OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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SB-1032
AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE
EDUCATION STATUTES.
As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 9976)
Senate Calendar No.: 242
Primary Analyst: SB 6/5/21
Contributing Analyst(s):
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact: See Below
Municipal Impact: See 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 increas ed
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 currently in place. 2021SB-01032-R01-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
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 grants
as the grant is capped.
Senate "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