State Senator
Jorge Cabrera
Deputy President Pro Tempore
Working Together to Solve Problems
- Representing
- Ansonia,
- Beacon Falls,
- Bethany,
- Derby,
- Hamden,
- Naugatuck,
- Woodbridge
HARTFORD – State Senator Jorge Cabrera (D-Hamden) today applauded Attorney General William Tong for joining in a 25-state lawsuit against the Trump Administration for illegally cutting billions in American education aid – including cutting more than $50 million in Connecticut.
“The seven towns in my district are losing a combined $1.5 million. It’s mind-boggling,” Sen. Cabrera said. “We just went through a spring budget cycle of putting town and school budgets together, holding public hearings, and having folks vote on town budgets. We all did our part. To have one man come in at the last minute and cut before- and after- school programs, adult education, and other necessary programs is crazy. Now we’re looking at mid-year budget cuts or local tax hikes because of Donald Trump. I want to thank Attorney General Tong for this courage in taking on this flawed Republican government, and I wish him the best of luck.”
The Republican education cuts in Sen. Cabrera’s 17th Senate District include:
This afternoon, Attorney General Tong joined a coalition of 25 states in suing the Trump Administration over its unconstitutional, unlawful, and arbitrary decision to freeze $6.8 billion in funding for six longstanding programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education, including over $53 million for Connecticut schools alone.
“Trump and Linda McMahon are stealing from Connecticut schools to fund tax cuts for billionaires, and it’s our kids and our teachers who are paying the price. We are talking about over $53 million already built into local school budgets in nearly every district in Connecticut for computers and technology, afterschool enrichment and field trips, social workers, English language instruction, teacher training, adult education and more,” said Attorney General Tong said. “We stopped Trump when he tried to defund Head Start, when he tried to defund disaster relief and energy assistance, when he tried to defund our police, cancer research, and our libraries. We are back in court yet again to make sure our schools and our kids get every penny that our tax dollars paid for.”
Attorney General Tong said the funding freeze has immediately thrown into chaos plans for the upcoming academic year. Local education agencies have approved budgets, developed staffing plans, and signed contracts to provide vital educational services under these grants. Now, as a result of the Trump Administration’s actions, states find themselves without sufficient funding for these commitments, just weeks before the start of the 2025-2026 school year.
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