The Pew Center on the States: A letter from NCTR Executive Director Meredith Williams

February 23, 2015. Re: Research on state plan funding levels for 2013.

On behalf of the National Council on Teacher Retirement (NCTR) and the 68 state, territorial and local pension systems that it represents, I am writing with reference to your research on state plan funding levels for 2013, which I understand will be used to produce a “fact sheet” similar to your March 2014 release entitled The Fiscal Health of State Pension Plans: Funding Gap Continues to Grow that was based on 2012 data.

NCTR is concerned with this project and the manner in which it is being conducted for several reasons.  Read more.