Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05295 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/14/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5295
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 674
Referred to Committee on Education
Introduced by:
REP. GROGINS, 129th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5295 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 674

Referred to Committee on Education 

Introduced by:

REP. GROGINS, 129th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT STUDENTS AND EDUCATION COST SHARING GRANTS.

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

That subdivision (25) of section 10-262f of the general statutes be amended to revise the definition of "total need students" to increase the weighting for limited English proficient students from fifteen per cent to thirty per cent. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide additional state aid to districts to offset extra costs for educating English language learners.