SENATE DOCKET, NO. 398 FILED ON: 1/13/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1037
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Harriette L. Chandler (BY REQUEST)
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act allowing employment a
s public school teachers after retirement.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Bruce Pinto
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26 Woodman Road
Worcester, MA 01602
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01475 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act allowing employment as public school teachers after retirement.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the a
uthority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 91 of chapter 32 is hereby amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
“(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, in any pe
riod during which there is a critical shortage of certified teachers available for employment in a school district, said school district may employ as a teacher or as a mentor to other teachers any person who has retired from the state employees’ retiremen
t system, the teachers’ retirement system and all county, city and town contributory retirement systems, established under the provisions of this chapter. Any such retired person who renders service in a public school district as a teacher or mentor to ot
her teachers shall be subject to all laws, rules and regulations governing the employment of teachers in the school district. Such persons shall not be deemed to have resumed active membership in their respective retirement system and said service shall n
ot be counted as creditable service toward retirement; but in the first two years immediately following the effective date of retirement, the earnings received by a teacher who retired pursuant to subdivision (4) of section 5 when added to any pension or
retirement allowance he is receiving shall not exceed the
salary that is being paid for the position from which he was retired or in which his employment was terminated. “
