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.