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\nA group of current and retired public school teachers has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to order Kentucky’s leaders to “perform their constitutional and statutory duties” by adequately funding the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System.<\/p>\n
\nA group of current and retired public school teachers has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to order Kentucky’s leaders to “perform their constitutional and statutory duties” by adequately funding the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System.<\/p>\n
The suit was filed Tuesday in Franklin County Circuit Court in Frankfort.<\/p>\n
Defendants are Governor Matt Bevin, Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers and outgoing House Speaker Greg Stumbo.<\/p>\n
The suit says prior governors and legislatures consistently failed to adequately fund the pension system, resulting in an unfunded liability exceeding $24.4 billion by mid-2015. The suit says the system’s condition has become more “dire” since then.<\/p>\n
The suit says the failure violates the state and federal constitutions and Kentucky law.<\/p>\n
Bevin spokeswoman Amanda Stamper says the governor is “intent on fixing the country’s worst funded pension system.”
\nSource: AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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