AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION MANDATE RELIEF.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (f) of section 4 of public act 13-108 is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(f) Not later than [October 1, 2013] July 1, 2014, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations, including specific statutory mandates that the task force recommends should be repealed, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or [October 1, 2013] July 1, 2014, whichever is later.

Statement of Purpose:

To require the education mandate relief task force to include specific statutory mandates in its report to the General Assembly of mandates that the task force recommends should be repealed.

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