Connecticut 2019 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05077 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/09/2019

                     
 
LCO No. 40   	1 of 1 
  
General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5077  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 40 
 
 
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. CHEESEMAN, 37th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT LOWERING THE EXCESS COST THRESHOLD FOR SPECIAL 
EDUCATION AND FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR SPECIAL 
EDUCATION COSTS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That subsection (b) of section 10-76g of the general statutes be 1 
amended to reduce the reimbursement threshold for special education 2 
costs from four and one-half times the average per pupil cost to three 3 
times the average per pupil cost and remove the cap so that the grant 4 
will be fully funded. 5 
Statement of Purpose:   
To revise the manner in which school districts receive reimbursement 
under the special education excess cost grant.