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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut requires local and regional school boards to post complete curriculum online starting July 2026
Last action · April 7, 2026: File Number 456Sponsors: Rob Sampson and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Local and regional boards of education must post all approved curriculum and associated materials on their internet websites beginning with the school year starting July 1, 2026. This expands upon prior requirements that only mandated posting the objectives, scope, and sequence.
Parents and members of the public gain complete digital access to all instructional materials utilized across local school districts starting in the 2026-2027 academic year.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
local and regional boards of education
School boards must upload and maintain all approved curriculum and associated materials on their internet websites starting July 1, 2026.
parents and guardians
Parents gain complete online access to view the instructional materials and curriculum utilized by their local school districts.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
9 actions- Apr 7, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 456
- Apr 7, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 268
- Apr 7, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Apr 7, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 30, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 12:00 PM
- Mar 19, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
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- Mar 16, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable
- Feb 27, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 03/04
- Feb 26, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Education
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Expansion from Summaries to Complete Curriculum
The statute broadens the digital disclosure requirement from merely posting objectives, scope, and sequence to publishing all approved curriculum and associated materials.
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Sources
cga.ct.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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