161.141 Participation in retirement systems -- State-sponsored insurance program -
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Requirements and prohibitions concerning public charter school employees
and local school boards -- Employees of education service provider.
(1)As used in this section, "education service provider," "public charter school," "local
school board," and "local school district" have the same meanings as in KRS
160.1590.
(a)Public charter school employees shall participate in the Teachers' Retirement
System or the County Employees Retirement System, as determined by their
eligibility for participation in the appropriate system and provided the public
charter school satisfies the criteria set by the Internal Revenue Service to
participate in a governmental retirement plan.
(b)Teachers and other certified personnel shall make any required employee
contributions to the Teachers' Retirement System under KRS 161.220 to
161.716.
(c)Classified employees shall make any required employee contributions to the
County Employees Retirement System under KRS 78.510 to 78.852.
(d)A public charter school shall participate in the state-sponsored health
insurance program on the same basis as a local school district pursuant to
KRS 18A.225.
(e)Any state appropriation for retirement, health, or life insurance benefits made
on behalf of a local public employee or a school district employee shall also
be made on behalf of a public charter school employee.
(f)A public charter school shall make any required employer contributions to the
Teachers' Retirement System under KRS 161.220 to 161.716 and the County
Employees Retirement System under KRS 78.510 to 78.852 in the same
manner as local school districts.
(g)For the purposes of calculating sick leave credit under KRS 161.220 to
161.716, teachers and other certified personnel of a public charter school shall
not accumulate more days of sick leave during their employment with the
public charter school than they would have otherwise accumulated as a
certified employee of the school district of location.
(a)A public charter school employee shall not be required to be a member of any
collective bargaining agreement.
(b)A public charter school employee who enters into any collective bargaining
unit must do so as a separate unit from the local school district.
(4)A local school board shall not require any employee of the local school district to be
employed in a public charter school or any student enrolled in the school district to
attend a public charter school.
(5)A local school board shall not harass, threaten, discipline, discharge, retaliate, or in
any manner discriminate against any district employee involved directly or
indirectly with an application to establish a public charter school.
(6)An employee of an education service provider shall not be considered a public
charter school employee, but shall meet the same certification and background
check requirements otherwise required of a public charter school employee.