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.