This is the "follow the money" story. It's all here, including the no-bid contracts for $195,000 and $60,000 Pryor gave out to two major "consulting" firms: Leeds Global & DSA Capitol. Guess what, both see education as a business opportunity.
Malloy's education consultant arouses union fears - Connecticut Post: "Leeds was awarded a $195,000 contract, without prior public notice for bids, with money from the State Education Resource Center. The nonprofit center was set up in 2005 to support local and regional school boards, according to contract documents obtained by Hearst Connecticut Newspapers.
Another investment group with interests in education, DSA Capital, was awarded a $60,000 consultant deal. Like the Leeds contract, this was championed by first-year state Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor, according to the documents and interviews with sources close to active negotiations.
According to state guidelines, executive branch agencies, including the Education Department, must obey state contracting procedures ordered by former Gov. M. Jodi Rell in the wake of the scandals that drove former Gov. John G. Rowland from office and into federal prison."
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