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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.

Fiscal Accountability Reports (Office of Fiscal Analysis)

Nov 20, 2024 Featured

Each November, in accordance with state statute, the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis produces a Fiscal Accountability Report. According to statute, the report must explain: (1) the level of spending changes from current year spending allowed by consensus revenue estimates, (2) any changes to current year spending necessary because of “fixed cost drivers,” and (3) the total change to current year spending required to accommodate fixed cost drivers without exceeding current revenue estimates.

OFA Fiscal Accountability Report - FY 2025 OFA Fiscal Accountability Report - FY 2024 OFA Fiscal Accountability Report - FY 2024 Presentation OFA Fiscal Accountability Report - FY 2023 OFA Fiscal Accountability Report - FY 2023 Presentation

State Budget State Revenue & Spending

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School Construction Grant Process (Office of Legislative Research)

Mar 4, 2022

This research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research provides an overview of the state's school construction grant process.

OLR School Construction Grant Process

Education Funding

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.

ECS 50-State Comparison: K-12 and Special Education Funding

Education Funding

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

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.

Special Education Cost Model Task Force FINAL REPORT Special Education Cost Model Task Force - Meeting Minutes

Education Funding Special Education

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

Jan 18, 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.

CCJEF 2018 Supreme Court Majority Opinion CCJEF 2018 Supreme Court Concurrence and Dissent

Education Funding Court Cases

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