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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 788 FILED ON: 1/13/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2880
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Meghan K. Kilcoyne
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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 authorizing the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Board to grant creditable service to
Heather Leger.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Meghan K. Kilcoyne12th Worcester1/13/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 788 FILED ON: 1/13/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2880
By Representative Kilcoyne of Clinton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2880) of
Meghan K. Kilcoyne for legislation to authorize the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Board
to grant creditable service to Heather Leger for certain part-time work with the non-public
Applewild school. 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 authorizing the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Board to grant creditable service to
Heather Leger.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
provide creditable service to a member of the Massachusetts teachers' retirement system,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or
2special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement board shall credit Heather
3Leger, a member of the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system, with not more than 2 years of
4creditable service for her part-time work with the nonpublic Applewild school in the city of
5Fitchburg between the years of 2002 and 2007, inclusive, for the purpose of determining her
6superannuation retirement allowance pursuant to said chapter 32. The board shall confirm the
7exact dates of Heather Leger’s work and credit her with creditable service for the amount of
8actual time worked during this period in accordance with section 4 of said chapter 32. 2 of 2
9 SECTION 2. Eligibility for the creditable service authorized in section 1 shall be
10conditioned upon payment by Heather Leger to the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system, in
11an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions from her regular
12compensation for such previous service, in 1 lump sum or installments, as the Massachusetts
13teachers’ retirement board shall prescribe.