OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sHB-5437
AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION MANDATE RELIEF.
Primary Analyst: DD 4/19/24
Contributing Analyst(s):
Reviewer: JS
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 25 $ FY 26 $
University of Connecticut Various - See
Below
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Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 25 $ FY 26 $
Various Local Boards of
Education
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Explanation
The bill delays, or eliminates, costs to certain local and regional
school districts and the University of Connecticut associated with
separating and disposing organic and inorganic solid waste. The bill
makes several other changes to education statutes that have no fiscal
impact. These changes are described below by section.
Section 1 establishes the Educator Professional Development
Mandate Review Advisory Council. This has no fiscal impact.
Sections 2 and 3 allow professional development and evaluation
committees within local and regional school districts to determine the
manner and schedule of professional development requirements in
their districts. This has no fiscal impact as it is not anticipated to impact
the cost to districts associated with any professional development.
Sections 4 and 5 adjust certain training requirements for school 2024HB-05437-R000592-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
resource officers. This has no fiscal impact.
Section 6 eliminates, for some facilities, and delays, for others, a
requirement that has not yet taken effect for school and higher education
facilities that generate a high volume of waste to separate and compost
organic waste (i.e., food scraps). The bill limits the number of
educational facilities that will be required to separate and compost food
scraps to such facilities located within 20 miles of a composting facility.
For those facilities that must separate and compost food scraps, the
requirement is delayed from January 1, 2025 to July 1, 2026.
The section results in: (1) a delay, from FY 25 to FY 27, of any fiscal
impacts associated with these provisions, and (2) an elimination of fiscal
impacts to those facilities that generate a high volume of food scraps and
are more than 20 miles away from a composting facility. These changes
may impact the University of Connecticut.
Section 7 has no fiscal impact. It makes several changes to high school
graduation requirements that are not expected to increase the cost of
curriculum administration or development.
Section 8 exempts students enrolled in endowed academies who are
not from Connecticut from the requirement to fill out a Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which has no fiscal impact to school
districts.
Sections 9 and 10 make technical changes and have no fiscal impact.
The Out Years
Any savings incurred by a local or regional school district or the
University of Connecticut as a result of Section 6 of the bill will continue
into the future subject to the cost of waste disposal. The other provisions
of the bill have no fiscal impact in the out years.