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SB00308 • 2026

AN ACT REQUIRING BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO POST CURRICULUM ONLINE.

AN ACT REQUIRING BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO POST CURRICULUM ONLINE.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Education Committee
Last action
2026-04-07
Official status
File Number 456
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms the expansion from posting only 'objectives and scope and sequence' to posting 'all approved curriculum,' but does not define specific formatting or file types for the online posts.

Requiring School Boards to Post Curriculum Online

This law requires local and regional school boards in Connecticut to post all approved curriculum, including objectives and scope and sequence, on their websites starting July 1, 2026.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires each local and regional board of education to establish a committee that recommends, develops, reviews, and approves the district's curriculum.
  • Mandates that all approved curriculum be made available for inspection in accordance with federal rules protecting pupil rights.
  • Changes state law so boards must post all approved curriculum on their official websites, including objectives and scope and sequence, instead of just those specific summaries.
  • Sets July 1, 2026 as the start date for this new online posting requirement for that school year and every year after.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Local boards of education
  • Regional boards of education

Terms To Know

Curriculum
The approved plan for what students will learn, including the objectives and scope and sequence.
Scope and sequence
A summary that lists the main goals of a course and the order in which topics are taught.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The fiscal note states there is no expected cost impact because it is anticipated schools can meet this requirement with existing resources.
  • The law does not specify how much time or money school districts must spend to meet this requirement beyond using existing resources.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-07 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  2. 2026-04-07 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  3. 2026-04-07 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Calendar Number 268

  4. 2026-04-07 LCO

    File Number 456

  5. 2026-03-30 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 12:00 PM

  6. 2026-03-19 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  7. 2026-03-16 ED

    Joint Favorable

  8. 2026-02-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/04

  9. 2026-02-26 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Education

Official Summary Text

To require local and regional boards of education to post curriculum on such board's Internet web site.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
Senate
SB308 / File No. 456 1

General Assembly File No. 456
February Session, 2026 Senate Bill No. 308

Senate, April 7, 2026

The Committee on Education reported through SEN.
MCCRORY, D. of the 2nd Dist., Chairperson of the Committee
on the part of the Senate, that the bill ought to pass.

AN ACT REQUIRING BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO POST
CURRICULUM ONLINE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 10 -220 of the 2026 supplement to 1
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 3
(e) Each local and regional board of education shall establish a school 4
district curriculum committee. The committee shall recommend, 5
develop, review and approve all curriculum for the local or regional 6
school district. Each local and regional board of education shall (1) make 7
available all curriculum approved by the committee and all associated 8
curriculum materials in accordance with the requirements of the 9
Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment, 20 USC 1232h, and (2) for the 10
school year commencing July 1, 2026, and each school year thereafter, 11
post [objectives and scope and sequence of ] all approved curriculum, 12
including the objectives and scope and sequence of such approved 13
curriculum, on the Internet web site of such board. 14
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 July 1, 2026 10-220(e)

ED Joint Favorable

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The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of
the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not
represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general,
fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional
knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final
products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note

State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill, which requires boards of education to post all curriculum
information online, has no fiscal impact. It is anticipated that they can
meet this requirement with existing resources.
The Out Years
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None

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OLR Bill Analysis
SB 308

AN ACT REQUIRING BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO POST
CURRICULUM ONLINE.

SUMMARY
Current law requires each local or regional board of education to post
the objectives, scope, and sequence of the school district’s approved
curriculum on the board’s website starting with that for the 2026-27
school year (which begins on July 1, 2026) . The bill expands the
requirement so that boards must begin posting all approved curriculum
beginning in the same year.
By law, unchanged by the bill, school boards must make the
curriculum and all associated curriculum materials available for
inspection in keeping with the federal Protection of Pupil Rights
Amendment, which gives parents and guardians the right to inspect
instructional material used by the school district as part of their
student’s educational curriculum (excluding academic tests and
assessments).
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2026
COMMITTEE ACTION
Education Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 38 Nay 7 (03/16/2026)