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title: "Research Report: Education Cost Sharing Grants"
description: This joint research report from OFA and OLR provides a history of the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula and describes how it has worked.
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# [Research Report: Education Cost Sharing Grants](https://schoolstatefinance.org/resources/research-report-education-cost-sharing-grants-office-of-fiscal-analysis-and-office-of-legislative-research)

 Written by [Office of Fiscal Analysis, Office of Legislative Research](https://schoolstatefinance.org/resources/author/office-of-fiscal-analysis-office-of-legislative-research) | Nov 19, 2016 12:34:00 AM

Joint research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis that provides a history of the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula and describes how it has worked.

Citation  
Moran, J.D., Sullivan, M., Bourne, S., & Shepard, A. (2016). *Education Cost Sharing Grants* (2016-R-0167). Hartford, CT: Connecticut General Assembly, Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis. Retrieved from [https://www.cga.ct.gov/2016/rpt/pdf/2016-R-0167.pdf](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2016/rpt/pdf/2016-R-0167.pdf).

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