Stamford gets $13.5M from the state for education. But they could be getting $20M.
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A classroom set up with COVID-19 precautions at Northeast Elementary School in Stamford, Conn. Monday, March 8, 2021.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
A proposed bill would invest $445 million more in K-12 education next fiscal year by restructuring the state’s education grant, with the most money going toward the neediest districts.
Stamford schools would receive $6.84 million more from the state than proposed in the governor’s flat budget.
City officials have argued for years that the city’s education system is underfunded by the state.
Ryan Fealey, finance director for Stamford Public Schools, said the increase to the education cost sharing formula, or ECS, would be welcome.
Thousands haven t shown up for school this year in CT. Where are the students?
Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, CTMirror.org
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Third grade literacy instructor Katelyn Battinelli talks with students about their pandemic-related fears on the first day of in-person learning for five days per week at Stark Elementary School on March 10, 2021 in Stamford, Connecticut. Stamford Public Schools, like many school districts nationwide, are returning to full time in-school learning as pandemic restrictions begin to ease.John Moore / Getty Images
Editor’s Note: On March 15, 2020, Gov. Ned Lamont ordered all schools in Connecticut closed due to the pandemic. In the months that followed, learning moved online and many schools still haven’t reopened to full-time classroom instruction. On the one-year anniversary of this event, we examine the impact a year of disrupted learning has had on the state’s children.