LCO No. 2109 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 463 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 2109 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: SEN. CHAMPAGNE, 35 th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE EXCESS COST THRESHOLD FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That subsection (b) of section 10-76g of the general statutes be 1 amended to revise the reimbursement threshold for special education 2 costs for school districts with a student population of fewer than three 3 thousand five hundred from four and one-half times the average per 4 pupil cost to three times the average per pupil cost and to provide for a 5 minimum reimbursement rate of seventy-eight per cent for such school 6 districts. 7 Statement of Purpose: To aid small towns in the financing of special education services.