Bethwood Schools Miss Out on State Funding Boost
The most troubled schools will be getting most in the proposed spending plan.
Connecticut schools will be getting an additional $50 million in funding from the state of Connecticut in 2012-13, but don’t expect much of that money to come to the Bethany and Woodbridge school districts if the measure passes.
Under the governor’s proposed plan, Bethany would receive 2 million dollars in state funds, which is a .57 percent increase. Woodbridge would receive the exact amount as last year with $721,370. Numbers for the Amity district, which is shared with Orange, was unavailable.
The bulk of the new funding is going to the worst schools. In his State of the State address yesterday, Malloy proposed a plan to reform education from pre-school through college and professional job training programs.
The plan includes allocating an additional $40 million to establish "Alliance Districts," which would be made up of 30 of the state’s lowest-performing school districts.
To receive funding, each alliance district must successfully implement a reform plan subject to approval by the state Department of Education.
In the proposed plan, no town in the state will receive less funding from 2011-2012 levels but the bulk of the money will go to the Alliance District schools.