Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H2639 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 281 FILED ON: 1/11/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2639
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act relative to teachers' retirement credits for parochial schools.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden1/10/2023Brian M. Ashe2nd Hampden2/23/2023 1 of 3
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 281 FILED ON: 1/11/2023
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2639
18	18	By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2639) of
19	19	Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. and Brian M. Ashe relative to retirement credit for private or parochial
20	20	school teaching. Public Service.
21	21	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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23	23	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
24	24	(2023-2024)
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26	26	An Act relative to teachers' retirement credits for parochial schools.
27	27	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
28	28	of the same, as follows:
29	29	1 SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 32 of the Generals Laws as appearing in the 2004
30	30	2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subdivision (4A) the following seven
31	31	3subdivisions: -
32	32	4 (4B) Parochial school or public or private academy. A member who taught in a parochial
33	33	5school or in a public or private academy may purchase up to 10 years of service credit for that
34	34	6service under subdivisions (4C) to (4H), inclusive.
35	35	7 (4C) The member shall have taught in a school approved by the department of education
36	36	8or the education department of another state while holding an appropriate teaching certificate.
37	37	9 (4D) The member shall before any retirement benefit becomes effective for that member,
38	38	10make contributions into the members retirement fund, for the years of private or parochial school
39	39	11teaching on the same basis as the member would have made contributions had the service been
40	40	12as a state employee or teacher in the Commonwealth, including interest at a rate to be set by the 2 of 3
41	41	13board not to exceed regular interest by more than five percentage points. The member’s earnings
42	42	14for the years of private or parochial school teaching must be assumed to have been the same as
43	43	15the average salary for teachers in the Commonwealth as determined by the department of
44	44	16education for each of the years when the private or parochial school teaching took place. Interest
45	45	17shall be computed beginning at the end of the year when those contributions would have been
46	46	18made, if the service had been as a state employee or teacher in the Commonwealth, to the date of
47	47	19payment. Payment must be made by a single direct payment or annual direct payments to the
48	48	20retirement system in accordance with subdivision (4A).
49	49	21 (4E) The member shall have begun membership before January 1, 1976.
50	50	22 (4F) The member’s last ten years of creditable service before the date of retirement must
51	51	23be as a state employee or teacher in the Commonwealth.
52	52	24 (4G) Upon completion payment of the contributions under subdivision (4D) the member
53	53	25shall be granted service credit for the period of time for which the contributions have been made.
54	54	26Upon making partial payment of the contributions under subdivision (4D) the member shall be
55	55	27granted service credit on a pro rata basis in accordance with rules adopted by the board.
56	56	28 (4H) Alternative. In the determination of the retirement benefit under this subdivision, if
57	57	29service credit for private or parochial school teaching is not allowed under (4C) or (4E)
58	58	30additional service credit for private or parochial school teaching is allowed for any member who
59	59	31meets the requirements of subdivisions (4B) and (4F) if the member, before any retirement
60	60	32benefit becomes effective for that member, pays into the member’s retirement fund, by a single
61	61	33direct payment or annual direct payments to the retirement system, an amount equal to the 3 of 3
62	62	34contributions he would have otherwise paid into the retirement system for said period together
63	63	35with regular interest thereon.
64	64	36 Annual payments shall be made in accordance with subdivision (4A).