SEN. FLEXER CONDEMNS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CUT OF $200,000 TO PUTNAM AND MANSFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICTS

WINDHAM  – State Senator Mae Flexer today issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s weekend announcement of $14 million in federal cuts to education funding for Connecticut, including a $144,757 cut to the Putnam school system and a $54,561 cut to the Mansfield school system.

The funds pay for academically focused initiatives such as high-dosage tutoring, scientifically based reading instruction, mathematics professional learning, digital curriculum and online courses, talent development initiatives including a Teacher-Leader-in-Residence to implement the Connecticut Troops to Teachers (CTTT) Program, student support initiatives including efforts to reduce the number of youth interacting with the juvenile justice system, no-cost access to vision care for students from low-income families, and school-based mentoring programs to reduce chronic absenteeism.

“At a time when our students are still recovering from the educational destruction that occurred during the years of the COVID pandemic, it is simply unacceptable that these necessary resources for our kids are being cut by the Trump administration,” Sen. Flexer said. “We have to stand together and fight the disastrous decisions of Donald Trump and Linda McMahon that are damaging our schools and our students.”

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025