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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

Final Report of the Special Education Cost Model Task Force

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
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Education Funding Special Education

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

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
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Education Funding Court Cases

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

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
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Education Funding Special Education