General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 694
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2011
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 694
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2011
*02011*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.
AN ACT PROTECTING LOCAL SCHOOL 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, and (4) use free or reduced price meals eligibility as an indicator of poverty.
Statement of Purpose:
To make revisions to state and local funding for education.