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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.

Task Force to Study Special Education Services and Funding

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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.

Special Education Task Force Final Report Special Education Task Force Midterm Report Special Education Task Force Presentation to SpEd Committee
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Education Funding Special Education

Local Public School District Net Current Expenditures Per Pupil (CT State Department of Education)

This resource features data from the Connecticut State Department of Education detailing per-student spending from 2007-24 for each Connecticut local public school district. The data includes net current expenditures (NCE) per pupil (NCEP) and special education Excess Cost grant basic contributions for the May payment.

2023-24 Net Current Expenditures Per Pupil 2022-23 Net Current Expenditures Per Pupil 2021 22 Net Current Expenditures Per Pupil 2020 21 NCEP 2019 20 Net Current Expenditures Per Pupil
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District/School Spending

Minimum Budget Requirement (MBR) by Town (CT State Department of Education)

These files, from the Connecticut State Department of Education, detail the Minimum Budget Requirement (MBR) for each town. All Connecticut towns have a MBR that — with some exceptions — they must adhere to in providing funding to their local school districts. According to the MBR, a town may not budget less for education than it did in the previous fiscal year, unless it can demonstrate specific achievements or changes within the town’s local school district.

MBR by Town - Most Recent Data MBR by Town - Previous Years
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Education Funding District/School Spending Municipal Aid & Spending

Public School Expenditures Reports (CT State Department of Education)

Each year, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) publishes Public School Expenditure Reports. Based on data submitted to the CSDE by each school district through the Education Financial System (EFS), these reports provide information on total district and school spending as well as spending per student.

Public School Expenditures Reports (Reports from 2017-18 to Present) Public School Expenditures Reports (Reports from 2007-08 to 2016-17)
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District/School Spending

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

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.

OLR State Enforcement of the MBR
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Education Funding District/School Spending Municipal Aid & Spending