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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 7350
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8	6		January Session, 2019
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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12	19		AN ACT CONCERNING RE GIONAL COOPERATION AND THE
13	20		SHARING OF SERVICES AMONG REGIONAL EDUCA TIONAL
14	21		SERVICE CENTERS AND MEMBER BOARDS OF EDU CATION.
15	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
16	23		Assembly convened:
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18	25		Section 1. Section 10-66o of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
19	26		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2
20	27		(a) The Department of Education shall encourage the use of regional 3
21	28		educational service centers as providers of goods and services for local 4
22	29		and regional boards of education and may award special consideration 5
23	30		to grant applications that indicate the use of services of regional 6
24	31		educational service centers or joint purchasing agreements among 7
25	32		boards of education for the purpose of purchasing instructional or 8
26	33		other supplies, testing materials, special education services, health care 9
27	34		services or food or food services. 10
28	35		(b) Not later than July 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, each regional 11
29	36		educational service center shall distribute to member boards of 12
30		-	education an inventory of goods and services that are provided or 13
	37	+	education an inventory of goods and services that are provided or 13 Raised Bill No. 7350
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31	43		offered by the regional educational service center, including the 14
32	44		regional model for the provision of special education services 15
33	45		developed pursuant to section 10-66r. In developing such inventory, 16
34	46		each regional educational service center shall take into consideration 17
35		-	(1) the results of the survey conducted by the center pursuant to 18
36		-	section 2 of this act, and (2) for any inventory developed after October 19 Substitute Bill No. 7350
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43		-	1, 2020, any best practices of other regional educational service centers 20
44		-	described in the report developed by the Department of Education 21
45		-	pursuant to section 3 of this act. Each regional educational service 22
46		-	center shall annually submit such inventory and a report on any best 23
47		-	practices for regional cooperation or the sharing of education services 24
48		-	being implemented by the center to the Department of Education. 25
	47	+	the results of the survey conducted by the center pursuant to section 2 18
	48	+	of this act, and after October 1, 2020, any best practices of other 19
	49	+	regional educational service centers described in the report developed 20
	50	+	by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 3 of this act. Each 21
	51	+	regional educational service center shall annually submit such 22
	52	+	inventory and a report on any best practices for regional cooperation 23
	53	+	or the sharing of education services being implemented by the center 24
	54	+	to the Department of Education. 25
49	55		Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) Not later than January 1, 2020, 26
50	56		and annually thereafter, each regional educational service center shall 27
51	57		conduct, in consultation with the Department of Education, a survey of 28
52	58		education services and programs provided in the region serviced by 29
53	59		the regional educational service center for the purpose of identifying 30
54	60		the need for regional cooperation in the provision or sharing of 31
55	61		education services and programs among member boards of education, 32
56	62		and enhancing or adding new education services and programs 33
57	63		provided by the regional educational service center. Such survey shall 34
58		-	be completed by member boards of education and ~~shall~~ include, but 35
59		-	~~need~~ not be limited to, (1) an inventory of education services and 36
60		-	~~programs~~ provided by local and regional boards of education, (2) the 37
61		-	~~total cost~~ incurred by each school district for all such education 38
62		-	~~services and~~ programs, and (3) the cost incurred by each school district 39
63		-	~~for each~~ individual education service and program. Each regional 40
64		-	~~educational~~ service center shall develop and maintain its own survey 41
65		-	~~procedure~~ and may conduct subsequent surveys as necessary. 42
	64	+	be completed by member boards of education and include, but need 35
	65	+	not be limited to, (1) an inventory of education services and programs 36
	66	+	provided by local and regional boards of education, (2) the total cost 37
	67	+	incurred by each school district for all such education services and 38
	68	+	programs, and (3) the cost incurred by each school district for each 39
	69	+	individual education service and program. Each regional educational 40
	70	+	service center shall develop and maintain its own survey procedure 41
	71	+	and may conduct subsequent surveys as necessary. 42
66	72		Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) The Department of Education 43
67	73		shall develop a report on best practices being implemented by regional 44
68	74		educational service centers for regional cooperation and the sharing of 45
69	75		education services. The department shall develop such report based on 46
70		-	the inventories and reports submitted pursuant to section 10-66o of the 47
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71	82		general statutes, as amended by this act. Not later than October 1, 2020, 48
72	83		and annually thereafter, the department shall submit such report and 49
73	84		any recommendations to each regional educational service center and 50
74	85		the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 51
75		-	cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the 52 Substitute Bill No. 7350
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	86	+	cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the 52
82	87		provisions of section 11 -4a of the general statutes. 53
83		-	54 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	88	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
84	89		sections:
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86	91		Section 1 July 1, 2019 10-66o
87	92		Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 New section
88	93		Sec. 3 July 1, 2019 New section
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90		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
91		-	In Section 1(b), "(1)" was inserted after "consideration" and "(2) for any
92		-	inventory developed" was inserted before "after October 1, 2020" for
93		-	clarity; and "State Board of Education" was changed to "Department of
94		-	Education" for consistency.
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	95	+	Statement of Purpose:
	96	+	To require each regional educational service center to develop an
	97	+	inventory of goods and services offered by such center and a report on
	98	+	best practices for regional cooperation and the sharing of services
	99	+	between the center and its member boards of education.
	100	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	101	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	102	+	not underlined.]
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