The Connecticut Supreme Court issued a major ruling Monday on the long-running battle over education funding in the public schools.
The Horton vs. Meskill battle has prompted the state legislature to allocate hundreds of millions of dollars through the years to Hartford and far lower amounts to other communities. As such, Hartford consistently spends more money per student than communities like Simsbury and Glastonbury.
In the current fiscal year, Hartford’s education cost-sharing grant from the state is about $187 million, compared to about $5.36 million for Simsbury, $3.4 million for Greenwich, $1.5 million for New Canaan, and $1.2 million for Avon.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal noted that the case is being sent back to a lower court and is “lacking a majority for a clear result.”
The details from Arielle Levin Becker are at http://www.courant.com/news/education/hc-supreme-court-education-suit-0322,0,676398.story