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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 232
February Session, 2022
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXCESS COST GRANT FOR SPECIAL
EDUCATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 10-76g of the 2022 supplement to 1
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 3
(b) Any local or regional board of education which provides special 4
education pursuant to the provisions of sections 10-76a to 10-76g, 5
inclusive, for any exceptional child described in subparagraph (A) of 6
subdivision (5) of section 10-76a, under its jurisdiction, excluding (1) 7
children placed by a state agency for whom a board of education 8
receives payment pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (2) of 9
subsection (e) of section 10-76d, and (2) children who require special 10
education, who reside on state-owned or leased property, and who are 11
not the educational responsibility of the unified school districts 12
established pursuant to sections 17a-37 and 18-99a, shall be financially 13
responsible for the reasonable costs of special education instruction, as 14
defined in the regulations of the State Board of Education, in an amount 15 Raised Bill No. 232
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equal to (A) for any fiscal year [commencing] ending prior to [July 1, 16
2005] June 30, 2006, five times the average per pupil educational costs of 17
such board of education for the prior fiscal year, determined in 18
accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 10-76f, [and 19
(B) for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2005, and each fiscal year 20
thereafter,] (B) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, to June 30, 2022, 21
inclusive, four and one-half times such average per pupil educational 22
costs of such board of education, and (C) for the fiscal year ending June 23
30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, (I) two and one-quarter times 24
such average per pupil educational costs of any such board of education 25
for a town designated as an alliance district, as defined in section 10-26
262u, or any such board of education for a town with a per capita net 27
equalized grand list below one hundred thousand dollars, (II) three 28
times such average per pupil educational costs of any such board of 29
education for a town with a per capita net equalized grand list at or 30
above one hundred thousand dollars but below two hundred thousand 31
dollars, and (III) three and three-quarters times such average per pupil 32
educational costs of any such board of education for a town with a per 33
capita net equalized grand list at or above two hundred thousand 34
dollars. The State Board of Education shall, within available 35
appropriations, pay on a current basis any costs in excess of the local or 36
regional board's basic contribution paid by such board in accordance 37
with the provisions of this subsection. Any amounts paid by the State 38
Board of Education on a current basis pursuant to this subsection shall 39
not be reimbursable in the subsequent year. Application for such grant 40
shall be made by filing with the Department of Education, in such 41
manner as prescribed by the commissioner, annually on or before 42
December first a statement of the cost of providing special education 43
pursuant to this subsection, provided a board of education may submit, 44
not later than March first, claims for additional children or costs not 45
included in the December filing. Payment by the state for such excess 46
costs shall be made to the local or regional board of education as follows: 47
Seventy-five per cent of the cost in February and the balance in May. 48
The amount due each town pursuant to the provisions of this subsection 49
shall be paid to the treasurer of each town entitled to such aid, provided 50 Raised Bill No. 232
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the treasurer shall treat such grant, or a portion of the grant, which 51
relates to special education expenditures incurred in excess of such 52
town's board of education budgeted estimate of such expenditures, as a 53
reduction in expenditures by crediting such expenditure account, rather 54
than town revenue. Such expenditure account shall be so credited no 55
later than thirty days after receipt by the treasurer of necessary 56
documentation from the board of education indicating the amount of 57
such special education expenditures incurred in excess of such town's 58
board of education budgeted estimate of such expenditures. 59
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2022 10-76g(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To replace the existing threshold for the excess cost grant for special
education with a tiered threshold system based on the property wealth
of a town.
[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.]