Memorandum

To:
Representative Bruce Morris, Chair, Black and Latino Caucus
From: Orlando Rodriguez, Associate Legislative Analyst, Latino and Puerto
Rican Affairs Commission
Re: Funding Status of Education Cost Sharing Grant (ECS) for Towns in
st
FY 2014-2015 Date: January 21 , 2015
As requested, included on the following pages is a comparison of actual ECS
funds received to their corresponding ECS formula target amount for all
1,2
towns in Connecticut.
For example, Norwalk is underfunded by
$3,479,178, which is 24 percent less than its ECS target amount. West
Hartford is underfunded by over $36 million and gets only 1/3 of its ECS
target amount.
43 towns are overfunded meaning that they receive more ECS grant
monies than specified by their target amount from the ECS formula. In total,
$20,786,077 in ECS monies were appropriated to overfunded towns in FY
2014-2015.
On a percentage basis, the most overfunded town is Canaan, which gets
610 percent more (more than 6 times) than its target amount from the
ECS formula. Orange is the most underfunded town on a percentage
basis, receiving 77 percent less than its target amount.
On a dollar basis, the most overfunded town is Groton, which gets
$2,986,399 more than its target amount. The most underfunded town
on a dollar basis is Waterbury, which gets
$47,443,115 less than its ECS target amount.

LPRAC ECS Town Funding Status FY

2014-2015

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2013-2014 ECS worksheet from Kevin Chambers (July 2014) at the State Department of Education and PA 14-47.
Does not include additional $500,000 for Bridgeport (email Kevin Chambers 21jan2015).

LPRAC ECS Town Funding Status FY

2014-2015

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ECS Overfunded Towns in FY 2014-2015

Town
Bridgewater
Canaan
Canterbury
Clinton
Cornwall
Darien
Easton
Essex
Fairfield
Farmington
Goshen
Greenwich
Groton
Guilford
Hampton
Kent
Lisbon
Lyme
Madison
Morris
New Canaan
Norfolk
North Canaan
North Stonington
Old Lyme
Old Saybrook
Redding
Ridgefield
Roxbury
Salem
Salisbury
Scotland
Sharon
Sherman
Stonington
Voluntown
Warren
Washington
Waterford
Westbrook
Weston
Westport
Wilton

Funding Status
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded
Overfunded

Percentage
Overfunded
112%
610%
12%
25%
120%
43%
66%
55%
47%
8%
59%
63%
13%
49%
23%
116%
33%
40%
97%
476%
52%
562%
7%
21%
55%
82%
70%
68%
79%
8%
97%
11%
139%
79%
253%
6%
70%
94%
103%
101%
69%
48%
56%

Dollar Amount
Overfunded
72,384
179,784
499,207
1,319,069
46,573
483,843
235,546
137,862
1,140,881
115,765
80,771
1,321,272
2,986,399
1,003,619
251,251
89,750
971,811
41,517
774,057
543,760
511,570
323,800
130,621
494,721
215,580
294,628
282,076
832,010
69,990
241,591
92,228
145,666
84,851
107,825
1,490,312
148,755
41,054
116,194
753,311
214,674
388,933
647,111
561,483

ECS Underfunded Towns in FY 2014-2015

Andover

Underfunded

Percentage
Underfunded
-22%

Ansonia

Underfunded

-26%

(5,716,298)

Barkhamsted

Underfunded

-32%

(769,260)

Beacon Falls

Underfunded

-21%

(1,082,467)

Berlin

Underfunded

-21%

(1,711,839)

Bethany

Underfunded

-20%

(506,784)

Bethel

Underfunded

-8%

(752,231)

Bloomfield

Underfunded

-33%

(3,103,265)

Bolton

Underfunded

-10%

(345,694)

Bozrah

Underfunded

-23%

(375,377)

Branford

Underfunded

-69%

(4,225,797)

Bridgeport

Underfunded

-15%

(31,704,965)

Bristol

Underfunded

-20%

(11,521,926)

Brooklyn

Underfunded

-18%

(1,570,095)

Burlington

Underfunded

-33%

(2,154,504)

Canton

Underfunded

-36%

(1,983,722)

Cheshire

Underfunded

-43%

(7,076,310)

Chester

Underfunded

-40%

(453,992)

Colchester

Underfunded

-13%

(2,055,069)

Colebrook

Underfunded

-16%

(95,578)

Columbia

Underfunded

-17%

(544,716)

Coventry

Underfunded

-9%

(933,674)

Cromwell

Underfunded

-46%

(3,848,340)

Danbury

Underfunded

-50%

(29,246,622)

Deep River

Underfunded

-21%

(455,893)

Derby

Underfunded

-34%

(4,103,242)

Durham

Underfunded

-8%

(368,947)

East Granby

Underfunded

-50%

(1,357,945)

East Haddam

Underfunded

-17%

(773,097)

East Hampton

Underfunded

-14%

(1,274,457)

East Hartford

Underfunded

-25%

(16,597,792)

East Haven

Underfunded

-18%

(4,388,397)

East Windsor

Underfunded

-8%

(498,125)

Ellington

Underfunded

-29%

(3,962,516)

Enfield

Underfunded

-24%

(8,900,529)

Glastonbury

Underfunded

-53%

(7,495,997)

Granby

Underfunded

-37%

(3,210,068)

Griswold

Underfunded

-16%

(2,023,402)

Haddam

Underfunded

-58%

(2,532,426)

Town

Funding Status

Dollar Amount
Underfunded
(659,193)

Hamden

Underfunded

Percentage
Underfunded
-40%

Hartford

Underfunded

-12%

(26,503,927)

Harwinton

Underfunded

-21%

(751,079)

Hebron

Underfunded

-27%

(2,548,633)

Killingly

Underfunded

-8%

(1,435,934)

Killingworth

Underfunded

-15%

(407,844)

Ledyard

Underfunded

-13%

(1,887,055)

Litchfield

Underfunded

-24%

(471,363)

Manchester

Underfunded

-28%

(13,098,493)

Mansfield

Underfunded

-11%

(1,203,778)

Marlborough

Underfunded

-34%

(1,648,468)

Meriden

Underfunded

-20%

(15,214,625)

Middlebury

Underfunded

-61%

(1,139,858)

Middlefield

Underfunded

-20%

(525,247)

Middletown

Underfunded

-39%

(12,401,318)

Milford

Underfunded

-62%

(18,195,997)

Montville

Underfunded

-18%

(2,866,833)

Naugatuck

Underfunded

-15%

(5,609,872)

New Britain

Underfunded

-25%

(28,608,527)

New Hartford

Underfunded

-26%

(1,124,828)

New Haven

Underfunded

-14%

(25,833,230)

New London

Underfunded

-21%

(6,997,750)

New Milford

Underfunded

-17%

(2,524,038)

Newington

Underfunded

-36%

(7,219,326)

Newtown

Underfunded

-51%

(4,658,711)

North Branford

Underfunded

-15%

(1,476,135)

North Haven

Underfunded

-57%

(4,456,162)

Norwalk

Underfunded

-24%

(3,479,178)

Norwich

Underfunded

-19%

(8,423,147)

Orange

Underfunded

-77%

(4,014,691)

Oxford

Underfunded

-11%

(556,138)

Plainfield

Underfunded

-11%

(1,922,410)

Plainville

Underfunded

-21%

(2,802,570)

Plymouth

Underfunded

-17%

(2,014,784)

Pomfret

Underfunded

-10%

(359,312)

Portland

Underfunded

-37%

(2,536,239)

Prospect

Underfunded

-22%

(1,542,671)

Putnam

Underfunded

-9%

(797,528)

Rocky Hill

Underfunded

-59%

(5,177,268)

Seymour

Underfunded

-24%

(3,267,286)

Shelton

Underfunded

-56%

(6,834,901)

Simsbury

Underfunded

-54%

(6,539,464)

Town

Funding Status

Dollar Amount
Underfunded
(17,761,611)

Somers

Underfunded

Percentage
Underfunded
-31%

South Windsor

Underfunded

-16%

(2,407,801)

Southbury

Underfunded

-66%

(5,205,251)

Southington

Underfunded

-29%

(8,469,741)

Sprague

Underfunded

-15%

(478,045)

Stafford

Underfunded

-13%

(1,538,832)

Stamford

Underfunded

-48%

(9,980,152)

Sterling

Underfunded

-25%

(1,087,657)

Stratford

Underfunded

-42%

(15,694,329)

Suffield

Underfunded

-42%

(4,530,925)

Thomaston

Underfunded

-19%

(1,351,850)

Tolland

Underfunded

-15%

(1,987,043)

Torrington

Underfunded

-27%

(8,912,816)

Trumbull

Underfunded

-62%

(5,459,553)

Vernon

Underfunded

-28%

(7,799,185)

Wallingford

Underfunded

-11%

(2,780,378)

Waterbury

Underfunded

-26%

(47,443,115)

Watertown

Underfunded

-22%

(3,447,780)

West Hartford

Underfunded

-67%

(36,876,796)

West Haven

Underfunded

-25%

(15,133,940)

Wethersfield

Underfunded

-56%

(10,950,318)

Willington

Underfunded

-11%

(447,613)

Windham

Underfunded

-19%

(6,212,254)

Windsor

Underfunded

-23%

(3,634,740)

Windsor Locks

Underfunded

-24%

(1,658,105)

Woodbridge

Underfunded

-46%

(628,424)

Woodbury

Underfunded

-71%

(2,348,633)

Woodstock

Underfunded

-9%

(531,624)

Town

Funding Status

Dollar Amount
Underfunded
(2,682,593)

ECS Funding Within 5 Percent in FY 2014-2015

Town
Ashford
Avon
Bethlehem
Brookfield
Chaplin
East Lyme
Eastford
Franklin
Hartland
Lebanon
Monroe
New Fairfield
Preston
Thompson
Union
Winchester
Wolcott

Funding Status
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%
Within 5%

Percentage
Dollar Amount
Overfunded/Underfunded Overfunded/Underfunded
-2%
(84,757)
-3%
(32,965)
1%
12,002
-2%
(28,929)
-0.4%
(8,412)
-1%
(64,999)
2%
23,875
3%
26,486
1%
19,909
1%
33,273
1%
38,333
-5%
(221,409)
5%
148,094
-5%
(426,102)
-1%
(2,129)
-1%
(91,020)
-4%
(579,862)