Connecticut 2021 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00948 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/24/2021

                        
 
 
 
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General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 948  
January Session, 2021 
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION  
 
 
Introduced by:  
(ED)  
 
 
 
 
AN ACT ADDRESSING ED UCATION FUNDING AND RACIAL EQUITY 
IN CONNECTICUT. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Subdivision (22) of section 10-262f of the general statutes is 1 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2 
2021): 3 
(22) "Resident students" means the number of pupils of the town 4 
enrolled in public schools at the expense of the town on October first or 5 
the full school day immediately preceding such date, [provided] except 6 
(A) the number shall be decreased by the Department of Education for 7 
failure to comply with the provisions of section 10-16, [and] (B) the 8 
number shall be increased by one one-hundred-eightieth for each 9 
full-time equivalent school day in the school year immediately 10 
preceding such date of at least five hours of actual school work in excess 11 
of one hundred eighty days and nine hundred hours of actual school 12 
work and be increased by the full-time equivalent number of such 13 
pupils attending the summer sessions immediately preceding such date 14 
at the expense of the town, and (C) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 15  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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2022, the number of pupils of the town enrolled in public schools at the 16 
expense of the town on October 1, 2019, or October 1, 2020, whichever 17 
is greater; "enrolled" shall include pupils who are scheduled for vacation 18 
on the above date and who are expected to return to school as 19 
scheduled. Pupils participating in the program established pursuant to 20 
section 10-266aa shall be counted in accordance with the provisions of 21 
subsection (h) of section 10-266aa. 22 
Sec. 2. Subdivision (25) of section 10-262f of the general statutes is 23 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 24 
2021): 25 
(25) "Total need students" means the sum of (A) the number of 26 
resident students of the town for the school year, [(B) (i) for any school 27 
year commencing prior to July 1, 1998, one-quarter the number of 28 
children under the temporary family assistance program for the prior 29 
fiscal year, and (ii) for the school years commencing July 1, 1998, to July 30 
1, 2006, inclusive, one-quarter the number of children under the 31 
temporary family assistance program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 32 
1997, (C) for school years commencing July 1, 1995, to July 1, 2006, 33 
inclusive, one-quarter of the mastery count for the school year, (D) for 34 
school years commencing July 1, 1995, to July 1, 2006, inclusive, ten per 35 
cent of the number of eligible children, as defined in subdivision (1) of 36 
section 10-17e, for whom the board of education is not required to 37 
provide a program pursuant to section 10-17f, (E) for the school years 38 
commencing July 1, 2007, to July 1, 2012, inclusive, fifteen per cent of the 39 
number of eligible students, as defined in subdivision (1) of section 10-40 
17e, for whom the board of education is not required to provide a 41 
program pursuant to section 10-17f, (F) for the school years commencing 42 
July 1, 2007, to July 1, 2012, inclusive, thirty-three per cent of the number 43 
of children below the level of poverty, (G) for the school years 44 
commencing July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2016, inclusive, thirty per cent of the 45 
number of children eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk, 46 
and (H)] (B) for the school year commencing July 1, 2021, (i) thirty per 47 
cent of the number of children eligible for free or reduced price meals or 48 
free milk on October 1, 2019, or October 1, 2020, whichever is greater, 49  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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(ii) fifteen per cent of the number of children eligible for free or reduced 50 
price meals or free milk, on October 1, 2019, or October 1, 2020, 51 
whichever is greater, in excess of the number of children eligible for free 52 
or reduced price meals or free milk that is equal to sixty per cent of the 53 
total number of resident students of the town on October 1, 2019, or 54 
October 1, 2020, whichever is greater, and (iii) twenty-five per cent of 55 
the number of resident students who are English language learners, as 56 
defined in section 10-76kk on October 1, 2019, or October 1, 2020, 57 
whichever is greater, and (C) for the school year commencing July 1, 58 
[2017] 2022, and each school year thereafter, (i) thirty per cent of the 59 
number of children eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk, 60 
(ii) [five] fifteen per cent of the number of children eligible for free or 61 
reduced price meals or free milk in excess of the number of children 62 
eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk that is equal to 63 
[seventy-five] sixty per cent of the total number of resident students of 64 
the town for the school year, and (iii) [fifteen] twenty-five per cent of the 65 
number of resident students who are English language learners, as 66 
defined in section 10-76kk. 67 
Sec. 3. Section 10-262h of the general statutes is repealed and the 68 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 69 
[(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, each town maintaining 70 
public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid 71 
grant as follows: (1) Any town designated as an alliance district, as 72 
defined in section 10-262u, shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant 73 
in an amount equal to its base grant amount; and (2) any town not 74 
designated as an alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid 75 
grant in an amount equal to ninety-five per cent of its base grant 76 
amount. 77 
(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, each town maintaining 78 
public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid 79 
grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than 80 
its base grant amount shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an 81 
amount equal to its base grant amount plus four and one-tenth per cent 82  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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of its grant adjustment; and (2) any town whose fully funded grant is 83 
less than its base grant amount shall be entitled to an equalization aid 84 
grant in an amount equal to its base grant amount minus twenty-five 85 
per cent of its grant adjustment, except any such town designated as an 86 
alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an 87 
amount equal to its base grant amount.] 88 
[(c)] (a) For the fiscal years ending June 30, [2020] 2022, to June 30, 89 
2027, inclusive, each town maintaining public schools according to law 90 
shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant as follows: (1) Any town 91 
whose fully funded grant is greater than its base grant amount shall be 92 
entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its 93 
[equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year plus ten and 94 
sixty-six-one-hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment] fully funded 95 
grant; and (2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than its base 96 
grant amount shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount 97 
equal to its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year 98 
minus eight and thirty-three-one-hundredths per cent of its grant 99 
adjustment, except any such town designated as an alliance district shall 100 
be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its base 101 
grant amount. 102 
[(d)] (b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2028, and each fiscal year 103 
thereafter, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall 104 
be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its fully 105 
funded grant, except any town designated as an alliance district whose 106 
fully funded grant amount is less than its base grant amount shall be 107 
entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its base grant 108 
amount.  109 
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) As used in this section, and 110 
sections 10-65, 10-66ee, 10-264l and 10-266aa of the general statutes, as 111 
amended by this act: 112 
(1) "Choice program" means (A) an interdistrict magnet school 113 
program, (B) a state charter school, (C) a regional agricultural science 114  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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and technology center, or (D) the interdistrict public school attendance 115 
program pursuant to section 10-266aa of the general statutes, as 116 
amended by this act. 117 
(2) "Foundation" has the same meaning as provided in section 10-262f 118 
of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 119 
(3) "Resident students" has the same meaning as provided in section 120 
10-262f of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 121 
(4) "Resident choice program students" means the number of students 122 
of a town enrolled or participating in a particular choice program. 123 
(5) "Total need students" has the same meaning as provided in section 124 
10-262f of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 125 
(6) "Total magnet school program need students" means the sum of 126 
(A) the number of students enrolled in the interdistrict magnet school 127 
program of the interdistrict magnet school operator, who is not a local 128 
or regional board of education, for the school year, and (B) for the school 129 
year commencing July 1, 2021, and each school year thereafter, (i) thirty 130 
per cent of the number of children enrolled in such interdistrict magnet 131 
school program eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk, (ii) 132 
fifteen per cent of the number of such children eligible for free or 133 
reduced price meals or free milk in excess of the number of such children 134 
eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk that is equal to sixty 135 
per cent of the total number of children enrolled in such interdistrict 136 
magnet school program, and (iii) twenty-five per cent of the number of 137 
students enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school program who are 138 
English language learners, as defined in section 10-76kk of the general 139 
statutes, and (iv) fifteen per cent of the number of students enrolled in 140 
such interdistrict magnet school program if such interdistrict magnet 141 
school program is assisting the state in meeting its obligations pursuant 142 
to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related 143 
stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner. 144 
(7) "Total state charter school need students" means the sum of (A) 145  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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the number of students enrolled in state charter schools under the 146 
control of the governing authority for such state charter schools for the 147 
school year, and (B) for the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and 148 
each school year thereafter, (i) thirty per cent of the number of children 149 
enrolled in such state charter schools eligible for free or reduced price 150 
meals or free milk, (ii) fifteen per cent of the number of such children 151 
eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk in excess of the 152 
number of such children eligible for free or reduced price meals or free 153 
milk that is equal to sixty per cent of the total number of children 154 
enrolled in such state charter schools, and (iii) twenty-five per cent of 155 
the number of students enrolled in such state charter schools who are 156 
English language learners, as defined in section 10-76kk of the general 157 
statutes. 158 
(8) "Sending town" means the town that sends resident choice 159 
program students, which it would otherwise be legally responsible for 160 
educating, to a choice program. 161 
(9) "Receiving district" has the same meaning as provided in section 162 
10-266aa of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 163 
(10) "Weighted funding amount per pupil" means the quotient of (A) 164 
the product of the foundation and a town's total need students for the 165 
fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid, and (B) the 166 
number of resident students of the town. 167 
(11) "Weighted funding amount per sending town" means the 168 
product of a town's (A) weighted funding amount per pupil, and (B) 169 
number of resident choice program students for a particular choice 170 
program. 171 
(12) "Choice program grant" means the sum of the weighted funding 172 
amount per sending town for each sending town. 173 
(b) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year 174 
thereafter, an interdistrict magnet school program operator, other than 175 
an operator that is a local or regional board of education, shall be 176  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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entitled to a grant in an amount equal to the product of the foundation 177 
and its total magnet school program need students. 178 
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year 179 
thereafter, an interdistrict magnet school operator that is a local or 180 
regional board of education shall be entitled to a grant in an amount 181 
equal to its choice program grant. 182 
(c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year 183 
thereafter, the governing authority for a state charter school shall be 184 
entitled to a grant in an amount equal to the product of the foundation 185 
and its total state charter school need students. 186 
(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year 187 
thereafter, the local or regional board of education for each receiving 188 
district shall be entitled to a grant in an amount equal to its choice 189 
program grant. 190 
(e) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year 191 
thereafter, a local or regional board of education that operates a regional 192 
agricultural science and technology center shall be entitled to a grant in 193 
an amount equal to its choice program grant. 194 
Sec. 5. Section 10-264l of the general statutes is repealed and the 195 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 196 
(a) The Department of Education shall, within available 197 
appropriations, establish a grant program (1) to assist (A) local and 198 
regional boards of education, (B) regional educational service centers, 199 
(C) the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on 200 
behalf of Quinebaug Valley Community College and Three Rivers 201 
Community College, and (D) cooperative arrangements pursuant to 202 
section 10-158a, and (2) in assisting the state in meeting its obligations 203 
pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any 204 
related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 205 
commissioner, to assist (A) the Board of Trustees of the Community-206 
Technical Colleges on behalf of a regional community-technical college, 207  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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(B) the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System on 208 
behalf of a state university, (C) the Board of Trustees of The University 209 
of Connecticut on behalf of the university, (D) the board of governors 210 
for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in 211 
subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on 212 
behalf of the independent institution of higher education, and (E) any 213 
other third-party not-for-profit corporation approved by the 214 
commissioner with the operation of interdistrict magnet school 215 
programs. All interdistrict magnet schools shall be operated in 216 
conformance with the same laws and regulations applicable to public 217 
schools. For the purposes of this section "an interdistrict magnet school 218 
program" means a program which (i) supports racial, ethnic and 219 
economic diversity, (ii) offers a special and high quality curriculum, and 220 
(iii) requires students who are enrolled to attend at least half-time. An 221 
interdistrict magnet school program does not include a regional 222 
agricultural science and technology school, a technical education and 223 
career school or a regional special education center. For the school years 224 
commencing July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2020, inclusive, the governing 225 
authority for each interdistrict magnet school program shall (I) restrict 226 
the number of students that may enroll in the school from a participating 227 
district to seventy-five per cent of the total school enrollment, and (II) 228 
maintain a total school enrollment that is in accordance with the 229 
reduced-isolation setting standards for interdistrict magnet school 230 
programs, developed by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to 231 
section 10-264r. 232 
(b) (1) Applications for interdistrict magnet school program 233 
operating grants awarded pursuant to this section shall be submitted 234 
annually to the Commissioner of Education at such time and in such 235 
manner as the commissioner prescribes, except that on and after July 1, 236 
2009, applications for such operating grants for new interdistrict magnet 237 
schools, other than those that the commissioner determines will assist 238 
the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. 239 
O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, 240 
as determined by the commissioner, shall not be accepted until the 241  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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commissioner develops a comprehensive state-wide interdistrict 242 
magnet school plan. The commissioner shall submit such 243 
comprehensive state-wide interdistrict magnet school plan on or before 244 
October 1, 2016, to the joint standing committees of the General 245 
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and 246 
appropriations. 247 
(2) In determining whether an application shall be approved and 248 
funds awarded pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall 249 
consider, but such consideration shall not be limited to: (A) Whether the 250 
program offered by the school is likely to increase student achievement; 251 
(B) whether the program is likely to reduce racial, ethnic and economic 252 
isolation; (C) the percentage of the student enrollment in the program 253 
from each participating district; and (D) the proposed operating budget 254 
and the sources of funding for the interdistrict magnet school. For a 255 
magnet school not operated by a local or regional board of education, 256 
the commissioner shall only approve a proposed operating budget that, 257 
on a per pupil basis, does not exceed the maximum allowable threshold 258 
established in accordance with this subdivision. The maximum 259 
allowable threshold shall be an amount equal to one hundred twenty 260 
per cent of the state average of the quotient obtained by dividing net 261 
current expenditures, as defined in section 10-261, by average daily 262 
membership, as defined in said section, for the fiscal year two years 263 
prior to the fiscal year for which the operating grant is requested. The 264 
Department of Education shall establish the maximum allowable 265 
threshold no later than December fifteenth of the fiscal year prior to the 266 
fiscal year for which the operating grant is requested. If requested by an 267 
applicant that is not a local or regional board of education, the 268 
commissioner may approve a proposed operating budget that exceeds 269 
the maximum allowable threshold if the commissioner determines that 270 
there are extraordinary programmatic needs. For the fiscal years ending 271 
June 30, 2017, June 30, 2018, June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, in the case 272 
of an interdistrict magnet school that will assist the state in meeting its 273 
obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 274 
(1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 275  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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commissioner, the commissioner shall also consider whether the school 276 
is meeting the reduced-isolation setting standards for interdistrict 277 
magnet school programs, developed by the commissioner pursuant to 278 
section 10-264r. If such school has not met such reduced-isolation setting 279 
standards, it shall not be entitled to receive a grant pursuant to this 280 
section unless the commissioner finds that it is appropriate to award a 281 
grant for an additional year or years and approves a plan to bring such 282 
school into compliance with such reduced-isolation setting standards. If 283 
requested by the commissioner, the applicant shall meet with the 284 
commissioner or the commissioner's designee to discuss the budget and 285 
sources of funding. 286 
(3) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, to June 30, 2021, 287 
inclusive, the commissioner shall not award a grant to an interdistrict 288 
magnet school program that (A) has more than seventy-five per cent of 289 
the total school enrollment from one school district, or (B) does not 290 
maintain a total school enrollment that is in accordance with the 291 
reduced-isolation setting standards for interdistrict magnet school 292 
programs, developed by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to 293 
section 10-264r, except the commissioner may award a grant to such 294 
school for an additional year or years if the commissioner finds it is 295 
appropriate to do so and approves a plan to bring such school into 296 
compliance with such reduced-isolation setting standards. 297 
(4) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, to June 30, 2021, 298 
inclusive, if an interdistrict magnet school program does not maintain a 299 
total school enrollment that is in accordance with the reduced-isolation 300 
setting standards for interdistrict magnet school programs, developed 301 
by the commissioner pursuant to section 10-264r, for two or more 302 
consecutive years, the commissioner may impose a financial penalty on 303 
the operator of such interdistrict magnet school program, or take any 304 
other measure, in consultation with such operator, as may be 305 
appropriate to assist such operator in complying with such reduced-306 
isolation setting standards. 307 
(5) For the purposes of equalization aid under section 10-262h, as 308  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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amended by this act, a student enrolled in an interdistrict magnet school 309 
program shall be considered a student enrolled in the school district in 310 
which such student resides. 311 
(c) (1) [The maximum amount each interdistrict magnet school 312 
program, except those described in subparagraphs (A) to (G), inclusive, 313 
of subdivision (3) of this subsection, shall be eligible to receive per 314 
enrolled student who is not a resident of the town operating the magnet 315 
school shall be (A) six thousand sixteen dollars for the fiscal year ending 316 
June 30, 2008, (B) six thousand seven hundred thirty dollars for the fiscal 317 
years ending June 30, 2009, to June 30, 2012, inclusive, (C) seven 318 
thousand eighty-five dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to 319 
June 30, 2019, inclusive, and (D) seven thousand two hundred twenty-320 
seven dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year 321 
thereafter. The per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is a 322 
resident of the town operating the magnet school program shall be (i) 323 
three thousand dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2008, to June 324 
30, 2019, inclusive, and (ii) three thousand sixty dollars for the fiscal year 325 
ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter.] For the fiscal year 326 
ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, each interdistrict 327 
magnet school operator shall be paid a grant equal to the amount the 328 
operator is entitled to receive under the provisions of section 4 of this 329 
act. 330 
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and each fiscal year 331 
thereafter, the commissioner may, within available appropriations, 332 
provide supplemental grants for the purposes of enhancing educational 333 
programs in such interdistrict magnet schools, as the commissioner 334 
determines. Such grants shall be made after the commissioner has 335 
conducted a comprehensive financial review and approved the total 336 
operating budget for such schools, including all revenue and 337 
expenditure estimates. 338 
[(3) (A) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (C) to (G), 339 
inclusive, of this subdivision, each interdistrict magnet school operated 340 
by a regional educational service center that enrolls less than fifty-five 341  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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per cent of the school's students from a single town shall receive a per 342 
pupil grant in the amount of (i) six thousand two hundred fifty dollars 343 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, (ii) six thousand five hundred 344 
dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, (iii) seven thousand sixty 345 
dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, (iv) seven thousand six 346 
hundred twenty dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2009, to June 347 
30, 2012, inclusive, (v) seven thousand nine hundred dollars for the 348 
fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and (vi) 349 
eight thousand fifty-eight dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, 350 
and each fiscal year thereafter. 351 
(B) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (C) to (G), 352 
inclusive, of this subdivision, each interdistrict magnet school operated 353 
by a regional educational service center that enrolls at least fifty-five per 354 
cent of the school's students from a single town shall receive a per pupil 355 
grant for each enrolled student who is not a resident of the district that 356 
enrolls at least fifty-five per cent of the school's students in the amount 357 
of (i) six thousand sixteen dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, 358 
(ii) six thousand seven hundred thirty dollars for the fiscal years ending 359 
June 30, 2009, to June 30, 2012, inclusive, (iii) seven thousand eighty-five 360 
dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2019, 361 
inclusive, and (iv) seven thousand two hundred twenty-seven dollars 362 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter. 363 
The per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is a resident of the 364 
district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent of the school's students 365 
shall be three thousand sixty dollars. 366 
(C) (i) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2019, 367 
inclusive, each interdistrict magnet school operated by a regional 368 
educational service center that began operations for the school year 369 
commencing July 1, 2001, and that for the school year commencing July 370 
1, 2008, enrolled at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than eighty per 371 
cent of the school's students from a single town, shall receive a per pupil 372 
grant (I) for each enrolled student who is a resident of the district that 373 
enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than eighty per cent of the 374 
school's students, up to an amount equal to the total number of such 375  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, in the 376 
amount of eight thousand one hundred eighty dollars, (II) for each 377 
enrolled student who is a resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-378 
five per cent, but not more than eighty per cent of the school's students, 379 
in an amount greater than the total number of such enrolled students as 380 
of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, in the amount of three 381 
thousand dollars, (III) for each enrolled student who is not a resident of 382 
the district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than 383 
eighty per cent of the school's students, up to an amount equal to the 384 
total number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the 385 
data of record, in the amount of eight thousand one hundred eighty 386 
dollars, and (IV) for each enrolled student who is not a resident of the 387 
district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but not more than eighty 388 
per cent of the school's students, in an amount greater than the total 389 
number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the data 390 
of record, in the amount of seven thousand eighty-five dollars. 391 
(ii) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year 392 
thereafter, each interdistrict magnet school operated by a regional 393 
educational service center that began operations for the school year 394 
commencing July 1, 2001, and that for the school year commencing July 395 
1, 2008, enrolled at least fifty-five per cent, but not more than eighty per 396 
cent of the school's students from a single town, shall receive a per pupil 397 
grant (I) for each enrolled student who is a resident of the district that 398 
enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but not more than eighty per cent of 399 
the school's students, up to an amount equal to the total number of such 400 
enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, in the 401 
amount of eight thousand three hundred forty-four dollars, (II) for each 402 
enrolled student who is a resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-403 
five per cent, but not more than eighty per cent of the school's students, 404 
in an amount greater than the total number of such enrolled students as 405 
of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, in the amount of three 406 
thousand sixty dollars, (III) for each enrolled student who is not a 407 
resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but no more 408 
than eighty per cent of the school's students, up to an amount equal to 409  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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the total number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using 410 
the data of record, in the amount of eight thousand three hundred forty-411 
four dollars, and (IV) for each enrolled student who is not a resident of 412 
the district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but not more than 413 
eighty per cent of the school's students, in an amount greater than the 414 
total number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the 415 
data of record, in the amount of seven thousand two hundred twenty-416 
seven dollars. 417 
(D) (i) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (D)(ii) of this 418 
subdivision, each interdistrict magnet school operated by (I) a regional 419 
educational service center, (II) the Board of Trustees of the Community-420 
Technical Colleges on behalf of a regional community-technical college, 421 
(III) the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System on 422 
behalf of a state university, (IV) the Board of Trustees for The University 423 
of Connecticut on behalf of the university, (V) the board of governors 424 
for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in 425 
subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on 426 
behalf of the independent institution of higher education, except as 427 
otherwise provided in subparagraph (E) of this subdivision, (VI) 428 
cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a, (VII) any other 429 
third-party not-for-profit corporation approved by the commissioner, 430 
and (VIII) the Hartford school district for the operation of Great Path 431 
Academy on behalf of Manchester Community College, that enrolls less 432 
than sixty per cent of its students from Hartford shall receive a per pupil 433 
grant in the amount of nine thousand six hundred ninety-five dollars for 434 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, ten thousand four hundred forty-435 
three dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2019, 436 
inclusive, and ten thousand six hundred fifty-two dollars for the fiscal 437 
year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter. 438 
(ii) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, to June 30, 2019, 439 
inclusive, any interdistrict magnet school described in subparagraph 440 
(D)(i) of this subdivision that enrolls less than fifty per cent of its 441 
incoming students from Hartford shall receive a per pupil grant in the 442 
amount of seven thousand nine hundred dollars for one-half of the total 443  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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number of non-Hartford students enrolled in the school over fifty per 444 
cent of the total school enrollment and shall receive a per pupil grant in 445 
the amount of ten thousand four hundred forty-three dollars for the 446 
remainder of the total school enrollment. For the fiscal year ending June 447 
30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, any interdistrict magnet school 448 
described in subparagraph (D)(i) of this subdivision that enrolls less 449 
than fifty per cent of its incoming students from Hartford shall receive 450 
a per pupil grant in the amount of eight thousand fifty-eight dollars for 451 
one-half of the total number of non-Hartford students enrolled in the 452 
school over fifty per cent of the total school enrollment and shall receive 453 
a per pupil grant in the amount of ten thousand six hundred fifty-two 454 
dollars for the remainder of the total school enrollment. 455 
(E) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and each fiscal year 456 
thereafter, each interdistrict magnet school operated by the board of 457 
governors for an independent institution of higher education, as defined 458 
in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on 459 
behalf of the independent institution of higher education, that (i) began 460 
operations for the school year commencing July 1, 2014, (ii) enrolls less 461 
than sixty per cent of its students from Hartford pursuant to the decision 462 
in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order 463 
in effect, as determined by the commissioner, and (iii) enrolls students 464 
at least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a per pupil grant (I) equal 465 
to sixty-five per cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to 466 
subparagraph (D) of this subdivision for each student who is enrolled 467 
at such school for at least two semesters in each school year, and (II) 468 
equal to thirty-two and one-half per cent of the grant amount 469 
determined pursuant to subparagraph (D) of this subdivision for each 470 
student who is enrolled at such school for one semester in each school 471 
year. 472 
(F) Each interdistrict magnet school operated by a local or regional 473 
board of education, pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 474 
Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, shall receive 475 
a per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is not a resident of the 476 
district in the amount of (i) twelve thousand dollars for the fiscal year 477  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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ending June 30, 2010, (ii) thirteen thousand fifty-four dollars for the 478 
fiscal years ending June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and (iii) 479 
thirteen thousand three hundred fifteen dollars for the fiscal year ending 480 
June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter. 481 
(G) In addition to the grants described in subparagraph (E) of this 482 
subdivision, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, the commissioner 483 
may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 484 
Management and the Finance Advisory Committee, established 485 
pursuant to section 4-93, provide supplemental grants to the Hartford 486 
school district of up to one thousand fifty-four dollars for each student 487 
enrolled at an interdistrict magnet school operated by the Hartford 488 
school district who is not a resident of such district. 489 
(H) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year 490 
thereafter, the half-day Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts 491 
interdistrict magnet school operated by the Capital Region Education 492 
Council shall be eligible to receive a per pupil grant equal to sixty-five 493 
per cent of the per pupil grant specified in subparagraph (A) of this 494 
subdivision. 495 
(I) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, to June 30, 2018, inclusive, 496 
the half-day Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science 497 
interdistrict magnet school operated by the Capitol Region Education 498 
Council shall be eligible to receive a per pupil grant equal to six 499 
thousand seven hundred eighty-seven dollars for (i) students enrolled 500 
in grades ten to twelve, inclusive, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, 501 
(ii) students enrolled in grades eleven and twelve for the fiscal year 502 
ending June 30, 2017, and (iii) students enrolled in grade twelve for the 503 
fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, 504 
and each fiscal year thereafter, the half-day Greater Hartford Academy 505 
of Mathematics and Science interdistrict magnet school shall not be 506 
eligible for any additional grants pursuant to subsection (c) of this 507 
section. 508 
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department may limit payment to an interdistrict magnet school 510 
operator to an amount equal to the grant that such magnet school 511 
operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment level of the 512 
interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013. Approval of 513 
funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall be prioritized 514 
by the department as follows: (A) Increases in enrollment in an 515 
interdistrict magnet school program that is adding planned new grade 516 
levels for the school years commencing July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016; (B) 517 
increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program that 518 
added planned new grade levels for the school year commencing July 1, 519 
2014, and was funded during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015; (C) 520 
increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program that 521 
is moving into a permanent facility for the school years commencing 522 
July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2016, inclusive; (D) increases in enrollment in an 523 
interdistrict magnet school program to ensure compliance with 524 
subsection (a) of this section; and (E) new enrollments for a new 525 
interdistrict magnet school program commencing operations on or after 526 
July 1, 2014, pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 527 
(1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 528 
commissioner. Any interdistrict magnet school program operating less 529 
than full-time, but at least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a grant 530 
equal to sixty-five per cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to 531 
this subsection. 532 
(5) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, the department may limit 533 
payment to an interdistrict magnet school operator to an amount equal 534 
to the grant that such magnet school operator was eligible to receive 535 
based on the enrollment level of the interdistrict magnet school program 536 
on October 1, 2013, or October 1, 2015, whichever is lower. Approval of 537 
funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall be prioritized 538 
by the department as follows: (A) Increases in enrollment in an 539 
interdistrict magnet school program that is adding planned new grade 540 
levels for the school years commencing July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016; (B) 541 
increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program that 542 
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2014, and was funded during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015; (C) 544 
increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program that 545 
added planned new grade levels for the school year commencing July 1, 546 
2015, and was funded during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016; and 547 
(D) increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program to 548 
ensure compliance with subsection (a) of this section. Any interdistrict 549 
magnet school program operating less than full-time, but at least half-550 
time, shall be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-five per cent of the 551 
grant amount determined pursuant to this subsection. 552 
(6) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and within available 553 
appropriations, the department may limit payment to an interdistrict 554 
magnet school operator to an amount equal to the grant that such 555 
magnet school operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment 556 
level of the interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013, 557 
October 1, 2015, or October 1, 2016, whichever is lower. Approval of 558 
funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall be prioritized 559 
by the department and subject to the commissioner's approval, 560 
including increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school 561 
program as a result of planned and approved new grade levels. Any 562 
interdistrict magnet school program operating less than full-time, but at 563 
least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-five per 564 
cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to this subsection. 565 
(7) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and within available 566 
appropriations, the department may limit payment to an interdistrict 567 
magnet school operator to an amount equal to the grant that such 568 
magnet school operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment 569 
level of the interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013, 570 
October 1, 2015, October 1, 2016, or October 1, 2017, whichever is lower. 571 
Approval of funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall 572 
be prioritized by the department and subject to the commissioner's 573 
approval, including increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet 574 
school program as a result of planned and approved new grade levels. 575 
Any interdistrict magnet school program operating less than full-time, 576 
but at least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-577  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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five per cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to this 578 
subsection. 579 
(8) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and within available 580 
appropriations, the department may limit payment to an interdistrict 581 
magnet school operator to an amount equal to the grant that such 582 
magnet school operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment 583 
level of the interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013, 584 
October 1, 2015, October 1, 2016, October 1, 2017, or October 1, 2018, 585 
whichever is lower. Approval of funding for enrollment above such 586 
enrollment level shall be prioritized by the department and subject to 587 
the commissioner's approval, including increases in enrollment in an 588 
interdistrict magnet school program as a result of planned and 589 
approved new grade levels. Any interdistrict magnet school program 590 
operating less than full-time, but at least half-time, shall be eligible to 591 
receive a grant equal to sixty-five per cent of the grant amount 592 
determined pursuant to this subsection. 593 
(9) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, and within available 594 
appropriations, the department may limit payment to an interdistrict 595 
magnet school operator to an amount equal to the grant that such 596 
magnet school operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment 597 
level of the interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013, 598 
October 1, 2015, October 1, 2016, October 1, 2017, October 1, 2018, or 599 
October 1, 2019, whichever is lower. Approval of funding for enrollment 600 
above such enrollment level shall be prioritized by the department and 601 
subject to the commissioner's approval, including increases in 602 
enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program as a result of 603 
planned and approved new grade levels. Any interdistrict magnet 604 
school program operating less than full-time, but at least half-time, shall 605 
be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-five per cent of the grant 606 
amount determined pursuant to this subsection.] 607 
[(10)] (3) Within available appropriations, the commissioner may 608 
make grants to the following entities that operate an interdistrict magnet 609 
school that assists the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the 610  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation 611 
or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner and that provide 612 
academic support programs and summer school educational programs 613 
approved by the commissioner to students participating in such 614 
interdistrict magnet school program: (A) Regional educational service 615 
centers, (B) local and regional boards of education, (C) the Board of 616 
Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of a regional 617 
community-technical college, (D) the Board of Trustees of the 618 
Connecticut State University System on behalf of a state university, (E) 619 
the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut on behalf of the 620 
university, (F) the board of governors for an independent institution of 621 
higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the 622 
equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of 623 
higher education, (G) cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-624 
158a, and (H) any other third-party not-for-profit corporation approved 625 
by the commissioner. 626 
[(11)] (4) Within available appropriations, the Commissioner of 627 
Education may make grants, in an amount not to exceed seventy-five 628 
thousand dollars, for start-up costs associated with the development of 629 
new interdistrict magnet school programs that assist the state in meeting 630 
its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 631 
(1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 632 
commissioner, to the following entities that develop such a program: (A) 633 
Regional educational service centers, (B) local and regional boards of 634 
education, (C) the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical 635 
Colleges on behalf of a regional community-technical college, (D) the 636 
Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System on behalf 637 
of a state university, (E) the Board of Trustees for The University of 638 
Connecticut on behalf of the university, (F) the board of governors for 639 
an independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection 640 
(a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the 641 
independent institution of higher education, (G) cooperative 642 
arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a, and (H) any other third-party 643 
not-for-profit corporation approved by the commissioner. 644  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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[(12)] (5) The amounts of the grants determined pursuant to this 645 
subsection shall be proportionately adjusted, if necessary, within 646 
available appropriations, and in no case shall the total grant paid to an 647 
interdistrict magnet school operator pursuant to this section exceed the 648 
aggregate total of the reasonable operating budgets of the interdistrict 649 
magnet school programs of such operator, less revenues from other 650 
sources. 651 
(d) [(1)] Grants made pursuant to this section [, except those made 652 
pursuant to subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of this section and 653 
subdivision (2) of this subsection,] shall be paid as follows: Seventy per 654 
cent not later than September first and the balance not later than May 655 
first of each fiscal year. The May first payment shall be adjusted to reflect 656 
actual interdistrict magnet school program enrollment as of the 657 
preceding October first using the data of record as of the intervening 658 
January thirty-first, if the actual level of enrollment is lower than the 659 
projected enrollment stated in the approved grant application. The May 660 
first payment shall be further adjusted for the difference between the 661 
total grant received by the magnet school operator in the prior fiscal year 662 
and the revised total grant amount calculated for the prior fiscal year in 663 
cases where the aggregate financial audit submitted by the interdistrict 664 
magnet school operator pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (n) of 665 
this section indicates an overpayment by the department. 666 
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, grants 667 
made pursuant to this section may be paid to each interdistrict magnet 668 
school operator as an aggregate total of the amount that the interdistrict 669 
magnet schools operated by each such operator are eligible to receive 670 
under this section. Each interdistrict magnet school operator may 671 
distribute such aggregate grant among the interdistrict magnet school 672 
programs that such operator is operating pursuant to a distribution plan 673 
approved by the Commissioner of Education. 674 
[(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year 675 
thereafter, grants made pursuant to subparagraph (E) of subdivision (3) 676 
of subsection (c) of this section shall be paid as follows: Fifty per cent of 677 
the amount not later than September first based on estimated student 678  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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enrollment for the first semester on September first, and another fifty 679 
per cent not later than May first of each fiscal year based on actual 680 
student enrollment for the second semester on February first. The May 681 
first payment shall be adjusted to reflect actual interdistrict magnet 682 
school program enrollment for those students who have been enrolled 683 
at such school for at least two semesters of the school year, using the 684 
data of record, and actual student enrollment for those students who 685 
have been enrolled at such school for only one semester, using data of 686 
record. The May first payment shall be further adjusted for the 687 
difference between the total grant received by the magnet school 688 
operator in the prior fiscal year and the revised total grant amount 689 
calculated for the prior fiscal year where the financial audit submitted 690 
by the interdistrict magnet school operator pursuant to subdivision (1) 691 
of subsection (n) of this section indicates an overpayment by the 692 
department.] 693 
(e) The Department of Education may retain up to one-half of one per 694 
cent of the amount appropriated, in an amount not to exceed five 695 
hundred thousand dollars, for purposes of this section for program 696 
evaluation and administration. 697 
(f) Each local or regional school district in which an interdistrict 698 
magnet school is located shall provide the same kind of transportation 699 
to its children enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school as it provides 700 
to its children enrolled in other public schools in such local or regional 701 
school district. The parent or guardian of a child denied the 702 
transportation services required to be provided pursuant to this 703 
subsection may appeal such denial in the manner provided in sections 704 
10-186 and 10-187. 705 
(g) On or before October fifteenth of each year, the Commissioner of 706 
Education shall determine if interdistrict magnet school enrollment is 707 
below the number of students for which funds were appropriated. If the 708 
commissioner determines that the enrollment is below such number, the 709 
additional funds shall not lapse but shall be used by the commissioner 710 
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74d. 712 
(h) (1) In the case of a student identified as requiring special 713 
education, the school district in which the student resides shall: (A) 714 
Hold the planning and placement team meeting for such student and 715 
shall invite representatives from the interdistrict magnet school to 716 
participate in such meeting; and (B) pay the interdistrict magnet school 717 
an amount equal to the difference between the reasonable cost of 718 
educating such student and the sum of the amount received by the 719 
interdistrict magnet school for such student pursuant to subsection (c) 720 
of this section and amounts received from other state, federal, local or 721 
private sources calculated on a per pupil basis. Such school district shall 722 
be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to section 10-76g. If a student 723 
requiring special education attends an interdistrict magnet school on a 724 
full-time basis, such interdistrict magnet school shall be responsible for 725 
ensuring that such student receives the services mandated by the 726 
student's individualized education program whether such services are 727 
provided by the interdistrict magnet school or by the school district in 728 
which the student resides. 729 
(2) In the case of a student with a plan pursuant to Section 504 of the 730 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended from time to time, the school 731 
district in which the student resides shall pay the interdistrict magnet 732 
school an amount equal to the difference between the reasonable cost of 733 
educating such student and the sum of the amount received by the 734 
interdistrict magnet school for such student pursuant to subsection (c) 735 
of this section and amounts received from other state, federal, local or 736 
private sources calculated on a per pupil basis. If a student with a plan 737 
pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended 738 
from time to time, attends an interdistrict magnet school on a full-time 739 
basis, such interdistrict magnet school shall be responsible for ensuring 740 
that such student receives the services mandated by the student's plan, 741 
whether such services are provided by the interdistrict magnet school 742 
or by the school district in which the student resides. 743 
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enrollment of nonpublic school students in an interdistrict magnet 745 
school program that operates less than full-time, provided (1) such 746 
students constitute no more than five per cent of the full-time equivalent 747 
enrollment in such magnet school program, and (2) such students are 748 
not counted for purposes of determining the amount of grants pursuant 749 
to this section and section 10-264i. 750 
(j) After accommodating students from participating districts in 751 
accordance with an approved enrollment agreement, an interdistrict 752 
magnet school operator that has unused student capacity may enroll 753 
directly into its program any interested student. A student from a 754 
district that is not participating in an interdistrict magnet school or the 755 
interdistrict student attendance program pursuant to section 10-266aa, 756 
as amended by this act, to an extent determined by the Commissioner 757 
of Education shall be given preference. [The local or regional board of 758 
education otherwise responsible for educating such student shall 759 
contribute funds to support the operation of the interdistrict magnet 760 
school in an amount equal to the per student tuition, if any, charged to 761 
participating districts.] 762 
[(k) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year 763 
thereafter, any tuition charged to a local or regional board of education 764 
by a regional educational service center operating an interdistrict 765 
magnet school or any tuition charged by the Hartford school district 766 
operating the Great Path Academy on behalf of Manchester Community 767 
College for any student enrolled in kindergarten to grade twelve, 768 
inclusive, in such interdistrict magnet school shall be in an amount equal 769 
to the difference between (A) the average per pupil expenditure of the 770 
magnet school for the prior fiscal year, and (B) the amount of any per 771 
pupil state subsidy calculated under subsection (c) of this section plus 772 
any revenue from other sources calculated on a per pupil basis. If any 773 
such board of education fails to pay such tuition, the commissioner may 774 
withhold from such board's town or towns a sum payable under section 775 
10-262i in an amount not to exceed the amount of the unpaid tuition to 776 
the magnet school and pay such money to the fiscal agent for the magnet 777 
school as a supplementary grant for the operation of the interdistrict 778  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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magnet school program. In no case shall the sum of such tuitions exceed 779 
the difference between (i) the total expenditures of the magnet school 780 
for the prior fiscal year, and (ii) the total per pupil state subsidy 781 
calculated under subsection (c) of this section plus any revenue from 782 
other sources. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive 783 
financial review of the operating budget of a magnet school to verify 784 
such tuition rate. 785 
(2) (A) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, and June 30, 2014, a 786 
regional educational service center operating an interdistrict magnet 787 
school offering a preschool program that is not located in the Sheff 788 
region may charge tuition to the Department of Education for a child 789 
enrolled in such preschool program in an amount not to exceed an 790 
amount equal to the difference between (i) the average per pupil 791 
expenditure of the preschool program offered at the magnet school for 792 
the prior fiscal year, and (ii) the amount of any per pupil state subsidy 793 
calculated under subsection (c) of this section plus any revenue from 794 
other sources calculated on a per pupil basis. The commissioner may 795 
conduct a comprehensive financial review of the operating budget of 796 
any such magnet school charging such tuition to verify such tuition rate. 797 
For purposes of this subdivision, "Sheff region" means the school 798 
districts for the towns of Avon, Bloomfield, Canton, East Granby, East 799 
Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, 800 
Hartford, Manchester, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, South 801 
Windsor, Suffield, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor and 802 
Windsor Locks. 803 
(B) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, a regional educational 804 
service center operating an interdistrict magnet school offering a 805 
preschool program that is not located in the Sheff region may charge 806 
tuition to the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in such preschool 807 
program in an amount that is in accordance with the sliding tuition scale 808 
adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-264p. 809 
The Department of Education shall be financially responsible for any 810 
unpaid portion of the tuition not charged to such parent or guardian 811 
under such sliding tuition scale. Such tuition shall not exceed an amount 812  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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equal to the difference between (i) the average per pupil expenditure of 813 
the preschool program offered at the magnet school for the prior fiscal 814 
year, and (ii) the amount of any per pupil state subsidy calculated under 815 
subsection (c) of this section plus any revenue from other sources 816 
calculated on a per pupil basis. The commissioner may conduct a 817 
comprehensive financial review of the operating budget of any such 818 
magnet school charging such tuition to verify such tuition rate.] 819 
[(C)] (k) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year 820 
thereafter, a regional educational service center operating an 821 
interdistrict magnet school offering a preschool program that is not 822 
located in the Sheff region shall charge tuition to the parent or guardian 823 
of a child enrolled in such preschool program in an amount up to four 824 
thousand fifty-three dollars, except such regional educational service 825 
center shall not charge tuition to such parent or guardian with a family 826 
income at or below seventy-five per cent of the state median income. 827 
The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, be 828 
financially responsible for any unpaid tuition charged to such parent or 829 
guardian with a family income at or below seventy-five per cent of the 830 
state median income. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive 831 
financial review of the operating budget of any such magnet school 832 
charging such tuition to verify such tuition rate. 833 
(l) A participating district shall provide opportunities for its students 834 
to attend an interdistrict magnet school in a number that is at least equal 835 
to the number specified in any written agreement with an interdistrict 836 
magnet school operator or in a number that is at least equal to the 837 
average number of students that the participating district enrolled in 838 
such magnet school during the previous three school years. 839 
(m) (1) On or before May 15, 2010, and annually thereafter, each 840 
interdistrict magnet school operator shall provide written notification to 841 
any school district that is otherwise responsible for educating a student 842 
who resides in such school district and will be enrolled in an interdistrict 843 
magnet school under the operator's control for the following school 844 
year. Such notification shall include (A) the number of any such 845  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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students, by grade, who will be enrolled in an interdistrict magnet 846 
school under the control of such operator, (B) the name of the school in 847 
which such student has been placed, and (C) the amount of tuition to be 848 
charged to the local or regional board of education for such student. 849 
Such notification shall represent an estimate of the number of students 850 
expected to attend such interdistrict magnet schools in the following 851 
school year, but shall not be deemed to limit the number of students 852 
who may enroll in such interdistrict magnet schools for such year. 853 
(2) For the school year commencing July 1, [2015] 2021, and each 854 
school year thereafter, any interdistrict magnet school operator that is a 855 
local or regional board of education [and did] shall not charge tuition to 856 
[a] another local or regional board of education. [for the school year 857 
commencing July 1, 2014, may not charge tuition to such board unless 858 
(A) such operator receives authorization from the Commissioner of 859 
Education to charge the proposed tuition, and (B) if such authorization 860 
is granted, such operator provides written notification on or before 861 
September first of the school year prior to the school year in which such 862 
tuition is to be charged to such board of the tuition to be charged to such 863 
board for each student that such board is otherwise responsible for 864 
educating and is enrolled at the interdistrict magnet school under such 865 
operator's control. In deciding whether to authorize an interdistrict 866 
magnet school operator to charge tuition under this subdivision, the 867 
commissioner shall consider (i) the average per pupil expenditure of 868 
such operator for each interdistrict magnet school under the control of 869 
such operator, and (ii) the amount of any per pupil state subsidy and 870 
any revenue from other sources received by such operator. The 871 
commissioner may conduct a comprehensive financial review of the 872 
operating budget of the magnet school of such operator to verify that 873 
the tuition is appropriate.] The provisions of this subdivision shall [not] 874 
apply to any interdistrict magnet school operator. [that is a regional 875 
educational service center or assisting the state in meeting the goals of 876 
the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, 877 
et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo 878 
Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended.] 879  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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(3) Not later than two weeks following an enrollment lottery for an 880 
interdistrict magnet school conducted by a magnet school operator, the 881 
parent or guardian of a student (A) who will enroll in such interdistrict 882 
magnet school in the following school year, or (B) whose name has been 883 
placed on a waiting list for enrollment in such interdistrict magnet 884 
school for the following school year, shall provide written notification 885 
of such prospective enrollment or waiting list placement to the school 886 
district in which such student resides and is otherwise responsible for 887 
educating such student. 888 
(n) (1) Each interdistrict magnet school operator shall annually file 889 
with the Commissioner of Education, at such time and in such manner 890 
as the commissioner prescribes, (A) a financial audit for each 891 
interdistrict magnet school operated by such operator, and (B) an 892 
aggregate financial audit for all of the interdistrict magnet schools 893 
operated by such operator. 894 
(2) Annually, the commissioner shall randomly select one 895 
interdistrict magnet school operated by a regional educational service 896 
center to be subject to a comprehensive financial audit conducted by an 897 
auditor selected by the commissioner. The regional educational service 898 
center shall be responsible for all costs associated with the audit 899 
conducted pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. 900 
(o) For the school [years] year commencing [July 1, 2009, to July 1, 901 
2018, inclusive] July 1, 2021, any local or regional board of education 902 
operating an interdistrict magnet school pursuant to the decision in 903 
Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order 904 
in effect, shall not charge tuition for any student enrolled in [a preschool 905 
program or in] kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, in an 906 
interdistrict magnet school operated by such school district. [, except the 907 
Hartford school district may charge tuition for any student enrolled in 908 
the Great Path Academy.] 909 
[(p) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year 910 
thereafter, if the East Hartford school district has greater than seven per 911  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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cent of its resident students, as defined in section 10-262f, enrolled in an 912 
interdistrict magnet school program, then the board of education for the 913 
town of East Hartford shall not be financially responsible for four 914 
thousand four hundred dollars of the portion of the per student tuition 915 
charged for each such student in excess of such seven per cent. The 916 
Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, be 917 
financially responsible for such excess per student tuition. 918 
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, for the fiscal year 919 
ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the 920 
grants payable to the board of education for the town of East Hartford 921 
in accordance with this subsection shall be reduced proportionately if 922 
the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated 923 
for purposes of this subsection.] 924 
Sec. 6. Subsection (b) of section 10-264o of the general statutes is 925 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 926 
2021): 927 
(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2013] 2022, and each fiscal year 928 
thereafter, [any tuition charged to a local or regional board of education 929 
by] a regional educational service center operating an interdistrict 930 
magnet school assisting the state in meeting the goals of the 2008 931 
stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., 932 
as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, 933 
et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, as determined by the 934 
Commissioner of Education, shall not charge tuition to a local or 935 
regional board of education for any student enrolled in kindergarten to 936 
grade twelve, inclusive, in such interdistrict magnet school. [shall be in 937 
an amount equal to the difference between (1) the average per pupil 938 
expenditure of the magnet school for the prior fiscal year, and (2) the 939 
amount of any per pupil state subsidy calculated under subsection (c) 940 
of section 10-264l plus any revenue from other sources calculated on a 941 
per pupil basis. If any such board of education fails to pay such tuition, 942 
the commissioner may withhold from such board's town or towns a sum 943 
payable under section 10-262i in an amount not to exceed the amount of 944 
the unpaid tuition to the magnet school and pay such money to the fiscal 945  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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agent for the magnet school as a supplementary grant for the operation 946 
of the interdistrict magnet school program. In no case shall the sum of 947 
such tuitions exceed the difference between (A) the total expenditures 948 
of the magnet school for the prior fiscal year, and (B) the total per pupil 949 
state subsidy calculated under subsection (c) of section 10-264l plus any 950 
revenue from other sources. The commissioner may conduct a 951 
comprehensive review of the operating budget of a magnet school to 952 
verify such tuition rate.] 953 
Sec. 7. Subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of section 10-66ee of the 954 
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 955 
thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 956 
(d) (1) [The state shall pay in accordance with this subsection, to the 957 
fiscal authority for a state charter school for each student enrolled in 958 
such school, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, ten thousand two 959 
hundred dollars, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, ten thousand 960 
five hundred dollars, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 961 
30, 2018, inclusive, eleven thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year 962 
ending June 30, 2019, and each fiscal year thereafter, eleven thousand 963 
two hundred fifty dollars.] For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and 964 
each fiscal year thereafter, the fiscal authority for a state charter school 965 
shall be paid a grant equal to the amount such state charter school is 966 
entitled to receive under the provisions of section 4 of this act. Such 967 
payments shall be made as follows: Twenty-five per cent of the amount 968 
not later than July fifteenth and September first based on estimated 969 
student enrollment on May first, and twenty-five per cent of the amount 970 
not later than January first and the remaining amount not later than 971 
April first, each based on student enrollment on October first. 972 
Sec. 8. Section 10-65 of the general statutes is repealed and the 973 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 974 
(a) Each local or regional school district operating an agricultural 975 
science and technology education center approved by the State Board of 976 
Education for program, educational need, location and area to be served 977  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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shall be eligible for the following grants: (1) In accordance with the 978 
provisions of chapter 173, through progress payments in accordance 979 
with the provisions of section 10-287i, (A) for projects for which an 980 
application was filed prior to July 1, 2011, ninety-five per cent, and (B) 981 
for projects for which an application was filed on or after July 1, 2011, 982 
eighty per cent of the net eligible costs of constructing, acquiring, 983 
renovating and equipping approved facilities to be used exclusively for 984 
such agricultural science and technology education center, for the 985 
expansion or improvement of existing facilities or for the replacement 986 
or improvement of equipment therein, and (2) subject to the provisions 987 
of section 10-65b and within available appropriations, [in an amount 988 
equal to four thousand two hundred dollars per student for every 989 
secondary school student who was enrolled in such center on October 990 
first of the previous year] for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and 991 
each fiscal year thereafter, a grant equal to the amount such board is 992 
entitled to receive under the provisions of section 4 of this act. 993 
(b) Each local or regional board of education not maintaining an 994 
agricultural science and technology education center shall provide 995 
opportunities for its students to enroll in one or more such centers in a 996 
number that is at least equal to the number specified in any written 997 
agreement with each such center or centers, or in the absence of such an 998 
agreement, a number that is at least equal to the average number of its 999 
students that the board of education enrolled in each such center or 1000 
centers during the previous three school years, provided, in addition to 1001 
such number, each such board of education shall provide opportunities 1002 
for its students to enroll in the ninth grade in a number that is at least 1003 
equal to the number specified in any written agreement with each such 1004 
center or centers, or in the absence of such an agreement, a number that 1005 
is at least equal to the average number of students that the board of 1006 
education enrolled in the ninth grade in each such center or centers 1007 
during the previous three school years. If a local or regional board of 1008 
education provided opportunities for students to enroll in more than 1009 
one center for the school year commencing July 1, 2007, such board of 1010 
education shall continue to provide such opportunities to students in 1011  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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accordance with this subsection. The board of education operating an 1012 
agricultural science and technology education center [may] shall not 1013 
charge, subject to the provisions of section 10-65b, tuition [for a school 1014 
year in an amount not to exceed fifty-nine and two-tenths per cent of the 1015 
foundation level pursuant to subdivision (9) of section 10-262f, per 1016 
student for the fiscal year in which the tuition is paid] to another local 1017 
or regional board of education, except that such board may charge 1018 
tuition for [(1) students enrolled under shared-time arrangements on a 1019 
pro rata basis, and (2)] special education students which shall not exceed 1020 
the actual costs of educating such students minus the amounts received 1021 
pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section. [and 1022 
subsection (c) of this section.] Any tuition paid by such board for special 1023 
education students [in excess of the tuition paid for non-special-1024 
education students] shall be reimbursed pursuant to section 10-76g. 1025 
[(c) In addition to the grants described in subsection (a) of this section, 1026 
within available appropriations, (1) each local or regional board of 1027 
education operating an agricultural science and technology education 1028 
center in which more than one hundred fifty of the students in the prior 1029 
school year were out-of-district students shall be eligible to receive a 1030 
grant in an amount equal to five hundred dollars for every secondary 1031 
school student enrolled in such center on October first of the previous 1032 
year, (2) on and after July 1, 2000, if a local or regional board of education 1033 
operating an agricultural science and technology education center that 1034 
received a grant pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection no longer 1035 
qualifies for such a grant, such local or regional board of education shall 1036 
receive a grant in an amount determined as follows: (A) For the first 1037 
fiscal year such board of education does not qualify for a grant under 1038 
said subdivision (1), a grant in the amount equal to four hundred dollars 1039 
for every secondary school student enrolled in its agricultural science 1040 
and technology education center on October first of the previous year, 1041 
(B) for the second successive fiscal year such board of education does 1042 
not so qualify, a grant in an amount equal to three hundred dollars for 1043 
every such secondary school student enrolled in such center on said 1044 
date, (C) for the third successive fiscal year such board of education does 1045  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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not so qualify, a grant in an amount equal to two hundred dollars for 1046 
every such secondary school student enrolled in such center on said 1047 
date, and (D) for the fourth successive fiscal year such board of 1048 
education does not so qualify, a grant in an amount equal to one 1049 
hundred dollars for every such secondary school student enrolled in 1050 
such center on said date, and (3) each local and regional board of 1051 
education operating an agricultural science and technology education 1052 
center that does not receive a grant pursuant to subdivision (1) or (2) of 1053 
this subsection shall receive a grant in an amount equal to sixty dollars 1054 
for every secondary school student enrolled in such center on said date. 1055 
(d) (1) If there are any remaining funds after the amount of the grants 1056 
described in subsections (a) and (c) of this section are calculated, within 1057 
available appropriations, each local or regional board of education 1058 
operating an agricultural science and technology education center shall 1059 
be eligible to receive a grant in an amount equal to one hundred dollars 1060 
for each student enrolled in such center on October first of the previous 1061 
school year. (2) If there are any remaining funds after the amount of the 1062 
grants described in subdivision (1) of this subsection are calculated, 1063 
within available appropriations, each local or regional board of 1064 
education operating an agricultural science and technology education 1065 
center that had more than one hundred fifty out-of-district students 1066 
enrolled in such center on October first of the previous school year shall 1067 
be eligible to receive a grant based on the ratio of the number of out-of-1068 
district students in excess of one hundred fifty out-of-district students 1069 
enrolled in such center on said date to the total number of out-of-district 1070 
students in excess of one hundred fifty out-of-district students enrolled 1071 
in all agricultural science and technology education centers that had in 1072 
excess of one hundred fifty out-of-district students enrolled on said 1073 
date. 1074 
(e) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, and June 30, 2013, the 1075 
Department of Education shall allocate five hundred thousand dollars 1076 
to local or regional boards of education operating an agricultural science 1077 
and technology education center in accordance with the provisions of 1078 
subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of this section.] 1079  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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[(f)] (c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year 1080 
thereafter, if a local or regional board of education receives an increase 1081 
in funds pursuant to this section over the amount it received for the 1082 
prior fiscal year such increase shall not be used to supplant local funding 1083 
for educational purposes. 1084 
[(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10-51 and 10-222, for 1085 
the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2017, inclusive, any 1086 
amount received by a local or regional board of education pursuant to 1087 
subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section that exceeds the amount 1088 
appropriated for education by the municipality or the amount in the 1089 
budget approved by such regional board of education for purposes of 1090 
said subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, shall be available 1091 
for use by such local or regional board of education, provided such 1092 
excess amount is spent in accordance with the provisions of subdivision 1093 
(2) of subsection (a) of this section.] 1094 
(d) For the purposes of equalization aid under section 10-262h, as 1095 
amended by this act, a student enrolled in an agricultural science and 1096 
technology education center shall be considered a student enrolled in 1097 
the school district in which such student resides.  1098 
Sec. 9. Subsection (d) of section 10-64 of the general statutes is 1099 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1100 
2021): 1101 
(d) Any local or regional board of education which does not furnish 1102 
agricultural science and technology education approved by the State 1103 
Board of Education shall designate a school or schools having such a 1104 
course approved by the State Board of Education as the school which 1105 
any person may attend who has completed an elementary school course 1106 
through the eighth grade. The board of education shall pay the [tuition 1107 
and] reasonable and necessary cost of transportation of any person 1108 
under twenty-one years of age who is not a graduate of a high school or 1109 
technical education and career school or an agricultural science and 1110 
technology education center and who attends the designated school, 1111  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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provided transportation services may be suspended in accordance with 1112 
the provisions of section 10-233c. Each such board's reimbursement 1113 
percentage pursuant to section 10-266m for expenditures in excess of 1114 
eight hundred dollars per pupil incurred in the fiscal year beginning 1115 
July 1, 2004, and in each fiscal year thereafter, shall be increased by an 1116 
additional twenty percentage points. 1117 
Sec. 10. Subsection (b) of section 10-97 of the general statutes is 1118 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1119 
2021): 1120 
(b) Any local or regional board of education which does not furnish 1121 
agricultural science and technology education approved by the State 1122 
Board of Education shall designate a school or schools having such a 1123 
course approved by the State Board of Education as the school which 1124 
any person may attend who has completed an elementary school course 1125 
through the eighth grade. The board of education shall pay the [tuition 1126 
and] reasonable and necessary cost of transportation of any person 1127 
under twenty-one years of age who is not a graduate of a high school or 1128 
technical education and career school and who attends the designated 1129 
school, provided transportation services may be suspended in 1130 
accordance with the provisions of section 10-233c. Each such board's 1131 
reimbursement percentage pursuant to section 10 -266m for 1132 
expenditures in excess of eight hundred dollars per pupil incurred in 1133 
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 1134 
shall be increased by an additional twenty percentage points. 1135 
Sec. 11. Subsections (g) and (h) of section 10-266aa of the general 1136 
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 1137 
(Effective July 1, 2021): 1138 
(g) (1) [Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the 1139 
Department of Education shall provide, within available 1140 
appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board of 1141 
education for each receiving district in an amount not to exceed two 1142 
thousand five hundred dollars for each out-of-district student who 1143  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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attends school in the receiving district under the program.] For the fiscal 1144 
year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, each receiving 1145 
district shall be paid a grant equal to the amount the town is entitled to 1146 
receive under the provisions of section 4 of this act. 1147 
[(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year 1148 
thereafter, the department shall provide, within available 1149 
appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board of 1150 
education for each receiving district if one of the following conditions 1151 
are met as follows: (A) Three thousand dollars for each out-of-district 1152 
student who attends school in the receiving district under the program 1153 
if the number of such out-of-district students is less than two per cent of 1154 
the total student population of such receiving district, (B) four thousand 1155 
dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in the 1156 
receiving district under the program if the number of such out-of-1157 
district students is greater than or equal to two per cent but less than 1158 
three per cent of the total student population of such receiving district, 1159 
(C) six thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who attends 1160 
school in the receiving district under the program if the number of such 1161 
out-of-district students is greater than or equal to three per cent but less 1162 
than four per cent of the total student population of such receiving 1163 
district, (D) six thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who 1164 
attends school in the receiving district under the program if the 1165 
Commissioner of Education determines that the receiving district has an 1166 
enrollment of greater than four thousand students and has increased the 1167 
number of students in the program by at least fifty per cent from the 1168 
previous fiscal year, or (E) eight thousand dollars for each out-of-district 1169 
student who attends school in the receiving district under the program 1170 
if the number of such out-of-district students is greater than or equal to 1171 
four per cent of the total student population of such receiving district.] 1172 
[(3)] (2) Each town which receives funds pursuant to this subsection 1173 
shall make such funds available to its local or regional board of 1174 
education in supplement to any other local appropriation, other state or 1175 
federal grant or other revenue to which the local or regional board of 1176 
education is entitled. 1177  Raised Bill No.  948 
 
 
 
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(h) [Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, each sending 1178 
district and each receiving district shall divide the number of children 1179 
participating in the program who reside in such district or attend school 1180 
in such district by two for purposes of the counts for subdivision (22) of 1181 
section 10-262f and subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-261.] 1182 
For the purposes of equalization aid under section 10-262h, as amended 1183 
by this act, a student participating in the program shall not be 1184 
considered a student enrolled in the school district in which such 1185 
student resides.  1186 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 July 1, 2021 10-262f(22) 
Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 10-262f(25) 
Sec. 3 July 1, 2021 10-262h 
Sec. 4 July 1, 2021 New section 
Sec. 5 July 1, 2021 10-264l 
Sec. 6 July 1, 2021 10-264o(b) 
Sec. 7 July 1, 2021 10-66ee(d)(1) 
Sec. 8 July 1, 2021 10-65 
Sec. 9 July 1, 2021 10-64(d) 
Sec. 10 July 1, 2021 10-97(b) 
Sec. 11 July 1, 2021 10-266aa(g) and (h) 
 
Statement of Purpose:   
To make revisions to how public education is funded in the state to 
address issues of equity and systemic racism. 
[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.]