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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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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 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 Connecticut's Bonding Process

State Budget State Revenue & Spending

Reports from the Connecticut Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth

Nov 28, 2018

This resource includes reports from the 14-member Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth, which was initially created as part of the biennial budget for fiscal years 2018-19 (Conn. Acts 17-2 (June Special Session)). After issuing its first report with recommendations in March 2018, the Commission members (acting as a private group) released a second report with revised recommendations on November 28, 2018. The Commission's charge was to "develop and recommend policies to achieve state government fiscal stability and promote economic growth and competitiveness within the state."

Commission on Fiscal Stability 2nd Report Commission on Fiscal Stability 2nd Report Presentation Commission on Fiscal Stability Report Commission on Fiscal Stability Final Report Presentation OLR Report on Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth's Recommendations

State Budget State Revenue & Spending Economy

Issue Brief: Connecticut's Response to Federal Tax Reform (Office of Legislative Research)

Nov 15, 2018

This issue brief from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research summarizes tax changes made by the General Assembly during the 2018 legislative session in effort to mitigate the potentially negative impacts on Connecticut of federal tax changes made as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 passed by Congress.

OLR Connecticut's Response to Federal Tax Reform

State Revenue & Spending Taxes

Research Report: Connecticut Income Tax Rates and Brackets Since 1991 (Office of Legislative Research)

Jun 14, 2018

Report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research providing information about Connecticut's state income tax rates and brackets and since the enactment of Connecticut's state income tax in 1991.

OLR Connecticut Income Tax Rates and Brackets Since 1991