Attorney General George Jepsen acknowledged the Alliance's letter and says while his office does not question the potential benefits, as a public policy matter, rather, the motion was filed to ask the court to decide as a legal matter. 

The CT Early Childhood Alliance hand-delivered letters to the Governor's Office and Attorney General's Office, asking that the September motion filed by the state to excluse preschool from the CCJEF v. Rell case be withdrawn. Attached are the two letters, signed by 150 organizations and individuals, urging the preschool exclusion motion be withdrawn.

The repercussions of the motion filed by the Attorney General’s Office to exclude children attending preschool programs approved and funded by the state, from the landmark school funding lawsuit, CCJEF v. Rell, will be discussed. We ask that the state withdraw its Motion for Protective Order re Preschool, which would limit the educational funding scope to primary and secondary education, starting with kindergarten. The press conference will take place at 10 a.m., Room 1B of the Legislative Office Building, on December 7. Following the press conference, letters will be hand-delivered to the Governor's Office and Attorney General's Office opposing the motion.

A powerful video produced by MSNBC on families - many of them bringing in two incomes - needing government assistance through SNAP and the challenges they face in keeping their families fed. Many find themselves grocery shopping at midnight, even 4 a.m., when the money is deposited into their SNAP accounts.

Early childhood advocates recently discovered a motion had been filed by the Attorney General's Office to limit the CCJEF v. Rell lawsuit to primary and secondary education only - starting with kindergarten.