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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Who pays for Windham's education?

Yesterday, it was brought out that Windham students are some of the most expensive to graduate in Connecticut. Windham's costs are ranked fourth highest after Hartford, New Haven and New Britain.

Our first thought probably is,"that's why our property taxes are so high." Not really. Windham has the benefit of being ranked the second poorest town (Hartford is the poorest) in Connecticut. With the advantage of poor-ness the State and all of Connecticut tax papers help us out. The most current numbers available shows Windham receiving 15 million dollars more from State Government then the town generates to the state

Education eats up the majority of a town's budget but the State and Federal Governments contributes to local education weather a town is rich or poor.

Where the revenue comes from to educate our students (Average Conn. town)

Local Revenue 62.3%
State 28.8%
Federal 6.6%

Where the revenue comes from to educate Windham students

Windhams contribution 28.2%
Federal 17.6%
State 50.6%

Windham School District

Finance - Percentage of Revenue by Source
Year(s): 2009-10

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Revenue Type	Including School Construction	Excluding School Construction
Federal Grants	17.6	18.7
Local Grants	28.2	27.2
State Grants	50.6	50.3
Tuition Fee	3.6	3.8

Payments to municipalities and and governments provides a listing of payments made to all 169 Connecticutmunicipalities and other local governments from various agencies of the State of Connecticut.

Payments to Municipalities

Revenues sent to state vs revenues sent back to Windham

State of Connecticut Revenues Received from Towns versus State Disbursements to Towns
For Fiscal Year 2009-2010

The following provides insight into which of the 169 CT Towns are receiving more money from the State than their town generates to the State. Where does your town fall?