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State board weighs declaratory ruling after dispute over charter funding priorities
Summary
Members of the public, charter operators and elected officials pressed the Connecticut State Board of Education on May 7 to clarify how the state decides which newly authorized charter schools receive scarce state funding.
Members of the public, charter operators and elected officials pressed the Connecticut State Board of Education on May 7 to clarify how the state decides which newly authorized charter schools receive scarce state funding.
The matter centers on two petitions: Capital Preparatory Middletown, approved by the board in 2023 and arguing it should be funded first, and Danbury Charter School (Elevate/Danbury), which received an initial certificate of approval in 2018 and remains unfunded. Legal staff told the board it could resolve that question through a declaratory ruling or by initiating regulation-making procedures.
Why it matters: The dispute affects which communities open new charter schools this year and could lead to litigation. State Representative Anne Dauphin told the board there is “a very clear process”…
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