Connecticut General Statutes Title 10. Education and Culture § 10-15i. Connecticut Achievement and Resource Equity in Schools Commission

(a) There is established the Connecticut Achievement and Resource Equity in Schools Commission to provide analysis and recommendations concerning state funding for education and resources needed to ensure that all public school students in the state have an opportunity to succeed. The commission shall develop a strategic plan that includes recommendations for implementing a system for distributing state public education funding, that (1) includes a funding formula that (A) makes use of an appropriate foundation level, (B) addresses the issue of unequal local tax burdens and reduces the reliance on unequal local property taxation to fund services, (C) increases equity and fairness, and (D) reduces segregation; (2) depends on a stable, fair, reliable and identifiable funding source; (3) addresses students' educational needs from preschool through grade twelve, and (4) provides predictability and sustainability in grant allocations to towns and school districts.

(b) The commission shall consist of the following members who shall reflect the state's geographic, population, socio-economic, racial and ethnic diversity:

(c) All appointments to the commission shall be made not later than thirty days after October 31, 2017. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.

(d) There shall be two chairpersons of the commission appointed as follows: (1) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall select a chairperson of the commission from among the members of the commission, and (2) the president pro tempore of the Senate and the Senate Republican president pro tempore shall jointly select the other chairperson of the commission from among the members of the commission. If the chairperson appointed pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection becomes vacant, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the Senate Republican president pro tempore, or the president pro tempore of the Senate, as the case may be, shall fill such vacancy. The chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the commission, which shall be held not later than sixty days after October 31, 2017.

(e) Not later than April 1, 2018, the commission shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.