Analyst: JS Page 1 5/10/21
OFA Bill Analysis
sSB 948
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MODELING OF A PROPOSAL FOR
EDUCATION FUNDING IN CONNECTICUT.
SUMMARY:
The bill requires the Office of Fiscal Analysis to analyze and report
on the anticipated impacts of SB 948 as favorably reported by the
Education Committee. SB 948 as favorably reported by the Education
Committee requires an overhaul of several major state education
grants and eliminates tuition that supports some of the public schools
and programs affected by the grants. The state education grants
impacted are Education Cost Sharing (ECS), magnet schools, charter
schools, Open Choice, and regional agricultural science and
technology centers. The bill also requires the OFA to analyze the
funding for the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System.
The analysis must include several specified components and be
submitted by January 1, 2022, along with a draft report, to the
Commissioner of Education for review and comment. The
commissioner must submit comments and recommendations on the
draft report to OFA, for incorporation into the final report. The OFA
report must be submitted to the Appropriations Committee by
February 1, 2022.
EFFECTIVE DATE: From passage
COMMITTEE ACTION
Appropriations Committee
Yea 50 Nay 0
Senate Favorable