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  • Transportation and COVID-19: A State Guide to Policy and Priorities
    Transportation and COVID-19: A State Guide to Policy and Priorities

    What states can do amidst today's uncertainty, with a policy focus on mitigating risks to public-sector transportation operations and infrastructure investments.

    By Robert Poole, Baruch Feigenbaum, Marc Scribner, Mariya Frost, Wendell Cox and Randal O'Toole
    January 27, 2021

  • A Vision For Better School Funding in Arkansas
    A Vision For Better School Funding in Arkansas

    Arkansas should streamline education dollars into a weighted student formula and ensure that school operational decisions are left in the hands of local leaders.

    By Christian Barnard and Satya Marar
    January 21, 2021

  • Modernizing School Finance in Idaho
    Modernizing School Finance in Idaho

    This policy brief provides a brief overview of Idaho’s school finance system, highlights its primary shortcomings, and makes several recommendations for reform.

    By Aaron Garth Smith, Christian Barnard and Satya Marar
    January 11, 2021

  • Contracting Mass Transit Services
    Contracting Mass Transit Services

    Transit contracting should always follow three principles: guaranteeing public control, promoting competition, and ensuring transparency.

    By Baruch Feigenbaum and Joe Hillman
    December 29, 2020

  • Best Practices in Incorporating Risk Sharing Into Defined Benefit Pension Plans
    Best Practices in Incorporating Risk Sharing Into Defined Benefit Pension Plans

    Public pension risk sharing can increase plan solvency, provide better accountability, and lessen the burden that unfunded liabilities have on taxpayers.

    By Ryan Frost
    December 2, 2020

  • Best Practices In the Design and Utilization of Public Sector Defined Contribution Plans
    Best Practices In the Design and Utilization of Public Sector Defined Contribution Plans

    If properly designed, defined contribution plans can meet the employee retirement needs of today’s evolving and dynamic public sector workforce.

    By Richard Hiller, Raheem Williams and Leonard Gilroy
    December 2, 2020

  • The Gold Standard In Public Retirement System Design Series
    The Gold Standard In Public Retirement System Design Series

    Best practices and recommendations to help states move into a more sustainable pension model for employees and taxpayers.  

    By Pension Integrity Project
    December 2, 2020

  • Inform: Give Stakeholders The Information They Need to Make Sound Education Funding Decisions 
    Inform: Give Stakeholders The Information They Need to Make Sound Education Funding Decisions 

    Financial transparency can help leaders get the most out of education dollars while shining light on their spending decisions.

    By Aaron Garth Smith and Christian Barnard
    October 29, 2020

  • Empower: How to Put Families and School Leaders in the Driver’s Seat
    Empower: How to Put Families and School Leaders in the Driver’s Seat

    Policymakers should let those who are closest to kids decide how education dollars are spent, and families should be given options outside of their residentially-assigned public schools.

    By Aaron Garth Smith and Christian Barnard
    October 29, 2020

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