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From: Dom on 2 Jun 2010 07:57 http://www.courant.com/news/education/hc-race-brief-0603-20100601,0,1457785..story State Delivers Funding Application 10:24 PM EDT, June 1, 2010 HARTFORD — A state Department of Education employee on Monday hand-delivered the state's nearly 1,300-page application for the second round of funding in the federal Race to the Top competition. The state is hoping for a better chance at winning $175 million in the school reform competition, now that it has lined up more support from school boards and teachers' unions and has passed major school reform legislation that addresses teacher evaluations, charter schools and other key issues. "It's a much stronger application," State Department of Education spokesman Tom Murphy said. In the end, 163 school districts, charter schools and consolidated school districts sent letters of support, considerably more than the 126 that did so in the first round. At the same time, 131 teachers' unions signed on, more than double the 60 that did so previously. Connecticut ranked 25th out of 41 applicants in the first round of the competition, which ultimately awarded only two winners, Tennessee and Delaware. Connecticut expects a decision on this round by September. —Grace E. Merritt ===================== The related Associated Press story "35 states, D.C. take second shot at Race to the Top; $3.4 billion left for education reform" by CHRISTINE ARMARIO is at: http://www.courant.com/news/nation-world/sns-ap-us-education-grants,0,3514150.story |