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Schools
Two CT School Districts Now Must Pay Costs For Projects Earmarked As State Funded
Two Connecticut school districts have to figure out how to pay for the costs of school projects after the state informed them that the anticipated reimbursements from the state were incorrectly calculated by a fired budget official, according to a new report from the Connecticut Mirror. Officials in Hartford and Farmington were informed by state officials that the anticipated reimbursement rates violated state rules, CT Mirror reported on Thursday, March 3. The state informed town officials that Konstantinos Diamantis, the former deputy secretary of the Office of Policy and Manage…
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Chief Of CT Schools To Join President-Elect Biden's Cabinet As Education Secretary, Reports Say
Connecticut Chief of Schools Miguel Cardona is expected to head south to Washington, D.C. to serve in President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet as Education Secretary in a meteoric two-year rise to national prominence. The appointment of Cardona, a lifelong resident of Meriden, could be officially announced as soon as sometime on Tuesday, Dec. 22. The Washington Post first reported last week that Cardona, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, who was president of the National Education Association for six years, and Leslie T. Fenwick, the dean emeritus of the Howard University School of Education and a…
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Covid-
19: CT Public Schools Will Be Allowed To Cut Days From Academic Calendar
Connecticut is still finalizing what schools will look like in the fall as the state recovers from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, but districts will have the option to be more flexible with their schedules. The state Board of Education voted unanimously on Tuesday, July 14 to permit public schools to shorten the academic year by as many as three days, from 180 down to 177, without punishment to permit additional training as schools adjust to the "new normal." The waiver would allow districts extra time to train staff once plans are finalized for reopening schools in the next month…