Section 35IAC14-5-4. Credit for military service

   (a) For purposes of IC 5-10.4-4-8, there is no time frame within which a member who returned to an approved four (4) year teacher training program within the time specified by law must complete the program.

  (b) An approved teacher training program is defined as any training for which educational credits are accepted and used to meet the requirements of the department of education to be regularly employed and legally qualified as a teacher.

  (c) A member seeking military service credit must provide documentary evidence demonstrating that the statutory requirements have been satisfied.

  (d) Qualifying military service credit will be added to a member's account in full years or any fraction thereof. A member may not receive more than one (1) year of service credit for one (1) year of military service. (Board of Trustees of the Indiana Public Retirement System; 35 IAC 14-5-4; filed Oct 5, 1992, 5:00 p.m.: 16 IR 708; readopted filed Dec 3, 2001, 11:02 a.m.: 25 IR 1731; adopted Mar 27, 2007: 20070404-IR-550070200ONA; adopted Dec 16, 2009: 20100106-IR-550090990ONA) NOTE: Transferred from the Board of Trustees of the Indiana State Teachers' Retirement Fund (550 IAC 2-5-5) to the Board of Trustees of the Indiana Public Retirement System (35 IAC 14-5-4) by P.L.23-2011, SECTION 22, effective July 1, 2011.