Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06810 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/24/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6810
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2522
 *02522*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6810 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2522

*02522*

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist.

AN ACT PROTECTING LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING BY PROHIBITING THE DIVERSION OF SUCH FUNDING.

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

That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit the diversion of local public school funding, (2) equitably phase in increases in state funding of local education expenses, (3) use more current and accurate data to determine town wealth and measures of personal and household income, (4) use free or reduced-price meals eligibility as an indicator of poverty, and (5) include English language learner status as an indicator of additional student learning needs.

Statement of Purpose: 

To make revisions to state and local funding for education.