May 2, 2022 | 2022 Research, Featured Research, Recent Research, State Budget
PERA’s current unfunded liability is $31 billion. This is one indicator of PERA’s funding status as it measures the difference between projected benefit demands, and the assets (current fund balance + future expected returns) that have been collected to cover those benefits.
May 6, 2021 | 2021 Research, Featured Research, Recent Research, Research, State Budget
Common Sense Institute, REASON Foundation and Secure Futures Colorado researches the impacts of using state funds to apply a one-time supplemental payment of $500 million to PERA.
Aug 16, 2019 | Common Sense Call-In
CSPR President and CEO Kristin Strohm, Director of Policy & Research Chris Brown and Education Fellow Dr. Brenda Bausch Dickhoner discuss CSPR’s upcoming education study and the latest news on PERA.
May 6, 2019 | Events & Commentary
A recent article by Sarah Butrymowicz, with the Hechinger Report, added more detail to the issue of rising state pension costs and the impacts on schools.
Feb 19, 2019 | Events & Commentary
The poor investment performance of 2018 may be enough to trigger the automatic adjustments that would draw in more money to PERA.
