
Pizzuto, William
71st District (R)
Towns Represented
Middlebury, Waterbury (p)
Committees
Aging; Human Services; Committee on Children
Voting Record
Year | Vote Name | Score |
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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. |
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2025 |
Special Education
HB 5001
Favorable vote indicates support for expanding special education grants and strengthening special education policies in Connecticut. |
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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. |
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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. |
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2025 |
IAQ Enhancement
HB 7288
Favorable vote indicates support for enhancements to programs aimed at improving indoor air quality in schools. |
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2025 |
Freedom to Read
SB 1271
Favorable vote indicates support in the Children's Committee for requiring procedures for book challenges in public and school libraries. |
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2024 |
Teacher Certification, Mandated Reporters & more
HB 5436
Favorable vote indicates support for important changes to teacher certification, improvements to mandated reporter procedures, changes to EdTPA, supports for paraeducators, and more. |
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2024 |
Professional Development & School Climate
HB 5437
Favorable vote indicates support for reviewing and updating PD requirements, improving school culture & climate, and more. |
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2024 |
Behavior Notification & Assessment Audit
SB 154
Favorable vote indicates support for better student behavior notifications to parents, an standardized assessment audit, and more. |
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2024 |
School Indoor Air Quality
HB 5524
Favorable vote indicates support for and expansion of the IAQ Grant program. |
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2024 |
School Indoor Air Quality
SB 5
Favorable vote indicates support for an extension of the state IAQ Working Group. |
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2024 |
Goodwin Magnet Teacher Rights
SB 14
Favorable vote indicates support for ensuring teacher rights are maintained at Goodwin Univ. Magnet School, among other things. |
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2024 |
2024 Budget Implementer
HB 5523
Favorable vote indicates support for the budget implementer that included $550,000 to the Teachers Retirement Board for Retiree Healthcare and adding CEA to the Education Mandate Review Advisory Council. |
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2023 |
CEA Policy Proposal Package
HB 6880
Favorable vote indicates support for play based learning, earlier kindergarten start date, elimination of teacher evaluation ratings, along with other actions aimed at addressing teacher recruitment and retention. |
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2023 |
Safe Classrooms, Standardized Assessment & IAQ
SB 1
Favorable vote indicates support for addressing challenging student behavior/safe classrooms, taking steps to reduce standardized assessments, and continuing the works of the Indoor Air Quality work group, along with a number of other provisions. |
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2023 |
Play-Based Learning
SB 2
Favorable vote indicates support for play based learning. |
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2023 |
Standardized Assessment & Special Education
HB 6762
Favorable vote indicates support for taking steps to reduce standardized assessments in CT and the formation of a special education task force designed to examine case loads among other things. |
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2023 |
2023 Budget
HB 6941
Favorable vote indicates support for the 2023 bi-partisan budget, including increases to ECS funding and $150 million for improved indoor air quality in schools. |
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2023 |
Educator Tuition Assistance
HB 5441
Favorable vote indicates support for tuition assistance for educators in certain districts. |
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2023 |
2023 Budget - Danbury Charter School Amendment
HB 6941 LCO 9914
Favorable vote indicates opposition to the inclusion of a Danbury charter school in the 2023 budget. |
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2023 |
Kindergarten Start Age Waiver
HB 5003
Favorable vote indicates support for the final version of this bill that provides for waivers for students who are developmentally ready to begin kindergarten. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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