Reports

CalSTRS Funding Status History (PDF - 125 KB)
A graph outlining the fund liabilities as a percent of assets from 1972-2009.

Bang for the Buck: The Economic Efficiencies of Defined Benefit Pension Plans
(PDF - 547 KB)
Released August 2008, the report analyzes defined benefit pension plans versus defined contribution savings plans.

The PEW Center on the States: The Trillion Dollar Gap (External link)
Released February 2010. Underfunded state retirement systems and the roads to reform.

Funding Pensions & Retiree Health Care for Public Employees ((External link)
A report of the Public Employee Post-Employment Benefits Commission, Released August 2007.

Policy Report: Teacher’s Count on Promised Benefits (PDF - 131 KB)
Released July 2007, reviews CalSTRS funding gap strategy.

The Value of Defined Benefit Plans (PDF - 78 KB)
Issue Brief released in July 2006 by the American Academy of Actuaries discusses differences in defined benefit and defined contribution plans and ways to achieve parity.

Video Presentations

CalSTRS Officials Address the Funding Gap
July 2007 CalSTRS officials presented to the Governor's Public Employee Post-Employment Benefits Commission*.

• Jack Ehnes, Chief Executive Officer (WMV - 28 MB)
• Mark Johnson, Consulting Actuary (WMV - 34 MB)
• Jerilyn Harris, Teachers' Retirement Board Vice Chair (WMV - 29 MB)
• Ed Derman, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (WMV - 19 MB)

A written transcript of the presentations is also available.

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