HB 6882 Summary

• Education Mandate Relief Working Group: Establishes a working group to review education mandates on the Department of Education and local/regional boards to identify overly burdensome or restrictive mandates, with recommendations due by January 1, 2025.

• In-Service Training Updates: Expands teacher training requirements to include seizure response and rescue medication administration, and makes bullying prevention training optional for boards implementing approved evidence-based models.

• School Meeting Transparency: Requires local and regional boards of education to post meeting agendas and associated documents on their websites for public inspection.

• Remote Learning School: Authorizes the Department of Education to develop a plan for a state-wide remote learning school for students unable to attend in-person due to medical conditions, with implementation plan due January 1, 2024.

• Early Childhood Education Eligibility: Changes early childhood program eligibility from age three and up to "from birth to four years," expanding access for younger children in priority school districts and low-wealth towns.

• Interstate Military Compact: Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to facilitate school enrollment and graduation for children of military families.