OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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SB-1032
AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE
EDUCATION STATUTES.
AMENDMENT
LCO No.: 9924
File Copy No.: 405
Senate Calendar No.: 242
Primary Analyst: SB 6/3/21
Contributing Analyst(s): (FN)
OFA Fiscal Note
See Fiscal Note Details
The amendment strikes the underlying bill and its associated fiscal
impact and results in the fiscal impacts described below.
Section 5 requires boards of education to adopt and identify a
challenging curriculum policy by FY 23, which may result in more high
school students taking college credit-earning courses. This provision
could have a potential, positive impact on enrollment in the Board of
Regents' dual enrollment and similar programs. Some of these programs
are revenue neutral while others are net losses. Therefore, the potential
fiscal impact of this provision to the Board of Regents depends on which
programs may experience increased enrollment.
Section 5 also results in a cost and state mandate to local and regional
boards of education associated with implementing a challenging
curriculum policy though newly requiring the boards to create
academic plans that promote a challenging curriculum for certain
students identified in grades eight and nine. Developing an academic
plan for each such student will result in costs for local and regional
school districts associated with additional staff time, administrative
time, and resources necessary to implement the plans. The cost to each
district will vary based on the size of the district, the number of students
who must have an academic plan, and existing academic plans that are 2021SB-01032-R00LCO09924-FNA.DOCX Page 2 of 2
currently in place.
Sections 11-12 make changes to dropout ages and conditions. Section
11 requires a minor who drops out of high school at age seventeen to
enroll in an adult education program and raises the dropout age (with
no adult education require) to eighteen. Section 12 raises the age at
which someone may take a GED exam to eighteen. These sections may
result in either or both of: (1) increased costs to local adult education
programs and (2) higher costs to local and regional school districts if
more students choose to remain in school. This provision will not
increase state costs for Adult Education grant as the grant is capped.
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.