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.