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title: "FAQs: Minimum Budget Requirement"
description: This FAQ document discusses CT’s minimum budget requirement (MBR), which prohibits a town from budgeting less for education than it did the previous year.
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# [FAQs: Minimum Budget Requirement](https://schoolstatefinance.org/reports/faqs-minimum-budget-requirement)

 Written by [School + State Finance Project](https://schoolstatefinance.org/reports/author/ssfp) | Dec 11, 2024 1:00:00 PM

This frequently asked questions document discusses Connecticut’s minimum budget requirement (MBR), which prohibits a town from budgeting less for education than it did in the previous year unless it meets specific exceptions.

**Citation  
**School and State Finance Project. (2024). *FAQs: Minimum Budget Requirement*. Southington, CT: Author. Retrieved from [https://files.schoolstatefinance.org/hubfs/Reports/Minimum%20Budget%20Requirement.pdf](https://schoolstatefinance.org/hubfs/Reports/Minimum%20Budget%20Requirement.pdf).

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