{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-161.168","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 161.168","heading":"Certified employee granted leave of absence for active military service --","body":"Medical insurance -- Contribution to retirement system to be retroactive --\nCredit given -- Exclusions.\nNotwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, a certified employee of a local board of\neducation who is a member of a state National Guard or a Reserve component ordered to\nactive military duty by the President of the United States shall be granted a leave of\nabsence for this purpose and shall be considered to be rendering service to the state.\n(1) A local board of education that has granted military leave to a certified employee\nand has a commitment from the employee to return to work upon the conclusion of\nmilitary leave may provide the employer's contribution toward the  purchase of the\nstate's medical insurance program during the period of military leave as long as the\nemployee or spouse pays the additional cost of dependent coverage.\n(2) Upon the employee's return to work, the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall pay the\nmember contribution and any accrued interest that is required to be paid under KRS\n161.507(4)(b) in order for the member to receive retirement service credit for the\nperiod of active military duty. Under no circumstances shall a member be entitled to\nservice c redit under this paragraph that is in violation of the provisions of KRS\n161.500. The provisions of this subsection shall be retroactive to January 1, 2003,\nfor employees who have been deployed to active combat service.\n(3) For each year of military servic e or each year of combined military and school\nservice within a school year, the certified employee shall receive a year of service\ncredit for purposes of the district's single salary schedule defined in KRS 157.320.\n(4) No provisions of this section shall  be construed to provide disability benefits under\nKRS 161.611 or 161.663, survivorship benefits under KRS 161.520, life insurance\nbenefits under KRS 161.555 or any other benefit available from the Kentucky\nTeachers' Retirement System as a result of active  military service, or conditions or\ninjuries resulting from active military service, except for the accrual of service\ncredit which shall be acknowledged by the retirement system subject to the relevant\nconditions set forth in KRS 161.507.","path":["KRS Chapter 161"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=3886","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:10Z","sha256":"ed72542f3305e6dc795a374c26dff8b24098675177e77cd7df52d365d754c387","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-161.167","next":"us-ky/krs-161.170"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}