Education stakeholders — including lawmakers, superintendents and municipal leaders — gathered Thursday to call out Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration for a lack of financial investment in K-12 education and to urge state leadership to make it a priority in the upcoming 2024 legislative session.
For the second time in just over a week, the Connecticut General Assembly has approved greater funding for special education. Today, the legislature passed H.B. 7163, which will provide an additional $40 million in funding in the current fiscal year (FY 2025) for the special education Excess Cost grant.
While the additional funding for the Excess Cost grant offers immediate, much-needed support to communities, we know much more work remains.
The School and State Finance Project released the following statement from Executive Director Lisa Hammersley in response to the governor's budget and proposed education funding for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
The School and State Finance Project released the following statement from Executive Director Lisa Hammersley in response to Governor Lamont's proposals regarding special education funding and services.
As Donald Trump fleshes out his promise to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, experts suggest that Connecticut schools would be somewhat insulated from federal policy shifts, but still vulnerable to spending cuts that could arise in the president-elect’s next term.