“All that's valuable in society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.”
-- Albert Einstein

Education Committee to Consider Legislation Closing Loopholes on Teacher Background Checks

The Connecticut legislature’s Committee on Education will hold a public hearing today to consider Raised Bill 6326, An Act Concerning the Response of School Districts and The Departments of Education and Children and Families to reports of Child Abuse and Neglect.   If passed, the bill would implement the recommendations of the Child Advocate’s report, Protecting [...]

New Law Promises Educational Stability for Children in DCF Care

 

Effective today, children placed in foster care or other out-of-home care by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) can stay in the school they were attending when they were removed from their home, rather than changing schools based on where they are placed.   Until [...]