November 30, 2011

REP. ROJAS CHOSEN TO SERVE ON ACHIEVEMENT GAP TASK FORCE

State Representative Jason Rojas, a member of the legislature’s Education Committee, has been chosen to serve again on the state’s Achievement Gap Task Force.

Rep. Rojas was chosen by Rep. Gary A. Holder-Winfield, chairman of the legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus, who noted Rojas’ work on the Education Committee and dedication to narrowing the achievement gap between minority and white students and increasing achievement for all students in Connecticut.

“I am honored to have been re-appointed to Connecticut’s Achievement Gap Task Force. This is my third year of working on education reform for the state and I look forward to the next legislative session where education will be a primary focus,” Rojas said.

“While our work will be a bit different than that of the first task force, the goal remains the same. We need to close our achievement gap because it is the right thing to do for all of our students and because it is critical to the success of our state’s economy,” he said.

“The primary responsibility of the task force this time around will be to provide oversight to an inter-agency council on the achievement gap, which will be made of representatives from a number of state agencies who we believe have existing resources and policy expertise that can prove vital closing our achievement gap. These agencies have operated in silos in the past and the Task Force will bring them together to focus on this pressing issue. I look forward to getting to work,” Rojas said.