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.
Fact sheets from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis that provide data about the State Employees Retirement System (SERS), including information about the System's 1) membership, 2) employee defined benefit contributions, 3) state contributions, and 4) actuarial value of assets and liabilities.
Every year, Connecticut's Department of Revenue Services releases a report providing an overview of the State's taxes and the revenue Connecticut has collected. Included in this annual report is a summary of legislation passed during the previous Connecticut legislative session that impacts taxes. For each tax, the report provides a brief description of the tax and includes details such as: revenue generated from the tax, basis and rate of the tax, number of taxpayers and filing frequency, and exemptions to the tax.
Fact sheets from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis that provide data about the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS), including information about the System's 1) membership, 2) state contributions, and 3) actuarial value of assets and liabilities.
This research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research summarizes the State of Connecticut's fiscal "caps" as well as bonding restrictions and controls. Included in this report are summaries of the state's: spending cap, revenue cap, volatility cap, debt limit, bond allocation cap, bond issuance cap, bond allotment cap, and bond lock.
In 2017 the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) and the State of Connecticut reached agreements aimed at addressing the State’s long-term pension obligations to state employees. The Office of the State Comptroller is responsible for issuing an annual report detailing the savings achieved through these agreements.