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Championing Our Schools Through Unity of Purpose
November 15 & 16
Mystic Marriott Hotel, Groton, CT
Registration for the 2024 CABE/CAPSS Convention is Open for All Board Members and Superintendents!
Click here for more information and a pdf registration form.
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...
Dive into the numbers behind CABE! From serving 147 member school districts to answering over 700 Policy inquiries annually, CABE is a vital force in providing support and professional development to member districts. Check out the infographic for more insights!
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.