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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 931
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING PA YMENTS TO CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 8-210 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of 4
Early Childhood, may enter into a contract with a municipality, a 5
human resource development agency or a nonprofit corporation for 6
state financial assistance in developing and operating child care 7
centers for children disadvantaged by reasons of economic, social or 8
environmental conditions, provided no such financial assistance shall 9
be available for the operating costs of any such child care center unless 10
it has been licensed by the Commissioner of Early Childhood pursuant 11
to section 19a-80. Such financial assistance shall be available for a 12
program of a municipality, of a human resource development agency 13
or of a nonprofit corporation which may provide for personnel, 14
equipment, supplies, activities, program materials and renovation and 15
remodeling of the physical facilities of such child care centers. Such 16
contract shall provide for state financial assistance, within available 17
appropriations, in the form of a state grant-in-aid (1) for a portion of 18
the cost of such program, as determined by the Commissioner of Early 19
Childhood, if not federally assisted, (2) equal to one-half of the amount 20 Substitute Bill No. 931
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by which the net cost of such program, as approved by the 21
Commissioner of Early Childhood, exceeds the federal grant-in-aid 22
thereof, or (3) in an amount up to the per child cost as described in 23
subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 10-16q, for each child in 24
such program that is three or four years of age and each child that is 25
five years of age who is not eligible to enroll in school, pursuant to 26
section 10-15c, while maintaining services to children under three 27
years of age under this section. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, 28
and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount per child pursuant to 29
subdivision (3) of this subsection that is over the amount of the per 30
child cost that was prescribed pursuant to the contract for the fiscal 31
year ending June 30, 2019, shall be used exclusively to increase the 32
salaries of early childhood educators employed at the child care center. 33
The Commissioner of Early Childhood may authorize child care 34
centers receiving financial assistance under this subsection to apply a 35
program surplus to the next program year. The Commissioner of Early 36
Childhood shall consult with directors of child care centers in 37
establishing fees for the operation of such centers. 38
Sec. 2. Section 10-16p of the general statutes is amended by adding 39
subsection (l) as follows (Effective July 1, 2019): 40
(NEW) (l) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal 41
year thereafter, any school readiness program that (1) is licensed by the 42
Office of Early Childhood pursuant to chapter 368a, (2) provides full-43
day and year-round child care and education programs for children, 44
and (3) receives funds pursuant to this section or section 10-16u, shall 45
use any amount of the per child cost as described in subdivision (1) of 46
subsection (b) of section 10-16q that is over the amount of eight 47
thousand nine hundred twenty-seven dollars, exclusively to increase 48
the salaries of those individuals with direct responsibility for teaching 49
or caring for children in a classroom at such school readiness program. 50
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
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Section 1 July 1, 2019 8-210(b)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 10-16p
ED Joint Favorable C/R APP
APP Joint Favorable Subst.