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Sen. Dewayne Pemberton’s Press Releases

Showing: February, 2021

February 18, 2021 | 02:36pm

Bill to attract retired teachers back to classroom passes committee

OKLAHOMA CITY – Hundreds of Oklahoma teaching positions are empty, and a 2017 statute allowing retired teachers to return to the classroom with no limitations on earnings expired June 30, 2020. The Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee unanimously approved Senate Bill 267 Thursday to extend the earnings exemption through 2024. Senate Education Committee Vice Chairman, Sen.