Announcement: 2008 Legislative Agenda

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2008 Legislative Agenda

Connecticut Voices for Children and Advocates for Connecticut's Children and Youth have released the 2008 legislative agenda. The full agenda is available for download below.

Promote more strategic state planning and fiscal choices

Establish comprehensive long term planning in Connecticut
Assure stable and adequate state revenues, equitably borne by all residents

Reduce child poverty

Adopt measures to reduce child poverty by 50% by 2014
Reduce child poverty and expand opportunity by adopting a state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

Assure timely and affordable health care

Restore continuous eligibility for HUSKY
Modify HUSKY B to spend all SCHIP funds
Expand legislative oversight of DSS
Maintain HUSKY performance monitoring funds at current FY 09 Levels

Improve access to high quality early care and education for working parents

Increase access to Care4Kids subsidies for low-wage families

Improve outcomes for Connecticut's foster children

Foster school stability for foster children and youth
Improve legal representation of abused and neglected children (and their parents)
Improve outcomes for youth transitioning from foster care

Improve outcomes in K-12 education by enhancing student attendance

Improve the reporting of truancy
Prevent rollbacks in the "In-School Suspension Law"

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2008 Legislative Agenda (51.52K)

High Quality Education & Training: A Proven Investment in Connecticut's Future

Investments in education and continuing training ensure that Connecticut maintains a strong and competitive workforce, and have a dramatic effect on health status. However, our overall state investment in education far too frugal for a state of our wealth. Connecticut ranks 47th among all states in state and local spending on all education as a share of total personal income, and 49th in its spending on higher education. If Connecticut's state and local education spending had been at the national average, Connecticut's education investment in 2004 would have been $1.99 billion greater than it was. In addition, Connecticut has shifted more of the burden of funding schools to our cities and towns. The state's contribution to K-12 public education was once 45% of town costs, but is now roughly 40%, one of the lowest shares in the nation.

Download this publication from Connecticut Voices for Children.

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