CT SB00364

Local and regional boards of education must submit annual reports to the Department of Education by July 1, 2019, and each July 1 thereafter, detailing special education expenditures for the prior fiscal year.

Required report contents include total special education expenditures, special education spending as a percentage of total district expenditures, and individual per-pupil costs for each student requiring special education, while excluding personally identifying information.

Reports submitted to the Department of Education are not public records, except for information already included in strategic school profiles under state law.

The Department of Education must compile disaggregated data from collected reports and submit an annual report to the legislative education committee by October 1, 2019, and each October 1 thereafter.

Annual departmental reports must include a breakdown of students requiring special education in each district categorized by per-pupil educational costs at multiples of 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, and 4.5 times the district's net current expenditures per resident student.