While Connecticut ranks among states with the highest levels of education spending, most of that does not derive from the state itself but from municipal budgets.
A lobby group for Connecticut towns and cities announced Thursday a month-long ad campaign meant to ratchet up pressure on Gov. Ned Lamont and the legislature to accelerate increases in state education support to municipalities.
State Representative Jeff Currey discussed H.B. 5003 and the need for education funding reform with Mike Hydeck on NBC Connecticut's "Face the Facts."
While we are thankful the Committee’s proposed budget provides an increase in K-12 education funding, we are disappointed the proposal falls short of implementing H.B. 5003 — a historic education funding bill, with wide bipartisan support, which would fully fund all of Connecticut’s public school students.
After years of arguing over funding Connecticut’s Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula, a non-profit organization warns lawmakers that failure to act this year could significantly increase local property taxes.
A bill that would increase education funding statewide while narrowing the gap between wealthy districts and poorer ones easily advanced out of the legislature's Education Committee on Friday, moving it one step closer to final passage.