KRS 156.026: Credits allowed transferred district employee.

(1) For purposes of this section, full -time service in a local school for not less than one

hundred forty (140) days during the school year entitles an employee who transfers

to the Department of Education to a full year of experience credit on the Personnel

Cabinet pay schedule and a full year for the purpose of accumulation of annual

leave and sick leave in the Department of Education.

(2) An employee of a local school district who transfers to become an employee of the

Department of Education after June 30, 1983, shall be allowed to transfer accrued

sick leave up to the maximum allowed for transfers for teachers between school

districts as provided by KRS 161.155(4). The employee shall be allowed credit for

each year of experience in the local school system f or the purposes of determining

salary in accordance with the current Personnel Cabinet pay schedule, and the rate

of accumulation of annual and sick leave in the Department of Education.

(3) For purposes of determining eligibility for additional leave or o ther benefits based

on longevity of service, an employee transferring from a school district to the

Department of Education after June 30, 1983, shall be given credit for each year of

service in the school district, as determined under subsection (1) of this section.