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Purchasing creditable service
Nonpublic school service

If you were employed as a teacher or administrator in a nonpublic, private school (generally, and most often, a parochial 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 engaged in teaching pupils or an administrator in a nonpublic, private school prior to 1973? Yes No
2) Was the school in the United States (in Massachusetts or another state)? Yes No
3) During your employment with this nonpublic school, did you pay into a retirement plan (other than Social Security)? Yes No
4) Have you received, or will you be eligible to receive, either a retirement allowance/pension OR a Social Security pension on account of your accumulated service in your nonpublic school employment? Yes No