Teachers Urge Law Letting Parenting Teachers Buy Back Service Time

Jul 9, 2025

A large group of public-school teachers and supporters told the Joint Committee on Public Service that House 2769 and Senate 1921 would correct an inequity that penalizes teachers — disproportionately women — who went part time to raise children by allowing them to buy up to five years of retirement credit.

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Teachers, school administrators and legislators told the Joint Committee on Public Service that a bill to allow parenting teachers to buy back part-time years would correct a long-standing gender inequity in the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System.

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