Oklahoma guides
TRS, certificates, special education, salary and Social Security: guides for Oklahoma teachers
Each guide covers rules and figures Oklahoma teachers may want to check, and quotes the agencies and laws behind them: state law and the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma (TRS) for working after retirement, State Board of Education rules and the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) for certificates, state law, OSDE and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for pay, and federal law and the Social Security Administration for the earnings test. The guides are grouped below by topic.
Last reviewed October 13, 2026
Retirement: TRS and Social Security
Oklahoma Teacher Retirement: TRS Return-to-Work Rules for 2026
Working after you retire from TRS: the rule for employers outside TRS, the six-month break under HB 2288, earnings limits, disability retirees and substitute teaching.
Oklahoma Teachers and Social Security: TRS and the 2026 Earnings Limit
Whether Oklahoma teachers pay into Social Security, how a TRS pension and Social Security fit together, and the 2026 earnings test before full retirement age.
Teaching certificates and special education certification
Oklahoma Teaching Certificate: Renewal, Lookup and Expired Certificates
How to look up and renew an Oklahoma standard certificate in OECS, the three renewal options, what changes when it has expired or when you retire, and certificates from other states.
Oklahoma Special Education Certification: Areas, OSAT Tests and Routes
Oklahoma’s special education certificate areas, the OSAT tests and passing score, adding special education to a certificate, and what OSDE’s 2026 special education manual says about emergency certificates.