Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

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7	7	General Assembly Governor's Bill No. 886
8	8	January Session, 2021
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12	12	Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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15	15	Introduced by:
16	16	Request of the Governor Pursuant
17	17	to Joint Rule 9
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23	23	AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
24	24	RECOMMENDATIONS CONC ERNING EDUCATION.
25	25	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
26	26	Assembly convened:
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28	28	Section 1. Section 10-262h of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
29	29	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 2
30	30	(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, each town maintaining 3
31	31	public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid 4
32	32	grant as follows: (1) Any town designated as an alliance district, as 5
33	33	defined in section 10-262u, shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant 6
34	34	in an amount equal to its base grant amount; and (2) any town not 7
35	35	designated as an alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid 8
36	36	grant in an amount equal to ninety-five per cent of its base grant 9
37	37	amount. 10
38	38	(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, each town maintaining 11
39	39	public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid 12
40	40	grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than 13
41	41	its base grant amount shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an 14 Governor's Bill No. 886
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47	47	amount equal to its base grant amount plus four and one-tenth per cent 15
48	48	of its grant adjustment; and (2) any town whose fully funded grant is 16
49	49	less than its base grant amount shall be entitled to an equalization aid 17
50	50	grant in an amount equal to its base grant amount minus twenty-five 18
51	51	per cent of its grant adjustment, except any such town designated as an 19
52	52	alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an 20
53	53	amount equal to its base grant amount. 21
54	54	(c) [For] Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, 22
55	55	for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, to June 30, [2027] 2029, 23
56	56	inclusive, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall 24
57	57	be entitled to an equalization aid grant as follows: (1) Any town whose 25
58	58	fully funded grant is greater than its base grant amount shall be entitled 26
59	59	to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its equalization aid 27
60	60	grant amount for the previous fiscal year plus ten and sixty-six-one-28
61	61	hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment; and (2) any town whose 29
62	62	fully funded grant is less than its base grant amount shall be entitled to 30
63	63	an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its equalization aid 31
64	64	grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus eight and thirty-three-32
65	65	one-hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment, except any such town 33
66	66	designated as an alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid 34
67	67	grant in an amount equal to its base grant amount. 35
68	68	(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2028] 2030, and each fiscal year 36
69	69	thereafter, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall 37
70	70	be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its fully 38
71	71	funded grant, except any town designated as an alliance district whose 39
72	72	fully funded grant amount is less than its base grant amount shall be 40
73	73	entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its base grant 41
74	74	amount. 42
75	75	(e) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this 43
76	76	section, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, each 44
77	77	town shall receive an equalization aid grant in the amount provided for 45
78	78	in subdivision (2) of this subsection. 46 Governor's Bill No. 886
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84	84	(2) Equalization aid grant amounts. 47
85	85	T1 Grantee Grant Amount
86	86	T2 Andover 2,004,782
87	87	T3 Ansonia 17,938,428
88	88	T4 Ashford 3,459,062
89	89	T5 Avon 584,016
90	90	T6 Barkhamsted 1,494,242
91	91	T7 Beacon Falls 3,946,560
92	92	T8 Berlin 5,870,600
93	93	T9 Bethany 1,764,574
94	94	T10 Bethel 7,880,729
95	95	T11 Bethlehem 1,128,527
96	96	T12 Bloomfield 6,700,683
97	97	T13 Bolton 2,683,216
98	98	T14 Bozrah 1,190,095
99	99	T15 Branford 2,619,087
100	100	T16 Bridgeport 187,414,378
101	101	T17 Bridgewater 23,564
102	102	T18 Bristol 47,424,566
103	103	T19 Brookfield 962,317
104	104	T20 Brooklyn 6,926,095
105	105	T21 Burlington 3,923,648
106	106	T22 Canaan 125,752
107	107	T23 Canterbury 4,004,835
108	108	T24 Canton 3,423,208
109	109	T25 Chaplin 1,652,147
110	110	T26 Cheshire 9,339,412
111	111	T27 Chester 768,291
112	112	T28 Clinton 5,192,084
113	113	T29 Colchester 12,040,218
114	114	T30 Colebrook 403,912
115	115	T31 Columbia 2,316,189
116	116	T32 Cornwall 9,149
117	117	T33 Coventry 7,952,911
118	118	T34 Cromwell 4,977,403
119	119	T35 Danbury 37,698,473
120	120	T36 Darien 443,228
121	121	T37 Deep River 1,662,870
122	122	T38 Derby 8,840,423
123	123	T39 Durham 3,165,733
124	124	T40 Eastford 947,176
125	125	T41 East Granby 1,434,092 Governor's Bill No. 886
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131	131	T42 East Haddam 3,555,957
132	132	T43 East Hampton 6,902,775
133	133	T44 East Hartford 54,387,012
134	134	T45 East Haven 19,825,403
135	135	T46 East Lyme 6,076,507
136	136	T47 Easton 172,080
137	137	T48 East Windsor 5,669,122
138	138	T49 Ellington 9,946,889
139	139	T50 Enfield 29,551,526
140	140	T51 Essex 103,926
141	141	T52 Fairfield 1,111,544
142	142	T53 Farmington 843,467
143	143	T54 Franklin 736,256
144	144	T55 Glastonbury 5,379,255
145	145	T56 Goshen 80,162
146	146	T57 Granby 5,278,314
147	147	T58 Greenwich 378,649
148	148	T59 Griswold 10,925,151
149	149	T60 Groton 25,040,045
150	150	T61 Guilford 1,766,084
151	151	T62 Haddam 2,019,012
152	152	T63 Hamden 29,931,677
153	153	T64 Hampton 1,058,408
154	154	T65 Hartford 209,104,777
155	155	T66 Hartland 1,071,722
156	156	T67 Harwinton 2,430,050
157	157	T68 Hebron 5,997,693
158	158	T69 Kent 27,594
159	159	T70 Killingly 15,574,402
160	160	T71 Killingworth 1,677,663
161	161	T72 Lebanon 4,578,589
162	162	T73 Ledyard 11,492,516
163	163	T74 Lisbon 2,899,516
164	164	T75 Litchfield 1,293,502
165	165	T76 Lyme 60,216
166	166	T77 Madison 395,466
167	167	T78 Manchester 38,251,467
168	168	T79 Mansfield 9,459,722
169	169	T80 Marlborough 2,902,339
170	170	T81 Meriden 64,774,542
171	171	T82 Middlebury 847,757
172	172	T83 Middlefield 1,837,504
173	173	T84 Middletown 21,551,965
174	174	T85 Milford 9,673,235 Governor's Bill No. 886
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180	180	T86 Monroe 5,272,935
181	181	T87 Montville 12,779,336
182	182	T88 Morris 109,929
183	183	T89 Naugatuck 32,037,303
184	184	T90 New Britain 95,776,383
185	185	T91 New Canaan 377,366
186	186	T92 New Fairfield 3,481,120
187	187	T93 New Hartford 2,913,010
188	188	T94 New Haven 160,469,961
189	189	T95 Newington 13,772,951
190	190	T96 New London 28,628,974
191	191	T97 New Milford 11,124,188
192	192	T98 Newtown 4,495,691
193	193	T99 Norfolk 25,940
194	194	T100 North Branford 7,331,325
195	195	T101 North Canaan 1,781,954
196	196	T102 North Haven 3,851,360
197	197	T103 North Stonington 2,584,204
198	198	T104 Norwalk 12,590,479
199	199	T105 Norwich 39,228,238
200	200	T106 Old Lyme 238,583
201	201	T107 Old Saybrook 129,714
202	202	T108 Orange 1,015,498
203	203	T109 Oxford 3,677,011
204	204	T110 Plainfield 14,990,047
205	205	T111 Plainville 10,812,066
206	206	T112 Plymouth 9,802,121
207	207	T113 Pomfret 2,670,987
208	208	T114 Portland 4,493,305
209	209	T115 Preston 2,952,496
210	210	T116 Prospect 4,862,123
211	211	T117 Putnam 8,340,282
212	212	T118 Redding 178,040
213	213	T119 Ridgefield 568,700
214	214	T120 Rocky Hill 5,010,814
215	215	T121 Roxbury 36,047
216	216	T122 Salem 2,525,078
217	217	T123 Salisbury 19,530
218	218	T124 Scotland 1,274,671
219	219	T125 Seymour 10,423,086
220	220	T126 Sharon 13,437
221	221	T127 Shelton 6,641,832
222	222	T128 Sherman 46,995
223	223	T129 Simsbury 6,317,010 Governor's Bill No. 886
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229	229	T130 Somers 5,692,630
230	230	T131 Southbury 3,785,641
231	231	T132 Southington 20,466,417
232	232	T133 South Windsor 11,408,078
233	233	T134 Sprague 2,668,094
234	234	T135 Stafford 9,551,487
235	235	T136 Stamford 13,590,585
236	236	T137 Sterling 3,174,585
237	237	T138 Stonington 1,073,011
238	238	T139 Stratford 24,116,337
239	239	T140 Suffield 6,148,151
240	240	T141 Thomaston 5,481,226
241	241	T142 Thompson 7,534,704
242	242	T143 Tolland 9,105,528
243	243	T144 Torrington 26,958,170
244	244	T145 Trumbull 2,323,541
245	245	T146 Union 211,728
246	246	T147 Vernon 20,170,089
247	247	T148 Voluntown 2,117,243
248	248	T149 Wallingford 20,855,570
249	249	T150 Warren 32,115
250	250	T151 Washington 53,007
251	251	T152 Waterbury 150,090,541
252	252	T153 Waterford 326,444
253	253	T154 Watertown 11,780,186
254	254	T155 Westbrook 74,979
255	255	T156 West Hartford 21,880,498
256	256	T157 West Haven 48,958,444
257	257	T158 Weston 263,792
258	258	T159 Westport 507,728
259	259	T160 Wethersfield 10,885,177
260	260	T161 Willington 3,456,594
261	261	T162 Wilton 461,796
262	262	T163 Winchester 8,024,957
263	263	T164 Windham 28,962,979
264	264	T165 Windsor 12,130,392
265	265	T166 Windsor Locks 5,225,299
266	266	T167 Wolcott 12,387,171
267	267	T168 Woodbridge 471,575
268	268	T169 Woodbury 1,539,859
269	269	T170 Woodstock 4,990,532
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271	271	Sec. 2. Section 10-262j of the general statutes is repealed and the 48 Governor's Bill No. 886
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277	277	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 49
278	278	(a) Except as otherwise provided under the provisions of subsections 50
279	279	(c) to (h), inclusive, of this section, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 51
280	280	[2020] 2022, the budgeted appropriation for education shall be not less 52
281	281	than the budgeted appropriation for education for the fiscal year ending 53
282	282	June 30, [2019] 2021, plus any aid increase described in subsection (d) of 54
283	283	section 10-262i, as amended by this act, except that a town may reduce 55
284	284	its budgeted appropriation for education for the fiscal year ending June 56
285	285	30, [2020] 2022, by one or more of the following: 57
286	286	(1) If a town experiences an aid reduction, as described in subsection 58
287	287	(d) of section 10-262i, as amended by this act, such town may reduce its 59
288	288	budgeted appropriation for education in an amount equal to the aid 60
289	289	reduction; 61
290	290	(2) If a district experiences a net reduction in its resident student 62
291	291	count during a period that may include any of the five fiscal years 63
292	292	immediately prior to the fiscal year for which the budgeted 64
293	293	appropriation for education is calculated, such district may reduce its 65
294	294	budgeted appropriation for education in an amount equal to the 66
295	295	number of such net reduction multiplied by fifty per cent of the net 67
296	296	current expenditures per resident student of such district, provided no 68
297	297	district may use the resident student count for any fiscal year that was 69
298	298	previously used to reduce its budgeted appropriation for education in 70
299	299	any calculation of a net reduction of resident students for purposes of 71
300	300	reducing its budgeted appropriation for education pursuant to this 72
301	301	subdivision for any subsequent fiscal year; 73
302	302	(3) Any district (A) that does not maintain a high school and pays 74
303	303	tuition to another school district pursuant to section 10-33 for resident 75
304	304	students to attend high school in another district, and (B) in which the 76
305	305	number of resident students attending high school for such district for 77
306	306	October 1, [2018] 2020, using the data of record as of January 31, [2019] 78
307	307	2021, is lower than such district's number of resident students attending 79
308	308	high school for October 1, [2017] 2019, using the data of record as of 80 Governor's Bill No. 886
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314	314	January 31, [2019] 2021, may reduce such district's budgeted 81
315	315	appropriation for education by the difference in the number of resident 82
316	316	students attending high school for such years multiplied by the amount 83
317	317	of tuition paid per student pursuant to section 10-33; or 84
318	318	(4) Any district that realizes new and documentable savings through 85
319	319	(A) increased district efficiencies approved by the Commissioner of 86
320	320	Education, including, but not limited to, (i) reductions in costs 87
321	321	associated with transportation services, school district administration or 88
322	322	contracts that are not the result of collective bargaining or other labor 89
323	323	agreements, (ii) an agreement to provide medical or health care benefits 90
324	324	pursuant to section 7-464b, (iii) a cooperative agreement relating to the 91
325	325	performance of administrative and central office functions, such as 92
326	326	business manager functions, for the municipality and the school district 93
327	327	pursuant to section 10-241b, (iv) reductions in costs associated with the 94
328	328	purchasing or joint purchasing of property insurance, casualty 95
329	329	insurance and workers' compensation insurance, following the 96
330	330	consultation with the legislative body of the municipality of such district 97
331	331	pursuant to section 10-241c, (v) reductions in costs associated with the 98
332	332	purchasing of payroll processing or accounts payable software systems, 99
333	333	following the consultation with the legislative body of the municipality 100
334	334	of such district to determine whether such systems may be purchased 101
335	335	or shared on a regional basis pursuant to section 10-241e, (vi) 102
336	336	consolidation of information technology services, and (vii) reductions in 103
337	337	costs associated with the care and maintenance of athletic fields, or (B) 104
338	338	regional collaboration or cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 105
339	339	10-158a may reduce such district's budgeted appropriation for 106
340	340	education in an amount equal to half of the amount of savings 107
341	341	experienced as a result of such district efficiencies, regional 108
342	342	collaboration or cooperative arrangement, provided such reduction 109
343	343	shall not exceed one-half of one per cent of the district's budgeted 110
344	344	appropriation for education for the fiscal year ending June 30, [2019] 111
345	345	2021. 112
346	346	(b) Except as otherwise provided under the provisions of subsections 113
347	347	(c) to (h), inclusive, of this section, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 114 Governor's Bill No. 886
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353	353	[2021] 2023, a town's budgeted appropriation for education shall be not 115
354	354	less than the budgeted appropriation for education for the fiscal year 116
355	355	ending June 30, [2020] 2022, plus any aid increase received pursuant to 117
356	356	subsection (d) of section 10-262i, as amended by this act, except that a 118
357	357	town may reduce its budgeted appropriation for education for the fiscal 119
358	358	year ending June 30, [2021] 2023, by one or more of the following: 120
359	359	(1) If a town experiences an aid reduction, as described in subsection 121
360	360	(d) of section 10-262i, as amended by this act, such town may reduce its 122
361	361	budgeted appropriation for education in an amount equal to the aid 123
362	362	reduction; 124
363	363	(2) If a district experiences a net reduction in its resident student 125
364	364	count during a period that may include any of the five fiscal years 126
365	365	immediately prior to the fiscal year for which the budgeted 127
366	366	appropriation for education is calculated, such district may reduce its 128
367	367	budgeted appropriation for education in an amount equal to the 129
368	368	number of such net reduction multiplied by fifty per cent of the net 130
369	369	current expenditures per resident student of such district, provided no 131
370	370	district may use the resident student count for any fiscal year that was 132
371	371	previously used to reduce its budgeted appropriation for education in 133
372	372	any calculation of a net reduction of resident students for purposes of 134
373	373	reducing its budgeted appropriation for education pursuant to this 135
374	374	subdivision for any subsequent fiscal year; 136
375	375	(3) Any district (A) that does not maintain a high school and pays 137
376	376	tuition to another school district pursuant to section 10-33 for resident 138
377	377	students to attend high school in another district, and (B) in which the 139
378	378	number of resident students attending high school for such district for 140
379	379	October 1, [2019] 2021, using the data of record as of January 31, [2020] 141
380	380	2022, is lower than such district's number of resident students attending 142
381	381	high school for October 1, [2018] 2020, using the data of record as of 143
382	382	January 31, [2020] 2022, may reduce such district's budgeted 144
383	383	appropriation for education by the difference in the number of resident 145
384	384	students attending high school for such years multiplied by the amount 146
385	385	of tuition paid per student pursuant to section 10-33; or 147 Governor's Bill No. 886
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391	391	(4) Any district that realizes new and documentable savings through 148
392	392	(A) increased district efficiencies approved by the Commissioner of 149
393	393	Education, including, but not limited to, (i) reductions in costs 150
394	394	associated with transportation services, school district administration or 151
395	395	contracts that are not the result of collective bargaining or other labor 152
396	396	agreements, (ii) an agreement to provide medical or health care benefits 153
397	397	pursuant to section 7-464b, (iii) a cooperative agreement relating to the 154
398	398	performance of administrative and central office functions, such as 155
399	399	business manager functions, for the municipality and the school district 156
400	400	pursuant to section 10-241b, (iv) reductions in costs associated with the 157
401	401	purchasing or joint purchasing of property insurance, casualty 158
402	402	insurance and workers' compensation insurance, following the 159
403	403	consultation with the legislative body of the municipality of such district 160
404	404	pursuant to section 10-241c, (v) reductions in costs associated with the 161
405	405	purchasing of payroll processing or accounts payable software systems, 162
406	406	following the consultation with the legislative body of the municipality 163
407	407	of such district to determine whether such systems may be purchased 164
408	408	or shared on a regional basis pursuant to section 10-241e, (vi) 165
409	409	consolidation of information technology services, and (vii) reductions in 166
410	410	costs associated with the care and maintenance of athletic fields, or (B) 167
411	411	regional collaboration or cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 168
412	412	10-158a, may reduce such district's budgeted appropriation for 169
413	413	education in an amount equal to half of the amount of savings 170
414	414	experienced as a result of such district efficiencies, regional 171
415	415	collaboration or cooperative arrangement, provided such reduction 172
416	416	shall not exceed one-half of one per cent of the district's budgeted 173
417	417	appropriation for education for the fiscal year ending June 30, [2020] 174
418	418	2022. 175
419	419	(c) For the fiscal years ending June 30, [2020] 2022, and June 30, [2021] 176
420	420	2023, the Commissioner of Education may permit a town to reduce its 177
421	421	budgeted appropriation for education in an amount determined by the 178
422	422	commissioner if the school district in such town has permanently ceased 179
423	423	operations and closed one or more schools in the school district due to 180
424	424	declining enrollment at such closed school or schools in the fiscal years 181 Governor's Bill No. 886
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430	430	ending June 30, [2013] 2015, to June 30, [2020] 2022, inclusive. 182
431	431	(d) Except as otherwise provided under the provisions of subsection 183
432	432	(h) of this section, for the fiscal years ending June 30, [2020] 2022, and 184
433	433	June 30, [2021] 2023, a town designated as an alliance district, as defined 185
434	434	in section 10-262u, shall not reduce its budgeted appropriation for 186
435	435	education pursuant to this section. 187
436	436	(e) For the fiscal years ending June 30, [2020] 2022, and June 30, [2021] 188
437	437	2023, the provisions of this section shall not apply to any district that is 189
438	438	in the top ten per cent of school districts based on the accountability 190
439	439	index, as defined in section 10-223e. 191
440	440	(f) For the fiscal years ending June 30, [2020] 2022, and June 30, [2021] 192
441	441	2023, the provisions of this section shall not apply to the member towns 193
442	442	of a regional school district during the first full fiscal year following the 194
443	443	establishment of the regional school district, provided the budgeted 195
444	444	appropriation for education for member towns of such regional school 196
445	445	district for each subsequent fiscal year shall be determined in 197
446	446	accordance with this section. 198
447	447	(g) For the fiscal years ending June 30, [2020] 2022, and June 30, [2021] 199
448	448	2023, any district that has (1) elected to act as a self-insurer, pursuant to 200
449	449	section 10-236, (2) experienced a loss incurred as a result of one or more 201
450	450	catastrophic events, as declared by a nationally recognized catastrophe 202
451	451	loss index provider, during the prior fiscal year, and (3) increased its 203
452	452	budgeted appropriation for education during said prior fiscal year as a 204
453	453	result of such loss, shall not be required to include the amount of such 205
454	454	increase in the calculation of such district's budgeted appropriation for 206
455	455	education for the subsequent fiscal year. 207
456	456	(h) For the fiscal years ending June 30, [2020] 2022, and June 30, [2021] 208
457	457	2023, any district that has received (1) a supplemental appropriation 209
458	458	from the board of finance for a town having a board of finance, the board 210
459	459	of selectmen for a town having no board of finance or the authority 211
460	460	making appropriations for the school district, for the purpose of 212
461	461	covering costs associated with COVID-19 expenditures because the 213 Governor's Bill No. 886
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467	467	budgeted appropriation for education for the district was insufficient to 214
468	468	cover such costs, or (2) federal funds for the purpose of covering costs 215
469	469	associated with COVID-19 expenditures, including, but not limited to 216
470	470	funds received pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 217
471	471	Security Act, P.L. 116-136, as amended from time to time, and the 218
472	472	Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 219
473	473	P.L. 116-260, as amended from time to time, shall not be required to 220
474	474	include the amount of such supplemental appropriation or federal 221
475	475	funds in the calculation of such district's budgeted appropriation for 222
476	476	education for the subsequent fiscal year. As used in this subsection, 223
477	477	"COVID-19" means the respiratory disease designated by the World 224
478	478	Health Organization on February 11, 2020, as coronavirus 2019, and any 225
479	479	related mutation thereof recognized by the World Health Organization 226
480	480	as a communicable respiratory disease. 227
481	481	Sec. 3. Subsection (d) of section 10-262i of the general statutes is 228
482	482	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 229
483	483	2021): 230
484	484	(d) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2020] 2022, (A) if the 231
485	485	amount of the equalization aid grant a town is entitled to pursuant to 232
486	486	section 10-262h, as amended by this act, is greater than such town's 233
487	487	equalization aid grant amount for the prior fiscal year, the difference 234
488	488	between the amount of such town's equalization aid grant for the fiscal 235
489	489	year ending June 30, [2020] 2022, and such town's equalization aid grant 236
490	490	amount for the prior fiscal year shall be the aid increase for such town 237
491	491	for the fiscal year ending June 30, [2020] 2022, and (B) if the amount of 238
492	492	the equalization aid grant a town is entitled to pursuant to section 10-239
493	493	262h, as amended by this act, is less than such town's equalization aid 240
494	494	grant amount for the prior fiscal year, the difference between such 241
495	495	town's equalization aid grant amount for the prior fiscal year and the 242
496	496	amount of such town's equalization aid grant for the fiscal year ending 243
497	497	June 30, [2020] 2022, shall be the aid reduction for such town for the 244
498	498	fiscal year ending June 30, [2020] 2022. 245
499	499	(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2021] 2023, (A) if the amount 246 Governor's Bill No. 886
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505	505	of the equalization aid grant a town is entitled to pursuant to section 10-247
506	506	262h, as amended by this act, is greater than such town's equalization 248
507	507	aid grant amount for the prior fiscal year, the difference between the 249
508	508	amount of such town's equalization aid grant for the fiscal year ending 250
509	509	June 30, [2021] 2023, and such town's equalization aid grant amount for 251
510	510	the prior fiscal year shall be the aid increase for such town for the fiscal 252
511	511	year ending June 30, [2021] 2023, and (B) if the amount of the 253
512	512	equalization aid grant a town is entitled to pursuant to section 10-262h, 254
513	513	as amended by this act, is less than such town's equalization aid grant 255
514	514	amount for the prior fiscal year, the difference between such town's 256
515	515	equalization aid grant amount for the prior fiscal year and the amount 257
516	516	of such town's equalization aid grant for the fiscal year ending June 30, 258
517	517	[2021] 2023, shall be the aid reduction for such town for the fiscal year 259
518	518	ending June 30, [2021] 2023. 260
519	519	Sec. 4. Subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of section 10-66ee of the 261
520	520	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 262
521	521	thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 263
522	522	(d) (1) The state shall pay in accordance with this subsection, to the 264
523	523	fiscal authority for a state charter school for each student enrolled in 265
524	524	such school, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, ten thousand two 266
525	525	hundred dollars, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, ten thousand 267
526	526	five hundred dollars, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 268
527	527	30, 2018, inclusive, eleven thousand dollars, [and] for the fiscal year 269
528	528	ending June 30, 2019, [and each fiscal year thereafter] to June 30, 2021, 270
529	529	inclusive, eleven thousand two hundred fifty dollars, and for the fiscal 271
530	530	year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, eleven 272
531	531	thousand five hundred twenty-five dollars. Such payments shall be 273
532	532	made as follows: Twenty-five per cent of the amount not later than July 274
533	533	fifteenth and September first based on estimated student enrollment on 275
534	534	May first, and twenty-five per cent of the amount not later than January 276
535	535	first and the remaining amount not later than April first, each based on 277
536	536	student enrollment on October first. 278
537	537	Sec. 5. Section 10-66ss of the general statutes is repealed and the 279 Governor's Bill No. 886
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543	543	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 280
544	544	(a) If a governing council of a state or local charter school plans to 281
545	545	make a material change in the school's operations, such governing 282
546	546	council of such charter school shall submit, in writing, a request to 283
547	547	amend the school's charter to the State Board of Education. For purposes 284
548	548	of this section, "material change" means a change that fundamentally 285
549	549	alters a charter school's mission, organizational structure or educational 286
550	550	program, including, but not limited to, (1) altering the educational 287
551	551	model in a fundamental way, (2) opening an additional school building, 288
552	552	(3) contracting for or discontinuing a contract for whole school 289
553	553	management services with a charter management organization, (4) 290
554	554	renaming the charter school, (5) changing the grade configurations of 291
555	555	the charter school, or (6) increasing or decreasing the total student 292
556	556	enrollment capacity of the charter school by twenty per cent or more. 293
557	557	(b) In determining whether to grant a request by a state or local 294
558	558	charter school to amend its charter to make a material change in the 295
559	559	school's operations, the [State Board] Department of Education shall 296
560	560	[(1)] review the written request of the charter school, [(2)] and solicit and 297
561	561	review comments on [the] such request from the local or regional board 298
562	562	of education of the town in which [the] such charter school is located. [, 299
563	563	and (3)] Upon a recommendation by the department to approve such 300
564	564	request, the State Board of Education shall vote on [the] such request not 301
565	565	later than sixty days after the date of receipt of such request or as part 302
566	566	of the charter renewal process for such charter school. The state board 303
567	567	may approve [the material change] such request by a majority vote of 304
568	568	the members of the state board present and voting at a regular or special 305
569	569	meeting of the state board called for such purpose, or for the purpose of 306
570	570	considering whether to renew the charter of the charter school, pursuant 307
571	571	to subsection (g) of section 10-66bb. 308
572	572	(c) If the material change requested by a state or local charter school 309
573	573	is to increase the total student enrollment capacity of the charter school 310
574	574	by twenty per cent or more, such charter school shall submit the request 311
575	575	for such material change to the department not later than April first of 312 Governor's Bill No. 886
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581	581	the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which such material 313
582	582	change would take effect. In determining whether to recommend 314
583	583	approval of such request, the department shall consider (1) the financial 315
584	584	feasibility of such increased enrollment, (2) such charter school's 316
585	585	performance, stewardship, governance and management, student 317
586	586	population and legal compliance, and (3) any other factors the 318
587	587	department deems relevant to such request. 319
588	588	Sec. 6. Section 10-17g of the general statutes is repealed and the 320
589	589	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 321
590	590	For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, to June 30, [2021] 2023, 322
591	591	inclusive, the board of education for each local and regional school 323
592	592	district that is required to provide a program of bilingual education, 324
593	593	pursuant to section 10-17f, may make application to the State Board of 325
594	594	Education and shall annually receive, within available appropriations, 326
595	595	a grant in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying one 327
596	596	million nine hundred sixteen thousand one hundred thirty by the ratio 328
597	597	which the number of eligible children in the school district bears to the 329
598	598	total number of such eligible children state-wide. The board of 330
599	599	education for each local and regional school district receiving funds 331
600	600	pursuant to this section shall annually, on or before September first, 332
601	601	submit to the State Board of Education a progress report which shall 333
602	602	include (1) measures of increased educational opportunities for eligible 334
603	603	students, including language support services and language transition 335
604	604	support services provided to such students, (2) program evaluation and 336
605	605	measures of the effectiveness of its bilingual education and English as a 337
606	606	second language programs, including data on students in bilingual 338
607	607	education programs and students educated exclusively in English as a 339
608	608	second language programs, and (3) certification by the board of 340
609	609	education submitting the report that any funds received pursuant to this 341
610	610	section have been used for the purposes specified. The State Board of 342
611	611	Education shall annually evaluate programs conducted pursuant to 343
612	612	section 10-17f. For purposes of this section, measures of the effectiveness 344
613	613	of bilingual education and English as a second language programs 345
614	614	include, but need not be limited to, mastery examination results, under 346 Governor's Bill No. 886
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620	620	section 10-14n, and graduation and school dropout rates. Any amount 347
621	621	appropriated under this section in excess of one million nine hundred 348
622	622	sixteen thousand one hundred thirty dollars shall be spent in accordance 349
623	623	with the provisions of sections 10-17k, 10-17n and 10-66t. Any 350
624	624	unexpended funds, as of November first, appropriated to the 351
625	625	Department of Education for purposes of providing a grant to a local or 352
626	626	regional board of education for the provision of a program of bilingual 353
627	627	education, pursuant to section 10-17f, shall be distributed on a pro rata 354
628	628	basis to each local and regional board of education receiving a grant 355
629	629	under this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for 356
630	630	the fiscal years ending June 30, 2009, to June 30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, 357
631	631	the amount of grants payable to local or regional boards of education 358
632	632	for the provision of a program of bilingual education under this section 359
633	633	shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such grants in such year 360
634	634	exceeds the amount appropriated for such grants for such year. 361
635	635	Sec. 7. Subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 10-76d of the 362
636	636	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 363
637	637	thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 364
638	638	(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "public agency" includes the 365
639	639	offices of a government of a federally recognized Native American tribe. 366
640	640	Notwithstanding any other provisions of the general statutes, for the 367
641	641	fiscal year ending June 30, 1987, and each fiscal year thereafter, 368
642	642	whenever a public agency, other than a local or regional board of 369
643	643	education, the State Board of Education or the Superior Court acting 370
644	644	pursuant to section 10-76h, places a child in a foster home, group home, 371
645	645	hospital, state institution, receiving home, custodial institution or any 372
646	646	other residential or day treatment facility, and such child requires 373
647	647	special education, the local or regional board of education under whose 374
648	648	jurisdiction the child would otherwise be attending school or, if no such 375
649	649	board can be identified, the local or regional board of education of the 376
650	650	town where the child is placed, shall provide the requisite special 377
651	651	education and related services to such child in accordance with the 378
652	652	provisions of this section. Within one business day of such a placement 379
653	653	by the Department of Children and Families or offices of a government 380 Governor's Bill No. 886
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659	659	of a federally recognized Native American tribe, said department or 381
660	660	offices shall orally notify the local or regional board of education 382
661	661	responsible for providing special education and related services to such 383
662	662	child of such placement. The department or offices shall provide written 384
663	663	notification to such board of such placement within two business days 385
664	664	of the placement. Such local or regional board of education shall 386
665	665	convene a planning and placement team meeting for such child within 387
666	666	thirty days of the placement and shall invite a representative of the 388
667	667	Department of Children and Families or offices of a government of a 389
668	668	federally recognized Native American tribe to participate in such 390
669	669	meeting. (A) The local or regional board of education under whose 391
670	670	jurisdiction such child would otherwise be attending school shall be 392
671	671	financially responsible for the reasonable costs of such special education 393
672	672	and related services in an amount equal to the lesser of one hundred per 394
673	673	cent of the costs of such education or the average per pupil educational 395
674	674	costs of such board of education for the prior fiscal year, determined in 396
675	675	accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 10-76f. The 397
676	676	State Board of Education shall pay on a current basis, except as provided 398
677	677	in subdivision (3) of this subsection, any costs in excess of such local or 399
678	678	regional board's basic contributions paid by such board of education in 400
679	679	accordance with the provisions of this subdivision. (B) Whenever a child 401
680	680	is placed pursuant to this subdivision, on or after July 1, 1995, by the 402
681	681	Department of Children and Families and the local or regional board of 403
682	682	education under whose jurisdiction such child would otherwise be 404
683	683	attending school cannot be identified, the local or regional board of 405
684	684	education under whose jurisdiction the child attended school or in 406
685	685	whose district the child resided at the time of removal from the home 407
686	686	by said department shall be responsible for the reasonable costs of 408
687	687	special education and related services provided to such child, for one 409
688	688	calendar year or until the child is committed to the state pursuant to 410
689	689	section 46b-129 or 46b-140 or is returned to the child's parent or 411
690	690	guardian, whichever is earlier. If the child remains in such placement 412
691	691	beyond one calendar year the Department of Children and Families 413
692	692	shall be responsible for such costs. During the period the local or 414
693	693	regional board of education is responsible for the reasonable cost of 415 Governor's Bill No. 886
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699	699	special education and related services pursuant to this subparagraph, 416
700	700	the board shall be responsible for such costs in an amount equal to the 417
701	701	lesser of one hundred per cent of the costs of such education and related 418
702	702	services or the average per pupil educational costs of such board of 419
703	703	education for the prior fiscal year, determined in accordance with the 420
704	704	provisions of subsection (a) of section 10-76f. The State Board of 421
705	705	Education shall pay on a current basis, except as provided in 422
706	706	subdivision (3) of this subsection, any costs in excess of such local or 423
707	707	regional board's basic contributions paid by such board of education in 424
708	708	accordance with the provisions of this subdivision. The costs for services 425
709	709	other than educational shall be paid by the state agency which placed 426
710	710	the child. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to the school 427
711	711	districts established within the Department of Children and Families, 428
712	712	pursuant to section 17a-37 or the Department of Correction, pursuant to 429
713	713	section 18-99a, provided in any case in which special education is being 430
714	714	provided at a private residential institution, including the residential 431
715	715	components of regional educational service centers, to a child for whom 432
716	716	no local or regional board of education can be found responsible under 433
717	717	subsection (b) of this section, Unified School District #2 shall provide 434
718	718	the special education and related services and be financially responsible 435
719	719	for the reasonable costs of such special education instruction for such 436
720	720	children. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, for the 437
721	721	fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, and for the 438
722	722	fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, to June 30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, the 439
723	723	amount of the grants payable to local or regional boards of education in 440
724	724	accordance with this subdivision shall be reduced proportionately if the 441
725	725	total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for 442
726	726	the purposes of this subdivision for such year. 443
727	727	Sec. 8. Subsection (d) of section 10-76g of the general statutes is 444
728	728	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 445
729	729	2021): 446
730	730	(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years 447
731	731	ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, and for the fiscal years 448
732	732	ending June 30, 2010, to June 30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, the amount of 449 Governor's Bill No. 886
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738	738	the grants payable to local or regional boards of education in accordance 450
739	739	with this section, except grants paid in accordance with subdivision (2) 451
740	740	of subsection (a) of this section, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, 452
741	741	and June 30, 2007, and for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, to June 453
742	742	30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, shall be reduced proportionately if the total of 454
743	743	such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for the 455
744	744	purposes of this section for such year. 456
745	745	Sec. 9. Subsection (b) of section 10-253 of the general statutes is 457
746	746	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 458
747	747	2021): 459
748	748	(b) The board of education of the school district under whose 460
749	749	jurisdiction a child would otherwise be attending school shall be 461
750	750	financially responsible for the reasonable costs of education for a child 462
751	751	placed out by the Commissioner of Children and Families or by other 463
752	752	agencies, including, but not limited to, offices of a government of a 464
753	753	federally recognized Native American tribe, in a private residential 465
754	754	facility when such child requires educational services other than special 466
755	755	education services. Such financial responsibility shall be the lesser of 467
756	756	one hundred per cent of the costs of such education or the average per 468
757	757	pupil educational costs of such board of education for the prior fiscal 469
758	758	year, determined in accordance with subsection (a) of section 10-76f. 470
759	759	Any costs in excess of the board's basic contribution shall be paid by the 471
760	760	State Board of Education on a current basis. The costs for services other 472
761	761	than educational shall be paid by the state agency which placed the 473
762	762	child. Application for the grant to be paid by the state for costs in excess 474
763	763	of the local or regional board of education's basic contribution shall be 475
764	764	made in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (5) of subsection 476
765	765	(e) of section 10-76d. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, 477
766	766	for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, and 478
767	767	for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, to June 30, [2021] 2023, 479
768	768	inclusive, the amount of the grants payable to local or regional boards 480
769	769	of education in accordance with this subsection shall be reduced 481
770	770	proportionately if the total of such grants in such year exceeds the 482
771	771	amount appropriated for the purposes of this subsection for such year. 483 Governor's Bill No. 886
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777	777	Sec. 10. Subsection (i) of section 10-217a of the general statutes is 484
778	778	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 485
779	779	2021): 486
780	780	(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years 487
781	781	ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, the amount of 488
782	782	the grants payable to local or regional boards of education in accordance 489
783	783	with this section shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such 490
784	784	grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for purposes of 491
785	785	this section. 492
786	786	Sec. 11. Subsection (e) of section 10-66j of the general statutes is 493
787	787	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 494
788	788	2021): 495
789	789	(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years 496
790	790	ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and for the fiscal years 497
791	791	ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, the amount of grants payable to 498
792	792	regional educational service centers shall be reduced proportionately if 499
793	793	the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated 500
794	794	for such grants for such year. 501
795	795	Sec. 12. Subsection (d) of section 10-71 of the general statutes is 502
796	796	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 503
797	797	2021): 504
798	798	(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years 505
799	799	ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, [2021] 2023, inclusive, the amount of 506
800	800	the grants payable to towns, regional boards of education or regional 507
801	801	educational service centers in accordance with this section shall be 508
802	802	reduced proportionately if the total of such grants in such year exceeds 509
803	803	the amount appropriated for the purposes of this section for such year. 510
804	804	Sec. 13. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of 511
805	805	subdivision (5) of subsection (c) of section 10-221a of the general 512
806	806	statutes, as amended by this act, the Technical Education and Career 513
807	807	System board or the superintendent of the Technical Education and 514 Governor's Bill No. 886
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813	813	Career System, as the case may be, shall permit any student in the 515
814	814	graduating classes of 2023 and 2024 to graduate from the system who 516
815	815	has not satisfactorily completed one credit in world languages. 517
816	816	Sec. 14. Subsection (c) of section 10-221a of the general statutes is 518
817	817	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 519
818	818	2021): 520
819	819	(c) Commencing with classes graduating in 2023, and for each 521
820	820	graduating class thereafter, no local or regional board of education shall 522
821	821	permit any student to graduate from high school or grant a diploma to 523
822	822	any student who has not satisfactorily completed a minimum of twenty-524
823	823	five credits, including not fewer than: (1) Nine credits in the humanities, 525
824	824	including civics and the arts; (2) nine credits in science, technology, 526
825	825	engineering and mathematics; (3) one credit in physical education and 527
826	826	wellness; (4) one credit in health and safety education, as described in 528
827	827	section 10-16b; (5) one credit in world languages, subject to the 529
828	828	provisions of subsection (g) of this section or section 13 of this act; and 530
829	829	(6) a one credit mastery-based diploma assessment. 531
830	830	Sec. 15. Section 10-266aa of the general statutes is repealed and the 532
831	831	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 533
832	832	(a) As used in this section: 534
833	833	(1) "Receiving district" means any school district that accepts students 535
834	834	under the program established pursuant to this section; 536
835	835	(2) "Sending district" means any school district that sends students it 537
836	836	would otherwise be legally responsible for educating to another school 538
837	837	district under the program; and 539
838	838	(3) "Minority students" means students who are "pupils of racial 540
839	839	minorities", as defined in section 10-226a. 541
840	840	(b) There is established, within available appropriations, an 542
841	841	interdistrict public school attendance program. The purpose of the 543
842	842	program shall be to: (1) Improve academic achievement; (2) reduce 544 Governor's Bill No. 886
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848	848	racial, ethnic and economic isolation or preserve racial and ethnic 545
849	849	balance; and (3) provide a choice of educational programs. The 546
850	850	Department of Education shall provide oversight for the program, 547
851	851	including the setting of reasonable limits for the transportation of 548
852	852	students participating in the program, and may provide for the 549
853	853	incremental expansion of the program for the school year commencing 550
854	854	in 2000 for each town required to participate in the program pursuant 551
855	855	to subsection (c) of this section. 552
856	856	(c) The program shall be phased in as provided in this subsection. (1) 553
857	857	For the school year commencing in 1998, and for each school year 554
858	858	thereafter, the program shall be in operation in the Hartford, New 555
859	859	Haven and Bridgeport regions. The Hartford program shall operate as 556
860	860	a continuation of the program described in section 10-266j. Students 557
861	861	who reside in Hartford, New Haven or Bridgeport may attend school in 558
862	862	another school district in the region and students who reside in such 559
863	863	other school districts may attend school in Hartford, New Haven or 560
864	864	Bridgeport, provided, beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, the 561
865	865	proportion of students who are not minority students to the total 562
866	866	number of students leaving Hartford, Bridgeport or New Haven to 563
867	867	participate in the program shall not be greater than the proportion of 564
868	868	students who were not minority students in the prior school year to the 565
869	869	total number of students enrolled in Hartford, Bridgeport or New 566
870	870	Haven in the prior school year. The regional educational service center 567
871	871	operating the program shall make program participation decisions in 568
872	872	accordance with the requirements of this subdivision. (2) For the school 569
873	873	year commencing in 2000, and for each school year thereafter, the 570
874	874	program shall be in operation in New London, provided beginning with 571
875	875	the 2001-2002 school year, the proportion of students who are not 572
876	876	minority students to the total number of students leaving New London 573
877	877	to participate in the program shall not be greater than the proportion of 574
878	878	students who were not minority students in the prior year to the total 575
879	879	number of students enrolled in New London in the prior school year. 576
880	880	The regional educational service center operating the program shall 577
881	881	make program participation decisions in accordance with this 578 Governor's Bill No. 886
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887	887	subdivision. (3) The Department of Education may provide, within 579
888	888	available appropriations, grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, 580
889	889	to the remaining regional educational service centers to assist school 581
890	890	districts in planning for a voluntary program of student enrollment in 582
891	891	every priority school district, pursuant to section 10-266p, which is 583
892	892	interested in participating in accordance with this subdivision. For the 584
893	893	school year commencing in 2003, and for each school year thereafter, the 585
894	894	voluntary enrollment program may be in operation in every priority 586
895	895	school district in the state. Students from other school districts in the 587
896	896	area of a priority school district, as determined by the regional 588
897	897	educational service center pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, may 589
898	898	attend school in the priority school district, provided such students 590
899	899	bring racial, ethnic and economic diversity to the priority school district 591
900	900	and do not increase the racial, ethnic and economic isolation in the 592
901	901	priority school district. (4) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, 593
902	902	there shall be a pilot program in operation in Danbury and Norwalk. 594
903	903	The pilot program shall serve (A) up to fifty students who reside in 595
904	904	Danbury, and such students may attend school in the school districts for 596
905	905	the towns of New Fairfield, Brookfield, Bethel, Ridgefield and Redding, 597
906	906	and (B) up to fifty students who reside in Norwalk, and such students 598
907	907	may attend school in the school districts for the towns of Darien, New 599
908	908	Canaan, Wilton, Weston and Westport. School districts which received 600
909	909	students from Danbury and Norwalk under the pilot program during 601
910	910	the school year commencing July 1, 2022, shall allow such students to 602
911	911	attend school in the district until they graduate from high school. 603
912	912	(d) School districts which received students from New London under 604
913	913	the program during the [2000-2001] school year commencing July 1, 605
914	914	2000, shall allow such students to attend school in the district until they 606
915	915	graduate from high school. The attendance of such students in such 607
916	916	program shall not be supported by grants pursuant to subsections (f) 608
917	917	and (g) of this section but shall be supported, in the same amounts as 609
918	918	provided for in said subsections, by interdistrict cooperative grants 610
919	919	pursuant to section 10-74d to the regional educational service centers 611
920	920	operating such programs. 612 Governor's Bill No. 886
921	921
922	922
923	923
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926	926	(e) Once the program is in operation in the region served by a 613
927	927	regional educational service center pursuant to subsection (c) of this 614
928	928	section, the Department of Education shall provide an annual grant to 615
929	929	such regional educational service center to assist school districts in its 616
930	930	area in administering the program and to provide staff to assist students 617
931	931	participating in the program to make the transition to a new school and 618
932	932	to act as a liaison between the parents of such students and the new 619
933	933	school district. Each regional educational service center shall determine 620
934	934	which school districts in its area are located close enough to a priority 621
935	935	school district to make participation in the program feasible in terms of 622
936	936	student transportation pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, 623
937	937	provided any student participating in the program prior to July 1, 1999, 624
938	938	shall be allowed to continue to attend the same school such student 625
939	939	attended prior to said date in the receiving district until the student 626
940	940	completes the highest grade in such school. If there are more students 627
941	941	who seek to attend school in a receiving district than there are spaces 628
942	942	available, the regional educational service center shall assist the school 629
943	943	district in determining attendance by the use of a lottery or lotteries 630
944	944	designed to preserve or increase racial, ethnic and economic diversity, 631
945	945	except that the regional educational service center shall give preference 632
946	946	to siblings and to students who would otherwise attend a school that 633
947	947	has lost its accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and 634
948	948	Colleges or has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant to 635
949	949	the No Child Left Behind Act, P.L. 107-110. The admission policies shall 636
950	950	be consistent with section 10-15c and this section. No receiving district 637
951	951	shall recruit students under the program for athletic or extracurricular 638
952	952	purposes. Each receiving district shall allow out-of-district students it 639
953	953	accepts to attend school in the district until they graduate from high 640
954	954	school. 641
955	955	(f) The Department of Education shall provide grants to regional 642
956	956	educational service centers or local or regional boards of education for 643
957	957	the reasonable cost of transportation for students participating in the 644
958	958	program. For the fiscal [years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2017, 645
959	959	inclusive,] year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, the 646 Governor's Bill No. 886
960	960
961	961
962	962
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964	964
965	965	department shall provide such grants within available appropriations, 647
966	966	provided the state-wide average of such grants does not exceed an 648
967	967	amount equal to three thousand two hundred fifty dollars for each 649
968	968	student transported, except that the Commissioner of Education may 650
969	969	grant to regional educational service centers or local or regional boards 651
970	970	of education additional sums from funds remaining in the 652
971	971	appropriation for such transportation services if needed to offset 653
972	972	transportation costs that exceed such maximum amount. The regional 654
973	973	educational service centers shall provide reasonable transportation 655
974	974	services to high school students who wish to participate in supervised 656
975	975	extracurricular activities. For purposes of this section, the number of 657
976	976	students transported shall be determined on October first of each fiscal 658
977	977	year. 659
978	978	(g) (1) Except as provided in [subdivision] subdivisions (2) and (3) of 660
979	979	this subsection, the Department of Education shall provide, within 661
980	980	available appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board 662
981	981	of education for each receiving district in an amount not to exceed two 663
982	982	thousand five hundred dollars for each out-of-district student who 664
983	983	attends school in the receiving district under the program. 665
984	984	(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year 666
985	985	thereafter, the department shall provide, within available 667
986	986	appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board of 668
987	987	education for each receiving district if one of the following conditions 669
988	988	are met as follows: (A) Three thousand dollars for each out-of-district 670
989	989	student who attends school in the receiving district under the program 671
990	990	if the number of such out-of-district students is less than two per cent of 672
991	991	the total student population of such receiving district, (B) four thousand 673
992	992	dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in the 674
993	993	receiving district under the program if the number of such out-of-675
994	994	district students is greater than or equal to two per cent but less than 676
995	995	three per cent of the total student population of such receiving district, 677
996	996	(C) six thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who attends 678
997	997	school in the receiving district under the program if the number of such 679
998	998	out-of-district students is greater than or equal to three per cent but less 680 Governor's Bill No. 886
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1003	1003
1004	1004	than four per cent of the total student population of such receiving 681
1005	1005	district, (D) six thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who 682
1006	1006	attends school in the receiving district under the program if the 683
1007	1007	Commissioner of Education determines that the receiving district has an 684
1008	1008	enrollment of greater than four thousand students and has increased the 685
1009	1009	number of students in the program by at least fifty per cent from the 686
1010	1010	previous fiscal year, or (E) eight thousand dollars for each out-of-district 687
1011	1011	student who attends school in the receiving district under the program 688
1012	1012	if the number of such out-of-district students is greater than or equal to 689
1013	1013	four per cent of the total student population of such receiving district. 690
1014	1014	(3) (A) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the department shall 691
1015	1015	provide a grant to the local or regional board of education for each 692
1016	1016	receiving district described in subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this 693
1017	1017	section in an amount of four thousand dollars for each out-of-district 694
1018	1018	student who resides in Danbury or Norwalk and attends school in the 695
1019	1019	receiving district under the pilot program. 696
1020	1020	(B) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year 697
1021	1021	thereafter, the department shall provide an annual grant to the local or 698
1022	1022	regional board of education for each receiving district described in 699
1023	1023	subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this section for each out-of-district 700
1024	1024	student who resides in Danbury or Norwalk and attends school in the 701
1025	1025	receiving district under the pilot program in accordance with the 702
1026	1026	provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection. 703
1027	1027	[(3)] (4) Each town which receives funds pursuant to this subsection 704
1028	1028	shall make such funds available to its local or regional board of 705
1029	1029	education in supplement to any other local appropriation, other state or 706
1030	1030	federal grant or other revenue to which the local or regional board of 707
1031	1031	education is entitled. 708
1032	1032	(h) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, each sending 709
1033	1033	district and each receiving district shall divide the number of children 710
1034	1034	participating in the program who reside in such district or attend school 711
1035	1035	in such district by two for purposes of the counts for subdivision (22) of 712 Governor's Bill No. 886
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1037	1037
1038	1038
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1040	1040
1041	1041	section 10-262f and subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-261. 713
1042	1042	(i) In the case of an out-of-district student who requires special 714
1043	1043	education and related services, the sending district shall pay the 715
1044	1044	receiving district an amount equal to the difference between the 716
1045	1045	reasonable cost of providing such special education and related services 717
1046	1046	to such student and the amount received by the receiving district 718
1047	1047	pursuant to subsection (g) of this section and in the case of students 719
1048	1048	participating pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, the per pupil 720
1049	1049	amount received pursuant to section 10-74d. The sending district shall 721
1050	1050	be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to section 10-76g, as amended 722
1051	1051	by this act. 723
1052	1052	(j) Nothing in this section shall prohibit school districts from charging 724
1053	1053	tuition to other school districts that do not have a high school pursuant 725
1054	1054	to section 10-33. 726
1055	1055	(k) On or before March first of each year, the Commissioner of 727
1056	1056	Education shall determine if the enrollment in the program pursuant to 728
1057	1057	subsection (c) of this section for the fiscal year is below the number of 729
1058	1058	students for which funds were appropriated. If the commissioner 730
1059	1059	determines that the enrollment is below such number, the additional 731
1060	1060	funds shall not lapse but shall be used by the commissioner in 732
1061	1061	accordance with this subsection. 733
1062	1062	(1) Any amount up to five hundred thousand dollars of such 734
1063	1063	nonlapsing funds shall be used for supplemental grants to receiving 735
1064	1064	districts on a pro rata basis for each out-of-district student in the 736
1065	1065	program pursuant to subsection (c) of this section who attends the same 737
1066	1066	school in the receiving district as at least nine other such out-of-district 738
1067	1067	students, not to exceed one thousand dollars per student. 739
1068	1068	(2) Any amount of such nonlapsing funds equal to or greater than 740
1069	1069	five hundred thousand dollars, but less than one million dollars, shall 741
1070	1070	be used for supplemental grants, in an amount determined by the 742
1071	1071	commissioner, on a pro rata basis to receiving districts that report to the 743
1072	1072	commissioner on or before March first of the current school year that the 744 Governor's Bill No. 886
1073	1073
1074	1074
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1078	1078	number of out-of-district students enrolled in such receiving district is 745
1079	1079	greater than the number of out-of-district students enrolled in such 746
1080	1080	receiving district from the previous school year. 747
1081	1081	(3) Any remaining nonlapsing funds shall be used by the 748
1082	1082	commissioner to increase enrollment in the interdistrict public school 749
1083	1083	attendance program described in this section. 750
1084	1084	(l) For purposes of the state-wide mastery examinations under 751
1085	1085	section 10-14n, students participating in the program established 752
1086	1086	pursuant to this section shall be considered residents of the school 753
1087	1087	district in which they attend school. 754
1088	1088	(m) Within available appropriations, the commissioner may make 755
1089	1089	grants to regional education service centers which provide summer 756
1090	1090	school educational programs approved by the commissioner to students 757
1091	1091	participating in the program. 758
1092	1092	(n) The Commissioner of Education may provide grants for children 759
1093	1093	in the Hartford program described in this section to participate in 760
1094	1094	preschool and all day kindergarten programs. In addition to the subsidy 761
1095	1095	provided to the receiving district for educational services, such grants 762
1096	1096	may be used for the provision of before and after-school care and 763
1097	1097	remedial services for the preschool and kindergarten students 764
1098	1098	participating in the program. 765
1099	1099	(o) Within available appropriations, the commissioner may make 766
1100	1100	grants for academic student support for programs pursuant to this 767
1101	1101	section that assist the state in meeting [the goals of the 2008 stipulation 768
1102	1102	and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, 769
1103	1103	or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. 770
1104	1104	William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, as determined by the 771
1105	1105	commissioner] its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. 772
1106	1106	O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, 773
1107	1107	as determined by the Commissioner of Education. 774
1108	1108	Sec. 16. Subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 10-264l of the 775 Governor's Bill No. 886
1109	1109
1110	1110
1111	1111
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1113	1113
1114	1114	general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 776
1115	1115	thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 777
1116	1116	(a) The Department of Education shall, within available 778
1117	1117	appropriations, establish a grant program (1) to assist (A) local and 779
1118	1118	regional boards of education, (B) regional educational service centers, 780
1119	1119	(C) the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on 781
1120	1120	behalf of Quinebaug Valley Community College and Three Rivers 782
1121	1121	Community College, and (D) cooperative arrangements pursuant to 783
1122	1122	section 10-158a, and (2) in assisting the state in meeting its obligations 784
1123	1123	pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any 785
1124	1124	related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 786
1125	1125	commissioner, to assist (A) the Board of Trustees of the Community-787
1126	1126	Technical Colleges on behalf of a regional community-technical college, 788
1127	1127	(B) the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System on 789
1128	1128	behalf of a state university, (C) the Board of Trustees of The University 790
1129	1129	of Connecticut on behalf of the university, (D) the board of governors 791
1130	1130	for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in 792
1131	1131	subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on 793
1132	1132	behalf of the independent institution of higher education, and (E) any 794
1133	1133	other third-party not-for-profit corporation approved by the 795
1134	1134	commissioner with the operation of interdistrict magnet school 796
1135	1135	programs. All interdistrict magnet schools shall be operated in 797
1136	1136	conformance with the same laws and regulations applicable to public 798
1137	1137	schools. For the purposes of this section "an interdistrict magnet school 799
1138	1138	program" means a program which (i) supports racial, ethnic and 800
1139	1139	economic diversity, (ii) offers a special and high quality curriculum, and 801
1140	1140	(iii) requires students who are enrolled to attend at least half-time. An 802
1141	1141	interdistrict magnet school program does not include a regional 803
1142	1142	agricultural science and technology school, a technical education and 804
1143	1143	career school or a regional special education center. For the school years 805
1144	1144	commencing July 1, 2017, to July 1, [2020] 2023, inclusive, the governing 806
1145	1145	authority for each interdistrict magnet school program shall (I) restrict 807
1146	1146	the number of students that may enroll in the school from a participating 808
1147	1147	district to seventy-five per cent of the total school enrollment, and (II) 809 Governor's Bill No. 886
1148	1148
1149	1149
1150	1150
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1153	1153	maintain a total school enrollment that is in accordance with the 810
1154	1154	reduced-isolation setting standards for interdistrict magnet school 811
1155	1155	programs, developed by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to 812
1156	1156	section 10-264r, as amended by this act. 813
1157	1157	(b) (1) Applications for interdistrict magnet school program 814
1158	1158	operating grants awarded pursuant to this section shall be submitted 815
1159	1159	annually to the Commissioner of Education at such time and in such 816
1160	1160	manner as the commissioner prescribes, except that on and after July 1, 817
1161	1161	2009, applications for such operating grants for new interdistrict magnet 818
1162	1162	schools, other than those that the commissioner determines will assist 819
1163	1163	the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. 820
1164	1164	O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, 821
1165	1165	as determined by the commissioner, shall not be accepted until the 822
1166	1166	commissioner develops a comprehensive state-wide interdistrict 823
1167	1167	magnet school plan. The commissioner shall submit such 824
1168	1168	comprehensive state-wide interdistrict magnet school plan on or before 825
1169	1169	October 1, 2016, to the joint standing committees of the General 826
1170	1170	Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and 827
1171	1171	appropriations. 828
1172	1172	(2) In determining whether an application shall be approved and 829
1173	1173	funds awarded pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall 830
1174	1174	consider, but such consideration shall not be limited to: (A) Whether the 831
1175	1175	program offered by the school is likely to increase student achievement; 832
1176	1176	(B) whether the program is likely to reduce racial, ethnic and economic 833
1177	1177	isolation; (C) the percentage of the student enrollment in the program 834
1178	1178	from each participating district; and (D) the proposed operating budget 835
1179	1179	and the sources of funding for the interdistrict magnet school. For a 836
1180	1180	magnet school not operated by a local or regional board of education, 837
1181	1181	the commissioner shall only approve a proposed operating budget that, 838
1182	1182	on a per pupil basis, does not exceed the maximum allowable threshold 839
1183	1183	established in accordance with this subdivision. The maximum 840
1184	1184	allowable threshold shall be an amount equal to one hundred twenty 841
1185	1185	per cent of the state average of the quotient obtained by dividing net 842
1186	1186	current expenditures, as defined in section 10-261, by average daily 843 Governor's Bill No. 886
1187	1187
1188	1188
1189	1189
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1192	1192	membership, as defined in said section, for the fiscal year two years 844
1193	1193	prior to the fiscal year for which the operating grant is requested. The 845
1194	1194	Department of Education shall establish the maximum allowable 846
1195	1195	threshold no later than December fifteenth of the fiscal year prior to the 847
1196	1196	fiscal year for which the operating grant is requested. If requested by an 848
1197	1197	applicant that is not a local or regional board of education, the 849
1198	1198	commissioner may approve a proposed operating budget that exceeds 850
1199	1199	the maximum allowable threshold if the commissioner determines that 851
1200	1200	there are extraordinary programmatic needs. For the fiscal years ending 852
1201	1201	June 30, 2017, June 30, 2018, June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, in the case 853
1202	1202	of an interdistrict magnet school that will assist the state in meeting its 854
1203	1203	obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 855
1204	1204	(1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 856
1205	1205	commissioner, the commissioner shall also consider whether the school 857
1206	1206	is meeting the reduced-isolation setting standards for interdistrict 858
1207	1207	magnet school programs, developed by the commissioner pursuant to 859
1208	1208	section 10-264r, as amended by this act. If such school has not met such 860
1209	1209	reduced-isolation setting standards, it shall not be entitled to receive a 861
1210	1210	grant pursuant to this section unless the commissioner finds that it is 862
1211	1211	appropriate to award a grant for an additional year or years and 863
1212	1212	approves a plan to bring such school into compliance with such 864
1213	1213	reduced-isolation setting standards. If requested by the commissioner, 865
1214	1214	the applicant shall meet with the commissioner or the commissioner's 866
1215	1215	designee to discuss the budget and sources of funding. 867
1216	1216	(3) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, to June 30, [2021] 2023, 868
1217	1217	inclusive, the commissioner shall not award a grant to an interdistrict 869
1218	1218	magnet school program that (A) has more than seventy-five per cent of 870
1219	1219	the total school enrollment from one school district, or (B) does not 871
1220	1220	maintain a total school enrollment that is in accordance with the 872
1221	1221	reduced-isolation setting standards for interdistrict magnet school 873
1222	1222	programs, developed by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to 874
1223	1223	section 10-264r, as amended by this act, except the commissioner may 875
1224	1224	award a grant to such school for an additional year or years if the 876
1225	1225	commissioner finds it is appropriate to do so and approves a plan to 877 Governor's Bill No. 886
1226	1226
1227	1227
1228	1228
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1230	1230
1231	1231	bring such school into compliance with such residency or reduced-878
1232	1232	isolation setting standards. 879
1233	1233	(4) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, to June 30, 2021, 880
1234	1234	inclusive, if an interdistrict magnet school program does not maintain a 881
1235	1235	total school enrollment that is in accordance with the reduced-isolation 882
1236	1236	setting standards for interdistrict magnet school programs, developed 883
1237	1237	by the commissioner pursuant to section 10-264r, as amended by this 884
1238	1238	act, for two or more consecutive years, the commissioner may impose a 885
1239	1239	financial penalty on the operator of such interdistrict magnet school 886
1240	1240	program, or take any other measure, in consultation with such operator, 887
1241	1241	as may be appropriate to assist such operator in complying with such 888
1242	1242	reduced-isolation setting standards. 889
1243	1243	(c) (1) The maximum amount each interdistrict magnet school 890
1244	1244	program, except those described in subparagraphs (A) to (G), inclusive, 891
1245	1245	of subdivision (3) of this subsection, shall be eligible to receive per 892
1246	1246	enrolled student who is not a resident of the town operating the magnet 893
1247	1247	school shall be (A) six thousand sixteen dollars for the fiscal year ending 894
1248	1248	June 30, 2008, (B) six thousand seven hundred thirty dollars for the fiscal 895
1249	1249	years ending June 30, 2009, to June 30, 2012, inclusive, (C) seven 896
1250	1250	thousand eighty-five dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to 897
1251	1251	June 30, 2019, inclusive, and (D) seven thousand two hundred twenty-898
1252	1252	seven dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year 899
1253	1253	thereafter. The per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is a 900
1254	1254	resident of the town operating the magnet school program shall be (i) 901
1255	1255	three thousand dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2008, to June 902
1256	1256	30, 2019, inclusive, and (ii) three thousand sixty dollars for the fiscal year 903
1257	1257	ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter. 904
1258	1258	(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and each fiscal year 905
1259	1259	thereafter, the commissioner may, within available appropriations, 906
1260	1260	provide supplemental grants for the purposes of enhancing educational 907
1261	1261	programs in such interdistrict magnet schools, as the commissioner 908
1262	1262	determines. Such grants shall be made after the commissioner has 909
1263	1263	conducted a comprehensive financial review and approved the total 910 Governor's Bill No. 886
1264	1264
1265	1265
1266	1266
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1268	1268
1269	1269	operating budget for such schools, including all revenue and 911
1270	1270	expenditure estimates. 912
1271	1271	(3) (A) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (C) to (G), 913
1272	1272	inclusive, of this subdivision, each interdistrict magnet school operated 914
1273	1273	by a regional educational service center that enrolls less than fifty-five 915
1274	1274	per cent of the school's students from a single town shall receive a per 916
1275	1275	pupil grant in the amount of (i) six thousand two hundred fifty dollars 917
1276	1276	for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, (ii) six thousand five hundred 918
1277	1277	dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, (iii) seven thousand sixty 919
1278	1278	dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, (iv) seven thousand six 920
1279	1279	hundred twenty dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2009, to June 921
1280	1280	30, 2012, inclusive, (v) seven thousand nine hundred dollars for the 922
1281	1281	fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and (vi) 923
1282	1282	eight thousand fifty-eight dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, 924
1283	1283	and each fiscal year thereafter. 925
1284	1284	(B) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (C) to (G), 926
1285	1285	inclusive, of this subdivision, each interdistrict magnet school operated 927
1286	1286	by a regional educational service center that enrolls at least fifty-five per 928
1287	1287	cent of the school's students from a single town shall receive a per pupil 929
1288	1288	grant for each enrolled student who is not a resident of the district that 930
1289	1289	enrolls at least fifty-five per cent of the school's students in the amount 931
1290	1290	of (i) six thousand sixteen dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, 932
1291	1291	(ii) six thousand seven hundred thirty dollars for the fiscal years ending 933
1292	1292	June 30, 2009, to June 30, 2012, inclusive, (iii) seven thousand eighty-five 934
1293	1293	dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2019, 935
1294	1294	inclusive, and (iv) seven thousand two hundred twenty-seven dollars 936
1295	1295	for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter. 937
1296	1296	The per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is a resident of the 938
1297	1297	district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent of the school's students 939
1298	1298	shall be three thousand sixty dollars. 940
1299	1299	(C) (i) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2019, 941
1300	1300	inclusive, each interdistrict magnet school operated by a regional 942
1301	1301	educational service center that began operations for the school year 943 Governor's Bill No. 886
1302	1302
1303	1303
1304	1304
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1306	1306
1307	1307	commencing July 1, 2001, and that for the school year commencing July 944
1308	1308	1, 2008, enrolled at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than eighty per 945
1309	1309	cent of the school's students from a single town, shall receive a per pupil 946
1310	1310	grant (I) for each enrolled student who is a resident of the district that 947
1311	1311	enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than eighty per cent of the 948
1312	1312	school's students, up to an amount equal to the total number of such 949
1313	1313	enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, in the 950
1314	1314	amount of eight thousand one hundred eighty dollars, (II) for each 951
1315	1315	enrolled student who is a resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-952
1316	1316	five per cent, but not more than eighty per cent of the school's students, 953
1317	1317	in an amount greater than the total number of such enrolled students as 954
1318	1318	of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, in the amount of three 955
1319	1319	thousand dollars, (III) for each enrolled student who is not a resident of 956
1320	1320	the district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than 957
1321	1321	eighty per cent of the school's students, up to an amount equal to the 958
1322	1322	total number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the 959
1323	1323	data of record, in the amount of eight thousand one hundred eighty 960
1324	1324	dollars, and (IV) for each enrolled student who is not a resident of the 961
1325	1325	district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but not more than eighty 962
1326	1326	per cent of the school's students, in an amount greater than the total 963
1327	1327	number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the data 964
1328	1328	of record, in the amount of seven thousand eighty-five dollars. 965
1329	1329	(ii) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year 966
1330	1330	thereafter, each interdistrict magnet school operated by a regional 967
1331	1331	educational service center that began operations for the school year 968
1332	1332	commencing July 1, 2001, and that for the school year commencing July 969
1333	1333	1, 2008, enrolled at least fifty-five per cent, but not more than eighty per 970
1334	1334	cent of the school's students from a single town, shall receive a per pupil 971
1335	1335	grant (I) for each enrolled student who is a resident of the district that 972
1336	1336	enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but not more than eighty per cent of 973
1337	1337	the school's students, up to an amount equal to the total number of such 974
1338	1338	enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, in the 975
1339	1339	amount of eight thousand three hundred forty-four dollars, (II) for each 976
1340	1340	enrolled student who is a resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-977 Governor's Bill No. 886
1341	1341
1342	1342
1343	1343
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1345	1345
1346	1346	five per cent, but not more than eighty per cent of the school's students, 978
1347	1347	in an amount greater than the total number of such enrolled students as 979
1348	1348	of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, in the amount of three 980
1349	1349	thousand sixty dollars, (III) for each enrolled student who is not a 981
1350	1350	resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but no more 982
1351	1351	than eighty per cent of the school's students, up to an amount equal to 983
1352	1352	the total number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using 984
1353	1353	the data of record, in the amount of eight thousand three hundred forty-985
1354	1354	four dollars, and (IV) for each enrolled student who is not a resident of 986
1355	1355	the district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but not more than 987
1356	1356	eighty per cent of the school's students, in an amount greater than the 988
1357	1357	total number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the 989
1358	1358	data of record, in the amount of seven thousand two hundred twenty-990
1359	1359	seven dollars. 991
1360	1360	(D) (i) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (D)(ii) of this 992
1361	1361	subdivision, each interdistrict magnet school operated by (I) a regional 993
1362	1362	educational service center, (II) the Board of Trustees of the Community-994
1363	1363	Technical Colleges on behalf of a regional community-technical college, 995
1364	1364	(III) the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System on 996
1365	1365	behalf of a state university, (IV) the Board of Trustees for The University 997
1366	1366	of Connecticut on behalf of the university, (V) the board of governors 998
1367	1367	for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in 999
1368	1368	subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on 1000
1369	1369	behalf of the independent institution of higher education, except as 1001
1370	1370	otherwise provided in subparagraph (E) of this subdivision, (VI) 1002
1371	1371	cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a, (VII) any other 1003
1372	1372	third-party not-for-profit corporation approved by the commissioner, 1004
1373	1373	and (VIII) the Hartford school district for the operation of Great Path 1005
1374	1374	Academy on behalf of Manchester Community College, that enrolls less 1006
1375	1375	than sixty per cent of its students from Hartford shall receive a per pupil 1007
1376	1376	grant in the amount of nine thousand six hundred ninety-five dollars for 1008
1377	1377	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, ten thousand four hundred forty-1009
1378	1378	three dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2019, 1010
1379	1379	inclusive, and ten thousand six hundred fifty-two dollars for the fiscal 1011 Governor's Bill No. 886
1380	1380
1381	1381
1382	1382
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1384	1384
1385	1385	year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter. 1012
1386	1386	(ii) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, to June 30, 2019, 1013
1387	1387	inclusive, any interdistrict magnet school described in subparagraph 1014
1388	1388	(D)(i) of this subdivision that enrolls less than fifty per cent of its 1015
1389	1389	incoming students from Hartford shall receive a per pupil grant in the 1016
1390	1390	amount of seven thousand nine hundred dollars for one-half of the total 1017
1391	1391	number of non-Hartford students enrolled in the school over fifty per 1018
1392	1392	cent of the total school enrollment and shall receive a per pupil grant in 1019
1393	1393	the amount of ten thousand four hundred forty-three dollars for the 1020
1394	1394	remainder of the total school enrollment. For the fiscal year ending June 1021
1395	1395	30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, any interdistrict magnet school 1022
1396	1396	described in subparagraph (D)(i) of this subdivision that enrolls less 1023
1397	1397	than fifty per cent of its incoming students from Hartford shall receive 1024
1398	1398	a per pupil grant in the amount of eight thousand fifty-eight dollars for 1025
1399	1399	one-half of the total number of non-Hartford students enrolled in the 1026
1400	1400	school over fifty per cent of the total school enrollment and shall receive 1027
1401	1401	a per pupil grant in the amount of ten thousand six hundred fifty-two 1028
1402	1402	dollars for the remainder of the total school enrollment, except the 1029
1403	1403	commissioner may, upon the written request of an operator of such 1030
1404	1404	school, waive such fifty per cent enrollment minimum for good cause. 1031
1405	1405	(E) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and each fiscal year 1032
1406	1406	thereafter, each interdistrict magnet school operated by the board of 1033
1407	1407	governors for an independent institution of higher education, as defined 1034
1408	1408	in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on 1035
1409	1409	behalf of the independent institution of higher education, that (i) began 1036
1410	1410	operations for the school year commencing July 1, 2014, (ii) enrolls less 1037
1411	1411	than sixty per cent of its students from Hartford pursuant to the decision 1038
1412	1412	in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order 1039
1413	1413	in effect, as determined by the commissioner, and (iii) enrolls students 1040
1414	1414	at least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a per pupil grant (I) equal 1041
1415	1415	to sixty-five per cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to 1042
1416	1416	subparagraph (D) of this subdivision for each student who is enrolled 1043
1417	1417	at such school for at least two semesters in each school year, and (II) 1044
1418	1418	equal to thirty-two and one-half per cent of the grant amount 1045 Governor's Bill No. 886
1419	1419
1420	1420
1421	1421
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1423	1423
1424	1424	determined pursuant to subparagraph (D) of this subdivision for each 1046
1425	1425	student who is enrolled at such school for one semester in each school 1047
1426	1426	year. 1048
1427	1427	(F) Each interdistrict magnet school operated by a local or regional 1049
1428	1428	board of education, pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 1050
1429	1429	Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, shall receive 1051
1430	1430	a per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is not a resident of the 1052
1431	1431	district in the amount of (i) twelve thousand dollars for the fiscal year 1053
1432	1432	ending June 30, 2010, (ii) thirteen thousand fifty-four dollars for the 1054
1433	1433	fiscal years ending June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and (iii) 1055
1434	1434	thirteen thousand three hundred fifteen dollars for the fiscal year ending 1056
1435	1435	June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter. 1057
1436	1436	(G) In addition to the grants described in subparagraph (E) of this 1058
1437	1437	subdivision, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, the commissioner 1059
1438	1438	may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 1060
1439	1439	Management and the Finance Advisory Committee, established 1061
1440	1440	pursuant to section 4-93, provide supplemental grants to the Hartford 1062
1441	1441	school district of up to one thousand fifty-four dollars for each student 1063
1442	1442	enrolled at an interdistrict magnet school operated by the Hartford 1064
1443	1443	school district who is not a resident of such district. 1065
1444	1444	(H) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year 1066
1445	1445	thereafter, the half-day Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts 1067
1446	1446	interdistrict magnet school operated by the Capital Region Education 1068
1447	1447	Council shall be eligible to receive a per pupil grant equal to sixty-five 1069
1448	1448	per cent of the per pupil grant specified in subparagraph (A) of this 1070
1449	1449	subdivision. 1071
1450	1450	(I) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, to June 30, 2018, inclusive, 1072
1451	1451	the half-day Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science 1073
1452	1452	interdistrict magnet school operated by the Capitol Region Education 1074
1453	1453	Council shall be eligible to receive a per pupil grant equal to six 1075
1454	1454	thousand seven hundred eighty-seven dollars for (i) students enrolled 1076
1455	1455	in grades ten to twelve, inclusive, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, 1077 Governor's Bill No. 886
1456	1456
1457	1457
1458	1458
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1460	1460
1461	1461	(ii) students enrolled in grades eleven and twelve for the fiscal year 1078
1462	1462	ending June 30, 2017, and (iii) students enrolled in grade twelve for the 1079
1463	1463	fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, 1080
1464	1464	and each fiscal year thereafter, the half-day Greater Hartford Academy 1081
1465	1465	of Mathematics and Science interdistrict magnet school shall not be 1082
1466	1466	eligible for any additional grants pursuant to subsection (c) of this 1083
1467	1467	section. 1084
1468	1468	(4) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, and June 30, 2016, the 1085
1469	1469	department may limit payment to an interdistrict magnet school 1086
1470	1470	operator to an amount equal to the grant that such magnet school 1087
1471	1471	operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment level of the 1088
1472	1472	interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013. Approval of 1089
1473	1473	funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall be prioritized 1090
1474	1474	by the department as follows: (A) Increases in enrollment in an 1091
1475	1475	interdistrict magnet school program that is adding planned new grade 1092
1476	1476	levels for the school years commencing July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016; (B) 1093
1477	1477	increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program that 1094
1478	1478	added planned new grade levels for the school year commencing July 1, 1095
1479	1479	2014, and was funded during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015; (C) 1096
1480	1480	increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program that 1097
1481	1481	is moving into a permanent facility for the school years commencing 1098
1482	1482	July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2016, inclusive; (D) increases in enrollment in an 1099
1483	1483	interdistrict magnet school program to ensure compliance with 1100
1484	1484	subsection (a) of this section; and (E) new enrollments for a new 1101
1485	1485	interdistrict magnet school program commencing operations on or after 1102
1486	1486	July 1, 2014, pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 1103
1487	1487	(1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 1104
1488	1488	commissioner. Any interdistrict magnet school program operating less 1105
1489	1489	than full-time, but at least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a grant 1106
1490	1490	equal to sixty-five per cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to 1107
1491	1491	this subsection. 1108
1492	1492	(5) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, the department may limit 1109
1493	1493	payment to an interdistrict magnet school operator to an amount equal 1110
1494	1494	to the grant that such magnet school operator was eligible to receive 1111 Governor's Bill No. 886
1495	1495
1496	1496
1497	1497
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1499	1499
1500	1500	based on the enrollment level of the interdistrict magnet school program 1112
1501	1501	on October 1, 2013, or October 1, 2015, whichever is lower. Approval of 1113
1502	1502	funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall be prioritized 1114
1503	1503	by the department as follows: (A) Increases in enrollment in an 1115
1504	1504	interdistrict magnet school program that is adding planned new grade 1116
1505	1505	levels for the school years commencing July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016; (B) 1117
1506	1506	increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program that 1118
1507	1507	added planned new grade levels for the school year commencing July 1, 1119
1508	1508	2014, and was funded during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015; (C) 1120
1509	1509	increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program that 1121
1510	1510	added planned new grade levels for the school year commencing July 1, 1122
1511	1511	2015, and was funded during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016; and 1123
1512	1512	(D) increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program to 1124
1513	1513	ensure compliance with subsection (a) of this section. Any interdistrict 1125
1514	1514	magnet school program operating less than full-time, but at least half-1126
1515	1515	time, shall be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-five per cent of the 1127
1516	1516	grant amount determined pursuant to this subsection. 1128
1517	1517	(6) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and within available 1129
1518	1518	appropriations, the department may limit payment to an interdistrict 1130
1519	1519	magnet school operator to an amount equal to the grant that such 1131
1520	1520	magnet school operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment 1132
1521	1521	level of the interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013, 1133
1522	1522	October 1, 2015, or October 1, 2016, whichever is lower. Approval of 1134
1523	1523	funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall be prioritized 1135
1524	1524	by the department and subject to the commissioner's approval, 1136
1525	1525	including increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school 1137
1526	1526	program as a result of planned and approved new grade levels. Any 1138
1527	1527	interdistrict magnet school program operating less than full-time, but at 1139
1528	1528	least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-five per 1140
1529	1529	cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to this subsection. 1141
1530	1530	(7) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and within available 1142
1531	1531	appropriations, the department may limit payment to an interdistrict 1143
1532	1532	magnet school operator to an amount equal to the grant that such 1144
1533	1533	magnet school operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment 1145 Governor's Bill No. 886
1534	1534
1535	1535
1536	1536
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1538	1538
1539	1539	level of the interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013, 1146
1540	1540	October 1, 2015, October 1, 2016, or October 1, 2017, whichever is lower. 1147
1541	1541	Approval of funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall 1148
1542	1542	be prioritized by the department and subject to the commissioner's 1149
1543	1543	approval, including increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet 1150
1544	1544	school program as a result of planned and approved new grade levels. 1151
1545	1545	Any interdistrict magnet school program operating less than full-time, 1152
1546	1546	but at least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-1153
1547	1547	five per cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to this 1154
1548	1548	subsection. 1155
1549	1549	(8) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and within available 1156
1550	1550	appropriations, the department may limit payment to an interdistrict 1157
1551	1551	magnet school operator to an amount equal to the grant that such 1158
1552	1552	magnet school operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment 1159
1553	1553	level of the interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013, 1160
1554	1554	October 1, 2015, October 1, 2016, October 1, 2017, or October 1, 2018, 1161
1555	1555	whichever is lower. Approval of funding for enrollment above such 1162
1556	1556	enrollment level shall be prioritized by the department and subject to 1163
1557	1557	the commissioner's approval, including increases in enrollment in an 1164
1558	1558	interdistrict magnet school program as a result of planned and 1165
1559	1559	approved new grade levels. Any interdistrict magnet school program 1166
1560	1560	operating less than full-time, but at least half-time, shall be eligible to 1167
1561	1561	receive a grant equal to sixty-five per cent of the grant amount 1168
1562	1562	determined pursuant to this subsection. 1169
1563	1563	(9) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, and within available 1170
1564	1564	appropriations, the department may limit payment to an interdistrict 1171
1565	1565	magnet school operator to an amount equal to the grant that such 1172
1566	1566	magnet school operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment 1173
1567	1567	level of the interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013, 1174
1568	1568	October 1, 2015, October 1, 2016, October 1, 2017, October 1, 2018, or 1175
1569	1569	October 1, 2019, whichever is lower. Approval of funding for enrollment 1176
1570	1570	above such enrollment level shall be prioritized by the department and 1177
1571	1571	subject to the commissioner's approval, including increases in 1178
1572	1572	enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program as a result of 1179 Governor's Bill No. 886
1573	1573
1574	1574
1575	1575
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1577	1577
1578	1578	planned and approved new grade levels. Any interdistrict magnet 1180
1579	1579	school program operating less than full-time, but at least half-time, shall 1181
1580	1580	be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-five per cent of the grant 1182
1581	1581	amount determined pursuant to this subsection. 1183
1582	1582	(10) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year 1184
1583	1583	thereafter, and within available appropriations, the department may 1185
1584	1584	limit payment to an interdistrict magnet school operator to an amount 1186
1585	1585	equal to the grant that such magnet school operator was eligible to 1187
1586	1586	receive based on the enrollment level of the interdistrict magnet school 1188
1587	1587	program on the October first immediately preceding. Approval of 1189
1588	1588	funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall be prioritized 1190
1589	1589	by the department and subject to the commissioner's approval, 1191
1590	1590	including increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school 1192
1591	1591	program as a result of planned and approved new grade levels. Any 1193
1592	1592	interdistrict magnet school program operating less than full-time, but at 1194
1593	1593	least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-five per 1195
1594	1594	cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to this subsection. 1196
1595	1595	[(10)] (11) Within available appropriations, the commissioner may 1197
1596	1596	make grants to the following entities that operate an interdistrict magnet 1198
1597	1597	school that assists the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the 1199
1598	1598	decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation 1200
1599	1599	or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner and that provide 1201
1600	1600	academic support programs and summer school educational programs 1202
1601	1601	approved by the commissioner to students participating in such 1203
1602	1602	interdistrict magnet school program: (A) Regional educational service 1204
1603	1603	centers, (B) local and regional boards of education, (C) the Board of 1205
1604	1604	Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of a regional 1206
1605	1605	community-technical college, (D) the Board of Trustees of the 1207
1606	1606	Connecticut State University System on behalf of a state university, (E) 1208
1607	1607	the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut on behalf of the 1209
1608	1608	university, (F) the board of governors for an independent institution of 1210
1609	1609	higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the 1211
1610	1610	equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of 1212
1611	1611	higher education, (G) cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-1213 Governor's Bill No. 886
1612	1612
1613	1613
1614	1614
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1616	1616
1617	1617	158a, and (H) any other third-party not-for-profit corporation approved 1214
1618	1618	by the commissioner. 1215
1619	1619	[(11)] (12) Within available appropriations, the Commissioner of 1216
1620	1620	Education may make grants, in an amount not to exceed seventy-five 1217
1621	1621	thousand dollars, for start-up costs associated with the development of 1218
1622	1622	new interdistrict magnet school programs that assist the state in meeting 1219
1623	1623	its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 1220
1624	1624	(1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 1221
1625	1625	commissioner, to the following entities that develop such a program: (A) 1222
1626	1626	Regional educational service centers, (B) local and regional boards of 1223
1627	1627	education, (C) the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical 1224
1628	1628	Colleges on behalf of a regional community-technical college, (D) the 1225
1629	1629	Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System on behalf 1226
1630	1630	of a state university, (E) the Board of Trustees for The University of 1227
1631	1631	Connecticut on behalf of the university, (F) the board of governors for 1228
1632	1632	an independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection 1229
1633	1633	(a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the 1230
1634	1634	independent institution of higher education, (G) cooperative 1231
1635	1635	arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a, and (H) any other third-party 1232
1636	1636	not-for-profit corporation approved by the commissioner. 1233
1637	1637	[(12)] (13) The amounts of the grants determined pursuant to this 1234
1638	1638	subsection shall be proportionately adjusted, if necessary, within 1235
1639	1639	available appropriations, and in no case shall the total grant paid to an 1236
1640	1640	interdistrict magnet school operator pursuant to this section exceed the 1237
1641	1641	aggregate total of the reasonable operating budgets of the interdistrict 1238
1642	1642	magnet school programs of such operator, less revenues from other 1239
1643	1643	sources. 1240
1644	1644	Sec. 17. Subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 10-264i of the 1241
1645	1645	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1242
1646	1646	thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 1243
1647	1647	(4) In addition to the grants otherwise provided pursuant to this 1244
1648	1648	section, the Commissioner of Education may provide supplemental 1245 Governor's Bill No. 886
1649	1649
1650	1650
1651	1651
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1653	1653
1654	1654	transportation grants to regional educational service centers for the 1246
1655	1655	purposes of transportation to interdistrict magnet schools. Any such 1247
1656	1656	grant shall be provided within available appropriations and after the 1248
1657	1657	commissioner has reviewed and approved the total interdistrict magnet 1249
1658	1658	school transportation budget for a regional educational service center, 1250
1659	1659	including all revenue and expenditure estimates. For the fiscal [years 1251
1660	1660	ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2018, inclusive,] year ending June 30, 1252
1661	1661	2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, in addition to the grants otherwise 1253
1662	1662	provided pursuant to this section, the Commissioner of Education may 1254
1663	1663	provide supplemental transportation to interdistrict magnet schools 1255
1664	1664	that assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in 1256
1665	1665	Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order 1257
1666	1666	in effect, as determined by the commissioner. Any such grant shall be 1258
1667	1667	provided within available appropriations and upon a comprehensive 1259
1668	1668	financial review, by an auditor selected by the Commissioner of 1260
1669	1669	Education, the costs of such review may be paid from funds that are part 1261
1670	1670	of the supplemental transportation grant. Any such grant shall be paid 1262
1671	1671	as follows: For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2013, up to fifty per cent 1263
1672	1672	of the grant on or before June 30, 2013, and the balance on or before 1264
1673	1673	September 1, 2013, upon completion of the comprehensive financial 1265
1674	1674	review; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, up to fifty per cent of the 1266
1675	1675	grant on or before June 30, 2014, and the balance on or before September 1267
1676	1676	1, 2014, upon completion of the comprehensive financial review; for the 1268
1677	1677	fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, up to fifty per cent of the grant on or 1269
1678	1678	before June 30, 2015, and the balance on or before September 1, 2015, 1270
1679	1679	upon completion of the comprehensive financial review; for the fiscal 1271
1680	1680	year ending June 30, 2016, up to fifty per cent of the grant on or before 1272
1681	1681	June 30, 2016, and the balance on or before September 1, 2016, upon 1273
1682	1682	completion of the comprehensive financial review; for the fiscal year 1274
1683	1683	ending June 30, 2017, up to seventy per cent of the grant on or before 1275
1684	1684	June 30, 2017, and the balance on or before May 30, 2018, upon 1276
1685	1685	completion of the comprehensive financial review; for the fiscal year 1277
1686	1686	ending June 30, 2018, up to seventy per cent of the grant on or before 1278
1687	1687	June 30, 2018, and the balance on or before September 1, 2018, upon 1279
1688	1688	completion of the comprehensive financial review; and for the fiscal 1280 Governor's Bill No. 886
1689	1689
1690	1690
1691	1691
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1693	1693
1694	1694	year ending June 30, 2019,] 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, up to 1281
1695	1695	seventy per cent of the grant on or before June thirtieth of the fiscal year, 1282
1696	1696	and the balance on or before September first of the following fiscal year 1283
1697	1697	upon completion of the comprehensive financial review. 1284
1698	1698	Sec. 18. Section 10-264r of the general statutes is repealed and the 1285
1699	1699	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 1286
1700	1700	Not later than July 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Education shall 1287
1701	1701	develop, and may revise as necessary, reduced-isolation setting 1288
1702	1702	standards for interdistrict magnet school programs that shall serve as 1289
1703	1703	the enrollment requirements for purposes of section 10-264l, as 1290
1704	1704	amended by this act. Such standards shall (1) define the term "reduced-1291
1705	1705	isolation student" for purposes of the standards, (2) establish a 1292
1706	1706	requirement for the minimum percentage of reduced-isolation students 1293
1707	1707	that can be enrolled in an interdistrict magnet school program, provided 1294
1708	1708	such minimum percentage is not less than twenty per cent of the total 1295
1709	1709	school enrollment, (3) allow an interdistrict magnet school program to 1296
1710	1710	have a total school enrollment of reduced-isolation students that is not 1297
1711	1711	more than one per cent below the minimum percentage established by 1298
1712	1712	the commissioner, provided the commissioner approves a plan that is 1299
1713	1713	designed to bring the number of reduced-isolation students of such 1300
1714	1714	interdistrict magnet school program into compliance with the minimum 1301
1715	1715	percentage, and (4) for the school year commencing July 1, 2018, 1302
1716	1716	authorize the commissioner to establish on or before May 1, 2018, an 1303
1717	1717	alternative reduced-isolation student enrollment percentage for an 1304
1718	1718	interdistrict magnet school program located in the Sheff region, as 1305
1719	1719	defined in subsection (k) of section 10-264l, as amended by this act, 1306
1720	1720	provided the commissioner (A) determines that such alternative (i) 1307
1721	1721	increases opportunities for students who are residents of Hartford to 1308
1722	1722	access an educational setting with reduced racial isolation or other 1309
1723	1723	categories of diversity, including, but not limited to, geography, 1310
1724	1724	socioeconomic status, special education, English language learners and 1311
1725	1725	academic achievement, (ii) complies with the decision of Sheff v. 1312
1726	1726	O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, 1313
1727	1727	and (B) approves a plan for such interdistrict magnet school program 1314 Governor's Bill No. 886
1728	1728
1729	1729
1730	1730
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1732	1732
1733	1733	that is designed to bring the number of reduced-isolation students of 1315
1734	1734	such interdistrict magnet school program into compliance with such 1316
1735	1735	alternative or the minimum percentage described in subdivision (2) of 1317
1736	1736	this section. Not later than May 1, 2018, the commissioner shall submit 1318
1737	1737	a report on each alternative reduced-isolation student enrollment 1319
1738	1738	percentage established, pursuant to subdivision (4) of this section, for 1320
1739	1739	an interdistrict magnet school program located in the Sheff region to the 1321
1740	1740	joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 1322
1741	1741	matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of 1323
1742	1742	section 11-4a. The reduced-isolation setting standards for interdistrict 1324
1743	1743	magnet school programs shall not be deemed to be regulations, as 1325
1744	1744	defined in section 4-166. 1326
1745	1745	Sec. 19. Subsection (l) of section 10-66ee of the general statutes is 1327
1746	1746	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1328
1747	1747	2021): 1329
1748	1748	(l) Within available appropriations, the state may provide a grant in 1330
1749	1749	an amount not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars to any newly 1331
1750	1750	approved state charter school that assists the state in meeting [the goals 1332
1751	1751	of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. 1333
1752	1752	O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order 1334
1753	1753	for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, as 1335
1754	1754	determined by the Commissioner of Education] its obligations pursuant 1336
1755	1755	to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related 1337
1756	1756	stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of 1338
1757	1757	Education, for start-up costs associated with the new charter school 1339
1758	1758	program. 1340
1759	1759	Sec. 20. Section 10-262s of the general statutes is repealed and the 1341
1760	1760	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1342
1761	1761	The Commissioner of Education may, to assist the state in meeting 1343
1762	1762	[the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. 1344
1763	1763	William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation 1345
1764	1764	and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended] 1346 Governor's Bill No. 886
1765	1765
1766	1766
1767	1767
1768	1768	LCO No. 3203 46 of 67
1769	1769
1770	1770	its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 1347
1771	1771	(1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 1348
1772	1772	Commissioner of Education, transfer funds appropriated for the Sheff 1349
1773	1773	settlement to the following: (1) Grants for interdistrict cooperative 1350
1774	1774	programs pursuant to section 10-74d, (2) grants for state charter schools 1351
1775	1775	pursuant to section 10-66ee, as amended by this act, (3) grants for the 1352
1776	1776	interdistrict public school attendance program pursuant to section 10-1353
1777	1777	266aa, as amended by this act, (4) grants for interdistrict magnet schools 1354
1778	1778	pursuant to section 10-264l, as amended by this act, and (5) to the 1355
1779	1779	Technical Education and Career System for programming. 1356
1780	1780	Sec. 21. Subsection (a) of section 10-264h of the general statutes is 1357
1781	1781	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 1358
1782	1782	passage): 1359
1783	1783	(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, and each fiscal year 1360
1784	1784	thereafter, a local or regional board of education, a regional educational 1361
1785	1785	service center, a cooperative arrangement pursuant to section 10-158a, 1362
1786	1786	or any of the following entities that operate an interdistrict magnet 1363
1787	1787	school that assists the state in meeting [the goals of the 2008 stipulation 1364
1788	1788	and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, 1365
1789	1789	or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. 1366
1790	1790	William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, as determined by the 1367
1791	1791	Commissioner of Education] its obligations pursuant to the decision in 1368
1792	1792	Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order 1369
1793	1793	in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education: (1) The 1370
1794	1794	Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of a 1371
1795	1795	regional community-technical college, (2) the Board of Trustees of the 1372
1796	1796	Connecticut State University System on behalf of a state university, (3) 1373
1797	1797	the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut on behalf of the 1374
1798	1798	university, (4) the board of governors for an independent institution of 1375
1799	1799	higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the 1376
1800	1800	equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of 1377
1801	1801	higher education, and (5) any other third-party not-for-profit 1378
1802	1802	corporation approved by the Commissioner of Education, may be 1379
1803	1803	eligible for reimbursement, except as otherwise provided for, up to 1380 Governor's Bill No. 886
1804	1804
1805	1805
1806	1806
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1808	1808
1809	1809	eighty per cent of the eligible cost of any capital expenditure for the 1381
1810	1810	purchase, construction, extension, replacement, leasing or major 1382
1811	1811	alteration of interdistrict magnet school facilities, including any 1383
1812	1812	expenditure for the purchase of equipment, in accordance with this 1384
1813	1813	section. To be eligible for reimbursement under this section a magnet 1385
1814	1814	school construction project shall meet the requirements for a school 1386
1815	1815	building project established in chapter 173, except that the 1387
1816	1816	Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the 1388
1817	1817	Commissioner of Education, may waive any requirement in said 1389
1818	1818	chapter for good cause. On and after July 1, 2011, the Commissioner of 1390
1819	1819	Administrative Services shall approve only applications for 1391
1820	1820	reimbursement under this section that the Commissioner of Education 1392
1821	1821	finds will reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation. Applications for 1393
1822	1822	reimbursement under this section for the construction of new 1394
1823	1823	interdistrict magnet schools shall not be accepted until the 1395
1824	1824	Commissioner of Education develops a comprehensive state-wide 1396
1825	1825	interdistrict magnet school plan, in accordance with the provisions of 1397
1826	1826	subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 10-264l, as amended by this 1398
1827	1827	act, unless the Commissioner of Education determines that such 1399
1828	1828	construction will assist the state in meeting [the goals of the 2008 1400
1829	1829	stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., 1401
1830	1830	as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, 1402
1831	1831	et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended] its obligations pursuant 1403
1832	1832	to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related 1404
1833	1833	stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of 1405
1834	1834	Education. 1406
1835	1835	Sec. 22. Subdivision (2) of subsection (m) of section 10-264l of the 1407
1836	1836	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1408
1837	1837	thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 1409
1838	1838	(2) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year 1410
1839	1839	thereafter, any interdistrict magnet school operator that is a local or 1411
1840	1840	regional board of education and did not charge tuition to a local or 1412
1841	1841	regional board of education for the school year commencing July 1, 2014, 1413
1842	1842	may not charge tuition to such board unless (A) such operator receives 1414 Governor's Bill No. 886
1843	1843
1844	1844
1845	1845
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1847	1847
1848	1848	authorization from the Commissioner of Education to charge the 1415
1849	1849	proposed tuition, and (B) if such authorization is granted, such operator 1416
1850	1850	provides written notification on or before September first of the school 1417
1851	1851	year prior to the school year in which such tuition is to be charged to 1418
1852	1852	such board of the tuition to be charged to such board for each student 1419
1853	1853	that such board is otherwise responsible for educating and is enrolled at 1420
1854	1854	the interdistrict magnet school under such operator's control. In 1421
1855	1855	deciding whether to authorize an interdistrict magnet school operator 1422
1856	1856	to charge tuition under this subdivision, the commissioner shall 1423
1857	1857	consider (i) the average per pupil expenditure of such operator for each 1424
1858	1858	interdistrict magnet school under the control of such operator, and (ii) 1425
1859	1859	the amount of any per pupil state subsidy and any revenue from other 1426
1860	1860	sources received by such operator. The commissioner may conduct a 1427
1861	1861	comprehensive financial review of the operating budget of the magnet 1428
1862	1862	school of such operator to verify that the tuition is appropriate. The 1429
1863	1863	provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any interdistrict magnet 1430
1864	1864	school operator that is a regional educational service center or assisting 1431
1865	1865	the state in meeting [the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo 1432
1866	1866	Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 1433
1867	1867	2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et 1434
1868	1868	al., as extended] its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. 1435
1869	1869	O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, 1436
1870	1870	as determined by the Commissioner of Education. 1437
1871	1871	Sec. 23. Section 10-264o of the general statutes is repealed and the 1438
1872	1872	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1439
1873	1873	(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, interdistrict 1440
1874	1874	magnet schools that begin operations on or after July 1, 2008, pursuant 1441
1875	1875	to the [2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. 1442
1876	1876	O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo 1443
1877	1877	Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, as determined by 1444
1878	1878	the Commissioner of Education] decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1445
1879	1879	1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by 1446
1880	1880	the Commissioner of Education, may operate without district 1447
1881	1881	participation agreements and enroll students from any district through 1448 Governor's Bill No. 886
1882	1882
1883	1883
1884	1884
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1886	1886
1887	1887	a lottery designated by the commissioner. 1449
1888	1888	(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year 1450
1889	1889	thereafter, any tuition charged to a local or regional board of education 1451
1890	1890	by a regional educational service center operating an interdistrict 1452
1891	1891	magnet school assisting the state in meeting [the goals of the 2008 1453
1892	1892	stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., 1454
1893	1893	as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, 1455
1894	1894	et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, as determined by the 1456
1895	1895	Commissioner of Education] its obligations pursuant to the decision in 1457
1896	1896	Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order 1458
1897	1897	in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, for any 1459
1898	1898	student enrolled in kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, in such 1460
1899	1899	interdistrict magnet school shall be in an amount equal to the difference 1461
1900	1900	between (1) the average per pupil expenditure of the magnet school for 1462
1901	1901	the prior fiscal year, and (2) the amount of any per pupil state subsidy 1463
1902	1902	calculated under subsection (c) of section 10-264l, as amended by this 1464
1903	1903	act, plus any revenue from other sources calculated on a per pupil basis. 1465
1904	1904	If any such board of education fails to pay such tuition, the 1466
1905	1905	commissioner may withhold from such board's town or towns a sum 1467
1906	1906	payable under section 10-262i, as amended by this act, in an amount not 1468
1907	1907	to exceed the amount of the unpaid tuition to the magnet school and pay 1469
1908	1908	such money to the fiscal agent for the magnet school as a supplementary 1470
1909	1909	grant for the operation of the interdistrict magnet school program. In no 1471
1910	1910	case shall the sum of such tuitions exceed the difference between (A) the 1472
1911	1911	total expenditures of the magnet school for the prior fiscal year, and (B) 1473
1912	1912	the total per pupil state subsidy calculated under subsection (c) of 1474
1913	1913	section 10-264l, as amended by this act, plus any revenue from other 1475
1914	1914	sources. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive review of the 1476
1915	1915	operating budget of a magnet school to verify such tuition rate. 1477
1916	1916	(c) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, a regional educational 1478
1917	1917	service center operating an interdistrict magnet school assisting the state 1479
1918	1918	in meeting [the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et 1480
1919	1919	al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 1481
1920	1920	stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., 1482 Governor's Bill No. 886
1921	1921
1922	1922
1923	1923
1924	1924	LCO No. 3203 50 of 67
1925	1925
1926	1926	as extended, as determined by the Commissioner of Education] its 1483
1927	1927	obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 1484
1928	1928	(1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 1485
1929	1929	Commissioner of Education, and offering a preschool program shall not 1486
1930	1930	charge tuition for a child enrolled in such preschool program. 1487
1931	1931	(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, a regional educational 1488
1932	1932	service center operating an interdistrict magnet school assisting the state 1489
1933	1933	in meeting [the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et 1490
1934	1934	al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 1491
1935	1935	stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., 1492
1936	1936	as extended, as determined by the Commissioner of Education] its 1493
1937	1937	obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 1494
1938	1938	(1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 1495
1939	1939	Commissioner of Education, and offering a preschool program may 1496
1940	1940	charge tuition to the Department of Education for a child enrolled in 1497
1941	1941	such preschool program in an amount not to exceed an amount equal to 1498
1942	1942	the difference between (A) the average per pupil expenditure of the 1499
1943	1943	preschool program offered at the magnet school for the prior fiscal year, 1500
1944	1944	and (B) the amount of any per pupil state subsidy calculated under 1501
1945	1945	subsection (c) of section 10-264l, as amended by this act, plus any 1502
1946	1946	revenue from other sources calculated on a per pupil basis. The 1503
1947	1947	commissioner may conduct a comprehensive review of the operating 1504
1948	1948	budget of any such magnet school charging such tuition to verify such 1505
1949	1949	tuition rate. 1506
1950	1950	(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, a regional educational 1507
1951	1951	service center operating an interdistrict magnet school assisting the state 1508
1952	1952	in meeting [the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et 1509
1953	1953	al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 1510
1954	1954	stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., 1511
1955	1955	as extended, as determined by the Commissioner of Education] its 1512
1956	1956	obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 1513
1957	1957	(1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 1514
1958	1958	Commissioner of Education, and offering a preschool program may 1515
1959	1959	charge tuition to the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in such 1516 Governor's Bill No. 886
1960	1960
1961	1961
1962	1962
1963	1963	LCO No. 3203 51 of 67
1964	1964
1965	1965	preschool program in an amount that is in accordance with the sliding 1517
1966	1966	tuition scale adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to 1518
1967	1967	section 10-264p. The Department of Education shall be financially 1519
1968	1968	responsible for any unpaid portion of the tuition not charged to such 1520
1969	1969	parent or guardian under such sliding tuition scale. Such tuition shall 1521
1970	1970	not exceed an amount equal to the difference between (A) the average 1522
1971	1971	per pupil expenditure of the preschool program offered at the magnet 1523
1972	1972	school for the prior fiscal year, and (B) the amount of any per pupil state 1524
1973	1973	subsidy calculated under subsection (c) of section 10-264l, as amended 1525
1974	1974	by this act, plus any revenue from other sources calculated on a per 1526
1975	1975	pupil basis. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive review of 1527
1976	1976	the operating budget of any such magnet school charging such tuition 1528
1977	1977	to verify such tuition rate. 1529
1978	1978	(4) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year 1530
1979	1979	thereafter, a regional educational service center operating an 1531
1980	1980	interdistrict magnet school assisting the state in meeting [the goals of 1532
1981	1981	the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, 1533
1982	1982	et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo 1534
1983	1983	Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, as determined by 1535
1984	1984	the Commissioner of Education] its obligations pursuant to the decision 1536
1985	1985	in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order 1537
1986	1986	in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, and offering 1538
1987	1987	a preschool program shall charge tuition to the parent or guardian of a 1539
1988	1988	child enrolled in such preschool program in an amount up to four 1540
1989	1989	thousand fifty-three dollars, except such regional educational service 1541
1990	1990	center shall not charge tuition to such parent or guardian with a family 1542
1991	1991	income at or below seventy-five per cent of the state median income. 1543
1992	1992	The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, be 1544
1993	1993	financially responsible for any unpaid tuition charged to such parent or 1545
1994	1994	guardian with a family income at or below seventy-five per cent of the 1546
1995	1995	state median income. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive 1547
1996	1996	financial review of the operating budget of any such magnet school 1548
1997	1997	charging such tuition to verify such tuition rate. 1549
1998	1998	Sec. 24. Section 10-264q of the general statutes is repealed and the 1550 Governor's Bill No. 886
1999	1999
2000	2000
2001	2001
2002	2002	LCO No. 3203 52 of 67
2003	2003
2004	2004	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1551
2005	2005	Notwithstanding subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 10-264l, 1552
2006	2006	as amended by this act, an interdistrict magnet school program that (1) 1553
2007	2007	does not assist the state in meeting [the goals of the 2008 stipulation and 1554
2008	2008	order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or 1555
2009	2009	the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. 1556
2010	2010	William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, as determined by the 1557
2011	2011	Commissioner of Education] its obligations pursuant to the decision in 1558
2012	2012	Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order 1559
2013	2013	in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, and (2) is 1560
2014	2014	not in compliance with the enrollment requirements for students of 1561
2015	2015	racial minorities, pursuant to section 10-264l, as amended by this act, 1562
2016	2016	following the submission of student information data of such 1563
2017	2017	interdistrict magnet school program to the state-wide public school 1564
2018	2018	information system, pursuant to section 10-10a, on or before October 1, 1565
2019	2019	2019, shall remain eligible for an interdistrict magnet school operating 1566
2020	2020	grant pursuant to section 10-264l, as amended by this act, for the fiscal 1567
2021	2021	years ending June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, if such interdistrict 1568
2022	2022	magnet school program submits a compliance plan to the Commissioner 1569
2023	2023	of Education and the commissioner approves such plan. 1570
2024	2024	Sec. 25. Subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 10-266m of the 1571
2025	2025	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1572
2026	2026	thereof (Effective from passage): 1573
2027	2027	(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Commissioner 1574
2028	2028	of Education may provide grants, within available appropriations, in an 1575
2029	2029	amount not to exceed two thousand dollars per pupil, to local and 1576
2030	2030	regional boards of education and regional educational service centers 1577
2031	2031	that transport (A) out-of-district students to a technical education and 1578
2032	2032	career school located in Hartford, or (B) Hartford students attending a 1579
2033	2033	technical education and career school or a regional agricultural science 1580
2034	2034	and technology education center outside of the district, to assist the state 1581
2035	2035	in meeting [the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et 1582
2036	2036	al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 1583 Governor's Bill No. 886
2037	2037
2038	2038
2039	2039
2040	2040	LCO No. 3203 53 of 67
2041	2041
2042	2042	stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., 1584
2043	2043	as extended, as determined by the commissioner] its obligations 1585
2044	2044	pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any 1586
2045	2045	related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 1587
2046	2046	Commissioner of Education, for the costs associated with such 1588
2047	2047	transportation. 1589
2048	2048	Sec. 26. Subsection (a) of section 10-266ee of the general statutes is 1590
2049	2049	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 1591
2050	2050	passage): 1592
2051	2051	(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, the Department of 1593
2052	2052	Education shall award, within available appropriations, a grant in an 1594
2053	2053	amount not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars to the 1595
2054	2054	Hartford school district for program development and expansion of the 1596
2055	2055	Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy to assist the state 1597
2056	2056	in meeting [the goals of the 2013 stipulation for Milo Sheff, et al. v. 1598
2057	2057	William A. O'Neill, et al] its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff 1599
2058	2058	v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in 1600
2059	2059	effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education. Application 1601
2060	2060	for such grant funds awarded pursuant to this section shall be submitted 1602
2061	2061	to the Commissioner of Education at such time and in such manner as 1603
2062	2062	the commissioner prescribes. 1604
2063	2063	Sec. 27. Subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-283 of 1605
2064	2064	the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1606
2065	2065	thereof (Effective from passage): 1607
2066	2066	(a) (1) Each town or regional school district shall be eligible to apply 1608
2067	2067	for and accept grants for a school building project as provided in this 1609
2068	2068	chapter. Any town desiring a grant for a public school building project 1610
2069	2069	may, by vote of its legislative body, authorize the board of education of 1611
2070	2070	such town to apply to the Commissioner of Administrative Services and 1612
2071	2071	to accept or reject such grant for the town. Any regional school board 1613
2072	2072	may vote to authorize the supervising agent of the regional school 1614
2073	2073	district to apply to the Commissioner of Administrative Services for and 1615 Governor's Bill No. 886
2074	2074
2075	2075
2076	2076
2077	2077	LCO No. 3203 54 of 67
2078	2078
2079	2079	to accept or reject such grant for the district. Applications for such grants 1616
2080	2080	under this chapter shall be made by the superintendent of schools of 1617
2081	2081	such town or regional school district on the form provided and in the 1618
2082	2082	manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. 1619
2083	2083	The application form shall require the superintendent of schools to 1620
2084	2084	affirm that the school district considered the maximization of natural 1621
2085	2085	light, the use and feasibility of wireless connectivity technology and, on 1622
2086	2086	and after July 1, 2014, the school safety infrastructure criteria, developed 1623
2087	2087	by the School Safety Infrastructure Council, pursuant to section 10-292r, 1624
2088	2088	in projects for new construction and alteration or renovation of a school 1625
2089	2089	building. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall review 1626
2090	2090	each grant application for a school building project for compliance with 1627
2091	2091	educational requirements and on the basis of categories for building 1628
2092	2092	projects established by the Commissioner of Administrative Services in 1629
2093	2093	accordance with this section. The Commissioner of Education shall 1630
2094	2094	evaluate, if appropriate, whether the project will assist the state in 1631
2095	2095	meeting [the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. 1632
2096	2096	v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 1633
2097	2097	stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., 1634
2098	2098	as extended] its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 1635
2099	2099	238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as 1636
2100	2100	determined by the Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner of 1637
2101	2101	Administrative Services shall consult with the Commissioner of 1638
2102	2102	Education in reviewing grant applications submitted for purposes of 1639
2103	2103	subsection (a) of section 10-65 or section 10-76e on the basis of the 1640
2104	2104	educational needs of the applicant. The Commissioner of 1641
2105	2105	Administrative Services shall review each grant application for a school 1642
2106	2106	building project for compliance with standards for school building 1643
2107	2107	projects pursuant to regulations, adopted in accordance with section 10-1644
2108	2108	287c, and, on and after July 1, 2014, the school safety infrastructure 1645
2109	2109	criteria, developed by the School Safety Infrastructure Council pursuant 1646
2110	2110	to section 10-292r. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the 1647
2111	2111	Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of 1648
2112	2112	Quinebaug Valley Community College and Three Rivers Community 1649
2113	2113	College and the following entities that will operate an interdistrict 1650 Governor's Bill No. 886
2114	2114
2115	2115
2116	2116
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2118	2118
2119	2119	magnet school that will assist the state in meeting [the goals of the 2008 1651
2120	2120	stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., 1652
2121	2121	as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, 1653
2122	2122	et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, as determined by the 1654
2123	2123	Commissioner of Education] its obligations pursuant to the decision in 1655
2124	2124	Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order 1656
2125	2125	in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, may apply 1657
2126	2126	for and shall be eligible to receive grants for school building projects 1658
2127	2127	pursuant to section 10-264h, as amended by this act, for such a school: 1659
2128	2128	(A) The Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on 1660
2129	2129	behalf of a regional community-technical college, (B) the Board of 1661
2130	2130	Trustees of the Connecticut State University System on behalf of a state 1662
2131	2131	university, (C) the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut 1663
2132	2132	on behalf of the university, (D) the board of governors for an 1664
2133	2133	independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection (a) 1665
2134	2134	of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the 1666
2135	2135	independent institution of higher education, (E) cooperative 1667
2136	2136	arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a, and (F) any other third-party 1668
2137	2137	not-for-profit corporation approved by the Commissioner of Education. 1669
2138	2138	(2) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall assign each 1670
2139	2139	school building project to a category on the basis of whether such project 1671
2140	2140	is primarily required to: (A) Create new facilities or alter existing 1672
2141	2141	facilities to provide for mandatory instructional programs pursuant to 1673
2142	2142	this chapter, for physical education facilities in compliance with Title IX 1674
2143	2143	of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1972 where such 1675
2144	2144	programs or such compliance cannot be provided within existing 1676
2145	2145	facilities or for the correction of code violations which cannot be 1677
2146	2146	reasonably addressed within existing program space; (B) create new 1678
2147	2147	facilities or alter existing facilities to enhance mandatory instructional 1679
2148	2148	programs pursuant to this chapter or provide comparable facilities 1680
2149	2149	among schools to all students at the same grade level or levels within 1681
2150	2150	the school district unless such project is otherwise explicitly included in 1682
2151	2151	another category pursuant to this section; and (C) create new facilities 1683
2152	2152	or alter existing facilities to provide supportive services, provided in no 1684 Governor's Bill No. 886
2153	2153
2154	2154
2155	2155
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2157	2157
2158	2158	event shall such supportive services include swimming pools, 1685
2159	2159	auditoriums, outdoor athletic facilities, tennis courts, elementary school 1686
2160	2160	playgrounds, site improvement or garages or storage, parking or 1687
2161	2161	general recreation areas. All applications submitted prior to July first 1688
2162	2162	shall be reviewed promptly by the Commissioner of Administrative 1689
2163	2163	Services. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall estimate 1690
2164	2164	the amount of the grant for which such project is eligible, in accordance 1691
2165	2165	with the provisions of section 10-285a, provided an application for a 1692
2166	2166	school building project determined by the Commissioner of Education 1693
2167	2167	to be a project that will assist the state in meeting [the goals of the 2008 1694
2168	2168	stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., 1695
2169	2169	as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, 1696
2170	2170	et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended] its obligations pursuant 1697
2171	2171	to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related 1698
2172	2172	stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of 1699
2173	2173	Education, shall have until September first to submit an application for 1700
2174	2174	such a project and may have until December first of the same year to 1701
2175	2175	secure and report all local and state approvals required to complete the 1702
2176	2176	grant application. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall 1703
2177	2177	annually prepare a listing of all such eligible school building projects 1704
2178	2178	listed by category together with the amount of the estimated grants for 1705
2179	2179	such projects and shall submit the same to the Governor, the Secretary 1706
2180	2180	of the Office of Policy and Management and the General Assembly on 1707
2181	2181	or before the fifteenth day of December, except as provided in section 1708
2182	2182	10-283a, with a request for authorization to enter into grant 1709
2183	2183	commitments. On or before December thirty-first annually, the 1710
2184	2184	Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may submit 1711
2185	2185	comments and recommendations regarding each eligible project on 1712
2186	2186	such listing of eligible school building projects to the school construction 1713
2187	2187	committee, established pursuant to section 10-283a. Each such listing 1714
2188	2188	shall include a report on the following factors for each eligible project: 1715
2189	2189	(i) An enrollment projection and the capacity of the school, (ii) a 1716
2190	2190	substantiation of the estimated total project costs, (iii) the readiness of 1717
2191	2191	such eligible project to begin construction, (iv) efforts made by the local 1718
2192	2192	or regional board of education to redistrict, reconfigure, merge or close 1719 Governor's Bill No. 886
2193	2193
2194	2194
2195	2195
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2197	2197
2198	2198	schools under the jurisdiction of such board prior to submitting an 1720
2199	2199	application under this section, (v) enrollment and capacity information 1721
2200	2200	for all of the schools under the jurisdiction of such board for the five 1722
2201	2201	years prior to application for a school building project grant, (vi) 1723
2202	2202	enrollment projections and capacity information for all of the schools 1724
2203	2203	under the jurisdiction of such board for the eight years following the 1725
2204	2204	date such application is submitted, and (vii) the state's education 1726
2205	2205	priorities relating to reducing racial and economic isolation for the 1727
2206	2206	school district. For the period beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 1728
2207	2207	30, 2012, no project, other than a project for a technical education and 1729
2208	2208	career school, may appear on the separate schedule of authorized 1730
2209	2209	projects which have changed in cost more than twice. On and after July 1731
2210	2210	1, 2012, no project, other than a project for a technical education and 1732
2211	2211	career school, may appear on the separate schedule of authorized 1733
2212	2212	projects which have changed in cost more than once, except the 1734
2213	2213	Commissioner of Administrative Services may allow a project to appear 1735
2214	2214	on such separate schedule of authorized projects a second time if the 1736
2215	2215	town or regional school district for such project can demonstrate that 1737
2216	2216	exigent circumstances require such project to appear a second time on 1738
2217	2217	such separate schedule of authorized projects. Notwithstanding any 1739
2218	2218	provision of this chapter, no projects which have changed in scope or 1740
2219	2219	cost to the degree determined by the Commissioner of Administrative 1741
2220	2220	Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall be 1742
2221	2221	eligible for reimbursement under this chapter unless it appears on such 1743
2222	2222	list. The percentage determined pursuant to section 10-285a at the time 1744
2223	2223	a school building project on such schedule was originally authorized 1745
2224	2224	shall be used for purposes of the grant for such project. On and after July 1746
2225	2225	1, 2006, a project that was not previously authorized as an interdistrict 1747
2226	2226	magnet school shall not receive a higher percentage for reimbursement 1748
2227	2227	than that determined pursuant to section 10-285a at the time a school 1749
2228	2228	building project on such schedule was originally authorized. The 1750
2229	2229	General Assembly shall annually authorize the Commissioner of 1751
2230	2230	Administrative Services to enter into grant commitments on behalf of 1752
2231	2231	the state in accordance with the commissioner's categorized listing for 1753
2232	2232	such projects as the General Assembly shall determine. The 1754 Governor's Bill No. 886
2233	2233
2234	2234
2235	2235
2236	2236	LCO No. 3203 58 of 67
2237	2237
2238	2238	Commissioner of Administrative Services may not enter into any such 1755
2239	2239	grant commitments except pursuant to such legislative authorization. 1756
2240	2240	Any regional school district which assumes the responsibility for 1757
2241	2241	completion of a public school building project shall be eligible for a 1758
2242	2242	grant pursuant to subdivision (5) or (6), as the case may be, of subsection 1759
2243	2243	(a) of section 10-286 when such project is completed and accepted by 1760
2244	2244	such regional school district. 1761
2245	2245	Sec. 28. Subsection (c) of section 10-283 of the general statutes is 1762
2246	2246	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 1763
2247	2247	passage): 1764
2248	2248	(c) No school building project shall be added to the list prepared by 1765
2249	2249	the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to subsection (a) 1766
2250	2250	of this section after such list is submitted to the committee of the General 1767
2251	2251	Assembly appointed pursuant to section 10-283a unless (1) the project 1768
2252	2252	is for a school placed on probation by the New England Association of 1769
2253	2253	Schools and Colleges and the project is necessary to preserve 1770
2254	2254	accreditation, (2) the project is necessary to replace a school building for 1771
2255	2255	which a state agency issued a written notice of its intent to take the 1772
2256	2256	school property for public purpose, (3) it is a school building project 1773
2257	2257	determined by the Commissioner of Education to be a project that will 1774
2258	2258	assist the state in meeting [the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for 1775
2259	2259	Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of 1776
2260	2260	the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, 1777
2261	2261	et al., as extended] its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. 1778
2262	2262	O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, 1779
2263	2263	as determined by the Commissioner of Education. The provisions of this 1780
2264	2264	subsection shall not apply to projects previously authorized by the 1781
2265	2265	General Assembly that require special legislation to correct procedural 1782
2266	2266	deficiencies. 1783
2267	2267	Sec. 29. Section 10-99f of the general statutes is repealed and the 1784
2268	2268	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1785
2269	2269	(a) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2011, to June 30, [2022] 2023, 1786 Governor's Bill No. 886
2270	2270
2271	2271
2272	2272
2273	2273	LCO No. 3203 59 of 67
2274	2274
2275	2275	inclusive, the budget for the Technical Education and Career System 1787
2276	2276	shall (1) be a separate budgeted agency from the Department of 1788
2277	2277	Education, and (2) include a separate (A) educational account for 1789
2278	2278	educational and school-based accounts and expenditures, and (B) 1790
2279	2279	noneducational account. 1791
2280	2280	(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, for the 1792
2281	2281	fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, the 1793
2282	2282	Governor, when considering reductions in allotment requisitions or 1794
2283	2283	allotments in force, shall give priority to the educational needs of the 1795
2284	2284	system and instructional staffing needs, as identified in the statement of 1796
2285	2285	staffing needs submitted by the superintendent of the Technical 1797
2286	2286	Education and Career System pursuant to section 10-99g, and every 1798
2287	2287	effort shall be made to avoid impairment of the system's educational 1799
2288	2288	mission and interruption to instructional time during such 1800
2289	2289	consideration. 1801
2290	2290	Sec. 30. Section 10-99f of the general statutes, as amended by section 1802
2291	2291	9 of public act 17-237, section 9 of public act 18-182 and section 275 of 1803
2292	2292	public act 19-117, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1804
2293	2293	thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 1805
2294	2294	(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2023] 2024, and each fiscal year 1806
2295	2295	thereafter, the budget for the Technical Education and Career System 1807
2296	2296	shall (1) be a separate budgeted agency, and (2) include a separate (A) 1808
2297	2297	educational account for educational and school-based accounts and 1809
2298	2298	expenditures, and (B) noneducational account. 1810
2299	2299	(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, for the 1811
2300	2300	fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, the 1812
2301	2301	Governor, when considering reductions in allotment requisitions or 1813
2302	2302	allotments in force, shall give priority to the educational needs of the 1814
2303	2303	system and instructional staffing needs, as identified in the statement of 1815
2304	2304	staffing needs submitted by the superintendent of the Technical 1816
2305	2305	Education and Career System pursuant to section 10-99g, and every 1817
2306	2306	effort shall be made to avoid impairment of the system's educational 1818 Governor's Bill No. 886
2307	2307
2308	2308
2309	2309
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2311	2311
2312	2312	mission and interruption to instructional time during such 1819
2313	2313	consideration. 1820
2314	2314	Sec. 31. Section 10-99g of the general statutes, as amended by section 1821
2315	2315	10 of public act 17-237, section 17 of public act 18-182 and section 276 of 1822
2316	2316	public act 19-117, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1823
2317	2317	thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 1824
2318	2318	(a) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2023] 2024, and each fiscal 1825
2319	2319	year thereafter, each technical education and career school shall prepare 1826
2320	2320	a proposed school budget for the next succeeding school year beginning 1827
2321	2321	July first and submit such proposed school budget to the superintendent 1828
2322	2322	of the Technical Education and Career System. Such proposed school 1829
2323	2323	budget shall include a statement of the staffing needs for such technical 1830
2324	2324	education and career school. The superintendent shall collect, review 1831
2325	2325	and use the proposed school budget for each technical education and 1832
2326	2326	career school to guide the preparation of a proposed school budget for 1833
2327	2327	the Technical Education and Career System. 1834
2328	2328	(2) The superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System 1835
2329	2329	shall prepare and submit the education budget for the Technical 1836
2330	2330	Education and Career System to the executive director of the Technical 1837
2331	2331	Education and Career System. The education budget shall include 1838
2332	2332	educational and school-based accounts and expenditures, the school 1839
2333	2333	budget for each technical education and career school, and a statement 1840
2334	2334	of the staffing needs for the technical education and career schools. The 1841
2335	2335	executive director shall review the education budget and include the 1842
2336	2336	education budget as part of the operating budget for the Technical 1843
2337	2337	Education and Career System. The executive director shall report any 1844
2338	2338	financial inconsistencies or irregularities discovered during the course 1845
2339	2339	of such review to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, 1846
2340	2340	the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Auditors of Public 1847
2341	2341	Accounts. For purposes of this section and section 10-99f, "educational 1848
2342	2342	and school-based accounts and expenditures" means funds used to (A) 1849
2343	2343	support instruction, programming and curriculum within the Technical 1850
2344	2344	Education and Career System, and (B) purchase supplies and 1851 Governor's Bill No. 886
2345	2345
2346	2346
2347	2347
2348	2348	LCO No. 3203 61 of 67
2349	2349
2350	2350	equipment for instruction at individual technical education and career 1852
2351	2351	schools. 1853
2352	2352	(3) The executive director shall prepare the central office budget for 1854
2353	2353	the Technical Education and Career System. Such central office budget 1855
2354	2354	shall include noneducational and central office accounts and 1856
2355	2355	expenditures and a statement of the staffing needs for the central office 1857
2356	2356	of the system. The executive director shall include the central office 1858
2357	2357	budget as part of the operating budget for the Technical Education and 1859
2358	2358	Career System. 1860
2359	2359	(4) The executive director shall prepare and submit the operating 1861
2360	2360	budget of the Technical Education and Career System to the Office of 1862
2361	2361	Policy and Management in accordance with the provisions of section 4-1863
2362	2362	77. 1864
2363	2363	(5) The executive director shall annually submit a copy of (A) an 1865
2364	2364	itemized school budget for each technical education and career school, 1866
2365	2365	including the statement of the staffing needs for each technical 1867
2366	2366	education and career school, (B) the education budget, (C) the central 1868
2367	2367	office budget, including the statement of the staffing needs for the 1869
2368	2368	system, and (D) the operating budget for the Technical Education and 1870
2369	2369	Career System to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly 1871
2370	2370	having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations 1872
2371	2371	and the budgets of state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of 1873
2372	2372	section 11-4a. 1874
2373	2373	(b) The executive director shall semiannually submit the operating 1875
2374	2374	budget and expenses for each individual technical education and career 1876
2375	2375	school, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Secretary of the Office of 1877
2376	2376	Policy and Management, the director of the legislative Office of Fiscal 1878
2377	2377	Analysis and to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 1879
2378	2378	having cognizance of matters relating to education. 1880
2379	2379	(c) (1) The superintendent shall make available and update on the 1881
2380	2380	Technical Education and Career System Internet web site and the 1882
2381	2381	Internet web site of each technical education and career school the 1883 Governor's Bill No. 886
2382	2382
2383	2383
2384	2384
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2386	2386
2387	2387	operating budget for the current school year of each individual technical 1884
2388	2388	education and career school. 1885
2389	2389	(2) The executive director shall make available and update on the 1886
2390	2390	Technical Education and Career System Internet web site the operating 1887
2391	2391	budget for the current school year of the central office of the Technical 1888
2392	2392	Education and Career System and the operating budget for the 1889
2393	2393	Technical Education and Career System. 1890
2394	2394	Sec. 32. Section 10-99h of the general statutes is repealed and the 1891
2395	2395	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1892
2396	2396	(a) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, to June 30, [2022] 2023, 1893
2397	2397	inclusive, the superintendent of the Technical Education and Career 1894
2398	2398	System shall create and maintain a list that includes an inventory of all 1895
2399	2399	technical and vocational equipment, supplies and materials purchased 1896
2400	2400	or obtained and used in the provision of career technical education in 1897
2401	2401	each technical education and career school and across the Technical 1898
2402	2402	Education and Career System. The board shall consult such list (1) 1899
2403	2403	during the preparation of the budget for the Technical Education and 1900
2404	2404	Career System, pursuant to section 10-99g, (2) prior to purchasing or 1901
2405	2405	obtaining any new equipment, supplies or materials, and (3) for the 1902
2406	2406	purpose of sharing equipment, supplies and materials among technical 1903
2407	2407	education and career schools. 1904
2408	2408	(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2023] 2024, and each fiscal year 1905
2409	2409	thereafter, the executive director of the Technical Education and Career 1906
2410	2410	System shall create and maintain a list that includes an inventory of all 1907
2411	2411	technical and vocational equipment, supplies and materials purchased 1908
2412	2412	or obtained and used in the provision of career technical education in 1909
2413	2413	each technical education and career school and across the Technical 1910
2414	2414	Education and Career System. The executive director shall consult such 1911
2415	2415	list (1) during the preparation of the budget for the Technical Education 1912
2416	2416	and Career System, pursuant to section 10-99g, (2) prior to purchasing 1913
2417	2417	or obtaining any new equipment, supplies or materials, and (3) for the 1914
2418	2418	purpose of sharing equipment, supplies and materials among technical 1915 Governor's Bill No. 886
2419	2419
2420	2420
2421	2421
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2423	2423
2424	2424	education and career schools. 1916
2425	2425	Sec. 33. Section 16 of public act 17-237, as amended by section 79 of 1917
2426	2426	public act 17-2 of the June special session, section 11 of public act 18-182 1918
2427	2427	and section 278 of public act 19-117, is repealed and the following is 1919
2428	2428	substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1920
2429	2429	For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, to June 30, [2022] 2023, 1921
2430	2430	inclusive, the State Board of Education shall hire a consultant to (1) assist 1922
2431	2431	the Technical Education and Career System board with the 1923
2432	2432	development of a transition plan for the Technical Education and Career 1924
2433	2433	System, (2) identify and provide recommendations concerning which 1925
2434	2434	services could be provided more efficiently through or in conjunction 1926
2435	2435	with another local or regional board of education, municipality or state 1927
2436	2436	agency by means of a memorandum of understanding with the 1928
2437	2437	Technical Education and Career System, and (3) identify efficiencies, 1929
2438	2438	best practices and cost savings in procurement. Such consultant shall 1930
2439	2439	consult with the administrative and professional staff of the Technical 1931
2440	2440	Education and Career System in the development of the transition plan 1932
2441	2441	and recommendations described in subdivision (2) of this section. Not 1933
2442	2442	later than January 1, [2022] 2023, the state board shall submit a report on 1934
2443	2443	the transition plan and such identified service s and any 1935
2444	2444	recommendations for legislation necessary to implement such transition 1936
2445	2445	plan and such identified services to the joint standing committee of the 1937
2446	2446	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, 1938
2447	2447	in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 1939
2448	2448	Sec. 34. Section 18 of public act 17-237, as amended by section 12 of 1940
2449	2449	public act 18-182 and section 279 of public act 19-117, is repealed and the 1941
2450	2450	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1942
2451	2451	For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, to June 30, [2022] 2023, 1943
2452	2452	inclusive, the Department of Education shall (1) provide training to 1944
2453	2453	those persons employed by the department within the Technical 1945
2454	2454	Education and Career System who will be responsible for performing 1946
2455	2455	central office and administrative functions for the system on and after 1947 Governor's Bill No. 886
2456	2456
2457	2457
2458	2458
2459	2459	LCO No. 3203 64 of 67
2460	2460
2461	2461	July 1, [2022] 2023, and (2) identify those persons within the system who 1948
2462	2462	can be trained to perform multiple functions or responsibilities for the 1949
2463	2463	system. 1950
2464	2464	Sec. 35. (Effective from passage) Sections 5 and 20 of public act 17-237, 1951
2465	2465	as amended by section 17 of public act 18-182 and section 280 of public 1952
2466	2466	act 19-117, shall take effect July 1, 2023. 1953
2467	2467	Sec. 36. (Effective from passage) Section 2 of public act 17-237, as 1954
2468	2468	amended by section 73 of public act 17-2 of the June special session, 1955
2469	2469	section 18 of public act 18-182 and section 281 of public act 19-117, shall 1956
2470	2470	take effect July 1, 2023. 1957
2471	2471	Sec. 37. (Effective from passage) Section 4 of public act 17-237, as 1958
2472	2472	amended by section 74 of public act 17-2 of the June special session, 1959
2473	2473	section 19 of public act 18-182 and section 282 of public act 19-117, shall 1960
2474	2474	take effect July 1, 2023. 1961
2475	2475	Sec. 38. (Effective from passage) Section 6 of public act 17-237, as 1962
2476	2476	amended by section 279 of public act 17-2 of the June special session, 1963
2477	2477	section 20 of public act 18-182 and section 283 of public act 19-117, shall 1964
2478	2478	take effect July 1, 2023. 1965
2479	2479	Sec. 39. (Effective from passage) Section 7 of public act 17-237, as 1966
2480	2480	amended by section 287 of public act 17-2 of the June special session, 1967
2481	2481	section 21 of public act 18-182 and section 284 of public act 19-117, shall 1968
2482	2482	take effect July 1, 2023. 1969
2483	2483	Sec. 40. Subsection (a) of section 10a-55i of the general statutes is 1970
2484	2484	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 1971
2485	2485	passage): 1972
2486	2486	(a) There is established a Higher Education Consolidation Committee 1973
2487	2487	which shall be convened by the chairpersons of the joint standing 1974
2488	2488	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 1975
2489	2489	relating to higher education or such chairpersons' designee, who shall 1976
2490	2490	be a member of such joint standing committee. The membership of the 1977 Governor's Bill No. 886
2491	2491
2492	2492
2493	2493
2494	2494	LCO No. 3203 65 of 67
2495	2495
2496	2496	Higher Education Consolidation Committee shall consist of the higher 1978
2497	2497	education subcommittee on appropriations and the chairpersons, vice 1979
2498	2498	chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of 1980
2499	2499	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher 1981
2500	2500	education and appropriations. The Higher Education Consolidation 1982
2501	2501	Committee shall establish a meeting and public hearing schedule for 1983
2502	2502	purposes of receiving updates from (1) the Board of Regents for Higher 1984
2503	2503	Education on the progress of the consolidation of the state system of 1985
2504	2504	higher education pursuant to this section, section 4-9c, subsection (g) of 1986
2505	2505	section 5-160, section 5-199d, subsection (a) of section 7-323k, subsection 1987
2506	2506	(a) of section 7-608, subsection (a) of section 10-9, section 10-155d, 1988
2507	2507	subdivision (14) of section 10-183b, sections 10a-1a to 10a-1d, inclusive, 1989
2508	2508	10a-3 and 10a-3a, [subsection (a) of section 10a-6a,] sections [10a-6b,] 1990
2509	2509	10a-8, 10a-10a to 10a-11a, inclusive, 10a-17d and 10a-22a, subsections (f) 1991
2510	2510	and (h) of section 10a-22b, subsections (c) and (d) of section 10a-22d, 1992
2511	2511	sections 10a-22h and 10a-22k, subsection (a) of section 10a-22n, sections 1993
2512	2512	10a-22r, 10a-22s, 10a-22u, 10a-22v, 10a-22x and 10a-34 to 10a-35a, 1994
2513	2513	inclusive, subsection (a) of section 10a-48a, sections 10a-71 and 10a-72, 1995
2514	2514	subsections (c) and (f) of section 10a-77, section 10a-88, subsection (a) of 1996
2515	2515	section 10a-89, subsection (c) of section 10a-99 and sections 10a-102, 10a-1997
2516	2516	104, 10a-105, 10a-109e, 10a-143 and 10a-168a, and (2) the Board of 1998
2517	2517	Regents for Higher Education and The University of Connecticut on the 1999
2518	2518	program approval process for the constituent units. The Higher 2000
2519	2519	Education Consolidation Committee shall convene its first meeting on 2001
2520	2520	or before September 15, 2011, and meet not less than once every two 2002
2521	2521	months. 2003
2522	2522	Sec. 41. Subdivision (1) of subsection (f) of section 10a-11b of the 2004
2523	2523	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2005
2524	2524	thereof (Effective from passage): 2006
2525	2525	(1) One standing subcommittee shall focus on data, metrics and 2007
2526	2526	accountability, and build upon the work of the [Higher Education 2008
2527	2527	Coordinating Council and] Preschool through 20 and Workforce 2009
2528	2528	Information Network in its measures and data. Such measures shall be 2010
2529	2529	used to assess the progress of each public institution of higher education 2011 Governor's Bill No. 886
2530	2530
2531	2531
2532	2532
2533	2533	LCO No. 3203 66 of 67
2534	2534
2535	2535	toward meeting the commission's goals. The subcommittee shall 2012
2536	2536	collaborate with the Labor Department to (A) produce periodic reports, 2013
2537	2537	capable of being sorted by student age, on the employment status, job 2014
2538	2538	retention and earnings of students enrolled in academic and noncredit 2015
2539	2539	vocational courses and programs, both prior to enrollment and after 2016
2540	2540	completion of such courses and programs, who leave the constituent 2017
2541	2541	units upon graduation or otherwise, and (B) develop an annual 2018
2542	2542	affordability index for public higher education that is based on state-2019
2543	2543	wide median family income. The subcommittee shall submit annual 2020
2544	2544	reports to the commission and the constituent units. 2021
2545	2545	Sec. 42. Sections 10a-6a and 10a-6b of the general statutes are 2022
2546	2546	repealed. (Effective from passage) 2023
2547	2547	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
2548	2548	sections:
2549	2549
2550	2550	Section 1 July 1, 2021 10-262h
2551	2551	Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 10-262j
2552	2552	Sec. 3 July 1, 2021 10-262i(d)
2553	2553	Sec. 4 July 1, 2021 10-66ee(d)(1)
2554	2554	Sec. 5 July 1, 2021 10-66ss
2555	2555	Sec. 6 July 1, 2021 10-17g
2556	2556	Sec. 7 July 1, 2021 10-76d(e)(2)
2557	2557	Sec. 8 July 1, 2021 10-76g(d)
2558	2558	Sec. 9 July 1, 2021 10-253(b)
2559	2559	Sec. 10 July 1, 2021 10-217a(i)
2560	2560	Sec. 11 July 1, 2021 10-66j(e)
2561	2561	Sec. 12 July 1, 2021 10-71(d)
2562	2562	Sec. 13 from passage New section
2563	2563	Sec. 14 July 1, 2021 10-221a(c)
2564	2564	Sec. 15 July 1, 2021 10-266aa
2565	2565	Sec. 16 July 1, 2021 10-264l(a) to (c)
2566	2566	Sec. 17 July 1, 2021 10-264i(a)(4)
2567	2567	Sec. 18 July 1, 2021 10-264r
2568	2568	Sec. 19 July 1, 2021 10-66ee(l)
2569	2569	Sec. 20 from passage 10-262s
2570	2570	Sec. 21 from passage 10-264h(a)
2571	2571	Sec. 22 July 1, 2021 10-264l(m)(2) Governor's Bill No. 886
2572	2572
2573	2573
2574	2574
2575	2575	LCO No. 3203 67 of 67
2576	2576
2577	2577	Sec. 23 from passage 10-264o
2578	2578	Sec. 24 from passage 10-264q
2579	2579	Sec. 25 from passage 10-266m(a)(5)
2580	2580	Sec. 26 from passage 10-266ee(a)
2581	2581	Sec. 27 from passage 10-283(a)(1) and (2)
2582	2582	Sec. 28 from passage 10-283(c)
2583	2583	Sec. 29 from passage 10-99f
2584	2584	Sec. 30 July 1, 2023 10-99f
2585	2585	Sec. 31 July 1, 2023 10-99g
2586	2586	Sec. 32 from passage 10-99h
2587	2587	Sec. 33 from passage PA 17-237, Sec. 16
2588	2588	Sec. 34 from passage PA 17-237, Sec. 18
2589	2589	Sec. 35 from passage New section
2590	2590	Sec. 36 from passage New section
2591	2591	Sec. 37 from passage New section
2592	2592	Sec. 38 from passage New section
2593	2593	Sec. 39 from passage New section
2594	2594	Sec. 40 from passage 10a-55i(a)
2595	2595	Sec. 41 from passage 10a-11b(f)(1)
2596	2596	Sec. 42 from passage Repealer section
2597	2597
2598	2598	Statement of Purpose:
2599	2599	To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
2600	2600	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
2601	2601	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
2602	2602	underlined.]
2603	2603