Resources

These files, from the Connecticut State Department of Education, detail the Minimum Budget Requirement (MBR) for each town. All Connecticut towns have a MBR that — with some exceptions — they must adhere to in providing funding to their local school districts. According to the MBR, a town may not budget less for education than it did in the previous fiscal year, unless it can demonstrate specific achievements or changes within the town’s local school district.

Municipal Fiscal Indicators contains the most current financial data available for each of Connecticut's 169 municipalities. The majority of this data was compiled from the audited financial statements that are filed annually with the State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management, IGP Division. This database of information includes selected demographic and economic data relating to, or having an impact upon, a municipality’s financial condition. The most recent edition is for the Fiscal Years Ended 2015-2019.

This research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research describes how the Connecticut State Department of Education enforces the Minimum Budget Requirement (MBR), which prohibits a town from budgeting less for education in an upcoming fiscal year than it did in the previous year.

This research report from the Connecticut General Assembly's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research summarizes financial grants the State of Connecticut provides to municipalities.

Prepared by Connecticut's Office of Policy and Management, this document includes demographic and education data for each of the state's 169 municipalities. Also included in the document is statutory formula aid for each city and town from FY 2011 - FY 2019 as well as historical information about each city and town's mill rate, state aid per capita, fund balance, expenditures, and revenue.