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The Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula is used by the State of Connecticut to distribute approximately $2 billion annually in state education funding. This infographic breaks down the ECS formula and provides an easy-to-understand look at how it is used to provide state funding to Connecticut's local and regional public school districts.

As part of the state budget for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the Connecticut General Assembly made several changes to the ECS formula, including expanding the types of districts eligible for the formula's Regional District Bonus, and increasing the amount of funding per student provided by the Bonus. This document provides an overview of these changes to the Regional District Bonus, and answers some of the most common questions about this component of the ECS formula.

This model of the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula details the grants and phase-in schedule, from FY 2022 to FY 2030, for each Connecticut local school district. Additionally, this model allows users to edit formula inputs to model different, hypothetical variations of the ECS formula.

This model provides the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula phase-in schedule, and estimated grants from FY 2020 to FY 2030, for each Connecticut municipality based on current inputs and variables.

The purpose of this tool is to provide comparisons between Connecticut towns based on the data used in the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula. The ECS formula is the method the State of Connecticut has established to distribute approximately $2 billion annually in state education funding to local and regional public school districts.