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Budget Snapshot: K-12 Education Funding in Adopted State Budget, FYs 2026-27

Jun 5, 2025 Featured

On June 3, 2025, the Connecticut General Assembly adopted a new biennial state budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. This nonpartisan analysis details changes to state education funding in the budget, and provides a brief overview of the general fiscal outlook of the state budget and economy.

Education Funding Snapshot - Adopted Budget for FYs 2026 and 2027 Interactive Community Impact Tool - Adopted Budget for FYs 2026 and 2027

Education Funding State Budget

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Connecticut K-12 Education Funding Changes: 2023 Regular Legislative Session

Oct 16, 2023

The Connecticut General Assembly's 2023 regular legislative session resulted in a number of changes to state funding for K-12 education. This presentation details these changes and explains how they affect students, schools, and communities.

K-12 Education Funding Changes 2023 Legislative Session Video: 2023 Legislative Session K-12 Education Funding Changes

Overview: Needs-Capacity Formula

Oct 4, 2023

This document details how Connecticut could use a needs-capacity formula to distribute non-education municipal aid to the state's cities and towns and help address municipal fiscal disparities. Under a needs-capacity formula, municipalities with the greatest level of fiscal disparity would receive a greater level of state funding, while municipalities with the capacity to pay for services through their own revenue raising capacities receive less or no state funding.

Needs Capacity Formula One Pager

Municipal Aid & Spending

Distributing Non-Education State Aid to Municipalities through a Needs-Capacity Formula

Oct 4, 2023

The State of Connecticut contains 169 towns with a wide range of wealth and resident needs. Currently, the State of Connecticut provides financial aid to towns through a variety of statutory and non-statutory grant programs. The current structure for non-education town aid does not sufficiently address the underlying municipal fiscal disparities that are caused by the unequal costs of delivering services and the low revenue raising capacity of towns in Connecticut. The purpose of this policy briefing is to introduce and examine how Connecticut can address municipal fiscal disparities by using a needs-capacity formula to distribute non-education town aid.

Needs Capacity Formula for State Aid

Municipal Aid & Spending

FAQs: Change to Kindergarten Entry Age

Oct 3, 2023

This frequently asked questions document covers the 2023 legislative change made to the kindergarten entry age in Connecticut and what this change means for the state’s students, families, districts, and childcare providers.

FAQs Kindergarten Age Change

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FAQs: Tax Abatements and Education Finance

Sep 20, 2023

Since property tax revenue remains the largest source for education funding in Connecticut, tax abatements raise questions about the impacts of incentives on communities’ abilities to fund their local public schools. This document helps address some of these frequently asked questions about tax abatements and their potential impacts on local education funding.

FAQs Tax Abatements and Education Finance

Education Funding Taxes

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