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H32 • 2025

An Act to extend the opportunity to purchase teaching service in all territories of the United States

An Act to extend the opportunity to purchase teaching service in all territories of the United States

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Sponsor
Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System
Last action
2025-12-15
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to extend the opportunity to purchase teaching service in all territories of the United States

An Act to extend the opportunity to purchase teaching service in all territories of the United States So much of the recommendations of the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System (House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to extend the opportunity to purchase teaching service in all territories of the United States So much of the recommendations of the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System (House, No.
  • 26) as relates to extending the opportunity to purchase teaching service in all territories of the United States Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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Bill History

  1. 2025-12-15 House

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

  2. 2025-04-09 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 04/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Service

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to extend the opportunity to purchase teaching service in all territories of the United States
So much of the recommendations of the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System (House, No. 26) as relates to extending the opportunity to purchase teaching service in all territories of the United States
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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Bill H.32

SECTION 1. The subdivision (4) of section 3 of Chapter 32 is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:

For the purposes of this subdivision the words "service in any other state for any previous period as a teacher, principal, supervisor or superintendent in the public day schools or other day school under exclusive public control and supervision'' shall be deemed to include service rendered in an overseas dependent school conducted under the supervision of the department of defense of the government of the United States, and service rendered in the public schools of any of the Territories of the United States; provided, that any credit to be allowed shall not exceed five years of the maximum credit of ten years allowable for service in other states as provided in this section.

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