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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7311
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5110
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CREAT ION OF A COMMUNITY-BASED
TRANSITION SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) For the fiscal years ending June 1
30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, there is established a community-based 2
transition school pilot program to be administered by the Department 3
of Education. The department shall provide a grant-in-aid to a 4
community-based education transition school that provides intensive 5
special education supports to low-income at-risk students who have a 6
history of behavioral issues and learning problems by using a 7
community-based approach with an emphasis on teaching 8
employment and independent living skills while building and 9
strengthening each student's interpersonal social skills. The 10
community-based education transition school shall use such grant-in-11
aid to (1) serve students who are currently enrolled at the school, (2) 12
expand enrollment by accepting new students referred to the school 13
from other schools located in or around Hartford, and (3) assist 14
students who have graduated from the school and transitioned to 15
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community-based education transition school shall follow up with 17
students described in subdivision (3) of this subsection for purposes of 18
evaluating the extent to which they have made successful transitions 19
into adulthood and the viability of the community-based transition 20
school model. 21
(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Department of Education 22
shall conduct an evaluation of whether the pilot program resulted in a 23
reduction in long-term service costs to students with special needs and 24
adult services through appropriate community-based transition 25
services. The department shall submit a report on its evaluation and 26
findings and any recommendations to the joint standing committees of 27
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 28
education and appropriations, in accordance with the provisions of 29
section 11-4a of the general statutes. 30
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
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