Sec. 10-95k. Biennial report to the General Assembly.
Sec. 10-95k. Biennial report to the General Assembly. (a) Not later than January
1, 1995, and biennially thereafter, the State Board of Education shall prepare a summary
report concerning the regional vocational-technical school system and shall submit the
report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of
matters relating to education. The report shall include demographic information for the
preceding two school years on applicants for admission, students enrolled and graduates,
and a summary of the capital and operating expenditures. Such information shall be
provided for the regional vocational-technical school system and for each regional vocational-technical school and satellite facility. Enrollment information shall be reported
by race and sex and by specific trade programs. Applicant information shall include the
number of applicants, the number accepted and the number enrolled reported by race
and sex. Enrollment capacity for each school and projected enrollment capacity for the
subsequent school year shall be developed on the basis of a standardized format and
shall be reported for each school and satellite facility. The report shall also include
assessment of student outcomes including, but not limited to, mastery examination results pursuant to section 10-14n, retention and completion rates, and postsecondary
education or employment based on graduate follow-up and, for purposes of employment
placement, state unemployment insurance wage records.
(b) Reports prepared and submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section on and
after January 1, 1995, shall identify each regional vocational-technical school for which
enrollment on the preceding October first was less than seventy per cent of the enrollment
capacity identified in the report pursuant to this section for the prior year. For each such
school the report shall include an analysis of: (1) The reasons for such enrollment,
including, but not limited to, the interest in the specific trade programs offered, the
resources needed to serve special education students, demographic changes and the
existence of alternative vocational, technical and technological educational training programs in the region in which the school is located; (2) the likelihood that enrollment
will increase or decrease in the future; (3) any alternative uses for unused space in the
facility; and (4) a recommendation on the steps to be taken to improve enrollment or a
timetable for closing the school. In preparing the analysis, the State Board of Education
shall provide an opportunity for public comment.
(P.A. 88-330, S. 4, 5; P.A. 93-376, S. 11, 13.)
History: P.A. 93-376 changed the applicable date in Subsec. (a) from January 1, 1989, to January 1, 1995, and in Subsec.
(b) from January 1, 1990, to January 1, 1995, made the report biennial instead of annual, increased the amount of information
to be included in the report, deleted provision limiting public comment to residents of the communities served by the school
and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993.