Bill > H4699

This bill clarifies the provisions for teachers in Massachusetts to buy back creditable service for time spent teaching in publicly funded non-public schools. The key changes include defining "non-public school" as a private institution that awards high school diplomas, excluding afterschool programs and residences. It allows teachers who previously worked in special education programs at these non-public schools to buy back that service, as long as the schools received public funding and the teacher held a state-issued teaching license or was exempt from the licensure requirement. The bill sets limits on the amount of non-public school service that can be bought back, capping it at 10 years or the amount of public school service the teacher would have earned by age 65, whichever is less.

Budget and Finance

House Committee on Ways and Means (House)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4699