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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6134
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1805
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist.
AN ACT PERMITTING CERTAIN BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO
TUITION-OUT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING COSTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 170 of the general statutes be amended to permit a local 1
or regional board of education that experiences a decline in student 2
enrollment to close one or more of its elementary or middle schools and 3
to enter into agreements with other boards of education to pay tuition 4
to such other boards to enroll its students in schools under the 5
jurisdiction of such other boards. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To afford school districts with diminishing student populations the
option to voluntarily share services and reduce costs by allowing school
districts to tuition-out their elementary and middle school students to
other school districts.