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Comptroller and para advocates push permanent extension and charter inclusion for PERA subsidy
Connecticut General Assembly Education Committee · February 24, 2026
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Summary
Comptroller Scanlon and paraeducator groups told the committee the PERA subsidy has reduced turnover and urged permanently funding the $10M program and clarifying eligibility so charter paraeducators are included.
Comptroller Sean Scanlon and a coalition of paraeducator groups and charter representatives urged the committee to make permanent the program that subsidizes paraprofessionals’ health insurance and to clarify statutory language so that paraeducators employed in all public schools — including charter schools — can access the subsidy.
Scanlon summarized the PERA…
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