Press Releases

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• 5/15/2024 Education Commissioner Russell-Tucker Encourages CT Businesses to Participate in Third Annual School Staff Appreciation Digital Backpack Program

• 6/5/2024 Connecticut State Board of Education Action Concerning Hartford Public School's Fiscal Operations

• 2/10/2023 Connecticut State Department of Education Launches “No Matter What” Campaign to Highlight Resources Available for Students Experiencing Homelessness and Housing Instability​

  Connecticut State Department of Education Launches “No Matter What” Campaign to Highlight Resources Available for Students Experiencing Homelessness and Housing Instability​

• 5/9/2023 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ & EDUCATION COMMISSIONER RUSSELL-TUCKER ENCOURAGE CT BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PK-12 SCHOOL STAFF APPRECIATION DIGITAL BACKPACK PROGRAM​ ​

  LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ & EDUCATION COMMISSIONER RUSSELL-TUCKER ENCOURAGE CT BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PK-12 SCHOOL STAFF APPRECIATION DIGITAL BACKPACK PROGRAM​ ​

• 9/6/2023 Connecticut State Department of Education Receives $5.9 Million Grant to Improve Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities

• 2/3/2023 Connecticut State Department of Education Announces Participation in Summer Meal Programs​

• 11/1/2023 Accountability Results Show Attendance, Math, Science, Postsecondary Readiness on the Rise, with Initiatives Already in Place to Address Areas in Need of Improvement

• 7/21/2023 Connecticut State Department of Education Announces Launch of New Special Education Call Center

• 5/10/2023 Connecticut’s Educational Research Collaborative Continues to Be Highlighted

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

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

• 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

• 6/17/2025 Commissioner Russell-Tucker Launches 4th Annual PK-12 School Staff Appreciation Digital Backpack Program

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

• 8/7/2025 CSDE Launches Webpages Detailing Intervention Efforts to Support Bridgeport and Hartford Public School Districts

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