Funding Guidelines

Introduction

The importance of properly financing state and local government retirement systems has never been greater. Sound pension funding policies not only help ensure costs and benefits remain sustainable, but also strengthen the financial position and credit rating of the sponsoring governments.
 

Co-Signers

National Governors Association
National Conference of State Legislatures
The Council of State Governments
National Association of Counties
National League of Cities
The U.S. Conference of Mayors
International City/County Management Association
Center for State and Local Government Excellence
National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers
Government Finance Officers Association
National Council on Teacher Retirement
National Association of State Retirement Administrators

One-page overview

June 2013

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Guidelines

March 2013

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Contact

Jeannine Markoe Raymond, Director of Federal Relations
Keith Brainard, Research Director
 

Additional Resources

• Go Figure! by Keith Brainard, State Legislatures Magazine, July/August 2013

• Books, Budgets, and Bonds: What Do All Those Pension Numbers Mean? by Keith Brainard, Government Finance Review, April 2013