To help you navigate the revised state budget for fiscal year 2027, we've put together an analysis detailing all the education funding changes in the budget and what they mean for students in your community and across the state. Additionally, we've created a resource that lists the additional state education funding each town will receive and explains how that funded was calculated and will be distributed.
Student performance is impacted by several factors including, but not limited to, how districts are funded, the learning needs of students, and how districts allocate resources. This report looks at the impact of municipal wealth on student outcomes and how state education funding does not fully offset the wealth disparities seen across Connecticut's communities.
These documents provide more information about funding for different public school types under the state budget for fiscal year 2027. Included in each document is an overview of funding from the previous year and details on how funding will be allocated in FY 2027.
The Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula is the method the State of Connecticut has established to distribute over $2.46 billion annually in state education funding to local and regional public school districts. This one-pager details the current components of the ECS formula, which was last revised during the 2025 regular legislative session.
This FAQ document dives into how the property revaluation process impacts town ECS grants and how recent property value increases have contributed to volatility in the "fully funded" ECS grant amounts for towns.
Designed to help town and school district leaders plan for the future and address budgetary questions, these interactive models provide district-level and town-level funding estimates for the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) grant, board of education magnet school grant, RESC magnet school grant, and Agricultural Science and Technology Education (ASTE) program grant.