ECS Task Force Comes to Consensus on Recommendations
At its last meeting today, the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force came to a consensus agreement on a report it will forward to the legislature and governor. The Task…
Cooking Up a New Approach to School Funding
If you’ve been hoping to learn just what the state task force on school funding will forward to the full General Assembly, you’ll have to wait a little longer. While…
Task Force Considers New Formula for Funding Education
The committee charged with developing recommendations to change how the state distributes education funding met yesterday to consider a new formula it may recommend in its final report. The Education…
State Funding of Local Public Schools: Change Shaping Up
The Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force yesterday reviewed a set of objectives that it will use to select a final formula or formulas to recommend to the legislature. The…
ECS Task Force Discusses Conditional Funding, Transition to a New Formula
With only three months remaining before it’s due to issue a final report, the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force met yesterday to discuss recommendations from its subcommittee examining new…
Education Funding Formula Needs Upgrading
Connecticut is below the New England average in public education spending per pupil, and it also spends less than New York and New Jersey. That’s what the Education Cost Sharing…
Competitive Funding for Connecticut?
Connecticut’s new commissioner of education is suggesting that Connecticut look to the precedent set by the federal government with Race to the Top and consider an education funding model that…
More Money Needed for Public Education
ECS isn’t broken: It just needs to be funded properly. That was the consensus from speakers at the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force hearing held in Waterford last night.…
More State Aid Necessary for World-Class Schools
Schools are in financial crisis. Class sizes are large. Academic programs are deteriorating. And resources are slim with teachers digging into their own pockets to buy school supplies. That’s the…
81% of Public Supports Increased Educational Spending
Results of a Harris Poll released today indicate that 81% of the public supports increased educational spending. The poll asked participants whether they support or oppose 15 issues that are…