LCO No. 253 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5180 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 253 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: REP. FRANCE, 42 nd Dist. AN ACT PERMITTING REDUCTIONS TO THE MINIMUM BUDGET REQUIREMENT WHEN A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NO LONGER INCURRING CERTAIN SPECIAL EDUCATION COSTS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 10-262j of the general statutes be amended to allow a 1 local or regional board of education to reduce its budgeted 2 appropriation for education in an amount equal to the amount of any 3 special education costs paid by such board in the prior fiscal year for a 4 student who is no longer enrolled in a school under the jurisdiction of 5 such board. 6 Statement of Purpose: To allow a board of education to reduce its minimum budget requirement when it is no longer responsible for paying certain special education costs.