{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-161.549","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 161.549","heading":"Purchase of service credit by individual who was employed at a Federal","body":"Head Start agency.\nA member of the Teachers' Retirement System who is in an active contributing status\nwith the system, and who was formerly employed by a Federal Head Sta rt agency,\noperated under 42 U.S.C. secs. 9831 et seq., which does not participate in a state -\nadministered retirement system, may obtain credit for the period of the member's service\nin the Head Start program by purchasing this service credit under the same conditions that\nout-of-state service credit may be purchased under KRS 161.515. The service credit\npurchased may not be used for meeting the service requirements set forth in KRS\n161.600(1)(a) or (2) or 161.661(1). Payment for the service credit purchase d may be\nmade in installments in lieu of a lump -sum payment. The payment shall not be picked up,\nas described in KRS 161.540(2), and the entire payment shall be placed in the teachers'\nsavings fund.","path":["KRS Chapter 161"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51814","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:11Z","sha256":"7259f971974f423789ca77814554410fe0b3fb358f6cf7a995e2c542462cdfe9","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-161.548","next":"us-ky/krs-161.550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}