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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7109
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
AN ACT CONCERNING INTERDIST RICT MAGNET SCHOOL
PROGRAM FUNDING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 10-264l of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(c) (1) The maximum amount each interdistrict magnet school 4
program, except those described in subparagraphs (A) to (G), 5
inclusive, of subdivision (3) of this subsection, shall be eligible to 6
receive per enrolled student who is not a resident of the town 7
operating the magnet school shall be (A) six thousand sixteen dollars 8
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, (B) six thousand seven 9
hundred thirty dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2009, to June 10
30, 2012, inclusive, [and] (C) seven thousand eighty-five dollars for the 11
fiscal [year] years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and 12
(D) seven thousand four hundred thirty-nine dollars for the fiscal year 13
ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter. The per pupil 14
grant for each enrolled student who is a resident of the town operating 15
the magnet school program shall be (i) three thousand dollars for the 16 Raised Bill No. 7109
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fiscal [year] years ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and 17
(ii) three thousand one hundred fifty dollars for the fiscal year ending 18
June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter. 19
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and each fiscal year 20
thereafter, the commissioner may, within available appropriations, 21
provide supplemental grants for the purposes of enhancing 22
educational programs in such interdistrict magnet schools, as the 23
commissioner determines. Such grants shall be made after the 24
commissioner has conducted a comprehensive financial review and 25
approved the total operating budget for such schools, including all 26
revenue and expenditure estimates. 27
(3) (A) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (C) to (G), 28
inclusive, of this subdivision, each interdistrict magnet school operated 29
by a regional educational service center that enrolls less than fifty-five 30
per cent of the school's students from a single town shall receive a per 31
pupil grant in the amount of (i) six thousand two hundred fifty dollars 32
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, (ii) six thousand five hundred 33
dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, (iii) seven thousand 34
sixty dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, (iv) seven 35
thousand six hundred twenty dollars for the fiscal years ending June 36
30, 2009, to June 30, 2012, inclusive, [and] (v) seven thousand nine 37
hundred dollars for the fiscal [year] years ending June 30, 2013, to June 38
30, 2019, inclusive, and (vi) eight thousand two hundred ninety-five 39
dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year 40
thereafter. 41
(B) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (C) to (G), 42
inclusive, of this subdivision, each interdistrict magnet school operated 43
by a regional educational service center that enrolls at least fifty-five 44
per cent of the school's students from a single town shall receive a per 45
pupil grant for each enrolled student who is not a resident of the 46
district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent of the school's students in 47
the amount of (i) six thousand sixteen dollars for the fiscal year ending 48
June 30, 2008, (ii) six thousand seven hundred thirty dollars for the 49 Raised Bill No. 7109
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fiscal years ending June 30, 2009, to June 30, 2012, inclusive, [and] (iii) 50
seven thousand eighty-five dollars for the fiscal [year] years ending 51
June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and (iv) seven thousand four 52
hundred thirty-nine dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, 53
and each fiscal year thereafter. The per pupil grant for each enrolled 54
student who is a resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-five 55
per cent of the school's students shall be three thousand one hundred 56
fifty dollars. 57
(C) (i) For the fiscal [year] years ending June 30, 2015, [and each 58
fiscal year thereafter,] to June 30, 2019, inclusive, each interdistrict 59
magnet school operated by a regional educational service center that 60
began operations for the school year commencing July 1, 2001, and that 61
for the school year commencing July 1, 2008, enrolled at least fifty-five 62
per cent, but no more than eighty per cent of the school's students from 63
a single town, shall receive a per pupil grant [(i)] (I) for each enrolled 64
student who is a resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-five 65
per cent, but no more than eighty per cent of the school's students, up 66
to an amount equal to the total number of such enrolled students as of 67
October 1, 2013, using the data of record, in the amount of eight 68
thousand one hundred eighty dollars, [(ii)] (II) for each enrolled 69
student who is a resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-five 70
per cent, but not more than eighty per cent of the school's students, in 71
an amount greater than the total number of such enrolled students as 72
of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, in the amount of three 73
thousand dollars, [(iii)] (III) for each enrolled student who is not a 74
resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but no 75
more than eighty per cent of the school's students, up to an amount 76
equal to the total number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 77
2013, using the data of record, in the amount of eight thousand one 78
hundred eighty dollars, and [(iv)] (IV) for each enrolled student who is 79
not a resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but 80
not more than eighty per cent of the school's students, in an amount 81
greater than the total number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 82
2013, using the data of record, in the amount of seven thousand eighty-83 Raised Bill No. 7109
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five dollars. 84
(ii) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year 85
thereafter, each interdistrict magnet school operated by a regional 86
educational service center that began operations for the school year 87
commencing July 1, 2001, and that for the school year commencing 88
July 1, 2008, enrolled at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than 89
eighty per cent of the school's students from a single town, shall 90
receive a per pupil grant (I) for each enrolled student who is a resident 91
of the district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than 92
eighty per cent of the school's students, up to an amount equal to the 93
total number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the 94
data of record, in the amount of eight thousand five hundred eighty-95
nine dollars, (II) for each enrolled student who is a resident of the 96
district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but not more than eighty 97
per cent of the school's students, in an amount greater than the total 98
number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the data 99
of record, in the amount of three thousand one hundred fifty dollars, 100
(III) for each enrolled student who is not a resident of the district that 101
enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than eighty per cent of 102
the school's students, up to an amount equal to the total number of 103
such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, 104
in the amount of eight thousand five hundred eighty-nine dollars, and 105
(IV) for each enrolled student who is not a resident of the district that 106
enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but not more than eighty per cent of 107
the school's students, in an amount greater than the total number of 108
such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, 109
in the amount of seven thousand four hundred thirty-nine dollars. 110
(D) (i) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (D)(ii) of this 111
subparagraph, each interdistrict magnet school operated by (I) a 112
regional educational service center, (II) the Board of Trustees of the 113
Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of a regional community-114
technical college, (III) the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State 115
University System on behalf of a state university, (IV) the Board of 116 Raised Bill No. 7109
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Trustees for The University of Connecticut on behalf of the university, 117
(V) the board of governors for an independent institution of higher 118
education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the 119
equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of 120
higher education, except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (E) of 121
this subdivision, (VI) cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-122
158a, (VII) any other third-party not-for-profit corporation approved 123
by the commissioner, and (VIII) the Hartford school district for the 124
operation of Great Path Academy on behalf of Manchester Community 125
College, that enrolls less than sixty per cent of its students from 126
Hartford shall receive a per pupil grant in the amount of nine 127
thousand six hundred ninety-five dollars for the fiscal year ending 128
June 30, 2010, [and] ten thousand four hundred forty-three dollars for 129
the fiscal years ending June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and 130
ten thousand nine hundred sixty-five dollars for the fiscal year ending 131
June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter. 132
(ii) For the fiscal [year] years ending June 30, 2016, [and each fiscal 133
year thereafter,] to June 30, 2019, inclusive, any interdistrict magnet 134
school described in subparagraph (D)(i) of this [subparagraph] 135
subdivision that enrolls less than fifty per cent of its incoming students 136
from Hartford shall receive a per pupil grant in the amount of seven 137
thousand nine hundred dollars for one-half of the total number of non-138
Hartford students enrolled in the school over fifty per cent of the total 139
school enrollment and shall receive a per pupil grant in the amount of 140
ten thousand four hundred forty-three dollars for the remainder of the 141
total school enrollment. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and 142
each fiscal year thereafter, any interdistrict magnet school described in 143
subparagraph (D)(i) of this subdivision that enrolls less than fifty per 144
cent of its incoming students from Hartford shall receive a per pupil 145
grant in the amount of eight thousand two hundred ninety-five dollars 146
for one-half of the total number of non-Hartford students enrolled in 147
the school over fifty per cent of the total school enrollment and shall 148
receive a per pupil grant in the amount of ten thousand nine hundred 149
sixty-five dollars for the remainder of the total school enrollment. 150 Raised Bill No. 7109
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(E) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and each fiscal year 151
thereafter, each interdistrict magnet school operated by the board of 152
governors for an independent institution of higher education, as 153
defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a 154
board, on behalf of the independent institution of higher education, 155
that (i) began operations for the school year commencing July 1, 2014, 156
(ii) enrolls less than sixty per cent of its students from Hartford 157
pursuant to the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. 158
William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the 2013 stipulation and 159
order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, and 160
(iii) enrolls students at least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a per 161
pupil grant (I) equal to sixty-five per cent of the grant amount 162
determined pursuant to subparagraph (D) of this subdivision for each 163
student who is enrolled at such school for at least two semesters in 164
each school year, and (II) equal to thirty-two and one-half per cent of 165
the grant amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (D) of this 166
subdivision for each student who is enrolled at such school for one 167
semester in each school year. 168
(F) Each interdistrict magnet school operated by a local or regional 169
board of education, pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 170
Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, shall 171
receive a per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is not a 172
resident of the district in the amount of (i) twelve thousand dollars for 173
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, [and] (ii) thirteen thousand fifty-174
four dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2019, 175
inclusive, and (iii) thirteen thousand seven hundred seven dollars for 176
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter. 177
(G) In addition to the grants described in subparagraph (E) of this 178
subdivision, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, the commissioner 179
may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 180
Management and the Finance Advisory Committee, established 181
pursuant to section 4-93, provide supplemental grants to the Hartford 182
school district of up to one thousand fifty-four dollars for each student 183 Raised Bill No. 7109
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enrolled at an interdistrict magnet school operated by the Hartford 184
school district who is not a resident of such district. 185
(H) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year 186
thereafter, the half-day Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts 187
interdistrict magnet school operated by the Capital Region Education 188
Council shall be eligible to receive a per pupil grant equal to sixty-five 189
per cent of the per pupil grant specified in subparagraph (A) of this 190
subdivision. 191
(I) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, to June 30, 2018, 192
inclusive, the half-day Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and 193
Science interdistrict magnet school operated by the Capitol Region 194
Education Council shall be eligible to receive a per pupil grant equal to 195
six thousand seven hundred eighty-seven dollars for (i) students 196
enrolled in grades ten to twelve, inclusive, for the fiscal year ending 197
June 30, 2016, (ii) students enrolled in grades eleven and twelve for the 198
fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and (iii) students enrolled in grade 199
twelve for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. For the fiscal year 200
ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year thereafter, the half-day 201
Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science interdistrict 202
magnet school shall not be eligible for any additional grants pursuant 203
to subsection (c) of this section. 204
(4) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, and June 30, 2016, the 205
department may limit payment to an interdistrict magnet school 206
operator to an amount equal to the grant that such magnet school 207
operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment level of the 208
interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013. Approval of 209
funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall be prioritized 210
by the department as follows: (A) Increases in enrollment in an 211
interdistrict magnet school program that is adding planned new grade 212
levels for the school years commencing July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016; 213
(B) increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program 214
that added planned new grade levels for the school year commencing 215
July 1, 2014, and was funded during the fiscal year ending June 30, 216 Raised Bill No. 7109
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2015; (C) increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school 217
program that is moving into a permanent facility for the school years 218
commencing July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2016, inclusive; (D) increases in 219
enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program to ensure 220
compliance with subsection (a) of this section; and (E) new enrollments 221
for a new interdistrict magnet school program commencing operations 222
on or after July 1, 2014, pursuant to the 2013 stipulation and order for 223
Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended. Any 224
interdistrict magnet school program operating less than full-time, but 225
at least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-five 226
per cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to this subsection. 227
(5) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, the department may 228
limit payment to an interdistrict magnet school operator to an amount 229
equal to the grant that such magnet school operator was eligible to 230
receive based on the enrollment level of the interdistrict magnet school 231
program on October 1, 2013, or October 1, 2015, whichever is lower. 232
Approval of funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall 233
be prioritized by the department as follows: (A) Increases in 234
enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program that is adding 235
planned new grade levels for the school years commencing July 1, 236
2015, and July 1, 2016; (B) increases in enrollment in an interdistrict 237
magnet school program that added planned new grade levels for the 238
school year commencing July 1, 2014, and was funded during the fiscal 239
year ending June 30, 2015; (C) increases in enrollment in an 240
interdistrict magnet school program that added planned new grade 241
levels for the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and was funded 242
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016; and (D) increases in 243
enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program to ensure 244
compliance with subsection (a) of this section. Any interdistrict magnet 245
school program operating less than full-time, but at least half-time, 246
shall be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-five per cent of the 247
grant amount determined pursuant to this subsection. 248
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appropriations, the department may limit payment to an interdistrict 250
magnet school operator to an amount equal to the grant that such 251
magnet school operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment 252
level of the interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013, 253
October 1, 2015, or October 1, 2016, whichever is lower. Approval of 254
funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall be prioritized 255
by the department and subject to the commissioner's approval, 256
including increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school 257
program as a result of planned and approved new grade levels. Any 258
interdistrict magnet school program operating less than full-time, but 259
at least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-five 260
per cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to this subsection. 261
(7) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and within available 262
appropriations, the department may limit payment to an interdistrict 263
magnet school operator to an amount equal to the grant that such 264
magnet school operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment 265
level of the interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013, 266
October 1, 2015, October 1, 2016, or October 1, 2017, whichever is 267
lower. Approval of funding for enrollment above such enrollment 268
level shall be prioritized by the department and subject to the 269
commissioner's approval, including increases in enrollment in an 270
interdistrict magnet school program as a result of planned and 271
approved new grade levels. Any interdistrict magnet school program 272
operating less than full-time, but at least half-time, shall be eligible to 273
receive a grant equal to sixty-five per cent of the grant amount 274
determined pursuant to this subsection. 275
(8) Within available appropriations, the commissioner may make 276
grants to the following entities that operate an interdistrict magnet 277
school that assists the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the 278
decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related 279
stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner and 280
that provide academic support programs and summer school 281
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participating in such interdistrict magnet school program: (A) Regional 283
educational service centers, (B) local and regional boards of education, 284
(C) the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on 285
behalf of a regional community-technical college, (D) the Board of 286
Trustees of the Connecticut State University System on behalf of a state 287
university, (E) the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut 288
on behalf of the university, (F) the board of governors for an 289
independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection 290
(a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of 291
the independent institution of higher education, (G) cooperative 292
arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a, and (H) any other third-293
party not-for-profit corporation approved by the commissioner. 294
(9) Within available appropriations, the Commissioner of Education 295
may make grants, in an amount not to exceed seventy-five thousand 296
dollars, for start-up costs associated with the development of new 297
interdistrict magnet school programs that assist the state in meeting its 298
obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 299
(1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by 300
the commissioner, to the following entities that develop such a 301
program: (A) Regional educational service centers, (B) local and 302
regional boards of education, (C) the Board of Trustees of the 303
Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of a regional community-304
technical college, (D) the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State 305
University System on behalf of a state university, (E) the Board of 306
Trustees for The University of Connecticut on behalf of the university, 307
(F) the board of governors for an independent institution of higher 308
education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the 309
equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of 310
higher education, (G) cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 311
10-158a, and (H) any other third-party not-for-profit corporation 312
approved by the commissioner. 313
(10) The amounts of the grants determined pursuant to this 314
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available appropriations, and in no case shall the total grant paid to an 316
interdistrict magnet school operator pursuant to this section exceed the 317
aggregate total of the reasonable operating budgets of the interdistrict 318
magnet school programs of such operator, less revenues from other 319
sources. 320
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 10-264l(c)
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