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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.

FY 2024 Monthly Estimated Budget Projections, Revenue Estimates, and Expenditure Details (Office of Fiscal Analysis)

Jun 25, 2024 Featured

Monthly reports from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis detailing its most recent estimated General Fund budget projections.

June 25, 2024 Monthly Projections May 28, 2024 Monthly Projections April 30, 2024 Monthly Projections March 25 2024 Monthly Projections February 26 2024 Monthly Projections

State Budget State Revenue & Spending

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State Spending Cap (Office of Legislative Research)

Nov 22, 2019

This research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research summarizes the State of Connecticut's spending cap, which limits the annual growth in state spending by restricting the legislature’s authority to make appropriations.

OLR State Spending Cap

State Budget State Revenue & Spending

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

Final Report (Connecticut Pension Sustainability Commission)

Jun 27, 2019

As part of the biennial state budget for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (Conn. Acts 17-2 (June Special Session)), the Connecticut Pension Sustainability Commission was established to study the feasibility of placing state capital assets in a trust and maximizing those assets for the sole benefit of the state pension system. The 11-member Commission began its work in July 2018 and issued its final report on June 27, 2019.

Connecticut Pension Sustainability Commission - Final Report Connecticut Pension Sustainability Commission - Webpage and Documents

Pensions Fixed Costs

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 Regional Education in Small Towns

Regionalization

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