The 1941 School Retirement Bill

BILL No.
By Committee on Education

(To Carrry Out Resolution No. 17.)

AN ACT relating to schools, providing for the retirement and payment
of annuities to persons engaged in school service as in this act de-
fined, creating a state school retirement fund and state school
retirement board for such purposes, prescribing the powers and
duties of said board, and providing penalties for the violations of
this act.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

SECTION 1. Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the
context, the following words and phrases, as used in this act, shall have
the following meanings:

(a) “Retirement Fund” shall mean the state school retirement fund
of Kansas.

(b) “Board” shall mean the state school retirement board of Kan-
sas, created by section 2 of this act.

(c) “School year” shall mean either a full calendar year beginning
on September first, or the legal school term during such calendar year.
In case of doubt the board shall decide what constitutes a school year;
but it shall not give credit for a school year that represents less than
eighty days of actual service; nor shall any person receive credit for
more than one school year during any twelve months’ period beginning
on September first.

(d) “School employee’ shall mean any person who has performed
or who shall hereafter perform, school service for the state of Kansas
or any of its subdivisions. The term “school employees” shall include
state and county superintendents and their helpers and assistants; the
employees of the state board of education; the employees of the board;
and the employees of all schools maintained by the State of Kansas or
by any school district or other subdivision of the state: Provided, That
the term “school employees’ shall not include any employee of a col-
legiate institution operated by the state which maintains a standard
four-year college course but shall include municipal universities main-
taining such course. The term “school employee’ shall include such
persons performing school service as classroom teachers, administrators,
supervisors, librarians, nurses, clerks, janitors, mechanics, bus drivers,
or in other capacities.

(e) “School service’ shall mean service performed on either a full
time or part time basis throughout at least one school year, for which
salary or wages is paid regularly from the treasury of the State of
Kansas, or from the treasury of a school district or other subdivision
of the state. In case of doubt the board shall decide what constitutes
school service. -

(f) “School annuitant” shall mean any person who is entitled to
receive a school annuity.

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