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.
Research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research that identifies state employee collective bargaining agreements presented to the General Assembly from 2002 to May 2017 and states how they were approved.
This issue brief from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Legislative Research summarizes Connecticut Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher's September 7, 2016 ruling in Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding (CCJEF) v. Rell. The issue brief details the case's history along with Judge Moukawsher's findings.
Research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research that summarizes the changes in state taxes from 2011-2016.
Research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research that identifies the state employee collective bargaining agreements that the General Assembly accepted or rejected between 1991 and 2001. Of the 128 agreements presented between 1991-2001, the General Assembly approved 108 and rejected 16. Legislative materials were unavailable on the outcome of 4 agreements.