Although Connecticut leads the way in passing gun control legislation, loopholes exist. A proposal to ban loaded guns from all public buildings in Connecticut failed to pass in the last session of the legislature. An attempt to repeal the firearm safety law is expected in the next session. Legislation to ban loaded guns from all public buildings in Connecticut failed to pass in the 2000 legislature. This represents more than one-third of all state and local tax revenue.
Local governments pay for public schools with the help of state aid to education.
The local share of education expenditures is financed through local property taxes. Education Cost Sharing is the principal grant for this equalization aid. Another issue is the rapidly escalating cost of special education. State reimbursement of these costs has remained constant while the cost to the local government has been escalating rapidly principally because of additional mandated services and increasing cost of providing services. Although the state s share has increased in the last two years, more remains to be done.