1. Every school district in this state including special school districts may adopt policies and regulations providing for deductions from the compensation of the district’s employees whenever a request to do so is presented to the board by a group of ten or more employees.

2. Deductions shall be made from compensation earned by the employee and shall be remitted to the appropriate company, association, or organization as authorized by the employee within fifteen days following the deduction.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 168.300

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

3. Deductions may be made for, but not limited to, the following: credit unions, tax sheltered annuities, individual retirement accounts, membership dues, voluntary contributions, or group insurance premiums.

4. A board of education when deducting amounts from the compensation of employees as directed by the employee shall not be liable for any good faith error.

5. The school board shall determine the cost of compliance with this section and shall deduct, in addition to the amount to be paid to any entity for which deduction is authorized, the cost of compliance with the request of the employee.

6. The various subsections of this section shall be deemed severable and if a subsection of this section is declared invalid or unconstitutional, then such declaration shall not affect the remaining subsections.