THE REASON FOUNDATION

Reason works with motivated policymakers and other stakeholders to develop and implement market-based reforms that are a model for reform-minded policymakers at all levels of government. Our pension integrity project educates policymakers and taxpayers on pension reform. We produced five major technical analyses that focus on the solvency of public employee retirement systems in arizona, north carolina, new mexico, mississippi, and arkansas, as well as policy briefs that address reduced public safety budgets, volatile investment returns, and the impact of covid-19 on public pensions. We educated legislators in those states via studies, direct outreach, and more than 70 topical commentaries. Drawing on decades of research on the benefits of school choice, reason's education team is a leading voice in promoting new models such as microschools, online charters, backpack funding, and other options that encourage student achievement and advance the freedom to innovate in education. We are advising policymakers and allies in more than 20 states on open enrollment, school finance. Our transportation team is assessing the changes that the pandemic has made in transportation usage, calling for greater decentralization and a reevaluation of heavily subsidized transit projects. Reason's drug policy team is helping states better understand the consequences of regulating legal cannabis and psychedelics markets and providing support to policymakers seeking to fix the challenges of legalization.