For the first time since the pandemic, CEA-Retired members returned to the Capitol for a dedicated retired lobby day, ensuring the voices of retired educators remain part of the conversation shaping state policy.
The legislature has public hearings this week on bills related to fair process in teacher terminations, privacy protections for teachers, and education funding. Speak out and be heard!
More than 150 CEA members explained why teachers need a fair process, privacy protections, paid student teaching, increases to education funding, and more.
Although student teaching is a full-time professional commitment, student teachers receive no pay, forcing many to take on debt and work additional jobs necessitating long hours.
Speak out now on fairness for teachers, workers’ compensation protections, and paid student teaching.
Legislators are back in Hartford, and Governor Ned Lamont kicked off the 2026 legislative session with his State of the State Address.
Join teachers from across the state for the CEA Breakfast with Legislators this February 28. Talk directly with legislators about what’s going on in your classroom and share what you and your students need to be successful.
The legislative process can at times be slow-moving and frustrating, but persistent advocacy pays off. That’s certainly the case with teachers’ efforts to repeal the onerous Foundations of Reading Survey which, after years of educator advocacy, led to the Connecticut legislature’s 2025 passage of a bill eliminating the survey requirement.
“I appreciate that you continue to put one foot in front of the other and fight the good fight for public education despite our current climate,” CEA President Kate Dias told the more than 100 local union leaders from across the state who joined her yesterday for the virtual CEA County Forum.
A dozen CEA Aspiring Educators shared with Education Committee Co-Chair Rep. Jennifer Leeper and Co-Vice Chair Rep. Kevin Brown how difficult the path to teaching is today with costs that mount during unpaid student teaching and low salaries once they finally enter the profession and begin to pay back student loans.