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The entrance to the T.R.S. Building on Red River Street in Austin. Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a public pension plan of the State of Texas.Established in 1937, TRS provides retirement and related benefits for those employed by the public schools, colleges, and universities supported by the State of Texas and manages a $180 billion trust fund established to finance member benefits.
Since 2001, U.S. statewide pension funds have experienced significant funding challenges due to the recessions of 2001-2002 and 2008-2009. Prior to the Dot-Com Crash, statewide pension funds were over 95.6% funded in the aggregate. In 2002, the funded ratio had declined to 82.1%.
Teacher Retirement System of Texas: $146,326 $146,326 79.7% 8.0% 7 New York State Teachers: $115,637 $115,637 94.2% 7.5% 8 State of Wisconsin Investment Board: $109,960 $105,155 N/A N/A 9 North Carolina Retirement: $106,946 $96,094 88.3% 7.3% 10 Washington State Investment Board: $104,260 $86,615 85.5% 7.7% 11 Ohio Public Employees Retirement ...
The Chicago pension fund has provided benefits for public school teachers in the city since 1895. Ward said it has an 8% allocation to private equity and is dropping that back to 5%.
Voters will decide on a $3.3 billion proposed amendment that would use surplus state funds to give retired teachers a cost of living raise. Prop 9 would give retired Texas teachers a pension hike ...
The Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) is a statewide retirement system that provides retirement, disability, and death benefits for employees of participating Texas municipalities. TMRS was established in 1947 by Texas state law and is administered in accordance with the Texas Municipal Retirement System Act (Texas Government Code, Title ...
The state's second largest public pension fund oversees about $90 billion invested on behalf of 500,000 teachers and retirees. Its 11-member board has been infighting over the direction and ...
A nine-member board of trustees appointed by the Texas Governor and confirmed by the Texas Senate governs TCDRS policies and operations. Trustees must be current members or retirees of the system. [2] The board has oversight of all system operations including annual budget, policy determination, legislative proposals and investment policy.