Press Releases

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• 1/30/2024 Connecticut State Department of Education Summer Meal Programs

  Sponsoring Organizations Provide Nutritious Meals to Connecticut’s Children

• 12/5/2024 RSCO School Choice Application Open Now Through February 7, 2025

• 2/1/2024 Connecticut Department of Education Invests $4 Million to Support Educators Across the State

  Funds will help prekindergarten through grade 12 public school educators get classroom resources through DonorsChoose

• 8/21/2024 Governor Lamont and Commissioner Russell-Tucker Urge Local School Districts To Implement State Board of Education-Adopted Policies on Personal Technology Use in Schools

• 12/2/2024 Connecticut State Department of Education Announces National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grant Award Winners

• 10/22/2024 Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Commissioner Russell-Tucker Announce Keysha Evans Is Connecticut’s 2025 Anne Marie Murphy Paraeducator of the Year

• 6/27/2024 Governor Lamont and Commissioner Russell-Tucker Announce Recipients of Summer Mental Health Grants for Schools and Camps

• 10/16/2024 Commissioner Russell-Tucker Announces New Haven Educator Named Connecticut’s 2025 Teacher of the Year

• 4/18/2024 RSCO Announces First Round of School Choice Placement Offers for 2024-25 School Year, Opens Extended Application Period Through July 19, 2024 

• 10/31/2024 Connecticut FAFSA Challenge Continues as States Completion Rates Outpace National Averages

• 3/1/2024 RSCO School Choice On-Time Application Deadline March 15, 2024

• 9/10/2024 Connecticut State Department of Education Kicks Off the 2024-25 School Year at Annual Back-to-School Meeting With Superintendents

• 8/27/2024 Connecticut Students Show a Second Year of Improved Attendance and Mathematics and Science Scores

• 11/18/2024 LT Governor Bysiewicz and State Department of Education Commissioner Russell-Tucker Kick-off 2025 Computing Challenge

• 12/30/2024 Connecticut State Department of Education Announces Over $19.8 Million in 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant funding to Support After-School Programs