Press Releases

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• 10/25/2021 Connecticut State Department of Education Announces Attorney Michael McKeon Joins the Agency as Director of Legal and Governmental Affairs

• 4/28/2021 CSDE: “The Future Depends on Teachers” PSA Launched to Celebrate Teachers and Inspire More Diversity in Connecticut’s Educator Workforce

• 5/26/2021 State Department of Education Announces Recipients of 2021 Summer Enrichment Grants

• 7/22/2021 Governor Lamont Visits Family Resource Center In West Hartford, Celebrates American Rescue Plan Act Funding In Action

• 4/6/2021 Governor Lamont Opens New Rounds of State Grants to Improve School Security Infrastructure and Emergency Communications Systems

• 2/5/2021 CSDE and the LEGO Group Partner to Get LEGO Bricks to Thousands of Connecticut Students

• 1/28/2025 Governor Lamont and Commissioner Russell-Tucker Announce Guidance Document Issued to K-12 Schools on the Protection of Students in the Classroom Pertaining to Immigration Enforcement Activities

• 5/27/2025 Connecticut's Continued Investment in Youth Mental Health: The ARPA Summer Mental Health Supports Grant Program

• 1/30/2025 CSDE Launches Groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) Pilot Program and Sets the National Standard with Digital Citizenship Curricula

• 1/31/2025 Connecticut State Department of Education 2025 Summer Meal Program

  Sponsoring Organizations Provide Nutritious Meals to Connecticut’s Children

• 2/26/2025 Open Letter to the Bridgeport Public Schools Community

• 7/15/2025 CSDE’s Greater Hartford Regional School Choice Office Provides Free Summer Enrichment Programming to Over 1,600 Connecticut Students

• 5/7/2025 Lieutenant Governor Bysiewicz and Education Commissioner Russell-Tucker Encourage CT Businesses to Participate in Fourth Annual School Staff Appreciation Digital Backpack Program

• 7/24/2025 State Releases Bridgeport Public Schools Forensic Audit

  Findings identify no misappropriation of funds and provide recommendations for long-term fiscal stability

• 3/21/2025 CSDE Statement on President Trump's Order to Begin Dismantling the U.S. Department of Education