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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.

The Condition of Education in Connecticut (CT State Department of Education)

May 7, 2025 Featured

The Condition of Education in Connecticut is the Connecticut State Department of Education’s yearly status report on public education in the state. The report presents indicators that describe the progress of the public education system, the characteristics of its students and educators, and the resources expended. The report also incorporates key indicators around student engagement and student readiness for college and careers.

Condition of Education in Connecticut - 2023-24 Report Condition of Education in Connecticut - 2022-23 Report Condition of Education in Connecticut - 2021-22 Report Condition of Education in Connecticut - 2020-21 Report Condition of Education in Connecticut - 2019-20 Report

Education Funding Student Enrollment/Demographics

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Final Report of the Special Education Cost Model Task Force

Jul 11, 2019

As part of the biennial state budget for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (Conn. Acts 17-2 (June Special Session)), the Special Education Cost Model Task Force was established to conduct a feasibility study of a special education predictable cost cooperative (Co-op) as well as other alternative models for funding special education that are used in other states. The Co-op model was created by the Connecticut School Finance Project in partnership with the University of Connecticut's Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research. In July 2019, the task force submitted its final report, which detailed the task force's findings and included the feasibility study reports, commissioned by the task force, examining different Co-op models. While the task force did not make any recommendations to the General Assembly in its final report, the task force did highlight the benefits and potential challenges of each model it investigated.

Special Education Cost Model Task Force Final Report Special Education Cost Model Task Force - Meeting Minutes

Education Funding Special Education

Connecticut State Budget Process (Office of Fiscal Analysis)

Feb 6, 2019

Presentation and flowchart from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis explaining how Connecticut's state budget process and cycle works.

Connecticut's State Budget Process CT State Budget Cycle

State Budget

Research Report: Regional Education in Small Towns (Office of Legislative Research)

Jan 18, 2019

This issue brief from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Legislative Research looks at Connecticut towns with populations of 1) less than 10,000, 2) between 10,000 and 20,000, and 3) between 20,000 and 30,000, and whether each town is part of a regional school district.

OLR Report: Regional Education in Small Towns

Regionalization

Issue Brief: Public Schools of Choice (Office of Legislative Research)

Dec 13, 2018

This issue brief from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Legislative Research examines the public schools of choice that Connecticut offers, including charter schools, magnet schools, agricultural science and technology centers (i.e., “vo-ag centers”), and technical high schools.

OLR Issue Brief: Public Schools of Choice

Schools of Choice

Issue Brief: Connecticut's Bonding Process (Office of Legislative Research)

Dec 7, 2018

This issue brief from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research describes Connecticut's bonding program and the process for issuing bonds.

OLR Issue Brief: Connecticut's Bonding Process

State Budget State Revenue & Spending

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