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CABE selected to provide mandatory training for new Board members

New law passed by CT General Assembly requires training for new BOE members

In June 2023, the Connecticut General Assembly passed and the Governor signed a new law that requires all first-time elected local or regional Board of Education members to participate in training within one year of taking office. The law states that the training “include, but not be limited to, the role and responsibilities of a board member, the duties and obligations of a board of education and school district budgeting and education finance.” Continue Reading...

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High schools can help prepare young people not just for college or work but to live a “good life” they define for themselves.

That's the conclusion of a new report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) and the Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) at Columbia University examined how six New England high schools define student success after graduation.

Watch the recording of this free webinar sponsored by CABE and CAPSS, which was broadcast on April 2 by clicking here.

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State's boards of education are fulfilling commitment to public education - by Leonard Lockhart, CABE President, Windsor BOE

There are 1,400 members of Connecticut's local and regional public boards of education, making us the largest group of elected officials in the state. We are tasked with delivering on the promise of Connecticut's constitutional mandate to provide a free and appropriate education for all of Connecticut's children, and we fulfill that promise with several partners - including school superintendents, public school faculty, administrators and staff, Gov. Ned Lamont and the members of the Connecticut General Assembly who write the laws and the budgets that help drive and fund public education. Continue reading...

*Reprinted with permission of the Hartford Courant.