Vo-Tech School Restructuring Put On Back Burner

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposal to give local school districts control of the state's vocational-technical schools starting this fall will be delayed for study, a co-chair of the legislature's Education Committee said Monday.

"It's hard for me to see how you can implement a plan before you even have a plan," said Rep. Andrew Fleischmann, D-West Hartford and co-chairman of the Education Committee. "Let's sit down and hash out the details and create some well-thought-out public policy alternatives."

Malloy has proposed transitioning the first four of 17 state-run vocational-technical schools to local control during the next school year -- a plan that has concerned students, teachers and education officials at the state and local level.

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