Legislative Update
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 3:01 AM
HB5001 An Act Concerning The Quality And Delivery Of Special Education Services In Connecticut. - (TRACKED ON 1/8)
Status: Signed by the Governor (6/23)
To improve the quality and delivery of special education services.
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Hearing Date(s):
Wed 3/12 10:00 AM @ ROOM 1E AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB1510 An Act Concerning Assorted Revisions To The Education Statutes. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 3/15)
Status: Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations (3/26)
To (1) require EASTCONN to establish a pilot program to implement a uniform chart of accounts, (2) increase the retirement benefit for full-time credited service in an alliance district and reduce the penalty for early retirement, (3) from the funds appropriated for the after-school program grant program, (A) provide a grant-in-aid to an organization that provides support services to grant recipients, and (B) set aside ten per cent for towns with populations between seven thousand five hundred and twenty thousand, (4) remove the allowance for the establishment of a Connecticut School Reform Resource Center through contract with a regional educational resource center, and (5) require the Department of Education to allocate funds to the State Education Resource Center as specified in its annual budget.
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Hearing Date(s):
Wed 3/19 10:00 AM @ ROOM 1E AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB1511 An Act Concerning Disconnected Youth. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 3/15)
Status: Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations (4/1)
To (1) increase the foundation amount for equalization aid grants and add weight for students eligible for free or reduced price meals, multilingual learners and students requiring special education, (2) add the Department of Correction and Court Support Services to P20 WIN and require data collection and sharing concerning disconnected youth, (3) require establishment of a youth success oversight board within a regional council of governments, (4) require the establishment of a program to provide school-based telehealth mental health services, and (5) require the distribution of youth employment funds to regional workforce development boards based on the percentage of disadvantaged youth in such region.
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Hearing Date(s):
Wed 3/19 10:00 AM @ ROOM 1E AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB1512 An Act Establishing The School District Accountability Review Board And Requiring A Forensic Audit Of The Bridgeport Public School District. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 3/15)
Status: File Number 702 (4/15)
To establish the School District Accountability Review Board to provide assistance to and fiscal oversight of school districts in need of interventions to ensure efficient operations and financial management.
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Hearing Date(s):
Wed 3/19 10:00 AM @ ROOM 1E AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB1513 An Act Concerning Aspiring Educators. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 3/15)
Status: House Calendar Number 645 (5/23)
To make revisions to the laws governing the recruitment of aspiring educators.
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Hearing Date(s):
Wed 3/19 10:00 AM @ ROOM 1E AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB1391 An Act Concerning The Transparency Of Multilingual Learner Data. - SUPPORT DEAD (TRACKED ON 2/26)
Status: File Number 337 (3/31)
To require data concerning multilingual learners and bilingual education programs to be shared in the state-wide public school information system.
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Hearing Date(s):
Mon 3/3 10:00 AM @ ROOM 1E AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB1288 An Act Implementing The Recommendations Of The Department Of Education. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 2/12)
Status: File Number 699 (4/15)
To implement the recommendations of the Department of Education.
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Hearing Date(s):
Wed 2/19 10:00 AM @ ROOM 1E AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB1198 An Act Expanding Eligibility In The Aspiring Educators Diversity Scholarship Program. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/30)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/30)
To address teacher shortages by expanding eligibility in the aspiring educators diversity scholarship program.
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HB5880 An Act Requiring Students To Learn A Second Language In School. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/25)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/22)
To require all public school students to learn a second language.
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HB5884 An Act Concerning The Inclusion Of The Greek Genocide In The Holocaust And Genocide Education And Awareness Curriculum. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/25)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/22)
To provide an additional option for Holocaust education by including the Greek genocide.
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HB5899 An Act Establishing State-wide Start Times For Public Middle And High Schools. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/25)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/22)
To establish a state-wide later start time for public middle schools and high schools.
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HB5859 An Act Concerning The Administration Of Intelligence Quotient Tests In The Native Language Of The Test Taker. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/22)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/22)
To ensure that the results of a student's intelligence quotient test accurately reflect the level of learning and comprehension for developmental services eligibility.
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HB5506 An Act Requiring Cultural Education For Superintendents And Board Of Education Members. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/19)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/21)
To require superintendents, assistant superintendents and presidents of local and regional boards of education of a school district in which eighty per cent or more of the student population belongs to one ethnic group to complete not less than thirty credit hours in cultural education in the history and socioeconomic conditions of such ethnic group.
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HB5384 An Act Concerning The Establishment Of A Pilot Program For At-risk Youth. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/17)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/17)
To establish a pilot program for at-risk youth in grades six to eight, inclusive, to engage in hands-on, project-based learning programs that align academic content with practical applications, including vocational and community experience.
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HB5122 An Act Concerning Performance Evaluations For Superintendents Of School Districts. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/14)
To ensure that performance evaluations for superintendents of schools are completed in a transparent manner.
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HB5123 An Act Repealing The Minimum Budget Requirement. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/14)
To repeal the minimum budget requirement.
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HB5124 An Act Requiring The Inclusion Of A Minimum Reading Proficiency Level As Part Of The High School Graduation Requirements. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/14)
To require high school graduates to be able to read at a minimum of an eighth-grade reading level.
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HB5248 An Act Concerning The Waiver Process For The Comprehensive Reading Curriculum Model Or Program Requirements. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/15)
To amend the waiver process for the comprehensive reading curriculum model or program requirements.
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HB5249 An Act Providing An Exemption From The Reading Curriculum Model Or Program Requirement For Certain School Districts. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/15)
To exempt high-performing school districts from the requirements of the state-mandated reading curriculum.
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HB5250 An Act Eliminating The Mandate That Boards Of Education Implement Certain Reading Curriculum Models Or Programs. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/15)
To make implementation of certain reading curriculum models or programs optional for boards of education.
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HB5251 An Act Appropriating Funds For The Full Funding Of The Special Education Excess Cost Grant. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/15)
To fully fund the special education excess cost grant.
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HB5252 An Act Lowering The Threshold For Excess Cost Reimbursement For In-district Special Education Programs. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/15)
To lower the threshold for excess cost reimbursement for in-district special education programs from four and one-half times the net current expenditures per pupil to three times such expenditures.
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HB5254 An Act Establishing A Task Force To Study School Start Times. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/15)
To establish a task force to conduct a study on school start times.
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HB5255 An Act Concerning Teacher Certification Reciprocity. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/15)
To address the teacher shortage in the state by allowing qualified teachers from other states to obtain Connecticut certification more efficiently.
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HB5257 An Act Expanding The Age Of Eligibility For Special Education For A Child Experiencing Developmental Delay. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/15)
To expand the age limit for eligibility for special education for a child experiencing developmental delay from age five to age nine.
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HB5286 An Act Concerning Threats Made To Schools. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary (1/15)
To discourage and punish the reporting of false threats to school systems.
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SB577 An Act Establishing A Task Force To Study Healthy And Safe Learning Environments. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/15)
To require a study of healthy and safe learning environments, including the ability to discipline and remove disruptive students from a classroom.
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SB580 An Act Concerning The Establishment Of A Model Policy Banning The Use Of Cellular Mobile Telephones In Schools. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/15)
To require the establishment of a model policy banning the use of cellular mobile telephones by students during the school day.
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SB584 An Act Requiring Online Posting Of School Curricula And Other Course Materials. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/15)
To provide transparency in the public school system.
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SB585 An Act Concerning Public Access To A School District's Curriculum And The Prohibition Of The Teaching Of Biased Political Ideology In Schools. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/15)
To allow parents of students to have a meaningful role in their child's education by requiring access to public school curriculum and prohibiting the teaching of biased political ideology in schools.
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SB591 An Act Concerning The Inclusion Of A Hold Harmless Provision For The Education Cost-sharing Grant Formula. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/14)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/15)
To hold towns harmless in the rollout of the education cost-sharing formula.
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SB503 An Act Concerning The Establishment Of School Voucher Programs. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/13)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/13)
To remove any prohibitions against a board of education establishing a program that distributes funds that follow an individual student and gives parents the freedom to choose the appropriate school for their children, and to create more opportunities for school choice in the state while not creating any additional mandates on students or their parents to participate in any public school system and not interfering with parents' right to homeschool their children.
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SB504 An Act Prohibiting Compelled Speech In Public Schools. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/13)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/13)
To prohibit compelled speech in public schools in Connecticut.
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SB526 An Act Expanding The Exemptions To The Required Immunizations Law For Students. - MONITOR DEAD (TRACKED ON 1/13)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health (1/13)
To expand the exemptions to state mandatory vaccination laws for school-aged children.
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