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New SB 1 Commission on School Funding Kicks Off, Members Set Subgroups and Tight Timeline
Summary
A commission created under SB 1 §36 met to launch work on two reports about school funding and accountability; members introduced themselves, flagged priorities (compensation, reporting, class size, special-education weighting) and asked staff to form subgroups and circulate materials by next week ahead of a Feb. 1 deadline.
Representative Khan opened the commission created under SB 1 §36 on school finance and outlined the panel’s charge: to study funding, accounting and accountability measures for all school operators, with particular attention to alliance districts, charter schools and magnet programs.
The commission’s first deliverable will be a shorter, descriptive report due in the near term, followed by a larger report next year containing recommendations on finance and accountability. Khan said the first portion’s topics include “analysis and recommendations relating to compensation, benefits, retention, recruitment of teachers, paraprofessionals, and social workers,” restrictions and reporting related to funds under §10-262h of the general statutes, optimal class sizes and adding special education as a need factor in the equalization aid formula.
Members then introduced themselves and the interests they will advance in…
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