Monthly reports from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis detailing its most recent estimated General Fund budget projections.
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.
The Municipal Opportunities and Regional Efficiencies (MORE) Commission was created by House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey in 2010 to work on finding solutions to issues that face Connecticut’s municipalities. The Special Education Select Working Group was formed as a sub-committee of the MORE Commission in December 2013 with the mission of determining how to provide special education in a more effective manner.
The historical appropriation and enrollment data, including growth rates and per-pupil rates.
Authorized by Conn. Acts 13-232 and prepared for the Connecticut General Assembly's Finance, Revenue, and Bonding Committee, this report from Connecticut's Department of Revenue Services examines the state's income tax with respect to tax filing status. Included in the report is background information on the state's personal income tax, consideration of alternatives, and a multi-state comparative analysis of tax burden by filing status. Data used in the report is from the 2010 tax year.
The final report for the State of Connecticut’s Task Force to Study State Education Funding features recommendations to address problems with the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) grant formula, which distributes the largest share of state education aid to towns, and certain other major state education grants. The final recommendations build on interim recommendations to (1) support efforts to increase and make more predictable ECS funding; (2) update and improve the ECS formula; (3) support equitable funding for school choice programs, including interdistrict magnet schools and regional agriscience technology centers; and (4) explore fairer and more reasonable approaches to funding services for students with special educational needs. Due to the state's budget constraints, the Task Force offered its recommendations without a specific recommendation for more ECS funding.