Connecticut Examines School Funding Changes

Associated Press:

HARTFORD, Conn.--A panel created by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to study how public school districts share in state education grant money is considering some major changes, including using more accurate data to determine a city or town's wealth and poverty level, and ultimately how much funding they receive.

According to a draft list of preliminary recommendations from the Education Cost Sharing Task Force, obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, the 12-member group formed last summer is also looking at ways to fund magnet schools across the state, public schools that typically provide a specialized curriculum, more equitably. Currently, magnets in Hartford, the subject of a court ruling, receive more money than those in other cities and towns.

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Comments

[am10]

09:17 AM on 01/04/2012

The current formula, dare I say, actually screws over wealthy towns who might receive $1 back for every $10 they give while the cities get back $15 for every $2 they send in. What residents in CT fear is that the new model being pushed is a "money follows student" model which basically means more charters, privatization, etc. They actually wants the rest of the state (effecting the middle class most) to keep funding charter schools and magnets in the inner city…even though the achievement results have not changed. It's enough to make the most liberal person empathize Pat Buchanan.

[renabro]

09:09 PM on 01/03/2012

Lets look at what districts spend on materials: computers, books, supplies. Those companies make a killing. That is where districts should start.

[Ariel Bonzai]

09:12 AM on 01/04/2012

Dump all that and save billions w iPads..

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