LCO No. 1424 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5509 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 1424 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: REP. LAMARK MUIR, 36th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS AMONG BOARDS OF EDUCATION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 10-158a of the general statutes be amended to allow 1 boards of education that have entered into a cooperative arrangement 2 to be considered a local education agency and to streamline and 3 incentivize boards of education to enter into cooperative arrangements 4 to reduce costs for shared services. 5 Statement of Purpose: To allow boards of education that have entered into a cooperative arrangement to be considered a local education agency.