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Connecticut Association of Boards of Education

Distinguished Legislator Award

CABE presents the Distinguished Legislator Award to a member of the Connecticut General Assembly who through their efforts on one or more issues in the Connecticut General Assembly, made a significant contribution to public elementary and Secondary education in Connecticut.  The recipient has to have held office as a Senator or Representative in the Connecticut General Assembly in the year prior to the the year of the award. 

 

The CABE Distinguished Legislator Award has been presented to: 

1989
Representative Lynn Taborsak 

1990
Representative Naomi Cohen

1990
Representative Nancy Wyman
1993
Senator Kevin Sullivan
1995
Representative Anne McDonald
1996
Representative Cameron Staples
1998
Representative Nancy Beals
1998
Representative Denise W. Merrill
1999
Representative William Dyson
2000
Lt. Governor M. Jodi Rell
2003
Representative Shawn Johston
2005
Representative Bob Godfrey

2008
Representative Richard Farrari
Representative James Spallone

2015
Senator Beth Bye

2016
Senator Gayle Slossberg
Representative Andy Fleischmann

2017
Senator Doug McCrory

2023
 Representative Jeff Currey