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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5798
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1839
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. CURREY, 11th Dist.
REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist.
AN ACT ADDRESSING EDUCATION FUNDING AND RACIAL EQUITY
IN CONNECTICUT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 172 of the general statutes be amended to (1) revise the 1
formula used to calculate a town's equalization aid grant by increasing 2
the weight for English language learners to twenty-five per cent, 3
increasing the concentrated poverty weight to fifteen per cent, reducing 4
the concentrated poverty threshold to sixty per cent, and fully phasing-5
in such revised formula for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, (2) 6
replace the existing funding levels for interdistrict magnet schools, state 7
charter schools, regional agricultural science and technology education 8
centers, and the open choice program with a new weighted funding 9
amount per pupil based on student need, and (3) repeal the charging of 10
tuition for interdistrict magnet schools and regional agricultural science 11
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Statement of Purpose:
To make revisions to how public education is funded in the state to
address issues of equity and systemic racism.