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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 447 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2816
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Patricia A. Duffy
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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 regulating education administrator retirement.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Patricia A. Duffy5th Hampden1/9/2025James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex2/12/2025John C. VelisHampden and Hampshire3/12/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 447 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2816
By Representative Duffy of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2816) of
Patricia A. Duffy and James C. Arena-DeRosa relative to the retirement benefits of certain
education administrators. Public Service.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2511 OF 2023-2024.]
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 regulating education administrator retirement.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Subsection 1P of Section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “elect” in line X, the following
3words:-
4 Any member of a contributory retirement system who is engaged in an educational
5administrator position and who was previously engaged in supervising the provision of special
6education services and ensuring that services specified in each student’s individualized education
7program are delivered in any non-public school in the commonwealth, if the tuition of all such
8pupils taught was financed in part or in full by the commonwealth may, before the date any
9retirement allowance becomes effective for him, establish such service as creditable service by
10depositing into the annuity savings fund of the system of which he is a member in one sum, or in 2 of 2
11installments, upon such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, an amount equal to five
12per cent of the compensation received by him during such period of service plus buyback interest
13to the date of such deposit for such previous period, or most recent portion thereof, as he may
14elect.