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What Happens If The State Doesn’t Pass A Budget? The Answer Is Deep Cuts For Schools
Budgets · In the State

What Happens If The State Doesn’t Pass A Budget? The Answer Is Deep Cuts For Schools

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Connecticut’s General Assembly was unable to come to a budget agreement by the legislature’s June 30th deadline. The good news is, unlike places like New Jersey and Maine, we didn’t have a government shut down. Our state is still functioning because Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed an Executive Order Resource Allocation Plan. Unfortunately, when it comes… Continue reading What Happens If The State Doesn’t Pass A Budget? The Answer Is Deep Cuts For Schools

Bipartisan Group Urges State To Take Action To Reform Broken Funding System
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Bipartisan Group Urges State To Take Action To Reform Broken Funding System

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In New Haven, budget cuts this year threaten after school programs. In Bridgeport, crossing guards and transportation. For these districts and others, the situation is dire. While some groups want the state to hold off on making changes till an adequacy cost study is done, a new group is calling on state leaders to take more immediate… Continue reading Bipartisan Group Urges State To Take Action To Reform Broken Funding System

Gov. Malloy Releases Details Of New Education Funding Formula Proposal
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Gov. Malloy Releases Details Of New Education Funding Formula Proposal

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Last month, during his state of the state address, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced that he planned to propose a new school funding formula to replace the Education Cost Sharing grant (ECS) — today, the governor’s office released details of his proposal. While visiting New Britain’s Smalley Academy,  citing the groundbreaking CCJEF v. Rell decision,… Continue reading Gov. Malloy Releases Details Of New Education Funding Formula Proposal

Gearing Up For Important School Funding Battle; Education Groups Weigh in On School Formula
Budgets · In the State

Gearing Up For Important School Funding Battle; Education Groups Weigh in On School Formula

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Should education funding be based on location? In Connecticut, it largely is. Right now, there’s eleven different school funding formulas — including ECS which the state effectively stopped using in 2013 — all largely based, not on student need, but on zip code and school type. With the state gearing up for what seems like… Continue reading Gearing Up For Important School Funding Battle; Education Groups Weigh in On School Formula

Bridgeport Students Don’t Need Another Broken Promise, They Need Resources
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Bridgeport Students Don’t Need Another Broken Promise, They Need Resources

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During his campaign, Mayor Joseph Ganim touted that he would fight for increased funding, would find creative ways to appropriate new funding and do what he can to decrease class sizes. So far none of that has panned out. Fast forward only six months later and the Mayor is proposing a 2017 city budget with… Continue reading Bridgeport Students Don’t Need Another Broken Promise, They Need Resources

Are State Republican Leaders Serious? Bridgeport Parents React To GOP Proposed Plan That Could Shut Down Charter Schools
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Are State Republican Leaders Serious? Bridgeport Parents React To GOP Proposed Plan That Could Shut Down Charter Schools

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“This proposal is absolutely outrageous and unacceptable,” said outspoken education advocate and Achievement First parent Claudia Phillips. Phillips is upset over a proposal announced by state Republican lawmakers last week that would retroactively cut funding for charter schools by $12.9 million this year. According the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN), if passed, this proposal… Continue reading Are State Republican Leaders Serious? Bridgeport Parents React To GOP Proposed Plan That Could Shut Down Charter Schools

Mayor Finch Commits to Fully Funding the MBR in Cash; Baraka and Gardner Still Not Happy
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Mayor Finch Commits to Fully Funding the MBR in Cash; Baraka and Gardner Still Not Happy

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If it wasn’t already obvious, Bridgeport Board of Education members Sauda Baraka and Howard Gardner made it astoundingly clear that they are more concerned with political showmanship then what’s best for the children of Bridgeport. Though neither are members of the Bridgeport Board of Education’s Finance Committee, the pair spent the greater part of Monday… Continue reading Mayor Finch Commits to Fully Funding the MBR in Cash; Baraka and Gardner Still Not Happy

On Education Funding… It is “Education Blogger” Jon Pelto Who Misleads
Bridgeport · Budgets · Reform

On Education Funding… It is “Education Blogger” Jon Pelto Who Misleads

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“Education Blogger” Jon Pelto is on the warpath again, and this time his target is Governor Malloy, who he claims has not been truthful about education funding. Pelto, of course, omits facts at whim and chooses instead to speculate rather than provide his readers with sourced information. Pelto claims Malloy has not substantially increased funding… Continue reading On Education Funding… It is “Education Blogger” Jon Pelto Who Misleads