Municipal Lobby Calls For Increase In Education Funding

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.

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