Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05673 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/20/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5673
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 1285
 *01285*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5673 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 1285

*01285*

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist.

AN ACT REPEALING THE CAP ON HOW MUCH A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY REDUCE ITS MINIMUM BUDGET REQUIREMENT.

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

That subsection (d) of section 10-262i of the general statutes be amended to repeal the limit that a school district may reduce its budgeted appropriation for education in an amount not to exceed one-half of one per cent of the district's budgeted appropriation for education when a district experiences a decline in the number of resident students. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To permit a school district to reduce its minimum budget requirement in an amount that reflects its actual decline in student enrollment.