SB 232 — AN ACT CONCERNING AN ANALYSIS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION EXPENDITURES BY LOCAL AND REGIONAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION.

Senate General Assembly RaisedFile Bill No.

232649 February Session, 2022 LCOSubstitute Senate Bill No.

1840232 ReferredSenate, toApril 26, 2022 The Committee on EDUCATIONAppropriations Introducedreported by:through SEN.

(ED)OSTEN ANof ACTthe CONCERNING19th THEDist., EXCESSChairperson COSTof GRANTthe FORCommittee SPECIALon EDUCATION.the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill ought to pass.

AN ACT CONCERNING AN ANALYSIS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION EXPENDITURES BY LOCAL AND REGIONAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION.

Subsection(Effective (b)from ofpassage) sectionThe 10-76gDepartment of theEducation 2022shall supplementcompile toand theanalyze generalinformation statutesfrom islocal repealed and theregional followingboards isof substitutededucation inthroughout lieuthe thereofstate (Effectiveconcerning Julythe 1,costs 2022):of special education.

(b)The Anydepartment shall identify local orand regional boardboards of educationeducationhaving whichexpendituresonspecialeducationthat providesare special(1)two educationand pursuantone-half totimes the provisionsdistrict's ofnet sectionscurrent 10-76aexpenditures to 10-76g, inclusive, for anyeducation, exceptional child described in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (5) of section 10-76a, under its jurisdiction, excluding (1) children placed by a state agency for whom a board of education receives payment pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (2) ofthree subsectiontimes (e)such ofexpenditures, section(3) 10-76d,three and (2)one-half childrentimes whosuch requireexpenditures, special education, who reside on state-owned or leased property, and who(4) arefour not the educational responsibility of the unified school districts established pursuant to sections 17a-37 and 18-99a,one-half shalltimes besuch financiallyexpenditures. responsible for the reasonable costs of special education instruction, as defined in the regulations of the State Board of Education, in an amount LCO No.

1840Not 1later ofthan 3July Raised Bill No.232 equal to (A) for any fiscal year [commencing] ending prior to [July 1, 2005]2023, June 30, 2006, five times the averagedepartment pershall pupilreport, educational costs of such board of education for the prior fiscal year, determined in accordance with the provisions of subsectionsection (a)11-4a of section 10-76f, [and (B) for the fiscalgeneral yearstatutes, commencingto July 1, 2005, and each fiscal year thereafter,] (B) for the fiscaljoint yearsstanding endingcommittees June 30, 2006, to June 30, 2022, inclusive, four and one-half times such average per pupil educational costs of such board of education, and (C) for the fiscalGeneral yearAssembly endinghaving Junecognizance 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, (I) two and one-quarter times such average per pupil educational costs of anymatters suchrelating boardto of education forand aappropriations townand designatedthe asbudgets an alliance district, as defined in section 10- 262u, or any such board of educationstate foragencies aconcerning townthe withresults a per capita net equalized grand list below one hundred thousand dollars, (II) three times such average per pupil educational costs of any such boardanalysis, ofincluding, education for a town with a per capita net equalized grand list at or above one hundred thousand dollars but belownot twolimited hundredto, thousandthe dollars,cost andto (III)reimburse threelocal and three-quartersregional timesboards such average per pupil educational costs of any such board of education forsSB232 a/ townFile withNo. a per capita net equalized grand list at or above two hundred thousand dollars.

The649 State1 BoardsSB232 ofFile EducationNo. shall, within available appropriations, pay on a current basis any costs in excess of the local or regional board's basic contribution paid by such board in accordance with the provisions of this subsection.

Any649 amountsfor paidtheir bycosts theat Stateeach Boardlevel of Educationexpenditures. on a current basis pursuant to this subsection shall not be reimbursable in the subsequent year.

Application for such grant shall be made by filing with the Department of Education, in such manner as prescribed by the commissioner, annually on or before December first a statement of the cost of providing special education pursuant to this subsection, provided a board of education may submit, not later than March first, claims for additional children or costs not included in the December filing.

Payment by the state for such excess costsshallbemadetothelocalorregionalboardofeducationasfollows:

Seventy-five per cent of the cost in February and the balance in May.

The amount due each town pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be paid to the treasurer of each town entitled to such aid, provided LCO No.

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232 the treasurer shall treat such grant, or a portion of the grant, which relates to special education expenditures incurred in excess of such town's board of education budgeted estimate of such expenditures, as a reduction in expenditures by crediting such expenditure account, rather than town revenue.

Such expenditure account shall be so credited no later than thirty days after receipt by the treasurer of necessary documentation from the board of education indicating the amount of such special education expenditures incurred in excess of such town's board of education budgeted estimate of such expenditures.

Section 1 Julyfrom 1,passage 2022New 10-76g(b)section StatementED ofJoint Purpose:Favorable Subst.

ToC/R replaceAPP theAPP existingJoint thresholdFavorable forSubst. the excess cost grant for special education with a tiered threshold system based on the property wealth of a town.

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649 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do 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.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill requires the State Department of Education (SDE) to gather information from local and regional school districts concerning lowering the threshold for the excess cost special education grant and resultsinno fiscalimpact.

The bill providesasufficient time for theSDE togatherthedataandtheSDEhastheexpertisetodeterminetheimpact.

Since local and regional school districts already provide the data for the current threshold, there is no impact to districts in providing further data.

The Out Years State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

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649 OLR Bill Analysis sSB 232 AN ACT CONCERNING AN ANALYSIS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION EXPENDITURES BY LOCAL AND REGIONAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION.

SUMMARY The Office of Legislative Research does not analyze Special Acts.

COMMITTEE ACTION Education Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference - APP Yea 36 Nay 3 (03/25/2022) Appropriations Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Yea 50 Nay 0 (04/07/2022) sSB232 / File No.

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