A budget watchdog group is calling out Chicago Public Schools for not being more proactive with getting pension reform passed in Springfield.

“It’s not enough for the district to say, ‘Springfield needs to act on pension reform,’ although that would have been an improvement from what we’ve heard so far, which has been silence,” said Laurence Msall, president of the nonpartisan government watchdog Civic Federation.

The Civic Federation released an 83-page analysis of the school district’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2014 that argues the district is again taking a short-term approach to a long-term problem. The budget analysis suggests CPS should develop and advocate its own pension reform proposal, not just push for another pension holiday. The report also pushes for an increase in employee retirement contributions.

District spokeswoman Becky Carroll said the district supports “reforms similar to those in SB1,” referring to House Speaker Mike Madigan’s attempt at pension reform. The bill proposed cutting cost of living increases, raising the retirement age and increasing employee contributions.

“We will continue to rigorously push for pension reform as we did last session and hope that union leadership will come to the table willing to support the kinds of reforms necessary to provide significant financial relief for our schools,” Carroll said in an e-mailed statement.