Section 22-11-19.2 - Regular or provisional membership; regional education cooperativesAny person employed by a regional education cooperative and qualified to be a regular or provisional member shall have the right to acquire earned service credit for periods of employment with the regional education cooperative when the member was neither covered nor retired under the Educational Retirement Act, under the following conditions:
A. both the member and the administrative unit contributions, at the rates in effect during the periods of employment and applied to earnings of the member during such periods, are paid to the fund, together with interest, at a rate equal to the board's actuarial earnings assumption rate at the time of purchase;B. both member and administrative unit contributions, together with interest, are paid by the member; orC. the member tenders payment of his contributions, together with interest and the local administrative unit by which he was employed may, but shall not be obligated to, pay the administrative unit contributions, together with interest.1978 Comp., § 22-11-19.2, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 232, § 9.