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Six Simple Steps to Reforming the State Universities Retirement System

As Illinois’ public-employee pension liability soars toward $100 billion, a group of scholars has developed a six-step proposal to stabilize pensions for employees of the state’s public colleges and universities. The proposal can help SURS achieve financial stability while ensuring retirement security and honoring the constitutional guarantee against reducing employees’ already earned benefits.

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As the General Assembly readies to meet in Springfield on Wednesday for a special session dedicated to pension reform, questions remain about how the two main reform proposals (SB1 and SB2404) will affect the state’s long-term fiscal picture.

Photo of Jim EdgarOutstanding men and women from throughout Illinois have been chosen as 2013 Edgar Fellows in the second year of an initiative sponsored by the University of Illinois and its Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA) to foster cooperation across regional, political and ethnic lines to address challenges the state faces in the years and decades ahead.

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