Analysis of FY 2019 Education Funding

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1 Analysis of Education Funding May 10, 2018 The purpose of this document is to detail the fiscal year 2019 school finance changes contained in the bipartisan budget agreement ( 1 ), which passed the Connecticut General Assembly on May 9, 2018 and makes revisions to the state s biennial budget ( Session)) that was signed into law in October ly, this document compares the revised appropriations contained in S.B. 543 to 1) the appropriations contained the current state biennial budget, 2 and 2) the current fiscal year s appropriations with the budgetary holdbacks A,3 or cuts to state education funding that were issued by the governor on November 17, Note: While passed by the Connecticut General Assembly and expected to be signed into law by the governor, until S.B. 543 is signed into law, the budget adjustments adopted in S.B. 543 are not final or enacted. Connecticut s budget for FY 2019 remains as detailed in the biennial state budget ( Session)) until a bill modifying the budget has been signed into law. Table 1 below contains the appropriated and revised appropriations for significant education grants and state funding for school choice programs. Included in this table are only education grants to municipalities and school districts in which the total grant allocation exceeded $10 million in FY State funding for school choice programs is also included in the table. Although the Sheff Settlement and Adult Education grants both exceed $10 million in statewide allocation, they are not included in the below table due to irregularity in appropriation (Sheff Settlement) and relationship to public K- 12 education (Adult Education). State education appropriations that will increase as compared to FY 2018 grant amounts with the November 2017 holdbacks under S.B. 543 are highlighted in green, while those appropriations that would remain at FY 2018 grant amounts are highlighted in yellow. A The holdbacks to state education funding are part of the more than $880 million in unspecified reductions the General Assembly mandated the governor achieve in FY 2018 as part of the new budget. While most of the mandated reductions came from labor savings achieved through the agreement reached with the State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) and approved by the General Assembly in July 2017, the governor was still required to issue approximately $180 million in holdbacks for FY Among the reductions to state education funding included in the holdbacks were a $58 million cut to the ECS grant, a $3.6 million cut to the Excess Cost grant, and an $18.5 million cut to the State Magnet School grant.

2 2 Table 1: Selected State Education Funding Grant Education Equalization (ECS) FY 2018 w/ Holdbacks 4 Session) 5 Budget Revisions 6 $1,928,243,995 $2,017,131,405 $2,016,728,682 Magnet Schools $309,509,936 $326,508,158 $326,508,158 Regional Vocational Technical School System Technical High Schools Other Expenses Special Education Excess Cost $128,354,056 $133,918,454 $130,188,101 $22,668,577 $23,861,660 $22,668,577 $138,979,288 $142,119,782 $140,619,782 State Charter Schools $109,821,500 $116,964,132 $116,964,132 Priority School Districts $37,150,868 $38,103,454 $37,150,868 Open Choice $37,138,373 $40,090,639 $39,138,373 Commissioner s Network $10,009,398 $10,009,398 $10,009,398 Vocational Agriculture $9,972,874 $10,228,589 $13,759,589 Local Charter Schools B $432,000 $540,000 $540,000 Session) contained an ECS formula to be first implemented in. C This formula, as adopted in the biennial state budget, was projected to require approximately $89.2 million over funding levels with the November 2017 holdbacks. 7 S.B 543 maintains the structure of the ECS formula set forth in the biennial budget. 8 In S.B. 543, FY 2018 holdbacks are not annualized into, and the grant phase-ins use the rates set forth in the biennial budget and are calculated using FY 2017 grant amounts as the basis. 9 The appropriation in S.B. 543 does, however, contain the following changes from the ECS appropriation set forth in the bipartisan biennial budget: 1. The formula is calculated with updated student and town data. The use of updated student and town data is projected to result in an overall decrease in ECS formula funding from the appropriation contained in the biennial budget The appropriation includes an additional allocation of $2.9 million for towns whose districts received students displaced by Hurricane Maria during FY B Session) renames the Local Charter Schools line item (12549) to New or Replicated Schools. C For a more detailed explanation of the formula in Session), please see:

3 3 This allocation is provided by funds remaining in the budget line item after the distribution of ECS grants, and will be distributed on a per-pupil basis using the highest number of displaced students a town received during FY In total, the ECS appropriation in S.B 543 is approximately $88.5 million above the FY 2018 amounts with holdbacks, 12, 13 but approximately $400,000 under the original FY 2019 appropriation. 14,15 Table 2 below compares, town by town, estimated ECS funding for under the existing biennial budget and the revised appropriations contained in S.B. 543, to FY 2018 grant amounts with the budgetary holdbacks. Please note the figures in Table 2 are the estimated changes in ECS grants, not the actual grant amounts. s projected to receive an increase in ECS funding in over FY 2018 amounts with holdbacks under each budget are highlighted in green, while towns projected to receive a decrease in funding are highlighted in red. s projected to receive the same amount of ECS funding in, compared to FY 2018 amounts with holdbacks, are highlighted in yellow. ly, please note these estimated changes do not include the supplemental funding provided in S.B. 543 for towns that received displaced students in FY 2018 as a result of Hurricane Maria. The estimated allocation amount of the supplemental payments, for each town, can be found in the far right column. Note: The below estimated town-by-town changes in ECS are not official grant amounts and are based upon data from previous budget proposals. At this point, official town run ECS amounts, based on S.B 543, for do not appear to be available. Table 2: -by- Change in ECS Revised Andover $2,023,681 $145,657 $108,654 $0 Ansonia $16,421,595 $330,354 $301,178 $0 Ashford $3,351,242 $261,681 $253,128 $0 Avon $617,939 $27,446 $25,259 $0 Barkhamsted $1,420,454 $215,049 $155,635 $0 Beacon Falls $3,536,964 $463,424 $484,892 $0 Berlin $5,358,974 $774,847 $678,900 $0 Bethany $1,741,182 $146,940 $136,451 $0 Bethel $7,006,649 $1,040,243 $907,650 $0 Bethlehem $1,107,720 $42,536 $76,977 $0 Bloomfield $6,070,860 $172,755 $154,542 $0 Bolton $2,595,642 $259,096 $200,246 $0 Bozrah $1,065,228 $162,805 $157,445 $0 Branford $1,847,951 $457,422 $440,471 $0 Bridgeport $180,855,390 $1,402,859 $1,375,966 $272,493 Bridgewater $19,802 $3,345 $3,277 $0

4 4 Revised Bristol $44,603,676 $713,947 $660,833 $71,549 Brookfield $1,224,764 -$80,581 -$80,941 $0 Brooklyn $6,049,412 $936,500 $933,534 $0 Burlington $3,792,912 $363,445 $325,246 $0 Canaan $154,267 -$4,792 -$4,546 $0 Canterbury $4,051,654 $226,983 $204,618 $0 Canton $2,939,435 $450,807 $451,898 $0 Chaplin $1,614,215 $130,626 $147,596 $0 Cheshire $8,185,188 $1,134,908 $1,158,704 $0 Chester $572,180 $108,330 $106,233 $0 Clinton $5,484,287 $245,195 $199,966 $0 Colchester $11,725,564 $998,832 $945,037 $0 Colebrook $427,753 $29,369 $17,180 $0 Columbia $2,193,265 $209,483 $216,104 $0 Cornwall $2,284 $5,036 $5,053 $0 Coventry $7,601,706 $643,080 $666,096 $0 Cromwell $4,017,862 $710,352 $682,254 $0 Danbury $31,073,094 $1,190,701 $1,219,122 $0 Darien $343,289 $69,549 $69,476 $0 Deep River $1,451,587 $229,489 $218,743 $0 Derby $7,857,361 $238,861 $226,800 $0 Durham $3,387,841 $38,578 $69,365 $0 East Granby $1,241,423 $216,943 $209,101 $0 East Haddam $3,203,033 $389,563 $375,158 $0 East Hampton $6,547,455 $608,927 $581,689 $0 East Hartford $48,825,156 $1,012,763 $1,160,520 $86,772 East Haven $19,466,330 $243,673 $163,507 $0 East Lyme $5,975,949 $582,588 $473,187 $0 East Windsor $5,627,408 $41,714 $41,714 $0 Eastford $950,482 $58,972 $53,489 $0 Easton $154,868 $21,080 $19,715 $0 Ellington $8,406,850 $1,295,860 $1,292,932 $0 Enfield $24,811,811 $3,942,779 $3,940,532 $0 Essex $83,571 $21,785 $21,494 $0 Fairfield $903,828 $187,747 $187,505 $0 Farmington $887,257 $53,832 $56,284 $0 Franklin $798,725 $36,072 $30,355 $0 Glastonbury $5,723,309 $491,473 $141,918 $0 Goshen $71,403 $9,678 $9,556 $0 Granby $4,787,152 $684,737 $604,189 $0 Greenwich $32,768 $142,181 $142,600 $0 Griswold $9,348,488 $1,463,768 $1,449,478 $0 Groton $24,898,096 $141,949 $141,949 $0 Guilford $2,349,009 -$191,893 -$192,619 $0 Haddam $1,710,397 $282,991 $269,393 $0 Hamden $26,790,150 $625,739 $595,625 $19,790 Hampton $1,142,429 $65,874 $24,769 $0 Hartford $200,268,244 $1,963,637 $1,566,402 $663,727 Hartland $1,155,396 $26,651 $20,108 $0 Harwinton $2,354,352 $197,281 $203,579 $0

5 5 Revised Hebron $5,978,090 $478,455 $388,097 $0 Kent $13,186 $12,911 $12,834 $0 Killingly $15,495,176 $79,226 $79,226 $0 Killingworth $1,885,767 -$20,346 -$47,907 $0 Lebanon $4,706,618 $241,054 $210,197 $0 Ledyard $10,418,444 $1,210,709 $1,268,418 $0 Lisbon $3,061,109 $87,448 $84,951 $0 Litchfield $1,236,926 $108,977 $93,892 $0 Lyme $54,577 $8,156 $7,020 $0 Madison $370,877 $50,054 $46,792 $0 Manchester $34,190,424 $723,017 $746,572 $42,625 Mansfield $8,623,717 $1,122,420 $1,051,560 $0 Marlborough $2,740,735 $227,054 $248,359 $0 Meriden $60,008,395 $951,918 $901,455 $252,703 Middlebury $729,177 $98,344 $92,909 $0 Middlefield $1,822,437 $173,292 $122,618 $0 Middletown $19,286,974 $628,756 $556,532 $22,835 Milford $9,324,010 $730,790 $745,099 $0 Monroe $5,555,756 $106,713 $135,001 $0 Montville $10,936,376 $1,708,359 $1,692,363 $0 Morris $84,502 $12,445 $18,794 $0 Naugatuck $30,196,115 $328,949 $319,994 $0 New Britain $85,945,269 $1,786,484 $1,839,491 $350,131 New Canaan $282,276 $63,767 $63,646 $0 New Fairfield $3,776,212 $139,565 $65,219 $0 New Hartford $2,710,014 $356,253 $304,787 $0 New Haven $154,051,977 $1,243,381 $1,094,686 $301,417 New London $25,619,983 $640,758 $678,591 $88,294 New Milford $10,243,544 $1,271,244 $1,181,471 $0 Newington $11,225,932 $1,876,469 $1,866,738 $0 Newtown $4,243,596 $512,736 $322,045 $0 Norfolk $18,194 $7,690 $7,669 $0 North Branford $7,011,730 $599,228 $593,397 $0 North Canaan $1,757,777 $167,484 $135,072 $0 North Haven $3,285,464 $613,097 $583,441 $0 North Stonington $2,463,810 $202,593 $244,854 $0 Norwalk $11,050,993 $380,258 $388,372 $15,223 Norwich $35,959,664 $751,922 $759,757 $70,026 Old Lyme $205,447 $37,547 $36,065 $0 Old Saybrook $98,302 $26,112 $25,772 $0 Orange $1,298,813 -$86,914 -$86,599 $0 Oxford $3,937,717 $73,794 $111,625 $0 Plainfield $13,331,630 $1,944,287 $1,831,547 $0 Plainville $8,893,762 $1,478,962 $1,465,569 $0 Plymouth $8,471,430 $1,315,220 $1,307,191 $0 Pomfret $2,668,708 $197,941 $157,977 $0 Portland $3,779,612 $618,914 $593,800 $0 Preston $2,613,882 $384,875 $394,992 $0 Prospect $4,606,205 $421,369 $418,579 $0 Putnam $8,283,776 $56,506 $56,506 $0

6 6 Revised Redding $156,228 $24,025 $23,374 $0 Ridgefield $480,583 $91,275 $90,322 $0 Rocky Hill $3,678,283 $708,434 $669,346 $0 Roxbury $26,867 $7,338 $7,310 $0 Salem $2,654,289 $102,718 $74,538 $0 Salisbury $6,867 $5,357 $5,406 $0 Scotland $1,238,722 $94,637 $101,627 $0 Seymour $8,695,451 $1,384,801 $1,391,484 $0 Sharon $6,768 $3,952 $3,876 $0 Shelton $5,064,848 $936,971 $922,475 $0 Sherman $40,273 $6,732 $6,567 $0 Simsbury $5,269,907 $852,110 $769,609 $0 Somers $5,142,187 $694,902 $697,426 $0 South Windsor $11,123,226 $1,080,841 $853,192 $0 Southbury $2,991,567 $553,529 $509,894 $0 Southington $17,540,807 $2,849,412 $2,807,618 $0 Sprague $2,269,571 $370,544 $371,243 $0 Stafford $8,486,254 $1,242,605 $1,189,416 $0 Stamford $10,553,759 $685,590 $674,566 $28,924 Sterling $2,780,960 $429,600 $419,513 $0 Stonington $1,378,842 -$75,497 -$74,790 $0 Stratford $18,567,523 $3,335,219 $3,319,747 $0 Suffield $5,393,592 $851,023 $802,596 $0 Thomaston $4,875,285 $644,006 $650,540 $0 Thompson $7,521,311 $13,393 $13,393 $0 Tolland $9,298,501 $530,457 $438,332 $0 Torrington $24,335,148 $510,569 $502,571 $0 Trumbull $2,936,881 -$177,506 -$177,590 $0 Union $206,383 $29,477 $14,439 $0 Vernon $19,099,380 $312,470 $274,739 $0 Voluntown $2,174,691 $147,050 $117,945 $0 Wallingford $18,460,747 $2,512,448 $2,575,614 $0 Warren $28,673 $4,588 $3,838 $0 Washington $42,339 $8,924 $8,713 $0 Waterbury $133,356,066 $2,794,364 $2,845,198 $442,992 Waterford $251,903 $70,935 $70,320 $0 Watertown $10,185,331 $1,575,766 $1,549,991 $0 West Hartford $18,110,816 $3,042,792 $2,988,219 $21,312 West Haven $44,894,871 $873,318 $893,574 $0 Westbrook $36,481 $34,916 $34,776 $0 Weston $229,317 $34,465 $34,315 $0 Westport $384,440 $88,712 $88,514 $0 Wethersfield $8,013,735 $1,591,861 $1,593,841 $0 Willington $3,156,296 $359,903 $378,448 $0 Wilton $387,564 $75,785 $75,615 $0 Winchester $7,963,239 $61,718 $61,718 $0 Windham $26,404,706 $585,143 $585,099 $149,186 Windsor $12,093,273 $37,119 $37,119 $0 Windsor Locks $5,140,076 $54,698 $39,460 $0 Wolcott $11,645,463 $1,080,980 $1,138,462 $0

7 7 Revised Woodbridge $569,353 -$25,897 -$24,663 $0 Woodbury $1,095,009 $220,059 $217,781 $0 Woodstock $4,657,232 $571,823 $494,610 $0

8 8 Endnotes 1 S.B. 543, An Act Concerning Revisions to the State Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 and Deficiency 2 Session). 3 State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management. (2017). Allocated Lapses FY Hartford, CT: Author. Retrieved from 4 Malloy, D.P. (2018). Recommended Budget Adjustments for. Hartford, CT: State of Connecticut, Office of the Governor. Available from 5 Session). 6 S.B. 543, An Act Concerning Revisions to the State Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 and Deficiency 7 Session). 8 S.B. 543, An Act Concerning Revisions to the State Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 and Deficiency 9 Ibid. 10 Ibid. 11 Ibid. 12 Ibid. 13 Malloy, D.P. (2018). Recommended Budget Adjustments for. Hartford, CT: State of Connecticut, Office of the Governor. Available from 14 S.B. 543, An Act Concerning Revisions to the State Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 and Deficiency 15 Session). 16 Malloy, D.P. (2018). Recommended Budget Adjustments for. Hartford, CT: State of Connecticut, Office of the Governor. Available from 17 Session). 18 S.B. 543, An Act Concerning Revisions to the State Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 and Deficiency 19 Ibid.