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Committee delays resolution to form Board of Education equity and funding task force

5420035 · July 17, 2025
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Summary

Hartford City council committee postponed a resolution to create a Board of Education equity and funding task force and asked corporation counsel for guidance on how the council can legally communicate with the Board of Education.

The Hartford City Labor, Education, Workforce and Youth Development Committee on an apparent voice vote postponed consideration of a resolution that would establish a “Board of Education equity and funding task force” and asked the corporation counsel’s office for guidance on the legal mechanisms the City Council may use to communicate with the Board of Education.

The resolution’s sponsor, Councilman Clark, told the committee the proposal “stems from our conversations ... and the lack ... of communication that we would typically receive from the board of ed and the superintendent's office,” and said the goal was to create a more formal, ongoing forum for council and school leaders to discuss funding and equity ahead of…

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