{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-161.614","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 161.614","heading":"Court-ordered back salary and reinstatement.","body":"A court order awarding additional back salary to or reinstating a member as a result of\nemployment in a position covered by the Teachers' Retirement System shall entitle the\nmember to additional salary or service credit, or both, under the following circumstances:\n(1) Members shall make contributions to the Teachers' Retirement System at the rate\nset forth in KRS 161.540 and members' employers shall make contributions at the\nrate set forth in KRS 161.550, with interest accruing on all contributions at the r ate\nof eight percent (8%) per annum from the end of each fiscal year that back salary or\nthe reinstatement was ordered. Contributions, plus interest, shall be made for each\nyear that back salary or reinstatement was ordered. No service or salary credit sha ll\nbe credited to a member's account unless full contributions are paid to the Teachers'\nRetirement System;\n(2) The member may have court-ordered back salary credited to his or her account only\nto the extent that the member actually received payment for the back salary and only\nto the extent that the court -ordered back salary is within the salary scale that was\navailable to the member in the covered position for the years that the back salary\nwas awarded. Court -ordered back salary can be credited to the mem ber's account\nonly as permitted under KRS 161.220(9) and (10). The member may have court -\nordered service credited to his or her account only after the retirement system has\nreceived the contributions and interest on the full compensation that would\nnormally be earned in the position that is the subject of the litigation;\n(3) The member's employer ordered to pay back salary or to reinstate the member by a\ncourt of competent jurisdiction shall provide the retirement system with a\nbreakdown of the back salary awarded to the member on a year-by-year basis;\n(4) The calculations of the contributions and interest required to be paid for court -\nordered back salary or reinstatement shall be provided by the retirement system to\nthe member or the member's employer at th e member's or employer's request.\nRequests for these calculations shall be made with at least two (2) weeks of advance\nnotice to the retirement system to provide these calculations. The retirement system\nwill calculate accrued interest as of the last day o f the month during which payment\nof the full contributions are made;\n(5) For purposes of this section, a settlement agreement that provides back salary or\nreinstatement, and is adopted by order or judgment of a court of competent\njurisdiction or is referen ced in an order dismissing the action as settled shall have\nthe same effect as a court order adjudicating the matter. Orders entered by a\ngovernment board or agency as a result of litigation conducted on an administrative\nhearing level and legally binding arbitration and mediation awards shall be\nconsidered as court orders for the purposes of this section; and\n(6) Under no circumstances shall a member be entitled to service credit as a result of\ncourt-ordered reinstatement that is in violation of the provisions of KRS 161.500.","path":["KRS Chapter 161"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51631","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:11Z","sha256":"d6fb13d7cf830ef1e2fff52cde7af43ff0f97c26b558332a9225d314a224cbdb","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-161.612","next":"us-ky/krs-161.615"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}