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| 1 | - | House Bill No. 5553 | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5553 | |
| 2 | + | February Session, 2016 LCO No. 2406 | |
| 3 | + | *_____HB05553ED____031516____* | |
| 4 | + | Referred to Committee on EDUCATION | |
| 5 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | + | (ED) | |
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| 8 | + | General Assembly | |
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| 5 | - | AN ACT CONCERNING MAGNET SCHOOL TUITION. | |
| 10 | + | Raised Bill No. 5553 | |
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| 12 | + | February Session, 2016 | |
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| 14 | + | LCO No. 2406 | |
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| 16 | + | *_____HB05553ED____031516____* | |
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| 18 | + | Referred to Committee on EDUCATION | |
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| 20 | + | Introduced by: | |
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| 22 | + | (ED) | |
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| 24 | + | AN ACT CONCERNING ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ISSUES. | |
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| 7 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
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| 9 | - | Section 1. | |
| 28 | + | Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Department of Education shall conduct a study relating to elementary and secondary education issues in the state. Not later than May 26, 2017, the department shall submit a report of the results of such study to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. | |
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| 11 | - | (m) (1) On or before May 15, 2010, and annually thereafter, each interdistrict magnet school operator shall provide written notification to any school district that is otherwise responsible for educating a student who resides in such school district and will be enrolled in an interdistrict magnet school under the operator's control for the following school year. Such notification shall include (A) the number of any such students, by grade, who will be enrolled in an interdistrict magnet school under the control of such operator, (B) the name of the school in which such student has been placed, and (C) the amount of tuition to be charged to the local or regional board of education for such student. Such notification shall represent an estimate of the number of students expected to attend such interdistrict magnet schools in the following school year, but shall not be deemed to limit the number of students who may enroll in such interdistrict magnet schools for such year. | |
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| 13 | - | (2) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, any interdistrict magnet school operator that is a local or regional board of education and did not charge tuition to a local or regional board of education for the school year commencing July 1, 2014, may not charge tuition to such board unless (A) such operator receives authorization from the Commissioner of Education to charge the proposed tuition, and (B) if such authorization is granted, such operator provides written notification on or before September first of the school year prior to the school year in which such tuition is to be charged to such board of the tuition to be charged to such board for each student that such board is otherwise responsible for educating and is enrolled at the interdistrict magnet school under such operator's control. In deciding whether to authorize an interdistrict magnet school operator to charge tuition under this subdivision, the commissioner shall consider (i) the average per pupil expenditure of such operator for each interdistrict magnet school under the control of such operator, and (ii) the amount of any per pupil state subsidy and any revenue from other sources received by such operator. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive financial review of the operating budget of the magnet school of such operator to verify that the tuition is appropriate. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any interdistrict magnet school operator that is a regional educational service center or assisting the state in meeting the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended. | |
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| 15 | - | [(2)] (3) Not later than two weeks following an enrollment lottery for an interdistrict magnet school conducted by a magnet school operator, the parent or guardian of a student (A) who will enroll in such interdistrict magnet school in the following school year, or (B) whose name has been placed on a waiting list for enrollment in such interdistrict magnet school for the following school year, shall provide written notification of such prospective enrollment or waiting list placement to the school district in which such student resides and is otherwise responsible for educating such student. | |
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| 33 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 34 | + | Section 1 from passage New section | |
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| 36 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
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| 38 | + | Section 1 | |
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| 40 | + | from passage | |
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| 42 | + | New section | |
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| 46 | + | ED Joint Favorable | |
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| 48 | + | ED | |
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| 50 | + | Joint Favorable |