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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

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Infographic: The ECS Formula (Office of Fiscal Analysis)

Dec 4, 2023

This infographic from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis illustrates the workings of the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula. The ECS formula is the method the state legislature has established to distribute approximately $2 billion in state education funding to local and regional public school districts.

OFA ECS Infographic 2023

Education Funding Funding Formulas

Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Entitlements for Connecticut Public School Districts (2000-2024) (CT State Department of Education)

Sep 20, 2023

Current and historic Education Cost Sharing (ECS) entitlements to Connecticut public school districts. The data, from the Connecticut State Department of Education, spans from the 2000-01 school year to the 2023-24 school year.

ECS Entitlements for School Districts (CSDE)

Education Funding Funding Formulas

Breakout of Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Grant Entitlements Between Alliance and Non-Alliance School Districts (CT State Department of Education)

Sep 20, 2023

This data spreadsheet from the Connecticut State Department of Education, which spans from the 2011-12 school year to the 2023-24 school year, breaks down each Connecticut town's Education Cost Sharing (ECS) grant by the Alliance District and non-Alliance District portion. Alliance Districts, which are 36 of the lowest-performing local public school districts in the state, receive increased ECS funding "to support district strategies to dramatically increase student outcomes and close achievement gaps."

Breakout of ECS Grant Entitlements between Alliance and Non-Alliance Districts (CSDE)

Education Funding Funding Formulas

Education Funding 101: ECS Grant and Choice Schools (Office of Fiscal Analysis & Office of Legislative Research)

Feb 2, 2023

This presentation from the Office of Fiscal Analysis and Office of Legislative Research covers Connecticut's ECS grant, funding formulas for public schools of choice, and state education funding for each public school type.

Education Funding 101 Presentation by OFA and OLR

Education Funding Funding Formulas Schools of Choice

Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Quick Facts (Office of Fiscal Analysis)

Aug 2, 2021

This document from the General Assembly's Office of Fiscal Analysis provides a brief glance at the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula, particularly its funding and funding dedicated for Alliance Districts.

OFA ECS Quick Facts 2021

Education Funding Funding Formulas

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