Fazio, Ryan
36th District (R)
Deputy Senate Republican Leader
Towns Represented
Greenwich, New Canaan (p), Stamford (p)
Committees
Energy and Technology (Ranking Member); Planning and Development (Ranking Member); Finance, Revenue and Bonding; Transportation
Voting Record
Year | Vote Name | Score |
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2024 |
Teacher Certification, Mandated Reporters & more
HB 5436
Favorable vote indicates support for important changes to teacher certification, improvements to mandated reporter procedures, changes to EdTPA, supports for paraeducators, and more. |
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2024 |
Professional Development & School Climate
HB 5437
Favorable vote indicates support for reviewing and updating PD requirements, improving school culture & climate, and more. |
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2024 |
Behavior Notification & Assessment Audit
SB 154
Favorable vote indicates support for better student behavior notifications to parents, an standardized assessment audit, and more. |
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2024 |
School Indoor Air Quality
HB 5524
Favorable vote indicates support for and expansion of the IAQ Grant program. |
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2024 |
School Indoor Air Quality
SB 5
Favorable vote indicates support for an extension of the state IAQ Working Group. |
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2024 |
Goodwin Magnet Teacher Rights
SB 14
Favorable vote indicates support for ensuring teacher rights are maintained at Goodwin Univ. Magnet School, among other things. |
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2024 |
2024 Budget Implementer
HB 5523
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. |
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2023 |
CEA Policy Proposal Package
HB 6880
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. |
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2023 |
Safe Classrooms, Standardized Assessment & IAQ
SB 1
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. |
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2023 |
Play-Based Learning
SB 2
Favorable vote indicates support for play based learning. |
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2023 |
Standardized Assessment & Special Education
HB 6762
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. |
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2023 |
2023 Budget
HB 6941
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. |
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2023 |
Educator Tuition Assistance
HB 5441
Favorable vote indicates support for tuition assistance for educators in certain districts. |
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2023 |
Protecting Teachers' Personal Information
SB 1157
Favorable vote indicates support for protecting teachers' personal information from Freedom of Information inquiries. |
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2023 |
Kindergarten Start Age Waiver
HB 5003
Favorable vote indicates support for the final version of this bill that provides for waivers for students who are developmentally ready to begin kindergarten. |
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2022 |
Special Education Funding in Education Committee
SB 232
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. |
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2022 |
Bilingual Education in Education Committee
HB 5280
Favorable vote indicates support for increasing the annual state bilingual education grant and establishing a "dual-language seed grant". |
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2022 |
Remote Learning Extension in Education Committee
HB 5287
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. |
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2022 |
Professional Development in Education Committee
HB 5323
Favorable vote indicates support for establishing a working group to streamline professional development and in-service training requirements for public school teachers. |
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2022 |
Charter School Funding Approval Process in Education Committee
SB 229
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. |
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2022 |
Retired Teachers' Health Insurance Subsidy in Finance Committee
SB 442
Favorable vote indicates support for increasing the retired teachers' healthcare subsidy from $110 to $220/month for individuals, and $220 to $440/month for married couples. |
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2022 |
Indoor Air Quality in Finance Committee
HB 5476
Favorable vote indicates support for allowing school construction bond funds to be used for school HVAC upgrades. |
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2022 |
Student Mental & Behavioral Health
SB 2
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. |
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2022 |
2022 Budget
SB 5506
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. |
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2022 |
Building Successful School Communities
SB 5001
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. |
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2022 |
Building Successful School Communities in Education Committee
SB 1
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. |
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2022 |
Building Successful School Communities
SB 1
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. |