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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut bill moves racial imbalance notification and planning deadlines to July 1, 2028, and orders Department of Education study
Last action · April 20, 2026: Tabled for the Calendar, House
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What This Bill Proposed
The Department of Education is required to study the effectiveness of current statutes and report its findings by January 1, 2028. Additionally, the measure moves up the enforcement and notification deadlines for school racial imbalance plans from July 1, 2030, to July 1, 2028, for local school districts and the State Board of Education.
Local school boards face an accelerated two-year timeline to prepare and submit corrective plans for racially imbalanced public schools, while state education officials must complete a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis and minority student impact study by the start of 2028.
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 boards of education
Local school boards face an accelerated deadline of July 1, 2028, to prepare and file plans correcting school racial imbalances and must submit annual implementation reports.
Department of Education
The department is mandated to conduct a comprehensive study on racial imbalance strategies and submit a legislative report by January 1, 2028.
public school pupils
Student populations in racially imbalanced schools are evaluated within the department's study regarding access to neighborhood schools and educational outcomes.
Key Facts
- The Department of Education must study existing methods for addressing racial imbalance in public schools, including short- and long-term strategies, a cost-benefit analysis, and impacts on minority pupils.
- The Department of Education must submit a report on the study findings to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education by January 1, 2028.
- The date after which the State Board of Education can notify local boards of education about racial imbalances in public schools is moved from July 1, 2030, to July 1, 2028.
- Local boards of education receiving a racial imbalance notification are not required to prepare and file a corrective plan until July 1, 2028, instead of July 1, 2030.
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- School districts may request an extension of time for submitting a correction plan if the number of students causing the imbalance is fewer than five at a school.
- Corrective plans may be limited to addressing imbalance at a specific school and do not require a district-wide plan or district-wide pupil reassignment.
- The State Board of Education's restriction on taking action on plans received on or after July 1, 2024, is changed to prohibit action until July 1, 2028, rather than July 1, 2030.
Frequently Asked Questions
When must local school boards submit plans to correct racial imbalances under this bill?
What must be included in the Department of Education study?
Does a school district have to submit a district-wide reassignment plan to fix an imbalance?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Tabled in the House.
Procedural history
15 actions- Apr 20, 2026HouseTabled for the Calendar, House
- Apr 20, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyNo New File by Committee on Appropriations
- Apr 20, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Apr 20, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Apr 17, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable
- Apr 14, 2026HouseReferred by House to Committee on Appropriations
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- Apr 7, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 406
- Apr 7, 2026HouseHouse Calendar Number 290
- Apr 7, 2026HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- 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
- Mar 16, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable Substitute
- Feb 13, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/20
- Feb 11, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Education
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Discoveries
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Acceleration of Racial Imbalance Deadlines
The bill accelerates previously enacted extensions by moving enforcement and planning dates back from 2030 to 2028.
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Sources
cga.ct.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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