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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 891 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2945 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Sean Reid |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to retired teachers supporting public education. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Sean Reid11th Essex1/13/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 891 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2945 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Reid of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2945) of Sean Reid |
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| 19 | 19 | | relative to limitations on earnings or hours for certain retired teachers. Public Service. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act relative to retired teachers supporting public education. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to |
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| 27 | 27 | | address retired teachers in the commonwealth, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency |
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| 28 | 28 | | law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 91 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 (f) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) or any other general or special law to the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4contrary, a teacher who is receiving a pension or retirement allowance from the teachers’ |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5retirement system or the Boston retirement system and who has been retired for at least 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6consecutive months may be re-employed in a teaching position in a public school and may |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7continue to receive their full pension or retirement allowance for a period not to exceed 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8consecutive school years from the date of such re-employment. During the 2-year period, any |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9limitations on earnings or hours under this section shall not apply. A retired teacher who remains |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10employed in a teaching capacity beyond this 2-year period shall be subject to all applicable 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11earnings and hour limitations provided in this section. No additional creditable service or |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12adjustments to the retirement allowance shall accrue as a result of such re-employment. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 SECTION 2. A retired teacher re-employed prior to the effective date of section 3, as set |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14forth in section 4, shall be permitted to complete the 2-year period authorized in subsection (f) of |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15section 91 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as seen in section 1. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 SECTION 3. Subsection (f) of said section 91 of said chapter 32, added by section 1, is |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17hereby repealed. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18 SECTION 4. Section 3 shall take effect 5 years after the effective date of this act. |
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