LEGISLATOR REPORT CARD

Paris, Corey

Paris, Corey

145th District (D)

Majority Caucus Chair

Towns Represented
Stamford (p)

Committees
Appropriations (Vice Chair); Education; Higher Education and Employment Advancement

Legislator Score
2021-2022: 85.8%
2023 87.03%

Voting Record

Year Vote Name Score
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.

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.

2023 Play-Based Learning SB 2

Favorable vote indicates support for play based learning.

2023 Changes to Teacher Evaluation in Education Committee HB 6757

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

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.

2023 Standardized Assessment & Special Education in Education Committee HB 6762

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.

2023 Indoor Air Quality in Education Committee SB 1198

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

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.

2023 School Funding Committee Bill in Education Committee HB 5003

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

2023 Educator Tuition Assistance HB 5441

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

2023 Educator Tuition Assistance in Higher Education Committee HB 5441

Favorable vote indicates support in the Higher Education Committee for tuition assistance for educators in certain districts.

2023 New Charter School Approval Process in Education Committee SB 1096

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

2023 New Charter School Approval Process in Appropriations Committee SB 1096

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

2023 2023 Budget - Danbury Charter School Amendment HB 6941 LCO 9914

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

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.

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.

2022 Special Education Funding in Appropriations 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 Appropriations Committee.

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".

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.

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.

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.

2022 Charter School Funding Approval Process in Appropriations 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 Appropriations Committee.

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.

2022 2022 Budget HB 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.

2022 Building Successful School Communities HB 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.

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.

2022 Building Successful School Communities in Appropriations 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 Appropriations Committee.

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.

2021 Housing Vouchers for Open Choice Students HB 6436

Favorable vote indicates support for the expansion of the Open Choice program and a pilot program to provide families of Open Choice students with housing vouchers to live in the town where the student is enrolled.

2021 Teachers' Retirement System SB 1081

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.

2021 IAQ in Education Committee SB 288

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

2021 2021 Budget HB 6689

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

2021 Virtual Learning & SEL Enhancements HB 6621

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

2021 JANUS SB 908

Favorable vote indicates support for legislation that safeguarded CEA member rights and unhindered access to union representations in response to the JANUS Supreme Court decision.