General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6196
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2215
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. MOUKAWSHER, 40th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6196
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2215
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. MOUKAWSHER, 40th Dist.
AN ACT PERMITTING REDUCTIONS TO THE MINIMUM BUDGET REQUIREMENT FOR TOWNS THAT REGIONALIZE SERVICES, ACHIEVE EFFICIENCIES AND LOWER COSTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That subparagraph (C) of subdivision (2) of subsection (f) of section 10-262i of the general statutes be amended to allow any district that realizes new and documentable savings through increased intradistrict efficiencies approved by the Commissioner of Education or through regional collaboration or cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a of the general statutes may reduce such district's budgeted appropriation for education in an amount equal to half of the savings experienced as a result of such intradistrict efficiencies, regional collaboration or cooperative arrangement for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2014, and June 30, 2015.
Statement of Purpose:
To allow towns to reduce their minimum budget requirement for education by encouraging school districts to regionalize services, achieve efficiencies and lower costs.