The Board of Regents for Higher Education on Thursday approved a $1.28 billion budget that leaders say will be financially challenging, but there was a bit of unexpected good news.
Kathleen Megan
Kathleen Megan wrote for more than three decades for the Hartford Courant, covering education in recent years and winning many regional and national awards. She is now covering education and child welfare issues for the Mirror.
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Two CCSU professors now out after sexual misconduct investigation
Joshua Perlstein Two Central Connecticut State University theater professors investigated on suspicions of engaging in sexual misconduct with their students have left the university. Joshua Perlstein, who was hired in 1992 and placed on paid administrative leave in April 2018, abruptly resigned on May 16, shortly before a scheduled termination hearing, a spokeswoman for the […]
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More than a third of CT schools reported zero restraints, seclusions
The federal study found that more than 70 percent of 17,000 school districts in the U.S. similarly reported zero incidents of restraint or seclusion, raising questions about whether districts are misreporting the data.
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State joins College Board’s nationwide scholarship program
This scholarship program helps guide students along the path to college admission.
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Regents’ panel endorses $12.5M cut for community colleges
The state’s community colleges must cut budgets by a collective $12.5 million next year under a $1.29 billion budget endorsed Thursday.
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Sen. Flexer’s last-ditch effort to shine light on administration of Dalio grant
Sen. Mae Flexer, D-Killingly, proposed amendments that would make the board subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
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A win on plastic bags for environmentalists; not so on bottles, plastic straws
A 10 cent tax on plastic shopping bags was approved by the Senate Tuesday. The bill also bans plastic bags after 2021.
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Speaker defends exemption for panel overseeing Dalio investment in schools
Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz on Tuesday defended controversial legislative provisions that exempt from open records laws a board charged with overseeing a $100 million contribution to Connecticut’s public schools.
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Panel overseeing Dalio’s investment in CT schools would be exempt from ethics, disclosure laws
The panel overseeing $300 million in private and public funding would be exempt from ethics and disclosure rules.
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Cost-free college is in the budget, but is it in the cards?
A plan to help thousands of first-time students – regardless of income – attend college cost-free is in the proposed state budget, but its success depends on a complex funding scheme involving the legalization of online lottery games.
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House gives final approval to PTSD benefits for first responders
The House of Representatives unanimously voted for legislation expanding post traumatic stress disorder benefits to first responders, but some lawmakers said the bill isn’t inclusive enough.
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Senate endorses plan requiring Connecticut schools to teach African American, Latino history
The bill requires public schools to offer the course by 2022. It now goes to Gov. Ned Lamont for consideration.
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Malloy heads Downeast to be chancellor at UMaine
Dannel P. Malloy says he was was ready for a “totally different job” after leaving the governor’s office in Connecticut. He found it when he was named chancellor of the public university system in Maine.
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House unanimously passes bill on bullying and school climate
The House of Representatives found something everyone could agree on Wednesday: preventing school bullying.
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Single-use plastic bags would be banned in two years under proposed bill
The amended bill would give retailers an extra year to implement the ban on plastic bags. It would also require paper bags be made of 40 percent recycled content and 100 percent recyclable.