Governor Ned Lamont has outlined a $24 billion state budget, but it did not include money for a proposed charter school in Danbury.  The proposed operators are in the middle of applying to the state Department of Education to revise its charter, to update it with the new operator, Elevate.  John Taylor says the nonprofit plans to open for the 2023-24 academic year, if the state signs off and the legislature approves funding. 

The charter school would eventually serve 770  sixth through 12th grade students, selected through a lottery process.  

An anonymous philanthropist has pledged $25 million to demolish a building at the corner of Main and Rose streets and construct a new school, with a gym and cafeteria.  Taylor Told the Newstimes that they plan to have access to athletic fields, but those details haven't been worked out. 

Lamont is proposing $65 million in his budget to help community colleges and the state's 4-year schools boost enrollment through tuition assistance. Enrollment has dropped 16-percent since Fiscal Year 2019 at Western, Central, Eastern and Southern Connecticut State Universities, and 22-percent at community colleges, due in part to the pandemic.