Education chief defends consultant's role - Connecticut Post: "Pryor said that the consultant, despite concerns from a legislative leader and unionized teachers, does not have a union-busting or school-privatization agenda.
During an interview in the Capitol, the first-year commissioner said the consultant, Jonathan Gyurko of the New York-based Leeds Global Partners, was funded by the nonprofit State Education Resource Center. SERC receives part of its $15 million annual budget from the state Department of Education and, according to state statutes, promotes "educational equity and excellence."
An effort last year by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to turn it into a tax-exempt organization failed in the General Assembly. Malloy and Pryor say that since SERC is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, it does not have to abide by state purchasing and contracting rules that require requests for bids."
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