The Official Website of the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System (MTRS)

Teacher helping young child
 
 
 



 


    

MTRS logo
           
Home > Active members > Creditable service > Nonpublic, Massachusetts state-funded school service
  

Purchasing creditable service
Nonpublic, Massachusetts state-funded school 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 in a Massachusetts nonpublic, private school in which every student had at least part of their tuition funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts? Yes No
2) During your employment with this nonpublic school, did you pay into a retirement plan (other than Social Security)? Yes No
3) Have you received, or will you be eligible to receive, a retirement allowance/pension OR a Social Security pension on account of your accumulated service in your nonpublic school employment? Yes No