The state’s legal exposure from its aborted education partnership with hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio is far from over.
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Embattled head of former Dalio partnership puts CT on notice of plans to sue
The former CEO of Connecticut’s disbanded education partnership plans to sue for breach of contract and defamation of character.
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Public-private education partnership dissolved despite objections from its embattled CEO
The board’s vote closed the book on a venture marked by its controversial exemption from state disclosure and ethics rules.
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CT and Dalio Philanthropies to formally dissolve education partnership on Friday
State officials and representatives of hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio’s philanthropic arm will meet Friday to dissolve their education partnership.
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Education partnership CEO could receive $120K in severance, but musn’t criticize the group
The CEO of Connecticut’s education partnership will be paid more than $120,000 in severance if fired, provided she remains silent.
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Lamont and his party don’t see eye-to-eye on secrecy rules for partnerships with private sector
While Gov. Ned Lamont is determined to partner with the private sector, Democratic lawmakers are wary of easing transparency rules.
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Lamont announces end to CT’s education partnership with Dalio Philanthropies
Gov. Ned Lamont said he and the Dalios agreed to dissolve the education partnership because of a “breach of trust.”
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Laptops headed to students in struggling school districts so learning can resume
Partnership for Connecticut is giving laptops to 60,551 high school students in the state’s lowest-performing districts while schools are closed.
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Hiring of PR firm by Dalio Philanthropies renews concerns about transparency and ‘blurred lines’
A PR-firm hired by Dalio Philanthropies to speak for Connecticut’s public-private education partnership prompted new complaints about the lack of transparency.
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Lamont is lenient on spending cap — when it comes to partnership with Dalio
For the second time in two years, Lamont wants to keep state’s $20 million contribution outside the spending cap.
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Salary battle prompts new questions about privacy rules for education partnership
A plan to pay the head of CT’s new education partnership more than $300,000 has prompted renewed questions about the program’s exemption from FOI laws.
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Education partnership seeks public input, issues request for information
The group released a Request for Information Friday to learn more about programs that already exist in the community and needs that are not being met.
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Education partnership discusses budget, hires and plans — all in open session
That’s a contrast to the first meeting, which was conducted mostly behind closed doors. The partnership has been criticized for a lack of transparency because it originally planned to hold all its meetings privately.
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Officials disagree on how much transparency is needed in education partnership
State officials are divided on how to win public trust in a partnership to aid struggling students that is exempt from FOI laws.
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Education partnership keeps most deliberations behind closed doors
After enduring months of questions about transparency, the public-private partnership assisting struggling Connecticut schools held two-thirds of its inaugural meeting in New Haven behind closed doors.