School Funding Reform: Three Tough Questions Facing Lawmakers

KYLE CONSTABLE/CT MIRROR

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy addresses reporters outside his office Wednesday after budget talks with legislative leaders.

Leaders at the state Capitol agree that changing how the state distributes public school aid is necessary – but that consensus quickly crumbles when specific changes are floated.

This stalemate is happening at a critical juncture: the state’s finances are in crisis and the Connecticut Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in a lawsuit over whether the state is spending enough to educate students in its most-impoverished school districts.

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