S1921 • 2025

An Act relative to retirement equity for parenting teachers

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Sponsor: John C. Velis
Last action: 2026-04-09
Official status: Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act relative to retirement equity for parenting teachers

An Act relative to retirement equity for parenting teachers By Mr.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to retirement equity for parenting teachers By Mr.
Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
1921) of John C.
Velis, Simon Cataldo, Sean Garballey, Vanna Howard and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to retirement equity for parenting teachers.

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Bill History

2026-04-09 Senate
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2026-01-15 Senate
Reporting date extended to Tuesday March 17, 2026
2025-07-08 Joint
Hearing rescheduled to 07/09/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-06-30 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 07/09/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2025-02-27 Senate
Referred to the committee on Public Service
2025-02-27 House
House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to retirement equity for parenting teachers
By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1921) of John C. Velis, Simon Cataldo, Sean Garballey, Vanna Howard and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to retirement equity for parenting teachers. Public Service.
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means

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Bill S.1921

Subsection (1) of section 4 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (g) the following paragraph:-

(g1/4) A public school teacher who is a member of the teachers’ retirement system, a regional retirement system, or the Boston retirement system, and who has completed at least 20 years of service may be credited with creditable service for part-time employment as a teacher, upon their return to full-time service, for the purpose of determining their superannuation retirement allowance, on a proportionate basis which the board shall determine according to rules and regulations adopted by the board and approved by the commission. The board shall credit as full-time service that period of time during which a member performed part-time service as a public school teacher, not to exceed 5 years. Eligibility for creditable service under this subsection shall be conditioned upon payment by the member to the retirement system, in an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions from their regular compensation for full time employment, in 1 lump sum or installments, as the board shall proscribe, together with regular interest.

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