General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7270
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 5383
*05383_______ED_*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 7270
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 5383
*05383_______ED_*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE EDUCATION COST-SHARING GRANT FORMULA FOR FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 2018, AND JUNE 30, 2019.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10-262h of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017):
[(a) Obsolete.
(b) Obsolete.
(c) (1) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, each town shall receive an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to the sum of any amounts paid to such town pursuant to subsection (c) and subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of section 10-66ee, and the amount provided for in subdivision (2) of this subsection.
(2) Equalization aid grant amounts.
T1 Grant for Fiscal Year Grant for Fiscal Year
T2 Town 2016 2017
T3
T4 Andover 2,380,614 2,380,599
T5 Ansonia 16,641,477 16,641,477
T6 Ashford 3,933,350 3,933,350
T7 Avon 1,233,415 1,233,415
T8 Barkhamsted 1,678,323 1,678,295
T9 Beacon Falls 4,155,524 4,155,471
T10 Berlin 6,381,659 6,381,544
T11 Bethany 2,063,112 2,063,088
T12 Bethel 8,316,869 8,316,768
T13 Bethlehem 1,319,337 1,319,337
T14 Bloomfield 6,319,698 6,319,698
T15 Bolton 3,052,646 3,052,630
T16 Bozrah 1,255,401 1,255,387
T17 Branford 2,119,926 2,426,993
T18 Bridgeport 182,266,724 182,266,724
T19 Bridgewater 137,292 137,292
T20 Bristol 45,705,925 45,705,925
T21 Brookfield 1,564,515 1,564,493
T22 Brooklyn 7,110,490 7,110,430
T23 Burlington 4,439,634 4,439,537
T24 Canaan 209,258 209,258
T25 Canterbury 4,754,383 4,754,383
T26 Canton 3,488,569 3,488,492
T27 Chaplin 1,893,763 1,893,763
T28 Cheshire 9,664,954 9,664,625
T29 Chester 691,462 691,432
T30 Clinton 6,502,667 6,502,667
T31 Colchester 13,772,585 13,772,530
T32 Colebrook 508,008 508,008
T33 Columbia 2,589,653 2,589,623
T34 Cornwall 85,322 85,322
T35 Coventry 8,942,234 8,942,206
T36 Cromwell 4,663,336 4,754,798
T37 Danbury 30,705,677 31,698,975
T38 Darien 1,616,006 1,616,006
T39 Deep River 1,727,412 1,727,394
T40 Derby 8,001,514 8,001,514
T41 Durham 3,993,506 3,993,506
T42 East Granby 1,435,957 1,481,760
T43 East Haddam 3,791,594 3,791,563
T44 East Hampton 7,715,347 7,715,291
T45 East Hartford 49,563,484 49,563,484
T46 East Haven 20,004,233 20,004,233
T47 East Lyme 7,138,163 7,138,163
T48 East Windsor 5,810,543 5,810,543
T49 Eastford 1,116,844 1,116,844
T50 Easton 593,868 593,868
T51 Ellington 9,822,206 9,822,009
T52 Enfield 29,196,275 29,195,835
T53 Essex 389,697 389,697
T54 Fairfield 3,590,008 3,590,008
T55 Farmington 1,611,013 1,611,013
T56 Franklin 948,235 948,235
T57 Glastonbury 6,773,356 6,921,094
T58 Goshen 218,188 218,188
T59 Granby 5,603,808 5,603,665
T60 Greenwich 3,418,642 3,418,642
T61 Griswold 10,977,669 10,977,557
T62 Groton 25,625,179 25,625,179
T63 Guilford 3,058,981 3,058,981
T64 Haddam 1,925,611 2,034,708
T65 Hamden 27,131,137 27,131,137
T66 Hampton 1,339,928 1,339,928
T67 Hartford 201,777,130 201,777,130
T68 Hartland 1,358,660 1,358,660
T69 Harwinton 2,779,898 2,779,876
T70 Hebron 7,021,279 7,021,219
T71 Kent 167,342 167,342
T72 Killingly 15,871,254 15,871,254
T73 Killingworth 2,245,206 2,245,206
T74 Lebanon 5,524,550 5,524,550
T75 Ledyard 12,217,314 12,217,227
T76 Lisbon 3,927,193 3,927,193
T77 Litchfield 1,525,262 1,525,242
T78 Lyme 145,556 145,556
T79 Madison 1,576,061 1,576,061
T80 Manchester 34,864,748 34,864,748
T81 Mansfield 10,187,542 10,187,506
T82 Marlborough 3,234,990 3,234,918
T83 Meriden 60,812,457 60,812,457
T84 Middlebury 814,636 914,010
T85 Middlefield 2,153,551 2,153,527
T86 Middletown 19,861,550 19,861,550
T87 Milford 11,381,824 11,381,824
T88 Monroe 6,616,696 6,616,669
T89 Montville 12,858,302 12,858,140
T90 Morris 657,975 657,975
T91 Naugatuck 30,831,003 30,831,003
T92 New Britain 86,678,662 86,678,662
T93 New Canaan 1,495,604 1,495,604
T94 New Fairfield 4,492,869 4,492,822
T95 New Hartford 3,197,865 3,197,830
T96 New Haven 155,328,620 155,328,620
T97 New London 26,058,803 26,058,803
T98 New Milford 12,170,243 12,170,141
T99 Newington 13,226,771 13,226,394
T100 Newtown 4,760,009 5,105,657
T101 Norfolk 381,414 381,414
T102 North Branford 8,270,161 8,270,110
T103 North Canaan 2,091,790 2,091,790
T104 North Haven 3,677,315 4,023,706
T105 North Stonington 2,906,538 2,906,538
T106 Norwalk 11,551,095 11,551,095
T107 Norwich 36,577,969 36,577,969
T108 Old Lyme 605,586 605,586
T109 Old Saybrook 652,677 652,677
T110 Orange 1,350,098 1,623,431
T111 Oxford 4,677,464 4,677,464
T112 Plainfield 15,642,779 15,642,685
T113 Plainville 10,507,328 10,507,145
T114 Plymouth 9,952,004 9,951,918
T115 Pomfret 3,136,587 3,136,587
T116 Portland 4,440,331 4,440,226
T117 Preston 3,079,403 3,079,401
T118 Prospect 5,425,749 5,425,694
T119 Putnam 8,498,260 8,498,260
T120 Redding 687,733 687,733
T121 Ridgefield 2,063,814 2,063,814
T122 Rocky Hill 3,946,076 4,396,918
T123 Roxbury 158,114 158,114
T124 Salem 3,114,216 3,114,216
T125 Salisbury 187,266 187,266
T126 Scotland 1,450,663 1,450,663
T127 Seymour 10,179,589 10,179,389
T128 Sharon 145,798 145,798
T129 Shelton 5,706,910 6,199,810
T130 Sherman 244,327 244,327
T131 Simsbury 5,954,768 6,264,852
T132 Somers 6,068,653 6,068,546
T133 South Windsor 13,159,658 13,159,496
T134 Southbury 3,034,452 3,606,189
T135 Southington 20,621,655 20,621,165
T136 Sprague 2,661,506 2,661,473
T137 Stafford 9,981,310 9,981,252
T138 Stamford 10,885,284 11,109,306
T139 Sterling 3,257,690 3,257,637
T140 Stonington 2,079,926 2,079,926
T141 Stratford 21,821,740 21,820,886
T142 Suffield 6,345,468 6,345,284
T143 Thomaston 5,740,782 5,740,750
T144 Thompson 7,682,218 7,682,218
T145 Tolland 10,929,052 10,928,981
T146 Torrington 24,780,972 24,780,540
T147 Trumbull 3,481,940 3,703,712
T148 Union 243,880 243,877
T149 Vernon 19,650,126 19,650,126
T150 Voluntown 2,550,166 2,550,166
T151 Wallingford 21,866,589 21,866,413
T152 Warren 99,777 99,777
T153 Washington 240,147 240,147
T154 Waterbury 134,528,710 134,528,710
T155 Waterford 1,485,842 1,485,842
T156 Watertown 12,035,017 12,034,849
T157 West Hartford 19,872,200 21,469,839
T158 West Haven 45,996,566 45,996,566
T159 Westbrook 427,677 427,677
T160 Weston 948,564 948,564
T161 Westport 1,988,255 1,988,255
T162 Wethersfield 9,022,122 9,548,677
T163 Willington 3,718,418 3,718,418
T164 Wilton 1,557,195 1,557,195
T165 Winchester 8,187,980 8,187,980
T166 Windham 26,816,024 26,816,024
T167 Windsor 12,476,044 12,476,044
T168 Windsor Locks 5,274,785 5,274,785
T169 Wolcott 13,696,541 13,696,541
T170 Woodbridge 732,889 732,889
T171 Woodbury 1,106,713 1,347,989
T172 Woodstock 5,473,998 5,473,975]
T1
Grant for Fiscal Year
Grant for Fiscal Year
T2
Town
2016
2017
T3
T4
Andover
2,380,614
2,380,599
T5
Ansonia
16,641,477
16,641,477
T6
Ashford
3,933,350
3,933,350
T7
Avon
1,233,415
1,233,415
T8
Barkhamsted
1,678,323
1,678,295
T9
Beacon Falls
4,155,524
4,155,471
T10
Berlin
6,381,659
6,381,544
T11
Bethany
2,063,112
2,063,088
T12
Bethel
8,316,869
8,316,768
T13
Bethlehem
1,319,337
1,319,337
T14
Bloomfield
6,319,698
6,319,698
T15
Bolton
3,052,646
3,052,630
T16
Bozrah
1,255,401
1,255,387
T17
Branford
2,119,926
2,426,993
T18
Bridgeport
182,266,724
182,266,724
T19
Bridgewater
137,292
137,292
T20
Bristol
45,705,925
45,705,925
T21
Brookfield
1,564,515
1,564,493
T22
Brooklyn
7,110,490
7,110,430
T23
Burlington
4,439,634
4,439,537
T24
Canaan
209,258
209,258
T25
Canterbury
4,754,383
4,754,383
T26
Canton
3,488,569
3,488,492
T27
Chaplin
1,893,763
1,893,763
T28
Cheshire
9,664,954
9,664,625
T29
Chester
691,462
691,432
T30
Clinton
6,502,667
6,502,667
T31
Colchester
13,772,585
13,772,530
T32
Colebrook
508,008
508,008
T33
Columbia
2,589,653
2,589,623
T34
Cornwall
85,322
85,322
T35
Coventry
8,942,234
8,942,206
T36
Cromwell
4,663,336
4,754,798
T37
Danbury
30,705,677
31,698,975
T38
Darien
1,616,006
1,616,006
T39
Deep River
1,727,412
1,727,394
T40
Derby
8,001,514
8,001,514
T41
Durham
3,993,506
3,993,506
T42
East Granby
1,435,957
1,481,760
T43
East Haddam
3,791,594
3,791,563
T44
East Hampton
7,715,347
7,715,291
T45
East Hartford
49,563,484
49,563,484
T46
East Haven
20,004,233
20,004,233
T47
East Lyme
7,138,163
7,138,163
T48
East Windsor
5,810,543
5,810,543
T49
Eastford
1,116,844
1,116,844
T50
Easton
593,868
593,868
T51
Ellington
9,822,206
9,822,009
T52
Enfield
29,196,275
29,195,835
T53
Essex
389,697
389,697
T54
Fairfield
3,590,008
3,590,008
T55
Farmington
1,611,013
1,611,013
T56
Franklin
948,235
948,235
T57
Glastonbury
6,773,356
6,921,094
T58
Goshen
218,188
218,188
T59
Granby
5,603,808
5,603,665
T60
Greenwich
3,418,642
3,418,642
T61
Griswold
10,977,669
10,977,557
T62
Groton
25,625,179
25,625,179
T63
Guilford
3,058,981
3,058,981
T64
Haddam
1,925,611
2,034,708
T65
Hamden
27,131,137
27,131,137
T66
Hampton
1,339,928
1,339,928
T67
Hartford
201,777,130
201,777,130
T68
Hartland
1,358,660
1,358,660
T69
Harwinton
2,779,898
2,779,876
T70
Hebron
7,021,279
7,021,219
T71
Kent
167,342
167,342
T72
Killingly
15,871,254
15,871,254
T73
Killingworth
2,245,206
2,245,206
T74
Lebanon
5,524,550
5,524,550
T75
Ledyard
12,217,314
12,217,227
T76
Lisbon
3,927,193
3,927,193
T77
Litchfield
1,525,262
1,525,242
T78
Lyme
145,556
145,556
T79
Madison
1,576,061
1,576,061
T80
Manchester
34,864,748
34,864,748
T81
Mansfield
10,187,542
10,187,506
T82
Marlborough
3,234,990
3,234,918
T83
Meriden
60,812,457
60,812,457
T84
Middlebury
814,636
914,010
T85
Middlefield
2,153,551
2,153,527
T86
Middletown
19,861,550
19,861,550
T87
Milford
11,381,824
11,381,824
T88
Monroe
6,616,696
6,616,669
T89
Montville
12,858,302
12,858,140
T90
Morris
657,975
657,975
T91
Naugatuck
30,831,003
30,831,003
T92
New Britain
86,678,662
86,678,662
T93
New Canaan
1,495,604
1,495,604
T94
New Fairfield
4,492,869
4,492,822
T95
New Hartford
3,197,865
3,197,830
T96
New Haven
155,328,620
155,328,620
T97
New London
26,058,803
26,058,803
T98
New Milford
12,170,243
12,170,141
T99
Newington
13,226,771
13,226,394
T100
Newtown
4,760,009
5,105,657
T101
Norfolk
381,414
381,414
T102
North Branford
8,270,161
8,270,110
T103
North Canaan
2,091,790
2,091,790
T104
North Haven
3,677,315
4,023,706
T105
North Stonington
2,906,538
2,906,538
T106
Norwalk
11,551,095
11,551,095
T107
Norwich
36,577,969
36,577,969
T108
Old Lyme
605,586
605,586
T109
Old Saybrook
652,677
652,677
T110
Orange
1,350,098
1,623,431
T111
Oxford
4,677,464
4,677,464
T112
Plainfield
15,642,779
15,642,685
T113
Plainville
10,507,328
10,507,145
T114
Plymouth
9,952,004
9,951,918
T115
Pomfret
3,136,587
3,136,587
T116
Portland
4,440,331
4,440,226
T117
Preston
3,079,403
3,079,401
T118
Prospect
5,425,749
5,425,694
T119
Putnam
8,498,260
8,498,260
T120
Redding
687,733
687,733
T121
Ridgefield
2,063,814
2,063,814
T122
Rocky Hill
3,946,076
4,396,918
T123
Roxbury
158,114
158,114
T124
Salem
3,114,216
3,114,216
T125
Salisbury
187,266
187,266
T126
Scotland
1,450,663
1,450,663
T127
Seymour
10,179,589
10,179,389
T128
Sharon
145,798
145,798
T129
Shelton
5,706,910
6,199,810
T130
Sherman
244,327
244,327
T131
Simsbury
5,954,768
6,264,852
T132
Somers
6,068,653
6,068,546
T133
South Windsor
13,159,658
13,159,496
T134
Southbury
3,034,452
3,606,189
T135
Southington
20,621,655
20,621,165
T136
Sprague
2,661,506
2,661,473
T137
Stafford
9,981,310
9,981,252
T138
Stamford
10,885,284
11,109,306
T139
Sterling
3,257,690
3,257,637
T140
Stonington
2,079,926
2,079,926
T141
Stratford
21,821,740
21,820,886
T142
Suffield
6,345,468
6,345,284
T143
Thomaston
5,740,782
5,740,750
T144
Thompson
7,682,218
7,682,218
T145
Tolland
10,929,052
10,928,981
T146
Torrington
24,780,972
24,780,540
T147
Trumbull
3,481,940
3,703,712
T148
Union
243,880
243,877
T149
Vernon
19,650,126
19,650,126
T150
Voluntown
2,550,166
2,550,166
T151
Wallingford
21,866,589
21,866,413
T152
Warren
99,777
99,777
T153
Washington
240,147
240,147
T154
Waterbury
134,528,710
134,528,710
T155
Waterford
1,485,842
1,485,842
T156
Watertown
12,035,017
12,034,849
T157
West Hartford
19,872,200
21,469,839
T158
West Haven
45,996,566
45,996,566
T159
Westbrook
427,677
427,677
T160
Weston
948,564
948,564
T161
Westport
1,988,255
1,988,255
T162
Wethersfield
9,022,122
9,548,677
T163
Willington
3,718,418
3,718,418
T164
Wilton
1,557,195
1,557,195
T165
Winchester
8,187,980
8,187,980
T166
Windham
26,816,024
26,816,024
T167
Windsor
12,476,044
12,476,044
T168
Windsor Locks
5,274,785
5,274,785
T169
Wolcott
13,696,541
13,696,541
T170
Woodbridge
732,889
732,889
T171
Woodbury
1,106,713
1,347,989
T172
Woodstock
5,473,998
5,473,975]
For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its education cost- sharing grant entitlement.
Sec. 2. Section 10-262f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017):
Whenever used in this section and sections 10-262h to 10-262j, inclusive:
(1) "Adjusted equalized net grand list" means the equalized net grand list of a town multiplied by its income adjustment factor.
(2) "Base aid ratio" means (A) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2013, inclusive, one minus the ratio of a town's wealth to the state guaranteed wealth level, provided no town's aid ratio shall be less than nine one-hundredths, except for towns which rank from one to twenty when all towns are ranked in descending order from one to one hundred sixty-nine based on the ratio of the number of children below poverty to the number of children age five to seventeen, inclusive, the town's aid ratio shall not be less than thirteen one-hundredths when based on data used to determine the grants pursuant to section 10-262h of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and (B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, one minus the town's wealth adjustment factor, except that a town's aid ratio shall not be less than (i) ten one-hundredths for a town designated as an alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u, and (ii) [two] one one-hundredths for a town that is not designated as an alliance district.
(3) "Income adjustment factor" means the average of a town's per capita income divided by the per capita income of the town with the highest per capita income in the state and a town's median household income divided by the median household income of the town with the highest median household income in the state.
(4) "Median household income" for each town means that enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census of population or that enumerated in the current population report series issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, whichever is more recent and available on January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which payment is to be made pursuant to section 10-262i.
(5) "Supplemental aid factor" means for each town the average of its percentage of children eligible under the temporary family assistance program and its grant mastery percentage.
(6) "Percentage of children eligible under the temporary family assistance program" means the town's number of children under the temporary family assistance program divided by the number of children age five to seventeen, inclusive, in the town.
(7) "Average mastery percentage" means for each school year the average of the three most recent mastery percentages available on December first of the school year.
(8) "Equalized net grand list", for purposes of calculating the amount of grant to which any town is entitled in accordance with section 10-262h, means the average of the net grand lists of the town upon which taxes were levied for the general expenses of the town two, three and four years prior to the fiscal year in which such grant is to be paid, provided such net grand lists are equalized in accordance with section 10-261a.
(9) "Foundation" means (A) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, three thousand nine hundred eighteen dollars, (B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, four thousand one hundred ninety-two dollars, (C) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, four thousand four hundred eighty-six dollars, (D) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1993, June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995, four thousand eight hundred dollars, (E) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, June 30, 1997, and June 30, 1998, five thousand seven hundred eleven dollars, (F) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, five thousand seven hundred seventy-five dollars, (G) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, five thousand eight hundred ninety-one dollars, (H) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2013, inclusive, nine thousand six hundred eighty-seven dollars, and (I) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, eleven thousand five hundred twenty-five dollars.
(10) "Number of children age five to seventeen, inclusive" means that enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census of population or enumerated in the current population report series issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, whichever is more recent and available on January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which payment is to be made pursuant to section 10-262i.
(11) "Supplemental aid ratio" means .04 times the supplemental aid factor of a town divided by the highest supplemental aid factor when all towns are ranked from low to high, provided any town whose percentage of children eligible under the temporary family assistance program exceeds twenty-five shall have a supplemental aid ratio of .04.
(12) "Grant mastery percentage" means (A) for the school year ending June 30, 1989, average mastery percentage, and (B) for the school years ending June 30, 1990, through the school year ending June 30, 1995, the average mastery percentage plus the mastery improvement bonus, and (C) for each school year thereafter, the average mastery percentage.
(13) "Mastery count" of a town means for each school year the grant mastery percentage of the town multiplied by the number of resident students.
(14) "Mastery improvement bonus" means for each school year through the school year ending June 30, 1995, seventy-five per cent of the difference between (A) the grant mastery percentage for the previous school year, and (B) the average mastery percentage for the school year, but not less than zero.
(15) "Mastery percentage" of a town for any school year means, using the mastery test data of record for the mastery examination administered in such year, pursuant to section 10-14n, the number obtained by dividing (A) the total number of valid tests with scores below the state-wide standard for remedial assistance, as determined by the Department of Education, in each subject of the examinations pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-14n taken by resident students, by (B) the total number of such valid tests taken by such students.
(16) "Mastery test data of record" means for the school year commencing July 1, 2013, and each school year thereafter, the data of record subsequent to the administration of the mastery examinations pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-14n, as adjusted by the Department of Education pursuant to a request by a local or regional board of education filed with the department not later than the August thirtieth following the administration of such examination.
(17) "Number of children under the temporary family assistance program" means the number obtained by adding together the unduplicated aggregate number of children five to eighteen years of age eligible to receive benefits under the temporary family assistance program or its predecessor federal program, as appropriate, in October and May of each fiscal year, and dividing by two, such number to be certified and submitted annually, no later than the first day of July of the succeeding fiscal year, to the Commissioner of Education by the Commissioner of Social Services.
(18) "Per capita income" for each town means that enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census of population or that enumerated in the current population report series issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, whichever is more recent and available on January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which payment is to be made pursuant to section 10-262i.
(19) "Regional bonus" means, for any town which is a member of a regional school district and has students who attend such regional school district, an amount equal to one hundred dollars for each such student enrolled in the regional school district on October first or the full school day immediately preceding such date for the school year prior to the fiscal year in which the grant is to be paid multiplied by the ratio of the number of grades, kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, in the regional school district to thirteen.
(20) "Regular program expenditures" means (A) total current educational expenditures less (B) expenditures for (i) special education programs pursuant to subsection (h) of section 10-76f, (ii) pupil transportation eligible for reimbursement pursuant to section 10-266m, (iii) land and capital building expenditures, and equipment otherwise supported by a state grant pursuant to chapter 173, including debt service, (iv) health services for nonpublic school children, (v) adult education, (C) expenditures directly attributable to (i) state grants received by or on behalf of school districts except grants for the categories of expenditures listed in subparagraphs (B)(i) to (B)(iv), inclusive, of this subdivision and except grants received pursuant to section 10-262i and section 10-262c of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1987, and except grants received pursuant to chapter 173, (ii) federal grants received by or on behalf of school districts except for adult education and federal impact aid, and (iii) receipts from the operation of child nutrition services and student activities services, (D) expenditures of funds from private and other sources, and (E) tuition received on account of nonresident students. The town of Woodstock may include as part of the current expenses of its public schools for each school year the amount expended for current expenses in that year by Woodstock Academy from income from its endowment funds upon receipt from said academy of a certified statement of such current expenses. The town of Winchester may include as part of the current expenses of its public school for each school year the amount expended for current expenses in that year by the Gilbert School from income from its endowment funds upon receipt from said school of a certified statement of such current expenses.
(21) "Regular program expenditures per need student" means, in any year, the regular program expenditures of a town for such year divided by the number of total need students in the town for such school year, provided for towns which are members of a kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, regional school district and for such regional school district, "regular program expenditures per need student" means, in any year, the regular program expenditures of such regional school district divided by the sum of the number of total need students in all such member towns.
(22) "Resident students" means the number of pupils of the town enrolled in public schools at the expense of the town on October first or the full school day immediately preceding such date, provided the number shall be decreased by the Department of Education for failure to comply with the provisions of section 10-16 and shall be increased by one one-hundred-eightieth for each full-time equivalent school day in the school year immediately preceding such date of at least five hours of actual school work in excess of one hundred eighty days and nine hundred hours of actual school work and be increased by the full-time equivalent number of such pupils attending the summer sessions immediately preceding such date at the expense of the town; "enrolled" shall include pupils who are scheduled for vacation on the above date and who are expected to return to school as scheduled. Pupils participating in the program established pursuant to section 10-266aa shall be counted in accordance with the provisions of subsection (h) of section 10-266aa.
(23) "Schools" means nursery schools, kindergarten and grades one to twelve, inclusive.
(24) "State guaranteed wealth level" means (A) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, 1.8335 times the town wealth of the town with the median wealth as calculated using the data of record on December first of the fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid pursuant to section 10-262i, (B) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1991, and 1992, 1.6651 times the town wealth of the town with such median wealth, (C) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1993, June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995, 1.5361 times the town wealth of the town with the median wealth, (D) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, 1.55 times the town wealth of the town with the median wealth, and (E) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and each fiscal year thereafter, 1.75 times the town wealth of the town with the median wealth.
(25) "Total need students" means the sum of (A) the number of resident students of the town for the school year, (B) (i) for any school year commencing prior to July 1, 1998, one-quarter the number of children under the temporary family assistance program for the prior fiscal year, and (ii) for the school years commencing July 1, 1998, to July 1, 2006, inclusive, one-quarter the number of children under the temporary family assistance program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, (C) for school years commencing July 1, 1995, to July 1, 2006, inclusive, one-quarter of the mastery count for the school year, (D) for school years commencing July 1, 1995, to July 1, 2006, inclusive, ten per cent of the number of eligible children, as defined in subdivision (1) of section 10-17e, for whom the board of education is not required to provide a program pursuant to section 10-17f, (E) for the school years commencing July 1, 2007, to July 1, 2012, inclusive, fifteen per cent of the number of eligible students, as defined in subdivision (1) of section 10-17e, for whom the board of education is not required to provide a program pursuant to section 10-17f, (F) for the school years commencing July 1, 2007, to July 1, 2012, inclusive, thirty-three per cent of the number of children below the level of poverty, and (G) for the school year commencing July 1, 2013, and each school year thereafter, thirty per cent of the number of children eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk.
(26) "Town wealth" means the average of a town's adjusted equalized net grand list divided by its total need students for the fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid and its adjusted equalized net grand list divided by its population.
(27) "Population" of a town means that enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census of population or that enumerated in the current population report series issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census available on January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which a grant is to be paid, whichever is most recent; except that any town whose enumerated population residing in state and federal institutions within such town and attributed to such town by the census exceeds forty per cent of such "population" shall have its population adjusted as follows: Persons who are incarcerated or in custodial situations, including, but not limited to jails, prisons, hospitals or training schools or persons who reside in dormitory facilities in schools, colleges, universities or on military bases shall not be counted in the "population" of a town.
(28) "Base revenue" for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, means the sum of the grant entitlements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, of a town pursuant to section 10-262h of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, and subsection (a) of section 10-76g, including its proportional share, based on enrollment, of the revenue paid pursuant to section 10-76g, to the regional district of which the town is a member, and for each fiscal year thereafter means the amount of each town's entitlement pursuant to section 10-262h of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, minus its density supplement, as determined pursuant to subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 10-262h of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, except that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, each town's entitlement shall be determined without using the adjustments made to the previous year's grant pursuant to subparagraph (M) of subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 10-262h of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, except that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, each town's entitlement shall be determined without using the adjustments made to the previous year's grant pursuant to subparagraph (N) of subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 10-262h of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013.
(29) "Density" means the population of a town divided by the square miles of a town.
(30) "Density aid ratio" means the product of (A) the density of a town divided by the density of the town in the state with the highest density, and (B) .006273.
(31) "Mastery goal improvement count" means the product of (A) the difference between the percentage of state-wide mastery examination scores, pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-14n, at or above the mastery goal level for the most recently completed school year and the percentage of such scores for the prior school year, and (B) the resident students of the town, or zero, whichever is greater.
(32) "Target aid" means the sum of (A) the product of a town's base aid ratio, the foundation level and the town's total need students for the fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid, (B) the product of a town's supplemental aid ratio, the foundation level and the sum of the portion of its total need students count described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subdivision (25) of this section for the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the grant is to be paid, and the adjustments to its resident student count described in subdivision (22) of this section relative to length of school year and summer school sessions, and (C) the town's regional bonus.
(33) "Fully funded grant" means the sum of (A) the product of a town's base aid ratio, the foundation level and the town's total need students for the fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid, and (B) the town's regional bonus.
(34) "Number of children below the level of poverty" means the number of children, ages five to seventeen, inclusive, in families in poverty, as determined under Part A of Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act, P.L. 107-110. The count for member towns of regional school districts shall be the sum of towns' initial determination under Title I and the proportionate share of the regional districts determination based member enrollment in the regional district.
(35) "Current program expenditures" means (A) total current educational expenditures less (B) expenditures for (i) land and capital building expenditures, and equipment otherwise supported by a state grant pursuant to chapter 173, including debt service, (ii) health services for nonpublic school children, and (iii) adult education, (C) expenditures directly attributable to (i) state grants received by or on behalf of school districts except grants for the categories of expenditures listed in subparagraphs (B)(i) to (B)(iii), inclusive, of this subdivision and except grants received pursuant to section 10-262i and section 10-262c of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1987, and except grants received pursuant to chapter 173, (ii) federal grants received by or on behalf of school districts except for adult education and federal impact aid, and (iii) receipts from the operation of child nutrition services and student activities services, (D) expenditures of funds from private and other sources, and (E) tuition received on account of nonresident students. The town of Woodstock may include as part of the current expenses of its public schools for each school year the amount expended for current expenses in that year by Woodstock Academy from income from its endowment funds upon receipt from said academy of a certified statement of such current expenses. The town of Winchester may include as part of the current expenses of its public school for each school year the amount expended for current expenses in that year by the Gilbert School from income from its endowment funds upon receipt from said school of a certified statement of such current expenses.
(36) "Current program expenditures per resident student" means, in any year, the current program expenditures of a town for such year divided by the number of resident students in the town for such school year.
(37) "Base aid" means the amount of the grant pursuant to section 10-262h of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, that a town was eligible to receive for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.
(38) "Local funding percentage" means that for the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which the grant is to be paid pursuant to section 10-262i, the number obtained by dividing (A) total current educational expenditures less (i) expenditures for (I) land and capital building expenditures, and equipment otherwise supported by a state grant pursuant to chapter 173, including debt service, (II) health services for nonpublic school children, and (III) adult education, (ii) expenditures directly attributable to (I) state grants received by or on behalf of school districts, except those grants for the categories of expenditures described in subparagraphs (A)(i)(I) to (A)(i)(III), inclusive, of this subdivision, and except grants received pursuant to chapter 173, (II) federal grants received by or on behalf of local or regional boards of education, except those grants for adult education and federal impact aid, and (III) receipts from the operation of child nutrition services and student activities services, (iii) expenditures of funds from private and other sources, and (iv) tuition received by the district for the education of nonresident students, by (B) total current educational expenditures less expenditures for (i) land and capital building expenditures, and equipment otherwise supported by a state grant pursuant to chapter 173, including debt service, (ii) health services for nonpublic school children, and (iii) adult education.
(39) "Minimum local funding percentage" means (A) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, twenty per cent, (B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, twenty-one per cent, (C) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, twenty-two per cent, (D) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, twenty-three per cent, and (E) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, twenty-four per cent.
(40) "Number of children eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk" means the number of pupils of the town enrolled in public schools at the expense of the town on October first or the full school day immediately preceding such date, in families that meet the income eligibility guidelines established by the federal Department of Agriculture for free or reduced price meals or free milk under the National School Lunch Program, established pursuant to P.L. 79-396.
(41) "Equalized net grand list per capita" means the equalized net grand list of a town divided by the population of such town.
(42) "Equalized net grand list adjustment factor" means the ratio of the town's equalized net grant list per capita to one and one-half times the town equalized net grand list per capita of the town with the median equalized net grand list per capita.
(43) "Median household income adjustment factor" means the ratio of the median household income of the town to one and one-half times the median household income of the town with the median household income when all towns are ranked according to median household income.
(44) "Wealth adjustment factor" means the sum of a town's equalized net grand list adjustment factor multiplied by ninety one-hundredths per cent and a town's median household income adjustment factor multiplied by ten one-hundredths per cent.
(45) "Net current expenditures per resident student" means, in any school year, the net current expenditures, as defined in section 10-261, for such school year divided by the number of resident students in the town for such school year.
(46) "Education cost-sharing grant entitlement" means a town's fully funded grant plus any overage distribution.
(47) "Base amount" means a town's amount for equalization aid for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, as enumerated in section 20 of public act 16-2 of the May special session.
(48) "Overage" means an amount equal to the difference between the sum of all base amounts and the sum of all fully funded grants.
(49) "Overage distribution" means an amount equal to a pro rata share of (A) thirty per cent of the overage for any town whose base amount is less than fifty per cent of the fully funded grant, (B) twenty-five per cent of the overage for any town whose base amount is fifty per cent or more, but less than sixty per cent of the fully funded grant, (C) twenty per cent of the overage for any town whose base amount is sixty per cent or more, but less than seventy per cent of the fully funded grant, (D) fifteen per cent of the overage for any town whose base amount is seventy per cent or more, but less than eighty per cent of the fully funded grant, (E) five per cent of the overage for any town whose base amount is eighty per cent or more, but less than ninety per cent of the fully funded grant, and (F) five per cent of the overage for any town whose base amount is ninety per cent or more, but less than one hundred per cent of the fully funded grant.
Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section, the Department of Education shall issue a request for proposals for the purpose of conducting an adequacy study of public school funding in the state. Such adequacy study shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) an examination and analysis of the cost of delivering educational services in the state, (2) an adequate amount for the foundation level, and (3) equity adjustments for student need weights, such as students who are below the level of poverty as determined under Part A of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 20 USC 6301 et seq., students who are eligible for free and reduced price lunches pursuant to federal law and regulations, students enrolled in Husky A, and students who are English language learners as defined in section 10-76kk of the general statutes. Not later than August 14, 2017, the department shall select a person, as defined in section 1-79 of the general statutes, that has expertise in public funding for education to conduct such adequacy study.
(b) (1) Not later than December 14, 2017, such person shall submit an interim report on such adequacy study to the State Board of Education and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes.
(2) Not later than February 14, 2018, such person shall submit such adequacy study to the State Board of Education and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2017 10-262h
Sec. 2 July 1, 2017 10-262f
Sec. 3 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2017
10-262h
Sec. 2
July 1, 2017
10-262f
Sec. 3
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish an education cost-sharing grant formula for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, and to require the Department of Education to issue a request for proposals for an adequacy study regarding public education funding.
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