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ConnecticutSB 012862025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD STATUTES.
Sponsored By: Education Committee
Signed by Governor
Summary
To make technical revisions to the education and early childhood statutes.
education
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Schools get help revisiting denied grants
The commissioner must help school boards and regional educational service centers with reconsideration of certain denied school construction grants. The applications must have been submitted before July 1, 2024. Reconsideration covers fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026. Denials for incomplete applications or missing information are excluded from required reconsideration. This help does not itself award grant money.
More food businesses must recycle organics
Covered food businesses must separate organic waste and ensure it is recycled where facility capacity is available. Covered businesses include commercial food wholesalers and distributors, industrial food manufacturers and processors, supermarkets, resorts, and conference centers. They must generate an average projected volume of at least 26 tons of organic material yearly. They must also be within 20 miles of an authorized composting facility, transfer station, or organic-material collection site.
Higher degree standards for child care staff
Beginning July 1, 2030, state-funded child care programs face higher staff degree requirements. At each Office of Early Childhood-funded program, at least 60% of designated qualified staff must meet a bachelor's-degree-level requirement. At funded family child care homes, designated qualified staff must have or pursue an early childhood associate or bachelor's degree.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Education Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/12/2025
House Roll Call Vote 89
Yes: 148 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/12/2025
Senate Roll Call Vote 104
Yes: 36 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/12/2025
ED Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor
5/29/2025legislatureTransmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
5/27/2025legislatureTransmitted to the Secretary of State
5/27/2025legislaturePublic Act 25-8
5/22/2025legislatureIn Concurrence
5/13/2025legislatureHouse Passed
5/13/2025HouseHouse Calendar Number 517
5/1/2025HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
5/1/2025HouseSenate Passed
4/30/2025SenateFile Number 285
3/27/2025legislatureSenate Calendar Number 186
3/27/2025SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
3/27/2025SenateReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
3/27/2025legislatureReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/26/25 5:00 PM
3/21/2025legislatureFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
3/13/2025legislatureJoint Favorable
3/12/2025legislaturePublic Hearing 02/19
2/14/2025legislatureReferred to Joint Committee on Education
2/13/2025legislature
Bill Text
Public Act No. 25-8
5/22/2025
File No. 285
3/27/2025
ED Joint Favorable
3/12/2025
Raised Bill
2/13/2025
Bill Analysis For File Copy 285
ED Joint Fav. Rpt
ED Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Fiscal Note For File Copy 285
House Roll Call Vote 89
Senate Roll Call Vote 104
Summary for Public Act No. 25-8
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