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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.

Task Force to Study Special Education Services and Funding

Jan 15, 2025 Featured

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

Education Funding Special Education

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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

Combined Investment Funds Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (Office of the State Treasurer)

Jan 2, 2019

This annual report from Connecticut's Office of the Treasurer provides data and information about Connecticut's Combined Investment Funds (CIF). According to the Office of the Treasurer, the "CIF were established as a means to invest pension and trust fund assets entrusted to the Treasurer in a variety of investment classes," and the CIF's primary purpose is to help the State pay its pension obligations.

Treasurer Combined Investment Funds - Most Recent Report Treasurer Combined Investment Funds - Reports from 2000-Present

State Revenue & Spending Fiscal Transparency

Stress Test Report for Connecticut's State Employees Retirement System (SERS) and Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) (The Pew Charitable Trusts)

Dec 13, 2018

Required by Section 109 of Conn. Acts 17-2 (June Special Session) to be conducted annually and reported to the General Assembly's Appropriations Committee, this stress test report of Connecticut's State Employees Retirement System (SERS) and Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) was conducted by The Pew Charitable Trusts and includes projections of benefit levels, pension costs, liabilities, and debt reduction under various economic and investment scenarios.

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