2018 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 161 - SCHOOL EMPLOYEES -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT AND TENURE

Certification of School Employees

• .010 Definitions for KRS 161.020 to 161.134.
• .011 Definitions of "classified employee" and "seniority" -- Job classifications and minimum qualifications -- Requirement of written contracts and written personnel policies -- Reduction in force -- Registry of vacant classified employee positions and training -- Review of local board policies by Department of Education.
• .017 Executive director of Education Professional Standards Board.
• .020 Certificates required of school employees -- Filing requirements -- Validity and terms for renewal.
• .025 Repealed, 1990.
• .027 Preparation program for principals -- Assessment and internship requirements.
• .028 Education Professional Standards Board -- Powers and duties regarding the preparation and certification of professional school personnel -- Membership.
• .030 Certification authority -- Assessments of beginning teachers and teachers seeking additional certification -- Conditional certificates -- Temporary certificates -- Internship -- Beginning teacher committee -- Resource teachers.
• .032 Certification incentive fund -- Purpose of grants -- Eligibility -- Priorities -- Forgivable loan incentive -- Stipend -- Other financial incentives.
• .035 Repealed, 1978.
• .040 Repealed, 1998.
• .042 Status of student teachers -- Responsibility to administrative staff and supervising teachers -- Professional competency requirement for supervising teachers.
• .044 Requirements for teachers' aides -- Legal status -- Preference to certified applicants -- Training.
• .046 Adjunct instructors.
• .048 Legislative findings -- Alternative certification program -- Purpose -- Options -- Testing and eligibility requirements -- Salary schedule.
• .049 Professional support teams -- Training program -- Alternate training program.
• .050 Repealed, 1950.
• .051 Braille requirements for teacher certification of blind and visually impaired students.
• .052 Certification of teachers for gifted education.
• .053 Certification of teachers of exceptional children/communication disorders.
• .060 Repealed, 1950.
• .070 Repealed, 1950.
• .080 Repealed, 1950.
• .090 Repealed, 1950.
• .095 Continuing education for teachers -- Extension for military service -- Administrative regulations.
• .100 Emergency certificates.
• .102 Emergency substitute teaching certificates.
• .110 Repealed, 1978.
• .115 Deletion of certificate, certificate endorsement, or subject specialization from official certification record at holder's option -- Restoration of deleted areas of certification.
• .120 Disciplinary actions relating to certificates -- Appeals.
• .121 Repealed, 1990.
• .1211 Classification of teachers.
• .122 Repealed, 1990.
• .1221 Out-of-field teaching.
• .1222 Pilot teacher internship program -- Report to Interim Joint Committee on Education -- Appropriated funds.
• .123 Reciprocity certification for out-of-state teachers.

Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel

• .124 Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel.
• .126 Designation of executive director of the Education Professional Standards Board as state official under agreement -- Handling contracts under agreement.
• .130 Repealed, 1960.

National Board Certification of Teachers

• .131 Legislative findings and goals on national board certification.
• .132 Definitions for KRS 161.131 to 161.134 and KRS 157.395 and 161.123.
• .133 Teachers' national certification incentive trust fund -- Purposes -- Appropriations.
• .134 Preparation for national board certification -- Incentives -- Authority to prorate reimbursements if funds insufficient -- Administrative regulations for mentoring program.

Regulations as to School Employees

• .140 Repealed, 1982.
• .141 Requirements and prohibitions concerning public charter school employees and local school boards.
• .145 Cost of physical examination required for employment of classified personnel.
• .148 Use of volunteer personnel -- Criminal records check -- Orientation -- Exception.
• .150 Repealed, 1954.
• .151 Removal of references to criminal allegations not resulting in charge or conviction from school employee's personnel file -- Nonpreclusion of separate investigation.
• .152 Emergency leave for school employees.
• .153 Leave for jury duty for teachers and state employees.
• .154 Personal leave days for school employees.
• .155 Definitions for section -- Salary, benefits, and leave for employee or teacher when victim of assault -- Sick leave for employee or teacher -- Sick leave bank -- Sick leave donation program -- Payment for unused sick leave upon retirement or death.
• .156 Repealed, 1972.
• .157 Credits allowed transferred employee of Department of Education or Education Professional Standards Board.
• .158 Group insurance -- Board's termination of participation in state health plan -- Employees offered coverage in state health plan under federal law eligible for state-funded contribution -- Deductions from salaries.
• .159 Adoption of rules and regulations to implement life insurance program.
• .160 Repealed, 1942.
• .162 Repealed, 1990.
• .163 Employees' application form not to require disclosure of religious affiliation.
• .164 Political activity prohibited -- Discrimination prohibited.
• .165 Recruitment of minority teachers.
• .166 Training program for Kentucky Virtual High School on-line coaches.
• .167 Program to encourage persons to enter Kentucky teaching profession -- Reports.
• .168 Certified employee granted leave of absence for active military service -- Medical insurance -- Contribution to retirement system to be retroactive -- Credit given -- Exclusions.
• .170 Teachers to enforce course of study and use of books -- Removal for failure.
• .175 Teachers involved in illegal use of controlled substances.
• .180 Supervision of pupils' conduct.
• .185 Certified or classified staff member to accompany students on school-sponsored or endorsed trips -- Exceptions.
• .190 Abuse of teacher, classified employee, or school administrator prohibited.
• .195 Notice to teacher of student's history of physically abusive conduct or carrying a concealed weapon.
• .200 Records to be kept by teachers -- Exceptions.
• .210 Reports to be made by teachers.

Teachers' Retirement

• .220 Definitions for KRS 161.220 to 161.716 and 161.990.
• .230 Retirement system -- Purpose -- Name.
• .235 Establishment of hybrid cash balance plan for new Teachers' Retirement System members who begin participating on or after January 1, 2019 -- TRS members with fewer than five years of service may elect participation.
• .240 Repealed, 1964
• .250 Board of trustees to control retirement -- Membership -- Appeals -- Trustee education program -- Public disclosure of best practices model -- Administrative regulations for authorized benefit improvements.
• .260 Election of members of board of trustees.
• .270 Vacancies, how filled.
• .280 Oath of board members.
• .290 Meetings, compensation, and expenses of board members.
• .300 Quorum.
• .310 Administrative regulations -- Rules, regulations, and policies of participating employers to conform to chapter -- Retirement incentives.
• .320 Record of proceedings -- Annual report.
• .330 Cost of administration, how paid -- Office space.
• .340 Officers of board -- Personnel of system -- Contracting for services and commodities -- Bonds of officers and employees -- Leave balances.
• .350 Repealed, 1946.
• .360 Repealed, 1956.
• .370 Treasurer, auditor, and legal adviser of board -- Annual audit of Teachers' Retirement System.
• .380 Duties of treasurer -- Custodian of securities.
• .390 Actuarial data to be kept.
• .400 Duties of actuary -- Actuarial investigations, valuations, and analyses.
• .410 Repealed, 1964.
• .420 Funds of retirement system.
• .430 Investment of funds -- Investment procurement policy.
• .440 Assignment of interest to funds.
• .450 Repealed, 1996.
• .460 Conflict of interest -- Trustees, employees, members of General Assembly, public servants.
• .470 Membership -- Forfeiture of service credit -- Termination of membership -- Forfeiture of benefits -- Reinstatement -- Payment of accumulated account balance.
• .480 Statement of member -- Designation of beneficiaries.
• .490 Investigation of statement.
• .500 Service credit.
• .505 Repealed, 1976.
• .507 Prior service credit for veterans -- Credit for military service and uniformed service by active contributing member.
• .510 Repealed, 2000.
• .515 Out-of-state service credit -- Contribution -- Kentucky Peace Corps and federal Peace Corps service credit -- Factor for members employed by universities and colleges -- Factor for other members -- Limited application to individuals who become members on or after January 1, 2019.
• .516 Repealed, 1962.
• .520 Payment of accumulated account balance on death.
• .522 Survivors of certain members retired for disability may elect annuity.
• .525 Death of member eligible to retire -- Options of beneficiary -- Monthly minimum allowance to surviving spouse of individual who becomes member before January 1, 2019.
• .530 Restoration of forfeited account -- Exception.
• .540 Members' contributions -- Picked-up contributions.
• .545 Contributions and service credit for substitute service, part-time service, or leave of absence -- Contributions not to be picked up -- Purchases of service credit by individuals becoming members on or after July 1, 2008, but before January 1, 2019, for leaves of absence for health, child-rearing, and educational improvement reasons.
• .546 Repealed, 1996.
• .5461 Purchase of service credit with rolled-over or transferred retirement funds.
• .5465 Member with twenty years' service credit may purchase five years' service credit -- Exceptions.
• .547 Member having service as legislator and becoming member before January 1, 2019, may purchase four years' credit in the retirement system.
• .548 Purchase of service credit by individual who became member before January 1, 2019, and who served in a regional community program for mental health and individuals with an intellectual disability.
• .549 Purchase of service credit by individual who became member before January 1, 2019, and who was employed at a Federal Head Start agency.
• .550 Contribution to system by employers and state -- Contributions to pension and life insurance funds.
• .553 Funding of past statutory benefit improvements -- Schedules for appropriations -- Cost-of-living increases -- Feasibility study of employer contribution rate stabilization.
• .555 Employer contributions for members employed in positions established under federal educational acts.
• .556 Employer contributions for members employed by regional educational cooperatives.
• .560 Deduction and forwarding of teachers' contributions -- Picked-up employee contributions -- Correction of omitted member contributions.
• .565 Reduction and pick-up of contributions by university faculty members.
• .567 Authorization for optional retirement plan for designated employees of certain public universities.
• .568 Eligibility to participate in optional retirement plan -- Election to change from optional retirement plan to Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System.
• .569 Effect of election to participate -- Payment of benefits -- Taxation and attachment of benefits -- Employer contributions.
• .570 Repealed, 1964.
• .580 Individual accounts to be kept -- Other data -- Summary plan description -- Publication -- Recipients.
• .585 Member's account confidential -- Release of certain information from accounts of current or former legislators -- Medical records on file confidential -- Production of records in response to a subpoena or court order.
• .590 Service credit at retirement.
• .595 Service credit of individual who became member before January 1, 2019.
• .597 Installment payments for purchase of service credit by active contributing members.
• .600 Retirement conditions for individual who became member before January 1, 2019 -- Consolidation of accounts -- Applications and forms -- Surviving spouse.
• .603 Repealed, 2008.
• .605 Resumption of employment by retired member -- Continuation of retirement allowance -- Individuals who retire and are reemployed on or after January 1, 2019 -- Waiver of annuity -- Nonteaching employment.
• .607 Employment in position covered by other Kentucky retirement system.
• .608 Computation of benefits of member who has an account with another state system.
• .610 Repealed, 1964.
• .611 Supplemental retirement benefit plan -- Purpose -- Administration -- Eligibility -- Payments.
• .612 Membership of individuals providing part-time and substitute services -- Service credit -- Participation in benefits -- Individuals who retire and are reemployed on or after January 1, 2019.
• .614 Court-ordered back salary and reinstatement.
• .615 Limited defined contribution plan -- Purpose -- Administration -- Eligibility -- Payments -- Closing of plan to future employees on January 1, 2019.
• .620 Allowances for university and nonuniversity retirees who became members before January 1, 2019 -- Amount -- Applicability to persons becoming members on or after July 1, 2008.
• .623 Use of unused sick-leave days to determine service credit -- Applicability to individuals becoming members on or after July 1, 2008 -- Maximum amount -- Limitation of program on and after August 1, 2018.
• .624 Responsibilities of members.
• .625 Repealed, 1964.
• .630 Benefit options -- Change in benefit option by retiree who became member before January 1, 2019 -- Beneficiary redesignation after retirement.
• .640 Payment of annuities -- Payroll deductions -- Electronic fund transfer, exception.
• .643 Records and annual reports for annuitants employed by school districts or agencies -- Penalty for noncompliance.
• .650 Death of retired member -- Payment to beneficiaries -- Effect of divorce decree -- Failure to designate beneficiary.
• .655 Life insurance benefit for individuals who became members before January 1, 2019 -- Assignment of benefit.
• .660 Repealed, 1964.
• .661 Disability retirement.
• .662 Status of disabled teachers and superintendents.
• .663 Disability retirement with less than required years of service.
• .670 Repealed, 1964.
• .675 Hospital and medical benefits and health insurance coverage for eligible recipients of retirement allowances from Teachers' Retirement System -- Applicability to individuals becoming members on or after July 1, 2008 -- Health insurance supplement payments -- Coverage for spouses, dependents, and disabled children of retirees -- Exemption from premium tax.
• .677 Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System insurance trust fund.
• .680 Mistake in payment -- Correction of error.
• .690 Falsifying record prohibited.
• .700 Funds exempt from taxation and process -- Taxability after December 31, 1997 -- Benefits not considered marital property.
• .705 Repealed, 1992.
• .710 Local system merged with state system.
• .712 Repealed, 1996.
• .714 Inviolable contract -- Exceptions.
• .715 Repealed, 1976.
• .716 Federal laws take precedence over Kentucky statutes pertaining to Teachers' Retirement System.

Teachers' Tenure

• .720 Definitions for teachers' tenure law.
• .721 Superintendent eligible for continuing contract status.
• .730 Limited or continuing contract with teachers required.
• .740 Eligibility for continuing service status -- Limited status employee on approved military leave -- Transfer of teachers -- Reinstatement after service in Armed Forces.
• .750 Nonrenewal of limited contracts.
• .760 Notice of salary to be paid to teacher -- Increases -- Reductions in responsibility.
• .765 Procedures for demotion of administrative personnel -- Appeal.
• .770 Leaves of absence.
• .780 Termination of contract by teacher or superintendent -- Resignation binding as of date of acceptance.
• .790 Termination of contract by board -- Administrative hearing tribunal -- Sanctions.
• .795 Investigation of and records that school employee acted improperly relating to statewide assessment program -- Certain records to be expunged.
• .800 Suspension of contracts on reducing number of teachers.
• .810 Continuance of status in case of annexation or consolidation of schools.
• .821 Repealed, 1978.
• .822 Repealed, 1978.
• .823 Repealed, 1978.
• .824 Repealed, 1978.
• .825 Repealed, 1978.
• .826 Repealed, 1978.
• .827 Repealed, 1978.
• .828 Repealed, 1978.
• .829 Repealed, 1978.
• .830 Repealed, 1978.
• .831 Repealed, 1978.
• .832 Repealed, 1978.
• .833 Repealed, 1978.
• .834 Repealed, 1978.
• .835 Repealed, 1978.
• .836 Repealed, 1978.
• .837 Repealed, 1978.
• .841 Repealed, 1990.

Penalties

• .990 Penalties.