An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Board to grant creditable service to Heather Leger
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| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 8/25/2025 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 5/8/2025 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 05/12/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 |
| 2/27/2025 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 2/27/2025 | House | Referred to the committee on Public Service |
No additional cosponsors.
| Committee | Recommendation | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| J23 | Favorable | 1 entries |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H26 | Legislative recommendations of the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System | Active |
| H2832 | An Act relative to the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System benefit calculation | Active |
| H2977 | An Act relative to creditable service for Wendy Lopriore, a member of the Massachusetts teachers' retirement system | Active |
| H5499 | An Act to include teachers from the Springfield Empowerment Zone in the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System | Active |
Notwithstanding chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement board shall credit Heather Leger, a member of the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system, with not more than 2 years of creditable service for her part-time work with the nonpublic Applewild school in the city of Fitchburg between the years of 2002 and 2007, inclusive, for the purpose of determining her superannuation retirement allowance pursuant to said chapter 32. The board shall confirm the exact dates of Heather Leger’s work and credit her with creditable service for the amount of actual time worked during this period in accordance with section 4 of said chapter 32.
Eligibility for the creditable service authorized in section 1 shall be conditioned upon payment by Heather Leger to the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system, in an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions from her regular compensation for such previous service, in 1 lump sum or installments, as the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement board shall prescribe.
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding chapter 32 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement board shall credit Heather Leger, a member of the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system, with not more than 2 years of creditable service for her part-time work with the nonpublic Applewild school in the city of Fitchburg between the years of 2002 and 2007, inclusive, for the purpose of determining her superannuation retirement allowance pursuant to said chapter 32. The board shall confirm the exact dates of Heather Leger’s work and credit her with creditable service for the amount of actual time worked during this period in accordance with section 4 of said chapter 32. SECTION 2. Eligibility for the creditable service authorized in section 1 shall be conditioned upon payment by Heather Leger to the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement system, in an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions from her regular compensation for such previous service, in 1 lump sum or installments, as the Massachusetts teachers’ retirement board shall prescribe.