By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas
UPDATE Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s plans for education reform got a dramatic rewrite today by the legislature’s Education Committee, but the changes are only one step in a process that some leaders say will end with high-level negotiations by top lawmakers and the administration.
“The bill the Education Committee appears set to approve represents just one step in the legislative process. Gov. Malloy has made it clear that he’s determined to begin fixing what’s broken in our public schools, no matter how long it takes,” said Roy Occhiogrosso, the governor’s senior adviser. “In the coming weeks, members of this administration will continue to work with legislators and other key stakeholders until there is a bill that represents meaningful education reform.”
Occhiogrosso made that statement before the Education Committee voted 28 to 5 for extensive substitute language.
The version approved by the committee tonight after an all-day closed-door caucus would relegate Malloy’s teacher tenure reforms to a study to be completed by next year.
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