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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.

The Condition of Education in Connecticut (CT State Department of Education)

May 7, 2025 Featured

The Condition of Education in Connecticut is the Connecticut State Department of Education’s yearly status report on public education in the state. The report presents indicators that describe the progress of the public education system, the characteristics of its students and educators, and the resources expended. The report also incorporates key indicators around student engagement and student readiness for college and careers.

Condition of Education in Connecticut - 2023-24 Report Condition of Education in Connecticut - 2022-23 Report Condition of Education in Connecticut - 2021-22 Report Condition of Education in Connecticut - 2020-21 Report Condition of Education in Connecticut - 2019-20 Report

Education Funding Student Enrollment/Demographics

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Final Report and Related Materials (State Tax Panel)

Dec 31, 2015

Established by section 137 of Conn. Acts 14-217, the State Tax Panel was created to "review the state's overall state and local tax structure." The 22-member panel, which consisted of 14 voting members deemed experts in "tax law, tax accounting, tax policy, economics and state, local and business finance," released its final report and recommendations in late December 2015.

State Tax Panel Final Report State Tax Panel - Report to Governor and GA State Tax Panel - Staff Study Papers on Economic and Policy Framework State Tax Panel - Staff Study Papers on Property Tax and Local Revenue

State Revenue & Spending Taxes

Forensics and the Future of a Connecticut Pension Plan (Center for Retirement Research at Boston College)

Dec 1, 2015

This issue brief, based on a November 2015 comprehensive report from researchers at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, examines Connecticut's State Employees Retirement System (SERS) and the State's significant unfunded liabilities associated with the system. Along with providing a brief history of funding for SERS and offering alternatives meant to shore up the system's finances and improve the overall flexibility of Connecticut's budget, the issue brief examines three major factors that contributed to SERS' unfunded liability. These factors include: 1) legacy costs from benefits promised before the systems were pre-funded; 2) inadequate contributions once the State decided to pre-fund; and 3) low investment returns relative to the assumed return since 2000.

Boston College Final Report on SERS and TRS

Pensions Fixed Costs

Final Report on Connecticut's State Employees Retirement System and Teachers' Retirement System (Center for Retirement Research at Boston College)

Nov 1, 2015

A comprehensive report, from researchers at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, that examines the fiscal health of Connecticut's two largest public sector retirement systems: the State Employees Retirement System (SERS) and the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS). In addition to projecting the systems' finances going forward and presenting "alternatives to shore up the systems' finances and improve budget flexibility," the report, which was requested by the State of Connecticut, looks at the State's unfunded liabilities for both systems and the factors that have caused those unfunded liabilities to increase significantly over the years. The report finds "[t]hree factors underlie the current unfunded liability of SERS and TRS: 1) legacy costs from benefits promised before the systems were pre-funded; 2) inadequate contributions once the State decided to pre-fund; and 3) low investment returns relative to the assumed return since 2000."

Boston College Final Report on SERS and TRS

Pensions Fixed Costs

Data Bulletin: Connecticut's English Learners (Grades K-12) (CT State Department of Education)

Aug 1, 2015

Data and analysis from the Connecticut State Department of Education on English Learners during the 2009-10, 2011-12, and 2014-15 school years. Bulletins details level of support services as well as test scores and demographic breakdowns.

Data Bulletin: Connecticut's English Learners - 2014-15 Data Bulletin: Connecticut's English Learners - 2011-12 Data Bulletin: Connecticut's English Learners - 2009-10 Data Bulletin: Connecticut's English Learners - 2007-08 Data Bulletin: Connecticut's English Learners - 2000-01

Student Enrollment/Demographics

Measuring Municipal Fiscal Disparities in Connecticut (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)

May 1, 2015

This research report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's New England Public Policy Center measures nonschool fiscal disparities in Connecticut and aims to identify the factors that are driving said fiscal disparities. The report also examines the extent to which existing nonschool municipal grant programs address the existing disparities.

Measuring Municipal Fiscal Disparities in Connecticut

Municipal Aid & Spending

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