This session will provide participants with updates from Connecticut on the coordinated efforts to enable and expand the use of OER in schools and universities. This novel approach seeks to empower these two constituencies with OER tools, funding, and supports and to encourage collaboration across K – 12 and higher education. Kevin Corcoran will update attendees on the state’s OER Coordinating Council grant program, with progress to date and lessons learned that will inform the work of colleagues running similar programs in other states. Doug Casey will tie this OER collaboration, creation, and curation work to the launch this year of the State’s OER repository, Go Open CT (www.GoOpenCT.org). Participants will gain valuable takeaways on how state leaders garnered the funding and support for the portal, how the site supports both school and university OER development, and plans for expansion for the coming months and years. Doug will also tie the work in Connecticut to broader efforts among the national #GoOpen network (www.GoOpen.us), where he serves as a member of the Steering Committee.