2.44.408    CREDITABLE SERVICE FOR ABSENCE WITHOUT PAY

(1) Not more than 1 month's creditable service shall be awarded in any school year for 1 or more continuous months of absence without pay. To qualify this service, a member shall contribute to the retirement system, upon his return to contributing membership service, an amount equal to the combined employee and employer contributions which would have been made had he not been absent, based on his compensation at the commencement of his absence.

(2) Service credit shall be determined based upon his monthly FTE at the commencement of his absence.

History: Sec. 19-4-201 MCA; IMP, Sec. 19-4-204 MCA; NEW, 1988 MAR p. 2213, Eff. 10/14/88.