Connecticut 2021 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01036 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/10/2021

                        
 
 
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General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 1036  
January Session, 2021 
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION  
 
 
Introduced by:  
(ED)  
 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING RE GIONAL COOPERATION A MONG SCHOOL 
DISTRICTS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Section 10-33 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 2 
Any local board of education which does not maintain a [high school] 3 
school in which instruction is offered for grades kindergarten to twelve, 4 
inclusive, or any combination of such grades, shall designate a [high] 5 
school in another school district, approved by the State Board of 6 
Education, as the school which any child under the jurisdiction of such 7 
local board of education may attend, [who has completed an elementary 8 
school course,] and such board of education shall pay to the local or 9 
regional board of education for such other school district the tuition of 10 
such child [residing with a parent or guardian in such school district 11 
and attending such high school] attending or in order for such child to 12 
attend school in such other school district. 13 
Sec. 2. Subsection (j) of section 10-266aa of the general statutes is 14 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 15  Raised Bill No.  1036 
 
 
 
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(j) Nothing in this section shall prohibit school districts from charging 17 
tuition to other school districts [that do not have a high school] pursuant 18 
to section 10-33, as amended by this act. 19 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 July 1, 2021 10-33 
Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 10-266aa(j) 
 
Statement of Purpose:   
To allow a board of education to pay tuition to another school district 
for sending its elementary and middle school students to such other 
school district. 
[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.]