Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05695 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/20/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5695
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1602
Referred to Committee on Education
Introduced by:
REP. SAWYER, 55th Dist. REP. GREENE, 105th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5695 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1602

Referred to Committee on Education 

Introduced by:

REP. SAWYER, 55th Dist.

REP. GREENE, 105th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LOCAL SHARE OF FUNDING FOR EDUCATION.

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

That section 10-262i of the general statutes be amended to require that the local share of a town's budgeted appropriation for education be at least equal to the equalization aid grant amount for the town pursuant to section 10-262h of the general statutes.

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow towns to reduce their education costs by establishing a minimum amount for the local share of education funding that is at least equal to the amount received by ECS.