Bristol receives millions in funding from state budget

Posted By: Staff June 7, 2023

Bristol Hospital and the Bristol Public Schools will receive millions of dollars from the recently passed biennial state budget.

“Given the financial guardrails we were working under, this budget still delivers for Bristol,” said State Rep. Mary Fortier (D-Bristol) in a release on Tuesday, shortly after the budget was passed in the state House of Representatives with bipartisan support. “A special thank you to Speaker of the House Matt Ritter and Gov. Lamont for working with the delegation.”

Bristol Hospital will receive $7 million, giving them much needed support following the COVID-19 pandemic. Bristol Public Schools will also receive $105 million through the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) funds.

Some highlights of the funding Bristol will receive:

  • Education Cost Sharing Fund: $105 million
  • Bristol Hospital: $7 million
  • PILOT payments: $1.9 million
  • Town Aid Road: $1.3 million
  • Motor Vehicle Tax Reimbursement: $7.2 million
  • Adult Education: $808,898
  • Bristol Boy and Girls Club: $50,000
  • Human Resource Agency of New Britain Inc.: $80,000.

The bipartisan budget that was passed increases funding to towns, PILOT payments, local
schools, special education and choice tuition assistance, all while under the constitutional speaking cap for both years, following financial guardrails authorized at the beginning of the 2023 session, according to the release.

The bill passed the state Senate 35-1 and will now go to the governor to be signed.

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