General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5563
February Session, 2014 LCO No. 2404
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5563
February Session, 2014
LCO No. 2404
*02404_______ED_*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION CENTERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10-15d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987, and annually thereafter, all provisions of the general statutes concerning education, except those provisions relating to the eligibility for noncompetitive state aid unless otherwise provided, shall apply to the operation of the State of Connecticut-Unified School District #2 established pursuant to section 17a-37 within the Department of Children and Families, State of Connecticut-Unified School District #1 established pursuant to section 18-99a within the Department of Correction and State of Connecticut-Unified School District #3 established pursuant to section 17a-240 within the Department of Developmental Services. All provisions of the general statutes concerning education, [except] including those provisions relating to the eligibility for state aid, unless otherwise provided, shall apply to the operation of the technical high schools established pursuant to the provisions of section 10-95. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, where such a school or school district shows that a particular statutory provision should not apply, the commissioner may grant an exception.
Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 10-95 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
(c) The board and the Commissioner of Education shall jointly recommend a candidate for superintendent of the technical high school system who shall be appointed as superintendent by the State Board of Education. Such superintendent shall be responsible for the operation and administration of the technical high school system and submit all reports required under law to the board.
Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 10-65 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
(a) Each local or regional school district operating an agricultural science and technology education center approved by the State Board of Education for program, educational need, location and area to be served shall be eligible for the following grants: (1) In accordance with the provisions of chapter 173, through progress payments in accordance with the provisions of section 10-287i, (A) for projects for which an application was filed prior to July 1, 2011, ninety-five per cent, and (B) for projects for which an application was filed on or after July 1, 2011, eighty per cent of the net eligible costs of constructing, acquiring, renovating and equipping approved facilities to be used exclusively for such agricultural science and technology education center, for the expansion or improvement of existing facilities or for the replacement or improvement of equipment therein, and (2) subject to the provisions of section 10-65b, in an amount equal to two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars per student for every secondary school student who was enrolled in such center on October first of the previous year.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2014 10-15d
Sec. 2 July 1, 2014 10-95(c)
Sec. 3 July 1, 2014 10-65(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2014
10-15d
Sec. 2
July 1, 2014
10-95(c)
Sec. 3
July 1, 2014
10-65(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To permit technical high schools to apply for state education grants, to require the superintendent of the technical high school system to submit all reports required by law to the technical high school system board and to ensure that the equipment and facilities of agricultural science and technology education centers are for the exclusive use of such centers.
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