Senate President Williams, Speaker of the House Sharkey; Commissioner Pryor is mocking you and the Legislature
by jonpelto
Last week the Bridgeport Board of Education voted 5 to 4 to illegally appoint Paul Vallas as Bridgeport’s Superintendent of Schools effective March 4, 2013.
However, as you will recall, during the “education reform” debate, Commissioner Pryor provided the General Assembly with draft language that you adopted and was signed into law that modified the certification process for superintendents by expanding the Commissioner’s ability to waive certification requirements in various situations.
Although Commissioner Pryor’s language was intended to remove barriers for waiving certification for Paul Vallas, the Bridgeport Board of Education’s action fails to follow the procedures laid out in the very language Pryor persuaded you to adopt.
As you are undoubtedly aware, Connecticut General Statutes Section 10-157 sets forth the process that a local board of education must follow when selecting a Superintendent
State/SEBAC retirement settlement finally reached…
by jonpelto
Last September I inaccurately reported – ALERT/UPDATE: Arbitrator rules against Malloy Administration on significant retirement issue. Last November I wrote a post entitled, Is another Connecticut State Employee Early Retirement Incentive coming?.
The rumors and hypothesis all revolved around two factors. What was deemed to be a potentially illegal move by the Malloy Administration to grant certain hand-selected individuals special early retirement benefits almost two years ago and the broader recognition that the Malloy Administration desperately wants to reduce the state workforce — thereby moving costs from the General Fund over to the Pension Fund.
Well, while details are still sketchy, an agreement was finally reached between late last week between the Malloy Administration and SEBAC on the early retirement grievance
