Fiscal Summary

Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $50,000,000 Increase Local Revenue - Exceeds $50,000,000

Bill Summary

This bill requires that the department of education to reimburse LEAs all costs incurred by implementing the common core state standards and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College Careers assessments. Examples of these costs are:

(1) The cost of all computer hardware or software specifically required for the implementation of common core state standards or PARCC assessments;
(2) The cost of all textbooks purchased to align the curriculum to the common core state standards;
(3) The cost of training teachers to use the common core state standards in their schools' curricula and to prepare their students for testing by the PARCC assessments; and
(4) The cost associated with all travel required in the training of teachers, including a reasonable per diem, to use the common core state standards in their schools' curricula and to prepare their students for testing by the PARCC assessments.

This bill also requires the reimbursement of the ongoing costs of the use of the above stated standards and assessments.

This bill requires the LEAs to determine the actual costs incurred in implementing and ongoing costs in using the above stated standards and assessments in its schools, and report those costs to the department. These costs must be itemized by category.