PURPOSE: This rule establishes a procedure for establishing prior service credit after an educational leave of absence.

A member leaving the service of the department with the consent of his/her employer for educational purposes and for attending a regularly established and recognized educational institution for a period not exceeding nine (9) months in any twelve (12)-month period shall retain all prior creditable service upon his return to his/her regular employment, but shall not be credited with such time as s/he shall have been absent from his/her employment attending an institution. 15 CSR 40-2

AUTHORITY: sections 104.210.2, RSMo Supp. 1988, 536.023.3, RSMo 1986 and 104.040.1, RSMo Supp. 1987.* Original rule filed Feb. 16, 1988, effective May 12, 1988.

*Original authority: 104.210.2, RSMo 1955, amended 1983, 1988; 536.023.3, RSMo 1975, amended 1976; and 104.040.1, RSMo 1955, amended 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992.