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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7350
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
AN ACT CONCERNING RE GIONAL COOPERATION AND THE
SHARING OF SERVICES AMONG REGIONAL EDUCA TIONAL
SERVICE CENTERS AND MEMBER BOARDS OF EDU CATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10-66o of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2
(a) The Department of Education shall encourage the use of regional 3
educational service centers as providers of goods and services for local 4
and regional boards of education and may award special consideration 5
to grant applications that indicate the use of services of regional 6
educational service centers or joint purchasing agreements among 7
boards of education for the purpose of purchasing instructional or 8
other supplies, testing materials, special education services, health care 9
services or food or food services. 10
(b) Not later than July 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, each regional 11
educational service center shall distribute to member boards of 12
education an inventory of goods and services that are provided or 13 Raised Bill No. 7350
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offered by the regional educational service center, including the 14
regional model for the provision of special education services 15
developed pursuant to section 10-66r. In developing such inventory, 16
each regional educational service center shall take into consideration 17
the results of the survey conducted by the center pursuant to section 2 18
of this act, and after October 1, 2020, any best practices of other 19
regional educational service centers described in the report developed 20
by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 3 of this act. Each 21
regional educational service center shall annually submit such 22
inventory and a report on any best practices for regional cooperation 23
or the sharing of education services being implemented by the center 24
to the Department of Education. 25
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) Not later than January 1, 2020, 26
and annually thereafter, each regional educational service center shall 27
conduct, in consultation with the Department of Education, a survey of 28
education services and programs provided in the region serviced by 29
the regional educational service center for the purpose of identifying 30
the need for regional cooperation in the provision or sharing of 31
education services and programs among member boards of education, 32
and enhancing or adding new education services and programs 33
provided by the regional educational service center. Such survey shall 34
be completed by member boards of education and include, but need 35
not be limited to, (1) an inventory of education services and programs 36
provided by local and regional boards of education, (2) the total cost 37
incurred by each school district for all such education services and 38
programs, and (3) the cost incurred by each school district for each 39
individual education service and program. Each regional educational 40
service center shall develop and maintain its own survey procedure 41
and may conduct subsequent surveys as necessary. 42
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) The Department of Education 43
shall develop a report on best practices being implemented by regional 44
educational service centers for regional cooperation and the sharing of 45
education services. The department shall develop such report based on 46
the inventories and reports submitted pursuant to section 10-66o of the 47 Raised Bill No. 7350
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general statutes, as amended by this act. Not later than October 1, 2020, 48
and annually thereafter, the department shall submit such report and 49
any recommendations to each regional educational service center and 50
the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 51
cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the 52
provisions of section 11 -4a of the general statutes. 53
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 10-66o
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 New section
Sec. 3 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require each regional educational service center to develop an
inventory of goods and services offered by such center and a report on
best practices for regional cooperation and the sharing of services
between the center and its member boards of education.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]