The Board will rely on records of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in determining whether a member seeking to purchase creditable service as a licensed vocational-technical teacher has qualifying prior vocational service and, if so, how much. The years to be purchased will be the period (up to three years) reflected in Department of Elementary and Secondary Education records as the service qualifying the member for vocational certification, the most recent eligible years to be purchased first. Prior trade service that is not reflected in Department of Elementary and Secondary Education records cannot be verified and cannot be purchased.
807 CMR, § 14.03