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The Resource Center contains a wide collection of reports, publications, and data from Connecticut and national sources. To navigate through the Resource Center, use the keyword search below or browse by selecting a specific category using the drop-down menu below the Featured post.

Task Force to Study Special Education Services and Funding

Jan 15, 2025 Featured

The Task Force to Study Special Education Services and Funding was created by the Connecticut General Assembly to examine a variety of issues related to special education. Specifically, the Task Force looked at the state's severe special education staffing shortage, the lack of resources for special education, the lack of equity in special education across the state, and the failure to close the state's achievement gap.

Special Education Task Force Final Report Special Education Task Force Midterm Report Special Education Task Force Presentation to SpEd Committee

Education Funding Special Education

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Public School Expenditures Reports (CT State Department of Education)

Feb 13, 2024

Each year, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) publishes Public School Expenditure Reports. Based on data submitted to the CSDE by each school district through the Education Financial System (EFS), these reports provide information on total district and school spending as well as spending per student.

Public School Expenditures Reports (Reports from 2017-18 to Present) Public School Expenditures Reports (Reports from 2007-08 to 2016-17)

District/School Spending

Demographic Trends of Connecticut’s English Learners (SYs 2015-16 through 2019-20) (Connecticut State Department of Education)

Oct 2, 2020

This report from the Connecticut State Department of Education summarizes demographic trends of Connecticut's English Learner students from the 2015-16 school year through the 2019-20 school year.

Demographic Trends of Connecticut’s English Learners (SYs 2015-16 through 2019-20)

Student Enrollment/Demographics

Participation in Connecticut's Open Choice Program, 2013-2018 (CT State Department of Education)

May 23, 2018

This spreadsheet, from Connecticut's State Department of Education, details the number of students participating in Connecticut's Open Choice program — by resident town — each year from the 2013-14 school year to the 2017-18 school year.

Open Choice Enrollment 2013 2018

Schools of Choice

Connecticut's State Maintenance of Effort for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (CT State Department of Education)

Jan 14, 2018

Data from the Connecticut State Department of Education detailing the state's spending on special education. To be eligible for federal funding under IDEA, Connecticut is required to report this information and cannot provide less state financial support for special education than it did in the preceding fiscal year.

IDEA 2018 19 State Maintenance of Effort IDEA 2016 17 State Maintenance of Effort IDEA 2015 16 State Maintenance of Effort

Education Funding Special Education

Data Bulletin: Connecticut's English Learners (Grades K-12) (CT State Department of Education)

Aug 1, 2015

Data and analysis from the Connecticut State Department of Education on English Learners during the 2009-10, 2011-12, and 2014-15 school years. Bulletins details level of support services as well as test scores and demographic breakdowns.

Data Bulletin: Connecticut's English Learners - 2014-15 Data Bulletin: Connecticut's English Learners - 2011-12 Data Bulletin: Connecticut's English Learners - 2009-10 Data Bulletin: Connecticut's English Learners - 2007-08 Data Bulletin: Connecticut's English Learners - 2000-01