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June 2012
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GOP senate leader calls on Donovan to step down
Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, called on House Speaker Christopher Donovan, D-Meriden, to relinquish his leadership post Friday in the wake of the arrest of Donovan’s congressional fundraiser. The legislature should convene a committee of inquiry to determine if Donovan has done anything to warrant censure or expulsion, McKinney said. McKinney said the allegations […]
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Agreement reached on how to grade the teacher
Connecticut education leaders reached agreement Thursday on how much student standardized test results should count toward a teacher’s evaluation. And if the State Board of Education signs off, school districts may be able to tie as much as 49 percent of a teacher’s evaluation to standardized measures. “We cleared a major hurdle today,” Education Commissioner […]
Posted inEducation
Pilot teacher evaluations will be announced Monday
List of semifinalists to pilot state’s teacher evaluations this upcoming school year The State Department of Education will announce Monday which districts the state’s new teacher evaluation will be piloted in. Thirtyfive school boards and superintendents applied to launch these new evaluations in their districts. On thursday the state department presented a list of 16 […]
Posted inMoney
Roberti toughens response to Donovan campaign scandal
One of House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan’s two Democratic rivals in the party primary for the 5th Congressional District, Dan Roberti, toughened his stance Friday on the scandal plaguing the state House speaker’s campaign. One day after issuing a very cautious statement professing that “our campaign does not wish to inflame any issues surrounding the […]
Posted inHealth
Jepsen won’t block Yale-New Haven, St. Raphael merger
Attorney General George Jepsen said Friday that he will not seek to block a proposed merger between Yale-New Haven Hospital and The Hospital of St. Raphael that would create a two-campus hospital in the Elm City. The decision came after an antitrust investigation of the proposal to determine whether the arrangement, under which Yale would […]
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Medicinal marijuana signed into law
A bill legalizing the use of medical marijuana as a palliative in Connecticut has been signed into law by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. Connecticut is the 17th state to legalize marijuana for the chronically ill. The law limits access to those adults whose doctors certify in writing their patient can benefit from its use. Legalization, […]
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Malloy to colleges: no more semesters of remediation
A bill that limits the circumstances that college officials can require students to spend time and money taking non-credit remedial courses has been signed into law by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. One quarter of the students who enter a public college in Connecticut spend their first year taking only non-credit remedial courses. Some even spend two […]