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November 17, 2009
Coalition announces Campaign LEARN to tackle achievement gap between white, minority students
A new initiative announced Tuesday will focus on eliminating the achievement gap between white and minority students in Connecticut, the state with the highest discrepancy in the nation. READ MORE
November 17, 2009
LAWMAKERS & ADVOCATES FORM COALITION
TO CLOSE STATE’S ACHIEVEMENT GAP
Campaign LEARN stresses urgency of implementing
effective solutions to close gap
Lawmakers from the Connecticut General Assembly’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus, led by State Representatives Jason Bartlett (D-Bethel, Danbury, Redding), Douglas McCrory (D-Hartford), Patricia Billie Miller (D-Stamford), and Gary Holder-Winfield (D-New Haven), today announced the creation of Campaign LEARN (the Campaign for Leadership in Education, Achievement, and Reform Now), a group that lawmakers, education advocates and equal rights organizations plan to use to stress the urgency of implementing effective solutions to address the current achievement gap between children of color and their peers. READ MORE
October 2, 2009
General Assembly Approves Rep. Bartlett’s Proposal
to Increase School Dropout Age
Withdrawal Age Increases to 17 Under Approved LegislationBoth the State Senate and House of Representatives voted during a special session on Friday afternoon in favor of legislation introduced by State Representative Jason Bartlett (D-Bethel, Danbury, Redding) that will increase the age students in the State of Connecticut are allowed to drop out of school from the age of 16 to 17. READ MORE
September 20, 2009
Bethel to Receive $200,000 for Road Work
Bethel will receive a $200,000 state grant to pave roads left in poor condition due to sewer installations.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell said the grant is expected to be approved at Friday's State Bond Commission meeting. READ MORE
August 14, 2009
Rep. Bartlett Appointed to Task Force on Children
in the Recession
State Representative Jason Bartlett (D-Bethel, Danbury, Redding) has been appointed to serve as a member of the newly formed Task Force on Children in the Recession that will help plan Connecticut’s response to the increasingly desperate plight of children impacted by the economic recession. READ MORE
July 16, 2009
Bartlett Elated at New Law that Helps Lyme Patients
Receive Long-Term Treatment
State Representative Jason Bartlett (D-Bethel, Danbury, Redding) today said that he is thrilled by the signing into law of legislation he introduced that will assist Lyme disease patients as they seek to receive long-term treatment for symptoms of the disease. READ MORE
June 4, 2009
Former Carbide Building Sold;
60 Thrown Out of Work in Danbury
Some 60 people were abruptly
thrown out of work Wednesday afternoon when
the former Union Carbide building was sold to a
New York developer. READ MORE
June 3, 2009
Connecticut House OKs Bill to
Remove Governor's Right to Replace U.S. Senator
In a controversial move, the state House of Representatives voted late Tuesday night to remove the governor's power to appoint a U.S. senator in case of a vacancy. READ MORE
June 1, 2009
General Assembly Votes to Protect
Doctors Treating Lyme Disease
There are doctors who believe chronic Lyme disease is real and treat it with long-term courses of antibiotics. There are doctors who believe chronic Lyme infection doesn't exist. They're strongly opposed to prescribing more than a few weeks of oral antibiotics to treat Lyme. Anything else, they say, is bad medicine. READ MORE
May 29, 2009
Lyme Disease Bill Heads to Governor
A controversial bill that would make Connecticut the fifth state in the nation to allow doctors to treat chronic Lyme disease is on its way to the governor for her signature. READ MORE
May 29, 2009
Bartlett Gains Final Legislative Approval
of Lyme Disease Treatment Bill
State Representative Jason Bartlett (D-Bethel, Danbury, Redding) today applauded the State Senate for unanimously approving legislation he introduced that will extend protections to doctors who treat Lyme disease patients, allowing them to diagnose the disease clinically and consider treatment options that include long-term antibiotic therapy. READ MORE
May 28, 2009
Bethel's Bartlett Key Figure in Raising Student Dropout Age;
Bill Passed House and Now Goes to State Senate
State Rep. Jason Bartlett, D-Bethel, shepherded a bill to increase the age at which students can drop out of high school that was passed by the house Thursday and is on its way to the senate. READ MORE
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