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H2816 • 2025

An Act regulating education administrator retirement

An Act regulating education administrator retirement

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Sponsor
Patricia A. Duffy
Last action
2026-03-25
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act regulating education administrator retirement

An Act regulating education administrator retirement By Representative Duffy of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act regulating education administrator retirement 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.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-25 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-12-18 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-09-22 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 09/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-03:10 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  4. 2025-09-11 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act regulating education administrator retirement
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.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2816

Subsection 1P of Section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “elect” in line X, the following words:-

Any member of a contributory retirement system who is engaged in an educational administrator position and who was previously engaged in supervising the provision of special education services and ensuring that services specified in each student’s individualized education program are delivered in any non-public school in the commonwealth, if the tuition of all such pupils taught was financed in part or in full by the commonwealth may, before the date any retirement allowance becomes effective for him, establish such service as creditable service by depositing into the annuity savings fund of the system of which he is a member in one sum, or in installments, upon such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, an amount equal to five per cent of the compensation received by him during such period of service plus buyback interest to the date of such deposit for such previous period, or most recent portion thereof, as he may elect.

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