LCO \\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2022SB-00232-R02- SB.docx 1 of 2 General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 232 February Session, 2022 AN ACT CONCERNING AN ANALYSIS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION EXPENDITURES BY LOCAL AND REGIONAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Department of Education shall 1 compile and analyze information from local and regional boards of 2 education throughout the state concerning the costs of special 3 education. The department shall identify local and regional boards of 4 education having expenditures on special education that are (1) two and 5 one-half times the district's net current expenditures for education, (2) 6 three times such expenditures, (3) three and one-half times such 7 expenditures, and (4) four and one-half times such expenditures. Not 8 later than July 1, 2023, the department shall report, in accordance with 9 the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 10 standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 11 matters relating to education and appropriations and the budgets of 12 state agencies concerning the results of such analysis, including, but not 13 limited to, the cost to reimburse local and regional boards of education 14 for their costs at each level of expenditures. 15 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage New section Substitute Bill No. 232 LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2022SB-00232- R02-SB.docx } 2 of 2 ED Joint Favorable Subst. C/R APP APP Joint Favorable Subst.