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title: Governor Rell's Commission on Education Finance - Final Report
description: The Commission on Education Finance released its final report in January 2006 with recommendations on how to improve the state's school finance system.
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# [Governor Rell's Commission on Education Finance - Final Report](https://schoolstatefinance.org/resources/governor-rells-commission-on-education-finance-final-report)

 Written by [Rell Commission on Education Finance](https://schoolstatefinance.org/resources/author/rell-commission-on-education-finance) | Jan 1, 2007 11:31:00 PM

After Governor Jodi Rell formed a Commission on Education Finance in 2006 to examine how Connecticut funds its public schools, the Commission released its final report in January 2006 with a multitude of recommendations on how to improve the state's school finance system.

Following the Commission's report, Gov. Rell proposed changes to the state’s school finance system, including:

- Increasing the Education Cost Sharing grant $1.1 billion over the next five years to $2.7 billion
- Increasing the foundation from $5,891 to $9,867
- Increasing the State Guaranteed Wealth Level (SGWL) to 1.75
- Raising the minimum aid ratio from six percent to 10 percent
- Calculating “Need Students” using 33 percent of a district’s Title I poverty count and 15 percent of students with Limited English Proficiency
- Eliminating grant caps

Citation  
State of Connecticut, Office of the Governor, Commission on Education Finance. (2007). *Governor Rell’s Commission on Education Finance – Final Report*. Hartford, CT: Author. Retrieved from [https://files.schoolstatefinance.org/hubfs/Resources/Commission%20on%20Education%20Finance%20Report.pdf](https://schoolstatefinance.org/hubfs/Resources/Commission%20on%20Education%20Finance%20Report.pdf).

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