Records show one of the nurses who treated Tyler Cole before his 2024 overdose death in a Connecticut prison had received a fraudulent college degree.

WIC, which costs about $200,000 a day to run in CT and serves around 52,000 people, will continue thanks to an infusion of state funds.

The nurses were part of a national scheme in which candidates obtained diplomas without doing the classroom and clinical work required, officials said.

Gov. Ned Lamont said it’s premature to commit any of last year’s $2.5 billion surplus to plug holes in federal funding over the long term.

The University of Connecticut School of Nursing has been renamed to honor alumna Elisabeth DeLuca, who donated $50 million toward the new nursing building slated to open next fall.