HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut General Assembly passed a revised state budget, bringing critical investments into public education in Connecticut. The more than $28 billion dollar spending plan features more than $190 million in new funding to our state's public schools, [...]
HARTFORD, CT -- Advocates for Connecticut's public charter schools addressed legislators at the State Capitol in Hartford at two recent public hearings to begin the 2026 legislative session. CTCSA leaders joined advocates and school leaders from across the state in [...]
HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut State Department of Education ruled against a petition from Capital Prep Middletown, which also named Danbury Charter School as a party, in a declaratory ruling approved by the Board of Education in its October meeting. [...]
The Great Schools for Connecticut Project has launched its 2025 subgrant cycle, giving new and expanding Connecticut public charter schools the opportunity to apply for funding to supplement their growth or start-up costs through the Charter Schools Program (CSP) Request for Applications. [...]
On Thursday, May 22, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision on the case involving efforts to open a religious charter school in Oklahoma. The court’s justices were split 4-4 on the plan to allow Oklahoma to use government money to operate what [...]
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Advocates for Connecticut's public charter schools spent February addressing legislators amid the 2025 Legislative Session, delivering testimony on multiple key issues to the Appropriations Committee on February 20 and the Education Committee on February 26. As part [...]
HARTFORD, Conn. -- On Wednesday, Governor Ned Lamont released his budget proposal for the upcoming biennium budget. The proposal for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 includes a scheduled increase in education funding through the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) grant, but [...]
New Haven, CT – The Connecticut State Board of Education approved the initial charter for five proposed public charter schools in communities across the state. The approvals came at the recommendation of the Connecticut State Department of Education, which rigorously [...]
New Haven, CT – Three Connecticut public charter schools will receive a combined $1.74 million in federal grant funding through the Great Schools for Connecticut Project (GSCT) to support the expansion of seats at their schools beginning in the 2024-25 [...]
Connecticut legislators recently traveled to Boston to take part in a panel hosted by the Connecticut Charter Schools Association at the 2024 National Charter Schools Conference. Dozens of attendees filled the room at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center for [...]
