The Task Force to Study Special Education Services and Funding was created by the Connecticut General Assembly to examine a variety of issues related to special education. Specifically, the Task Force looked at the state's severe special education staffing shortage, the lack of resources for special education, the lack of equity in special education across the state, and the failure to close the state's achievement gap.
Since 1984, the Connecticut State Teachers' Retirement System (TRS), at least once every two years, has undergone a review by actuaries who make valuations of the assets and liabilities of the System. The actuarial valuation report, which is submitted to the Teachers' Retirement Board, provides a summary of the funded status of the System and recommends annual rates for contributions made to the System by the State of Connecticut.
Since 1970, the Connecticut State Employees Retirement System (SERS), almost annually, has undergone a review by actuaries who make valuations of the "contingent assets and liabilities" of the System. The actuarial valuation report, which is submitted to the State Employees Retirement Commission, provides a summary of the funded status of the System and recommends annual rates for contributions made to the System by the State of Connecticut.
Fact sheets from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis that provide data about the State Employees Retirement System (SERS), including information about the System's 1) membership, 2) employee defined benefit contributions, 3) state contributions, and 4) actuarial value of assets and liabilities.
Fact sheets from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis that provide data about the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS), including information about the System's 1) membership, 2) state contributions, and 3) actuarial value of assets and liabilities.
In 2017 the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) and the State of Connecticut reached agreements aimed at addressing the State’s long-term pension obligations to state employees. The Office of the State Comptroller is responsible for issuing an annual report detailing the savings achieved through these agreements.