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Task Force to Study Special Education Services and Funding

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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
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Education Funding Special Education

Budget Reserve Fund (BRF) Quick Facts (Office of Fiscal Analysis)

This document from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis provides an overview of Connecticut's Budget Reserve Fund (commonly referred to as the "Rainy Day Fund"), including information about the Fund's balance, how money flows into the Fund, and how and when money in the Fund may be used.

Budget Reserve Fund Quick Facts November 2020 Budget Reserve Quick Facts November 2019
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State Budget

State Enforcement of the Minimum Budget Requirement (MBR) (Office of Legislative Research)

This research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research describes how the Connecticut State Department of Education enforces the Minimum Budget Requirement (MBR), which prohibits a town from budgeting less for education in an upcoming fiscal year than it did in the previous year.

OLR State Enforcement of the MBR
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Education Funding District/School Spending Municipal Aid & Spending

Teachers' Retirement System Financial Stabilization Law (Office of Legislative Research)

This research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research details changes made to Connecticut's Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) as a part of Conn. Acts 19-117, which, among other items, created a special capital reserve fund for the outstanding Connecticut Teachers’ Retirement bonds.

OLR Teachers' Retirement System Financial Stabilization Law
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Pensions

Final Report of the Special Education Cost Model Task Force

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
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Education Funding Special Education