New laws affecting education enacted during the 2015 regular and special sessions are highlighted in OLR Report 2015-R-0154. These laws make changes to a wide range of education and higher education policies, including those affecting:
- student achievement and school performance;
- bilingual education and English language learners;
- charter school funding and governance;
- curriculum enhancements;
- early childhood education;
- school funding;
- student health and safety;
- interdistrict magnet school tuition, operations, and funding;
- school construction and library capital improvement funding;
- regional school district operations;
- school district policies and programs;
- 2015 Sheff v. O’Neill stipulation;
- special education policies and programs;
- state level policies and programs;
- teachers, administrators, and other school employees;
- technical high schools, ag-science centers, and vocational training; and
- higher education capital improvements, governance, and tuition.
Read the full report on these and other 2015 education related policy changes here: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2015/rpt/pdf/2015-R-0154.pdf
