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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2513 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5779 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2513 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on EDUCATION | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. PARKER, 101st Dist. | |
| 15 | 15 | REP. WELANDER, 114th Dist. | |
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| 20 | 20 | AN ACT INCREASING FUNDING AND IMPROVING SERVICES FOR | |
| 21 | 21 | SPECIAL EDUCATION. | |
| 22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 25 | That section 10-76g of the general statutes be amended to (1) phase in 1 | |
| 26 | 26 | a significantly funded excess cost grant, (2) ensure that a school district 2 | |
| 27 | 27 | in which more than ten per cent of its total student population is 3 | |
| 28 | 28 | receiving special education or related services receives the full amount 4 | |
| 29 | 29 | of its excess costs above four and one-half times its net current 5 | |
| 30 | 30 | expenditures per pupil, (3) ensure that excess costs are paid in a more 6 | |
| 31 | 31 | timely manner, (4) support an incentive system for students to be 7 | |
| 32 | 32 | educated in the town, in the region and in the state, (5) improve the 8 | |
| 33 | 33 | identification rates of students who require special education, and (6) 9 | |
| 34 | 34 | assist in developing or improving closer-to-home programs coupled 10 | |
| 35 | 35 | with ensuring accountability for private placements and facilities. 11 | |
| 36 | 36 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 37 | 37 | To improve funding and services for special education for students. |