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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 948
January Session, 2021
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E MODELING OF A PROP OSAL FOR
EDUCATION FUNDING IN CONNECTICUT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Office of Fiscal Analysis shall 1
conduct an independent modeling of the education funding proposal 2
described in senate bill 948 of the current session as favorably reported 3
by the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 4
cognizance of matters relating to education on March 22, 2021. 5
(b) Such modeling shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) an 6
analysis of the estimated fiscal impact of such proposal on (A) local and 7
regional boards of education and operators of interdistrict magnet 8
school programs, state and local charter schools and agricultural science 9
and technology education centers, including the (i) receipt of grants, (ii) 10
receipt and payment of tuition, and (iii) estimated net impact to each 11
local and regional board of education specific to each grant described in 12
subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, and (B) the equalization aid grant, 13
described in section 10-262h of the general statutes, and grants for (i) 14
interdistrict magnet school programs pursuant to section 10-264l of the 15
general statutes, (ii) state and local charter schools pursuant to section 16
10-66ee of the general statutes, (iii) regional agricultural science and 17
technology centers pursuant to section 10-65 of the general statutes, and 18 Substitute Bill No. 948
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(iv) the interdistrict public school attendance program pursuant to 19
section 10-266aa of the general statutes, and (2) funding for the Technical 20
Education and Career System, including such funding at a system-wide 21
level, a school level and a per pupil level, and the effects of racial equity 22
within the system based on such funding. 23
(c) (1) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Office of Fiscal Analysis shall 24
submit such modeling and a draft report to the Commissioner of 25
Education for review and comment. 26
(2) Not later than January 21, 2022, the commissioner, or the 27
commissioner's designee, shall submit his or her comments and 28
recommendations, if any, concerning such draft report to the Office of 29
Fiscal Analysis. 30
(d) Not later than February 1, 2022, the Office of Fiscal Analysis shall 31
submit a report of such modeling to the joint standing committee of the 32
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education 33
and appropriations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 34
of the general statutes. Such report shall include such modeling and 35
report, including any comments and recommendations submitted to the 36
office by the Commissioner of Education. 37
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(a), "as reported out by the Education Committee" was
replaced with "as favorably reported by the joint standing committee of
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to
education", for proper form.
ED Joint Favorable C/R APP
APP Joint Favorable Subst.