HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3055        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2560

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to the Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Chapter 110 of the acts of 1993 is hereby amended by striking out section 317 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 317.  Notwithstanding the definition of “Teacher” in section 1 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, any person who is employed as a teacher at the Massachusetts academy of math and science on a basis of not less than half-time service shall elect to participate in either the teachers’ retirement system or an alternative retirement program authorized by the Massachusetts academy of math and science. The election shall be made to the teachers’ retirement system and shall occur within 60 days of being employed by Massachusetts academy of math and science in a manner determined by the teachers’ retirement board, and shall be irrevocable.