2002 Minnesota Statutes

     354.091 Service credit. 

    (a) In computing service credit, no teacher shall receive 
 credit for more than one year of teaching service for any fiscal 
 year.  Commencing July 1, 1961: 

    (1) if a teacher teaches less than five hours in a day, 
 service credit must be given for the fractional part of the day 
 as the term of service performed bears to five hours; 

    (2) if a teacher teaches five or more hours in a day, 
 service credit must be given for only one day; 

    (3) if a teacher teaches at least 170 full days in any 
 fiscal year, service credit must be given for a full year of 
 teaching service; and 

    (4) if a teacher teaches for only a fractional part of the 
 year, service credit must be given for such fractional part of 
 the year as the period of service performed bears to 170 days. 

    (b) A teacher shall receive a full year of service credit 
 based on the number of days in the employer's full school year 
 if it is less than 170 days.  Teaching service performed before 
 July 1, 1961, must be computed under the law in effect at the 
 time it was performed. 

    (c) A teacher does not lose or gain retirement service 
 credit as a result of the employer converting to a flexible or 
 alternate work schedule.  If the employer converts to a flexible 
 or alternate work schedule, the forms for reporting and the 
 procedures for determining service credit must be determined by 
 the executive director with the approval of the board of 
 trustees.  

    HIST: 1974 c 289 s 13; 1981 c 160 s 3; 1982 c 578 art 1 s 6; 
 1989 c 319 art 2 s 8; 1994 c 528 art 3 s 11; 2000 c 461 art 3 s 
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