OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sHB-5003
AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION FUNDING IN
CONNECTICUT.
AMENDMENT
LCO No.: 10107
File Copy No.: 575
House Calendar No.: 346
Primary Analyst: DD 6/7/23
Contributing Analyst(s): (FN)
OFA Fiscal Note
See Fiscal Note Details
The amendment strikes the underlying bill and its associated fiscal
impact. The amendment makes the following changes to education
statutes, described by section below.
Section 1 has no fiscal impact. It changes a provision in HB 6880, as
amended by House “A”, related to the process in which a child under
the age of five can start public school. This does not otherwise alter the
fiscal impact of that section.
Section 2 requires the State Department of Education (SDE) to
develop a report on the effectiveness of the Alliance District program.
This has no fiscal impact, as it is anticipated that SDE can complete this
requirement with existing resources.
Section 3 strikes a provision of SB 1, as amended by Senate "A,". This
eliminates a requirement that Alliance Districts must establish a Family
Resource Center (FRC) in each elementary school. The amendment
removes this cost to Alliance Districts, which would have varied among
districts based on the number of such schools that lacked an FRC and
the level of services provided by each new FRC.
This section additionally retains current law regarding the use of 2023HB-05003-R00LCO10107-FNA.DOCX Page 2 of 3
Alliance District funding This provision had required Alliance Districts
to use Alliance District funding for Family Resource Centers.
Section 4 has no fiscal impact. It requires every Alliance District to
submit a report to the Department of Education on the costs associated
with implementing a family resource center program at each elementary
school. It is anticipated that these districts can complete the requirement
within existing resources.
Section 5 has no fiscal impact. It changes the timing of a provision in
SB 1, as amended by Senate "A", that lowers the amount of Alliance
District funding that must be used for minority teacher recruitment. The
amendment also removes any such requirement for FY 24. Neither
change impacts the total level of funding provided to any Alliance
District.
Section 6 delays costs, from FY 24 to FY 25, of a provision of SB 1, as
amended by Senate "A". The provision requires SDE to provide grants
beginning in FY 24 to two districts designated as Alliance Districts that
choose to provide or enhance a pathways to technology early college
high school program.
Section 7 increases the cost of fully funding the Priority School
District grant and precludes revenue losses to certain school districts by
specifying that certain districts will receive the same funding in FY 24
as they received in FY 23. This grant is proportionately reduced if the
appropriation is insufficient to fully fund.
Section 8 specifies the election dates for the newly established
Regional School District 20. This has no fiscal impact as it does not
change the costs associated with such elections.
Section 9 and 10 makes changes regarding what must be included in
a memorandum of understanding regarding a school resource officer
and reporting requirements of school resource officers. These changes
have no fiscal impact.
Section 11 repeals a provision of SB 1, as amended by Senate "A", and 2023HB-05003-R00LCO10107-FNA.DOCX Page 3 of 3
its associated fiscal impact.
The section eliminates changes to the Alliance District program that
were included in SB 1, as amended by Senate "A." This removes the
potential cost to SDE, beginning in FY 25, that would have been
associated with providing assistance to more school districts.
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.