The budget proposal released yesterday by Senate Republicans is disappointing. The proposal fails to prioritize K-12 education and falls far short of making the investments necessary to meet the urgent needs of students, families, educators, and communities.

We are at a critical point for public education in our state. We know we cannot continue with business as usual or return to a pre-COVID “normal” that did not work for a large portion of our state’s students, families, and communities. We must change how we support our public schools, empower educators, and set all students up for success.

State Representatives Jeff Currey and Kathleen McCarty join FOX 61's "The Real Story" to discuss H.B. 5003 and the need to fix Connecticut's broken and disjointed education finance system.

We applaud House Republicans for releasing a budget proposal that prioritizes K-12 public education, makes significant investments in Connecticut’s students and communities, and provides additional funding for special education.

Mayors, clergy and school district leaders mobilized in Hartford Thursday to urge Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly to fast-track state education funding in an attempt to scale down public schools’ impending fall from a fiscal cliff carved by the expiration of federal COVID relief.