Mississippi guides
PERS, teaching licenses, special education, salary and Social Security: guides for Mississippi teachers
Each guide covers rules and figures Mississippi teachers may want to check, and quotes the agencies and laws behind them: state law, PERS Board regulations and the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS) for working after retirement, the Guidelines for Mississippi Educator Licensure K-12 and the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) for licenses, state law, MDE 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.
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Retirement: PERS and Social Security
Mississippi Teacher Retirement: PERS Return-to-Work Rules for 2026
Working after you retire from PERS: the 30-day break since July 1, 2026, the later date for teachers who retire at the end of a school year, the three earnings options, substitute teaching, and when to ask PERS.
Do Mississippi Teachers Pay Social Security? PERS and 2026 Limits
Whether Mississippi teachers pay into Social Security, how a PERS pension and Social Security fit together, and the 2026 earnings test before full retirement age.
Teaching licenses and special education licenses
Mississippi Teaching License: Lookup, Renewal and Expired Licenses
How to look up a Mississippi educator license in MECCA, how renewal works, what to do when a license has expired, the PERS letter for retired teachers, and licenses from other states.
Mississippi Special Education License: Areas, Praxis and Routes
Mississippi’s special education license areas and codes, the Praxis tests and passing scores, the Foundations of Reading change, and adding special education to a license.