Here's How Much More Darien Will Receive From The State

It isn’t usual when towns are getting less money, or in some rare cases more money, than they’ve gotten the previous year for leaders to be thankful. But considering what could have been, the budget passed by the House and Senate is much better news for Darien than expected.

The $41.34 billion, two-year budget passed by a 126-23 vote in the House and a 33-3 vote in the Senate this week means the following:

• Darien will be receiving $14,000 more in state funding this current fiscal year than it did in the 2017 fiscal year. For the next fiscal year, 2019, Darien will be receiving $32,000 less in state funding than it does this year.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget planned to take much more away from the three towns – in some cases in the millions of dollars – in an effort to divert education funding to the poorer, bigger cities in the state.

The good news for the towns is the House and Senate votes passed by a substantial margin – meaning they are veto proof, as Malloy has said he will likely veto the budget if it doesn’t meet his goals.

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— By Jack Kramer, Correspondent