Sen. Gadkar-Wilcox Statement on Governor’s Veto of Special Education Funding

Today, State Senator Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, Chair of the Special Education Committee, issued a statement in response to Governor Lamont’s line-item veto of additional special education funding for the current fiscal year.

“I am incredibly disappointed to learn that the Governor has decided to veto the $40 million special education funding that the legislature appropriated last week. I have traveled across the state and heard the desperate pleas from parents, educators, students, Boards of Education and municipal leadership who all said they need money and they need it now. This decision undermines the needs of our school districts, our local tax-payers and above all – our most vulnerable students.”