OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sHB-6517
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
TASK FORCE TO ANALYZE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS
GOVERNING DYSLEXIA INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING.
As Amended by House "A" (LCO 9914)
House Calendar No.: 222
Senate Calendar No.: 551
Primary Analyst: SB 6/4/21
Contributing Analyst(s):
Reviewer: JS
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Education, Dept. GF - Cost 480,000 480,000
State Comptroller - Fringe
Benefits
1
GF - Cost 198,240 198,240
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Local and Regional School Districts STATE
MANDATE
2
- Cost
Up to 5,000 Up to 5,000
Explanation
The bill, which addresses educator training in dyslexia, results in an
annual cost, beginning in FY 22, of approximately $678,240 to the state:
$480,000 within the State Department of Education (SDE) and
associated fringe benefit costs of $198,240 within the Comptroller's
1
The fringe benefit costs for most state employees are budgeted centrally in accounts
administered by the Comptroller. The estimated active employee fringe benefit cost
associated with most personnel changes is 41.3% of payroll in FY 22 and FY 23.
2
State mandate is defined in Sec. 2-32b(2) of the Connecticut General Statutes, "state
mandate" means any state initiated constitutional, statutory or executive action that
requires a local government to establish, expand or modify its activities in such a
way as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues. 2021HB-06517-R01-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
Fringe Benefits account, associated with the creation of the Office of
Training Compliance within SDE. The newly created office will be
responsible for: (1) verifying whether teacher preparation programs
and teacher certification applicants comply with requirements in state
law relating to dyslexia instruction and training, and (2) providing
additional support and instruction related to dyslexia and reading
intervention programs.
Based on the requirements and responsibilities contained within
the bill, SDE would require four full-time staff for the newly created
office: one certification analyst, one program approval coordinator, one
reading and data analyst, and one dyslexia chief. It is estimated that
the average annual salary for each of the positions is $120,000 plus
$49,560 in fringe benefit costs.
Additionally, the bill requires that local and regional school districts
develop a voluntary family history questionnaire to be distributed
annually, beginning with the 2022-23 school year. This is anticipated to
result in a cost and state mandate of up to $5,000 per district associated
with development, distribution, and analysis of the results. While it is
anticipated that the majority of survey development will be completed
by SDE, districts will ultimately be responsible for the annual survey
rollout and analysis. The cost to the district will vary by district size
and availability of experienced staff within the district to assist with
distribution and analysis.
House "A" eliminates the original bill and its associated fiscal
impact and results in the fiscal impact described above.
The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly,
solely for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the
General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety
of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is
consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any
specific department.