Tesoro: Tell Elected Reps Not To Cut Trumbull Education Aid

TRUMBULL, CT — First Selectman Vicki Tesoro is urging Trumbull residents to call their elected representatives in an effort to reduce the cut in education aid to Trumbull.

Gov. Ned Lamont's proposed budget would come with an effective $1.2 million cut in education aid to Trumbull between reduced Education Cost Sharing funds and an added contribution to teacher pensions.

Below is Tesoro's full statement:

The State is proposing to reduce our Education Cost Sharing allocation by $656,000. Additionally, the State is proposing to allocate $511,000 of the cost of the Teacher Retirement System to Trumbull. The total net impact to Trumbull, in both loss of revenue and additional expense, is $1,200,000.

Unlike some other communities, I have accounted for the full impact of these proposals in my proposed budget. While I retain the hope that all or at least some of this impact will be reduced, you cannot budget on hope. You have to budget on the facts as they are known.

I met with the Governor and the Lt. Governor, and I spoke to our State Treasurer. I met with our State legislators in the Senate and the House, and I will continue to work with them to reverse, in whole or part, these proposals.

We all need to work together to achieve the result we desire. I am requesting that our residents also contact the Governor, the Lt. Governor, the Treasurer, and the members of Trumbull’s delegation in both the House and Senate to urge them to reject these proposals. Shifting costs or suddenly cutting long-established funding sources is detrimental to our community.

I do not know the chances of success in reversing these proposals. I do know that if we do not work together there will be no chance whatsoever.

Below is the contact information for Trumbull's State Delegation and some of our State elected officials.

Trumbull’s State Delegation

Representative Ben McGorty (122nd)
Legislative Office Building
Rm 4200
300 Capital Ave.
Hartford, CT 06106
860-240-8700
800-842-1423
Ben.McGorty@housegop.ct.gov

Representative David Rutigliano (123rd)
Legislative Office Building
Rm 4200
300 Capital Ave.
Hartford, CT 06106
860-240-8700
800-842-1423
David.Rutigliano@housegop.ct.gov

Representative Laura Devlin (134th)
Legislative Office Building
Rm 4200
300 Capital Ave.
Hartford, CT 06106
860-240-8700
800-842-1423
Laura.Devlin@housegop.ct.gov

Senator Marilyn Moore (22nd)
Legislative Office Building
Rm 3300
300 Capital Ave.
Hartford, CT 06106
860-240-8600
800-842-1420
Marilyn.moore@cga.ct.gov

State Elected Officials

Governor Ned Lamont
Office of the Governor
State Capitol
210 Capitol Ave.
Hartford, CT 06106
860-566-4840
governor.lamont@ct.gov

Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz
State Capitol
210 Capitol Ave. Room 304
Hartford, CT 06106
860-524-7384
ltgovernor.bysiewicz@ct.gov

State Treasurer Shawn Wooden
55 Elm Street #2
Hartford, CT 06106
860-702-3000
state.treasurer@ct.gov