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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.

FY 2024 Monthly Estimated Budget Projections, Revenue Estimates, and Expenditure Details (Office of Fiscal Analysis)

Jun 25, 2024 Featured

Monthly reports from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis detailing its most recent estimated General Fund budget projections.

June 25, 2024 Monthly Projections May 28, 2024 Monthly Projections April 30, 2024 Monthly Projections March 25 2024 Monthly Projections February 26 2024 Monthly Projections

State Budget State Revenue & Spending

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Public School Expenditures Reports (CT State Department of Education)

Aug 3, 2023

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)

District/School Spending

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

Jul 1, 2023

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

Education Funding District/School Spending Municipal Aid & Spending

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

Jan 22, 2023

This resource features data from the Connecticut State Department of Education detailing per-student spending from 2007-22 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.

2021 22 Net Current Expenditures Per Pupil 2020 21 NCEP 2019 20 Net Current Expenditures Per Pupil 2018 19 Net Current Expenditures Per Pupil 2017 18 Net Current Expenditures Per Pupil

District/School Spending

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

Feb 12, 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.

OLR State Enforcement of the MBR

Education Funding District/School Spending Municipal Aid & Spending

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