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Fiscal Accountability Reports (Office of Fiscal Analysis)

Nov 20, 2024 Featured

Each November, in accordance with state statute, the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis produces a Fiscal Accountability Report. According to statute, the report must explain: (1) the level of spending changes from current year spending allowed by consensus revenue estimates, (2) any changes to current year spending necessary because of “fixed cost drivers,” and (3) the total change to current year spending required to accommodate fixed cost drivers without exceeding current revenue estimates.

OFA Fiscal Accountability Report - FY 2025 OFA Fiscal Accountability Report - FY 2024 OFA Fiscal Accountability Report - FY 2024 Presentation OFA Fiscal Accountability Report - FY 2023 OFA Fiscal Accountability Report - FY 2023 Presentation

State Budget State Revenue & Spending

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Research Report: Teachers and Social Security (Office of Legislative Research)

Sep 12, 2017

Research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research that provides background information on why Connecticut public school teachers are not covered by Social Security.

OLR Teachers and Social Security

Pensions

State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) Agreements

Jul 31, 2017

The State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) is made up of 15 public sector employee unions representing roughly 46,000 Connecticut state employees. SEBAC was recognized in 1986 under Conn. Acts 86-411 to negotiate with the State on healthcare and pension benefits for its individual unions’ active members, as well as retirees.

SEBAC 2017 Contract SEBAC February 2017 SEBAC 2011 SEBAC 2009 SEBAC 5a 1997

Pensions

Research Report: Collective Bargaining Agreements Presented to the General Assembly, 2002-2017 (Office of Legislative Research)

May 23, 2017

Research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research that identifies state employee collective bargaining agreements presented to the General Assembly from 2002 to May 2017 and states how they were approved.

Collective Bargaining Agreements Presented to the General Assembly, 2002-2017

Pensions

Summary of 2016 Agreement Between the State and SEBAC for SERS (Office of Fiscal Analysis)

Dec 21, 2016

Summary from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis of the recent agreement between the State of Connecticut and the State Employees’ Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) regarding various changes to actuarial assumptions for the State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS).

Summary of 2016 Agreement Between the State and SEBAC

Pensions

Forensics and the Future of a Connecticut Pension Plan (Center for Retirement Research at Boston College)

Dec 1, 2015

This issue brief, based on a November 2015 comprehensive report from researchers at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, examines Connecticut's State Employees Retirement System (SERS) and the State's significant unfunded liabilities associated with the system. Along with providing a brief history of funding for SERS and offering alternatives meant to shore up the system's finances and improve the overall flexibility of Connecticut's budget, the issue brief examines three major factors that contributed to SERS' unfunded liability. These factors include: 1) legacy costs from benefits promised before the systems were pre-funded; 2) inadequate contributions once the State decided to pre-fund; and 3) low investment returns relative to the assumed return since 2000.

Boston College Final Report on SERS and TRS

Pensions Fixed Costs

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