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Malloy Budget Maintains After School Funding for Two Years
Good news! The budget released by Governor Malloy has flat funded the After School Grant Program at $4.5 million for the next two years.
There will be an Appropriations Hearing on March 1st at 6:30 p.m. at the Legislative Office Building. We are urging after school grantees to testify in supporting maintaining that level of funding.
If you would like to participate in the hearing, please contact Michelle Doucette Cunningham at (860)830-2941 or email her at mdc@ctafterschoolnetwork.org
There will likely be a lottery assigning participants their number in line. Michelle will coordinate the sign up and notify you of your place in line if you contact her. She will also hand in any written testimony for people who aren't able to attend in person.
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There are currently a few bills that the Network is tracking in the legislature. We will keep you posted as to the status of any relevant after school legislation in the 2011 session.
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Find your legislator by district here.
Office of the Governor, Dannel Malloy:
(860) 566-4840, 1-800-406-1527
Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Nancy Wyman:
(860) 524-7384 , 1-866-712-6998
Leadership:
Senate President Pro Tempore Donald Williams, (860) 240-8600, 1-800-842-1420 or Williams@senatedems.ct.gov
Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, (860) 240-8805, or 1-800-842-1421 or John.McKinney@cga.ct.gov
House Speaker Chris Donovan, (860) 240-8500, 1-800-842-1902 or Christopher.Donovan@cga.ct.gov
House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero, (860) 240-8700 or 1-800-842-1423 or Lawrence.Cafero@housegop.ct.gov
Appropriations Co-Chair Senator Toni Harp 1-800-842-1420 or Harp@senatedems.ct.gov
Appropriations Co-Chair Rep. Toni Walker 1-800-842-8267 or Toni.Walker@cga.ct.gov
Toll free numbers to reach your State Rep or State Senator:
- House Democrats- 1-800-842-8267
- Senate Democrats- 1-800-842-1420
- House Republicans- 1-800-842-1423
- Senate Republicans- 1-800-842-1421
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- For a full list of Connecticut State Representatives, click here.
- For a full list of Connecticut State Senators, click here.
- To find out who your state legislators are, visit the Connecticut General Assembly's Web site: http://www.cga.ct.gov/maps/townlist.asp First find your town in the left hand column, then click on the district number in the House (to find your Representative) or Senate columns. If your town is split into more than one district and two numbers appear in a column, clicking on these numbers will take you to a map of your town so you can choose which district you live in.
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