Educators and officials are facing a new unknown: how the federal government will fund education across the country and in Connecticut for the next fiscal year.
Education advocates and municipal officials came together to denounce Gov. Ned Lamont's plans to cut over $60 million from public schools as part of his midterm budget adjustments.
Gov. Ned Lamont and his fellow Democrats in the legislature’s majority appear headed for a battle over education in the next state budget.
Just eight months after signing a bipartisan budget that made historic and long-overdue investments in K-12 education, Gov. Lamont has proposed cutting more than $60 million from Connecticut’s public schools — breaking a promise his administration made to students, families, and educators.
Constrained by a pledge to not increase spending, Gov. Ned Lamont is rolling out modest initiatives for the coming legislative session, including a bump in day care spending that would require a cut in education funding.
Boxed in by a budget that embraces the fiscal guardrails put in place before he was elected, Gov. Ned Lamont will tinker around the edges when it comes to adjusting the two-year budget.