For example, after spending billions building and operating magnet schools across the state in the wake of a state Supreme Court decision ordering Connecticut to desegregate Hartford schools, state lawmakers in 2009 passed a moratorium on spending state money for new magnet schools until the state education commissioner crafts a comprehensive plan for school choice in the state. (ctmirror.org)
State says it's unsureSchool choice: Future of new magnet schools uncertainOn trial: Is educational opportunity sufficient everywhere in CT? (ctmirror.org)
As a result of Sheff v. O'Neill, in the past ten years, the state has spent $ 1.4 billion to renovate and build new magnet schools, which are designed as reduced isolation schools that draw students from the city and suburbs. (commons.trincoll.edu)