Sentences with phrase «education reform bills during»

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The 57 - to - 36 vote, which fell largely along party lines, came during debate on a Democratic education - reform bill.

During these economic times, we need these bills to compete strongly for Race to the Top funding, the $ 4 billion federal education reform program that will help us maintain our commitment to today's students.

Building on the legislative successes of the previous session, including House Bill 5 (graduation paths & assessments) and Senate Bill 2 (charter school oversight), Raise Your Hand continued to promote education reform during the 84th Legislative Session.

During the same period, Global Strategies Group has billed ConnCAN and A Better Connecticut, Connecticut's two leading education reform groups, more than $ 2.5 million for consulting services and media costs.

In her public testimony during Connecticut's 2012 education reform bill, Jennifer Alexander of ConnCAN testified that too few teachers were being dismissed for poor performance: «When you look at the distribution of ratings in those systems, you again see only about two percent of teachers, maybe five max, falling at that bottom rating category.»

Despite their ongoing lobbying, both before and during the illegal takeover and throughout the effort to persuade legislators to support Malloy's education reform bill, neither Lowney, Snow nor Excel Bridgeport registered to lobby with the Connecticut Office of State Ethics, as required by law.