{"AmendmentNumber":"182","ParentBillNumber":"S3178","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"JCV0","Name":"John C. Velis","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/JCV0","ResponseDate":"2026-07-23T21:37:05.93"},"Category":null,"Action":"Adopted","RollCall":[],"Title":"Retirement Equity for Parenting Teachers","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":1,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. Velis, Ms. Kennedy, Ms. Miranda, Messrs. Oliveira, Durant, Brady and Collins, Ms. Rausch, Messrs. Driscoll,  Gómez, Cronin, O'Connor, Mark and Keenan, Ms. Howard, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Feeney, Ms. Lovely, Messrs. Rush and Moore, Ms. Comerford, Ms. Creem and Mr. Tarr move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 38 the following section:-  \r\n“SECTION 38A. Subdivision (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (g) the following paragraph:\r\n(g1/4) Any member in service of the teachers’ retirement system or any teacher who is a member of the Boston retirement system who: (i) reduced the member’s employment as a teacher from full-time service to part-time service for the primary purpose of child-rearing; (ii) subsequently returned to full-time employment as a teacher; and (iii) has completed not less than 20 years of creditable service prior to such purchase, may purchase full-time creditable service for the period or periods of such part-time service; provided, however, that: (1) not more than 5 years of full-time service may be purchased for such period or periods of part-time service; (2) the board may require such documentation as it deems necessary to establish eligibility under this paragraph, including, but not limited to, birth certificates, adoption records or other evidence demonstrating that the reduction in employment was for the primary purpose of child-rearing; and (3) the purchase of full-time creditable service under this paragraph shall require payment by the member into the annuity savings fund of the relevant retirement system, in an amount equal to the difference between the regular deductions actually withheld from the member’s regular compensation over the period of the member’s part-time service and the amount that would have been withheld as regular deductions from the member’s regular compensation for full-time employment over such period, plus buyback interest thereon, in 1 sum or in installments, upon such terms and conditions as the relevant retirement system may require.”.\r\n"}