HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 255        FILED ON: 1/7/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2769

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Simon Cataldo and Sean Garballey

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to retirement equity for parenting teachers.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Simon Cataldo

14th Middlesex

1/7/2025

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/7/2025

John C. Velis

Hampden and Hampshire

1/24/2025

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

1/29/2025

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

1/31/2025

Christopher Richard Flanagan

1st Barnstable

1/31/2025

Rodney M. Elliott

16th Middlesex

1/31/2025

Danillo A. Sena

37th Middlesex

1/31/2025

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/4/2025

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/4/2025

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

2/6/2025

Jacob R. Oliveira

Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester

2/10/2025

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/10/2025

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/18/2025

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

2/18/2025

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

2/18/2025

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

2/18/2025

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

2/19/2025

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

2/26/2025

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/28/2025

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

3/12/2025

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

3/26/2025

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

4/2/2025

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

4/10/2025

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

4/10/2025

John Francis Moran

9th Suffolk

7/10/2025

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

8/29/2025

John J. Marsi

6th Worcester

10/1/2025

Patrick M. O'Connor

First Plymouth and Norfolk

10/1/2025

Dennis C. Gallagher

8th Plymouth

10/1/2025

Lisa Field

3rd Bristol

10/1/2025

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

10/21/2025

Michelle L. Badger

1st Plymouth

11/12/2025

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

11/18/2025

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

11/20/2025

Joshua Tarsky

13th Norfolk

11/20/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 255        FILED ON: 1/7/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2769

By Representatives Cataldo of Concord and Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2769) of Simon Cataldo, Sean Garballey and others relative to creditable service for part-time employment for certain teachers.  Public Service.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act relative to retirement equity for parenting teachers.

 

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: Subsection (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (g) the following paragraph: (g1/4) A public school teacher who is a member of the teachers’ retirement system, a regional retirement system, or the Boston retirement system, and who has completed at least 20 years of service may be credited with creditable service for part-time employment as a teacher, upon their return to full-time service, for the purpose of determining their superannuation retirement allowance, on a proportionate basis which the board shall determine according to rules and regulations adopted by the board and approved by the commission. The board shall credit as full-time service that period of time during which a member performed part-time service as a public school teacher, not to exceed 5 years. Eligibility for creditable service under this subsection shall be conditioned upon payment by the member to the retirement system, in an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions from their regular compensation for full time employment, in 1 lump sum or installments, as the board shall proscribe, together with regular interest.