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 FY 2014-2015 Date: January 21st, 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 towns in Connecticut.1,2 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. 1 2 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 1 Page 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 LPRAC ECS Town Funding Status FY 2014-2015 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 2 Page 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 LPRAC ECS Town Funding Status FY 2014-2015 Funding Status Dollar Amount Underfunded (659,193) 3 Page 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 LPRAC ECS Town Funding Status FY 2014-2015 Funding Status Dollar Amount Underfunded (17,761,611) 4 Page 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 LPRAC ECS Town Funding Status FY 2014-2015 Funding Status Dollar Amount Underfunded (2,682,593) 5 Page 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% LPRAC ECS Town Funding Status FY 2014-2015 Percentage Overfunded/Underfunded -2% -3% 1% -2% -0.4% -1% 2% 3% 1% 1% 1% -5% 5% -5% -1% -1% -4% Dollar Amount Overfunded/Underfunded (84,757) (32,965) 12,002 (28,929) (8,412) (64,999) 23,875 26,486 19,909 33,273 38,333 (221,409) 148,094 (426,102) (2,129) (91,020) (579,862) 6 Page