New York teachers deserve out-of-state service credit.(Perspective)

Byline: MARY McDANIEL

Public school teachers from other states who move to New York pay a price when it comes to retirement benefits.

New York, according to the School Administrators Association of New York, is the only Northeastern state that does not allow some sort of retirement credit for out-of-state public school teaching service.

Charles Case, the association's director of government relations, listed Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jer sey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont as states that allow teachers to purchase credit for out-of-state service.

How is it possible for those states to treat their …