AN ACT ENCOURAGING LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO REGIONALIZE.

SB 730 modifies school funding rules to encourage towns to join regional school districts. It reduces reimbursement rates by 20% for towns with fewer than 25,000 residents that operate their own high school and aren’t part of a regional district. Conversely, it increases reimbursement rates by 20% for five years after a town establishes a regional district. This directly affects small towns with independent high schools by creating financial incentives to regionalize. The bill aims to promote shared resources through these funding adjustments.