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Educators Weigh in on New Special Education Bill Before Legislature

CEA News, CEAdaily, CEAgoBy Laurel KilloughApril 22, 2025

After months of listening sessions and information gathering, the legislature’s Special Education Committee held a press conference and public hearing on a bill to address the crises facing special education.

Governor Signs $40 Million Special Education Funding Bill into Law

CEA News, CEAdaily, CEAgoBy Laurel KilloughMarch 7, 2025

After reaching a compromise with legislators earlier this week, Governor Ned Lamont today signed into law an additional $40 million in special education funding for this fiscal year.

Governor’s Plan to Veto Special Ed Funding Shortchanges Students

CEA News, CEAdailyBy Laurel KilloughMarch 3, 2025

Governor Ned Lamont announced that he plans to veto $40 million in special education funding approved by the legislature last week.

Legislators Listen to Teachers, Approve $40 Million in Additional Special Ed Funding

CEA News, CEAdaily, CEAgoBy Laurel KilloughFebruary 26, 2025

Legislators are hearing loud and clear from teachers, parents, and town officials that more must be done to support special education and they responded this week by approving an additional $40 million in funding for special education for this fiscal year.

Learn About New Laws Concerning Special Education and Challenging Student Behaviors

CEA News, CEAdailyBy Laurel KilloughFebruary 18, 2025

Navigating the complexities of special education and addressing challenging student behaviors can be overwhelming. There are new laws that you need to be aware of that can help you in the classroom.

Special Education Teachers: Make Sure Legislators Get Special Education Fixes Right

CEAdaily, CEAgoBy Laurel KilloughFebruary 12, 2025

Come to an hour-long CEA virtual roundtable discussion to share your feedback about what would truly move the needle to improve special education for students and educators.

Education Committee Leaders Talk Priorities for This Legislative Session

CEA News, CEAdaily, CEAgoBy Laurel KilloughFebruary 6, 2025

In the latest episode of CEA’s podcast, Education Committee Co-chair Rep. Jennifer Leeper and Co-vice Chair Rep. Kevin Brown discuss this year’s top priorities for the Education Committee—and why teachers’ voices are key to getting good bills passed. 

Statement from CEA President Kate Dias on Governor Lamont’s Special Education Proposal

News ReleaseBy Laurel KilloughFebruary 3, 2025

While we appreciate the attention the governor is giving to special education with today’s proposal, our students can’t afford to wait years for the crisis to be resolved. Teachers are disappointed that the governor’s proposal doesn’t address special education for this school year or the next.

Governor’s Proposal Doesn’t Go Far Enough to Address Special Education Crisis

CEA News, CEAdaily, CEAgoBy Laurel KilloughFebruary 3, 2025

Governor Ned Lamont today held a press conference at the State Capitol to announce additional funding for special education that will not take effect for two more years. “Our students can’t afford to wait years for this crisis to be resolved,” CEA President Kate Dias said.

Special Education in Crisis: Legislators Hear Why Overhaul Is Needed

CEA News, CEAdaily, CEAgoBy Laurel KilloughJanuary 28, 2025

Special education in Connecticut is facing a crisis, and today at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, stakeholders and legislators held a press conference to share recommendations for addressing some of the most pressing issues in special education.

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NEA DELEGATE MEMBERSHIP UNITS OPEN FOR ELECTION

POSITIONS OPEN FOR NOMINATION

CEA may be eligible to elect up to 30 state delegates to the NEA RA in 2020. Here are descriptions of the open positions:

Category 1 At-Large/State Delegate: Fifteen Positions (Term: two years)

Category 1 At-Large/Ethnic Minority Concerns: Four Positions (Term: 2

years)

These categories must have Active classroom teachers (Membership Type AC-1) or NEA Life members (Membership Type AC-7) in local affiliates are eligible for these positions.

Aspiring Educators: one Position (Term: 1 Year)

Only Aspiring Educators with a SEA and NEA membership are eligible for this position.

Membership Units: nine positions from specific Membership Units (Term: one year)

Only active members (Membership Type AC-1) or NEA Life members (Membership Type AC-7) who teach in a local CEA affiliate in one of the seventeen Membership Units may be nominated for these positions. The nine open units include E, F, H, J, K, L, M, P & Q.

Unit E:

Bethel, Brookfield, CEA New Milford, Easton, NEA Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman

Unit F:

Amity, Bethany, Branford, Derby, East Haven, Milford, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, Woodbridge

Unit H:

ACES, Cheshire, Hamden, North Haven, Wallingford, Wolcott

Unit J:

Berlin, Farmington, Newington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington, Thomaston, Wethersfield

Unit K:

Cromwell, East Hartford, Glastonbury, Manchester, Rocky Hill

Unit L:

Bloomfield, CREC, East Windsor, Enfield, South Windsor, Suffield, Windsor

Unit M:

Avon, Canton, East Granby, Granby, Simsbury, West Hartford, Windsor Locks

Unit P:

East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Preston, Project LEARN, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford

Unit Q:

Clinton, East Haddam, East Hampton, Guilford, Haddam-Killingworth, Madison, Old Saybrook, Regional 4, Regional 13, Regional 18, Portland, Westbrook

Category 2 At-Large: One position (Term interim position open this year)

Nominees for the Category 2 At-Large position must be Active members (Membership Type AC-1) in supervisor/administrator positions or NEA Life members (Membership Type AC-7) who are no longer teaching—but only if they are not also NEA-Retired members. (NEA Life membership is a special category terminated in 1973.) Members with Active Life Memberships who are not retired from teaching are eligible for Category 2. NEA-Retired Members for Life (Membership Type RT-7) or annual Retired members (Membership Type RT-8) ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CATEGORY 2

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For complete information on joining, please contact Cheryl Hampson at [email protected],
800-842-4316 or 860-525-5641 ext. 6335.

Committee Opportunities

Standing Committees of CEA-Retired are appointed by the CEA-Retired President with the advice of the Advisory Council after the CEA-Retired Annual Meeting in May. This typically takes place in June with additional appointments made in September. Terms will be for one year commencing on August 1.

If you are interested in serving on one of the committees, please indicate your willingness below. Please remember that committees have a limited membership and not all of the requests can be filled. By giving a first and second choice, CEA-Retired members will have a better chance of being chosen. If you filled out a form and returned it at the Annual Meeting, please do not fill out another form.

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The Henry Barnard Fund helps retired teachers who are experiencing financial difficulty — especially teachers who retired before the Enhancement Act was passed.

 For inquiries or donations, visit http://henrybarnardfund.org/index.html

Contact CEA Retirement Specialist Robyn Kaplan-Cho at 860-525-5641, 1-800-842-4319, or [email protected].

Bargaining Special Education Language: Where Students’ Rights and Teachers’ Rights Intersect

Your contract can serve as an important vehicle for protecting your rights and advancing your concerns as a teacher working with special education students. In this workshop, teachers will learn how to integrate special education issues into the collective bargaining process. Participants will study the pros and cons of negotiating contract provisions related to performing health procedures, teacher notification and scheduling of PPT meetings, professional development opportunities, class-size limitations, local dispute resolution procedures for special-education-related problems, placement decisions, and many more related topics. Model contract language will be provided. This workshop is ideal for negotiating committees and teachers with a particular interest in this area of the law.

 

Length 2+ Hours

Presenter: Robyn Kaplan-Cho, CEA