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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7226
January Session, 2019
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM TO P ROVIDE
INCENTIVES FOR EDUCA TORS TO LIVE IN CERTAIN
MUNICIPALITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Office of Policy and 1
Management, in cooperation with the Departments of Housing and 2
Education, shall establish an educator housing pilot program to 3
provide housing incentives for any educator who works in an alliance 4
district, as defined in section 10-262u of the general statutes, to live 5
within the city limits of the alliance district in which the educator 6
works. 7
(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in 8
consultation with the Departments of Housing and Education, shall 9
issue a request for proposals by December 1, 2019, for any 10
municipality in the state designated as an alliance district pursuant to 11
section 10-262u of the general statutes, to apply for consideration for 12
participation in the educator housing pilot program. 13
(c) A municipality designated as an alliance district pursuant to 14
section 10-262u of the general statutes, in collaboration with such 15
alliance district's local or regional board of education, shall submit 16
plans to the Office of Policy and Management not later than June 1, 17
2020. Such plans may include, but not be limited to, the following: 18
(1) Partnering with interested developers to turn abandoned 19 Substitute Bill No. 7226
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structures into safe, affordable housing for educators; 20
(2) Working with developers to turn properties already owned by 21
the district into affordable housing units for educators; 22
(3) Partnering with the state to take advantage of existing tax credits 23
or rental assistance programs for such purposes; or 24
(4) Partnering with the state on another plan that the Secretary of 25
the Office of Policy and Management determines to be financially 26
feasible. 27
(d) Not later than September 1, 2020, the Office of Policy and 28
Management shall approve no more than two municipalities for 29
participation in the pilot program. All educators, including, but not 30
limited to, administrators, teachers and paraprofessionals, who work 31
within the selected municipalities shall be eligible to apply for any 32
housing services and incentives that are provided under the educator 33
housing pilot program. 34
(e) The Office of Policy and Management shall require 35
municipalities that are selected for participation in the educator 36
housing pilot program to provide updates on their progress in the 37
pilot program. The Office of Policy and Management shall submit a 38
report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 39
statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 40
having cognizance of matters related to housing not later than January 41
1, 2021, concerning the status of the pilot program. Such report shall 42
include, but not be limited to, an evaluation of the results of the pilot 43
program and any findings and recommendations with regard to future 44
implementation of similar programs in other municipalities. 45
(f) The Office of Policy and Management shall fund the pilot 46
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
Throughout Section 1, references to "teacher" were changed to
"educator" for consistency.
HSG Joint Favorable Subst.