Teacher Retirement

The Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma was created by an act of the Oklahoma Legislature in 1943 after citizens amended the state constitution allowing the creation of a public retirement program for educators. TRS began operations on July 1, 1943, and began paying retirement checks to the first retirees on January 1, 1947. Membership in TRS is available to all public school employees working half-time or more. Teachers and administrators are required to be members and support staff may join voluntarily. Employees of more than 600 local school districts, career technology schools, public colleges and universities are enrolled as members of the TRS. As of June 30, 2013, TRS had 153,034 members (89,333 active contributing, 9,120 inactive, and 54,581 retired members).

Click on the links below to learn more about your retirement:

Retirement Timeline

Pre-Retirement Seminars

Retirement Handbook

TRS Website

My TRS Website

Health Insurance after Retirement