A question for all teachers.....

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Hey all,

My boyfriend and I are planning on getting married about a year after my graduation from college. He wants to be a history teacher, I want to go to graduate school that would most likely require me moving out of state initially, and then most likely moving for a year or so about 3 years into the program for a residency.

Here's my dilemma: my bf keeps yammering on about how it's imperative that we never move from the place he initially gets a teaching job. Due to the low acceptance rate of my field, I pretty much have to go where I'm accepted. Therefore, if I go to a school in Kansas, we stay in Kansas forever, etc.

BF says this is because of some retirement plan with the educator's association, something about that if you move out of stae, you lose the high return on your retirement contributions.

Can any teachers out there tell me more about this retirement thing? I have never heard any of my friends in the education program talk about how they're "stuck" in the state they get their first job over potentially losing some retirement money. It would be very much appreciated if anyone could clue me in.