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Funding Education Opportunity: Grading states’ K-12 open enrollment laws
Plus: November ballot initiatives in five states and more.
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Grading every state’s public school open enrollment laws
Open enrollment laws let students transfer from their assigned public schools to other public schools with open seats.
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Public schools without boundaries 2024: Ranking every state’s open enrollment laws
Study finds Arizona, Idaho, Oklahoma, Utah, and West Virginia have the best public school transfer and open enrollment laws.
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Rent control implications and policy alternatives
Seven states currently have rent control laws, and 20 states introduced bills related to rent control in 2024.
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Psilocybin access would improve mental health care in Massachusetts
Ballot Question 4 would create a regulated framework for legal, professionally facilitated psychedelic services and therapy.
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Virginia’s K-12 funding system needs an overhaul, not tweaks
Virginia can do better by its students, but that requires ripping off the band-aid and pursuing a comprehensive school finance overhaul.
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Policy discussions around rail safety regulation should consider the role of standards
Any proposed safety regulation should address an identified market failure and avoid short-circuiting the continual evolution of safety-enhancing technologies, standards, and operating practices.
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Webinar: Best practices in optional defined contribution plans for public workers
For those looking to implement or improve an optional defined contribution plan to go alongside an existing pension, several key policy decisions are important.
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Best practices in optional defined contribution plans for public workers
Governments expanding their retirement options can offer better benefits to employees and slow the growing costs caused by unfunded public pension liabilities.
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Alabama courts keep money from fines that should go to victims
Alabama’s current system of fines and fees is geared more towards funding the government than ensuring victims receive restitution they are owed.
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Arkansas K-12 education finance series: How to improve the state’s school funding system
Arkansas is in a good position to build on recent K-12 reform successes and pursue comprehensive school finance reform in the coming year.
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A Texas law governing firefighter pensions is straining city budgets
Without reforms, Texas cities will continue to face escalating public pension liabilities, jeopardizing their financial stability and burdening taxpayers.
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States should use budget surpluses to pay down public pension debt
States with budget surpluses should reduce expensive, long-standing debts, including unfunded public pension obligations.
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Arkansas K-12 education finance series: Teacher pay before and after the 2023 LEARNS Act
The LEARNS Act will have a substantial impact on the state’s school finance system moving forward.
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Economists receive 2024 Nobel for work on institutions and economic prosperity
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson received the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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Pension Reform News: Report finds $1.59 trillion in public pension debt
Plus: The case for Connecticut's fiscal guardrails, hybrid retirement plans are gaining traction, and more.
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Aviation Policy News: FAA needs more than funding to fix aging systems
Plus: Aviation's climate change dilemma, addressing U.S. airport's infrastructure needs, and more.
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The US needs to reform harbor fees to encourage more equitable trading
A user fee based on tonnage appears to be the most promising solution.
