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50-State Comparison: K-12 and Special Education Funding (Education Commission of the States)

Aug 13, 2021

This 50-state comparison from the Education Commission of the States looks at how each state allocates K-12 and special education funding to school districts. The comparison includes a look at each state's primary funding models, base per-student funding amounts, student enrollment counts, and information about funding for special education, English language learners, economically disadvantaged students, gifted and talented students, and small schools.

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Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Quick Facts (Office of Fiscal Analysis)

Aug 2, 2021

This document from the General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis provides a brief glance at the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula, particularly its funding and funding dedicated for Alliance Districts.

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State Enforcement of the Minimum Budget Requirement (MBR) (Office of Legislative Research)

Feb 11, 2020

This research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research describes how the Connecticut State Department of Education enforces the Minimum Budget Requirement (MBR), which prohibits a town from budgeting less for education in an upcoming fiscal year than it did in the previous year.

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Final Report of the Special Education Cost Model Task Force

Jul 11, 2019

As part of the biennial state budget for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (Conn. Acts 17-2 (June Special Session)), the Special Education Cost Model Task Force was established to conduct a feasibility study of a special education predictable cost cooperative (Co-op) as well as other alternative models for funding special education that are used in other states. The Co-op model was created by the Connecticut School Finance Project in partnership with the University of Connecticut's Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research. In July 2019, the task force submitted its final report, which detailed the task force's findings and included the feasibility study reports, commissioned by the task force, examining different Co-op models. While the task force did not make any recommendations to the General Assembly in its final report, the task force did highlight the benefits and potential challenges of each model it investigated.

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CCJEF v. Rell (2018) (CT Supreme Court Decision)

Jan 17, 2018

In a 4-3 ruling, the Connecticut Supreme Court reversed in part, and affirmed in part, a 2016 ruling from Hartford Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher focused on Connecticut's school finance system. The Supreme Court ruled the way Connecticut allocates state education dollars, and how much the State spends on public education, is constitutional and does not violate Article Eighth § 1 of the Connecticut Constitution.

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