A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Background

Feb 2, 2016 - Funding Plan a Major State Accomplishment. Prior to state action, CalSTRS faced a huge unfunded liability with no plan in place for funding teacher pensions. CalSTRS was expected to exhaust its assets in the mid-2040s, an alarming prospect for a pension system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3332

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: State’s Future Responsibility for CalSTRS Uncertain

Feb 2, 2016 - In these scenarios, state contributions reach about 18 percent of payroll by the mid-2040s. In the context of current statewide teacher payroll, the difference between these two extremes is roughly $5 billion —more than three times the state ’s current contribution to CalSTRS ’ main pension program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3336

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Treatment of Teacher Contributions Also Increase District Unfunded Liabilities

Feb 2, 2016 - When the Legislature passed the CalSTRS funding plan, administration documents characterized the cost sharing as follows: districts would pay $47 billion, the state would pay $20 billion, and teachers would pay $8 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3335

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Conclusion

Feb 2, 2016 - The policy employs an abstract calculation that estimates what CalSTRS ’ unfunded liabilities would be today had the state ’s elected leaders made different decisions about teacher pensions in the past.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3339

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: CalSTRS Funding Plan Relies on Abstract Calculation

Feb 2, 2016 - The calculation estimates what CalSTRS ’ funding situation would be today had the state made different decisions about teacher pensions in the past. Specifically, the calculation estimates what CalSTRS ’ unfunded liabilities would be if (1) the state never granted teachers more generous pensions in the late 1990s and (2)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3333

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Funding Plan May Not Meet Principle of “Shared Responsibility”

Feb 2, 2016 - Whether State Shares in Responsibility Depends On Future Investment Experience. As we described in our second post , the funding plan—as implemented—makes the state responsible for an estimate of what CalSTRS’ unfunded liabilities would be today if the state had made different decisions about teacher pensions in the past.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3337

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Theoretical Investment Gains Have Shifted Unfunded Liabilities to Districts

Feb 2, 2016 - Specifically, the calculation estimates what CalSTRS’ unfunded liabilities would be now if (1) teachers earned less generous pension benefits and (2) the state and teachers had contributed more to CalSTRS’ main pension fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3334

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Recent Policy Change Increases District Rates

Feb 2, 2016 - Having identified this problem, CalSTRS amended its policy in November 2015 to require increases in the district contribution when state contributions are insufficient to pay for the state share of unfunded liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3338

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Background [Publication Details]

Feb 2, 2016 - This post is the first of a series looking at the implementation of the CalSTRS funding plan. In this post, we provide key background information on pensions and CalSTRS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3332

Evaluation of the School District of Choice Program

Jan 27, 2016 - The state allows these districts to keep this additional revenue and treat it like other general purpose funding. These districts are known as basic aid districts (a term derived from a requirement in the State Constitution that all school districts receive a minimum level of state funding equal to $120 per student).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3331