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An Act to include teachers from the Springfield Empowerment Zone in the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System, the official text

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	Subsection (i) of section 1J of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following 2 sentences:- 
	Teachers employed by the Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership, Inc. shall be members of the teachers’ retirement system pursuant to chapter 32 and a teacher’s service for the Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership, Inc. shall be creditable service pursuant to said chapter 32. For the purposes of this subsection, the word “teacher” shall mean a person who works on a basis of not less than half-time service in a position that would make them eligible to be a member of the teachers’ retirement system if their position were performed in a public school.
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