Greenwich Legislators Urge State Funding for New Lebanon School

GREENWICH, CT — State Sen. Scott Frantz and State Rep. Mike Bocchino along with school officials testified in support of a bill that would provide state funding for New Lebanon School.

A general statute can provide up to 80 percent reimbursement for school building projects designed to fix racial imbalance within a district.

“I urge this committee to support this bill and specifically support funding for this school project. We cannot turn the town away, when it is the state that is mandating that the town complete this project in the first place,” Frantz said.

"The project meets every requirement of the diversity grant statute, has been fully vetted by the municipality and all its departments, is supported by the State Board of Education, and was, through bipartisan support and the absence of just one member, unanimously voted for and approved by the school construction priority list committee," Bocchino said.

State Rep. Fred Camillo said the school district has followed procedures and met requirements. Children in the district are depending on it, he said.

Image: State Senator L. Scott Frantz (R-Greenwich), State Representative Mike Bocchino (R-Greenwich), Superintendent of Schools, Sal Corda, and Greenwich Board of Education Chair, Peter Sherr at the Education Committee’s public hearing on Wednesday, March 1 at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. Via House and Senate Republicans