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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6204
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2457
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE FULL FUNDING OF SPECIAL
EDUCATION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEUTRAL STATE
PANEL FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 10-76g of the general statutes be amended to require the 1
state to provide funding for the full cost of special education; and further 2
that part V of chapter 164 of the general statutes be amended to establish 3
a neutral state panel that is responsible for making decisions concerning 4
special education placements and determinations and to eliminate the 5
requirement that either a parent or guardian or a local or regional board 6
of education satisfy a burden of proof for such placements or 7
determinations. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To require the state to pay the full cost of special education and to
establish a neutral state panel to decide special education placements.