Board of Selectmen
First Selectman: Governor Doesn’t Support Proposed Bills on Forced School District Regionalization
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The governor of Connecticut does not support proposed legislation that would force the regionalization of public schools in the state, New Canaan’s highest elected official said Tuesday morning. Summarizing a meeting with Gov. Ned Lamont held Monday at Town Hall, First Selectman Kevin Moynihan said that the 10 people present “talked a good bit about the two bills that are pending that would have forced regionalization of [school] districts.”
“And I think we got a commitment from the governor to issue a public statement that he doesn’t support those measures,” Moynihan said during a regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen, held at Town Hall. He referred to widely discussed, separate bills proposed by state Sen. Martin Looney (D-11th) and Bob Duff (D-25th). In addition to Moynihan and Lamont, those present at the meeting were New Canaan Selectman Kit Devereaux, Board of Finance Chairman Todd Lavieri, Town Councilmen John Engel and Penny Young, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Bryan Luizzi, town residents Toddy Turrentine and Tucker Murphy and state Rep. Tom O’Dea (R-125th), Moynihan said. Lamont did not immediately respond to a request for comment.