Connecticut’s largest municipal lobby is calling upon state government to increase education funding to cities and towns despite the state’s lagging revenue estimates.
The lack of state education funding has ​“wreaked havoc at the local level with regard to local budgets,” James Finley, executive director and CEO of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, said Tuesday during a Capitol press conference.
The states education grants to municipalities are underfunded by more than $763 million, according to Finley. That means property taxpayers are spending more than 62 cents per $1 on funding local education.