual
compensation entering into the total compensation shall not exceed twelve
thousand six hundred dollars for any year prior to July 1, 1967; and with the
proviso that the board may set a maximum percentage of increase in annual
compensation from one year to the next in the final average salary period. In
no instance shall the maximum percentage of increase in annual compensation
from one year to the next in the final average salary period exceed ten
percent. This limit will not apply to increases due to bonafide changes in
position or employer increases required by state statute, or districtwide
salary schedule adjustments for previously unrecognized education-related
services;
(9) "Member" shall mean a person who holds membership in the retirement
system;
(10) "Membership service" shall mean service rendered by a member of the
retirement system after the system becomes operative, and may include a period
of service in the Armed Forces of the United States as provided for in section
169.055;
(11) "Prior service" shall mean service rendered by a member of the
retirement system before the system becomes operative, and may include service
rendered by a member of the Armed Forces if the member was a teacher at the
time the member was inducted, for which credit has been approved by the board
of trustees;
(12) "Public school" shall mean any school conducted within the state
under the authority and supervision of a duly elected district or city or town
board of directors or board of education and the board of regents of the
several state teachers' colleges, or state colleges, board of trustees of the
public school retirement system of Missouri, and also the state of Missouri
and each county thereof, to the extent that the state and the several counties
are employers of teachers as herein designated;
(13) "Retirement allowance" shall mean a monthly payment for life during
retirement;
(14) "Retirement system" or "system" shall mean the public school
retirement system of Missouri created by sections 169.010 to 169.130;
(15) "Salary", "salary rate" or "compensation" shall mean the regular
remuneration, including any payments made pursuant to sections 168.500 to
168.515, which is earned by a member as an employee of a district, but not
including employer-paid fringe benefits except the value of employer-paid
medical benefits (including dental and vision) for members, and not including
employer-paid medical benefits (including dental and vision) for anyone other
than the member, employer contributions to any deferred compensation plan,
consideration for agreeing to terminate employment or other nonrecurring or
unusual payments that are not a part of regular remuneration. The board by
its rules may further define salary, salary rate and compensation in a manner
consistent with this definition and with sections 169.010 to 169.141;
(16) "School year" shall mean the year from July first of one year to
June thirtieth of next year, inclusive, which shall also be the fiscal year of
the system;
(17) "Teacher" shall mean any person who shall be employed by any public
school on a full-time basis and who shall be duly certificated under the law
governing the certification of teachers; any person employed in the state
department of elementary and secondary education or by the state board of
education on a full-time basis who shall be duly certificated under the law
governing the certification of teachers and who did not become a member of the
Missouri state employees' retirement system pursuant to section 104.342; and
persons employed by the board of trustees of the public school retirement
system of Missouri on a full-time basis who shall be duly certified under the
law governing the certification of teachers. The term "teacher" shall be
synonymous with the term "employee" as defined in this section.
(L. 1945 p. 1353 § 1, A.L. 1945 p. 1378, A.L. 1945 p. 1381, A.L. 1949
p. 525, A.L. 1953 p. 480, A.L. 1957 p. 432, A.L. 1965 p. 288,
A.L. 1967 p. 250, A.L. 1972 S.B. 491, A.L. 1977 S.B. 325, A.L.
1981 H.B. 33, et al., A.L. 1984 S.B. 407, A.L. 1987 H.B. 713,
A.L. 1996 S.B. 857, A.L. 1997 S.B. 309, A.L. 1999 S.B. 308 & 314,
A.L. 2005 H.B. 443, A.L. 2007 S.B. 406)
2005
1999
2005
169.010. The following words and phrases, as used in sections 169.010
to 169.130, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context,
shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Accumulated contributions" shall mean the sum of the annual
contributions a member has made to the retirement system through deductions
from the member's salary, plus interest compounded annually on each year's
contributions from the end of the school year during which such
contributions were made;
(2) "Board" shall mean the board of trustees provided for in sections
169.010 to 169.130;
(3) "Creditable service" shall mean prior service or membership
service, or the sum of the two, if the member has both to the member's
credit;
(4) "District" shall mean public school, as herein defined;
(5) "Employ" shall have a meaning agreeable with that herein given to
employer and employee;
(6) "Employee" shall be synonymous with the term "teacher" as the
same is herein defined;
(7) "Employer" shall mean the district that makes payment directly to
the teacher or employee for such person's services;
(8) "Final average salary" shall mean the total compensation payable
to a member for any three consecutive years of creditable service, as
elected by the member, divided by thirty-six; with the proviso that any
annual compensation entering into the total compensation shall not exceed
twelve thousand six hundred dollars for any year prior to July 1, 1967; and
with the proviso that the board may set a maximum percentage of increase in
annual compensation from one year to the next in the final average salary
period;
(9) "Member" shall mean a person who holds membership in the
retirement system;
(10) "Membership service" shall mean service rendered by a member of
the retirement system after the system becomes operative, and may include a
period of service in the armed forces of the United States as provided for
in section 169.055;
(11) "Prior service" shall mean service rendered by a member of the
retirement system before the system becomes operative, and may include
service rendered by a member of the armed forces if the member was a
teacher at the time the member was inducted, for which credit has been
approved by the board of trustees;
(12) "Public school" shall mean any school conducted within the state
under the authority and supervision of a duly elected district or city or
town board of directors or board of education and the board of regents of
the several state teachers' colleges, or state colleges, board of trustees
of the public school retirement system of Missouri, and also the state of
Missouri and each county thereof, to the extent that the state and the
several counties are employers of teachers as herein designated;
(13) "Retirement allowance" shall mean a monthly payment for life
during retirement;
(14) "Retirement system" or "system" shall mean the public school
retirement system of Missouri created by sections 169.010 to 169.130;
(15) "Salary", "salary rate" or "compensation" shall mean the regular
remuneration, including any payments made pursuant to sections 168.500 to
168.515, RSMo, which is earned by a member as an employee of a district,
but not including employer-paid fringe benefits except the value of
employer-paid medical benefits (including dental and vision) for members,
and not including employer-paid medical benefits (including dental and
vision) for anyone other than the member, employer contributions to any
deferred compensation plan, consideration for agreeing to terminate
employment or other nonrecurring or unusual payments that are not a part of
regular remuneration. The board by its rules may further define salary,
salary rate and compensation in a manner consistent with this definition
and with sections 169.010 to 169.141;
(16) "School year" shall mean the year from July first of one year to
June thirtieth of next year, inclusive, which shall also be the fiscal year
of the system;
(17) "Teacher" shall mean any person who shall be employed by any
public school, on a full-time basis and who shall be duly certificated
under the law governing the certification of teachers; any person employed
in the state department of elementary and secondary education or by the
state board of education on a full-time basis who shall be duly
certificated under the law governing the certification of teachers and who
did not become a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system
pursuant to section 104.342, RSMo; and persons employed by the board of
trustees of the public school retirement system of Missouri on a full-time
basis who shall be duly certified under the law governing the certification
of teachers. The term "teacher" shall be synonymous with the term
"employee" as defined in this section.
1999
169.010. The following words and phrases, as used in sections 169.010
to 169.130, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context,
shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Accumulated contributions" shall mean the sum of the annual
contributions a member has made to the retirement system through deductions
from the member's salary, plus interest compounded annually on each year's
contributions from the end of the school year during which such
contributions were made;
(2) "Board" shall mean the board of trustees provided for in sections
169.010 to 169.130;
(3) "Creditable service" shall mean prior service or membership
service, or the sum of the two, if the member has both to the member's
credit;
(4) "District" shall mean public school, as herein defined;
(5) "Employ" shall have a meaning agreeable with that herein given to
employer and employee;
(6) "Employee" shall be synonymous with the term "teacher" as the
same is herein defined;
(7) "Employer" shall mean the district that makes payment directly to
the teacher or employee for such person's services;
(8) "Final average salary" shall mean the total compensation payable
to a member for any three consecutive years of creditable service, as
elected by the member, divided by thirty-six; with the proviso that any
annual compensation entering into the total compensation shall not exceed
twelve thousand six hundred dollars for any year prior to July 1, 1967; and
with the proviso that the board may set a maximum percentage of increase in
annual compensation from one year to the next in the final average salary
period;
(9) "Member" shall mean a person who holds membership in the
retirement system;
(10) "Membership service" shall mean service rendered by a member of
the retirement system after the system becomes operative, and may include a
period of service in the armed forces of the United States as provided for
in section 169.055;
(11) "Prior service" shall mean service rendered by a member of the
retirement system before the system becomes operative, and may include
service rendered by a member of the armed forces if the member was a
teacher at the time the member was inducted, for which credit has been
approved by the board of trustees;
(12) "Public school" shall mean any school conducted within the state
under the authority and supervision of a duly elected district or city or
town board of directors or board of education and the board of regents of
the several state teachers' colleges, or state colleges, board of trustees
of the public school retirement system of Missouri, and also the state of
Missouri and each county thereof, to the extent that the state and the
several counties are employers of teachers as herein designated;
(13) "Retirement allowance" shall mean a monthly payment for life
during retirement;
(14) "Retirement system" or "system" shall mean the public school
retirement system of Missouri created by sections 169.010 to 169.130;
(15) "Salary", "salary rate" or "compensation" shall mean the regular
remuneration, including any payments made pursuant to sections 168.500 to
168.515, RSMo, which is earned by a member as an employee of a district,
but not including employer-paid fringe benefits except the value of
employer-paid medical benefits (including dental and vision) for members,
and not including consideration for agreeing to retire or other
nonrecurring or unusual payments that are not a part of regular
remuneration. The board by its rules may further define salary, salary
rate and compensation in a manner consistent with this definition and with
sections 169.010 to 169.141;
(16) "School year" shall mean the year from July first of one year to
June thirtieth of next year, inclusive, which shall also be the fiscal year
of the system;
(17) "Teacher" shall mean any person who shall be employed by any
public school, on a full-time basis and who shall be duly certificated
under the law governing the certification of teachers; any person employed
in the state department of elementary and secondary education or by the
state board of education on a full-time basis who shall be duly
certificated under the law governing the certification of teachers and who
did not become a member of the Missouri state employees' retirement system
pursuant to section 104.342, RSMo; and persons employed by the board of
trustees of the public school retirement system of Missouri on a full-time
basis who shall be duly certified under the law governing the certification
of teachers. The term "teacher" shall be synonymous with the term
"employee" as defined in this section.
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