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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1618 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1921 |
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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 | | John C. Velis |
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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 retirement equity for parenting teachers. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :John C. VelisHampden and HampshireSimon Cataldo14th MiddlesexSean Garballey23rd Middlesex1/21/2025Vanna Howard17th Middlesex1/29/2025Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk1/31/2025Jacob R. OliveiraHampden, Hampshire and Worcester2/11/2025James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol2/11/2025Mike Connolly26th Middlesex2/14/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/28/2025Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester3/6/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1618 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1921 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1921) of John C. Velis, Simon |
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| 19 | 19 | | Cataldo, Sean Garballey, Vanna Howard and other members of the General Court for legislation |
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| 20 | 20 | | relative to retirement equity for parenting teachers. Public Service. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to retirement equity for parenting teachers. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Subsection (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (g) the following paragraph:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 (g1/4) A public school teacher who is a member of the teachers’ retirement system, a |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4regional retirement system, or the Boston retirement system, and who has completed at least 20 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5years of service may be credited with creditable service for part-time employment as a teacher, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6upon their return to full-time service, for the purpose of determining their superannuation |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7retirement allowance, on a proportionate basis which the board shall determine according to rules |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8and regulations adopted by the board and approved by the commission. The board shall credit as |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9full-time service that period of time during which a member performed part-time service as a |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10public school teacher, not to exceed 5 years. Eligibility for creditable service under this |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11subsection shall be conditioned upon payment by the member to the retirement system, in an |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions from their regular 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13compensation for full time employment, in 1 lump sum or installments, as the board shall |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14proscribe, together with regular interest. |
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