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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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Connecticut's State Maintenance of Effort for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (CT State Department of Education)

Jan 14, 2018

Data from the Connecticut State Department of Education detailing the state's spending on special education. To be eligible for federal funding under IDEA, Connecticut is required to report this information and cannot provide less state financial support for special education than it did in the preceding fiscal year.

IDEA 2018 19 State Maintenance of Effort IDEA 2016 17 State Maintenance of Effort IDEA 2015 16 State Maintenance of Effort

Education Funding Special Education

2017 Changes to the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Formula (Office of Legislative Research)

Dec 21, 2017

Research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research that describes the changes made in Conn. Acts 17-2 (June Special Session) to the formula for the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) grant.

OLR 2017 Changes to the ECS Formula

Education Funding Funding Formulas Community

Research Report: Education Cost Sharing Grants (Office of Fiscal Analysis and Office of Legislative Research)

Nov 19, 2016

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.

OFA and OLR Education Cost Sharing Grants

Education Funding Funding Formulas

CCJEF v. Rell (2016), Moukawsher Superior Court Ruling

Sep 8, 2016

Hartford Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher ruled partially in favor of the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding in a lengthy, wide-reaching decision regarding Connecticut's school finance system. Judge Moukawsher found several parts of Connecticut's education system, including how the State distributes education aid, and gave the State 180 days to submit proposed changes to address the parts of Connecticut's education system that he found unconstitutional.

CCJEF v. Rell (2016), Moukawsher Superior Court Ruling OLR CCJEF v. Rell Superior Court Decision

Education Funding Court Cases

Special Education Select Working Group - Recommendations for Legislative Action (Municipal Opportunities & Regional Efficiencies (MORE) Commission)

Feb 1, 2015

The Municipal Opportunities and Regional Efficiencies (MORE) Commission was created by House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey in 2010 to work on finding solutions to issues that face Connecticut’s municipalities. The Special Education Select Working Group was formed as a sub-committee of the MORE Commission in December 2013 with the mission of determining how to provide special education in a more effective manner.

MORE Commission Special Education Select Working Group

Education Funding Special Education

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Demographic Trends of Connecticut’s English Learners (SYs 2015-16 through 2019-20) (Connecticut State Department of Education) Connecticut Municipal Fiscal Indicators (Office of Policy and Management) Breakout of Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Grant Entitlements Between Alliance and Non-Alliance School Districts (CT State Department of Education) Education Funding 101: ECS Grant and Choice Schools (Office of Fiscal Analysis & Office of Legislative Research) Monthly State Budget Forecasts (Office of Policy and Management)