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| 18 | 18 | | Referred to Committee on EDUCATION |
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| 20 | 20 | | Introduced by: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (ED) |
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| 24 | 24 | | AN ACT CONCERNING STATE FUNDING FOR EDUCATION. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10-65 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015): |
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| 30 | 30 | | (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 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 and within available appropriations, in an amount equal to three thousand two hundred dollars per student for every secondary school student who was enrolled in such center on October first of the previous year. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 2. Subsection (g) of section 10-65 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015): |
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| 34 | 34 | | (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10-51 and 10-222, for the fiscal year ending June 30, [2015] 2016, any amount received by a local or regional board of education pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section that exceeds the amount appropriated for education by the municipality or the amount in the budget approved by such regional board of education for purposes of said subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, shall be available for use by such local or regional board of education, provided such excess amount is spent in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section. |
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| 36 | 36 | | Sec. 3. Subsection (f) of section 10-266aa of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015): |
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| 38 | 38 | | (f) The Department of Education shall provide grants to regional educational service centers or local or regional boards of education for the reasonable cost of transportation for students participating in the program. For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2003] 2015, and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall provide such grants within available appropriations, provided the state-wide average of such grants does not exceed an amount equal to three thousand two hundred fifty dollars for each student transported, except that the Commissioner of Education may grant to regional educational service centers or local or regional boards of education additional sums from funds remaining in the appropriation for such transportation services if needed to offset transportation costs that exceed such maximum amount. The regional educational service centers shall provide reasonable transportation services to high school students who wish to participate in supervised extracurricular activities. For purposes of this section, the number of students transported shall be determined on September first of each fiscal year. |
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| 43 | 43 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 44 | 44 | | Section 1 July 1, 2015 10-65(a) |
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| 45 | 45 | | Sec. 2 July 1, 2015 10-65(g) |
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| 46 | 46 | | Sec. 3 July 1, 2015 10-266aa(f) |
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| 48 | 48 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 50 | 50 | | Section 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | July 1, 2015 |
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| 54 | 54 | | 10-65(a) |
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| 56 | 56 | | Sec. 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | July 1, 2015 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 10-65(g) |
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| 62 | 62 | | Sec. 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | July 1, 2015 |
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| 66 | 66 | | 10-266aa(f) |
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| 69 | 69 | | |
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| 70 | 70 | | ED Joint Favorable |
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