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Purchasing creditable service
Nonpublic school teaching service in a Massachusetts publicly-funded school

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

1)

Are you currently a “member in service” of the MTRS?

In general, you are a “member in service” if you are: actively teaching; receiving Workers’ compensation for total incapacity; on a sick leave; on a paid leave; or, on an authorized unpaid leave of less than one year.

 Yes No
2) Were you engaged in teaching pupils in a Massachusetts nonpublic school in which every student you taught had at least part of their tuition funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or a Massachusetts public school district(s)? Yes No
3) During your employment with this nonpublic school, were you covered by a retirement plan (other than Social Security) or any defined contribution plan such as a 403(b) to which your employer made contributions? Yes No