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Bridgeport advocacy committee mobilizes to press state for bigger education funding increase
Summary
The Bridgeport School District ad hoc advocacy committee organized outreach and testimony for a Feb. 17 education committee hearing, urging lawmakers to raise the state education cost‑sharing (ECS) foundation that has not been increased in more than a decade. Members agreed on coordinated tactics — testimony training, buses to Hartford and parent outreach — to push for a larger up‑front increase.
Rob Treiber, chair of the Bridgeport ad hoc advocacy committee, told attendees on Feb. 5 that the group’s immediate task is to press the state to increase the education cost‑sharing formula and to organize testimony for a Feb. 17 education committee hearing. "We're fighting to see the ECS fully funded," Treiber said, summarizing the committee's focus.
The committee spent the meeting refining what to ask legislators and how to get community turnout. Members described competing numeric targets but agreed on the objective: to close a long‑standing funding gap. The transcript shows the current foundation amount discussed in the…
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