State News

Bridgeport City Council Approves Budget that Includes $35 Million Increase for the Schools

Stamford School Board Postpones Vote on $360M School Budget

Milford Public Schools Finalizes 20-Year Plan that Includes Closing 2 Schools

Stamford’s Latest School Budget Plan Would Cut 76 Positions, End Free-Lunch-For-All Program

Voters in Middlebury, Southbury Approve Region 15 Budget, $224M in School Construction Bonds

Portland Residents Vote to Spend $109 Million Renovating Schools

Bridgeport Applauds Millions More in School Funding, Despite Grim District Outlook

CT High School Students May Soon Get Free Passes to Ride CT Transit Buses Across the State

Why Connecticut Schools Got More Money After a Passionate Fight for Funding

Connecticut Closes Loophole Allowing Banned Officers to Work in Schools

Norwich School Redistricting Plan to Close 7 Elementary Schools, Build 4 New Ones

Why a Plan to Ban Cellphones in All Connecticut Schools Fell Apart

Bridgeport Schools Lose Nearly 700 Students as ICE Fears Affect Enrollment, Official Says

Bridgeport Debates More Money for Schools — But at the Cost of Higher Car Taxes

A CT City Considered Cutting Middle School Sports Programs. What Happened Next

Bethel Schools’ Next Superintendent Will Earn $230K Under New Contract

Drivers Caught Illegally Passing School Buses in Connecticut Risk License Suspension Under Bill Approved by Lawmakers

Connecticut Budget Adds Free School Breakfasts, Ends Sales Tax on School Supplies

Thomaston High School Canceled U.S. Education Event After Pushback from Teachers, Residents

Connecticut Allows Waterbury Schools to Skip Make-Up Days from Water Main Break Closures

State Legislature Passes Budget with $270M for Education, Moves to Governor’s Desk

Teachers, Students Urge Middletown to Restore Mayor’s Cuts to School Budget

New Britain Secures $13.3M for Schools to Offset Shortfall, Mayor Says

Investigation Finds Insufficient Evidence in Principals’ Grievance Against Stamford School Official

Naugatuck Revives Plan to Create New Campus for Grades 5-8: ‘The Rime is Right’ for $200M Project

Connecticut Leaders Laud Lamont’s Plan for $170M in School Aid, $100M for Towns

Some Teachers, Sports Reinstated in New Britain School Budget with Extra State Funding

To Reduce Transportation Costs, New Haven Schools May Cut the Number of Bus Stops

Connecticut Schools May See $170M in State Aid with Newest Budget Plan

Stamford Board of Education Appoints Illinois Superintendent as New School District Leader

Milford Delays Vote on Plan that Would Close Three Schools

CT School Cellphone Ban Passes House with Bipartisan Support

Final Vote Delayed On Milford Schools’ Consolidation Plan

Meriden Superintendent Addresses Concerns over Possible Thomas Hooker Elementary School Closure

New Haven Public Schools Projects $12.9M End-Of-Year Deficit

Here’s What’s Next as Connecticut Lawmakers, Governor Negotiate Education Funding

Milford Board of Education Weighs School Closures, Renovation Options

Norwalk Schools Name Interim Superintendent to Replace Alexandra Estrella

Connecticut Education Session Sees Progress, but Key Issues Remain Unresolved

Hartford Public Schools Presents $496.3M Budget Proposal for 2026-27 to City Council

Stamford High’s $27.5M Renovation Plan Includes 15 New Science Labs, New Exterior Walls, Windows

Ridgefield School Board Debates Funding for Student Chromebooks as It Faces Possible Layoffs

Schools in Bridgeport, Hamden, Hartford May Get More State Funding as Democrats Hold Budget Talks

New Britain School District Faces Major Budget Cuts, Potential Layoffs

Vernon Begins 3-4 Month Search for New Superintendent, Plans to Hire Interim Leader

Bridgeport Students, Educators Advocate for Nearly $400M Schools Budget: ‘I am Asking for Action’

‘Fund Us Now’: Maloney Students Walk Out of Class as Meriden Faces $6.3M Deficit

New London School Board Votes to Close C.B. Jennings Elementary School

Hartford Officials Say Nothing Left to Cut from School Budget amid Deficit

Stamford Board of Education to Name New Superintendent Next Week

New London Board of Education Votes to Close Magnet School amid $7M Budget Deficit

Bridgeport Schools Plan to Expand Wi-Fi Service to Students Living in Public Housing

School Leaders Push for State Funding Increase as Legislative Session Nears End

North Haven Teacher Positions May Be Cut if School Budget Doesn’t Pass in May Referendum

Stratford Schools Will Not Offer Kindergarten Waivers for 2026-27 School Year Enrollment. Here’s Why

Pressed for Immediate Aid, Lamont Launches Study on Education

Groton School Officials Warn of Program Cuts as Budget Heads to RTM

New Britain Schools Fear ‘Catastrophe’ if Additional $18.9 Million in Funding Not Met

Bridgeport Residents Urge Board to Appoint Interim Superintendent Permanently

Bridgeport Plans New $132M School at Abandoned Harding High Site

Greenwich Schools Want to Park 90 Buses Under I-95, but State Calls Plan a ‘Safety Hazard’

Six CT Towns In Line For $150M In School Building Grants

Hamden Schools Leader Says District May Face ‘Deeply Painful Cuts’ if It Does Not Get Fully Funded

Stamford Board of Finance Cuts $12.1M from School Budget, Trims Funding for East Side Library Design

Milford Schools Deciding Between 2 Project Timelines. One Would Cost $200M More But Be Done Sooner.

More CT Districts Adding School Bus Cameras To Catch Passing Motorists

Trumbull Teachers: Online Critics Issued Threats Over ICE Comparison

Free Breakfast for All CT Students Increasingly Likely State Officials Say

Hartford Officials Working to Determine How Much Funding is Needed for School Budget

Trumbull Schools Eye Staffing and Programming Cuts to Make Up for $2.2 Million Shortfall

Voters to Decide on $86.7M Southington Elementary Schools Plan as Town Council Sets Referendum Date

CT’s Main Education Funding Formula was ‘Supposed to Be an Equalizer.’ Critics Say It’s Not Working.

Two CT Schools Rejected Visits by Education Secretary Linda McMahon. Why She’s Welcomed at Yale.

Southbury, Middlebury Voters to Decide on $224M Bond to Build Two New Elementary Schools

Enfield Board Advances Plan that Calls for Building Four New PreK-5 Schools

‘Damage has Already Begun’: CT School Leaders Plead for More State Aid to Prevent Layoffs, Closures

This State Invested in Helping High Schoolers Become Teachers. Did It Work?

State Questions Hartford Public Schools’ Reported Budget Shortfall

East Lyme Education Board Votes to Allow Armed Security Officers in Schools

Connecticut Teachers Want More Aid, Paid Student Teaching and Protections from Legislature

Middletown Hires New Superintendent who Led Vernon Schools for 11 Years

Shelton School Officials Warn Sports, Kindergarten, 70+ Jobs Could Be Cut Under Mayor’s Budget

Senate Advances Bill to Keep ‘Bad Actors’ Out of CT Schools

State Calls for Independent Audit over Hartford Public Schools’ Budget Shortfall

Residents Call on Town to Make Decision on Wallingford High School Consolidation Plan

Stamford Board of Education Votes to Prevent Superintendent from Transferring School Principals

Old Saybrook Parents Threaten to Vote Down School Budget Over New Strategic Plan

Stratford Mayor Wants Magnet Schools, Higher Math Scores as He Backs Fully Funded Education Budget

Stamford School Board to Discuss Possible Transfer of Principals

How Connecticut’s School Funding Is ‘Fully Funded’ but Still Falls Short of What Districts Need

Former US Education Sec. Cardona to Lead CT Workforce Effort

State Calls for ‘Rigorous, Independent Financial Audit’ Amid Hartford Public Schools Budget Discrepancy

Hartford May Have Violated Sheff Settlement with Student Recruiting, CT Says

Two Education Secretaries from CT Show Political Divide Over Schools 

CT Schools Are Changing Active-Shooter Response Drills. Here’s Why

Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School Named Connecticut’s Middle School of the Year

Bridgeport Schools May Seek New Firms to Provide Substitute and Paraprofessional Staffing

Portland Proposes $109M School Renovation Plan; Voters to Decide in May Referendum

CT Public Education Spending Hits $12.2B, Kindergarten Enrollment Down 12%, State Report Says

CT Educators Alarmed as Lawmakers Advance Budget Without Key Boost for Schools

‘Block These Transfers’: Stamford Teachers, Parents Blast District for Possible Principal Moves

Bridgeport Faces Deadline to Begin Superintendent Search After State Rejects Delay

Wallingford Sets Last Day of School for Students, but Teachers’ Last Day Sparks Debate

North Haven to Begin Issuing $250 Fines for Passing Stopped School Buses

Norwalk Students Learning ‘the Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ of AI in Specially Designed Lessons

First Student Bus Company, Teamsters Union Reach Deal to Avoid Connecticut Strike, Officials Say

Norwalk Parents Raise Concerns About Silvermine Principal

North Haven Finance, School Boards $3.2M Apart on Budget: ‘Our Children Deserve Better’

Facing $6.3M Budget Shortfall, Meriden Students, Teachers Push for More State Aid

Southington Board Rejects Solar Canopies in High School Parking Lot Due to Safety, Cost

Bethel School Board Appoints ‘Staunch Advocate for Children’ as Next Superintendent

Why School Districts in Connecticut Have Been Combining, or Closing, Schools

New Haven Superintendent, Mayor $35M Apart on Proposed School Spending Increase

Stamford School Board Cancels Special Meeting on Principals Who May Be Involuntarily Transferred

Milford Must Decide Which Two Elementary Schools to Close Under Consolidation Plan

Over 100 Hamden High Students Stage Walkout in Protest Against Actions by ICE

Middletown’s Proposed $107M Education Budget Would Add Summer School, Cut Staff

Wolcott Voters to Decide on ‘Essential’ School Building Projects in Referendum, Superintendent Says

Stamford High Walkout Canceled after Principal Tells Students, ‘Need to Protest Does Not Exist’

Connecticut Pauses Enforcement of School Racial Balance Law. An Overhaul Could Follow

Oxford Parents Ask for Increased Communication After Mold Found at Quaker Farms School

Hamden School Officials Meet with Bus Company After Parent Complaints About ‘Unpredictable’ Service

Employees of Bus Company Servicing Multiple Connecticut School Districts Vote to Authorize Strike

Region 20 Seeks to ‘Restore the Public’s Trust’ with $44.6M School Spending Plan

Branford Schools May Change Bell Times as Part of its Bus Route Adjustments

Hartford School District Raises Pay for Special Education, High-Need Teachers

Stamford Students Plan Walkouts to Support Principals Who May Be Involuntarily Moved to New Posts

Shelton Mayor Proposes 2026-27 Budget with No Increase for Education, to Outrage of School Officials

Bridgeport Officials Urge Public to Push State Lawmakers for More Educational Funding amid District Budget Shortfall

Face the Facts: Mayor Arunan Arulampalam on Hartford Public School’s $70 Million Deficit

North Haven Schools to End ‘Magical’ Integrated Day Program After Decades

Torrington’s $82.7M School Budget Plan Would Add Athletic Director to Boost Lagging Fitness Scores

Connecticut Districts Adjust to State’s Law on Addressing Student Behavior, Focus on Training

Lawmakers Move to Ease Mandate for Electric School Buses

Rooney Recommends Restoring $1.2 Million for Monroe’s Schools, Parents Want the Rest

New Canaan Schools Cut Calendar to 180 Days, Sets Final Day of Classes in June

CT Parents’ Rights Education Bill Draws Concern: ‘Demonization of Teachers’

After Years of Shaky Finances, CT Town Considers New Ways to Operate Public Schools

Hartford Officials at Odds About How to Address $70M School Budget Deficit

Stamford School Board Narrows Superintendent Search to Six Semifinal Candidates

Mayor: Hartford Public Schools on ‘Brink of Insolvency’ as Budget Deficit Soars to $70 Million

Connecticut Districts Adjust to State’s Law on Addressing Student Behavior, Focus on Training

Windsor School Board Names Acting Leader as Full-Time Superintendent

Connecticut Public Schools Need Substitute Teachers. Here’s How to Become One

Proposal Banning Cell Phones in Schools Advances

Democrats in Connecticut House Looking to Increase State Aid for School Districts

Connecticut Could Tax Sweetened Beverages to Pay for Free Meals at Schools

Connecticut Could Overhaul High School Math Under Lamont Proposal

Fairfield Elementary School Schedule Change Could Mean More Time for English and Math, Less for Art

Southington Unveils Timeline For Massive School Building Project