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 Section 10-262h of the general statutes is repealed and the 1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