Republican House Leaders Offer Plan To Boost School Funds

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Republican House leaders are proposing a revised budget they say ensures every Connecticut community will receive an increase in local school funding.
They contend their proposal doesn’t raise taxes and mitigates municipal aid losses by reallocating funds.
It comes a day after Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy released an updated budget that changed how education funding is distributed and reduced overall aid to cities and towns by $362 million more than his or