R 38.1120
Out-of-system public education and other creditable service;
certification; payment procedure.
Rule 120. (1) An active member may, after satisfying the requirements of the act,
purchase out-of-system public education and other creditable service. The board
shall allow credit for out-of-system public education service if similar service
performed in a reporting unit would be creditable. Such service shall not be
creditable until the member makes payment in full. Partial payments for service
performed before July 1, 1974, will be accepted up to the time of the final payment,
which shall be not later than the effective date of the member's retirement
allowance.The minimum partial payment shall be established by the board.
(2) The procedure for computing the compensation base for out-of-system public
education and other creditable service which is performed after July 1, 1974, and
payment procedure shall be the same as for the purchasing of nonintervening
military service credit.
(3) It shall be the responsibility of the member to furnish, on forms provided by
the retirement office, certification of creditable out-of-system public education
and other
creditable
service. The certification shall be completed from official
records in the possession of the educational agency, a public retirement system, or a
governmental agency.
(4) It shall be the member's responsibility to obtain completed certification of
service, on forms prescribed by the retirement board, of the member's creditable out-
of-system public education and other creditable service.
(5) An original copy of the certification of service is required, which shall also
include a list of the salaries received each school fiscal year of the member's service. It
shall also contain a statement by the school officer completing the certification that
his or her statements are based upon official school records on file.
(6) If the support documents do not establish valid service credit, evaluation
shall be based on annual composite summary listings.
History: 1985 AACS.
R 38.1121 Nonintervening military service credit; payment procedure.
Rule 121. To be processed, an application for nonintervening military service
credit shall be received in the retirement office before June 15 of the school fiscal year
upon which payment is to be based.
A
military payment received which is
postmarked after the last date of the school fiscal year upon which the payment is to
be based will be returned to the member. If the June 30 deadline is not met, the
member shall reapply.
History: 1985 AACS.
R 38.1122 Eligibility to purchase other creditable service or repay a refund.
Rule 122. The purchase of any service creditable by statute, excluding repayment
of a refund, shall be made while an individual is a member of the retirement system,
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