Section 1.Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary the State Teachers Retirement Board shall credit Barbara Goodman with creditable service of three years and seven months for the time she spent at the school of the Massachusetts Association for the Blind.

Eligibility for said creditable service shall be conditioned upon payment by Barbara Goodman to the state teachers retirement system of an amount equal to that which would have been deducted during such period had she been a member of the retirement system, plus accumulated buyback interest. Such payment shall be made in one lump sum or in installments upon such terms and conditions as the retirement board shall prescribe.

Section 2.  The State Teachers Retirement Board shall credit Barbara Goodman with creditable service for the two years and two months time in which she was a member of the Arlington school committee.

Eligibility for said creditable service shall be conditioned upon payment by Barbara Goodman to the state teachers retirement system of an amount equal to the amount which would have been paid into such system during such period if such position had been compensated at the rate of twenty-five hundred dollars per year, plus buyback interest to the date of payment. Such payment shall be made in one lump sum or in installments upon such terms and conditions as the retirement board shall prescribe.