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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

Connecticut's State Maintenance of Effort for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (CT State Department of Education)

Data from the Connecticut State Department of Education detailing the state's spending on special education. To be eligible for federal funding under IDEA, Connecticut is required to report this information and cannot provide less state financial support for special education than it did in the preceding fiscal year.

IDEA 2018 19 State Maintenance of Effort IDEA 2016 17 State Maintenance of Effort IDEA 2015 16 State Maintenance of Effort
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Education Funding Special Education

Research Report: State Employee Pension Benefits in Northeastern States (Office of Legislative Research)

Research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research that compares state employee pension benefits in northeastern states, including employee pension contribution rates, the number of years used to determine pension benefits, whether overtime pay is included in pension benefit calculations, and prescription drug copayments.

OLR State Employee Pension Benefits in Northeastern States
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Pensions Fixed Costs

Connecticut's Financial Support to Municipalities (Office of Policy and Management)

In response to a request from Governor Dannel P. Malloy on August 2, 2017, this report from the Office of Policy and Management provides a look at state aid to municipalities, including expenditures from grants and funding for capital projects. The report notes that "municipal aid is the largest category of state spending within the entire General Fund, totaling nearly $5.1 billion" in fiscal year 2017. The report also stresses that "municipal aid has continued to expand at the same time the state has cut billions of dollars in expenditures across state agencies." Additionally, according to the report, "over the last five fiscal years the state’s support to towns and cities has grown by nearly $1 billion, an increase of more than 21 percent. This has taken place while the state’s population has remained largely flat and student enrollment in public schools is down."

Gov State Support to Municipalities Report
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Municipal Aid & Spending