On spending and taxes, Democratic legislators deferred Tuesday to the more moderate fiscal positions of Gov. Ned Lamont, less a surrender than a postponement of a debate still to come.
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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Big donations generate high hopes, but don’t always add up to school success
The Dalio family’s donation to Connecticut schools is appreciated, but such generosity has often failed to meet expectations elsewhere in the U.S.
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Kruger exits UConn Board of Trustees, Lamont in no rush to replace him
Thomas Kruger’s last meeting was Wednesday. He resigned after Gov. Ned Lamont said he was changing the leadership of the board.
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Regents move forward with merger plan; raise tuition
Controversial plans to merge the state’s 12 community colleges moved ahead with the hiring of three new regional presidents .
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Study: Latinos students more likely to be arrested at schools with police officers
The research shows that while students of all races are more likely to get arrested at a school with a resource officer, Latinos are particularly impacted.
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Wentzell to take job at University of St. Joseph
Commissioner of Education Dianna Wentzell will take an interim position at the University of St. Joseph this summer.
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Two retiring state Board of Education members asked to return
Gov. Ned Lamont has asked two state education board members whose terms ended last month to return to the board for another four-year stint.
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Connecticut’s home-schoolers are unregulated. They want to keep it that way
Lawmakers stripped Gov. Ned Lamont’s education bill of a requirement for home-schoolers to register with their school district, but the idea is far from dead.
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New DCF Commissioner emphasizes importance of safe sleep for babies
From 2013 to 2018, Connecticut lost 123 infants to sleep-related deaths alone, according to Child Advocate’s office. DCF is attempting to combat this problem.
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Lack of quorum forces state education board to cancel meeting
Gov. Ned Lamont hasn’t filled six vacancies, which has also slowed the selection of a new education commissioner.
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Community college students likely to face 2 percent increase next year
Connecticut students would pay $92 more next year in annual tuition and and fees at the state’s 12 community colleges under a proposal to be considered Wednesday.
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Education Committee approves Lamont’s watered-down regionalization bill
Gov. Ned Lamont’s two key education bills — including one intended to push school districts toward regionalization — were approved by a legislative committee Friday.
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Regents raise tuition 5% at four regional universities
Even with the 5 percent increase in tuition, the state’s four universities face a $20 million shortfall.
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Lawmakers pepper Ojakian with questions about college consolidation plan
Ojakian expects that when the 12 community colleges are consolidated into one state college — in 2023, if all goes as planned — the annual savings will be $23 million.
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Legislators consider making prison phone calls free
The state collected $7.7 million last fiscal year from prison phone calls, a cost born by inmates’ families, and ranks 49th – in front of only Arkansas — for the high cost of calls.