2025 LEGISLATOR REPORT CARD

Gucker, Ken

Gucker, Ken

138th District (D)

Assistant Majority Leader

Towns Represented
Danbury (p)

Committees
Government Oversight (Vice Chair); Education; Environment; Planning and Development

Legislator Score
2019-2020: 94%
2021-2022: 95%
2025 94.8%

Voting Record

Year Vote Name Score
2025 Educator Salary Enhancement SB 1459

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for establishing a minimum educator salary and providing grants to districts to raise educator pay.

2025 State-Wide Assesments HB 7011

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for reducing the frequency of state-wide standardized testing.

2025 Aspiring Educators SB 1513

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for expanding aspiring educator scholarships, certification alternative assessments, & more.

2025 Educator Personal Information Protections SB 1209

Favorable vote indicates support in the Government Oversight Committee for protecting educators' personal information from FOI requests.

2025 2025 Budget HB 7287

Favorable vote indicates support for increased ECS funding that holds towns harmless, expands special education funding, procedures for book challenges in public and school libraries, & more. However, this bill also temporarily reduces the state's Teachers Retirement Board (TRB) Health Contribution for 1 year.

2025 Special Education HB 5001

Favorable vote indicates support for expanding special education grants and strengthening special education policies in Connecticut.

2025 Universal Pre-K, Special Education & More SB 1

Favorable vote indicates support for multiple initiatives, including the establishment of a universal pre-K endowment, special education enhancement grants, outlining IEP support staff, local budget transparency reporting & more.

2025 House Education Priorities Bill HB 7009

Favorable vote indicates support for multiple initiatives, including required cell phone use policies, a Civics Seal for diplomas, crisis response drill protocols, local budget transparency, & more.

2025 IAQ Enhancement HB 7288

Favorable vote indicates support for enhancements to programs aimed at improving indoor air quality in schools.

2025 Freedom to Read HB 7014

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for requiring procedures for book challenges in school libraries.

2025 Teacher Recruitment & Retention HB 7168

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for enhancing scholarships and tuition assistance programs for aspiring educators.

2025 Civics Seal HB 7009

Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for the development of a Civics Seal for diplomas.

2022 Student Mental & Behavioral Health SB 2

Favorable vote indicates support for legislation addressing childhood depression, anxiety, and developmental delays through the expansion of support services, and critical preschool and mental & behavioral health services for children.

2022 2022 Budget HB 5506

Favorable vote indicates support for mid-term budget adjustments, including fully funding ECS, establishing a school Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) monitoring program, authorizing $150 million for school HVAC & IAQ, and doubling the retired teachers' healthcare subsidy.

2022 Building Successful School Communities HB 5001

Favorable vote indicates support for increased teacher voice in behavioral interventions and requiring districts to complete student trauma needs-assessments to help identify needed resources.

2022 Building Successful School Communities SB 1

Favorable vote indicates support for critical mental and physical health services in schools, minimum staffing ratios for certified support staff, a task force on teacher recruitment and retention, prohibiting dual instruction, and guaranteeing 30 minutes per day of duty-free lunch.

2021 Housing Vouchers for Open Choice Students HB 6436

Favorable vote indicates support for the expansion of the Open Choice program and a pilot program to provide families of Open Choice students with housing vouchers to live in the town where the student is enrolled.

2021 Teachers' Retirement System SB 1081

Favorable vote indicates support for increasing the amount the retirees' cost of living adustments (COLAs) can be increased based on the revised rate of return for the pension fund.

2021 2021 Implementer SB 1202

Favorable vote indicates support for a bill that expanded social-emotional resources, increased the retired teacher pension income tax exemption to 50% , created a statewide model curriculum, established a Connecticut Remote Learning Commission, and prmoted the recruitment of educators of color.

2021 2021 Budget HB 6689

Favorable vote indicates support for the budget which increased ECS funds and held districts with declining enrollments harmless.

2021 Virtual Learning & SEL Enhancements HB 6621

Favorable vote indicates support for SEL supports for students, and task forces inclusive of educators to review slpecial education funding and virtual earning.

2021 JANUS SB 908

Favorable vote indicates support for legislation that safeguarded CEA member rights and unhindered access to union representations in response to the JANUS Supreme Court decision.

2019 JANUS HB 6935

Favorable vote indicates support for union access to workplaces and the right to organize.

2019 2019 Budget HB 7424

Favorable vote indicates support for the budget which increased ECS funds, excluded a proposal to shift the teacher pension costs to municipalities, and restructured the unfunded liability of the Teachers' Retirement Fund.

2019 Minority Teacher Recruitment SB 1022

Favorable vote indicates support for SDE's development and implementation of strategies and use of existing resources to hire and employ minority teachers.

2019 Black and Latino Studies HB 7082

Favorable vote indicates support for the inclusion of Black and Latino studies in the public school curriculum.

2019 School Climate HB 7215

Favorable vote indicates support for the development of a statewide school climate survey,addressing social-emotional learning, and taking steps to make schools safer by expanding the definition of bullying to acts causing physical or emotional harm on any individual in a school, including staff.

2019 School Play HB 7250

Favorable vote indicates support for inclusion of additional time for undirected play in the school day.

2019 School Counselors SB 956

Favorable vote indicates support for the development of guidelines for a comprehensive school counseling program for all students.

2019 Cultural Responsiveness SB 1020

Favorable vote indicates support for the inclusion of cultural responsiveness in training and professional development provided to teachers.

2019 IEP Retaliation HB 7353

Favorable vote indicates support for establishing protections to ensure educators who make recommendations in IEP's and PPT's are not retaliated against.