By Skyler Frazer Staff Writer

‘Taken as a whole, this new formula is intended to bring greater accountability and flexibility in a system that hasn’t been making the grade,’ Malloy said.

Jeffrey Villar, executive director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, released a statement following Malloy’s press conference in which he supported the governor’s ECS proposals.

‘CCER is optimistic about these proposed changes to ECS. We are part of a coalition of education stakeholders that has spent over two years analyzing ECS and contemplating solutions to make it more fair, equitable, and predictable,’ Villar said in his statement.

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