'Significant upheaval': Trump administration freezes $14 million for Connecticut schools
The frozen funds include $9 million overseen by the state Department of Education, and $5 million already awarded to about 21 ...
New London, Waterbury schools hit hardest by federal funding freeze
Last year, school districts across the country applied for extensions to spend the last remaining dollars of federal COVID-19 ...
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Connecticut’s attorney general helps secure court order blocking Trump administration’s funding freeze
This was a blanket freeze on trillions of dollars of federal funding ... our schools. This fight is far from over, but we are prepared to stay in court for as long as it takes to protect ...
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New Haven school loses $500,000 in federal funding, lays off 70 student workers
A high school in New Haven, Connecticut has laid off 70 student ... “I felt secure, but then the federal funding freeze happened, and everything changed.” Students at Common Ground High ...
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Universities impose hiring freezes in face of uncertainty over federal funding
Get top local stories in Connecticut delivered to you every morning ... for what could be a loss of millions of dollars in grant funding awarded by the National Institutes of Health for research ...
Trump administration has paused $175 million in funding to Penn for allowing transgender athlete to compete
At Penn, Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, was named Ivy League champion and broke records at the Women’s Swimming and Diving ...
Advocates question CT education leaders’ approach after Trump threat to funding
CT leaders seem to be taking a deliberative approach to Trump's calls to end DEI practices in schools. Advocates are ...
Connecticut schools must eliminate 'illegal DEI practices' in 10 days or risk losing funding
The U.S. Department of Education ordered states and schools to verify compliance with civil rights laws within ten days, ...
Bridgeport schools leader urges community support for $57M boost in state funding; 'Demand better'
Bridgeport's interim superintendent urges community support for bill that would provide the school district with an ...