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Purchasing creditable service
Department of Defense overseas dependent school

If you were employed as a teacher in a United States Department of Defense overseas dependent school, you may be eligible to purchase credit for your service.

To determine whether you may be eligible to purchase this type of service, please answer these questions:

1) Were you employed as a teacher in an overseas dependent school supervised by the US Department of Defense? Yes No
2) At the time of your anticipated service purchase, will you be either actively teaching in Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System OR on an authorized leave of absence? Yes No
3) Have you received retirement credit for this service in any other retirement plan? Yes No
4) If “yes,” have you received, or will you be eligible to receive, a retirement benefit from that plan? Yes No