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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

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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

OLR Backgrounder: School Transportation Requirements (Office of Legislative Research

Aug 4, 2022

This report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research details the requirements Connecticut school districts must follow relating to student transportation to and from school.

OLR Report: School Transportation Requirements

Education Funding Schools of Choice

Sheff v. O'Neill Supreme Court Ruling and Subsequent Stipulation Agreements

Mar 21, 2022

Sheff v. O'Neill is a school segregation case that began in 1989 when a group of city and suburban parents argued that public schools in Hartford were segregated, underfunded, and denied students in the Hartford area their constitutional right to an adequate and equal education due to the disparities in the distribution of funding and resources between communities of color in Hartford and the adjacent, majority white suburbs. This resource details the 1996 Connecticut Supreme Court ruling in the case, as well as the stipulated agreements and proposed settlement that followed.

Sheff Permanent Injunction 1996 Sheff Supreme Court Ruling 1989 Sheff Complaint 2003 Sheff Stipulation 2008 Sheff Stipulation

Student Enrollment/Demographics Schools of Choice Court Cases

Issue Brief: Public Schools of Choice (Office of Legislative Research)

Dec 13, 2018

This issue brief from the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Legislative Research examines the public schools of choice that Connecticut offers, including charter schools, magnet schools, agricultural science and technology centers (i.e., “vo-ag centers”), and technical high schools.

OLR Public Schools of Choice

Schools of Choice

Participation in Connecticut's Open Choice Program, 2013-2018 (CT State Department of Education)

May 23, 2018

This spreadsheet, from Connecticut's State Department of Education, details the number of students participating in Connecticut's Open Choice program — by resident town — each year from the 2013-14 school year to the 2017-18 school year.

Open Choice Enrollment 2013 2018

Schools of Choice

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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)