December 28, 2011

Hot Report: Education Mandates on Local Schools

OLR Report 2011-R-0457 lists the mandates that apply to all local and regional school districts. It excludes obsolete and expired mandates as well as those that apply:

1. only to certain school types of districts, such as priority or low-achieving school districts;
2. as a condition of receiving a state grant other than an Education Cost Sharing (ECS) grant; or
3. to all public agencies, such as the Freedom of Information Act requirements.

To see the list of mandates as well as the applicable statutes, read the full report.