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Mayors, educators and parents press Appropriations panel to boost K‑12 funding and update ECS formula
Summary
Mayors, superintendents, school staff and parents urged the Appropriations Committee to increase K‑12 funding and to implement recommendations to update the education cost‑sharing (ECS) formula so that high‑needs districts receive extra weight and funding.
Lawmakers heard hours of testimony from mayors, superintendents, teachers and parents who said the state must provide more money and a fairer formula to fund K‑12 schools.
Speakers representing Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Danbury and smaller towns described teacher shortages, rising special‑education costs and what several witnesses called an ‘‘underfunded’’ system that shifts the burden to local property taxpayers.
Witnesses repeated the 119‑commission recommendation—advocated by several mayors at the hearing—that the state raise the foundation amount and add…
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