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Members

• Active members
  • Enrolling in the MTRS
  • The MTRS and you: Our mutual responsibilities
  • Your membership in the MTRS
  • Your annuity savings account
  • Seminars and retirement counseling
  • Retiring from the MTRS
    • Regular (“superannuation”) retirement (including RetirementPlus)
    • Termination retirement
    • Disability retirement
  • Creditable service
    • Massachusetts public school service
    • Credit for an authorized leave of absence
    • Out-of-state public school teaching
    • Overseas Department of Defense dependent school teaching
    • Nonpublic school teaching (out-of-state or in Massachusetts)
    • Nonpublic school teaching in a MA state funded school
    • Massachusetts public school substitute, temporary or part-time teaching or tutoring
    • Massachusetts public service (with another governmental agency)
    • Active military service (during your membership in a Massachusetts contributory retirement system or at any time)
    • Peace Corps service
    • Pre-1975 maternity leave
    • Vocational work experience
    • Reference:
      • Purchasing creditable service with a direct transfer or rollover
      • Definition of a “veteran”
      • Chapter 74-approved vocational technical education programs (re: vocational work experience)
      • Regular retirement overview, factors, tables and worksheet
      • Option C factors (complete listing; 8 pages, pdf)
  • Survivor benefits
  • Leaving MTRS service prior to retirement
  • Other issues you should know about:
    • Regular compensation
    • RetirementPlus
    • How divorce could affect your benefits
    • Accidental death benefits
• Retirees
  • The MTRS and you: Our mutual responsibilities
    • Change your address
    • Volunteer opportunities for retirees
    • Unclaimed funds
  • Your benefit payment
    • Your check stub or direct deposit statement
    • Direct deposit
    • Pension payment schedule
    • Benefit Verification process
    • Cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs)
    • If your check is lost or stolen
  • Health insurance
  • The Retired Municipal Teachers’ (RMT) Program
  • Local coverage administered by your local employer
  • Medicare
  • Social Security
  • Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)
  • Government Pension Offset (GPO)
  • Taxation of your benefit
  • Changing your federal tax withholding
  • About your 1099-R tax form
  • Working after retirement

Employers

• Employer updates
• Employer forms
• Training and reference information
  • Employer Bulletin archive
  • School District list
  • Regular compensation for administrators
  • Retiree health insurance
  • Disability retirement processing guidelines
  • School nurses: Issues to be aware of
  • Working after retirement
  • Salary augmentation and enhancement provisions (also known as extended longevity buyout, or ”ELBO,” plans)—Pensionable vs. nonpensionable payments
  • 2006 Summer Employer Training Program materials
• Payroll reporting
• Basic Electronic Reporting Tool (BERT)
• Submitting your payroll deduction reports
• Contact Employer Services

About the MTRS

• Mission statement
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• Message from the Executive Director
• About the Board and its members
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  • Executive Director
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    • Educational & Member Relations
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  • Assistant Executive Director
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  • Chief Technology Officer
    • Application Services
  • Project Management and Special Projects
    • Project Management Office
• Plan summary
• Regulations
• The enabling statute of the MTRS
• System profile
• FY 2007 GASB 24 report

Contact us

• Our main office
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Quick links

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  • Specialized guide
    • Your MTRS benefits: A guide for active members (31 pages, pdf)
  • Basics brochures
    • Choosing a Financial Planner (2 pages, pdf)
    • Purchasing creditable service with a direct transfer or rollover (2 pages, pdf)
  • “What You Need To Know” booklets
    • As the recipient of a lump-sum payment (36 pages, pdf)
    • As a party to a Domestic Relations Order (44 pages, pdf)
    • About disability retirement (20 pages, pdf)
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