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General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 738
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CREATION OF REGIONAL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That part III of chapter 164 be amended to create a commission
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responsible for developing a plan to implement regional consolidation
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of school districts, and that such plan shall (1) realign those towns with
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a total population of fewer than forty thousand, except those regional
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school districts that provide instruction for grades kindergarten to
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twelve, inclusive, in manner similar to the probate districts set forth in
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section 45a-2 of the general statutes, and require such towns to join a
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regional school district, (2) when a newly created regional school
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district affects two or more collective bargaining units, (A) allow the
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employees of the newly consolidated regional school district to be
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represented by a coalition of the existing collective bargaining units or
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create a new collective bargaining unit for such regional school district,
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and (B) require, upon expiration of existing collective bargaining
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agreements for single-town school districts that have been
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consolidated, any subsequent collective bargaining agreement to be
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negotiated on a regional basis, and (3) become effective state-wide for
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the school year commencing July 1, 2021, if such plan has not been
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Proposed Bill No.
738
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approved by the General Assembly and signed into law on or before
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July 1, 2020.
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Statement of Purpose:
To create a more efficient educational system.
