1. The public school retirement system of the Kansas City school district, the public school retirement system of the St. Louis City school district, and the public school retirement system shall jointly undertake a feasibility study to include the following issues:

(1) Improving portability of benefits between systems;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 169.566

  • 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
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.

(2) The technical issues involved in portability of benefits between Social Security and nonSocial Security systems;

(3) Potential centralized administration of the systems.

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The overall goal of the study is to suggest means by which portability of retirement benefits may promote teacher recruitment and retention in all school districts.

2. The joint committee on public employee retirement shall provide necessary assistance in the coordination of the study.

3. The study shall be presented by the joint committee on public employee retirement to the president pro tem of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives no later than November 1, 1999.