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7	7		General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6618
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14	14		AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING ISSUES RELATED TO PU BLIC
15	15		EDUCATION IN CONNECT ICUT.
16	16		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	17		Assembly convened:
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19	19		Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 10-262u of the general statutes is 1
20	20		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
21	21		2021): 3
22	22		(d) The local or regional board of education for a town designated as 4
23	23		an alliance district may apply to the Commissioner of Education, at such 5
24	24		time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes, to receive any 6
25	25		increase in funds received over the amount the town received for the 7
26	26		prior fiscal year pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-262i. 8
27	27		Applications pursuant to this subsection shall include objectives and 9
28	28		performance targets and a plan that are developed, in part, on the 10
29	29		strategic use of student academic performance data. Such plan may 11
30	30		include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) A tiered system of 12
31	31		interventions for the schools under the jurisdiction of such board based 13
32	32		on the needs of such schools, (2) ways to strengthen the foundational 14
33	33		programs in reading, through the intensive reading instruction program 15
34	34		pursuant to section 10-14u, to ensure reading mastery in kindergarten 16
35	35		to grade three, inclusive, with a focus on standards and instruction, 17
36	36		proper use of data, intervention strategies, current information for 18 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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43	43		teachers, parental engagement, and teacher professional development, 19
44	44		(3) additional learning time, including extended school day or school 20
45	45		year programming administered by school personnel or external 21
46	46		partners, (4) a talent strategy that includes, but is not limited to, teacher 22
47	47		and school leader recruitment and assignment, career ladder policies 23
48	48		that draw upon guidelines for a model teacher evaluation program 24
49	49		adopted by the State Board of Education, pursuant to section 10-151b, 25
50	50		and adopted by each local or regional board of education. Such talent 26
51	51		strategy may include provisions that demonstrate increased ability to 27
52	52		attract, retain, promote and bolster the performance of staff in 28
53	53		accordance with performance evaluation findings and, in the case of 29
54	54		new personnel, other indicators of effectiveness, (5) training for school 30
55	55		leaders and other staff on new teacher evaluation models, (6) provisions 31
56	56		for the cooperation and coordination with early childhood education 32
57	57		providers to ensure alignment with district expectations for student 33
58	58		entry into kindergarten, including funding for an existing local Head 34
59	59		Start program, (7) provisions for the cooperation and coordination with 35
60	60		other governmental and community programs to ensure that students 36
61	61		receive adequate support and wraparound services, including 37
62	62		community school models, (8) provisions for implementing and 38
63	63		furthering state-wide education standards adopted by the State Board 39
64	64		of Education and all activities and initiatives associated with such 40
65	65		standards, (9) strategies for attracting and recruiting minority teachers 41
66	66		and administrators, (10) provisions for the enhancement of bilingual 42
67	67		education programs, pursuant to section 10-17f, or other language 43
68	68		acquisition services to English language learners, including, but not 44
69	69		limited to, participation in the English language learner pilot program, 45
70	70		established pursuant to section 10-17n, (11) entering into the model 46
71	71		school district responsibilities agreement, described in section 10-223l, 47
72	72		(12) leadership succession plans that provide training and learning 48
73	73		opportunities for administrators and are designed to assist in the 49
74	74		seamless transition of school and district personnel in and out of 50
75	75		leadership positions in the school district and the continuous 51
76	76		implementation of plans developed under this subsection, and (13) any 52
77	77		additional categories or goals as determined by the commissioner. Such 53 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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84	84		plan shall demonstrate collaboration with key stakeholders, as 54
85	85		identified by the commissioner, with the goal of achieving efficiencies 55
86	86		and the alignment of intent and practice of current programs with 56
87	87		conditional programs identified in this subsection. The commissioner 57
88	88		may (A) require changes in any plan submitted by a local or regional 58
89	89		board of education before the commissioner approves an application 59
90	90		under this subsection, [and] (B) permit a local or regional board of 60
91	91		education, as part of such plan, to use a portion of any funds received 61
92	92		under this section for the purposes of paying tuition charged to such 62
93	93		board pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (k) of section 10-264l or 63
94	94		subsection (b) of section 10-264o, or (C) permit a local or regional board 64
95	95		of education to expend up to ten per cent of the portion of any increase 65
96	96		of funds received under this section over the amount such board 66
97	97		received for the prior fiscal year, in a manner not included in the plan 67
98	98		submitted by such board or otherwise prescribed under this subsection, 68
99	99		provided such board (i) expends such funds in accordance with the 69
100	100		provisions of section 10-262i, as amended by this act, and (ii) increases 70
101	101		its local appropriation for education for such fiscal year in an amount 71
102	102		equal to the amount the commissioner permits such board expend 72
103	103		under this subparagraph. 73
104	104		Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) For the fiscal years ending June 74
105	105		30, 2021, to June 30, 2023, inclusive, the balance of any remaining federal 75
106	106		funds received by a local or regional board of education for the purpose 76
107	107		of covering costs associated with COVID-19 expenditures, including, 77
108	108		but not limited to, funds received pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, 78
109	109		Relief, and Economic Security Act, P.L. 116-136, as amended from time 79
110	110		to time, and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental 80
111	111		Appropriations Act, P.L. 116-260, as amended from time to time, that 81
112	112		have not been expended by such board at the end of the fiscal year shall 82
113	113		not lapse and shall be carried forward and used by such board in the 83
114	114		next fiscal year. As used in this section, "COVID-19" means the 84
115	115		respiratory disease designated by the World Health Organization on 85
116	116		February 11, 2020, as coronavirus 2019, and any related mutation thereof 86
117	117		recognized by the World Health Organization as a communicable 87 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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124	124		respiratory disease. 88
125	125		Sec. 3. Subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of section 10-51 of the general 89
126	126		statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 90
127	127		(Effective July 1, 2021): 91
128	128		(2) On and after June 7, 2006, a regional board of education, by a 92
129	129		majority vote of its members, may create a reserve fund for capital and 93
130	130		nonrecurring expenditures. Such fund shall thereafter be termed 94
131	131		"reserve fund for capital and nonrecurring expenditures". The aggregate 95
132	132		amount of annual and supplemental appropriations by a district to such 96
133	133		fund shall not exceed [one] two per cent of the annual district budget 97
134	134		for such fiscal year. Annual appropriations to such fund shall be 98
135	135		included in the share of net expenses to be paid by each member town. 99
136	136		Supplemental appropriations to such fund may be made from estimated 100
137	137		fiscal year end surplus in operating funds. Interest and investment 101
138	138		earnings received with respect to amounts held in the fund shall be 102
139	139		credited to such fund. The board shall annually submit a complete and 103
140	140		detailed report of the condition of such fund to the member towns. 104
141	141		Upon the recommendation and approval by the regional board of 105
142	142		education, any part or the whole of such fund may be used for capital 106
143	143		and nonrecurring expenditures, but such use shall be restricted to the 107
144	144		funding of all or part of the planning, construction, reconstruction or 108
145	145		acquisition of any specific capital improvement or the acquisition of any 109
146	146		specific item of equipment. Upon the approval of any such expenditure 110
147	147		an appropriation shall be set up, plainly designated for the project or 111
148	148		acquisition for which it has been authorized, and such unexpended 112
149	149		appropriation may be continued until such project or acquisition is 113
150	150		completed. Any unexpended portion of such appropriation remaining 114
151	151		after such completion shall revert to said fund. If any authorized 115
152	152		appropriation is set up pursuant to the provisions of this subsection and 116
153	153		through unforeseen circumstances the completion of the project or 117
154	154		acquisition for which such appropriation has been designated is 118
155	155		impossible to attain the board, by a majority vote of its members, may 119
156	156		terminate such appropriation which then shall no longer be in effect. 120 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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163	163		Such fund may be discontinued, after the recommendation and 121
164	164		approval by the regional board of education, and any amounts held in 122
165	165		the fund shall be transferred to the general fund of the district. 123
166	166		Sec. 4. Section 10-262j of the general statutes is repealed and the 124
167	167		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 125
168	168		(a) Except as otherwise provided under the provisions of subsections 126
169	169		[(c)] (b) to (h), inclusive, of this section, for [the] any fiscal year, [ending 127
170	170		June 30, 2020,] the budgeted appropriation for education shall be not 128
171	171		less than the budgeted appropriation for education for the prior fiscal 129
172	172		year, [ending June 30, 2019,] plus any aid increase described in 130
173	173		subsection (d) of section 10-262i, as amended by this act, except that a 131
174	174		town may reduce its budgeted appropriation for education for the fiscal 132
175	175		year, [ending June 30, 2020,] by one or more of the following: 133
176	176		(1) If a town experiences an aid reduction, as described in subsection 134
177	177		(d) of section 10-262i, as amended by this act, such town may reduce its 135
178	178		budgeted appropriation for education in an amount equal to the aid 136
179	179		reduction; 137
180	180		(2) If a district experiences a net reduction in its resident student 138
181	181		count during a period that may include any of the five fiscal years 139
182	182		immediately prior to the fiscal year for which the budgeted 140
183	183		appropriation for education is calculated, such district may reduce its 141
184	184		budgeted appropriation for education in an amount equal to the 142
185	185		number of such net reduction multiplied by fifty per cent of the net 143
186	186		current expenditures per resident student of such district, provided no 144
187	187		district may use the resident student count for any fiscal year that was 145
188	188		previously used to reduce its budgeted appropriation for education in 146
189	189		any calculation of a net reduction of resident students for purposes of 147
190	190		reducing its budgeted appropriation for education pursuant to this 148
191	191		subdivision for any subsequent fiscal year; 149
192	192		(3) Any district (A) that does not maintain a high school and pays 150
193	193		tuition to another school district pursuant to section 10-33 for resident 151 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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200	200		students to attend high school in another district, and (B) in which the 152
201	201		number of resident students attending high school for such district for 153
202	202		October [1, 2018] first of the prior school year, using the data of record 154
203	203		as of January [31, 2019] thirty-first of the prior school year, is lower than 155
204	204		such district's number of resident students attending high school for 156
205	205		October [1, 2017] first of the school year before the prior school year, 157
206	206		using the data of record as of January [31, 2019] thirty-first of the school 158
207	207		year before the prior school year, may reduce such district's budgeted 159
208	208		appropriation for education by the difference in the number of resident 160
209	209		students attending high school for such years multiplied by the amount 161
210	210		of tuition paid per student pursuant to section 10-33; or 162
211	211		(4) Any district that realizes new and documentable savings through 163
212	212		(A) increased district efficiencies approved by the Commissioner of 164
213	213		Education, including, but not limited to, (i) reductions in costs 165
214	214		associated with transportation services, school district administration or 166
215	215		contracts that are not the result of collective bargaining or other labor 167
216	216		agreements, (ii) an agreement to provide medical or health care benefits 168
217	217		pursuant to section 7-464b, (iii) a cooperative agreement relating to the 169
218	218		performance of administrative and central office functions, such as 170
219	219		business manager functions, for the municipality and the school district 171
220	220		pursuant to section 10-241b, (iv) reductions in costs associated with the 172
221	221		purchasing or joint purchasing of property insurance, casualty 173
222	222		insurance and workers' compensation insurance, following the 174
223	223		consultation with the legislative body of the municipality of such district 175
224	224		pursuant to section 10-241c, (v) reductions in costs associated with the 176
225	225		purchasing of payroll processing or accounts payable software systems, 177
226	226		following the consultation with the legislative body of the municipality 178
227	227		of such district to determine whether such systems may be purchased 179
228	228		or shared on a regional basis pursuant to section 10-241e, (vi) 180
229	229		consolidation of information technology services, and (vii) reductions in 181
230	230		costs associated with the care and maintenance of athletic fields, or (B) 182
231	231		regional collaboration or cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 183
232	232		10-158a may reduce such district's budgeted appropriation for 184
233	233		education in an amount equal to half of the amount of savings 185 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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240	240		experienced as a result of such district efficiencies, regional 186
241	241		collaboration or cooperative arrangement, provided such reduction 187
242	242		shall not exceed one-half of one per cent of the district's budgeted 188
243	243		appropriation for education for the prior fiscal year. [ending June 30, 189
244	244		2019.] 190
245	245		[(b) Except as otherwise provided under the provisions of subsections 191
246	246		(c) to (h), inclusive, of this section, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 192
247	247		2021, a town's budgeted appropriation for education shall be not less 193
248	248		than the budgeted appropriation for education for the fiscal year ending 194
249	249		June 30, 2020, plus any aid increase received pursuant to subsection (d) 195
250	250		of section 10-262i, except that a town may reduce its budgeted 196
251	251		appropriation for education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, by 197
252	252		one or more of the following: 198
253	253		(1) If a town experiences an aid reduction, as described in subsection 199
254	254		(d) of section 10-262i, such town may reduce its budgeted appropriation 200
255	255		for education in an amount equal to the aid reduction; 201
256	256		(2) If a district experiences a net reduction in its resident student 202
257	257		count during a period that may include any of the five fiscal years 203
258	258		immediately prior to the fiscal year for which the budgeted 204
259	259		appropriation for education is calculated, such district may reduce its 205
260	260		budgeted appropriation for education in an amount equal to the 206
261	261		number of such net reduction multiplied by fifty per cent of the net 207
262	262		current expenditures per resident student of such district, provided no 208
263	263		district may use the resident student count for any fiscal year that was 209
264	264		previously used to reduce its budgeted appropriation for education in 210
265	265		any calculation of a net reduction of resident students for purposes of 211
266	266		reducing its budgeted appropriation for education pursuant to this 212
267	267		subdivision for any subsequent fiscal year; 213
268	268		(3) Any district (A) that does not maintain a high school and pays 214
269	269		tuition to another school district pursuant to section 10-33 for resident 215
270	270		students to attend high school in another district, and (B) in which the 216
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278	278		October 1, 2019, using the data of record as of January 31, 2020, is lower 218
279	279		than such district's number of resident students attending high school 219
280	280		for October 1, 2018, using the data of record as of January 31, 2020, may 220
281	281		reduce such district's budgeted appropriation for education by the 221
282	282		difference in the number of resident students attending high school for 222
283	283		such years multiplied by the amount of tuition paid per student 223
284	284		pursuant to section 10-33; or 224
285	285		(4) Any district that realizes new and documentable savings through 225
286	286		(A) increased district efficiencies approved by the Commissioner of 226
287	287		Education, including, but not limited to, (i) reductions in costs 227
288	288		associated with transportation services, school district administration or 228
289	289		contracts that are not the result of collective bargaining or other labor 229
290	290		agreements, (ii) an agreement to provide medical or health care benefits 230
291	291		pursuant to section 7-464b, (iii) a cooperative agreement relating to the 231
292	292		performance of administrative and central office functions, such as 232
293	293		business manager functions, for the municipality and the school district 233
294	294		pursuant to section 10-241b, (iv) reductions in costs associated with the 234
295	295		purchasing or joint purchasing of property insurance, casualty 235
296	296		insurance and workers' compensation insurance, following the 236
297	297		consultation with the legislative body of the municipality of such district 237
298	298		pursuant to section 10-241c, (v) reductions in costs associated with the 238
299	299		purchasing of payroll processing or accounts payable software systems, 239
300	300		following the consultation with the legislative body of the municipality 240
301	301		of such district to determine whether such systems may be purchased 241
302	302		or shared on a regional basis pursuant to section 10-241e, (vi) 242
303	303		consolidation of information technology services, and (vii) reductions in 243
304	304		costs associated with the care and maintenance of athletic fields, or (B) 244
305	305		regional collaboration or cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 245
306	306		10-158a, may reduce such district's budgeted appropriation for 246
307	307		education in an amount equal to half of the amount of savings 247
308	308		experienced as a result of such district efficiencies, regional 248
309	309		collaboration or cooperative arrangement, provided such reduction 249
310	310		shall not exceed one-half of one per cent of the district's budgeted 250
311	311		appropriation for education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.] 251 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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319	319		For any fiscal year, the Commissioner of Education may permit a town 253
320	320		to reduce its budgeted appropriation for education in an amount 254
321	321		determined by the commissioner if the school district in such town has 255
322	322		permanently ceased operations and closed one or more schools in the 256
323	323		school district due to declining enrollment at such closed school or 257
324	324		schools in the [fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2020, 258
325	325		inclusive] seven fiscal years immediately prior to the fiscal year for 259
326	326		which the budgeted appropriation for education is calculated. 260
327	327		[(d)] (c) Except as otherwise provided under the provisions of 261
328	328		[subsection (h)] subsections (g) and (h) of this section, [for the fiscal 262
329	329		years ending June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021,] a town designated as an 263
330	330		alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u, as amended by this act, 264
331	331		shall not reduce its budgeted appropriation for education pursuant to 265
332	332		this section. 266
333	333		[(e) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, the] 267
334	334		(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any district that is in 268
335	335		the top ten per cent of school districts based on the accountability index, 269
336	336		as defined in section 10-223e. 270
337	337		[(f) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, the] 271
338	338		(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the member towns 272
339	339		of a regional school district during the first full fiscal year following the 273
340	340		establishment of the regional school district, provided the budgeted 274
341	341		appropriation for education for member towns of such regional school 275
342	342		district for each subsequent fiscal year shall be determined in 276
343	343		accordance with this section. 277
344	344		[(g) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, any] 278
345	345		(f) Any district that has (1) elected to act as a self-insurer, pursuant to 279
346	346		section 10-236, (2) experienced a loss incurred as a result of one or more 280
347	347		catastrophic events, as declared by a nationally recognized catastrophe 281
348	348		loss index provider, during the prior fiscal year, and (3) increased its 282
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356	356		result of such loss, shall not be required to include the amount of such 284
357	357		increase in the calculation of such district's budgeted appropriation for 285
358	358		education for the subsequent fiscal year. 286
359	359		[(h)] (g) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, [and June 30, 2021] 287
360	360		to June 30, 2023, inclusive, any district that has received (1) a 288
361	361		supplemental appropriation from the board of finance for a town having 289
362	362		a board of finance, the board of selectmen for a town having no board 290
363	363		of finance or the authority making appropriations for the school district, 291
364	364		for the purpose of covering costs associated with COVID -19 292
365	365		expenditures because the budgeted appropriation for education for the 293
366	366		district was insufficient to cover such costs, or (2) federal funds received 294
367	367		pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, 295
368	368		P.L. 116-136, as amended from time to time, and the Coronavirus 296
369	369		Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, P.L. 116-260, as 297
370	370		amended from time to time, shall not be required to include the amount 298
371	371		of such supplemental appropriation or federal funds in the calculation 299
372	372		of such district's budgeted appropriation for education for the 300
373	373		subsequent fiscal year. As used in this subsection, "COVID-19" means 301
374	374		the respiratory disease designated by the World Health Organization on 302
375	375		February 11, 2020, as coronavirus 2019, and any related mutation thereof 303
376	376		recognized by the World Health Organization as a communicable 304
377	377		respiratory disease. 305
378	378		(h) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, any 306
379	379		district that has been awarded a grant under the school security 307
380	380		infrastructure competitive grant program, established pursuant to 308
381	381		section 84 of public act 13-3, during the prior fiscal year, shall not be 309
382	382		required to include the amount of such grant in the calculation of such 310
383	383		district's budgeted appropriation for education for the subsequent fiscal 311
384	384		year. 312
385	385		Sec. 5. Subsection (d) of section 10-262i of the general statutes is 313
386	386		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 314
387	387		2021): 315 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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394	394		[(d) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, (A) if the amount of 316
395	395		the equalization aid grant a town is entitled to pursuant to section 10-317
396	396		262h is greater than such town's equalization aid grant amount for the 318
397	397		prior fiscal year, the difference between the amount of such town's 319
398	398		equalization aid grant for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and such 320
399	399		town's equalization aid grant amount for the prior fiscal year shall be 321
400	400		the aid increase for such town for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, 322
401	401		and (B) if the amount of the equalization aid grant a town is entitled to 323
402	402		pursuant to section 10-262h is less than such town's equalization aid 324
403	403		grant amount for the prior fiscal year, the difference between such 325
404	404		town's equalization aid grant amount for the prior fiscal year and the 326
405	405		amount of such town's equalization aid grant for the fiscal year ending 327
406	406		June 30, 2020, shall be the aid reduction for such town for the fiscal year 328
407	407		ending June 30, 2020. 329
408	408		(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, (A) if the amount of the 330
409	409		equalization aid grant a town is entitled to pursuant to section 10-262h 331
410	410		is greater than such town's equalization aid grant amount for the prior 332
411	411		fiscal year, the difference between the amount of such town's 333
412	412		equalization aid grant for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, and such 334
413	413		town's equalization aid grant amount for the prior fiscal year shall be 335
414	414		the aid increase for such town for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, 336
415	415		and (B) if the amount of the equalization aid grant a town is entitled to 337
416	416		pursuant to section 10-262h is less than such town's equalization aid 338
417	417		grant amount for the prior fiscal year, the difference between such 339
418	418		town's equalization aid grant amount for the prior fiscal year and the 340
419	419		amount of such town's equalization aid grant for the fiscal year ending 341
420	420		June 30, 2021, shall be the aid reduction for such town for the fiscal year 342
421	421		ending June 30, 2021.] (d) For any fiscal year, (1) if the amount of the 343
422	422		equalization aid grant a town is entitled to pursuant to section 10-262h 344
423	423		is greater than such town's equalization aid grant amount for the prior 345
424	424		fiscal year, the difference between the amount of such town's 346
425	425		equalization aid grant for the fiscal year, and such town's equalization 347
426	426		aid grant amount for the prior fiscal year shall be the aid increase for 348
427	427		such town for the fiscal year, and (2) if the amount of the equalization 349 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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434	434		aid grant a town is entitled to pursuant to section 10-262h is less than 350
435	435		such town's equalization aid grant amount for the prior fiscal year, the 351
436	436		difference between such town's equalization aid grant amount for the 352
437	437		prior fiscal year and the amount of such town's equalization aid grant 353
438	438		for the fiscal year shall be the aid reduction for such town for the fiscal 354
439	439		year. 355
440		-	Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) The Department of 356
441		-	Agriculture, in consultation with the advisory committee described in 357
442		-	subsection (c) of this section, shall administer the CT Grown for CT Kids 358
443		-	Grant Program. Such program shall assist local and regional boards of 359
444		-	education to develop farm-to-school programs that will increase the 360
445		-	availability of local foods in child nutrition programs, allow educators 361
446		-	to use hands-on educational techniques to teach students about 362
447		-	nutrition and farm-to-school connections, sustain relationships with 363
448		-	local farmers and producers, enrich the educational experience of 364
449		-	students, improve the health of children in the state and enhance the 365
450		-	state's economy. 366
451		-	(b) A local or regional board of education, regional educational 367
452		-	service center, cooperative arrangement pursuant to section 10-158a of 368
453		-	the general statutes, child care centers, group child care homes and 369
454		-	family child care homes, as such terms are described in section 19a-77 of 370
455		-	the general statutes, or any organization or entity administering or 371
456		-	assisting in the development of a farm-to-school program, may apply, 372
457		-	in a form and manner prescribed by the department, for a grant under 373
458		-	this section. Such grant shall be used to develop or implement a school-374
459		-	to-farm program, which may include (1) the purchase of equipment, 375
460		-	resources or materials, including, but not limited to, local food products, 376
461		-	gardening supplies, field trips to farms, gleaning on farms and stipends 377
462		-	to visiting farmers, (2) the provision of professional development and 378
463		-	skills training for educators, school nutrition professionals, parents, 379
464		-	caregivers, child care providers, and employees and volunteers of 380
465		-	organizations administering or assisting in the development and 381
466		-	implementation of farm-to-school programs, and (3) piloting new 382 Substitute Bill No. 6618
	440	+	Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) There is established an account 356
	441	+	to be known as the charter school approval grant account which shall be 357
	442	+	a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account 358
	443	+	shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. 359
	444	+	Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Commissioner of 360
	445	+	Education for the purpose of providing grants under section 10-66ee of 361
	446	+	the general statutes, as amended by this act, to a local or state charter 362
	447	+	school that has been granted an initial certificate for approval for a 363
	448	+	charter pursuant to section 10-66bb of the general statutes, as amended 364
	449	+	by this act, in the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in 365
	450	+	which such initial certificate for approval for a charter was granted. 366
	451	+	Sec. 7. Section 10-66ee of the general statutes is amended by adding 367
	452	+	subsection (o) as follows (Effective July 1, 2021): 368
	453	+	(NEW) (o) Any unexpended funds appropriated for purposes of this 369
	454	+	section shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year but shall be deposited 370
	455	+	in the charter school approval grant account, established pursuant to 371
	456	+	section 6 of this act, and shall be available for expenditure during the 372
	457	+	next fiscal year in accordance with the provisions of said section. 373
	458	+	Sec. 8. Subsection (a) of section 10-66bb of the general statutes is 374
	459	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 375
	460	+	2021): 376
	461	+	(a) (1) On and after July 1, 1997, and prior to July 1, 2015, the State 377
	462	+	Board of Education may grant charters for local and state charter schools 378
	463	+	in accordance with this section. On and after July 1, 2015, such state 379
	464	+	board may grant initial certificates of approval for charters for local and 380 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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473		-	purchasing systems and programs. 383
474		-	(c) The department shall convene an advisory committee to assist in 384
475		-	the administration of the CT Grown for CT Kids Grant Program. The 385
476		-	advisory committee shall consist of the Commissioner of Education, or 386
477		-	the commissioner's designee, and individuals representing stakeholder 387
478		-	groups that reflect the demographic and geographic diversity of the 388
479		-	state, selected by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The advisory 389
480		-	committee shall (1) assist the department in reviewing applications and 390
481		-	awarding grants under this section, and (2) provide technical assistance 391
482		-	to grant recipients in the development and implementation of farm-to-392
483		-	school programs. 393
484		-	(d) In awarding grants under this section, the department shall (1) 394
485		-	give priority to applicants (A) located in alliance districts, as defined in 395
486		-	section 10-262u of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or who 396
487		-	are providers of school readiness programs, as defined in section 10-16p 397
488		-	of the general statutes, and (B) who demonstrate broad commitment 398
489		-	from school administrators, school nutrition professionals, educators 399
490		-	and community stakeholders, and (2) not award a grant that is in an 400
491		-	amount greater than ten per cent of the total amount available for the 401
492		-	fiscal year. 402
493		-	(e) The department may accept gifts, grants and donations, including 403
494		-	in-kind donations, for the administration of the CT Grown for CT Kids 404
495		-	Grant Program and to implement the provisions of this section. 405
496		-	(f) Not later than January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the 406
497		-	department shall submit a report on the CT Grown for CT Kids Grant 407
498		-	Program to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 408
499		-	having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with 409
500		-	the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. Such report shall 410
501		-	include, but need not be limited to, an accounting of the funds 411
502		-	appropriated and received by the department for the program, 412
503		-	descriptions of each grant awarded under the program and how such 413
504		-	grant was expended by the recipient, and an evaluation of the program 414 Substitute Bill No. 6618
	471	+	state charter schools in accordance with this section. Upon granting an 381
	472	+	initial certificate of approval for a charter, such state board shall submit 382
	473	+	a copy of the initial certificate of approval for the charter and a summary 383
	474	+	of the comments made at a public hearing conducted pursuant to 384
	475	+	subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of this section or subparagraph (B)(ii) 385
	476	+	of subdivision (1) of subsection (f) of this section, in accordance with 386
	477	+	section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly 387
	478	+	having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations 388
	479	+	and the budgets of state agencies. 389
	480	+	(2) [The General Assembly may appropriate funds to the Department 390
	481	+	of Education for the purposes of providing grants to local and state 391
	482	+	charter schools, pursuant to section 10-66ee. If such funds are 392
	483	+	appropriated, an initial certificate of approval for a charter for a local or 393
	484	+	state charter school shall be effective and deemed a charter as of July 394
	485	+	first of the first fiscal year for which such funds are appropriated.] The 395
	486	+	General Assembly may appropriate funds to the charter school 396
	487	+	approval grant account, pursuant to section 6 of this act, for the 397
	488	+	purposes of providing grants, pursuant to section 10-66ee, as amended 398
	489	+	by this act, to local and state charter schools that have been granted an 399
	490	+	initial certificate of approval for a charter. The Commissioner of 400
	491	+	Education shall expend such funds in the fiscal year immediately 401
	492	+	following the fiscal year in which such initial certificate for approval for 402
	493	+	a charter was granted, and such initial certificate of approval for a 403
	494	+	charter shall be effective and deemed a charter as of July first of the fiscal 404
	495	+	year for which such funds are expended. 405
	496	+	(3) A charter or initial certificate of approval for a charter granted 406
	497	+	under this section shall not be considered a license, as defined in section 407
	498	+	4-166, for the purposes of chapter 54. 408
	499	+	Sec. 9. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) The Department of 409
	500	+	Agriculture, in consultation with the advisory committee described in 410
	501	+	subsection (c) of this section, shall administer the CT Grown for CT Kids 411
	502	+	Grant Program. Such program shall assist local and regional boards of 412
	503	+	education to develop farm-to-school programs that will increase the 413 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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511		-	~~and the success~~ of local ~~farm-to-school~~ programs ~~that have received 415~~
512		-	~~grant awards under this section.~~ ~~416~~
513		-	~~Sec. 7.~~ ~~Subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 10-264i of the 417~~
514		-	~~general statutes is repealed~~ and the ~~following is substituted in lieu 418~~
515		-	~~thereof (Effective July 1~~, ~~2021): 419~~
516		-	~~(4) In addition to the grants otherwise provided pursuant to this 420~~
517		-	~~section, the Commissioner~~ of Education ~~may provide supplemental 421~~
518		-	~~transportation grants~~ to ~~regional educational service centers for the 422~~
519		-	~~purposes of transportation to interdistrict magnet schools.~~ ~~Any such 423~~
520		-	~~grant shall be provided within available appropriations and after the 424~~
521		-	~~commissioner has reviewed and approved~~ the ~~total interdistrict magnet 425~~
522		-	~~school transportation budget for~~ a ~~regional educational service center~~, ~~426~~
523		-	~~including all revenue~~ and ~~expenditure estimates.~~ For ~~the fiscal years 427~~
524		-	~~ending June 30,~~ ~~2013,~~ to ~~June 30,~~ ~~2018, inclusive,~~ ~~in addition to the grants 428~~
525		-	~~otherwise provided pursuant to this section,~~ the ~~Commissioner~~ of ~~429~~
526		-	~~Education may provide supplemental transportation~~ to ~~interdistrict 430~~
527		-	~~magnet schools that assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant 431~~
528		-	to the ~~decision in Sheff v.~~ ~~O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related 432~~
529		-	~~stipulation or order in effect~~, ~~as determined by the commissioner.~~ ~~Any 433~~
530		-	~~such grant shall be provided within available appropriations~~ and ~~upon 434~~
531		-	~~a comprehensive financial review,~~ ~~by an auditor selected by~~ the ~~435~~
532		-	~~Commissioner~~ of ~~Education~~, ~~the costs of such review may be paid from 436~~
533		-	~~funds that are part of the supplemental transportation grant~~. ~~Any such 437~~
534		-	~~grant~~ shall ~~be paid as follows:~~ ~~For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, 438~~
535		-	~~up to fifty per cent~~ of the grant ~~on or before June 30, 2013, and~~ the ~~439~~
536		-	~~balance on or before September 1, 2013, upon completion~~ of the ~~440~~
537		-	~~comprehensive financial review; for~~ the ~~fiscal year ending June 30~~, ~~2014, 441~~
538		-	~~up to fifty per cent~~ of the ~~grant on or before June 30, 2014, and the 442~~
539		-	~~balance on or before September 1~~, ~~2014, upon completion~~ of the ~~443~~
540		-	~~comprehensive financial review;~~ ~~for~~ the ~~fiscal year ending June 30,~~ ~~2015, 444~~
541		-	~~up to fifty per cent of the grant on or before June 30, 2015~~, and ~~the 445~~
542		-	~~balance on or before September 1,~~ ~~2015, upon completion~~ of ~~the 446~~
543		-	~~comprehensive financial review; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, 447~~ Substitute Bill No. 6618
	510	+	availability of local foods in child nutrition programs, allow educators 414
	511	+	to use hands-on educational techniques to teach students about 415
	512	+	nutrition and farm-to-school connections, sustain relationships with 416
	513	+	local farmers and producers, enrich the educational experience of 417
	514	+	students, improve the health of children in the state, and enhance the 418
	515	+	state's economy. 419
	516	+	(b) A local or regional board of education, regional educational 420
	517	+	service center, cooperative arrangement pursuant to section 10-158a of 421
	518	+	the general statutes, child care centers, group child care homes and 422
	519	+	family child care homes, as such terms are described in section 19a-77 of 423
	520	+	the general statutes, or any organization or entity administering or 424
	521	+	assisting in the development of a farm-to-school program, may apply, 425
	522	+	in a form and manner prescribed by the department, for a grant under 426
	523	+	this section. Such grant shall be used to develop or implement a school-427
	524	+	to-farm program, which may include (1) the purchase of equipment, 428
	525	+	resources or materials, including, but not limited to, local food products, 429
	526	+	gardening supplies, field trips to farms, gleaning on farms and stipends 430
	527	+	to visiting farmers, (2) the provision of professional development and 431
	528	+	skills training for educators, school nutrition professionals, parents, 432
	529	+	caregivers, child care providers, and employees and volunteers of 433
	530	+	organizations administering or assisting in the development and 434
	531	+	implementation of farm-to-school programs, and (3) piloting new 435
	532	+	purchasing systems and programs. 436
	533	+	(c) The department shall convene an advisory committee to assist in 437
	534	+	the administration of the CT Grown for CT Kids Grant Program. The 438
	535	+	advisory committee shall consist of the Commissioner of Education, or 439
	536	+	the commissioner's designee, and individuals representing stakeholder 440
	537	+	groups that reflect the demographic and geographic diversity of the 441
	538	+	state, selected by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The advisory 442
	539	+	committee shall (1) assist the department in reviewing applications and 443
	540	+	awarding grants under this section, and (2) provide technical assistance 444
	541	+	to grant recipients in the development and implementation of farm-to-445
	542	+	school programs. 446 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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550		-	up to fifty per cent of the grant on or before June 30, 2016, and the 448
551		-	balance on or before September 1, 2016, upon completion of the 449
552		-	comprehensive financial review; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, 450
553		-	up to seventy per cent of the grant on or before June 30, 2017, and the 451
554		-	balance on or before May 30, 2018, upon completion of the 452
555		-	comprehensive financial review; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, 453
556		-	up to seventy per cent of the grant on or before June 30, 2018, and the 454
557		-	balance on or before September 1, 2018, upon completion of the 455
558		-	comprehensive financial review; and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 456
559		-	2019, [and each fiscal year thereafter,] up to seventy per cent of the grant 457
560		-	on or before June thirtieth of the fiscal year, and the balance on or before 458
561		-	September first of the following fiscal year upon completion of the 459
562		-	comprehensive financial review; and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 460
563		-	2021, and each fiscal year thereafter, any unpaid balance of eligible 461
564		-	transportation costs incurred on or before December thirty-first of the 462
565		-	fiscal year based on documentation, including, but not limited to, 463
566		-	vendor bills dated on or before February first of the fiscal year, and any 464
567		-	unpaid balance of eligible transportation costs incurred on or before 465
568		-	March thirty-first of the fiscal year based on documentation, including, 466
569		-	but not limited to, vendor bills on or before May first of the fiscal year, 467
570		-	and the balance of the grant on or before September first of the following 468
571		-	fiscal year upon completion of the comprehensive financial review. 469
572		-	Sec. 8. Subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of section 10-66ee of the 470
	549	+	(d) In awarding grants under this section, the department shall (1) 447
	550	+	give priority to applicants (A) located in alliance districts, as defined in 448
	551	+	section 10-262u of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or who 449
	552	+	are providers of school readiness programs, as defined in section 10-16p 450
	553	+	of the general statutes, and (B) who demonstrate broad commitment 451
	554	+	from school administrators, school nutrition professionals, educators 452
	555	+	and community stakeholders, and (2) not award a grant that is in an 453
	556	+	amount greater than ten per cent of the total amount available for the 454
	557	+	fiscal year. 455
	558	+	(e) The department may accept gifts, grants and donations, including 456
	559	+	in-kind donations, for the administration of the CT Grown for CT Kids 457
	560	+	Grant Program and to implement the provisions of this section. 458
	561	+	(f) Not later than January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the 459
	562	+	department shall submit a report on the CT Grown for CT Kids Grant 460
	563	+	Program to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 461
	564	+	having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with 462
	565	+	the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. Such report shall 463
	566	+	include, but need not be limited to, an accounting of the funds 464
	567	+	appropriated and received by the department for the program, 465
	568	+	descriptions of each grant awarded under the program and how such 466
	569	+	grant was expended by the recipient, and an evaluation of the program 467
	570	+	and the success of local farm-to-school programs that have received 468
	571	+	grant awards under this section. 469
	572	+	Sec. 10. Subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 10-264i of the 470
573	573		general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 471
574	574		thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 472
575		-	(d) (1) The state shall pay in accordance with this subsection, to the 473
576		-	fiscal authority for a state charter school for each student enrolled in 474
577		-	such school, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, ten thousand two 475
578		-	hundred dollars, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, ten thousand 476
579		-	five hundred dollars, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 477
580		-	30, 2018, inclusive, eleven thousand dollars, [and] for the fiscal [year] 478
581		-	years ending June 30, 2019, [and each fiscal year thereafter] to June 30, 479
582		-	2021, inclusive, eleven thousand two hundred fifty dollars, and for the 480 Substitute Bill No. 6618
	575	+	(4) In addition to the grants otherwise provided pursuant to this 473
	576	+	section, the Commissioner of Education may provide supplemental 474
	577	+	transportation grants to regional educational service centers for the 475
	578	+	purposes of transportation to interdistrict magnet schools. Any such 476
	579	+	grant shall be provided within available appropriations and after the 477
	580	+	commissioner has reviewed and approved the total interdistrict magnet 478 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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589		-	fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, eleven 481
590		-	thousand five hundred twenty-five dollars. Such payments shall be 482
591		-	made as follows: Twenty-five per cent of the amount not later than July 483
592		-	fifteenth and September first based on estimated student enrollment on 484
593		-	May first, and twenty-five per cent of the amount not later than January 485
594		-	first and the remaining amount not later than April first, each based on 486
595		-	student enrollment on October first. 487
596		-	Sec. 9. Section 10-17g of the general statutes is repealed and the 488
597		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 489
598		-	For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, to June 30, [2021] 2023, 490
599		-	inclusive, the board of education for each local and regional school 491
600		-	district that is required to provide a program of bilingual education, 492
601		-	pursuant to section 10-17f, may make application to the State Board of 493
602		-	Education and shall annually receive, within available appropriations, 494
603		-	a grant in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying one 495
604		-	million nine hundred sixteen thousand one hundred thirty by the ratio 496
605		-	which the number of eligible children in the school district bears to the 497
606		-	total number of such eligible children state-wide. The board of 498
607		-	education for each local and regional school district receiving funds 499
608		-	pursuant to this section shall annually, on or before September first, 500
609		-	submit to the State Board of Education a progress report which shall 501
610		-	include (1) measures of increased educational opportunities for eligible 502
611		-	students, including language support services and language transition 503
612		-	support services provided to such students, (2) program evaluation and 504
613		-	measures of the effectiveness of its bilingual education and English as a 505
614		-	second language programs, including data on students in bilingual 506
615		-	education programs and students educated exclusively in English as a 507
616		-	second language programs, and (3) certification by the board of 508
617		-	education submitting the report that any funds received pursuant to this 509
618		-	section have been used for the purposes specified. The State Board of 510
619		-	Education shall annually evaluate programs conducted pursuant to 511
620		-	section 10-17f. For purposes of this section, measures of the effectiveness 512
621		-	of bilingual education and English as a second language programs 513 Substitute Bill No. 6618
	587	+	school transportation budget for a regional educational service center, 479
	588	+	including all revenue and expenditure estimates. For the fiscal years 480
	589	+	ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2018, inclusive, in addition to the grants 481
	590	+	otherwise provided pursuant to this section, the Commissioner of 482
	591	+	Education may provide supplemental transportation to interdistrict 483
	592	+	magnet schools that assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant 484
	593	+	to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related 485
	594	+	stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner. Any 486
	595	+	such grant shall be provided within available appropriations and upon 487
	596	+	a comprehensive financial review, by an auditor selected by the 488
	597	+	Commissioner of Education, the costs of such review may be paid from 489
	598	+	funds that are part of the supplemental transportation grant. Any such 490
	599	+	grant shall be paid as follows: For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, 491
	600	+	up to fifty per cent of the grant on or before June 30, 2013, and the 492
	601	+	balance on or before September 1, 2013, upon completion of the 493
	602	+	comprehensive financial review; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, 494
	603	+	up to fifty per cent of the grant on or before June 30, 2014, and the 495
	604	+	balance on or before September 1, 2014, upon completion of the 496
	605	+	comprehensive financial review; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, 497
	606	+	up to fifty per cent of the grant on or before June 30, 2015, and the 498
	607	+	balance on or before September 1, 2015, upon completion of the 499
	608	+	comprehensive financial review; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, 500
	609	+	up to fifty per cent of the grant on or before June 30, 2016, and the 501
	610	+	balance on or before September 1, 2016, upon completion of the 502
	611	+	comprehensive financial review; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, 503
	612	+	up to seventy per cent of the grant on or before June 30, 2017, and the 504
	613	+	balance on or before May 30, 2018, upon completion of the 505
	614	+	comprehensive financial review; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, 506
	615	+	up to seventy per cent of the grant on or before June 30, 2018, and the 507
	616	+	balance on or before September 1, 2018, upon completion of the 508
	617	+	comprehensive financial review; and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 509
	618	+	2019, [and each fiscal year thereafter,] up to seventy per cent of the grant 510
	619	+	on or before June thirtieth of the fiscal year, and the balance on or before 511
	620	+	September first of the following fiscal year upon completion of the 512
	621	+	comprehensive financial review; and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 513 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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628		-	include, but need not be limited to, mastery examination results, under 514
629		-	section 10-14n, and graduation and school dropout rates. Any amount 515
630		-	appropriated under this section in excess of one million nine hundred 516
631		-	sixteen thousand one hundred thirty dollars shall be spent in accordance 517
632		-	with the provisions of sections 10-17k, 10-17n and 10-66t. Any 518
633		-	unexpended funds, as of November first, appropriated to the 519
634		-	Department of Education for purposes of providing a grant to a local or 520
635		-	regional board of education for the provision of a program of bilingual 521
636		-	education, pursuant to section 10-17f, shall be distributed on a pro rata 522
637		-	basis to each local and regional board of education receiving a grant 523
638		-	under this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for 524
639		-	the fiscal years ending June 30, 2009, to June 30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, 525
640		-	the amount of grants payable to local or regional boards of education 526
641		-	for the provision of a program of bilingual education under this section 527
642		-	shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such grants in such year 528
643		-	exceeds the amount appropriated for such grants for such year. 529
644		-	Sec. 10. Subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 10-76d of the 530
645		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 531
646		-	thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 532
647		-	(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "public agency" includes the 533
648		-	offices of a government of a federally recognized Native American tribe. 534
649		-	Notwithstanding any other provisions of the general statutes, for the 535
650		-	fiscal year ending June 30, 1987, and each fiscal year thereafter, 536
651		-	whenever a public agency, other than a local or regional board of 537
652		-	education, the State Board of Education or the Superior Court acting 538
653		-	pursuant to section 10-76h, places a child in a foster home, group home, 539
654		-	hospital, state institution, receiving home, custodial institution or any 540
655		-	other residential or day treatment facility, and such child requires 541
656		-	special education, the local or regional board of education under whose 542
657		-	jurisdiction the child would otherwise be attending school or, if no such 543
658		-	board can be identified, the local or regional board of education of the 544
659		-	town where the child is placed, shall provide the requisite special 545
660		-	education and related services to such child in accordance with the 546 Substitute Bill No. 6618
	628	+	2021, and each fiscal year thereafter, any unpaid balance of eligible 514
	629	+	transportation costs incurred on or before December thirty-first of the 515
	630	+	fiscal year based on documentation, including, but not limited to, 516
	631	+	vendor bills dated on or before February first of the fiscal year, and any 517
	632	+	unpaid balance of eligible transportation costs incurred on or before 518
	633	+	March thirty-first of the fiscal year based on documentation, including, 519
	634	+	but not limited to, vendor bills on or before May first of the fiscal year, 520
	635	+	and the balance of the grant on or before September first of the following 521
	636	+	fiscal year upon completion of the comprehensive financial review. 522
	637	+	Sec. 11. Subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of section 10-66ee of the 523
	638	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 524
	639	+	thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 525
	640	+	(d) (1) The state shall pay in accordance with this subsection, to the 526
	641	+	fiscal authority for a state charter school for each student enrolled in 527
	642	+	such school, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, ten thousand two 528
	643	+	hundred dollars, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, ten thousand 529
	644	+	five hundred dollars, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 530
	645	+	30, 2018, inclusive, eleven thousand dollars, [and] for the fiscal year 531
	646	+	ending June 30, 2019, [and each fiscal year thereafter] to June 30, 2021, 532
	647	+	inclusive, eleven thousand two hundred fifty dollars, and for the fiscal 533
	648	+	year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, eleven 534
	649	+	thousand five hundred twenty-five dollars. Such payments shall be 535
	650	+	made as follows: Twenty-five per cent of the amount not later than July 536
	651	+	fifteenth and September first based on estimated student enrollment on 537
	652	+	May first, and twenty-five per cent of the amount not later than January 538
	653	+	first and the remaining amount not later than April first, each based on 539
	654	+	student enrollment on October first. 540
	655	+	Sec. 12. Section 10-17g of the general statutes is repealed and the 541
	656	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 542
	657	+	For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, to June 30, [2021] 2023, 543
	658	+	inclusive, the board of education for each local and regional school 544
	659	+	district that is required to provide a program of bilingual education, 545 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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667		-	~~provisions~~ of ~~this section. Within one business day of such a placement 547~~
668		-	~~by the Department of Children~~ and ~~Families or offices of a government 548~~
669		-	of a ~~federally recognized Native American tribe,~~ ~~said department or 549~~
670		-	~~offices shall orally notify~~ the ~~local or regional board of education 550~~
671		-	~~responsible for providing special education and related services~~ to ~~such 551~~
672		-	~~child~~ of such ~~placement~~. The ~~department or offices shall provide written 552~~
673		-	~~notification to such board of such placement within two business days 553~~
674		-	~~of the placement.~~ ~~Such local~~ or ~~regional board of education shall 554~~
675		-	~~convene~~ a ~~planning and placement team meeting for such child within 555~~
676		-	~~thirty days~~ of ~~the placement and shall invite a representative of the 556~~
677		-	~~Department of Children~~ and ~~Families or offices of a government of a 557~~
678		-	~~federally recognized Native American tribe~~ to ~~participate in~~ such ~~558~~
679		-	~~meeting. (A)~~ The ~~local or regional board~~ of education ~~under whose 559~~
680		-	~~jurisdiction such child would otherwise be attending school shall be 560~~
681		-	~~financially responsible for the reasonable costs of such special~~ education ~~561~~
682		-	and ~~related services in an amount equal to~~ the ~~lesser~~ of ~~one hundred per 562~~
683		-	~~cent of~~ the ~~costs of such education or the average per pupil educational 563~~
684		-	~~costs of such~~ board of ~~education for the prior fiscal year, determined in 564~~
685		-	~~accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 10-76f. The 565~~
686		-	~~State Board~~ of ~~Education shall pay on a current basis~~, ~~except as provided 566~~
687		-	~~in subdivision (3)~~ of ~~this subsection,~~ ~~any costs in excess of such local or 567~~
688		-	~~regional board's basic contributions paid by such board of education in 568~~
689		-	~~accordance with the provisions of this subdivision~~. ~~(B) Whenever a child 569~~
690		-	~~is placed pursuant to~~ this ~~subdivision, on or after July 1,~~ ~~1995, by the 570~~
691		-	~~Department of Children and Families and the local or regional board of 571~~
692		-	~~education under whose jurisdiction such child would otherwise be 572~~
693		-	~~attending school cannot be identified~~, the ~~local or regional board of 573~~
694		-	education ~~under whose jurisdiction the child attended school~~ or ~~in 574~~
695		-	~~whose district~~ the ~~child resided at the time~~ of ~~removal from the home 575~~
696		-	~~by said department~~ shall be ~~responsible for the reasonable costs of 576~~
697		-	~~special~~ education ~~and related services provided to such child, for one 577~~
698		-	~~calendar year or until~~ the ~~child is committed to the state pursuant to 578~~
699		-	~~section 46b-129~~ ~~or 46b-140~~ ~~or is returned~~ to ~~the child's parent or 579~~
700		-	~~guardian, whichever is earlier. If~~ the ~~child remains in such placement 580~~
701		-	~~beyond one calendar year~~ the ~~Department~~ of ~~Children and Families 581~~ Substitute Bill No. 6618
	666	+	pursuant to section 10-17f, may make application to the State Board of 546
	667	+	Education and shall annually receive, within available appropriations, 547
	668	+	a grant in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying one 548
	669	+	million nine hundred sixteen thousand one hundred thirty by the ratio 549
	670	+	which the number of eligible children in the school district bears to the 550
	671	+	total number of such eligible children state-wide. The board of 551
	672	+	education for each local and regional school district receiving funds 552
	673	+	pursuant to this section shall annually, on or before September first, 553
	674	+	submit to the State Board of Education a progress report which shall 554
	675	+	include (1) measures of increased educational opportunities for eligible 555
	676	+	students, including language support services and language transition 556
	677	+	support services provided to such students, (2) program evaluation and 557
	678	+	measures of the effectiveness of its bilingual education and English as a 558
	679	+	second language programs, including data on students in bilingual 559
	680	+	education programs and students educated exclusively in English as a 560
	681	+	second language programs, and (3) certification by the board of 561
	682	+	education submitting the report that any funds received pursuant to this 562
	683	+	section have been used for the purposes specified. The State Board of 563
	684	+	Education shall annually evaluate programs conducted pursuant to 564
	685	+	section 10-17f. For purposes of this section, measures of the effectiveness 565
	686	+	of bilingual education and English as a second language programs 566
	687	+	include, but need not be limited to, mastery examination results, under 567
	688	+	section 10-14n, and graduation and school dropout rates. Any amount 568
	689	+	appropriated under this section in excess of one million nine hundred 569
	690	+	sixteen thousand one hundred thirty dollars shall be spent in accordance 570
	691	+	with the provisions of sections 10-17k, 10-17n and 10-66t. Any 571
	692	+	unexpended funds, as of November first, appropriated to the 572
	693	+	Department of Education for purposes of providing a grant to a local or 573
	694	+	regional board of education for the provision of a program of bilingual 574
	695	+	education, pursuant to section 10-17f, shall be distributed on a pro rata 575
	696	+	basis to each local and regional board of education receiving a grant 576
	697	+	under this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for 577
	698	+	the fiscal years ending June 30, 2009, to June 30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, 578
	699	+	the amount of grants payable to local or regional boards of education 579
	700	+	for the provision of a program of bilingual education under this section 580 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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708		-	shall be ~~responsible for~~ such ~~costs. During the period the local or 582~~
709		-	~~regional board of education is responsible~~ for ~~the reasonable cost of 583~~
710		-	~~special education and related services pursuant to this subparagraph,~~ ~~584~~
711		-	the ~~board shall be responsible for such costs~~ in ~~an amount equal to the 585~~
712		-	~~lesser of one hundred per cent of the costs of such education and related 586~~
713		-	~~services or~~ the ~~average per pupil educational costs of such board of 587~~
714		-	~~education for the prior fiscal year,~~ ~~determined in accordance with the 588~~
715		-	provisions of ~~subsection (a) of section 10-76f.~~ The ~~State Board of 589~~
716		-	~~Education shall pay on a current basis~~, ~~except as provided in 590~~
717		-	~~subdivision (3) of this subsection~~, ~~any costs in excess of such~~ local or ~~591~~
718		-	~~regional board's basic contributions paid by such~~ board of education ~~in 592~~
719		-	~~accordance with the provisions of this subdivision.~~ ~~The costs for services 593~~
720		-	~~other than educational shall be paid by the~~ state ~~agency which placed 594~~
721		-	~~the~~ child~~. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to the school 595~~
722		-	~~districts established within~~ the ~~Department~~ of ~~Children and Families,~~ ~~596~~
723		-	~~pursuant to section 17a-37 or~~ the ~~Department of Correction~~, ~~pursuant to 597~~
724		-	~~section 18-99a~~, ~~provided in any case in which special~~ education ~~is being 598~~
725		-	~~provided at a private residential institution, including~~ the ~~residential 599~~
726		-	~~components of regional educational service centers,~~ to a child ~~for whom 600~~
727		-	~~no local or regional board~~ of ~~education can be found responsible under 601~~
728		-	~~subsection (b)~~ of ~~this section,~~ ~~Unified School District #2 shall provide 602~~
729		-	~~the special education and related services and be financially responsible 603~~
730		-	~~for~~ the ~~reasonable costs~~ of ~~such special~~ education ~~instruction for such 604~~
731		-	~~children. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision,~~ for ~~the 605~~
732		-	~~fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, and for~~ the ~~606~~
733		-	~~fiscal years ending June 30, 2010,~~ to ~~June 30,~~ ~~[2021] 2023,~~ ~~inclusive, the 607~~
734		-	~~amount~~ of the ~~grants payable to~~ local or regional ~~boards~~ of education ~~in 608~~
735		-	~~accordance with this subdivision shall be reduced proportionately if the 609~~
736		-	~~total~~ of ~~such grants in such year exceeds~~ the ~~amount appropriated for 610~~
737		-	~~the purposes~~ of ~~this subdivision for such year.~~ ~~611~~
738		-	~~Sec. 11.~~ ~~Subsection (d) of section 10-76g~~ ~~of the general statutes is 612~~
739		-	~~repealed and~~ the ~~following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective~~ ~~July 1,~~ ~~613~~
740		-	~~2021): 614~~ Substitute Bill No. 6618
	707	+	shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such grants in such year 581
	708	+	exceeds the amount appropriated for such grants for such year. 582
	709	+	Sec. 13. Subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 10-76d of the 583
	710	+	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 584
	711	+	thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 585
	712	+	(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "public agency" includes the 586
	713	+	offices of a government of a federally recognized Native American tribe. 587
	714	+	Notwithstanding any other provisions of the general statutes, for the 588
	715	+	fiscal year ending June 30, 1987, and each fiscal year thereafter, 589
	716	+	whenever a public agency, other than a local or regional board of 590
	717	+	education, the State Board of Education or the Superior Court acting 591
	718	+	pursuant to section 10-76h, places a child in a foster home, group home, 592
	719	+	hospital, state institution, receiving home, custodial institution or any 593
	720	+	other residential or day treatment facility, and such child requires 594
	721	+	special education, the local or regional board of education under whose 595
	722	+	jurisdiction the child would otherwise be attending school or, if no such 596
	723	+	board can be identified, the local or regional board of education of the 597
	724	+	town where the child is placed, shall provide the requisite special 598
	725	+	education and related services to such child in accordance with the 599
	726	+	provisions of this section. Within one business day of such a placement 600
	727	+	by the Department of Children and Families or offices of a government 601
	728	+	of a federally recognized Native American tribe, said department or 602
	729	+	offices shall orally notify the local or regional board of education 603
	730	+	responsible for providing special education and related services to such 604
	731	+	child of such placement. The department or offices shall provide written 605
	732	+	notification to such board of such placement within two business days 606
	733	+	of the placement. Such local or regional board of education shall 607
	734	+	convene a planning and placement team meeting for such child within 608
	735	+	thirty days of the placement and shall invite a representative of the 609
	736	+	Department of Children and Families or offices of a government of a 610
	737	+	federally recognized Native American tribe to participate in such 611
	738	+	meeting. (A) The local or regional board of education under whose 612
	739	+	jurisdiction such child would otherwise be attending school shall be 613 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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747		-	(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years 615
748		-	ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, and for the fiscal years 616
749		-	ending June 30, 2010, to June 30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, the amount of 617
750		-	the grants payable to local or regional boards of education in accordance 618
751		-	with this section, except grants paid in accordance with subdivision (2) 619
752		-	of subsection (a) of this section, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, 620
753		-	and June 30, 2007, and for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, to June 621
754		-	30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, shall be reduced proportionately if the total of 622
755		-	such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for the 623
756		-	purposes of this section for such year. 624
757		-	Sec. 12. Subsection (b) of section 10-253 of the general statutes is 625
758		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 626
759		-	2021): 627
760		-	(b) The board of education of the school district under whose 628
761		-	jurisdiction a child would otherwise be attending school shall be 629
762		-	financially responsible for the reasonable costs of education for a child 630
763		-	placed out by the Commissioner of Children and Families or by other 631
764		-	agencies, including, but not limited to, offices of a government of a 632
765		-	federally recognized Native American tribe, in a private residential 633
766		-	facility when such child requires educational services other than special 634
767		-	education services. Such financial responsibility shall be the lesser of 635
768		-	one hundred per cent of the costs of such education or the average per 636
769		-	pupil educational costs of such board of education for the prior fiscal 637
770		-	year, determined in accordance with subsection (a) of section 10-76f. 638
771		-	Any costs in excess of the board's basic contribution shall be paid by the 639
772		-	State Board of Education on a current basis. The costs for services other 640
773		-	than educational shall be paid by the state agency which placed the 641
774		-	child. Application for the grant to be paid by the state for costs in excess 642
775		-	of the local or regional board of education's basic contribution shall be 643
776		-	made in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (5) of subsection 644
777		-	(e) of section 10-76d. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, 645
778		-	for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, and 646
779		-	for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, to June 30, [2021] 2023, 647 Substitute Bill No. 6618
	746	+	financially responsible for the reasonable costs of such special education 614
	747	+	and related services in an amount equal to the lesser of one hundred per 615
	748	+	cent of the costs of such education or the average per pupil educational 616
	749	+	costs of such board of education for the prior fiscal year, determined in 617
	750	+	accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 10-76f. The 618
	751	+	State Board of Education shall pay on a current basis, except as provided 619
	752	+	in subdivision (3) of this subsection, any costs in excess of such local or 620
	753	+	regional board's basic contributions paid by such board of education in 621
	754	+	accordance with the provisions of this subdivision. (B) Whenever a child 622
	755	+	is placed pursuant to this subdivision, on or after July 1, 1995, by the 623
	756	+	Department of Children and Families and the local or regional board of 624
	757	+	education under whose jurisdiction such child would otherwise be 625
	758	+	attending school cannot be identified, the local or regional board of 626
	759	+	education under whose jurisdiction the child attended school or in 627
	760	+	whose district the child resided at the time of removal from the home 628
	761	+	by said department shall be responsible for the reasonable costs of 629
	762	+	special education and related services provided to such child, for one 630
	763	+	calendar year or until the child is committed to the state pursuant to 631
	764	+	section 46b-129 or 46b-140 or is returned to the child's parent or 632
	765	+	guardian, whichever is earlier. If the child remains in such placement 633
	766	+	beyond one calendar year the Department of Children and Families 634
	767	+	shall be responsible for such costs. During the period the local or 635
	768	+	regional board of education is responsible for the reasonable cost of 636
	769	+	special education and related services pursuant to this subparagraph, 637
	770	+	the board shall be responsible for such costs in an amount equal to the 638
	771	+	lesser of one hundred per cent of the costs of such education and related 639
	772	+	services or the average per pupil educational costs of such board of 640
	773	+	education for the prior fiscal year, determined in accordance with the 641
	774	+	provisions of subsection (a) of section 10-76f. The State Board of 642
	775	+	Education shall pay on a current basis, except as provided in 643
	776	+	subdivision (3) of this subsection, any costs in excess of such local or 644
	777	+	regional board's basic contributions paid by such board of education in 645
	778	+	accordance with the provisions of this subdivision. The costs for services 646
	779	+	other than educational shall be paid by the state agency which placed 647
	780	+	the child. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to the school 648 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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786		-	inclusive, the amount of the grants payable to local or regional boards 648
787		-	of education in accordance with this subsection shall be reduced 649
788		-	proportionately if the total of such grants in such year exceeds the 650
789		-	amount appropriated for the purposes of this subsection for such year. 651
790		-	Sec. 13. Subsection (i) of section 10-217a of the general statutes is 652
791		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 653
792		-	2021): 654
793		-	(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years 655
794		-	ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, the amount of 656
795		-	the grants payable to local or regional boards of education in accordance 657
796		-	with this section shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such 658
797		-	grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for purposes of 659
798		-	this section. 660
799		-	Sec. 14. Subsection (e) of section 10-66j of the general statutes is 661
800		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 662
801		-	2021): 663
802		-	(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years 664
803		-	ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and for the fiscal years 665
804		-	ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, the amount of grants payable to 666
805		-	regional educational service centers shall be reduced proportionately if 667
806		-	the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated 668
807		-	for such grants for such year. 669
808		-	Sec. 15. Subsection (d) of section 10-71 of the general statutes is 670
809		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 671
810		-	2021): 672
811		-	(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years 673
812		-	ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, the amount of 674
813		-	the grants payable to towns, regional boards of education or regional 675
814		-	educational service centers in accordance with this section shall be 676
815		-	reduced proportionately if the total of such grants in such year exceeds 677
816		-	the amount appropriated for the purposes of this section for such year. 678 Substitute Bill No. 6618
	787	+	districts established within the Department of Children and Families, 649
	788	+	pursuant to section 17a-37 or the Department of Correction, pursuant to 650
	789	+	section 18-99a, provided in any case in which special education is being 651
	790	+	provided at a private residential institution, including the residential 652
	791	+	components of regional educational service centers, to a child for whom 653
	792	+	no local or regional board of education can be found responsible under 654
	793	+	subsection (b) of this section, Unified School District #2 shall provide 655
	794	+	the special education and related services and be financially responsible 656
	795	+	for the reasonable costs of such special education instruction for such 657
	796	+	children. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, for the 658
	797	+	fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, and for the 659
	798	+	fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, to June 30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, the 660
	799	+	amount of the grants payable to local or regional boards of education in 661
	800	+	accordance with this subdivision shall be reduced proportionately if the 662
	801	+	total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for 663
	802	+	the purposes of this subdivision for such year. 664
	803	+	Sec. 14. Subsection (d) of section 10-76g of the general statutes is 665
	804	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 666
	805	+	2021): 667
	806	+	(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years 668
	807	+	ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, and for the fiscal years 669
	808	+	ending June 30, 2010, to June 30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, the amount of 670
	809	+	the grants payable to local or regional boards of education in accordance 671
	810	+	with this section, except grants paid in accordance with subdivision (2) 672
	811	+	of subsection (a) of this section, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, 673
	812	+	and June 30, 2007, and for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, to June 674
	813	+	30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, shall be reduced proportionately if the total of 675
	814	+	such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for the 676
	815	+	purposes of this section for such year. 677
	816	+	Sec. 15. Subsection (b) of section 10-253 of the general statutes is 678
	817	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 679
	818	+	2021): 680 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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823		-	Sec. 16. Section 10-266aa of the general statutes is repealed and the 679
824		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 680
825		-	(a) As used in this section: 681
826		-	(1) "Receiving district" means any school district that accepts students 682
827		-	under the program established pursuant to this section; 683
828		-	(2) "Sending district" means any school district that sends students it 684
829		-	would otherwise be legally responsible for educating to another school 685
830		-	district under the program; and 686
831		-	(3) "Minority students" means students who are "pupils of racial 687
832		-	minorities", as defined in section 10-226a. 688
833		-	(b) There is established, within available appropriations, an 689
834		-	interdistrict public school attendance program. The purpose of the 690
835		-	program shall be to: (1) Improve academic achievement; (2) reduce 691
836		-	racial, ethnic and economic isolation or preserve racial and ethnic 692
837		-	balance; and (3) provide a choice of educational programs. The 693
838		-	Department of Education shall provide oversight for the program, 694
839		-	including the setting of reasonable limits for the transportation of 695
840		-	students participating in the program, and may provide for the 696
841		-	incremental expansion of the program for the school year commencing 697
842		-	in 2000 for each town required to participate in the program pursuant 698
843		-	to subsection (c) of this section. 699
844		-	(c) The program shall be phased in as provided in this subsection. (1) 700
845		-	For the school year commencing in 1998, and for each school year 701
846		-	thereafter, the program shall be in operation in the Hartford, New 702
847		-	Haven and Bridgeport regions. The Hartford program shall operate as 703
848		-	a continuation of the program described in section 10-266j. Students 704
849		-	who reside in Hartford, New Haven or Bridgeport may attend school in 705
850		-	another school district in the region and students who reside in such 706
851		-	other school districts may attend school in Hartford, New Haven or 707
852		-	Bridgeport, provided, beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, the 708
853		-	proportion of students who are not minority students to the total 709 Substitute Bill No. 6618
	825	+	(b) The board of education of the school district under whose 681
	826	+	jurisdiction a child would otherwise be attending school shall be 682
	827	+	financially responsible for the reasonable costs of education for a child 683
	828	+	placed out by the Commissioner of Children and Families or by other 684
	829	+	agencies, including, but not limited to, offices of a government of a 685
	830	+	federally recognized Native American tribe, in a private residential 686
	831	+	facility when such child requires educational services other than special 687
	832	+	education services. Such financial responsibility shall be the lesser of 688
	833	+	one hundred per cent of the costs of such education or the average per 689
	834	+	pupil educational costs of such board of education for the prior fiscal 690
	835	+	year, determined in accordance with subsection (a) of section 10-76f. 691
	836	+	Any costs in excess of the board's basic contribution shall be paid by the 692
	837	+	State Board of Education on a current basis. The costs for services other 693
	838	+	than educational shall be paid by the state agency which placed the 694
	839	+	child. Application for the grant to be paid by the state for costs in excess 695
	840	+	of the local or regional board of education's basic contribution shall be 696
	841	+	made in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (5) of subsection 697
	842	+	(e) of section 10-76d. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, 698
	843	+	for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, and 699
	844	+	for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, to June 30, [2021] 2023, 700
	845	+	inclusive, the amount of the grants payable to local or regional boards 701
	846	+	of education in accordance with this subsection shall be reduced 702
	847	+	proportionately if the total of such grants in such year exceeds the 703
	848	+	amount appropriated for the purposes of this subsection for such year. 704
	849	+	Sec. 16. Subsection (i) of section 10-217a of the general statutes is 705
	850	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 706
	851	+	2021): 707
	852	+	(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years 708
	853	+	ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, the amount of 709
	854	+	the grants payable to local or regional boards of education in accordance 710
	855	+	with this section shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such 711
	856	+	grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for purposes of 712
	857	+	this section. 713 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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859	863
860		-	number of students leaving Hartford, Bridgeport or New Haven to 710
861		-	participate in the program shall not be greater than the proportion of 711
862		-	students who were not minority students in the prior school year to the 712
863		-	total number of students enrolled in Hartford, Bridgeport or New 713
864		-	Haven in the prior school year. The regional educational service center 714
865		-	operating the program shall make program participation decisions in 715
866		-	accordance with the requirements of this subdivision. (2) For the school 716
867		-	year commencing in 2000, and for each school year thereafter, the 717
868		-	program shall be in operation in New London, provided beginning with 718
869		-	the 2001-2002 school year, the proportion of students who are not 719
870		-	minority students to the total number of students leaving New London 720
871		-	to participate in the program shall not be greater than the proportion of 721
872		-	students who were not minority students in the prior year to the total 722
873		-	number of students enrolled in New London in the prior school year. 723
874		-	The regional educational service center operating the program shall 724
875		-	make program participation decisions in accordance with this 725
876		-	subdivision. (3) The Department of Education may provide, within 726
877		-	available appropriations, grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, 727
878		-	to the remaining regional educational service centers to assist school 728
879		-	districts in planning for a voluntary program of student enrollment in 729
880		-	every priority school district, pursuant to section 10-266p, which is 730
881		-	interested in participating in accordance with this subdivision. For the 731
882		-	school year commencing in 2003, and for each school year thereafter, the 732
883		-	voluntary enrollment program may be in operation in every priority 733
884		-	school district in the state. Students from other school districts in the 734
885		-	area of a priority school district, as determined by the regional 735
886		-	educational service center pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, may 736
887		-	attend school in the priority school district, provided such students 737
888		-	bring racial, ethnic and economic diversity to the priority school district 738
889		-	and do not increase the racial, ethnic and economic isolation in the 739
890		-	priority school district. (4) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, 740
891		-	there shall be a pilot program in operation in Danbury and Norwalk. 741
892		-	The pilot program shall serve (A) up to fifty students who reside in 742
893		-	Danbury, and such students may attend school in the school districts for 743
894		-	the towns of New Fairfield, Brookfield, Bethel, Ridgefield and Redding, 744 Substitute Bill No. 6618
	864	+	Sec. 17. Subsection (e) of section 10-66j of the general statutes is 714
	865	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 715
	866	+	2021): 716
	867	+	(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years 717
	868	+	ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and for the fiscal years 718
	869	+	ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, the amount of grants payable to 719
	870	+	regional educational service centers shall be reduced proportionately if 720
	871	+	the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated 721
	872	+	for such grants for such year. 722
	873	+	Sec. 18. Subsection (d) of section 10-71 of the general statutes is 723
	874	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 724
	875	+	2021): 725
	876	+	(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years 726
	877	+	ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, the amount of 727
	878	+	the grants payable to towns, regional boards of education or regional 728
	879	+	educational service centers in accordance with this section shall be 729
	880	+	reduced proportionately if the total of such grants in such year exceeds 730
	881	+	the amount appropriated for the purposes of this section for such year. 731
	882	+	Sec. 19. Section 10-266aa of the general statutes is repealed and the 732
	883	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 733
	884	+	(a) As used in this section: 734
	885	+	(1) "Receiving district" means any school district that accepts students 735
	886	+	under the program established pursuant to this section; 736
	887	+	(2) "Sending district" means any school district that sends students it 737
	888	+	would otherwise be legally responsible for educating to another school 738
	889	+	district under the program; and 739
	890	+	(3) "Minority students" means students who are "pupils of racial 740
	891	+	minorities", as defined in section 10-226a. 741 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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900	897
901		-	and (B) up to fifty students who reside in Norwalk, and such students 745
902		-	may attend school in the school districts for the towns of Darien, New 746
903		-	Canaan, Wilton, Weston and Westport. School districts which receive 747
904		-	students from Danbury and Norwalk under the pilot program during 748
905		-	the school year commencing July 1, 2022, shall allow such students to 749
906		-	attend school in the district until they graduate from high school. 750
907		-	(d) School districts which received students from New London under 751
908		-	the program during the [2000-2001] school year commencing July 1, 752
909		-	2000, shall allow such students to attend school in the district until they 753
910		-	graduate from high school. The attendance of such students in such 754
911		-	program shall not be supported by grants pursuant to subsections (f) 755
912		-	and (g) of this section but shall be supported, in the same amounts as 756
913		-	provided for in said subsections, by interdistrict cooperative grants 757
914		-	pursuant to section 10-74d to the regional educational service centers 758
915		-	operating such programs. 759
916		-	(e) Once the program is in operation in the region served by a 760
917		-	regional educational service center pursuant to subsection (c) of this 761
918		-	section, the Department of Education shall provide an annual grant to 762
919		-	such regional educational service center to assist school districts in its 763
920		-	area in administering the program and to provide staff to assist students 764
921		-	participating in the program to make the transition to a new school and 765
922		-	to act as a liaison between the parents of such students and the new 766
923		-	school district. Each regional educational service center shall determine 767
924		-	which school districts in its area are located close enough to a priority 768
925		-	school district to make participation in the program feasible in terms of 769
926		-	student transportation pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, 770
927		-	provided any student participating in the program prior to July 1, 1999, 771
928		-	shall be allowed to continue to attend the same school such student 772
929		-	attended prior to said date in the receiving district until the student 773
930		-	completes the highest grade in such school. If there are more students 774
931		-	who seek to attend school in a receiving district than there are spaces 775
932		-	available, the regional educational service center shall assist the school 776
933		-	district in determining attendance by the use of a lottery or lotteries 777 Substitute Bill No. 6618
	898	+	(b) There is established, within available appropriations, an 742
	899	+	interdistrict public school attendance program. The purpose of the 743
	900	+	program shall be to: (1) Improve academic achievement; (2) reduce 744
	901	+	racial, ethnic and economic isolation or preserve racial and ethnic 745
	902	+	balance; and (3) provide a choice of educational programs. The 746
	903	+	Department of Education shall provide oversight for the program, 747
	904	+	including the setting of reasonable limits for the transportation of 748
	905	+	students participating in the program, and may provide for the 749
	906	+	incremental expansion of the program for the school year commencing 750
	907	+	in 2000 for each town required to participate in the program pursuant 751
	908	+	to subsection (c) of this section. 752
	909	+	(c) The program shall be phased in as provided in this subsection. (1) 753
	910	+	For the school year commencing in 1998, and for each school year 754
	911	+	thereafter, the program shall be in operation in the Hartford, New 755
	912	+	Haven and Bridgeport regions. The Hartford program shall operate as 756
	913	+	a continuation of the program described in section 10-266j. Students 757
	914	+	who reside in Hartford, New Haven or Bridgeport may attend school in 758
	915	+	another school district in the region and students who reside in such 759
	916	+	other school districts may attend school in Hartford, New Haven or 760
	917	+	Bridgeport, provided, beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, the 761
	918	+	proportion of students who are not minority students to the total 762
	919	+	number of students leaving Hartford, Bridgeport or New Haven to 763
	920	+	participate in the program shall not be greater than the proportion of 764
	921	+	students who were not minority students in the prior school year to the 765
	922	+	total number of students enrolled in Hartford, Bridgeport or New 766
	923	+	Haven in the prior school year. The regional educational service center 767
	924	+	operating the program shall make program participation decisions in 768
	925	+	accordance with the requirements of this subdivision. (2) For the school 769
	926	+	year commencing in 2000, and for each school year thereafter, the 770
	927	+	program shall be in operation in New London, provided beginning with 771
	928	+	the 2001-2002 school year, the proportion of students who are not 772
	929	+	minority students to the total number of students leaving New London 773
	930	+	to participate in the program shall not be greater than the proportion of 774
	931	+	students who were not minority students in the prior year to the total 775 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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939	937
940		-	designed to preserve or increase racial, ethnic and economic diversity, 778
941		-	except that the regional educational service center shall give preference 779
942		-	to siblings and to students who would otherwise attend a school that 780
943		-	has lost its accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and 781
944		-	Colleges or has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant to 782
945		-	the No Child Left Behind Act, P.L. 107-110. The admission policies shall 783
946		-	be consistent with section 10-15c and this section. No receiving district 784
947		-	shall recruit students under the program for athletic or extracurricular 785
948		-	purposes. Each receiving district shall allow out-of-district students it 786
949		-	accepts to attend school in the district until they graduate from high 787
950		-	school. 788
951		-	(f) The Department of Education shall provide grants to regional 789
952		-	educational service centers or local or regional boards of education for 790
953		-	the reasonable cost of transportation for students participating in the 791
954		-	program. For the fiscal [years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2017, 792
955		-	inclusive] year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, the 793
956		-	department shall provide such grants within available appropriations, 794
957		-	provided the state-wide average of such grants does not exceed an 795
958		-	amount equal to three thousand two hundred fifty dollars for each 796
959		-	student transported, except that the Commissioner of Education may 797
960		-	grant to regional educational service centers or local or regional boards 798
961		-	of education additional sums from funds remaining in the 799
962		-	appropriation for such transportation services if needed to offset 800
963		-	transportation costs that exceed such maximum amount. The regional 801
964		-	educational service centers shall provide reasonable transportation 802
965		-	services to high school students who wish to participate in supervised 803
966		-	extracurricular activities. For purposes of this section, the number of 804
967		-	students transported shall be determined on October first of each fiscal 805
968		-	year. 806
969		-	(g) (1) Except as provided in [subdivision] subdivisions (2) and (3) of 807
970		-	this subsection, the Department of Education shall provide, within 808
971		-	available appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board 809
972		-	of education for each receiving district in an amount not to exceed two 810 Substitute Bill No. 6618
	938	+	number of students enrolled in New London in the prior school year. 776
	939	+	The regional educational service center operating the program shall 777
	940	+	make program participation decisions in accordance with this 778
	941	+	subdivision. (3) The Department of Education may provide, within 779
	942	+	available appropriations, grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, 780
	943	+	to the remaining regional educational service centers to assist school 781
	944	+	districts in planning for a voluntary program of student enrollment in 782
	945	+	every priority school district, pursuant to section 10-266p, which is 783
	946	+	interested in participating in accordance with this subdivision. For the 784
	947	+	school year commencing in 2003, and for each school year thereafter, the 785
	948	+	voluntary enrollment program may be in operation in every priority 786
	949	+	school district in the state. Students from other school districts in the 787
	950	+	area of a priority school district, as determined by the regional 788
	951	+	educational service center pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, may 789
	952	+	attend school in the priority school district, provided such students 790
	953	+	bring racial, ethnic and economic diversity to the priority school district 791
	954	+	and do not increase the racial, ethnic and economic isolation in the 792
	955	+	priority school district. (4) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, 793
	956	+	there shall be a pilot program in operation in Danbury and Norwalk. 794
	957	+	The pilot program shall serve (A) up to fifty students who reside in 795
	958	+	Danbury, and such students may attend school in the school districts for 796
	959	+	the towns of New Fairfield, Brookfield, Bethel, Ridgefield and Redding, 797
	960	+	and (B) up to fifty students who reside in Norwalk, and such students 798
	961	+	may attend school in the school districts for the towns of Darien, New 799
	962	+	Canaan, Wilton, Weston and Westport. School districts which received 800
	963	+	students from Danbury and Norwalk under the pilot program during 801
	964	+	the school year commencing July 1, 2022, shall allow such students to 802
	965	+	attend school in the district until they graduate from high school. 803
	966	+	(d) School districts which received students from New London under 804
	967	+	the program during the [2000-2001] school year commencing July 1, 805
	968	+	2000, shall allow such students to attend school in the district until they 806
	969	+	graduate from high school. The attendance of such students in such 807
	970	+	program shall not be supported by grants pursuant to subsections (f) 808
	971	+	and (g) of this section but shall be supported, in the same amounts as 809 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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978	977
979		-	~~thousand five hundred dollars~~ for ~~each out-of-district student who 811~~
980		-	~~attends school in~~ the ~~receiving district under the program.~~ ~~812~~
981		-	~~(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year 813~~
982		-	~~thereafter,~~ the ~~department shall provide,~~ ~~within available 814~~
983		-	~~appropriations, an annual grant~~ to ~~the local or regional board~~ of ~~815~~
984		-	~~education for each receiving district if one~~ of ~~the following conditions 816~~
985		-	~~are met as follows:~~ ~~(A) Three thousand dollars for each out-of-district 817~~
986		-	~~student who attends school~~ in ~~the receiving district under~~ the program ~~818~~
987		-	if the ~~number of such out-of-district students is less than two per cent of 819~~
988		-	the ~~total student population~~ of such ~~receiving district,~~ ~~(B) four thousand 820~~
989		-	~~dollars for~~ each ~~out-of-district student who attends school in the 821~~
990		-	~~receiving district under the program if the number of such out-of-822~~
991		-	district ~~students is greater than or equal~~ to ~~two per cent but less than 823~~
992		-	~~three per cent~~ of ~~the total student population of such receiving district~~, ~~824~~
993		-	~~(C) six thousand dollars for each out-of-district~~ student ~~who attends 825~~
994		-	~~school in~~ the ~~receiving district under the program if the number of~~ such ~~826~~
995		-	~~out-of-district students is greater than or equal~~ to ~~three per cent but less 827~~
996		-	~~than four per cent of~~ the ~~total student population of~~ such ~~receiving 828~~
997		-	~~district, (D) six thousand dollars for each out-of-~~district ~~student who 829~~
998		-	~~attends~~ school ~~in the receiving district under the program if the 830~~
999		-	~~Commissioner~~ of ~~Education determines that the receiving district has an 831~~
1000		-	~~enrollment of greater than four thousand students~~ and ~~has increased the 832~~
1001		-	~~number of students in~~ the ~~program by at least fifty per cent from the 833~~
1002		-	~~previous fiscal year,~~ ~~or (E) eight thousand dollars for each out-of-district 834~~
1003		-	~~student who attends school in~~ the ~~receiving district under the program 835~~
1004		-	~~if the number~~ of ~~such out-of-district students is greater than or equal~~ to ~~836~~
1005		-	~~four per cent of~~ the ~~total student population of such receiving district. 837~~
1006		-	~~(3) (A) For the fiscal year ending June 30,~~ ~~2023, the department shall 838~~
1007		-	~~provide a grant to~~ the ~~local~~ or ~~regional board of education for each 839~~
1008		-	receiving district ~~described in subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this 840~~
1009		-	~~section~~ in ~~an amount of four thousand dollars for each out-of-~~district ~~841~~
1010		-	~~student who resides in Danbury or Norwalk and attends school in the 842~~
1011		-	~~receiving district under~~ the ~~pilot program.~~ ~~843~~ Substitute Bill No. 6618
	978	+	provided for in said subsections, by interdistrict cooperative grants 810
	979	+	pursuant to section 10-74d to the regional educational service centers 811
	980	+	operating such programs. 812
	981	+	(e) Once the program is in operation in the region served by a 813
	982	+	regional educational service center pursuant to subsection (c) of this 814
	983	+	section, the Department of Education shall provide an annual grant to 815
	984	+	such regional educational service center to assist school districts in its 816
	985	+	area in administering the program and to provide staff to assist students 817
	986	+	participating in the program to make the transition to a new school and 818
	987	+	to act as a liaison between the parents of such students and the new 819
	988	+	school district. Each regional educational service center shall determine 820
	989	+	which school districts in its area are located close enough to a priority 821
	990	+	school district to make participation in the program feasible in terms of 822
	991	+	student transportation pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, 823
	992	+	provided any student participating in the program prior to July 1, 1999, 824
	993	+	shall be allowed to continue to attend the same school such student 825
	994	+	attended prior to said date in the receiving district until the student 826
	995	+	completes the highest grade in such school. If there are more students 827
	996	+	who seek to attend school in a receiving district than there are spaces 828
	997	+	available, the regional educational service center shall assist the school 829
	998	+	district in determining attendance by the use of a lottery or lotteries 830
	999	+	designed to preserve or increase racial, ethnic and economic diversity, 831
	1000	+	except that the regional educational service center shall give preference 832
	1001	+	to siblings and to students who would otherwise attend a school that 833
	1002	+	has lost its accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and 834
	1003	+	Colleges or has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant to 835
	1004	+	the No Child Left Behind Act, P.L. 107-110. The admission policies shall 836
	1005	+	be consistent with section 10-15c and this section. No receiving district 837
	1006	+	shall recruit students under the program for athletic or extracurricular 838
	1007	+	purposes. Each receiving district shall allow out-of-district students it 839
	1008	+	accepts to attend school in the district until they graduate from high 840
	1009	+	school. 841
	1010	+	(f) The Department of Education shall provide grants to regional 842 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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1018		-	(B) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year 844
1019		-	thereafter, the department shall provide an annual grant to the local or 845
1020		-	regional board of education for each receiving district described in 846
1021		-	subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this section for each out-of-district 847
1022		-	student who resides in Danbury or Norwalk and attends school in the 848
1023		-	receiving district under the pilot program in accordance with the 849
1024		-	provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection. 850
1025		-	[(3)] (4) Each town which receives funds pursuant to this subsection 851
1026		-	shall make such funds available to its local or regional board of 852
1027		-	education in supplement to any other local appropriation, other state or 853
1028		-	federal grant or other revenue to which the local or regional board of 854
1029		-	education is entitled. 855
1030		-	(h) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, each sending 856
1031		-	district and each receiving district shall divide the number of children 857
1032		-	participating in the program who reside in such district or attend school 858
1033		-	in such district by two for purposes of the counts for subdivision (22) of 859
1034		-	section 10-262f and subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-261. 860
1035		-	(i) In the case of an out-of-district student who requires special 861
1036		-	education and related services, the sending district shall pay the 862
1037		-	receiving district an amount equal to the difference between the 863
1038		-	reasonable cost of providing such special education and related services 864
1039		-	to such student and the amount received by the receiving district 865
1040		-	pursuant to subsection (g) of this section and in the case of students 866
1041		-	participating pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, the per pupil 867
1042		-	amount received pursuant to section 10-74d. The sending district shall 868
1043		-	be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to section 10-76g, as amended 869
1044		-	by this act. 870
1045		-	(j) Nothing in this section shall prohibit school districts from charging 871
1046		-	tuition to other school districts that do not have a high school pursuant 872
1047		-	to section 10-33. 873
1048		-	(k) On or before March first of each year, the Commissioner of 874 Substitute Bill No. 6618
	1017	+	educational service centers or local or regional boards of education for 843
	1018	+	the reasonable cost of transportation for students participating in the 844
	1019	+	program. For the fiscal [years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2017, 845
	1020	+	inclusive] year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, the 846
	1021	+	department shall provide such grants within available appropriations, 847
	1022	+	provided the state-wide average of such grants does not exceed an 848
	1023	+	amount equal to three thousand two hundred fifty dollars for each 849
	1024	+	student transported, except that the Commissioner of Education may 850
	1025	+	grant to regional educational service centers or local or regional boards 851
	1026	+	of education additional sums from funds remaining in the 852
	1027	+	appropriation for such transportation services if needed to offset 853
	1028	+	transportation costs that exceed such maximum amount. The regional 854
	1029	+	educational service centers shall provide reasonable transportation 855
	1030	+	services to high school students who wish to participate in supervised 856
	1031	+	extracurricular activities. For purposes of this section, the number of 857
	1032	+	students transported shall be determined on October first of each fiscal 858
	1033	+	year. 859
	1034	+	(g) (1) Except as provided in [subdivision] subdivisions (2) and (3) of 860
	1035	+	this subsection, the Department of Education shall provide, within 861
	1036	+	available appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board 862
	1037	+	of education for each receiving district in an amount not to exceed two 863
	1038	+	thousand five hundred dollars for each out-of-district student who 864
	1039	+	attends school in the receiving district under the program. 865
	1040	+	(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year 866
	1041	+	thereafter, the department shall provide, within available 867
	1042	+	appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board of 868
	1043	+	education for each receiving district if one of the following conditions 869
	1044	+	are met as follows: (A) Three thousand dollars for each out-of-district 870
	1045	+	student who attends school in the receiving district under the program 871
	1046	+	if the number of such out-of-district students is less than two per cent of 872
	1047	+	the total student population of such receiving district, (B) four thousand 873
	1048	+	dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in the 874
	1049	+	receiving district under the program if the number of such out-of-875 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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1055		-	Education shall determine if the enrollment in the program pursuant to 875
1056		-	subsection (c) of this section for the fiscal year is below the number of 876
1057		-	students for which funds were appropriated. If the commissioner 877
1058		-	determines that the enrollment is below such number, the additional 878
1059		-	funds shall not lapse but shall be used by the commissioner in 879
1060		-	accordance with this subsection. 880
1061		-	(1) Any amount up to five hundred thousand dollars of such 881
1062		-	nonlapsing funds shall be used for supplemental grants to receiving 882
1063		-	districts on a pro rata basis for each out-of-district student in the 883
1064		-	program pursuant to subsection (c) of this section who attends the same 884
1065		-	school in the receiving district as at least nine other such out-of-district 885
1066		-	students, not to exceed one thousand dollars per student. 886
1067		-	(2) Any amount of such nonlapsing funds equal to or greater than 887
1068		-	five hundred thousand dollars, but less than one million dollars, shall 888
1069		-	be used for supplemental grants, in an amount determined by the 889
1070		-	commissioner, on a pro rata basis to receiving districts that report to the 890
1071		-	commissioner on or before March first of the current school year that the 891
1072		-	number of out-of-district students enrolled in such receiving district is 892
1073		-	greater than the number of out-of-district students enrolled in such 893
1074		-	receiving district from the previous school year. 894
1075		-	(3) Any remaining nonlapsing funds shall be used by the 895
1076		-	commissioner to increase enrollment in the interdistrict public school 896
1077		-	attendance program described in this section. 897
1078		-	(l) For purposes of the state-wide mastery examinations under 898
1079		-	section 10-14n, students participating in the program established 899
1080		-	pursuant to this section shall be considered residents of the school 900
1081		-	district in which they attend school. 901
1082		-	(m) Within available appropriations, the commissioner may make 902
1083		-	grants to regional education service centers which provide summer 903
1084		-	school educational programs approved by the commissioner to students 904
1085		-	participating in the program. 905 Substitute Bill No. 6618
	1056	+	district students is greater than or equal to two per cent but less than 876
	1057	+	three per cent of the total student population of such receiving district, 877
	1058	+	(C) six thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who attends 878
	1059	+	school in the receiving district under the program if the number of such 879
	1060	+	out-of-district students is greater than or equal to three per cent but less 880
	1061	+	than four per cent of the total student population of such receiving 881
	1062	+	district, (D) six thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who 882
	1063	+	attends school in the receiving district under the program if the 883
	1064	+	Commissioner of Education determines that the receiving district has an 884
	1065	+	enrollment of greater than four thousand students and has increased the 885
	1066	+	number of students in the program by at least fifty per cent from the 886
	1067	+	previous fiscal year, or (E) eight thousand dollars for each out-of-district 887
	1068	+	student who attends school in the receiving district under the program 888
	1069	+	if the number of such out-of-district students is greater than or equal to 889
	1070	+	four per cent of the total student population of such receiving district. 890
	1071	+	(3) (A) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the department shall 891
	1072	+	provide a grant to the local or regional board of education for each 892
	1073	+	receiving district described in subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this 893
	1074	+	section in an amount of four thousand dollars for each out-of-district 894
	1075	+	student who resides in Danbury or Norwalk and attends school in the 895
	1076	+	receiving district under the pilot program. 896
	1077	+	(B) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year 897
	1078	+	thereafter, the department shall provide an annual grant to the local or 898
	1079	+	regional board of education for each receiving district described in 899
	1080	+	subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this section for each out-of-district 900
	1081	+	student who resides in Danbury or Norwalk and attends school in the 901
	1082	+	receiving district under the pilot program in accordance with the 902
	1083	+	provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection. 903
	1084	+	[(3)] (4) Each town which receives funds pursuant to this subsection 904
	1085	+	shall make such funds available to its local or regional board of 905
	1086	+	education in supplement to any other local appropriation, other state or 906
	1087	+	federal grant or other revenue to which the local or regional board of 907
	1088	+	education is entitled. 908 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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1092		-	(n) The Commissioner of Education may provide grants for children 906
1093		-	in the Hartford program described in this section to participate in 907
1094		-	preschool and all day kindergarten programs. In addition to the subsidy 908
1095		-	provided to the receiving district for educational services, such grants 909
1096		-	may be used for the provision of before and after-school care and 910
1097		-	remedial services for the preschool and kindergarten students 911
1098		-	participating in the program. 912
1099		-	(o) Within available appropriations, the commissioner may make 913
1100		-	grants for academic student support for programs pursuant to this 914
1101		-	section that assist the state in meeting [the goals of the 2008 stipulation 915
1102		-	and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, 916
1103		-	or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. 917
1104		-	William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, as determined by the 918
1105		-	commissioner] its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. 919
1106		-	O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, 920
1107		-	as determined by the Commissioner of Education. 921
	1095	+	(h) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, each sending 909
	1096	+	district and each receiving district shall divide the number of children 910
	1097	+	participating in the program who reside in such district or attend school 911
	1098	+	in such district by two for purposes of the counts for subdivision (22) of 912
	1099	+	section 10-262f and subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-261. 913
	1100	+	(i) In the case of an out-of-district student who requires special 914
	1101	+	education and related services, the sending district shall pay the 915
	1102	+	receiving district an amount equal to the difference between the 916
	1103	+	reasonable cost of providing such special education and related services 917
	1104	+	to such student and the amount received by the receiving district 918
	1105	+	pursuant to subsection (g) of this section and in the case of students 919
	1106	+	participating pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, the per pupil 920
	1107	+	amount received pursuant to section 10-74d. The sending district shall 921
	1108	+	be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to section 10-76g, as amended 922
	1109	+	by this act. 923
	1110	+	(j) Nothing in this section shall prohibit school districts from charging 924
	1111	+	tuition to other school districts that do not have a high school pursuant 925
	1112	+	to section 10-33. 926
	1113	+	(k) On or before March first of each year, the Commissioner of 927
	1114	+	Education shall determine if the enrollment in the program pursuant to 928
	1115	+	subsection (c) of this section for the fiscal year is below the number of 929
	1116	+	students for which funds were appropriated. If the commissioner 930
	1117	+	determines that the enrollment is below such number, the additional 931
	1118	+	funds shall not lapse but shall be used by the commissioner in 932
	1119	+	accordance with this subsection. 933
	1120	+	(1) Any amount up to five hundred thousand dollars of such 934
	1121	+	nonlapsing funds shall be used for supplemental grants to receiving 935
	1122	+	districts on a pro rata basis for each out-of-district student in the 936
	1123	+	program pursuant to subsection (c) of this section who attends the same 937
	1124	+	school in the receiving district as at least nine other such out-of-district 938
	1125	+	students, not to exceed one thousand dollars per student. 939 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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	1132	+	(2) Any amount of such nonlapsing funds equal to or greater than 940
	1133	+	five hundred thousand dollars, but less than one million dollars, shall 941
	1134	+	be used for supplemental grants, in an amount determined by the 942
	1135	+	commissioner, on a pro rata basis to receiving districts that report to the 943
	1136	+	commissioner on or before March first of the current school year that the 944
	1137	+	number of out-of-district students enrolled in such receiving district is 945
	1138	+	greater than the number of out-of-district students enrolled in such 946
	1139	+	receiving district from the previous school year. 947
	1140	+	(3) Any remaining nonlapsing funds shall be used by the 948
	1141	+	commissioner to increase enrollment in the interdistrict public school 949
	1142	+	attendance program described in this section. 950
	1143	+	(l) For purposes of the state-wide mastery examinations under 951
	1144	+	section 10-14n, students participating in the program established 952
	1145	+	pursuant to this section shall be considered residents of the school 953
	1146	+	district in which they attend school. 954
	1147	+	(m) Within available appropriations, the commissioner may make 955
	1148	+	grants to regional education service centers which provide summer 956
	1149	+	school educational programs approved by the commissioner to students 957
	1150	+	participating in the program. 958
	1151	+	(n) The Commissioner of Education may provide grants for children 959
	1152	+	in the Hartford program described in this section to participate in 960
	1153	+	preschool and all day kindergarten programs. In addition to the subsidy 961
	1154	+	provided to the receiving district for educational services, such grants 962
	1155	+	may be used for the provision of before and after-school care and 963
	1156	+	remedial services for the preschool and kindergarten students 964
	1157	+	participating in the program. 965
	1158	+	(o) Within available appropriations, the commissioner may make 966
	1159	+	grants for academic student support for programs pursuant to this 967
	1160	+	section that assist the state in meeting [the goals of the 2008 stipulation 968
	1161	+	and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, 969
	1162	+	or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. 970 Substitute Bill No. 6618
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	1169	+	William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, as determined by the 971
	1170	+	commissioner] its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. 972
	1171	+	O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, 973
	1172	+	as determined by the Commissioner of Education. 974
1108	1173		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
1109	1174		sections:
1110	1175
1111	1176		Section 1 July 1, 2021 10-262u(d)
1112	1177		Sec. 2 from passage New section
1113	1178		Sec. 3 July 1, 2021 10-51(d)(2)
1114	1179		Sec. 4 July 1, 2021 10-262j
1115	1180		Sec. 5 July 1, 2021 10-262i(d)
1116	1181		Sec. 6 July 1, 2021 New section
1117		-	Sec. 7 July 1, 2021 10-264i(a)(4)
1118		-	Sec. 8 July 1, 2021 10-66ee(d)(1)
1119		-	Sec. 9 July 1, 2021 10-17g
1120		-	Sec. 10 July 1, 2021 10-76d(e)(2)
1121		-	Sec. 11 July 1, 2021 10-76g(d)
1122		-	Sec. 12 July 1, 2021 10-253(b)
1123		-	Sec. 13 July 1, 2021 10-217a(i)
1124		-	Sec. 14 July 1, 2021 10-66j(e)
1125		-	Sec. 15 July 1, 2021 10-71(d)
1126		-	Sec. 16 July 1, 2021 10-266aa
1127		-	Substitute Bill No. 6618
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	1182	+	Sec. 7 July 1, 2021 10-66ee
	1183	+	Sec. 8 July 1, 2021 10-66bb(a)
	1184	+	Sec. 9 July 1, 2021 New section
	1185	+	Sec. 10 July 1, 2021 10-264i(a)(4)
	1186	+	Sec. 11 July 1, 2021 10-66ee(d)(1)
	1187	+	Sec. 12 July 1, 2021 10-17g
	1188	+	Sec. 13 July 1, 2021 10-76d(e)(2)
	1189	+	Sec. 14 July 1, 2021 10-76g(d)
	1190	+	Sec. 15 July 1, 2021 10-253(b)
	1191	+	Sec. 16 July 1, 2021 10-217a(i)
	1192	+	Sec. 17 July 1, 2021 10-66j(e)
	1193	+	Sec. 18 July 1, 2021 10-71(d)
	1194	+	Sec. 19 July 1, 2021 10-266aa
1133	1195
1134	1196		ED Joint Favorable Subst. C/R APP
1135		-	APP Joint Favorable Subst.
1136	1197