Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05398 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/17/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5398
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 556
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. JANOWSKI, 56th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5398 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 556

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

REP. JANOWSKI, 56th Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING ECS AID TO TOWNS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE MAGNET SCHOOL TUITION REQUIREMENT.

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

That subsection (d) of section 10-262h of the general statutes be repealed and that chapter 172 of the general statutes be amended to increase state aid under the education cost sharing formula to compensate towns for losses incurred as a result of being responsible for paying the tuition of students attending interdistrict magnet schools.

Statement of Purpose: 

To compensate towns for the increased local costs in meeting the state requirement that towns pay the tuition for students attending interdistrict magnet schools.