“The steps taken in the state’s FY22-23 Biennial Budget are paving the pathway forward for our communities to achieve true education funding equity, especially those attending public charter schools, which oftentimes provide our state’s neediest children with their best opportunity [...]
Connecticut –Friday, June 4, 2021, marks the 25th anniversary of Connecticut’s charter school law (PA 96-214), which changed public education in our state forever by establishing the framework for Connecticut’s public charter schools. According to the State Department of Education, [...]
On Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021, the Connecticut State Board of Education (Board) held its monthly meeting, which was publicly televised and is available online here. The meeting agenda can be found here. This month’s meeting opened with presentations from the [...]
On Wednesday, May 5th, 2021, the Connecticut State Board of Education (Board) held its monthly meeting by video, which was publicly televised and is available online here. The meeting agenda can be found here. The meeting was chaired by Vice-Chair [...]
“On behalf of the Connecticut Charter Schools Association and our state’s nearly 11,000 mostly Black and brown charter school students, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to the Appropriations Committee for prioritizing equity and student need [...]
On Wednesday, April 7th, 2021, the Connecticut State Board of Education (Board) held its monthly meeting by video, which was publicly televised and is available online here. The meeting agenda can be found here. This month’s agenda included: The approval [...]
“Yesterday, the Education Committee took a critical and historic first step toward achieving equity in Connecticut’s public school funding by issuing a bipartisan vote in favor of SB 948, An Act Addressing Education Funding and Racial Inequity in Connecticut. The [...]
As the CT General Assembly moves closer to voting on the state budget, our 11,000 mostly low-income, Black and brown public charter school students, among at least 40,000 public school students, are severely underfunded. If the state’s budget committee does [...]
Last night the Appropriations Committee held its public hearing, during which charter school advocates presented testimony to our elected leaders demanding #EducationJusticeNow. It was a late night and those of you who got called on to speak took an important [...]
I am writing to provide you with recaps of both the March State Board of Education Meeting and the Education Committee Public hearing, both of which took place yesterday, March 3rd, 2021. Education Committee 3/3 Public Hearing On Wednesday, March [...]