As Connecticut’s teacher unions continue to push for remote learning, House Republicans yesterday sent a letter to the co-chairs of Connecticut's Vaccine Advisory Group asking that school teachers and school employees over the age of…
Connecticut professors with the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system will receive two 5.5 percent raises in 2019 and 2020, according to a contract summary published by the union representing CSCU professors. The salary increases…
Connecticut’s Teachers Retirement System is underfunded by at least $13 billion and the state’s actuarily required contribution has grown 145 percent over the past ten years, from $518 million per year to $1.27 billion, according…
Part of the bipartisan budget passed in November included raising teachers’ contribution toward their pensions from 6 to 7 percent, but a bill passed out of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee would roll that…
The Connecticut State Department of Education may penalize some towns for reducing their education budgets after Gov. Dannel Malloy cut education funding for municipalities. Groton, Southington, Canterbury, Killingly, Montville, and Watertown all received letters from…
A bill authorizing the state of Connecticut to conduct a study on the viability of education savings accounts drew a bevy of experts and advocates to a packed public hearing before the Education Committee on…
Seven families with children in the Hartford public school system filed suit against the State Department of Education, the Hartford Public Schools Board of Education and Gov. Dannel Malloy -- among others -- today over…
Connecticut’s discount rate for its teacher pension system remains higher than most other states, according to a report by the National Association of State Retirement Administrators. States across the nation, including Connecticut, have lowered their…
The Connecticut State Supreme Court ruled last week that Connecticut’s school funding formula did not violate the state’s constitutional mandate that every child be provided a “minimally adequate” education. But “minimally adequate” might not be…
The cost of fringe benefits, including pensions, for Connecticut community colleges are growing faster than revenue, prompting tuition increases for more than 47,000 college students, according to figures presented in an audit of the Connecticut…
