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Kentucky Chapter 161 — School Employees -- Teachers' Retirement and Tenure

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  • KRS 161.010— Definitions for KRS 161.020 to 161.134
  • KRS 161.011— 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
  • KRS 161.017— Education Professional Standards Board to be headed by commissioner of education -- Duties and powers
  • KRS 161.020— Certificates required of school employees -- Filing requirements -- Validity and terms for renewal
  • KRS 161.025— Repealed, 1990
  • KRS 161.027— Preparation program for principals -- Assessment and internship requirements
  • KRS 161.028— Education Professional Standards Board -- Powers and duties regarding the preparation and certification of professional school personnel -- Membership
  • KRS 161.030— Certification authority -- Assessments of beginning teachers and teachers seeking additional certification -- Conditional certificates -- Temporary certificates -- Emeritus and exception certificates
  • KRS 161.031— New teacher induction and mentor programs provided by school districts -- Definitions -- Standards -- Evaluations -- Annual report
  • KRS 161.032— Certification incentive fund -- Purpose of grants -- Eligibility -- Priorities -- Forgivable loan incentive -- Stipend -- Other financial incentives
  • KRS 161.035— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.040— Repealed, 1998
  • KRS 161.042— Status of student teachers -- Responsibility to administrative staff and supervising teachers -- Professional competency requirement for supervising teachers
  • KRS 161.044— Requirements for teachers' aides -- Legal status -- Preference to certified applicants -- Training
  • KRS 161.046— Adjunct instructors
  • KRS 161.048— Legislative findings -- Alternative certification program -- Purpose -- Options -- Testing and eligibility requirements -- Salary schedule
  • KRS 161.049— Professional support teams -- Training program -- Alternate training program
  • KRS 161.050— Repealed, 1950
  • KRS 161.051— Braille requirements for teacher certification of blind and visually impaired students
  • KRS 161.052— Certification of teachers for gifted education
  • KRS 161.053— Certification of teachers of exceptional children/communication disorders
  • KRS 161.060— Repealed, 1950
  • KRS 161.070— Repealed, 1950
  • KRS 161.080— Repealed, 1950
  • KRS 161.090— Repealed, 1950
  • KRS 161.095— Continuing education for teachers -- Extension for military service -- Administrative regulations
  • KRS 161.100— Emergency certificates
  • KRS 161.102— Substitute teaching certificates -- Types -- Conditions
  • KRS 161.110— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.115— Deletion of certificate, certificate endorsement, or subject specialization from official certification record at holder's option -- Restoration of deleted areas of certification
  • KRS 161.120— Disciplinary actions relating to certificates -- Complaint review process -- Superintendent report of school employee whose contract is terminated or not reviewed -- Hearing -- Appeals
  • KRS 161.121— Repealed, 1990
  • KRS 161.122— Repealed, 1990
  • KRS 161.123— Reciprocity certification for out-of-state teachers
  • KRS 161.124— Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel
  • KRS 161.126— Designation of commissioner of education as state official under agreement -- Handling contracts under agreement
  • KRS 161.130— Repealed, 1960
  • KRS 161.131— Legislative findings and goals on national board certification
  • KRS 161.132— Definitions for KRS 161.131 to 161.134 and KRS 157.395 and 161.123
  • KRS 161.133— Teachers' national certification incentive trust fund -- Purposes -- Appropriations
  • KRS 161.134— Preparation for national board certification -- Incentives -- Authority to prorate reimbursements if funds insufficient -- Administrative regulations for mentoring program
  • KRS 161.135— Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact
  • KRS 161.140— Repealed, 1982
  • KRS 161.141— Participation in retirement systems -- State-sponsored insurance program -- Appropriations for retirement and insurance -- Sick leave credit -- Requirements and prohibitions concerning public charter school employees and local school boards -- Employees of education service provider
  • KRS 161.145— Cost of physical examination required for employment of classified personnel
  • KRS 161.148— Use of volunteer personnel -- Criminal records check -- Orientation -- Exception
  • KRS 161.150— Repealed, 1954
  • KRS 161.151— Removal of references to criminal allegations not resulting in charge or conviction from school employee's personnel file -- Nonpreclusion of separate investigation
  • KRS 161.152— Emergency leave for school employees
  • KRS 161.153— Leave for jury duty for teachers and state employees
  • KRS 161.154— Personal leave days for school employees
  • KRS 161.155— 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 -- Maternity leave -- Payment for unused sick leave upon retirement or death -- Funding allocation -- Report
  • KRS 161.156— Repealed, 1972
  • KRS 161.157— Credits allowed transferred employee of Department of Education or Education Professional Standards Board
  • KRS 161.158— 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
  • KRS 161.159— Adoption of rules and regulations to implement life insurance program
  • KRS 161.160— Repealed, 1942
  • KRS 161.162— Repealed, 1990
  • KRS 161.163— Employees' application form not to require disclosure of religious affiliation
  • KRS 161.164— Political activity prohibited -- Discrimination prohibited -- Instructional materials requirements -- Student not required to advocate for perspective with which he or she does not agree -- Employee not required to engage in training that stereotypes group
  • KRS 161.165— Recruitment of minority teachers
  • KRS 161.166— Training program for Kentucky Virtual High School on-line coaches
  • KRS 161.167— Program to encourage persons to enter Kentucky teaching profession -- Reports
  • KRS 161.168— Certified employee granted leave of absence for active military service -- Medical insurance -- Contribution to retirement system to be retroactive -- Credit given -- Exclusions
  • KRS 161.170— Teachers to enforce course of study and use of books -- Removal for failure
  • KRS 161.175— Teachers involved in illegal use of controlled substances
  • KRS 161.180— Supervision of pupils' conduct
  • KRS 161.185— Certified or classified staff member to accompany students on school-sponsored or endorsed trips -- Exceptions
  • KRS 161.190— Abuse of teacher, classified employee, or school administrator prohibited
  • KRS 161.195— Notice to teacher of student's history of physically abusive conduct or carrying a concealed weapon
  • KRS 161.200— Records to be kept by teachers -- Exceptions
  • KRS 161.210— Reports to be made by teachers
  • KRS 161.212— Educators Employment Liability Insurance Program -- Fund
  • KRS 161.220— Definitions for KRS 161.220 to 161.716 and 161.990
  • KRS 161.230— Retirement system -- Purpose -- Name
  • KRS 161.235— Repealed, 2022
  • KRS 161.240— Repealed, 1964
  • KRS 161.250— Board of trustees to control retirement -- Membership -- Appeals -- Trustee education program -- Public disclosure of meeting notices and agendas and Annual Comprehensive Financial Report -- Administrative regulations for authorized benefit improvements
  • KRS 161.260— Election of members of board of trustees
  • KRS 161.270— Vacancies, how filled
  • KRS 161.280— Oath of board members
  • KRS 161.290— Meetings, compensation, and expenses of board members
  • KRS 161.300— Quorum
  • KRS 161.310— Administrative regulations -- Rules, regulations, and policies of participating employers to conform to chapter -- Retirement incentives
  • KRS 161.320— Record of proceedings -- Annual report
  • KRS 161.330— Cost of administration, how paid -- Office space
  • KRS 161.340— Officers of board -- Personnel of system -- Contracting for services and commodities -- Liability insurance -- Leave balances
  • KRS 161.350— Repealed, 1946
  • KRS 161.360— Repealed, 1956
  • KRS 161.370— Treasurer, auditor, and legal adviser of board -- Annual audit of Teachers' Retirement System
  • KRS 161.380— Duties of treasurer -- Custodian of securities
  • KRS 161.390— Actuarial data to be kept
  • KRS 161.400— Duties of actuary -- Actuarial investigations, valuations, and analyses
  • KRS 161.410— Repealed, 1964
  • KRS 161.420— Funds and accounts of retirement system
  • KRS 161.430— Investment of funds -- Standards of conduct -- Investment procurement policy -- Proxy voting guidelines
  • KRS 161.440— Assignment of interest to funds
  • KRS 161.450— Repealed, 1996
  • KRS 161.460— Conflict of interest -- Trustees, employees, members of General Assembly, public servants
  • KRS 161.470— Membership -- Forfeiture of service credit -- Termination of membership -- Forfeiture of benefits -- Reinstatement -- Payment of accumulated account balance
  • KRS 161.480— Statement of member -- Designation of beneficiaries
  • KRS 161.490— Investigation of statement
  • KRS 161.500— Service credit
  • KRS 161.505— Repealed, 1976
  • KRS 161.507— Prior service credit for veterans -- Credit for military service and uniformed service by active contributing member
  • KRS 161.510— Repealed, 2000
  • KRS 161.515— Out-of-state service credit -- Contribution -- Kentucky Peace Corps and federal Peace Corps service credit -- Retirement factor
  • KRS 161.516— Repealed, 1962
  • KRS 161.520— Payment of survivor's benefit on death
  • KRS 161.522— Survivors of certain members retired for disability may elect annuity
  • KRS 161.525— Death of member eligible to retire -- Options of beneficiary -- Monthly minimum allowance to surviving spouse
  • KRS 161.530— Restoration of forfeited account -- Exception
  • KRS 161.540— Members' contributions -- Picked-up contributions
  • KRS 161.545— Contributions and service credit for substitute service, part-time service, or leave of absence -- Contributions not to be picked up -- Purchases of service credit for leaves of absence for health, child-rearing, and educational improvement reasons
  • KRS 161.546— Repealed, 1996
  • KRS 161.547— Member having service as legislator may purchase four years' credit in the retirement system
  • KRS 161.548— Purchase of service credit by individual who served in a regional community program for mental health and individuals with an intellectual disability
  • KRS 161.549— Purchase of service credit by individual who was employed at a Federal Head Start agency
  • KRS 161.550— Contribution to system by employers and state -- Contributions to pension, medical insurance, and life insurance funds
  • KRS 161.552— Definitions for section -- Employer contributions for retiree health benefits to be deposited into state accumulation fund when medical insurance fund reaches actuarial funding level of at least one hundred percent -- Restoration of funding
  • KRS 161.553— Repealed, 2025
  • KRS 161.555— Employer contributions for members employed in positions established under federal educational acts
  • KRS 161.556— Employer contributions for members employed by regional educational cooperatives
  • KRS 161.560— Deduction and forwarding of teachers' contributions -- Reporting requirements -- Picked-up employee contributions -- Correction of omitted member contributions
  • KRS 161.565— Reduction and pick-up of contributions by university faculty members
  • KRS 161.567— Authorization for optional retirement plan for designated employees of certain public universities
  • KRS 161.568— Eligibility to participate in optional retirement plan -- Election to change from optional retirement plan to Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System
  • KRS 161.569— Effect of election to participate -- Payment of benefits -- Taxation and attachment of benefits -- Employer contributions
  • KRS 161.570— Repealed, 1964
  • KRS 161.580— Individual accounts to be kept -- Other data -- Summary plan description -- Publication -- Recipients
  • KRS 161.585— 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
  • KRS 161.590— Service credit at retirement
  • KRS 161.595— Credit upon service retirement
  • KRS 161.597— Installment payments for purchase of service credit by active contributing members
  • KRS 161.600— Retirement conditions -- Consolidation of accounts -- Applications and forms -- Surviving spouse
  • KRS 161.603— Repealed, 2008
  • KRS 161.605— Resumption of employment by retired member -- Continuation of retirement allowance -- Individuals who retire and are reemployed -- Part-time, substitute teaching, and nonteaching employment -- Health insurance coverage
  • KRS 161.607— Employment in position covered by other Kentucky retirement system
  • KRS 161.608— Computation of benefits of member who has an account with another state system
  • KRS 161.610— Repealed, 1964
  • KRS 161.611— Supplemental retirement benefit plan -- Purpose -- Administration -- Eligibility -- Payments
  • KRS 161.612— Membership of individuals providing part-time and substitute services -- Service credit -- Participation in benefits
  • KRS 161.614— Court-ordered back salary and reinstatement
  • KRS 161.615— Limited defined contribution plan -- Purpose -- Administration -- Eligibility -- Payments
  • KRS 161.620— Retirement allowances for university and nonuniversity retirees -- Amount -- Increases -- Payments for adult dependents
  • KRS 161.623— Use of unused sick-leave days to determine service credit -- Applicability to individuals becoming members on or after July 1, 2008 -- Maximum amount
  • KRS 161.624— Responsibilities of members
  • KRS 161.625— Repealed, 1964
  • KRS 161.630— Benefit options -- Change in benefit option by retiree -- Beneficiary redesignation after retirement
  • KRS 161.633— Foundational component for persons who became nonuniversity members on or after January 1, 2022 -- Valuation assessment -- Adjustments to maintain funding level and contain costs -- Construction
  • KRS 161.634— Foundational component for persons who became university members on or after January 1, 2022 -- Valuation assessment -- Adjustments to maintain funding level and contain costs -- Construction
  • KRS 161.635— Supplemental component for persons who became nonuniversity members on or after January 1, 2022 -- Benefit -- Contributions -- Election upon termination of employment and upon retirement -- Plans authorized under Internal Revenue Code
  • KRS 161.636— Supplemental component for persons who became university members on or after January 1, 2022 -- Benefit -- Contributions -- Election upon termination of employment and upon retirement -- Plans authorized under Internal Revenue Code
  • KRS 161.640— Payment of annuities -- Payroll deductions -- Electronic fund transfer, exception
  • KRS 161.643— Records and annual reports for annuitants employed by school districts or agencies -- Penalty for noncompliance -- System may require more frequent reporting
  • KRS 161.650— Death of retired member -- Payment to beneficiaries -- Effect of divorce decree -- Failure to designate beneficiary
  • KRS 161.655— Life insurance benefit -- Assignment of benefit
  • KRS 161.660— Repealed, 1964
  • KRS 161.661— Disability retirement
  • KRS 161.662— Status of disabled teachers and superintendents
  • KRS 161.663— Disability retirement with less than required years of service
  • KRS 161.670— Repealed, 1964
  • KRS 161.675— 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
  • KRS 161.677— Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System insurance trust fund
  • KRS 161.680— Mistake in payment -- Correction of error -- Collection of overpayments
  • KRS 161.690— Falsifying record prohibited
  • KRS 161.695— Use and acceptance of electronic signatures
  • KRS 161.700— Funds exempt from taxation and process -- Taxability after December 31, 1997 -- Benefits not considered marital property -- Qualified domestic relations order
  • KRS 161.705— Repealed, 1992
  • KRS 161.710— Local system merged with state system
  • KRS 161.712— Repealed, 1996
  • KRS 161.714— Inviolable contract
  • KRS 161.715— Repealed, 1976
  • KRS 161.716— Federal laws take precedence over Kentucky statutes pertaining to Teachers' Retirement System
  • KRS 161.720— Definitions for teachers' tenure law
  • KRS 161.721— Superintendent eligible for continuing contract status
  • KRS 161.730— Limited or continuing contract with teachers required
  • KRS 161.740— Eligibility for continuing service status -- Limited status employee on approved military leave -- Transfer of teachers -- Reinstatement after service in Armed Forces -- District-level administrative position in county with consolidated local government
  • KRS 161.750— Nonrenewal of limited contracts
  • KRS 161.760— Notice of salary to be paid to teacher -- Increases -- Reductions in responsibility
  • KRS 161.765— Procedures for demotion of administrative personnel -- Appeal
  • KRS 161.770— Leaves of absence
  • KRS 161.780— Termination of contract by teacher or superintendent -- Resignation binding as of date of acceptance
  • KRS 161.790— Termination of contract by board -- Administrative hearing tribunal -- Sanctions
  • KRS 161.795— Investigation of and records that school employee acted improperly relating to statewide assessment program -- Certain records to be expunged
  • KRS 161.800— Suspension of contracts on reducing number of teachers
  • KRS 161.810— Continuance of status in case of annexation or consolidation of schools
  • KRS 161.821— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.822— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.823— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.824— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.825— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.826— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.827— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.828— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.829— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.830— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.831— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.832— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.833— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.834— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.835— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.836— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.837— Repealed, 1978
  • KRS 161.841— Repealed, 1990
  • KRS 161.990— Penalties
  • KRS 161.1211— Classification of teachers
  • KRS 161.1221— Out-of-field teaching
  • KRS 161.1222— Repealed, 2024
  • KRS 161.5461— Purchase of service credit with rolled-over or transferred retirement funds
  • KRS 161.5465— Member with twenty years' service credit may purchase five years' service credit -- Exceptions