CT SB01056

Local and regional boards of education must submit annual reports to the Department of Education by July 15 each year, beginning in 2016, detailing special education expenditures for the prior fiscal year.

Reports must include total special education expenditures, special education costs as a percentage of total district expenditures, and individual per-pupil costs for each child requiring special education.

Special education expenditure reports are not public records, except for information included in the strategic school profile under state law.

The Department of Education must submit a disaggregated annual report to the Joint Committee on Education by October 1 each year, analyzing data collected from local and regional boards.

The Department's report must break down the number of students in each district whose per-pupil educational costs are 2x, 2.5x, 3x, 3.5x, 4x, or 4.5x the district's average net current expenditures per student.