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.
This infographic from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis illustrates the workings of the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula. The ECS formula is the method the state legislature has established to distribute approximately $2.36 billion in state education funding to local and regional public school districts.
Monthly reports from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis detailing its most recent estimated General Fund budget projections.
In accordance with state statute, every other year, the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis produces a report on the state's tax expenditures, which are defined as exemptions, exclusions, deductions, or credits that result in less tax revenue to the State or municipalities than they would otherwise receive.
Fact sheets from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis that provide data about the State Employees Retirement System (SERS), including information about the System's 1) membership, 2) employee defined benefit contributions, 3) state contributions, and 4) actuarial value of assets and liabilities.
Fact sheets from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis that provide data about the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS), including information about the System's 1) membership, 2) state contributions, and 3) actuarial value of assets and liabilities.