Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for a minimum teacher salary, COVID recognition payments to educators, fairer “just cause” standard of discipline, improvements to mandated reporter procedures, and additional CEA priorities.

Favorable vote indicates support for important changes to teacher certification, improvements to mandated reporter procedures, changes to EdTPA, supports for paraeducators, and more.

Favorable vote indicates support in Education Committee for important changes to teacher certification.

Favorable vote indicates support for reviewing and updating PD requirements, improving school culture & climate, and more.

Favorable vote indicates support for better student behavior notifications to parents, an standardized assessment audit, and more.

Favorable vote indicates support for and expansion of the IAQ Grant program.

Favorable vote indicates support for an extension of the state IAQ Working Group.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for extending the work of the IAQ Working Group and IAQ/HVAC grants to more districts and schools.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for establishing safeguards preventing the banning of books in school libraries.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for policies addressing school discipline and school culture & climate standards.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for supports and benefits for paraeducators.

Favorable vote indicates support for ensuring teacher rights are maintained at Goodwin Univ. Magnet School, among other things.

Favorable vote indicates support for the budget implementer that included $550,000 to the Teachers Retirement Board for Retiree Healthcare and adding CEA to the Education Mandate Review Advisory Council.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for reopening and extending the IAQ Grant program.

Favorable vote indicates support for play based learning, earlier kindergarten start date, elimination of teacher evaluation ratings, along with other actions aimed at addressing teacher recruitment and retention.

Favorable vote indicates support for addressing challenging student behavior/safe classrooms, taking steps to reduce standardized assessments, and continuing the works of the Indoor Air Quality work group, along with a number of other provisions.

Favorable vote indicates support for play based learning.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for making meaningful changes to the Teacher Evaluation.

Favorable vote indicates support for taking steps to reduce standardized assessments in CT and the formation of a special education task force designed to examine case loads among other things.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for taking steps to reduce standardized assessments in CT and the formation of a special education task force designed to examine case loads among other things.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for adopting the recommended indoor air quality standards developed by the IAQ task force.

Favorable vote indicates support for the 2023 bi-partisan budget, including increases to ECS funding and $150 million for improved indoor air quality in schools.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for greater ECS funding to our districts.

Favorable vote indicates support for tuition assistance for educators in certain districts.

Favorable vote indicates opposition in the Education Committee to removing our legislative elected officials from the charter school approval process.

Favorable vote indicates opposition to the inclusion of a Danbury charter school in the 2023 budget.

Favorable vote indicates support for the final version of this bill that provides for waivers for students who are developmentally ready to begin kindergarten.

Favorable vote indicates support for a restructuring of how the state provides reimbursements for special education excess costs and increased state special education funding in the Education Committee.

Favorable vote indicates support for a restructuring of how the state provides reimbursements for special education excess costs and increased state special education funding in the Appropriations Committee.

Favorable vote indicates support for increasing the annual state bilingual education grant and establishing a "dual-language seed grant".

Favorable vote indicates opposition to legislation that would rush the planning for a statewide remote learning school and allow Boards of Education to implement remote learning for our youngest students.

Favorable vote indicates support for establishing a working group to streamline professional development and in-service training requirements for public school teachers.

Favorable vote indicates opposition to streamlining the approval process for new charter school funding (creating a one-stop-shop for charter school approvals at SDE circumventing the legislature) in the Education Committee.

Favorable vote indicates opposition to streamlining the approval process for new charter school funding (creating a one-stop-shop for charter school approvals at SDE circumventing the legislature) in the Appropriations Committee.

Favorable vote indicates support for legislation addressing childhood depression, anxiety, and developmental delays through the expansion of support services, and critical preschool and mental & behavioral health services for children.

Favorable vote indicates support for mid-term budget adjustments, including fully funding ECS, establishing a school Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) monitoring program, authorizing $150 million for school HVAC & IAQ, and doubling the retired teachers' healthcare subsidy.

Favorable vote indicates support for increased teacher voice in behavioral interventions and requiring districts to complete student trauma needs-assessments to help identify needed resources.

Favorable vote indicates support for critical mental and physical health services in schools, minimum staffing ratios for certified support staff, a task force on teacher recruitment and retention, prohibiting dual instruction, and guaranteeing 30 minutes per day of duty-free lunch in the Education Committee.

Favorable vote indicates support for critical mental and physical health services in schools, minimum staffing ratios for certified support staff, a task force on teacher recruitment and retention, prohibiting dual instruction, and guaranteeing 30 minutes per day of duty-free lunch in the Appropriations Committee.

Favorable vote indicates support for critical mental and physical health services in schools, minimum staffing ratios for certified support staff, a task force on teacher recruitment and retention, prohibiting dual instruction, and guaranteeing 30 minutes per day of duty-free lunch.

Favorable vote indicates support for increasing the amount the retirees' cost of living adustments (COLAs) can be increased based on the revised rate of return for the pension fund.

Favorable vote indicates support for strengthening protocols for reporting and addressing poor school indoor air quality in the Education Committee.

Favorable vote indicates support for a bill that expanded social-emotional resources, increased the retired teacher pension income tax exemption to 50% , created a statewide model curriculum, established a Connecticut Remote Learning Commission, and prmoted the recruitment of educators of color.

Favorable vote indicates support for the budget which increased ECS funds and held districts with declining enrollments harmless.

Favorable vote indicates support for improving certified support staffing levels and other SEL supports for schools and ensuring a place for union-selected teachers on safe school climate committees.

Favorable vote indicates support for SEL supports for students, and task forces inclusive of educators to review slpecial education funding and virtual earning.

Favorable vote indicates support for union access to workplaces and the right to organize.

Favorable vote indicates support for the budget which increased ECS funds, excluded a proposal to shift the teacher pension costs to municipalities, and restructured the unfunded liability of the Teachers' Retirement Fund.

Favorable vote indicates support for a proposal to stabilize the Teachers' Retirement Fund with revenues of the Connecticut Lottery.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for SDE developing and disseminating strategies to help boards of education with reducing incidents of school violence, promoting trauma sensitivity in schools, and enhancing safe school climate plans.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Appropriations Committee on a procedural vote to keep a CEA proposed concept to address classroom safety alive.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for SDE's development and implementation of strategies and use of existing resources to hire and employ minority teachers.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Appropriation Committee for SDE's development and implementation of strategies and use of existing resources to hire and employ minority teachers.

Favorable vote indicates support for SDE's development and implementation of strategies and use of existing resources to hire and employ minority teachers.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for a comprehensive community schools pilot program.

Favorable vote indicates support for the development of a statewide school climate survey,addressing social-emotional learning, and taking steps to make schools safer by expanding the definition of bullying to acts causing physical or emotional harm on any individual in a school, including staff.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for increasing funding to interdistrict magnet school programs.

Favorable vote indicates support in the Appropriations Committee for increasing funding to interdistrict magnet school programs.

Favorable vote indicates support for inclusion of additional time for undirected play in the school day.

Favorable vote indicates support for the development of guidelines for a comprehensive school counseling program for all students.

Favorable vote indicates support for the inclusion of cultural responsiveness in training and professional development provided to teachers.

Favorable vote indicates support for establishing protections to ensure educators who make recommendations in IEP's and PPT's are not retaliated against.

Favorable vote indicates support for a bill providing greater teacher input and access to resources to address incidents where a student causes physical harm to others in the classroom. (Passed; Vetoed)

Favorable vote indicates support of a bill that would prevent the governor from unilaterall1 making mid-year reductions to the education cost sharing grant for cities and towns without legislative approval. (Passed; Vetoed)

Favorable vote indicates support of a bill in the Education Committee that would prevent the governor from unilaterally making mid-year reductions to the education cost sharing grant for cities and towns without legislative approval. (Passed; Vetoed)

Favorable vote supported a procedural action to permit a future vote to override the governor's veto of the Classroom Safety Bill.

Favorable vote supported legislation providing resources to school districts enrolling students displaced by hurricane Maria. Additional funds in the budget also supported this effort.

Favorable vote indicated opposition to this bill in the Banking Committee, which would have required the state to study Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), a type of voucher plan for children to attend a private school.

Favorable vote rejected governor's proposal to reduce ECS by $63m and Magnet School funding by $18.5m from FY19 enacted amounts. It restored $8.5m funding to teacher retiree health and $1.5m to TEAM.

Favorable vote indicated opposition to this amendment, which would have removed health care from collective bargaining for state workers, setting a precedent that could reach other public employees such as teachers.

Favorable vote indicates support for a bill that allows undocumented graduates of high schools in Connecticut aka ("Dreamers") be eligible for tuition assistance at public colleges and universities in the state.

Favorable vote supported legislation to expand school security infrastructure grants, which help to make school facilities more secure.

Favorable vote prevented deeper ECS cuts proposed by the governor and staved off efforts to undermine collective bargaining. Opposition (passed SB 1502)

Favorable vote indicates opposition to increasing teachers contrubution to the TRF from 6% to 7%. (SB 1502)

Favorable vote indicates opposition to provisions of this bill that: Increased Teacher Pension contribution to 8%; redistributed ECS to the detriment of needier districts; limited state employee collective bargaining; and undermined municipal collective bargaining. (Passed HB 7501; vetoed)

Favorable vote indicates opposition to provisions of this bill that: Increased Teacher Pension contribution to 8%; redistributed ECS to the detriment of needier districts; limited state employee collective bargaining; and undermined municipal collective bargaining. (Passed HB 7501; vetoed)

Favorable vote indicated support of state employee collective bargaining. Opposition sought to undermine the collective bargaining process. (Passed; HR 202 & SR 51)

Favorable vote indicated support of state employee collective bargaining. Opposition sought to undermine the collective bargaining process. (Passed; HR 202 & SR 51)