The proposed legislation would define violent behavior in CT law and limit the use of out-of-school suspensions to such cases.
Theo Peck-Suzuki
Theo is CT Mirror's education reporter. Born in New York and raised in southeast Ohio, Theo earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Brown University and a master's from the University of Chicago. He served for two years in an AmeriCorps program at Rural Action, a community development organization based near his hometown, before returning to school to study journalism at Ohio University. He has previously covered children and poverty for WOUB Public Media in Athens, Ohio.
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CT’s first ‘course in a box’ focuses on music history
CT officials said if the course, An American History of Rock and Soul, is well received, more state-designed courses “in a box” could follow.
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Lamont kicks off universal breakfast push at West Hartford school
Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget would allocate $12 million toward a universal school breakfast program; it’s his second time pushing for the effort.
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Lamont’s education budget diverges from Dems, backfills federal cuts
Lamont’s proposed budget diverged from some Democrats’ key priorities. It also included backfill for federal cuts to student loan programs.
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CT Education Committee to take up school funding, cellphone bans
Lawmakers haven’t adjusted per-pupil state funding for public education in 13 years. This year, they could raise it—and tie it to inflation.
Posted inMoney
Lamont, lawmakers to extend CT fund to counter federal cutbacks
CT still has $330 million to supplement programs affected by Washington’s cuts to human services. The money will be available until July.
Posted inHealth
Report: Federal cuts deepening food insecurity in Connecticut
CT plans to spend roughly $27.6 million more on food insecurity through FY27, but federal spending could drop $180 million over that time.
Posted inEducation
Report: Problems persist in CT special ed system despite federal compliance
The report was commissioned amid concerns CT wasn’t doing enough to support students with disabilities. Its findings affirmed those concerns.
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CT community school leaders speak out after losing $4M in federal grants
Canceled grants came from Full-Service Community Schools, a program that funds partnerships between schools and nonprofit service providers.
