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Education Cost Sharing

Posted inEducation

Local leaders launch ad campaign to support more school funding

Avatar photo by Jessika Harkay April 27, 2023 @ 3:16 pmApril 27, 2023 @ 3:40 pm

Local leaders are teaming up to pressure Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly to boost funding to the state’s public education system.

Sen. Douglas McCrory speaks Thursday at a news conference held by the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus.
Posted inEducation

State budget opts to ‘hold harmless’ every town’s education funding

Avatar photo by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas June 9, 2021 @ 2:27 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:58 am

The proposed state budget avoids taking education dollars away from well-off communities, as the school funding formula had called for.

Posted inMoney

House adopts $46B budget that avoids tax hikes

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf June 8, 2021 @ 11:47 pmAugust 1, 2022 @ 4:05 pm

The House approved a new budget early Wednesday that avoids tax hikes and invests in municipalities and social services.

Posted inNews

School district leaders say Lamont’s plan to use federal funds will leave them short

Avatar photo by Adria Watson February 26, 2021 @ 5:00 amSeptember 4, 2022 @ 10:37 pm

Superintendents say the federal funds aren’t enough, and when they dry up, they’ll be back to square one.

Posted inEducation

Lamont’s education funding plans under fire

by Frankie Graziano & Ahjane Forbes | Connecticut Public Radio February 12, 2021 @ 5:52 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:48 am

As Gov. Ned Lamont rolls out his budget for the coming biennium, education funding seems poised to become a battleground.

Posted inMoney

Municipalities win in short term, lose over long haul with Lamont’s new budget

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf February 10, 2021 @ 6:11 pmAugust 1, 2022 @ 4:09 pm

Most of the new money Lamont would distribute to cities and towns wouldn’t come out of the state’s coffers.

Posted inMoney

See how your town fares in the governor’s proposed budget

Avatar photo by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas February 10, 2021 @ 4:49 pmAugust 1, 2022 @ 3:57 pm

Gov. Ned Lamont is recommending that the state spend $50 million more on municipal aid next year, a 2% increase.

Posted inEducation

Lamont keeps school funding on auto-pilot, despite calls to end ‘funding discrimination’

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas and Adria Watson February 10, 2021 @ 3:32 pmAugust 1, 2022 @ 4:10 pm

The move is sure to displease groups that have been calling for a major increase in state education spending.

Posted inEducation

Legislators and advocates call on the governor to fix school funding formula

Avatar photo by Adria Watson February 8, 2021 @ 9:32 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:49 am

A coalition of advocacy groups and lawmakers called for changes to Connecticut’s school funding model, in hopes of addressing disparities.

Posted inMoney

Lamont will spare town aid while closing big deficit in next state budget

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf January 13, 2021 @ 1:00 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:45 am

Gov. Ned Lamont also said he won’t bill municipalities for a share of Connecticut’s massive teacher pension fund debt.

Posted inEducation

Want to fix inequities in school funding? Top legislators say property tax reform solves the problem.

Avatar photo by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas December 9, 2020 @ 12:41 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:46 am

A $61 million infusion into the state’s primary education grant hasn’t equalized school spending in poor and wealthy districts.

Posted inEducation

State aid: see how your town fares in the governor’s budget

Avatar photo by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas February 5, 2020 @ 11:59 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:24 am

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.

Posted inEducation

Governor touts education aid. But will it be used to improve schools or close deficits?

Avatar photo by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas February 5, 2020 @ 7:17 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:24 am

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.

Posted inEconomic Development

CCM tries to get a little louder on property tax relief

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf November 12, 2019 @ 10:55 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:19 am

After watching state aid erode over the past decade, Connecticut municipalities hope to appeal directly to voters to order property tax relief.

Posted inMoney

See how your town fares in the new CT budget

Avatar photo by CT Mirror Staff June 4, 2019 @ 4:24 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:12 am

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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