Independent, source-linked pension research

Rules reviewed August 2026

About the publication

About Public Pension Guide

Independent explanations for complicated public retirement rules.

Clearer source trails help readers ask better questions before making a pension decision.

Our purpose

Public pension decisions can be permanent, while official material is often spread across handbooks, forms and notices. We organize that material around the questions members actually ask.

Our coverage

The initial release covers Texas TRS, CalSTRS and Illinois TRS. Each state hub is built as a connected cluster rather than a collection of isolated search pages.

What we are not

We are not a government agency, benefit administrator or financial adviser. Our estimates are educational; the retirement system's records and formal determinations control.