The proposed state budget avoids taking education dollars away from well-off communities, as the school funding formula had called for.
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House adopts $46B budget that avoids tax hikes
The House approved a new budget early Wednesday that avoids tax hikes and invests in municipalities and social services.
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School district leaders say Lamont’s plan to use federal funds will leave them short
Superintendents say the federal funds aren’t enough, and when they dry up, they’ll be back to square one.
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Lamont’s education funding plans under fire
As Gov. Ned Lamont rolls out his budget for the coming biennium, education funding seems poised to become a battleground.
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Municipalities win in short term, lose over long haul with Lamont’s new budget
Most of the new money Lamont would distribute to cities and towns wouldn’t come out of the state’s coffers.
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See how your town fares in the governor’s proposed budget
Gov. Ned Lamont is recommending that the state spend $50 million more on municipal aid next year, a 2% increase.
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Lamont keeps school funding on auto-pilot, despite calls to end ‘funding discrimination’
The move is sure to displease groups that have been calling for a major increase in state education spending.
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Legislators and advocates call on the governor to fix school funding formula
A coalition of advocacy groups and lawmakers called for changes to Connecticut’s school funding model, in hopes of addressing disparities.
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Lamont will spare town aid while closing big deficit in next state budget
Gov. Ned Lamont also said he won’t bill municipalities for a share of Connecticut’s massive teacher pension fund debt.
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Want to fix inequities in school funding? Top legislators say property tax reform solves the problem.
A $61 million infusion into the state’s primary education grant hasn’t equalized school spending in poor and wealthy districts.
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State aid: see how your town fares in the governor’s budget
Gov. Ned Lamont’s new budget proposal provides an additional $38 million for the state’s primary education grant. See whether your town wins or loses under the budget proposed Feb. 5 for the 2020-21 fiscal year.
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Governor touts education aid. But will it be used to improve schools or close deficits?
Gov. Ned Lamont said students will benefit from the $38 million boost to education funding in his budget, but local officials whose schools are running deficits say the state needs to do more.
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CCM tries to get a little louder on property tax relief
After watching state aid erode over the past decade, Connecticut municipalities hope to appeal directly to voters to order property tax relief.
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See how your town fares in the new CT budget
The $43.4 billion biennial budget expected to receive final approval Tuesday includes more than $4 billion for Education Cost Sharing grants. Here’s where that money goes.
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See how your town fares in the governor’s proposed budget
Poor communities would gain the most through a redistribution of the Education Cost Sharing ESC) grant, while wealthy towns would lose the most.