Education State of the States

Governor’s K-12 Agenda Is Mostly Status Quo

By Jeff Archer — February 14, 2006 1 min read
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• Gov. M. Jodi Rell

Education took a back seat to proposed tax cuts in Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s State of the State Address Feb. 8.

Finance: Seizing on the state’s healthy budget surplus, the Republican governor called for rolling back car and inheritance taxes, but unveiled no new school initiatives.

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Instead, she recommended modest increases in spending on existing school programs in proposing adjustments to the state’s spending plan for fiscal 2007, the second year of the state’s two-year budget.

The biggest such adjustment would add $3.5 million to the $105 million initially appropriated for special grants to high-poverty districts, an increase intended to expand the number of preschool slots in those systems from 7,000 to 7,500.

Read a complete transcript of Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s State of the State Address. Posted by Connecticut’s Office of the Governor.

“I strongly believe that quality early-childhood education will help children born in poverty emerge from economic disadvantage to become vibrant and dynamic workers in tomorrow’s economy,” Gov. Rell said.

Charter Schools: The governor also recommended increasing state funding for charter schools in fiscal 2007 to $25.6 million, from an initial appropriation of $23.8 million, to accommodate growth in Connecticut’s existing charter schools.

An adjustment was also made in Ms. Rell’s proposed budget that was not mentioned in her speech: $250,000 in new spending for legal costs to defend the state in a school finance lawsuit filed against it in November by groups arguing Connecticut doesn’t adequately subsidize its schools.

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