Service Credit Purchase

You may purchase credit for employment in the public schools of other states, District of Columbia and territories of the United States to obtain additional credited service. Service in the U.S. Armed Forces and Peace Corps of six months or more (at least 180 days) may be purchased as well as employment while a member of the other public retirement systems operated by the state of Oklahoma.

For information relating to specific types of service, view the TRS rules:

• Substitute Teaching
• Sabbatical Leave
• Prior Service
• Other Oklahoma Public School Employment
• Employment in Oklahoma Agencies
• Transferring Credit from OPERS
• Military Service
• Out-of-State Teaching Service
• Family Leave
• Adjunct Service
• Actuarial Cost to Purchase Service
• Redepositing Withdrawn Service
• Rollovers to Purchase Service

For more information about Service Purchases, please refer to the Member Handbook.