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HOUSE DEMOCRATS • JASON BARTLETT
March 9, 2010
TEEN ENROLLMENT IN ADULT ED PROMPTS CALL FOR LEGISLATION
Here in the city's Adult Education Center, alongside former dropouts in their 20s and 30s or older, hundreds of teenagers such as Leandrae Doward also are signing up for a second chance at a diploma. READ MORE
March 9, 2010
BILL CONSIDERED TO REDUCE STATE DROPOUT RATES
A bill being considered by the legislature is designed to reduce school dropout rates by prohibiting a practice known as "push out," said state Rep. Jason Bartlett and representatives of two youth advocacy groups who brought students and others to the Capitol Monday to talk about the issue. READ MORE
March 8, 2010
STATE LAWMAKERS TO TOUR BRIDGEPORT’S
HARDING HIGH SCHOOL TUESDAY
Bridgeport School Tour - Tuesday, March 9, beginning at 1:30 p.m.
State lawmakers from the Connecticut General Assembly’s Black & Puerto Rican Caucus, led by State Rep. Jason Bartlett (D-Danbury), State Rep. Don Clemons (D-Bridgeport), and State Sen. Edwin Gomes (D-Bridgeport), will be touring Warren Harding High School in Bridgeport on Tuesday, March 9, to view a normal day of activity at the school as the lawmakers continue their debate over legislation to close the state’s achievement gap between white and minority students. READ MORE
March 8, 2010
REP. BARTLETT TO DISCUSS SCHOOL “PUSH OUT” LEGISLATION AT EVENT ON MONDAY
State Representative Jason Bartlett (D-Danbury) will join the Center for Children’s Advocacy and Youth Rights Media at a news conference on Monday at 11:00 a.m. in Room 1B of the Legislative Office Building in Hartford to discuss legislative proposals that will create incentives for schools to keep students in school through the school year and not push them out. READ MORE
March 4, 2010
LEGISLATIVE BLACK & PUERTO RICAN CAUCUS DISAPPOINTED
BY STATE’S LOSS OF RACE TO THE TOP DOLLARS
Vow to work with state education officials to seek next round of fundingLawmakers from the Connecticut General Assembly’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus today expressed their disappointment that the State of Connecticut has missed out on the first round of federal Race to the Top education grants. The lawmakers vowed to work with state education officials to ensure that Connecticut is successful in the next round of applications. READ MORE
February 24, 2010
PARENT REVOLUTION SPREADS FROM CALIFORNIA TO CONNECTICUT
Media Availability & Conference Call Thursday, 2/25 at 12:00 p.m.
Lawmakers from the Connecticut General Assembly’s Black & Puerto Rican Caucus, led by State Representatives Jason Bartlett (D-Bethel, Danbury, Redding), Douglas McCrory (D-Hartford), and Patricia Billie Miller (D-Stamford), who each serve on the Education Committee, will host an opportunity on Thursday for reporters to speak with lawmakers and education activists from the State of California regarding a “Parent Trigger” law recently approved in their state. Similar legislation is currently being considered for adoption by the Connecticut General Assembly. READ MORE
February 12, 2010
BARTLETT LEADS PUSH FOR EDUCATION REFORM
More high-level classes in the poorest schools, tax incentives for dedicated teachers, and parent empowerment to overhaul ineffective staff were some proposals state Rep. Jason Bartlett, D-Bethel, and the General Assembly's Black and Puerto Rican Caucus announced Thursday in Hartford to improve education for children from poor and minority communities. READ MORE
February 12, 2010
BLACK & PUERTO RICAN CAUCUS OFFERS 10-POINT PLAN
TO CLOSE SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT GAP
Tired of waiting for schools to improve on their own, legislators from the Black & Puerto Rican Caucus said Thursday they are filing legislation that they hope will close Connecticut's academic achievement gap with such ideas as giving income tax breaks to teachers for working longer school days and allowing parents to petition to close failing schools. READ MORE
February 12, 2010
BLACK, PUERTO RICAN CAUCUS UNVEILS SCHOOL REFORM PLAN
Legislators in the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus released a broad, 10-point agenda for school reform Thursday aimed at closing the achievement gap between minority students and their white peers. READ MORE
February 12, 2010
LEGISLATORS TARGET THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP
Parents would have the authority to shake up or even close failing public schools in Connecticut under a proposal outlined by members of the legislature's Black and Puerto Rican Caucus Thursday. READ MORE
February 12, 2010
MINORITY LAWMAKERS WANT TO CLOSE STATE LEARNING GAP
Black and Latino lawmakers are pushing state leaders to close the worst school achievement gap in the nation. The legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus unveiled a 10-point plan on Thursday that they and a coalition of partners have developed over the last several months. READ MORE
February 11, 2010
LAWMAKERS LOOK AT CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAP
Looking to build on a mission starting in New Haven, Black and Puerto Rican lawmakers want to put closing Connecticut’s achievement gap front and center this legislative session. READ MORE
Christine Stuart photo
Rep. Jason Bartlett and Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield
February 11, 2010
EDUCATION REVOLUTION
A delegation of legislators, educators and parents met at the state Capitol Thursday to announce plans for a bill meant to revolutionize the educational system in the state with highest achievement gap between white and minority students — Connecticut.
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February 10, 2010
LEGISLATORS, CAMPAIGN LEARN PARTNERS
INTRODUCE PROPOSALS TO CLOSE STATE ACHIEVEMENT GAP
Proposals include innovative ideas on closing Connecticut’s achievement gap
Lawmakers from the Connecticut General Assembly’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus joined with the partners of Campaign LEARN at the State Capitol today to announce the introduction of a comprehensive legislative plan aimed at closing the achievement gap between minority and white students in Connecticut – the state with the highest discrepancy in the nation. READ MORE
December 17, 2009
STATE LAWMAKERS SEEK INPUT ON ACHIEVEMENT GAP
On average, 20 percent fewer black and Hispanic students in Danbury schools meet state-set goals on achievement tests, compared to their white classmates. READ MORE
From left, Representative Bob Godfrey, Representative Jason Bartlett and Representative Joseph Taborsak
sat on the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus panel Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 for a discussion on the achievement gap
in the local schools. The discussion was held at Rogers Park Middle School in Danbury.
Photo: Lisa Weir / The News-Times
December 15, 2009
TALK ON ACHIEVEMENT GAP WEDNESDAY IN DANBURY
Educators, state legislators and area residents will meet Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Rogers Park Middle School to discuss the achievement gap. READ MORE
December 8, 2009
LAWMAKERS TO HOLD TOWN HALL FORUM IN DANBURY
ON STATE’S ACHIEVEMENT GAP
Town Hall Forum at Danbury’s Rogers Park Middle School,
December 9th at 6:00 p.m.
A group of state legislators led by State Representative Jason Bartlett (D-Bethel, Danbury, Redding) will host a town hall style forum at Danbury’s Rogers Park Middle School on Wednesday to provide parents and students with an opportunity to have their questions, concerns and ideas regarding the state’s gap in achievement between minority or low-income students and their more affluent, white peers heard by elected officials and other stakeholders. READ MORE
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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