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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6827
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2958
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. CURREY, 11
th Dist.
REP. D'AGOSTINO, 91
st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE LOW -INCOME STUDENT COUNT OF THE
EDUCATION COST SHARING GRANT FORMULA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 10-262f of the general statutes be amended to revise the 1
definition of "number of children eligible for free or reduced price 2
meals or free milk" by replacing the provision relating to families that 3
meet the income eligibility guidelines established by the federal 4
Department of Agriculture for free or reduced price meals or free milk 5
under the National School Lunch Program, established pursuant to 6
P.L. 79-396, with a provision relating to students who are directly 7
certified for free or reduced-price meals through the direct certification 8
process authorized by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, P.L. 9
111-296, and Section 18(c) of the National School Lunch Act, 10
established pursuant to P.L. 79-396. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To more accurately count low-income students for purposes of the
education cost sharing grant formula.