EDUCATION

- Quality education and safety in our schools matter.

As a long-term member of the Legislature's Education Committee, Mitch is committed to the fundamentals of a STEM education, focused on every child, regardless if they live in Newtown or any other part of the state. He's been a leader in special education, believing that children who learn "differently" benefit for their entire lives with early detection and interventions before they fall behind.

A sampling of Mitch's work in Education includes:

In 2024, secured a $3.5M Indoor Air Quality Grant for Newtown Public Schools.
Strongest voice in Hartford for keeping School Resource Officers (SROs) in our schools.
2023 & 2024: Stopped special-interest cuts to Crisis Response Drills. (see related news item)
In 2023, secured first $300,000 to facilitate expansion of local STEM-learning children's museum
In 2022, Newtown Delegation secured $2.5MM grant for the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial.
12-year Mandate-Fighter - Opponent of unfunded state mandates that limit your ability to choose what's best for your child, reduce instructional time, or unnecessarily burden educators.
In 2021, established State Office of Dyslexia & Reading Disabilities to help students achieve greater success by early detection & evidence-based teaching/learning interventions. (PA 21-168)
In 2021, secured $6MM pandemic operating grant for CT Children's Museums. (incl. EverWonder)
In 2021, fought to reopen schools, advocating with & for parent's rights to be part of decision on instruction, curriculum, masking & vaccination.
In 2020, pivoted to full-focus on Constituent Service & troubleshooting Remote Learning as COVID locked us down, and state agencies stopped serving students and taxpayers.
In 2019, Increased Newtown Public Schools' funding more than & more than $360M in 2018.
Co-introduced PA 19-49, providing children with Autism Spectrum Disorder access to Medicaid covered transitional services, before "aging-out", closing gap between High School & adulthood.
Secured grants for public and private school safety upgrades. (PA 19-52, & other sources)
In 2017, reversed Governor's $4.89MM cut to Newtown Schools.
In 2016, Restored cuts education cost-sharing grants, including $180M Special Ed funding.

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