Darien Education Cost Sharing Funds Cut 47 Percent

DARIEN, CT — Darien First Selectman Jayme Stevenson tweeted that Darien took a $369,000 hit to its Education Cost Sharing funds from the state.

The cut is 47 percent of Darien's ECS funds.

Greenwich's school system is ringing in the New Year with a massive 90.5 percent cut from state Education Cost Sharing funds in the middle of a fiscal year.

Greenwich's cut is more than $1.3 million and is among the biggest cuts to ECS aid from the state, according to the Hartford Courant.

Gov. Dannel Malloy's budget chief Ben Barnes said in a letter to legislative leaders that the cut was made now to save as much money as possible before the end of the state's fiscal year June 30.

Barnes apologized in a letter to municipal leaders about the inconvenience.

Read the full Courant report here.