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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1839 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5798 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1839 | |
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| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on EDUCATION | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. CURREY, 11th Dist. | |
| 15 | 15 | REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist. | |
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| 20 | 20 | AN ACT ADDRESSING EDUCATION FUNDING AND RACIAL EQUITY | |
| 21 | 21 | IN CONNECTICUT. | |
| 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 chapter 172 of the general statutes be amended to (1) revise the 1 | |
| 26 | 26 | formula used to calculate a town's equalization aid grant by increasing 2 | |
| 27 | 27 | the weight for English language learners to twenty-five per cent, 3 | |
| 28 | 28 | increasing the concentrated poverty weight to fifteen per cent, reducing 4 | |
| 29 | 29 | the concentrated poverty threshold to sixty per cent, and fully phasing-5 | |
| 30 | 30 | in such revised formula for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, (2) 6 | |
| 31 | 31 | replace the existing funding levels for interdistrict magnet schools, state 7 | |
| 32 | 32 | charter schools, regional agricultural science and technology education 8 | |
| 33 | 33 | centers, and the open choice program with a new weighted funding 9 | |
| 34 | 34 | amount per pupil based on student need, and (3) repeal the charging of 10 | |
| 35 | 35 | tuition for interdistrict magnet schools and regional agricultural science 11 | |
| 36 | 36 | and technology education centers. 12 Proposed Bill No. 5798 | |
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| 38 | 38 | ||
| 39 | 39 | LCO No. 1839 2 of 2 | |
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| 41 | 41 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 42 | 42 | To make revisions to how public education is funded in the state to | |
| 43 | 43 | address issues of equity and systemic racism. |