Connecticut Families take to Hartford and Demand that Schools of Choice Are Included in State Budget

On Monday morning, March 20 beginning at 10:30 am, State Senator Art Linares and State Representative Chris Rosario will join Connecticut parents from Hartford, New Haven, and Bridgeport at the Capitol to demand a new, equitable funding system that funds public schools of choice - including public charter schools and magnet schools - fairly.

More than 50,000 children attend one of Connecticut's nearly 120 schools of choice, which act as a critical education option for low income children of color across the state. Yet these schools of choice are underfunded, which prevents them from serving more high needs students and has forced them to make painful budget cuts to existing programs.

Speakers at the 10:30 AM press conference will call on state legislators to include schools of choice in an equitable funding system that provides all public schools with sufficient resources to serve Connecticut’s highest need communities.

Learn more about Families for Excellent Schools here.

 

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Submitted by Milford, CT

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