Connecticut’s big-city mayors called for more than $500 million in additional education funding Monday, but lawmakers said it is too early to say exactly how much will be available this year. Both mayors and legislators said that education will be a high priority during the 2025 legislative session that started last week, but the final totals will likely not be decided until the end of the session in early June. Gov. Ned Lamont said all sides ne…

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As mayors, Dems seek more funding for education, Gov. Lamont says, ‘Don’t always come running to the state’

Education will be a top priority for lawmakers this session, and many agree changes are needed, especially when it comes to state support for special education. “When we under invest in our students, they pay and we pay as a society both now and later,” Mayor Justin Elicker, (D-New Haven) said. The mayors and the school superintendents from the five...

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Mayors and school superintendents from Connecticut’s largest cities gathered Monday morning in Hartford to tell the state legislature they need more funding to cover the rising cost of educating students. At a joint news conference, city leaders from New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury and Stamford said the state’s school districts need $545 million more in the coming year to serve students. That funding is distributed via the state’s “Ed…

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CT schools need another $545M, city mayors, superintendents say

The 48 recommendations of a state parliamentary committee report addressing funding of local government has been welcomed by Baw Baw Shire mayor Danny Goss. However, he said the key would be the government's responses. The Legislative Council economy...

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HARTFORD – The mayors and school superintendents of the state’s five largest cities converged Monday at the state Capitol to urge Gov. Ned Lamont and the state legislature to provide $545.5 million in addition state education funding to towns and cities. The top elected and school leaders of Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, Stamford and Waterbury […]

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Mayors, superintendents plea to state for school funding

This year’s legislative session has just started and there are calls to increase education funding. 
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