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12+AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION FUNDING IN CONNECTICUT.
1113 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
1214 Assembly convened:
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14-Section 1. Section 10-15c of the general statutes, as amended by
15-section 3 of public act 23-159, is repealed and the following is substituted
16-in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024):
17-(a) The public schools shall be open to all children five years of age
18-and over who reach age five on or before the first day of September of
19-any school year, and each such child shall have, and shall be so advised
20-by the appropriate school authorities, an equal opportunity to
21-participate in the activities, programs and courses of study offered in
22-such public schools, at such time as the child becomes eligible to
23-participate in such activities, programs and courses of study, without
24-discrimination on account of race, as defined in section 46a-51, color,
25-sex, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, sexual
26-orientation or disability; provided [boards of education may, by vote at
27-a meeting duly called, admit to any school children under five years of
28-age] a child who has not reached the age of five on or before the first day
29-of September of the school year may be admitted (1) upon a written
30-request by the parent or guardian of such child to the principal of the
31-school in which such child would be enrolled, and (2) following an Substitute House Bill No. 5003
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35-assessment of such child, conducted by such principal and an
36-appropriate certified staff member of the school, to ensure that
37-admitting such child is developmentally appropriate.
38-(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed to amend
39-other provisions of the general statutes with respect to curricula,
40-facilities or extracurricular activities.
41-Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) The Commissioner of
42-Education shall develop a report of the effectiveness of the alliance
43-district program, described in section 10-262u of the general statutes, as
44-amended by this act, and recommendations for reforming such
45-program.
46-(b) (1) Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, (A) an
47-analysis of the effectiveness of the alliance district program for
48-improving student academic achievement and school district
49-performance, (B) the oversight and accountability metrics and standards
50-used to measure such student academic achievement and school district
51-performance, as well as the metrics and standards used to conduct such
52-analysis of the program, (C) a financial accounting of the program that
53-examines the amount of funding provided to each alliance district
54-during the existence of the program, how such funds have been
55-expended, and whether (i) such funds have been expended in
56-accordance with the improvement plans described in subsection (d) of
57-section 10-262u of the general statutes, and (ii) there is a causal link
58-between the expenditure of such funds in accordance with such
59-improvement plans and an improvement of student academic
60-achievement and school district performance.
61-(2) Such recommendations shall include, but need not be limited to,
62-an implementation plan, developed in collaboration with relevant
63-stakeholders, for decreasing the total number of alliance districts on or
64-before July 1, 2027, that will receive oversight and assistance from the Substitute House Bill No. 5003
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68-Department of Education under the program and how resources and
69-funding may best be expended to assist alliance districts in improving
70-student academic achievement and school district performance.
71-(c) Not later than January 1, 2026, the commissioner shall submit a
72-report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing
73-committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
74-relating to education and appropriations and the budgets of state
75-agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the
76-general statutes.
77-Sec. 3. Subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of section 10-262u of the
78-general statutes, as amended by section 4 of public act 23-167, is
79-repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1,
80-2023):
81-(2) Upon receipt of an application pursuant to subsection (d) of this
82-section or section 10-156gg, as amended by public act 23-167 and this
83-act, the Commissioner of Education may pay such funds to the town
84-designated as an alliance district and such town shall pay all such funds
85-to the local or regional board of education for such town on the
86-condition that such funds shall be expended in accordance with (A) the
87-improvement plan described in subsection (d) of this section, (B) the
88-minority candidate certification, retention or residency year program
89-pursuant to section 10-156gg, as amended by public act 23-167 and this
90-act, (C) [the family resource center program, pursuant to section 10-4o,
91-to establish a family resource center in each elementary school under the
92-jurisdiction of such board, (D)] the provisions of subsection (c) of section
93-10-262i, and [(E)] (D) any guidelines developed by the State Board of
94-Education for such funds. Such funds shall be used to improve student
95-achievement and recruit and retain minority teachers in such alliance
96-district and to offset any other local education costs approved by the
97-commissioner. Substitute House Bill No. 5003
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101-Sec. 4. (Effective July 1, 2023) Not later than February 1, 2024, the local
102-or regional board of education for a town designated as an alliance
103-district, pursuant to section 10-262u of the general statutes, as amended
104-by this act, shall submit a report to the Department of Education on the
105-costs associated with implementing a family resource center program,
106-in accordance with the provisions of section 10-4o of the general
107-statutes, at each elementary school under the jurisdiction of such board.
108-Sec. 5. Subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of section 10-156gg of the
109-general statutes, as amended by section 41 of public act 23-167, is
110-repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1,
111-2023):
112-(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2024] 2025, the Commissioner
113-of Education shall withhold from an alliance district, from the funds
114-transferred by the Comptroller pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-
115-262u, as amended by public act 23-167 and this act, an amount equal to
116-ten per cent of any increase in such funds that such alliance district
117-received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, over the amount of such
118-funds that it received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020. The
119-department shall use such funds to make a payment to such alliance
120-district and such alliance district shall expend such payment for any of
121-the costs described in subsection (e) of this section.
122-Sec. 6. Section 46 of public act 23-167 is repealed and the following is
123-substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023)
124-(a) As used in this section:
125-(1) "Alliance district" has the same meaning as provided in section 10-
126-262u of the general statutes, as amended by public act 23-167 and this
127-act;
128-(2) "Private entity" means any individual, corporation, general
129-partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint Substitute House Bill No. 5003
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133-venture, nonprofit organization or other business entity;
134-(3) "Public-private partnership" means the relationship established
135-between the local or regional board of education for a town designated
136-as an alliance district, a community college and a private entity for the
137-purpose of implementing a pathways in technology early college high
138-school program; and
139-(4) "Pathways in technology early college high school program"
140-means a program of instruction in which students in grades nine to
141-twelve, inclusive, complete high school and college-level coursework
142-while simultaneously engaging in industry-guided workforce
143-development.
144-(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2024] 2025, and each fiscal year
145-thereafter, the Department of Education shall annually issue a request
146-for proposals to local and regional boards of education for towns
147-designated as alliance districts for the establishment of a new public-
148-private partnership or the enhancement of an existing pathways in
149-technology early college high school program. The department shall
150-review such proposals and award a grant to two such boards for the
151-costs associated with the establishment of a new public-private
152-partnership or enhancement of a pathways in technology early college
153-high school program.
154-Sec. 7. Section 10-276a of the general statutes, as amended by section
155-341 of public act 23-204, is repealed and the following is substituted in
156-lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023):
157-(a) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, if a school
158-district that received a priority school district grant pursuant to
159-subsection (a) of section 10-266p for the prior fiscal year is no longer
160-eligible to receive such a grant, such school district shall receive a
161-priority school district phase-out grant for each of the three fiscal years Substitute House Bill No. 5003
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165-following the fiscal year such school district received its final priority
166-school district grant. The amount of such phase-out grants shall be
167-determined in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
168-(b) (1) For the first fiscal year following the fiscal year such school
169-district received its final priority school district grant, in an amount
170-equal to the difference between (A) the amount of such final grant, and
171-(B) an amount equal to twenty-five per cent of the difference between (i)
172-the amount of such final grant, and (ii) the greater of two hundred fifty
173-thousand dollars or the amount of the grants received by transitional
174-school districts pursuant to section 10-263c. (2) For the second fiscal year
175-following the fiscal year such school district received its final priority
176-school district grant, in an amount equal to the difference between (A)
177-the amount of such final grant, and (B) an amount equal to fifty per cent
178-of the difference between (i) the amount of such final grant, and (ii) the
179-greater of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or the amount of the
180-grants received by transitional school districts pursuant to section 10-
181-263c. (3) For the third fiscal year following the fiscal year such school
182-district received its final priority school district grant, in an amount
183-equal to the difference between (A) the amount of such final grant, and
184-(B) an amount equal to seventy-five per cent of the difference between
185-(i) the amount of such final grant, and (ii) the greater of two hundred
186-fifty thousand dollars or the amount of the grants received by
187-transitional school districts pursuant to section 10-263c.
188-(c) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, if a school
189-district that was not eligible to receive a priority school district grant
190-pursuant to subsection (a) of said section 10-266p, for the prior fiscal
191-year becomes eligible to receive such a grant, the amount of the grant
192-such town receives pursuant to said section for the first year of such
193-eligibility shall be reduced by fifty per cent.
194-(d) [Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any school
195-district that received a priority school district phase-out grant in the Substitute House Bill No. 5003
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199-third fiscal year following the fiscal year such school district received its
200-final priority school district grant during the fiscal year ending June 30,
201-2023, such school district shall be eligible to receive a priority school
202-district phase-out grant in an amount equal to the amount described in
203-subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section in the fiscal year ending
204-June 30, 2024.] Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the
205-fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, any school district that would have been
206-in the first fiscal year following the fiscal year such school district
207-received its final priority school district grant, shall receive a grant equal
208-to the amount it received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.
209-Sec. 8. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of part
210-III of chapter 164 of the general statutes, the elections for and terms of
211-membership of the regional board of education for Regional School
212-District 20 shall be as follows: (1) On and after June 1, 2024, but prior to
213-June 30, 2024, each member town shall elect one member and such
214-elected member shall serve a term of four years; (2) on and after June 1,
215-2025, but prior to June 30, 2025, each member town shall elect one
216-member and such elected member shall serve a term of four years; and
217-(3) on and after June 1, 2026, but prior to June 30, 2026, each member
218-town shall elect one member and such elected member shall serve a term
219-of four years.
220-Sec. 9. Section 10-233m of the general statutes, as amended by section
221-72 of public act 23-167, is repealed and the following is substituted in
222-lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023):
223-Each local or regional board of education that assigns a school
224-resource officer to any school under the jurisdiction of such board shall
225-enter into a memorandum of understanding with a local law
226-enforcement agency regarding the role and responsibility of such school
227-resource officer. Such memorandum of understanding shall (1) be
228-maintained in a central location in the school district and posted on the
229-Internet web site of the school district and each school in which such Substitute House Bill No. 5003
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233-school resource officer is assigned, (2) include provisions addressing
234-daily interactions between students and school personnel with school
235-resource officers, and (3) include a graduated response model for
236-student discipline. Any such memorandum of understanding entered
237-into, extended, updated or amended (A) on or after July 1, 2021, shall
238-include a provision that requires all school resource officers to complete,
239-while in the performance of their duties as school resource officers and
240-during periods when such school resource officers are assigned to be at
241-the school, any separate training specifically related to social-emotional
242-learning and restorative practices provided to certified employees of the
243-school pursuant to sections 10-148a and 10-220a, as amended by [this
244-act] public act 23-167, and (B) on or after July 1, 2023, shall include
245-provisions specifying a school resource officer's duties concerning, and
246-procedures for, the restraint of students, use of firearms, school-based
247-arrests and reporting of any investigations and behavioral interventions
248-of challenging behavior or conflict that escalates to violence or
249-constitutes a crime, pursuant to the provisions of section 73 of [this act]
250-public act 23-167, as amended by this act, provided such provisions are
251-in accordance with any laws or policies concerning the duties of police
252-officers. For the purposes of this section, "school resource officer" means
253-a sworn police officer of a local law enforcement agency who has been
254-assigned to a school pursuant to an agreement between the local or
255-regional board of education and the chief of police of a local law
256-enforcement agency.
257-Sec. 10. Section 73 of public act 23-167 is repealed and the following
258-is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023):
259-Each school resource officer, as defined in section 10-233m of the
260-general statutes, as amended by section 72 of public act 23-167 and this
261-act, shall submit to the chief of police of such school resource officer's
262-local law enforcement agency a report for each investigation or
263-behavioral intervention of challenging behavior or conflict that escalates Substitute House Bill No. 5003
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267-to violence or constitutes a crime conducted by such school resource
268-officer not later than five school days after conducting such
269-investigation or behavioral intervention. The chief of police shall submit
270-such report to the superintendent of schools for the school district in
271-which such investigation or behavioral intervention occurred in
272-accordance with the provisions of the memorandum of understanding
273-entered into pursuant to section 10-233m of the general statutes, as
274-amended by section 72 of public act 23-167 and this act, but shall be not
275-less frequently than monthly. Such superintendent shall submit such
276-report to the local or regional board of education of the school district.
277-Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) the date, time
278-and location of such investigation or behavioral intervention, (2) the
279-name and badge number of such school resource officer, (3) the race,
280-ethnicity, gender, age and disability status for each student involved in
281-such investigation or behavioral intervention, (4) the reason for and
282-nature of such investigation or behavioral intervention, (5) the
283-disposition of such investigation or behavioral intervention, and (6)
284-whether any student involved in such investigation or behavioral
285-intervention was (A) searched, (B) apprised of such student's
286-constitutional rights, (C) issued a citation or a summons, (D) arrested,
287-or (E) detained, including the amount of time such student was
288-detained. For purposes of this section, "investigation or behavioral
289-intervention" means a circumstance in which a school resource officer is
290-conducting (i) a fact-finding inquiry concerning student behavior or
291-school safety, including, but not limited to, emergency circumstances,
292-or (ii) an intervention to resolve violent or nonviolent student behavior
293-or conflicts.
294-Sec. 11. Section 10a-173 of the general statutes is repealed and the
295-following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023):
296-(a) For the purposes of this section:
297-(1) "Family contribution" means the expected family contribution for Substitute House Bill No. 5003
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301-educational costs as computed from [the] a student's Free Application
302-for Federal Student Aid;
303-(2) "Student aid index" means the index used to determine eligibility
304-for financial aid as computed from a student's Free Application for
305-Federal Student Aid;
306-[(2) "Full-time or part-time undergraduate student"] (3) "Eligible
307-student" means a student who is (A) a resident of the state, (B) enrolled
308-at an institution of higher education in a course of study leading to such
309-student's first associate or bachelor's degree, and [who is] (C) carrying,
310-for a full-time student, twelve or more semester credit hours, or, for a
311-part-time student, between six and eleven semester credit hours at such
312-institution of higher education;
313-[(3)] (4) "Independent institution of higher education" means a
314-nonprofit institution established in this state (A) that has degree-
315-granting authority in this state; (B) that has its main campus located in
316-this state; (C) that is not included in the Connecticut system of public
317-higher education; and (D) whose primary function is not the preparation
318-of students for religious vocation;
319-[(4)] (5) "Public institution of higher education" means the constituent
320-units of the state system of higher education identified in subdivisions
321-(1) and (2) of section 10a-1, except the regional community-technical
322-colleges;
323-[(5)] (6) "Eligible educational costs" means the tuition and required
324-fees for an individual student that are published by each public or
325-independent institution of higher education participating in the grant
326-program established under this section, plus a fixed amount for
327-required books and educational supplies as determined by the Office of
328-Higher Education.
329-(b) [The state, acting through the] The Office of Higher Education [,] Substitute House Bill No. 5003
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333-shall establish the [Governor's] Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program
334-to annually make need-based financial aid available for eligible
335-educational costs [for Connecticut residents] to eligible students
336-enrolled at Connecticut's public and independent institutions of higher
337-education. [as full-time or part-time undergraduate students beginning
338-with new or transfer students in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014. On
339-and after July 1, 2016, said program shall be known as the "Roberta B.
340-Willis Scholarship program". Any award made to a student in the fiscal
341-year ending June 30, 2013, under the capitol scholarship grant program,
342-established under section 10a-169 of the general statutes, revision of
343-1958, revised to January 1, 2013, the Connecticut aid to public college
344-students grant program, established under section 10a-164a of the
345-general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, Connecticut
346-aid to Charter Oak, established under subsection (c) of section 10a-164a
347-of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, or the
348-Connecticut independent college student grant program, established
349-under section 10a-36 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to
350-January 1, 2013, shall be offered under the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship
351-program and be renewable for the life of the original award, provided
352-such student meets and continues to meet the need and academic
353-standards established for purposes of the program under which such
354-student received the original award.]
355-[(c)] Within available [appropriations] funds, the Roberta B. Willis
356-Scholarship program shall include a need and merit-based grant, a
357-need-based grant and a Charter Oak grant. The need and merit-based
358-grant shall be funded at not less than twenty per cent but not more than
359-thirty per cent of available [appropriations] funds or ten million dollars,
360-whichever is greater. The need-based grant shall be funded at up to
361-eighty per cent of available [appropriations] funds. The Charter Oak
362-grant shall be not less than one hundred thousand dollars of available
363-[appropriations] funds. There shall be an administrative allowance
364-based on one-quarter of one per cent of the available [appropriations] Substitute House Bill No. 5003
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368-funds, but [(1) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, not less than three
369-hundred fifty thousand dollars, and (2) for the fiscal year ending June
370-30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter,] not less than one hundred
371-thousand dollars annually. [In addition to the amount of the annual
372-appropriation allocated to the regional community-technical colleges
373-under subsection (e) of this section, and to regional community-
374-technical college students under subsection (d) of this section, not less
375-than two and one-half per cent of the annual appropriation shall be
376-allocated to the regional community-technical colleges to be used for
377-financial aid purposes.] The Office of Higher Education shall use the
378-funds appropriated or allocated for the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship
379-program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, to make awards
380-pursuant to subsection (c) of this section and allocate funds pursuant to
381-subsections (d) and (f) of this section for the academic years
382-commencing July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024, provided the office shall use
383-all funds allocated for the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program from
384-the federal funds designated for the state pursuant to the provisions of
385-Section 602 of Subtitle M of Title IX of the American Rescue Plan Act of
386-2021, P.L. 117-2, as amended from time to time, on or before December
387-31, 2024.
388-[(d)] (c) The Roberta B. Willis Scholarship need and merit-based grant
389-shall be available to any [Connecticut resident who is a full-time or part-
390-time undergraduate] eligible student at any public or independent
391-institution of higher education. The Office of Higher Education shall
392-determine [eligibility by] qualification for financial need based on
393-family contribution prior to July 1, 2024, and, on and after July 1, 2024,
394-based on student aid index and [eligibility by] qualification for merit
395-based on either previous high school academic achievement or
396-performance on standardized academic aptitude tests. The Office of
397-Higher Education shall make awards according to a sliding scale,
398-annually determined by said office, up to a maximum fami ly
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403-[appropriations and] funds and the number of eligible students who
404-qualify for an award. The Roberta B. Willis Scholarship need and merit-
405-based grant shall be awarded in a higher amount than the need-based
406-grant awarded pursuant to subsection [(e)] (d) of this section. Recipients
407-of the need and merit-based grant shall not be eligible to receive an
408-additional need-based award. The order of institutions of higher
409-education provided by [a] an eligible student on [the] such student's
410-Free Application for Federal Student Aid shall not affect the student's
411-[eligibility] qualification for an award under this subsection. The
412-[accepting] institution of higher education in which an eligible student
413-enrolls shall disburse sums awarded under the need and merit-based
414-grant for payment of [the] such student's eligible educational costs.
415-[(e)] (d) The Roberta B. Willis Scholarship need-based grant shall be
416-available to any [Connecticut resident who is a full-time or part-time
417-undergraduate] eligible student at any public or independent institution
418-of higher education. The amount of the annual [appropriation] funds to
419-be allocated to each institution of higher education shall be determined
420-by its actual full-time equivalent enrollment of [undergraduate students
421-who are Connecticut residents] eligible students with a family
422-contribution or student aid index during the fall semester of the fiscal
423-year two years prior to the grant year of an amount not greater than two
424-hundred per cent of the maximum family contribution or student aid
425-index eligible for a federal Pell grant award for the academic year one
426-year prior to the grant year. Not later than July first, annually, each
427-institution of higher education shall report such enrollment data to the
428-Office of Higher Education. Not later than October first, annually, the
429-Office of Higher Education shall (1) publish such enrollment data on its
430-Internet web site, [and] (2) notify each institution of higher education of
431-the proportion of the annual [appropriation] funds that such institution
432-of higher education will receive the following fiscal year, and (3) publish
433-the proportions for each institution of higher education on its Internet
434-web site. Participating institutions of higher education shall make Substitute House Bill No. 5003
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438-awards (A) to eligible full-time students in an amount up to four
439-thousand five hundred dollars, and (B) to eligible part-time students in
440-an amount that is prorated according to the number of credits each
441-student will earn for completing the course or courses in which such
442-student is enrolled, such that a student enrolled in a course or courses
443-earning (i) at least nine but less than twelve credits is eligible for up to
444-seventy-five per cent of the maximum award, and (ii) at least six but less
445-than nine credits is eligible for up to fifty per cent of the maximum
446-award. Each participating institution of higher education shall expend
447-all of the moneys received under the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship
448-program as direct financial assistance only for eligible educational costs.
449-[(f)] (e) Participating institutions of higher education shall annually
450-provide the Office of Higher Education with data and reports on all
451-[Connecticut] eligible students who applied for financial aid, including,
452-but not limited to, students receiving a Roberta B. Willis Scholarship
453-grant, in a form and at a time determined by said office. If an institution
454-of higher education fails to submit information to the Office of Higher
455-Education as directed, such institution shall be prohibited from
456-participating in the scholarship program in the fiscal year following the
457-fiscal year in which such institution failed to submit such information.
458-Each participating institution of higher education shall maintain, for a
459-period of not less than three years, records substantiating the reported
460-number of [Connecticut] eligible students and documentation utilized
461-by the institution of higher education in determining [eligibility]
462-qualification of the student grant recipients. Such records shall be
463-subject to audit or review. Funds not obligated by an institution of
464-higher education shall be returned by May first in the fiscal year the
465-grant was made to the Office of Higher Education for reallocation.
466-Financial aid provided to [Connecticut residents] eligible students
467-under this program shall be designated as a grant from the Roberta B.
468-Willis Scholarship program. Substitute House Bill No. 5003
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472-[(g)] (f) The Roberta B. Willis Scholarship Charter Oak grant shall be
473-available to any [full-time or part-time undergraduate] eligible student
474-enrolled in Charter Oak State College. The Office of Higher Education
475-shall allocate any [appropriation] funds to Charter Oak State College to
476-be used to provide grants for eligible educational costs to [residents of
477-this state] eligible students who demonstrate substantial financial need
478-and who are matriculated in a degree program at Charter Oak State
479-College. Individual awards shall not exceed a student's calculated
480-eligible educational costs. Financial aid provided to [Connecticut
481-residents] eligible students under this program shall be designated as a
482-grant from the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program.
483-[(h)] (g) In administering the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program,
484-the Office of Higher Education shall develop and utilize fiscal
485-procedures designed to ensure accountability of the public funds
486-expended. Such procedures shall include provisions for compliance
487-reviews that shall be conducted by the Office of Higher Education on
488-any institution of higher education that participates in the program.
489-Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and biennially
490-thereafter, each such institution of higher education shall submit the
491-results of an audit done by an independent certified public accountant
492-for each year of participation in the program. Any institution of higher
493-education determined by the Office of Higher Education not to be in
494-substantial compliance with the provisions of the Roberta B. Willis
495-Scholarship program shall be ineligible to receive funds under the
496-program for the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the
497-institution of higher education was determined not to be in substantial
498-compliance. Funding shall be restored when the Office of Higher
499-Education determines that the institution of higher education has
500-returned to substantial compliance.
501-Sec. 12. Sections 38 to 40, inclusive, of public act 23-167 are repealed.
502-(Effective July 1, 2023) Substitute House Bill No. 5003
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506-Sec. 13. Sections 138, 327 and 328 of public act 23-204 are repealed.
507-(Effective July 1, 2023)
16+Section 1. Section 10-262h of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
17+following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 2
18+(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, each town maintaining 3
19+public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid 4
20+grant as follows: (1) Any town designated as an alliance district, as 5
21+defined in section 10-262u, as amended by this act, shall be entitled to 6
22+an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its base grant amount; 7
23+and (2) any town not designated as an alliance district shall be entitled 8
24+to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to ninety-five per cent 9
25+of its base grant amount. 10
26+(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, each town maintaining 11
27+public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid 12
28+grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than 13
29+its base grant amount shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an 14
30+amount equal to its base grant amount plus four and one-tenth per cent 15
31+of its grant adjustment; and (2) any town whose fully funded grant is 16
32+less than its base grant amount shall be entitled to an equalization aid 17
33+grant in an amount equal to its base grant amount minus twenty-five 18
34+per cent of its grant adjustment, except any such town designated as an 19
35+alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an 20 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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43+(c) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, each 22
44+town maintaining public schools according to law shall be entitled to an 23
45+equalization aid grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded 24
46+grant is greater than its base grant amount shall be entitled to an 25
47+equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its equalization aid grant 26
48+amount for the previous fiscal year plus ten and sixty-six-one-27
49+hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment; and (2) any town whose 28
50+fully funded grant is less than its base grant amount shall be entitled to 29
51+an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its equalization aid 30
52+grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus eight and thirty-three-31
53+one-hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment, except any such town 32
54+designated as an alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid 33
55+grant in an amount equal to its base grant amount. 34
56+(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, each town maintaining 35
57+public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid 36
58+grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than 37
59+its base grant amount shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an 38
60+amount equal to its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal 39
61+year plus ten and sixty-six-one-hundredths per cent of its grant 40
62+adjustment; and (2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than its 41
63+base grant amount shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an 42
64+amount equal to the amount the town was entitled to for the fiscal year 43
65+ending June 30, 2021. 44
66+(e) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, each town maintaining 45
67+public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid 46
68+grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than 47
69+its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be 48
70+entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its 49
71+equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year plus sixteen 50
72+and sixty-seven-one-hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment; and 51
73+(2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than its equalization aid 52
74+grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an 53 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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82+entitled to for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. 55
83+(f) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, each town maintaining 56
84+public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid 57
85+grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than 58
86+its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be 59
87+entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its 60
88+equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year plus twenty 61
89+per cent of its grant adjustment; (2) any town whose fully funded grant 62
90+is less than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year 63
91+shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its 64
92+equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus 65
93+fourteen and twenty-nine-one-hundredths per cent of its grant 66
94+adjustment; and (3) any town designated as an alliance district shall be 67
95+entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount that is the greater of 68
96+(A) the amount described in either subdivision (1) of this subsection or 69
97+subdivision (2) of this subsection, as applicable, (B) its base grant 70
98+amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant entitlement for the previous 71
99+fiscal year. 72
100+(g) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, each town maintaining 73
101+public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid 74
102+grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than 75
103+its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be 76
104+entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its 77
105+[equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year plus twenty-78
106+five per cent of its grant adjustment] fully funded grant; (2) any town 79
107+whose fully funded grant is less than its equalization aid grant amount 80
108+for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant 81
109+in an amount equal to its equalization aid grant amount for the previous 82
110+fiscal year minus sixteen and sixty-seven-one-hundredths per cent of its 83
111+grant adjustment; and (3) any town designated as [an] a legacy alliance 84
112+district or an educational reform district pursuant to section 10-262u, as 85
113+amended by this act, shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an 86 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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121+subdivision (1) of this subsection or subdivision (2) of this subsection, as 88
122+applicable, (B) its base grant amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant 89
123+entitlement for the previous fiscal year. As used in this section, "legacy 90
124+alliance district" means a school district for a town that was designated 91
125+as an alliance district by the Commissioner of Education at any point 92
126+during the fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2024, inclusive. 93
127+(h) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, each town maintaining 94
128+public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid 95
129+grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than 96
130+its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be 97
131+entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its 98
132+[equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year plus thirty-99
133+three and thirty-three-one-hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment] 100
134+fully funded grant; (2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than 101
135+its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be 102
136+entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its 103
137+equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus twenty 104
138+per cent of its grant adjustment; and (3) any town designated as [an] a 105
139+legacy alliance district or an educational reform district shall be entitled 106
140+to an equalization aid grant in an amount that is the greater of (A) the 107
141+amount described in either subdivision (1) of this subsection or 108
142+subdivision (2) of this subsection, as applicable, (B) its base grant 109
143+amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant entitlement for the previous 110
144+fiscal year. 111
145+(i) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, each town maintaining 112
146+public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid 113
147+grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than 114
148+its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be 115
149+entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its 116
150+[equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year plus fifty per 117
151+cent of its grant adjustment] fully funded grant; (2) any town whose 118
152+fully funded grant is less than its equalization aid grant amount for the 119 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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160+amount equal to its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal 121
161+year minus twenty-five per cent of its grant adjustment; and (3) any 122
162+town designated as [an] a legacy alliance district or an educational 123
163+reform district shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount 124
164+that is the greater of (A) the amount described in either subdivision (1) 125
165+of this subsection or subdivision (2) of this subsection, as applicable, (B) 126
166+its base grant amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant entitlement for 127
167+the previous fiscal year. 128
168+(j) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2028, each town maintaining 129
169+public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid 130
170+grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than 131
171+its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be 132
172+entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its fully 133
173+funded grant; (2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than its 134
174+equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be 135
175+entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its 136
176+equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus thirty-137
177+three and thirty-three-one-hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment; 138
178+and (3) any town designated as [an] a legacy alliance district or an 139
179+educational reform district shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant 140
180+in an amount that is the greater of (A) the amount described in either 141
181+subdivision (1) of this subsection or subdivision (2) of this subsection, as 142
182+applicable, (B) its base grant amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant 143
183+entitlement for the previous fiscal year. 144
184+(k) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2029, each town maintaining 145
185+public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid 146
186+grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than 147
187+its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be 148
188+entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its fully 149
189+funded grant; (2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than its 150
190+equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be 151
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199+per cent of its grant adjustment; and (3) any town designated as [an] a 154
200+legacy alliance district or an educational reform district shall be entitled 155
201+to an equalization aid grant in an amount that is the greater of (A) the 156
202+amount described in either subdivision (1) of this subsection or 157
203+subdivision (2) of this subsection, as applicable, (B) its base grant 158
204+amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant entitlement for the previous 159
205+fiscal year. 160
206+(l) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2030, and each fiscal year 161
207+thereafter, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall 162
208+be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its fully 163
209+funded grant, except any town designated as [an] a legacy alliance 164
210+district or an educational reform district shall be entitled to an 165
211+equalization aid grant in an amount that is the greater of (1) its fully 166
212+funded grant, (2) its base grant amount, or (3) its equalization aid grant 167
213+entitlement for the previous fiscal year. 168
214+Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2024) (a) As used in this section, section 169
215+3 of this act and sections 10-65, 10-264l and 10-266aa of the general 170
216+statutes, as amended by this act: 171
217+(1) "Choice program" means (A) an interdistrict magnet school 172
218+program, (B) a regional agricultural science and technology center, or 173
219+(C) the interdistrict public school attendance program pursuant to 174
220+section 10-266aa of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 175
221+(2) "Foundation" has the same meaning as provided in section 10-262f 176
222+of the general statutes, as amended by this act, except that for an 177
223+interdistrict magnet school operator that is not a local or regional board 178
224+of education, the foundation is (A) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 179
225+2024, and June 30, 2025, eleven thousand five hundred twenty-five 180
226+dollars, (B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, eleven thousand five 181
227+hundred twenty-five dollars adjusted by the percentage increase in 182
228+personal income, as defined in section 2-33a of the general statutes, or 183
229+the percentage increase in inflation, as defined in section 2-33a of the 184 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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237+June 30, 2027, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the 186
238+foundation for the prior fiscal year adjusted by the percentage increase 187
239+in personal income, as defined in section 2-33a of the general statutes, or 188
240+the percentage increase in inflation, as defined in section 2-33a of the 189
241+general statutes, whichever is greater. 190
242+(3) "Resident students" has the same meaning as provided in section 191
243+10-262f of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 192
244+(4) "Resident choice program students" means the number of part-193
245+time and full-time students of a town enrolled or participating in a 194
246+particular choice program. 195
247+(5) "Total need students" has the same meaning as provided in section 196
248+10-262f of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 197
249+(6) "Total magnet school program need students" means the sum of 198
250+(A) the number of part-time and full-time students enrolled in the 199
251+interdistrict magnet school program of the interdistrict magnet school 200
252+operator who is (i) not a local or regional board of education, (ii) the 201
253+board of governors for an independent institution of higher education, 202
254+as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173 of the general statutes, or 203
255+the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution 204
256+of higher education, or (iii) any other third-party not-for-profit 205
257+corporation approved by the Commissioner of Education, for the school 206
258+year, and (B) for the school year commencing July 1, 2024, and each 207
259+school year thereafter, (i) thirty per cent of the number of part-time and 208
260+full-time children enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school program 209
261+eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk, (ii) fifteen per cent 210
262+of the number of such part-time and full-time children eligible for free 211
263+or reduced price meals or free milk in excess of the number of such part-212
264+time and full-time children eligible for free or reduced price meals or 213
265+free milk that is equal to sixty per cent of the total number of children 214
266+enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school program, (iii) twenty-five 215
267+per cent of the number of part-time and full-time students enrolled in 216 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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275+learners, as defined in section 10-76kk of the general statutes, and (iv) if 218
276+such interdistrict magnet school program is assisting the state in 219
277+meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238, 220
278+Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as 221
279+determined by the commissioner, (I) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 222
280+2025, thirty per cent of the number of part-time and full-time students 223
281+enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school program, (II) for the fiscal 224
282+year ending June 30, 2026, twenty-eight per cent of the number of part-225
283+time and full-time students enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school 226
284+program, (III) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, twenty-six per 227
285+cent of the number of part-time and full-time students enrolled in such 228
286+interdistrict magnet school program, (IV) for the fiscal year ending June 229
287+30, 2028, twenty-four per cent of the number of part-time and full-time 230
288+students enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school program, (V) for 231
289+the fiscal year ending June 30, 2029, twenty-two per cent of the number 232
290+of part-time and full-time students enrolled in such interdistrict magnet 233
291+school program, and (VI) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2030, and 234
292+each fiscal year thereafter, twenty per cent of the number of part-time 235
293+and full-time students enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school 236
294+program. 237
295+(7) "Sending town" means the town that sends resident choice 238
296+program students, which it would otherwise be legally responsible for 239
297+educating, to a choice program. 240
298+(8) "Receiving district" has the same meaning as provided in section 241
299+10-266aa of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 242
300+(9) "Weighted funding amount per pupil" means the quotient of (A) 243
301+the product of the foundation and a town's total need students for the 244
302+fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid, and (B) the 245
303+number of resident students of the town. 246
304+(10) "Weighted funding amount per sending town" means the 247
305+product of a town's (A) weighted funding amount per pupil, and (B) 248 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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313+program. 250
314+(11) "In-district student" means a student enrolled or participating in 251
315+a choice program operated or maintained by a local or regional board of 252
316+education and whom such local or regional board of education is legally 253
317+responsible for educating. 254
318+(12) "Total revenue per pupil" means the sum of (A) the per student 255
319+amount of the grant for a choice program student for the fiscal year 256
320+ending June 30, 2024, and (B) the per student amount of any general 257
321+education tuition for a student in such choice program for the fiscal year 258
322+ending June 30, 2024. 259
323+(13) "Sending town adjustment factor" means the product of (A) the 260
324+weighted funding amount per pupil or the total revenue per pupil, 261
325+whichever is greater, for a sending town, and (B) the number of its 262
326+resident choice program students. 263
327+(b) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year 264
328+thereafter, an interdistrict magnet school program operator that is not a 265
329+local or regional board of education shall be entitled to a grant in an 266
330+amount equal to the product of the foundation and its total magnet 267
331+school program need students, except that, for each student enrolled in 268
332+the interdistrict magnet school program of such operator, such operator 269
333+shall not receive less than the total revenue per pupil. 270
334+(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year 271
335+thereafter, an interdistrict magnet school operator that is a local or 272
336+regional board of education shall be entitled to a grant in an amount 273
337+equal to the sum of (A) the sum of the sending town adjustment factor 274
338+for each sending town, and (B) the product of (i) the number of in-275
339+district students enrolled in the interdistrict magnet school program of 276
340+such board, and (ii) the per student amount of the grant under section 277
341+10-264l of the general statutes, as amended by this act, for an in-district 278
342+student enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school program for the 279 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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350+(c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year 281
351+thereafter, a local or regional board of education that operates a regional 282
352+agricultural science and technology center shall be entitled to a grant in 283
353+an amount equal to the sum of (1) the sum of the sending town 284
354+adjustment factors for each sending town, and (2) the product of (A) the 285
355+number of in-district students enrolled in such center, and (B) the per 286
356+student amount of the grant under section 10-65 of the general statutes, 287
357+as amended by this act, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. 288
358+(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year 289
359+thereafter, the local or regional board of education for each receiving 290
360+district that accepts students under the interdistrict public school 291
361+attendance program pursuant to section 10-266aa of the general statutes, 292
362+as amended by this act, shall be entitled to a grant in an amount equal 293
363+to the sum of the sending town adjustment factors for each sending 294
364+town. 295
365+Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than February 1, 296
366+2024, and annually thereafter, the Department of Education shall 297
367+calculate an estimated amount of each grant under section 2 of this act 298
368+for the next fiscal year using data collected during the current fiscal year, 299
369+and notify each local and regional board of education and interdistrict 300
370+magnet school program operator that is not a local or regional board of 301
371+education of such estimated amounts. 302
372+(b) Not later than February 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the 303
373+Department of Education shall calculate an estimated amount that each 304
374+town is entitled to receive under the provisions of section 10-262h of the 305
375+general statutes, as amended by this act for the next fiscal year using 306
376+data collected during the current fiscal year, and notify each such town 307
377+of such estimated amount. 308
378+(c) Not later than February 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the 309
379+Department of Education shall calculate the product of the foundation 310 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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387+general statutes, as amended by this act, for each fiscal authority for a 312
388+state charter school for the next fiscal year using data collected during 313
389+the current fiscal year, and notify each such fiscal authority of such 314
390+product. 315
391+Sec. 4. Section 10-264l of the general statutes is repealed and the 316
392+following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 317
393+(a) The Department of Education shall, within available 318
394+appropriations, establish a grant program (1) to assist (A) local and 319
395+regional boards of education, (B) regional educational service centers, 320
396+(C) the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on 321
397+behalf of Quinebaug Valley Community College and Three Rivers 322
398+Community College, and (D) cooperative arrangements pursuant to 323
399+section 10-158a, and (2) in assisting the state in meeting its obligations 324
400+pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any 325
401+related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 326
402+commissioner, to assist (A) the Board of Trustees of the Community-327
403+Technical Colleges on behalf of a regional community-technical college, 328
404+(B) the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System on 329
405+behalf of a state university, (C) the Board of Trustees of The University 330
406+of Connecticut on behalf of the university, (D) the board of governors 331
407+for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in 332
408+subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on 333
409+behalf of the independent institution of higher education, and (E) any 334
410+other third-party not-for-profit corporation approved by the 335
411+commissioner with the operation of interdistrict magnet school 336
412+programs. All interdistrict magnet schools shall be operated in 337
413+conformance with the same laws and regulations applicable to public 338
414+schools. For the purposes of this section "an interdistrict magnet school 339
415+program" means a program which (i) supports racial, ethnic and 340
416+economic diversity, (ii) offers a special and high quality curriculum, and 341
417+(iii) requires students who are enrolled to attend at least half-time. An 342
418+interdistrict magnet school program does not include a regional 343 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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426+career school or a regional special education center. For the school years 345
427+commencing July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2023, inclusive, the governing 346
428+authority for each interdistrict magnet school program shall (I) restrict 347
429+the number of students that may enroll in the school from a participating 348
430+district to seventy-five per cent of the total school enrollment, and (II) 349
431+maintain a total school enrollment that is in accordance with the 350
432+reduced-isolation setting standards for interdistrict magnet school 351
433+programs, developed by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to 352
434+section 10-264r. 353
435+(b) (1) Applications for interdistrict magnet school program 354
436+operating grants awarded pursuant to this section shall be submitted 355
437+annually to the Commissioner of Education at such time and in such 356
438+manner as the commissioner prescribes, except that on and after July 1, 357
439+2009, applications for such operating grants for new interdistrict magnet 358
440+schools, other than those that the commissioner determines will assist 359
441+the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. 360
442+O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, 361
443+as determined by the commissioner, shall not be accepted until the 362
444+commissioner develops a comprehensive state-wide interdistrict 363
445+magnet school plan. The commissioner shall submit such 364
446+comprehensive state-wide interdistrict magnet school plan on or before 365
447+October 1, 2016, to the joint standing committees of the General 366
448+Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and 367
449+appropriations. 368
450+(2) In determining whether an application shall be approved and 369
451+funds awarded pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall 370
452+consider, but such consideration shall not be limited to: (A) Whether the 371
453+program offered by the school is likely to increase student achievement; 372
454+(B) whether the program is likely to reduce racial, ethnic and economic 373
455+isolation; (C) the percentage of the student enrollment in the program 374
456+from each participating district; and (D) the proposed operating budget 375
457+and the sources of funding for the interdistrict magnet school. For a 376 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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464+magnet school not operated by a local or regional board of education, 377
465+the commissioner shall only approve a proposed operating budget that, 378
466+on a per pupil basis, does not exceed the maximum allowable threshold 379
467+established in accordance with this subdivision. The maximum 380
468+allowable threshold shall be an amount equal to one hundred twenty 381
469+per cent of the state average of the quotient obtained by dividing net 382
470+current expenditures, as defined in section 10-261, by average daily 383
471+membership, as defined in said section, for the fiscal year two years 384
472+prior to the fiscal year for which the operating grant is requested. The 385
473+Department of Education shall establish the maximum allowable 386
474+threshold no later than December fifteenth of the fiscal year prior to the 387
475+fiscal year for which the operating grant is requested. If requested by an 388
476+applicant that is not a local or regional board of education, the 389
477+commissioner may approve a proposed operating budget that exceeds 390
478+the maximum allowable threshold if the commissioner determines that 391
479+there are extraordinary programmatic needs. For the fiscal years ending 392
480+June 30, 2017, June 30, 2018, June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, in the case 393
481+of an interdistrict magnet school that will assist the state in meeting its 394
482+obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 395
483+(1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 396
484+commissioner, the commissioner shall also consider whether the school 397
485+is meeting the reduced-isolation setting standards for interdistrict 398
486+magnet school programs, developed by the commissioner pursuant to 399
487+section 10-264r. If such school has not met such reduced-isolation setting 400
488+standards, it shall not be entitled to receive a grant pursuant to this 401
489+section unless the commissioner finds that it is appropriate to award a 402
490+grant for an additional year or years and approves a plan to bring such 403
491+school into compliance with such reduced-isolation setting standards. If 404
492+requested by the commissioner, the applicant shall meet with the 405
493+commissioner or the commissioner's designee to discuss the budget and 406
494+sources of funding. 407
495+(3) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, to June 30, 2023, 408
496+inclusive, the commissioner shall not award a grant to an interdistrict 409
497+magnet school program that (A) has more than seventy-five per cent of 410 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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504+the total school enrollment from one school district, or (B) does not 411
505+maintain a total school enrollment that is in accordance with the 412
506+reduced-isolation setting standards for interdistrict magnet school 413
507+programs, developed by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to 414
508+section 10-264r, except the commissioner may award a grant to such 415
509+school for an additional year or years if the commissioner finds it is 416
510+appropriate to do so and approves a plan to bring such school into 417
511+compliance with such residency or reduced-isolation setting standards. 418
512+(4) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, to June 30, 2021, 419
513+inclusive, if an interdistrict magnet school program does not maintain a 420
514+total school enrollment that is in accordance with the reduced-isolation 421
515+setting standards for interdistrict magnet school programs, developed 422
516+by the commissioner pursuant to section 10-264r, for two or more 423
517+consecutive years, the commissioner may impose a financial penalty on 424
518+the operator of such interdistrict magnet school program, or take any 425
519+other measure, in consultation with such operator, as may be 426
520+appropriate to assist such operator in complying with such reduced-427
521+isolation setting standards. 428
522+(5) For the purposes of equalization aid under section 10-262h, as 429
523+amended by this act, a student enrolled in an interdistrict magnet school 430
524+program shall be counted as a resident student, as defined in section 10-431
525+262f, as amended by this act, of the town in which such student resides. 432
526+(c) (1) [The maximum amount each interdistrict magnet school 433
527+program, except those described in subparagraphs (A) to (G), inclusive, 434
528+of subdivision (3) of this subsection, shall be eligible to receive per 435
529+enrolled student who is not a resident of the town operating the magnet 436
530+school shall be (A) six thousand sixteen dollars for the fiscal year ending 437
531+June 30, 2008, (B) six thousand seven hundred thirty dollars for the fiscal 438
532+years ending June 30, 2009, to June 30, 2012, inclusive, (C) seven 439
533+thousand eighty-five dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to 440
534+June 30, 2019, inclusive, and (D) seven thousand two hundred twenty-441
535+seven dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year 442
536+thereafter. The per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is a 443 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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543+resident of the town operating the magnet school program shall be (i) 444
544+three thousand dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2008, to June 445
545+30, 2019, inclusive, and (ii) three thousand sixty dollars for the fiscal year 446
546+ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter.] For the fiscal year 447
547+ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, each interdistrict 448
548+magnet school operator shall be paid a grant equal to the amount the 449
549+operator is entitled to receive under the provisions of section 2 of this 450
550+act. 451
551+(2) (A) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and each fiscal year 452
552+thereafter, any interdistrict magnet school operator that is not a local or 453
553+regional board of education may charge tuition to the local or regional 454
554+board of education for a sending town if the grant to which such 455
555+operator is entitled to under section 2 of this act is not calculated using 456
556+a foundation amount that is adjusted by the greater of either the 457
557+percentage increase in personal income, as defined in section 2-33a, or 458
558+the percentage increase in inflation, as defined in section 2-33a. Such 459
559+tuition charged shall not exceed the difference between the amount of 460
560+the grant such operator would have been entitled to receive for the fiscal 461
561+year if such grant was calculated using the foundation, as defined in 462
562+section 2 of this act, and the amount of the grant that such operator will 463
563+receive for such fiscal year. 464
564+(B) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and each fiscal year 465
565+thereafter, any interdistrict magnet school operator that is not a local or 466
566+regional board of education that charges tuition under this subdivision 467
567+shall notify the Department of Education of the (i) per-student amount 468
568+of tuition charged for the fiscal year, (ii) local or regional boards of 469
569+education for sending towns that were charged tuition by such operator 470
570+for such fiscal year, (iii) total amount of tuition charged to each such 471
571+sending town for such fiscal year, and (iv) total amount of tuition 472
572+charged for such fiscal year. The department shall develop an annual 473
573+report of such tuition charged and, not later than January first of each 474
574+year, submit such report to the joint standing committees of the General 475
575+Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and 476 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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582+appropriations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. 477
583+[(2)] (3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and each fiscal year 478
584+thereafter, the commissioner may, within available appropriations, 479
585+provide supplemental grants for the purposes of enhancing educational 480
586+programs in such interdistrict magnet schools, as the commissioner 481
587+determines. Such grants shall be made after the commissioner has 482
588+conducted a comprehensive financial review and approved the total 483
589+operating budget for such schools, including all revenue and 484
590+expenditure estimates. 485
591+[(3) (A) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (C) to (G), 486
592+inclusive, of this subdivision, each interdistrict magnet school operated 487
593+by a regional educational service center that enrolls less than fifty-five 488
594+per cent of the school's students from a single town shall receive a per 489
595+pupil grant in the amount of (i) six thousand two hundred fifty dollars 490
596+for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, (ii) six thousand five hundred 491
597+dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, (iii) seven thousand sixty 492
598+dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, (iv) seven thousand six 493
599+hundred twenty dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2009, to June 494
600+30, 2012, inclusive, (v) seven thousand nine hundred dollars for the 495
601+fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and (vi) 496
602+eight thousand fifty-eight dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, 497
603+and each fiscal year thereafter. 498
604+(B) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (C) to (G), 499
605+inclusive, of this subdivision, each interdistrict magnet school operated 500
606+by a regional educational service center that enrolls at least fifty-five per 501
607+cent of the school's students from a single town shall receive a per pupil 502
608+grant for each enrolled student who is not a resident of the district that 503
609+enrolls at least fifty-five per cent of the school's students in the amount 504
610+of (i) six thousand sixteen dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, 505
611+(ii) six thousand seven hundred thirty dollars for the fiscal years ending 506
612+June 30, 2009, to June 30, 2012, inclusive, (iii) seven thousand eighty-five 507
613+dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2019, 508
614+inclusive, and (iv) seven thousand two hundred twenty-seven dollars 509 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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622+The per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is a resident of the 511
623+district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent of the school's students 512
624+shall be three thousand sixty dollars. 513
625+(C) (i) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2019, 514
626+inclusive, each interdistrict magnet school operated by a regional 515
627+educational service center that began operations for the school year 516
628+commencing July 1, 2001, and that for the school year commencing July 517
629+1, 2008, enrolled at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than eighty per 518
630+cent of the school's students from a single town, shall receive a per pupil 519
631+grant (I) for each enrolled student who is a resident of the district that 520
632+enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than eighty per cent of the 521
633+school's students, up to an amount equal to the total number of such 522
634+enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, in the 523
635+amount of eight thousand one hundred eighty dollars, (II) for each 524
636+enrolled student who is a resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-525
637+five per cent, but not more than eighty per cent of the school's students, 526
638+in an amount greater than the total number of such enrolled students as 527
639+of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, in the amount of three 528
640+thousand dollars, (III) for each enrolled student who is not a resident of 529
641+the district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but no more than 530
642+eighty per cent of the school's students, up to an amount equal to the 531
643+total number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the 532
644+data of record, in the amount of eight thousand one hundred eighty 533
645+dollars, and (IV) for each enrolled student who is not a resident of the 534
646+district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but not more than eighty 535
647+per cent of the school's students, in an amount greater than the total 536
648+number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the data 537
649+of record, in the amount of seven thousand eighty-five dollars. 538
650+(ii) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year 539
651+thereafter, each interdistrict magnet school operated by a regional 540
652+educational service center that began operations for the school year 541
653+commencing July 1, 2001, and that for the school year commencing July 542 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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660+1, 2008, enrolled at least fifty-five per cent, but not more than eighty per 543
661+cent of the school's students from a single town, shall receive a per pupil 544
662+grant (I) for each enrolled student who is a resident of the district that 545
663+enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but not more than eighty per cent of 546
664+the school's students, up to an amount equal to the total number of such 547
665+enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, in the 548
666+amount of eight thousand three hundred forty-four dollars, (II) for each 549
667+enrolled student who is a resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-550
668+five per cent, but not more than eighty per cent of the school's students, 551
669+in an amount greater than the total number of such enrolled students as 552
670+of October 1, 2013, using the data of record, in the amount of three 553
671+thousand sixty dollars, (III) for each enrolled student who is not a 554
672+resident of the district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but no more 555
673+than eighty per cent of the school's students, up to an amount equal to 556
674+the total number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using 557
675+the data of record, in the amount of eight thousand three hundred forty-558
676+four dollars, and (IV) for each enrolled student who is not a resident of 559
677+the district that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent, but not more than 560
678+eighty per cent of the school's students, in an amount greater than the 561
679+total number of such enrolled students as of October 1, 2013, using the 562
680+data of record, in the amount of seven thousand two hundred twenty-563
681+seven dollars. 564
682+(D) (i) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (D)(ii) of this 565
683+subdivision, each interdistrict magnet school operated by (I) a regional 566
684+educational service center, (II) the Board of Trustees of the Community-567
685+Technical Colleges on behalf of a regional community-technical college, 568
686+(III) the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System on 569
687+behalf of a state university, (IV) the Board of Trustees for The University 570
688+of Connecticut on behalf of the university, (V) the board of governors 571
689+for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in 572
690+subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on 573
691+behalf of the independent institution of higher education, except as 574
692+otherwise provided in subparagraph (E) of this subdivision, (VI) 575
693+cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a, (VII) any other 576 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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700+third-party not-for-profit corporation approved by the commissioner, 577
701+and (VIII) the Hartford school district for the operation of Great Path 578
702+Academy on behalf of Manchester Community College, that enrolls less 579
703+than sixty per cent of its students from Hartford shall receive a per pupil 580
704+grant in the amount of nine thousand six hundred ninety-five dollars for 581
705+the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, ten thousand four hundred forty-582
706+three dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2019, 583
707+inclusive, and ten thousand six hundred fifty-two dollars for the fiscal 584
708+year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter. 585
709+(ii) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, to June 30, 2019, 586
710+inclusive, any interdistrict magnet school described in subparagraph 587
711+(D)(i) of this subdivision that enrolls less than fifty per cent of its 588
712+incoming students from Hartford shall receive a per pupil grant in the 589
713+amount of seven thousand nine hundred dollars for one-half of the total 590
714+number of non-Hartford students enrolled in the school over fifty per 591
715+cent of the total school enrollment and shall receive a per pupil grant in 592
716+the amount of ten thousand four hundred forty-three dollars for the 593
717+remainder of the total school enrollment. For the fiscal year ending June 594
718+30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, any interdistrict magnet school 595
719+described in subparagraph (D)(i) of this subdivision that enrolls less 596
720+than fifty per cent of its incoming students from Hartford shall receive 597
721+a per pupil grant in the amount of eight thousand fifty-eight dollars for 598
722+one-half of the total number of non-Hartford students enrolled in the 599
723+school over fifty per cent of the total school enrollment and shall receive 600
724+a per pupil grant in the amount of ten thousand six hundred fifty-two 601
725+dollars for the remainder of the total school enrollment, except the 602
726+commissioner may, upon the written request of an operator of such 603
727+school, waive such fifty per cent enrollment minimum for good cause. 604
728+(E) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and each fiscal year 605
729+thereafter, each interdistrict magnet school operated by the board of 606
730+governors for an independent institution of higher education, as defined 607
731+in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on 608
732+behalf of the independent institution of higher education, that (i) began 609 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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739+operations for the school year commencing July 1, 2014, (ii) enrolls less 610
740+than sixty per cent of its students from Hartford pursuant to the decision 611
741+in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order 612
742+in effect, as determined by the commissioner, and (iii) enrolls students 613
743+at least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a per pupil grant (I) equal 614
744+to sixty-five per cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to 615
745+subparagraph (D) of this subdivision for each student who is enrolled 616
746+at such school for at least two semesters in each school year, and (II) 617
747+equal to thirty-two and one-half per cent of the grant amount 618
748+determined pursuant to subparagraph (D) of this subdivision for each 619
749+student who is enrolled at such school for one semester in each school 620
750+year. 621
751+(F) Each interdistrict magnet school operated by a local or regional 622
752+board of education, pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 623
753+Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, shall receive 624
754+a per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is not a resident of the 625
755+district in the amount of (i) twelve thousand dollars for the fiscal year 626
756+ending June 30, 2010, (ii) thirteen thousand fifty-four dollars for the 627
757+fiscal years ending June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and (iii) 628
758+thirteen thousand three hundred fifteen dollars for the fiscal year ending 629
759+June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter. 630
760+(G) In addition to the grants described in subparagraph (E) of this 631
761+subdivision, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, the commissioner 632
762+may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 633
763+Management and the Finance Advisory Committee, established 634
764+pursuant to section 4-93, provide supplemental grants to the Hartford 635
765+school district of up to one thousand fifty-four dollars for each student 636
766+enrolled at an interdistrict magnet school operated by the Hartford 637
767+school district who is not a resident of such district. 638
768+(H) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year 639
769+thereafter, the half-day Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts 640
770+interdistrict magnet school operated by the Capital Region Education 641
771+Council shall be eligible to receive a per pupil grant equal to sixty-five 642 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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779+subdivision. 644
780+(I) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, to June 30, 2018, inclusive, 645
781+the half-day Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science 646
782+interdistrict magnet school operated by the Capitol Region Education 647
783+Council shall be eligible to receive a per pupil grant equal to six 648
784+thousand seven hundred eighty-seven dollars for (i) students enrolled 649
785+in grades ten to twelve, inclusive, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, 650
786+(ii) students enrolled in grades eleven and twelve for the fiscal year 651
787+ending June 30, 2017, and (iii) students enrolled in grade twelve for the 652
788+fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, 653
789+and each fiscal year thereafter, the half-day Greater Hartford Academy 654
790+of Mathematics and Science interdistrict magnet school shall not be 655
791+eligible for any additional grants pursuant to subsection (c) of this 656
792+section. 657
793+(4) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, and June 30, 2016, the 658
794+department may limit payment to an interdistrict magnet school 659
795+operator to an amount equal to the grant that such magnet school 660
796+operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment level of the 661
797+interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013. Approval of 662
798+funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall be prioritized 663
799+by the department as follows: (A) Increases in enrollment in an 664
800+interdistrict magnet school program that is adding planned new grade 665
801+levels for the school years commencing July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016; (B) 666
802+increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program that 667
803+added planned new grade levels for the school year commencing July 1, 668
804+2014, and was funded during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015; (C) 669
805+increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program that 670
806+is moving into a permanent facility for the school years commencing 671
807+July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2016, inclusive; (D) increases in enrollment in an 672
808+interdistrict magnet school program to ensure compliance with 673
809+subsection (a) of this section; and (E) new enrollments for a new 674
810+interdistrict magnet school program commencing operations on or after 675 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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817+July 1, 2014, pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 676
818+(1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 677
819+commissioner. Any interdistrict magnet school program operating less 678
820+than full-time, but at least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a grant 679
821+equal to sixty-five per cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to 680
822+this subsection. 681
823+(5) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, the department may limit 682
824+payment to an interdistrict magnet school operator to an amount equal 683
825+to the grant that such magnet school operator was eligible to receive 684
826+based on the enrollment level of the interdistrict magnet school program 685
827+on October 1, 2013, or October 1, 2015, whichever is lower. Approval of 686
828+funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall be prioritized 687
829+by the department as follows: (A) Increases in enrollment in an 688
830+interdistrict magnet school program that is adding planned new grade 689
831+levels for the school years commencing July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016; (B) 690
832+increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program that 691
833+added planned new grade levels for the school year commencing July 1, 692
834+2014, and was funded during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015; (C) 693
835+increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program that 694
836+added planned new grade levels for the school year commencing July 1, 695
837+2015, and was funded during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016; and 696
838+(D) increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program to 697
839+ensure compliance with subsection (a) of this section. Any interdistrict 698
840+magnet school program operating less than full-time, but at least half-699
841+time, shall be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-five per cent of the 700
842+grant amount determined pursuant to this subsection. 701
843+(6) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and within available 702
844+appropriations, the department may limit payment to an interdistrict 703
845+magnet school operator to an amount equal to the grant that such 704
846+magnet school operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment 705
847+level of the interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013, 706
848+October 1, 2015, or October 1, 2016, whichever is lower. Approval of 707
849+funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall be prioritized 708 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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857+including increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school 710
858+program as a result of planned and approved new grade levels. Any 711
859+interdistrict magnet school program operating less than full-time, but at 712
860+least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-five per 713
861+cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to this subsection. 714
862+(7) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and within available 715
863+appropriations, the department may limit payment to an interdistrict 716
864+magnet school operator to an amount equal to the grant that such 717
865+magnet school operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment 718
866+level of the interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013, 719
867+October 1, 2015, October 1, 2016, or October 1, 2017, whichever is lower. 720
868+Approval of funding for enrollment above such enrollment level shall 721
869+be prioritized by the department and subject to the commissioner's 722
870+approval, including increases in enrollment in an interdistrict magnet 723
871+school program as a result of planned and approved new grade levels. 724
872+Any interdistrict magnet school program operating less than full-time, 725
873+but at least half-time, shall be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-726
874+five per cent of the grant amount determined pursuant to this 727
875+subsection. 728
876+(8) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and within available 729
877+appropriations, the department may limit payment to an interdistrict 730
878+magnet school operator to an amount equal to the grant that such 731
879+magnet school operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment 732
880+level of the interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013, 733
881+October 1, 2015, October 1, 2016, October 1, 2017, or October 1, 2018, 734
882+whichever is lower. Approval of funding for enrollment above such 735
883+enrollment level shall be prioritized by the department and subject to 736
884+the commissioner's approval, including increases in enrollment in an 737
885+interdistrict magnet school program as a result of planned and 738
886+approved new grade levels. Any interdistrict magnet school program 739
887+operating less than full-time, but at least half-time, shall be eligible to 740
888+receive a grant equal to sixty-five per cent of the grant amount 741 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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896+(9) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, and within available 743
897+appropriations, the department may limit payment to an interdistrict 744
898+magnet school operator to an amount equal to the grant that such 745
899+magnet school operator was eligible to receive based on the enrollment 746
900+level of the interdistrict magnet school program on October 1, 2013, 747
901+October 1, 2015, October 1, 2016, October 1, 2017, October 1, 2018, or 748
902+October 1, 2019, whichever is lower. Approval of funding for enrollment 749
903+above such enrollment level shall be prioritized by the department and 750
904+subject to the commissioner's approval, including increases in 751
905+enrollment in an interdistrict magnet school program as a result of 752
906+planned and approved new grade levels. Any interdistrict magnet 753
907+school program operating less than full-time, but at least half-time, shall 754
908+be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-five per cent of the grant 755
909+amount determined pursuant to this subsection.] 756
910+[(10)] (4) Within available appropriations, the commissioner may 757
911+make grants to the following entities that operate an interdistrict magnet 758
912+school that assists the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the 759
913+decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation 760
914+or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner and that provide 761
915+academic support programs and summer school educational programs 762
916+approved by the commissioner to students participating in such 763
917+interdistrict magnet school program: (A) Regional educational service 764
918+centers, (B) local and regional boards of education, (C) the Board of 765
919+Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of a regional 766
920+community-technical college, (D) the Board of Trustees of the 767
921+Connecticut State University System on behalf of a state university, (E) 768
922+the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut on behalf of the 769
923+university, (F) the board of governors for an independent institution of 770
924+higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the 771
925+equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of 772
926+higher education, (G) cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-773
927+158a, and (H) any other third-party not-for-profit corporation approved 774 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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935+[(11)] (5) Within available appropriations, the Commissioner of 776
936+Education may make grants, in an amount not to exceed seventy-five 777
937+thousand dollars, for start-up costs associated with the development of 778
938+new interdistrict magnet school programs that assist the state in meeting 779
939+its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 780
940+(1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 781
941+commissioner, to the following entities that develop such a program: (A) 782
942+Regional educational service centers, (B) local and regional boards of 783
943+education, (C) the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical 784
944+Colleges on behalf of a regional community-technical college, (D) the 785
945+Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System on behalf 786
946+of a state university, (E) the Board of Trustees for The University of 787
947+Connecticut on behalf of the university, (F) the board of governors for 788
948+an independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection 789
949+(a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the 790
950+independent institution of higher education, (G) cooperative 791
951+arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a, and (H) any other third-party 792
952+not-for-profit corporation approved by the commissioner. 793
953+[(12)] (6) In no case shall the total grant paid to an interdistrict magnet 794
954+school operator pursuant to this section exceed the aggregate total of the 795
955+reasonable operating budgets of the interdistrict magnet school 796
956+programs of such operator, less revenues from other sources. 797
957+(d) [(1)] Grants made pursuant to this section [, except those made 798
958+pursuant to subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of this section and 799
959+subdivision (2) of this subsection,] and section 2 of this act shall be paid 800
960+as follows: Seventy per cent not later than September first and the 801
961+balance not later than May first of each fiscal year. The May first 802
962+payment shall be adjusted to reflect actual interdistrict magnet school 803
963+program enrollment as of the preceding October first using the data of 804
964+record as of the intervening January thirty-first, if the actual level of 805
965+enrollment is lower than the projected enrollment stated in the 806
966+approved grant application. The May first payment shall be further 807 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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973+adjusted for the difference between the total grant received by the 808
974+magnet school operator in the prior fiscal year and the revised total 809
975+grant amount calculated for the prior fiscal year in cases where the 810
976+aggregate financial audit submitted by the interdistrict magnet school 811
977+operator pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (n) of this section 812
978+indicates an overpayment by the department. Notwithstanding the 813
979+provisions of this section to the contrary, grants made pursuant to this 814
980+section may be paid to each interdistrict magnet school operator as an 815
981+aggregate total of the amount that the interdistrict magnet schools 816
982+operated by each such operator are eligible to receive under this section. 817
983+Each interdistrict magnet school operator may distribute such aggregate 818
984+grant among the interdistrict magnet school programs that such 819
985+operator is operating pursuant to a distribution plan approved by the 820
986+Commissioner of Education. 821
987+[(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year 822
988+thereafter, grants made pursuant to subparagraph (E) of subdivision (3) 823
989+of subsection (c) of this section shall be paid as follows: Fifty per cent of 824
990+the amount not later than September first based on estimated student 825
991+enrollment for the first semester on September first, and another fifty 826
992+per cent not later than May first of each fiscal year based on actual 827
993+student enrollment for the second semester on February first. The May 828
994+first payment shall be adjusted to reflect actual interdistrict magnet 829
995+school program enrollment for those students who have been enrolled 830
996+at such school for at least two semesters of the school year, using the 831
997+data of record, and actual student enrollment for those students who 832
998+have been enrolled at such school for only one semester, using data of 833
999+record. The May first payment shall be further adjusted for the 834
1000+difference between the total grant received by the magnet school 835
1001+operator in the prior fiscal year and the revised total grant amount 836
1002+calculated for the prior fiscal year where the financial audit submitted 837
1003+by the interdistrict magnet school operator pursuant to subdivision (1) 838
1004+of subsection (n) of this section indicates an overpayment by the 839
1005+department.] 840 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1012+(e) The Department of Education may retain up to one-half of one per 841
1013+cent of the amount appropriated, in an amount not to exceed five 842
1014+hundred thousand dollars, for purposes of this section for program 843
1015+evaluation and administration. 844
1016+(f) Each local or regional school district in which an interdistrict 845
1017+magnet school is located shall provide the same kind of transportation 846
1018+to its children enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school as it provides 847
1019+to its children enrolled in other public schools in such local or regional 848
1020+school district. The parent or guardian of a child denied the 849
1021+transportation services required to be provided pursuant to this 850
1022+subsection may appeal such denial in the manner provided in sections 851
1023+10-186 and 10-187. 852
1024+(g) On or before October fifteenth of each year, the Commissioner of 853
1025+Education shall determine if interdistrict magnet school enrollment is 854
1026+below the number of students for which funds were appropriated. If the 855
1027+commissioner determines that the enrollment is below such number, the 856
1028+additional funds shall not lapse but shall be used by the commissioner 857
1029+for grants for interdistrict cooperative programs pursuant to section 10-858
1030+74d. 859
1031+(h) (1) In the case of a student identified as requiring special 860
1032+education, the school district in which the student resides shall: (A) 861
1033+Hold the planning and placement team meeting for such student and 862
1034+shall invite representatives from the interdistrict magnet school to 863
1035+participate in such meeting; and (B) pay the interdistrict magnet school 864
1036+an amount equal to the difference between the reasonable cost of 865
1037+educating such student and the sum of the amount received by the 866
1038+interdistrict magnet school for such student pursuant to subsection (c) 867
1039+of this section and amounts received from other state, federal, local or 868
1040+private sources calculated on a per pupil basis. Such school district shall 869
1041+be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to section 10-76g. If a student 870
1042+requiring special education attends an interdistrict magnet school on a 871
1043+full-time basis, such interdistrict magnet school shall be responsible for 872
1044+ensuring that such student receives the services mandated by the 873 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1051+student's individualized education program whether such services are 874
1052+provided by the interdistrict magnet school or by the school district in 875
1053+which the student resides. 876
1054+(2) In the case of a student with a plan pursuant to Section 504 of the 877
1055+Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended from time to time, the school 878
1056+district in which the student resides shall pay the interdistrict magnet 879
1057+school an amount equal to the difference between the reasonable cost of 880
1058+educating such student and the sum of the amount received by the 881
1059+interdistrict magnet school for such student pursuant to subsection (c) 882
1060+of this section and amounts received from other state, federal, local or 883
1061+private sources calculated on a per pupil basis. If a student with a plan 884
1062+pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended 885
1063+from time to time, attends an interdistrict magnet school on a full-time 886
1064+basis, such interdistrict magnet school shall be responsible for ensuring 887
1065+that such student receives the services mandated by the student's plan, 888
1066+whether such services are provided by the interdistrict magnet school 889
1067+or by the school district in which the student resides. 890
1068+(i) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the 891
1069+enrollment of nonpublic school students in an interdistrict magnet 892
1070+school program that operates less than full-time, provided (1) such 893
1071+students constitute no more than five per cent of the full-time equivalent 894
1072+enrollment in such magnet school program, and (2) such students are 895
1073+not counted for purposes of determining the amount of grants pursuant 896
1074+to this section and section 10-264i. 897
1075+(j) After accommodating students from participating districts in 898
1076+accordance with an approved enrollment agreement, an interdistrict 899
1077+magnet school operator that has unused student capacity may enroll 900
1078+directly into its program any interested student. A student from a 901
1079+district that is not participating in an interdistrict magnet school or the 902
1080+interdistrict student attendance program pursuant to section 10-266aa, 903
1081+as amended by this act, to an extent determined by the Commissioner 904
1082+of Education shall be given preference. [The local or regional board of 905
1083+education otherwise responsible for educating such student shall 906 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1090+contribute funds to support the operation of the interdistrict magnet 907
1091+school in an amount equal to the per student tuition, if any, charged to 908
1092+participating districts.] 909
1093+[(k) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year 910
1094+thereafter, any tuition charged to a local or regional board of education 911
1095+by a regional educational service center operating an interdistrict 912
1096+magnet school or any tuition charged by the Hartford school district 913
1097+operating the Great Path Academy on behalf of Manchester Community 914
1098+College for any student enrolled in kindergarten to grade twelve, 915
1099+inclusive, in such interdistrict magnet school shall be in an amount equal 916
1100+to the difference between (A) the average per pupil expenditure of the 917
1101+magnet school for the prior fiscal year, and (B) the amount of any per 918
1102+pupil state subsidy calculated under subsection (c) of this section plus 919
1103+any revenue from other sources calculated on a per pupil basis. If any 920
1104+such board of education fails to pay such tuition, the commissioner may 921
1105+withhold from such board's town or towns a sum payable under section 922
1106+10-262i in an amount not to exceed the amount of the unpaid tuition to 923
1107+the magnet school and pay such money to the fiscal agent for the magnet 924
1108+school as a supplementary grant for the operation of the interdistrict 925
1109+magnet school program. In no case shall the sum of such tuitions exceed 926
1110+the difference between (i) the total expenditures of the magnet school 927
1111+for the prior fiscal year, and (ii) the total per pupil state subsidy 928
1112+calculated under subsection (c) of this section plus any revenue from 929
1113+other sources. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive 930
1114+financial review of the operating budget of a magnet school to verify 931
1115+such tuition rate. 932
1116+(2) (A) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, and June 30, 2014, a 933
1117+regional educational service center operating an interdistrict magnet 934
1118+school offering a preschool program that is not located in the Sheff 935
1119+region may charge tuition to the Department of Education for a child 936
1120+enrolled in such preschool program in an amount not to exceed an 937
1121+amount equal to the difference between (i) the average per pupil 938
1122+expenditure of the preschool program offered at the magnet school for 939 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1129+the prior fiscal year, and (ii) the amount of any per pupil state subsidy 940
1130+calculated under subsection (c) of this section plus any revenue from 941
1131+other sources calculated on a per pupil basis. The commissioner may 942
1132+conduct a comprehensive financial review of the operating budget of 943
1133+any such magnet school charging such tuition to verify such tuition rate. 944
1134+For purposes of this subdivision, "Sheff region" means the school 945
1135+districts for the towns of Avon, Bloomfield, Canton, East Granby, East 946
1136+Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, 947
1137+Hartford, Manchester, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, South 948
1138+Windsor, Suffield, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor and 949
1139+Windsor Locks. 950
1140+(B) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, a regional educational 951
1141+service center operating an interdistrict magnet school offering a 952
1142+preschool program that is not located in the Sheff region may charge 953
1143+tuition to the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in such preschool 954
1144+program in an amount that is in accordance with the sliding tuition scale 955
1145+adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-264p. 956
1146+The Department of Education shall be financially responsible for any 957
1147+unpaid portion of the tuition not charged to such parent or guardian 958
1148+under such sliding tuition scale. Such tuition shall not exceed an amount 959
1149+equal to the difference between (i) the average per pupil expenditure of 960
1150+the preschool program offered at the magnet school for the prior fiscal 961
1151+year, and (ii) the amount of any per pupil state subsidy calculated under 962
1152+subsection (c) of this section plus any revenue from other sources 963
1153+calculated on a per pupil basis. The commissioner may conduct a 964
1154+comprehensive financial review of the operating budget of any such 965
1155+magnet school charging such tuition to verify such tuition rate.] 966
1156+[(C)] (k) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year 967
1157+thereafter, a regional educational service center operating an 968
1158+interdistrict magnet school offering a preschool program that is not 969
1159+located in the Sheff region shall charge tuition to the parent or guardian 970
1160+of a child enrolled in such preschool program in an amount up to four 971
1161+thousand fifty-three dollars, except such regional educational service 972 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1168+center shall not charge tuition to such parent or guardian with a family 973
1169+income at or below seventy-five per cent of the state median income. 974
1170+The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, be 975
1171+financially responsible for any unpaid tuition charged to such parent or 976
1172+guardian with a family income at or below seventy-five per cent of the 977
1173+state median income. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive 978
1174+financial review of the operating budget of any such magnet school 979
1175+charging such tuition to verify such tuition rate. 980
1176+(l) A participating district shall provide opportunities for its students 981
1177+to attend an interdistrict magnet school in a number that is at least equal 982
1178+to the number specified in any written agreement with an interdistrict 983
1179+magnet school operator or in a number that is at least equal to the 984
1180+average number of students that the participating district enrolled in 985
1181+such magnet school during the previous three school years. 986
1182+(m) (1) On or before May 15, 2010, and annually thereafter, each 987
1183+interdistrict magnet school operator shall provide written notification to 988
1184+any school district that is otherwise responsible for educating a student 989
1185+who resides in such school district and will be enrolled in an interdistrict 990
1186+magnet school under the operator's control for the following school 991
1187+year. Such notification shall include (A) the number of any such 992
1188+students, by grade, who will be enrolled in an interdistrict magnet 993
1189+school under the control of such operator, (B) the name of the school in 994
1190+which such student has been placed, and (C) the amount of tuition to be 995
1191+charged to the local or regional board of education for such student. 996
1192+Such notification shall represent an estimate of the number of students 997
1193+expected to attend such interdistrict magnet schools in the following 998
1194+school year, but shall not be deemed to limit the number of students 999
1195+who may enroll in such interdistrict magnet schools for such year. 1000
1196+(2) For the school year commencing July 1, [2015] 2024, and each 1001
1197+school year thereafter, any interdistrict magnet school operator that is a 1002
1198+local or regional board of education [and did] shall not charge tuition to 1003
1199+[a] another local or regional board of education. [for the school year 1004
1200+commencing July 1, 2014, may not charge tuition to such board unless 1005 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1208+Education to charge the proposed tuition, and (B) if such authorization 1007
1209+is granted, such operator provides written notification on or before 1008
1210+September first of the school year prior to the school year in which such 1009
1211+tuition is to be charged to such board of the tuition to be charged to such 1010
1212+board for each student that such board is otherwise responsible for 1011
1213+educating and is enrolled at the interdistrict magnet school under such 1012
1214+operator's control. In deciding whether to authorize an interdistrict 1013
1215+magnet school operator to charge tuition under this subdivision, the 1014
1216+commissioner shall consider (i) the average per pupil expenditure of 1015
1217+such operator for each interdistrict magnet school under the control of 1016
1218+such operator, and (ii) the amount of any per pupil state subsidy and 1017
1219+any revenue from other sources received by such operator. The 1018
1220+commissioner may conduct a comprehensive financial review of the 1019
1221+operating budget of the magnet school of such operator to verify that 1020
1222+the tuition is appropriate. The provisions of this subdivision shall not 1021
1223+apply to any interdistrict magnet school operator that is a regional 1022
1224+educational service center or assisting the state in meeting its obligations 1023
1225+pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any 1024
1226+related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the 1025
1227+Commissioner of Education.] 1026
1228+(3) Not later than two weeks following an enrollment lottery for an 1027
1229+interdistrict magnet school conducted by a magnet school operator, the 1028
1230+parent or guardian of a student (A) who will enroll in such interdistrict 1029
1231+magnet school in the following school year, or (B) whose name has been 1030
1232+placed on a waiting list for enrollment in such interdistrict magnet 1031
1233+school for the following school year, shall provide written notification 1032
1234+of such prospective enrollment or waiting list placement to the school 1033
1235+district in which such student resides and is otherwise responsible for 1034
1236+educating such student. 1035
1237+(n) (1) Each interdistrict magnet school operator shall annually file 1036
1238+with the Commissioner of Education, at such time and in such manner 1037
1239+as the commissioner prescribes, (A) a financial audit for each 1038 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1246+interdistrict magnet school operated by such operator, and (B) an 1039
1247+aggregate financial audit for all of the interdistrict magnet schools 1040
1248+operated by such operator. 1041
1249+(2) Annually, the commissioner shall randomly select one 1042
1250+interdistrict magnet school operated by a regional educational service 1043
1251+center to be subject to a comprehensive financial audit conducted by an 1044
1252+auditor selected by the commissioner. The regional educational service 1045
1253+center shall be responsible for all costs associated with the audit 1046
1254+conducted pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. 1047
1255+(o) For the school [years commencing July 1, 2009, to July 1, 2018, 1048
1256+inclusive] year commencing July 1, 2024, and each school year 1049
1257+thereafter, any local or regional board of education operating an 1050
1258+interdistrict magnet school pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 1051
1259+238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, shall not 1052
1260+charge tuition for any student enrolled in [a preschool program or in] 1053
1261+kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, in an interdistrict magnet 1054
1262+school operated by such school district. [, except the Hartford school 1055
1263+district may charge tuition for any student enrolled in the Great Path 1056
1264+Academy.] 1057
1265+[(p) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year 1058
1266+thereafter, if the East Hartford school district or the Manchester school 1059
1267+district has greater than four per cent of its resident students, as defined 1060
1268+in section 10-262f, enrolled in an interdistrict magnet school program, 1061
1269+then the board of education for the town of East Hartford or the town of 1062
1270+Manchester shall not be financially responsible for four thousand four 1063
1271+hundred dollars of the portion of the per student tuition charged for 1064
1272+each such student in excess of such four per cent. The Department of 1065
1273+Education shall, within available appropriations, be financially 1066
1274+responsible for such excess per student tuition. Notwithstanding the 1067
1275+provisions of this subsection, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, 1068
1276+and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grants payable to the 1069
1277+boards of education for the towns of East Hartford and Manchester in 1070
1278+accordance with this subsection shall be reduced proportionately if the 1071 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1285+total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for 1072
1286+purposes of this subsection. 1073
1287+(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, if the local or regional 1074
1288+board of education for (A) a town located in the Sheff region, as defined 1075
1289+in subsection (k) of this section, other than a local board of education 1076
1290+described in subdivision (1) of this subsection, (B) the town of New 1077
1291+Britain, and (C) the town of New London, has greater than four per cent 1078
1292+of its resident students, as defined in section 10-262f, enrolled in an 1079
1293+interdistrict magnet school program, then such board of education shall 1080
1294+not be financially responsible for four thousand four hundred dollars of 1081
1295+the portion of the per student tuition charged for each such student in 1082
1296+excess of such four per cent. The Department of Education shall, within 1083
1297+available appropriations, be financially responsible for such excess per 1084
1298+student tuition. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, for 1085
1299+the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the amount of the grants payable to 1086
1300+any such board of education in accordance with this subsection shall be 1087
1301+reduced proportionately if the total of such grants in such year exceeds 1088
1302+the amount allocated for said year in accordance with the provisions of 1089
1303+special act 21-1, from the federal funds designated for the state pursuant 1090
1304+to the provisions of section 602 of Subtitle M of Title IX of the American 1091
1305+Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, as amended from time to time, for 1092
1306+purposes of this subsection.] 1093
1307+Sec. 5. Subsection (b) of section 10-264o of the general statutes is 1094
1308+repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1095
1309+2024): 1096
1310+(b) [For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year 1097
1311+thereafter, any tuition charged to a local or regional board of education 1098
1312+by] Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of 1099
1313+section 10-264l, as amended by this act, for the fiscal year ending June 1100
1314+30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, a regional educational service 1101
1315+center operating an interdistrict magnet school assisting the state in 1102
1316+meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 1103
1317+Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as 1104 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1324+determined by the Commissioner of Education, shall not charge tuition 1105
1325+to a local or regional board of education for any student enrolled in 1106
1326+kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, in such interdistrict magnet 1107
1327+school. [shall be in an amount equal to the difference between (1) the 1108
1328+average per pupil expenditure of the magnet school for the prior fiscal 1109
1329+year, and (2) the amount of any per pupil state subsidy calculated under 1110
1330+subsection (c) of section 10-264l, plus any revenue from other sources 1111
1331+calculated on a per pupil basis. If any such board of education fails to 1112
1332+pay such tuition, the commissioner may withhold from such board's 1113
1333+town or towns a sum payable under section 10-262i in an amount not to 1114
1334+exceed the amount of the unpaid tuition to the magnet school and pay 1115
1335+such money to the fiscal agent for the magnet school as a supplementary 1116
1336+grant for the operation of the interdistrict magnet school program. In no 1117
1337+case shall the sum of such tuitions exceed the difference between (A) the 1118
1338+total expenditures of the magnet school for the prior fiscal year, and (B) 1119
1339+the total per pupil state subsidy calculated under subsection (c) of 1120
1340+section 10-264l, plus any revenue from other sources. The commissioner 1121
1341+may conduct a comprehensive review of the operating budget of a 1122
1342+magnet school to verify such tuition rate.] 1123
1343+Sec. 6. Subsection (d) of section 10-66ee of the general statutes is 1124
1344+repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1125
1345+2023): 1126
1346+(d) (1) As used in this subsection: 1127
1347+(A) "Total charter need students" means the sum of (i) the number of 1128
1348+students enrolled in state charter schools under the control of the 1129
1349+governing authority for such state charter schools for the school year, 1130
1350+and (ii) for the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and each school 1131
1351+year thereafter, (I) thirty per cent of the number of children enrolled in 1132
1352+such state charter schools eligible for free or reduced price meals or free 1133
1353+milk, (II) fifteen per cent of the number of such children eligible for free 1134
1354+or reduced price meals or free milk in excess of the number of such 1135
1355+children eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk that is equal 1136
1356+to sixty per cent of the total number of children enrolled in such state 1137 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1363+charter schools, and (III) twenty-five per cent of the number of students 1138
1364+enrolled in such state charter schools who are English language learners, 1139
1365+as defined in section 10-76kk. 1140
1366+(B) "Foundation" [has the same meaning as provided in section 10-1141
1367+262f] means (i) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 1142
1368+2025, eleven thousand five hundred twenty-five dollars, (ii) for the fiscal 1143
1369+year ending June 30, 2026, eleven thousand five hundred twenty-five 1144
1370+dollars adjusted by the percentage increase in personal income, as 1145
1371+defined in section 2-33a, or the percentage increase in inflation, as 1146
1372+defined in section 2-33a, whichever is greater, and (iii) for the fiscal year 1147
1373+ending June 30, 2027, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the 1148
1374+foundation for the prior fiscal year adjusted by the percentage increase 1149
1375+in personal income, as defined in section 2-33a, or the percentage 1150
1376+increase in inflation, as defined in section 2-33a, whichever is greater. 1151
1377+(C) "Charter full weighted funding per student" means the quotient 1152
1378+of (i) the product of the total charter need students and the foundation, 1153
1379+and (ii) the number of students enrolled in state charter schools under 1154
1380+the control of the governing authority for such state charter schools for 1155
1381+the school year. 1156
1382+(D) "Charter grant adjustment" means the absolute value of the 1157
1383+difference between the foundation and charter full weighted funding 1158
1384+per student for state charter schools under the control of the governing 1159
1385+authority for such state charter schools for the school year. 1160
1386+(2) For the fiscal year ending July 1, 2022, the state shall pay in 1161
1387+accordance with this subsection, to the fiscal authority for a state charter 1162
1388+school for each student enrolled in such school, the foundation plus four 1163
1389+and one-tenth per cent of its charter grant adjustment. 1164
1390+(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the state shall pay in 1165
1391+accordance with this subsection, to the fiscal authority for a state charter 1166
1392+school for each student enrolled in such school, the foundation plus 1167
1393+twenty-five and forty-two-one-hundredths per cent of its charter grant 1168 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1401+(4) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the state shall pay in 1170
1402+accordance with this subsection, to the fiscal authority for a state charter 1171
1403+school for each student enrolled in such school, the foundation plus 1172
1404+thirty-six and eight-one-hundredths per cent of its charter grant 1173
1405+adjustment. 1174
1406+(5) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year 1175
1407+thereafter, the state shall pay in accordance with this subsection, to the 1176
1408+fiscal authority for a state charter school, the product of the foundation 1177
1409+and its total charter need students. 1178
1410+[(4)] (6) Payments under subdivisions (2) [and (3)] to (5), inclusive, of 1179
1411+this subsection shall be paid as follows: Twenty-five per cent of the 1180
1412+amount not later than July fifteenth and September first based on 1181
1413+estimated student enrollment on May first, and twenty-five per cent of 1182
1414+the amount not later than January first and the remaining amount not 1183
1415+later than April first, each based on student enrollment on October first. 1184
1416+[(5)] (7) In the case of a student identified as requiring special 1185
1417+education, the school district in which the student resides shall: (A) 1186
1418+Hold the planning and placement team meeting for such student and 1187
1419+shall invite representatives from the charter school to participate in such 1188
1420+meeting; and (B) pay the state charter school, on a quarterly basis, an 1189
1421+amount equal to the difference between the reasonable cost of educating 1190
1422+such student and the sum of the amount received by the state charter 1191
1423+school for such student pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection 1192
1424+and amounts received from other state, federal, local or private sources 1193
1425+calculated on a per pupil basis. Such school district shall be eligible for 1194
1426+reimbursement pursuant to section 10-76g. The charter school a student 1195
1427+requiring special education attends shall be responsible for ensuring 1196
1428+that such student receives the services mandated by the student's 1197
1429+individualized education program whether such services are provided 1198
1430+by the charter school or by the school district in which the student 1199
1431+resides. 1200 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1438+Sec. 7. Section 10-65 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1201
1439+following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 1202
1440+(a) Each local or regional school district operating an agricultural 1203
1441+science and technology education center approved by the State Board of 1204
1442+Education for program, educational need, location and area to be served 1205
1443+shall be eligible for the following grants: (1) In accordance with the 1206
1444+provisions of chapter 173, through progress payments in accordance 1207
1445+with the provisions of section 10-287i, (A) for projects for which an 1208
1446+application was filed prior to July 1, 2011, ninety-five per cent, and (B) 1209
1447+for projects for which an application was filed on or after July 1, 2011, 1210
1448+eighty per cent of the net eligible costs of constructing, acquiring, 1211
1449+renovating and equipping approved facilities to be used exclusively for 1212
1450+such agricultural science and technology education center, for the 1213
1451+expansion or improvement of existing facilities or for the replacement 1214
1452+or improvement of equipment therein, and (2) subject to the provisions 1215
1453+of section 10-65b, [and within available appropriations, in an amount 1216
1454+equal to five thousand two hundred dollars per student for every 1217
1455+secondary school student who was enrolled in such center on October 1218
1456+first of the previous year] for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and 1219
1457+each fiscal year thereafter, a grant equal to the amount such board is 1220
1458+entitled to receive under the provisions of section 2 of this act. 1221
1459+(b) Each local or regional board of education not maintaining an 1222
1460+agricultural science and technology education center shall provide 1223
1461+opportunities for its students to enroll in one or more such centers. [in a 1224
1462+number that is at least equal to the number specified in any written 1225
1463+agreement with each such center or centers, or in the absence of such an 1226
1464+agreement, a number that is at least equal to the average number of its 1227
1465+students that the board of education enrolled in each such center or 1228
1466+centers during the previous three school years, provided, in addition to 1229
1467+such number, each such board of education shall provide opportunities 1230
1468+for its students to enroll in the ninth grade in a number that is at least 1231
1469+equal to the number specified in any written agreement with each such 1232
1470+center or centers, or in the absence of such an agreement, a number that 1233 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1477+is at least equal to the average number of students that the board of 1234
1478+education enrolled in the ninth grade in each such center or centers 1235
1479+during the previous three school years.] If a local or regional board of 1236
1480+education provided opportunities for students to enroll in more than 1237
1481+one center for the school year commencing July 1, 2007, such board of 1238
1482+education shall continue to provide such opportunities to students in 1239
1483+accordance with this subsection. The board of education operating an 1240
1484+agricultural science and technology education center [may] shall not 1241
1485+charge, subject to the provisions of section 10-65b, tuition [for a school 1242
1486+year in an amount not to exceed fifty-nine and two-tenths per cent of the 1243
1487+foundation level pursuant to subdivision (9) of section 10-262f, per 1244
1488+student for the fiscal year in which the tuition is paid] to another local 1245
1489+or regional board of education, except that such board may charge 1246
1490+tuition for [(1) students enrolled under shared-time arrangements on a 1247
1491+pro rata basis, and (2)] special education students which shall not exceed 1248
1492+the actual costs of educating such students minus the amounts received 1249
1493+pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section. [and 1250
1494+subsection (c) of this section.] Any tuition paid by such board for special 1251
1495+education students [in excess of the tuition paid for non-special-1252
1496+education students] shall be reimbursed pursuant to section 10-76g. 1253
1497+[(c) In addition to the grants described in subsection (a) of this section, 1254
1498+within available appropriations, (1) each local or regional board of 1255
1499+education operating an agricultural science and technology education 1256
1500+center in which more than one hundred fifty of the students in the prior 1257
1501+school year were out-of-district students shall be eligible to receive a 1258
1502+grant in an amount equal to five hundred dollars for every secondary 1259
1503+school student enrolled in such center on October first of the previous 1260
1504+year, (2) on and after July 1, 2000, if a local or regional board of education 1261
1505+operating an agricultural science and technology education center that 1262
1506+received a grant pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection no longer 1263
1507+qualifies for such a grant, such local or regional board of education shall 1264
1508+receive a grant in an amount determined as follows: (A) For the first 1265
1509+fiscal year such board of education does not qualify for a grant under 1266
1510+said subdivision (1), a grant in the amount equal to four hundred dollars 1267 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1517+for every secondary school student enrolled in its agricultural science 1268
1518+and technology education center on October first of the previous year, 1269
1519+(B) for the second successive fiscal year such board of education does 1270
1520+not so qualify, a grant in an amount equal to three hundred dollars for 1271
1521+every such secondary school student enrolled in such center on said 1272
1522+date, (C) for the third successive fiscal year such board of education does 1273
1523+not so qualify, a grant in an amount equal to two hundred dollars for 1274
1524+every such secondary school student enrolled in such center on said 1275
1525+date, and (D) for the fourth successive fiscal year such board of 1276
1526+education does not so qualify, a grant in an amount equal to one 1277
1527+hundred dollars for every such secondary school student enrolled in 1278
1528+such center on said date, and (3) each local and regional board of 1279
1529+education operating an agricultural science and technology education 1280
1530+center that does not receive a grant pursuant to subdivision (1) or (2) of 1281
1531+this subsection shall receive a grant in an amount equal to sixty dollars 1282
1532+for every secondary school student enrolled in such center on said date. 1283
1533+(d) (1) If there are any remaining funds after the amount of the grants 1284
1534+described in subsections (a) and (c) of this section are calculated, within 1285
1535+available appropriations, each local or regional board of education 1286
1536+operating an agricultural science and technology education center shall 1287
1537+be eligible to receive a grant in an amount equal to one hundred dollars 1288
1538+for each student enrolled in such center on October first of the previous 1289
1539+school year. (2) If there are any remaining funds after the amount of the 1290
1540+grants described in subdivision (1) of this subsection are calculated, 1291
1541+within available appropriations, each local or regional board of 1292
1542+education operating an agricultural science and technology education 1293
1543+center that had more than one hundred fifty out-of-district students 1294
1544+enrolled in such center on October first of the previous school year shall 1295
1545+be eligible to receive a grant based on the ratio of the number of out-of-1296
1546+district students in excess of one hundred fifty out-of-district students 1297
1547+enrolled in such center on said date to the total number of out-of-district 1298
1548+students in excess of one hundred fifty out-of-district students enrolled 1299
1549+in all agricultural science and technology education centers that had in 1300
1550+excess of one hundred fifty out-of-district students enrolled on said 1301 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1557+date. 1302
1558+(e) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, and June 30, 2013, the 1303
1559+Department of Education shall allocate five hundred thousand dollars 1304
1560+to local or regional boards of education operating an agricultural science 1305
1561+and technology education center in accordance with the provisions of 1306
1562+subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of this section.] 1307
1563+[(f)] (c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year 1308
1564+thereafter, if a local or regional board of education receives an increase 1309
1565+in funds pursuant to this section over the amount it received for the 1310
1566+prior fiscal year such increase shall not be used to supplant local funding 1311
1567+for educational purposes. 1312
1568+[(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10-51 and 10-222, for 1313
1569+the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2017, inclusive, any 1314
1570+amount received by a local or regional board of education pursuant to 1315
1571+subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section that exceeds the amount 1316
1572+appropriated for education by the municipality or the amount in the 1317
1573+budget approved by such regional board of education for purposes of 1318
1574+said subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, shall be available 1319
1575+for use by such local or regional board of education, provided such 1320
1576+excess amount is spent in accordance with the provisions of subdivision 1321
1577+(2) of subsection (a) of this section.] 1322
1578+(d) For the purposes of equalization aid under section 10-262h, as 1323
1579+amended by this act, a student enrolled in an agricultural science and 1324
1580+technology education center shall be counted as a resident student, as 1325
1581+defined in section 10-262f, as amended by this act, of the town in which 1326
1582+such student resides. 1327
1583+Sec. 8. Subsection (d) of section 10-64 of the general statutes is 1328
1584+repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1329
1585+2024): 1330
1586+(d) Any local or regional board of education which does not furnish 1331
1587+agricultural science and technology education approved by the State 1332 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1594+Board of Education shall designate a school or schools having such a 1333
1595+course approved by the State Board of Education as the school which 1334
1596+any person may attend who has completed an elementary school course 1335
1597+through the eighth grade. The board of education shall pay the [tuition 1336
1598+and] reasonable and necessary cost of transportation of any person 1337
1599+under twenty-one years of age who is not a graduate of a high school or 1338
1600+technical education and career school or an agricultural science and 1339
1601+technology education center and who attends the designated school, 1340
1602+provided transportation services may be suspended in accordance with 1341
1603+the provisions of section 10-233c. Each such board's reimbursement 1342
1604+percentage pursuant to section 10-266m for expenditures in excess of 1343
1605+eight hundred dollars per pupil incurred in the fiscal year beginning 1344
1606+July 1, 2004, and in each fiscal year thereafter, shall be increased by an 1345
1607+additional twenty percentage points. 1346
1608+Sec. 9. Subsection (b) of section 10-97 of the general statutes is 1347
1609+repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1348
1610+2024): 1349
1611+(b) Any local or regional board of education which does not furnish 1350
1612+agricultural science and technology education approved by the State 1351
1613+Board of Education shall designate a school or schools having such a 1352
1614+course approved by the State Board of Education as the school which 1353
1615+any person may attend who has completed an elementary school course 1354
1616+through the eighth grade. The board of education shall pay the [tuition 1355
1617+and] reasonable and necessary cost of transportation of any person 1356
1618+under twenty-one years of age who is not a graduate of a high school or 1357
1619+technical education and career school and who attends the designated 1358
1620+school, provided transportation services may be suspended in 1359
1621+accordance with the provisions of section 10-233c. Each such board's 1360
1622+reimbursement percentage pursuant to section 10 -266m for 1361
1623+expenditures in excess of eight hundred dollars per pupil incurred in 1362
1624+the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 1363
1625+shall be increased by an additional twenty percentage points. 1364
1626+Sec. 10. Subsection (g) of section 10-266aa of the general statutes is 1365 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1633+repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1366
1634+2024): 1367
1635+[(g) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3) of this 1368
1636+subsection, the Department of Education shall provide, within available 1369
1637+appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board of 1370
1638+education for each receiving district in an amount not to exceed two 1371
1639+thousand five hundred dollars for each out-of-district student who 1372
1640+attends school in the receiving district under the program. 1373
1641+(2) (A) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year 1374
1642+thereafter, the department shall provide, within avai lable 1375
1643+appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board of 1376
1644+education for each receiving district if one of the following conditions 1377
1645+are met as follows: (i) Three thousand dollars for each out-of-district 1378
1646+student who attends school in the receiving district under the program 1379
1647+if the number of such out-of-district students is less than two per cent of 1380
1648+the total student population of such receiving district plus any amount 1381
1649+available pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, (ii) four 1382
1650+thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in 1383
1651+the receiving district under the program if the number of such out-of-1384
1652+district students is greater than or equal to two per cent but less than 1385
1653+three per cent of the total student population of such receiving district 1386
1654+plus any amount available pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this 1387
1655+subdivision, (iii) six thousand dollars for each out-of-district student 1388
1656+who attends school in the receiving district under the program if the 1389
1657+number of such out-of-district students is greater than or equal to three 1390
1658+per cent but less than four per cent of the total student population of 1391
1659+such receiving district plus any amount available pursuant to 1392
1660+subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, (iv) six thousand dollars for each 1393
1661+out-of-district student who attends school in the receiving district under 1394
1662+the program if the Commissioner of Education determines that the 1395
1663+receiving district has an enrollment of greater than four thousand 1396
1664+students and has increased the number of students in the program by at 1397
1665+least fifty per cent from the previous fiscal year plus any amount 1398 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1672+available pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, or (v) eight 1399
1673+thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in 1400
1674+the receiving district under the program if the number of such out-of-1401
1675+district students is greater than or equal to four per cent of the total 1402
1676+student population of such receiving district plus any amount available 1403
1677+pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision. 1404
1678+(B) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year 1405
1679+thereafter, the department shall, in order to assist the state in meeting 1406
1680+its obligations under commitment 9B of the Comprehensive School 1407
1681+Choice Plan pursuant to the settlement in Sheff v. O'Neill, HHD-X07-1408
1682+CV89-4026240-S, provide, within available appropriations, an 1409
1683+additional grant to the local or regional board of education for each 1410
1684+receiving district in the amount of two thousand dollars for each out-of-1411
1685+district student who resides in the Hartford region and attends school 1412
1686+in the receiving district under the program. 1413
1687+(3) (A) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the department shall 1414
1688+provide a grant to the local or regional board of education for each 1415
1689+receiving district described in subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this 1416
1690+section in an amount of four thousand dollars for each out-of-district 1417
1691+student who resides in Danbury or Norwalk and attends school in the 1418
1692+receiving district under the pilot program. 1419
1693+(B) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year 1420
1694+thereafter, the department shall provide an annual grant to the local or 1421
1695+regional board of education for each receiving district described in 1422
1696+subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this section for each out-of-district 1423
1697+student who resides in Danbury or Norwalk and attends school in the 1424
1698+receiving district under the pilot program in accordance with the 1425
1699+provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection.] 1426
1700+(g) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year 1427
1701+thereafter, each receiving district shall be paid a grant equal to the 1428
1702+amount the receiving district is entitled to receive under the provisions 1429
1703+of section 2 of this act. 1430 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1711+a report on the pilot program in operation in Danbury and Norwalk, 1432
1712+pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this section, to the joint 1433
1713+standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 1434
1714+matters relating to education and appropriations, in accordance with the 1435
1715+provisions of section 11-4a. Such report shall include, but need not be 1436
1716+limited to, the total number of students participating in the pilot 1437
1717+program, the number of students from each town participating in the 1438
1718+pilot program, the total amount of the grant paid under the pilot 1439
1719+program and the amount of the grant paid to each town participating in 1440
1720+the pilot program. 1441
1721+[(4)] (3) Each town which receives funds pursuant to this subsection 1442
1722+shall make such funds available to its local or regional board of 1443
1723+education in supplement to any other local appropriation, other state or 1444
1724+federal grant or other revenue to which the local or regional board of 1445
1725+education is entitled. 1446
1726+Sec. 11. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established the Building 1447
1727+Educational Responsibility with Greater Improvement Networks 1448
1728+Commission. The commission shall study (1) issues relating to 1449
1729+education funding entitled to local and regional boards of education, 1450
1730+charter schools and interdistrict magnet school operators under the 1451
1731+provisions of section 10-262h of the general statutes, as amended by this 1452
1732+act, section 10-66ee of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and 1453
1733+section 2 of this act, (2) accountability measures for alliance districts, and 1454
1734+(3) accountability measures for charter schools. 1455
1735+(b) (1) The portion of such study regarding issues relating to 1456
1736+education funding entitled to local and regional boards of education, 1457
1737+charter schools and interdistrict magnet schools shall include, but need 1458
1738+not be limited to, an analysis of and recommendations relating to (A) 1459
1739+the compensation, benefits, retention and recruitment of teachers, 1460
1740+paraprofessionals and social workers, (B) restrictions on the use of any 1461
1741+additional funds received pursuant to section 10-262h of the general 1462
1742+statutes, as amended by this act, and section 2 of this act, (C) reporting 1463 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1749+requirements for school districts receiving additional funds provided 1464
1750+under the provisions of section 10-262h of the general statutes, as 1465
1751+amended by this act, and section 2 of this act, and (D) optimal class sizes. 1466
1752+(2) The portion of such study regarding alliance districts shall 1467
1753+include, but need not be limited to, (A) an analysis of the process by 1468
1754+which alliance district plans are developed by boards of education and 1469
1755+are reviewed and approved by the Commissioner of Education, and 1470
1756+recommendations for narrowing the focus of or replacing such plans, 1471
1757+(B) a consideration of the removal of the withholding of a portion of an 1472
1758+alliance district's equalization aid grant under section 10-262u of the 1473
1759+general statutes, as amended by this act, (C) the feasibility of creating 1474
1760+independent financial audits of the expenditures under the entire 1475
1761+budget of boards of education for alliance districts, (D) the feasibility of 1476
1762+requiring boards of education for alliance districts to hold hearings on 1477
1763+interventions and make annual evaluations of any new programming 1478
1764+established in the school district, (E) a consideration of establishing 1479
1765+guidelines for the hiring of nonclassroom personnel, and (F) a 1480
1766+consideration of interventions that the Department of Education may 1481
1767+take in regard to the operations of an alliance district. 1482
1768+(3) The portion of such study regarding charter schools shall include, 1483
1769+but need not be limited to, (A) the feasibility of allowing for a full grade 1484
1770+expansion of existing charters, including grade expansion, (B) an 1485
1771+examination of the impact of moratoriums on the granting of new 1486
1772+charters, as well as the approval of new interdistrict magnet school 1487
1773+programs, and (C) a consideration of the duration of the length of a 1488
1774+charter's validity and the standards used by the State Board of 1489
1775+Education during its determination of whether to renew a charter. 1490
1776+(c) The commission shall consist of the following members: 1491
1777+(1) Three appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 1492
1778+one of whom is a representative of the Connecticut Association of Public 1493
1779+School Superintendents, one of whom is a representative of the 1494
1780+Connecticut Council of Administrators of Special Education and one of 1495 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1787+whom is a representative of the RESC Alliance; 1496
1788+(2) Three appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one 1497
1789+of whom is a representative of the Connecticut Association of Board of 1498
1790+Education, one of whom is a representative of Special Education Equity 1499
1791+for Kids and one of whom is a representative of the Center for Children's 1500
1792+Advocacy; 1501
1793+(3) Three appointed by the majority leader of the House of 1502
1794+Representatives, one of whom is a representative of the Connecticut 1503
1795+School Counselor Association, one of whom is a representative of the 1504
1796+Connecticut Education Association and one of whom is a 1505
1797+superintendent of an alliance district; 1506
1798+(4) Three appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, one of whom 1507
1799+is a representative of the American Federation of Teachers-Connecticut, 1508
1800+one of whom is a representative of ConnCAN and one of whom is a 1509
1801+representative of the School and State Finance Project; 1510
1802+(5) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of 1511
1803+Representatives, one of whom is a representative of the Connecticut 1512
1804+Association of School Administrators and one of whom is a 1513
1805+representative of the Connecticut Association of School Business 1514
1806+Officials; 1515
1807+(6) Two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, one of whom 1516
1808+is a representative of the Connecticut Charter School Association and 1517
1809+one of whom is the executive director of an agricultural science and 1518
1810+technology education center; 1519
1811+(7) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee; 1520
1812+and 1521
1813+(8) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the 1522
1814+secretary's designee. 1523
1815+(d) All initial appointments to the commission shall be made not later 1524 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1822+than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 1525
1823+be filled by the appointing authority. 1526
1824+(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 1527
1825+tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the commission 1528
1826+from among the members of the commission. Such chairpersons shall 1529
1827+schedule the first meeting of the commission, which shall be held not 1530
1828+later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 1531
1829+(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 1532
1830+General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education 1533
1831+shall serve as administrative staff of the commission. 1534
1832+(g) (1) Not later than February 1, 2024, the commission shall submit a 1535
1833+report on the portion of the study described in subdivision (1) of 1536
1834+subsection (b) of this section, in accordance with the provisions of 1537
1835+section 11-4a of the general statutes, on its findings and 1538
1836+recommendations to the joint standing committees of the General 1539
1837+Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and 1540
1838+appropriations. 1541
1839+(2) Not later than January 15, 2025, the commission shall submit a 1542
1840+report on the portion of the study described in subdivisions (2) and (3) 1543
1841+of subsection (b) of this section, in accordance with the provisions of 1544
1842+section 11-4a of the general statutes, on its findings and 1545
1843+recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General 1546
1844+Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education. 1547
1845+(3) The commission shall terminate on the date that it submits the last 1548
1846+of such reports or July 1, 2025, whichever is later. 1549
1847+Sec. 12. Section 10-4a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1550
1848+following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 1551
1849+For purposes of sections 10-4, 10-4b and 10-220 and subdivision (1) of 1552
1850+subsection (b) of section 10-66dd, as amended by this act, the 1553
1851+educational interests of the state shall include, but not be limited to, the 1554 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1858+concern of the state that (1) each child shall have for the period 1555
1859+prescribed in the general statutes equal opportunity to receive a suitable 1556
1860+program of educational experiences; (2) each school district shall finance 1557
1861+at a reasonable level at least equal to the minimum budget requirement 1558
1862+pursuant to the provisions of section 10-262j an educational program 1559
1863+designed to achieve this end; (3) in order to reduce racial, ethnic and 1560
1864+economic isolation, each school district shall provide educational 1561
1865+opportunities for its students to interact with students and teachers from 1562
1866+other racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds and may provide such 1563
1867+opportunities with students from other communities; and (4) the 1564
1868+mandates in the general statutes pertaining to education within the 1565
1869+jurisdiction of the State Board of Education be implemented. 1566
1870+Sec. 13. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 10-66dd of the 1567
1871+general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1568
1872+thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 1569
1873+(b) (1) Subject to the provisions of this subsection and except as may 1570
1874+be waived pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-66bb, charter schools 1571
1875+shall be subject to all federal and state laws governing public schools, 1572
1876+including the provisions of sections 10-4a, as amended by this act, and 1573
1877+10-4b. 1574
1878+Sec. 14. Section 10-262u of the general statutes is repealed and the 1575
1879+following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 1576
1880+(a) As used in this section and section 10-262i: 1577
1881+(1) ["Alliance district"] "Educational reform district" means a school 1578
1882+district for a town that [(A)] is among the towns with the [thirty-three] 1579
1883+twenty lowest accountability index scores, as calculated by the 1580
1884+Department of Education. [, or (B) was previously designated as an 1581
1885+alliance district by the Commissioner of Education for the fiscal years 1582
1886+ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2022, inclusive.] 1583
1887+(2) "Legacy alliance district" means a school district for a town that 1584
1888+was designated as an alliance district by the Commissioner of Education 1585 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1895+for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2024, inclusive. 1586
1896+[(2)] (3) "Accountability index" has the same meaning as provided in 1587
1897+section 10-223e. 1588
1898+[(3)] (4) "Mastery test data of record" has the same meaning as 1589
1899+provided in section 10-262f, as amended by this act. 1590
1900+[(4) "Educational reform district" means an alliance district that is 1591
1901+among the ten lowest accountability index scores when all towns are 1592
1902+ranked highest to lowest in accountability index scores.] 1593
1903+(b) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the Commissioner of 1594
1904+Education shall designate thirty school districts as alliance reform 1595
1905+districts. Any school district designated as an alliance district shall be so 1596
1906+designated for a period of five years. On or before June 30, 2016, the 1597
1907+Department of Education shall determine if there are any additional 1598
1908+alliance districts. 1599
1909+(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, the commissioner shall 1600
1910+designate thirty-three school districts as alliance districts. Any school 1601
1911+district designated as an alliance district shall be so designated for a 1602
1912+period of five years. 1603
1913+(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the commissioner shall 1604
1914+designate thirty-six school districts as alliance districts. Any school 1605
1915+district designated as an alliance district shall be so designated for a 1606
1916+period of [five] two years. 1607
1917+(4) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the commissioner shall 1608
1918+designate twenty school districts as educational reform districts. Any 1609
1919+school district designated as an educational reform district shall be so 1610
1920+designated for a period of two years. 1611
1921+(c) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2023, and each fiscal year 1612
1922+thereafter, the Comptroller shall withhold from any town that (A) was 1613
1923+designated as an alliance district pursuant to subdivision (2) of 1614 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1930+subsection (b) of this section any increase in funds received over the 1615
1931+amount the town received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, 1616
1932+pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-262i, and (B) was designated as 1617
1933+an alliance district for the first time pursuant to subdivision (3) of 1618
1934+subsection (b) of this section, any increase in funds received over the 1619
1935+amount the town received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, 1620
1936+pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-262i.] 2025, and each fiscal year 1621
1937+thereafter, the Comptroller shall withhold from any town that was 1622
1938+designated as an educational reform district pursuant to subdivision (4) 1623
1939+of subsection (b) of this section any increase in funds received over the 1624
1940+amount the town received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, 1625
1941+pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-262i. The Comptroller shall 1626
1942+transfer such funds to the Commissioner of Education. 1627
1943+(2) Upon receipt of an application pursuant to subsection (d) of this 1628
1944+section or section 10-156gg, the Commissioner of Education may pay 1629
1945+such funds to the town designated as an [alliance] educational reform 1630
1946+district and such town shall pay all such funds to the local or regional 1631
1947+board of education for such town on the condition that such funds shall 1632
1948+be expended in accordance with (A) the plan described in subsection (d) 1633
1949+of this section, (B) the minority candidate certification, retention or 1634
1950+residency year program pursuant to section 10-156gg, (C) the provisions 1635
1951+of subsection (c) of section 10-262i, and (D) any guidelines developed by 1636
1952+the State Board of Education for such funds. Such funds shall be used to 1637
1953+improve student achievement and recruit and retain minority teachers 1638
1954+in such [alliance] educational reform district and to offset any other local 1639
1955+education costs approved by the commissioner. 1640
1956+(d) The local or regional board of education for a town designated as 1641
1957+an [alliance] educational reform district may apply to the Commissioner 1642
1958+of Education, at such time and in such manner as the commissioner 1643
1959+prescribes, to receive any increase in funds received over the amount 1644
1960+the town received for the prior fiscal year pursuant to subsection (a) of 1645
1961+section 10-262i. Applications pursuant to this subsection shall include 1646
1962+objectives and performance targets and a plan that are developed, in 1647 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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1969+part, on the strategic use of student academic performance data. Such 1648
1970+plan may include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) A tiered 1649
1971+system of interventions for the schools under the jurisdiction of such 1650
1972+board based on the needs of such schools, (2) ways to strengthen the 1651
1973+foundational programs in reading, through the intensive reading 1652
1974+instruction program pursuant to section 10-14u, to ensure reading 1653
1975+mastery in kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, with a focus on 1654
1976+standards and instruction, proper use of data, intervention strategies, 1655
1977+current information for teachers, parental engagement, and teacher 1656
1978+professional development, (3) additional learning time, including 1657
1979+extended school day or school year programming administered by 1658
1980+school personnel or external partners, (4) a talent strategy that includes, 1659
1981+but is not limited to, teacher and school leader recruitment and 1660
1982+assignment, career ladder policies that draw upon guidelines for a 1661
1983+model teacher evaluation program adopted by the State Board of 1662
1984+Education, pursuant to section 10-151b, and adopted by each local or 1663
1985+regional board of education. Such talent strategy may include 1664
1986+provisions that demonstrate increased ability to attract, retain, promote 1665
1987+and bolster the performance of staff in accordance with performance 1666
1988+evaluation findings and, in the case of new personnel, other indicators 1667
1989+of effectiveness, (5) training for school leaders and other staff on new 1668
1990+teacher evaluation models, (6) provisions for the cooperation and 1669
1991+coordination with early childhood education providers to ensure 1670
1992+alignment with district expectations for student entry into kindergarten, 1671
1993+including funding for an existing local Head Start program, (7) 1672
1994+provisions for the cooperation and coordination with other 1673
1995+governmental and community programs to ensure that students receive 1674
1996+adequate support and wraparound services, including community 1675
1997+school models, (8) provisions for implementing and furthering state-1676
1998+wide education standards adopted by the State Board of Education and 1677
1999+all activities and initiatives associated with such standards, (9) strategies 1678
2000+for attracting and recruiting minority teachers and administrators, (10) 1679
2001+provisions for the enhancement of bilingual education programs, 1680
2002+pursuant to section 10-17f, or other language acquisition services to 1681
2003+English language learners, including, but not limited to, participation in 1682 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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2010+the English language learner pilot program, established pursuant to 1683
2011+section 10-17n, (11) entering into the model school district 1684
2012+responsibilities agreement, described in section 10-223l, (12) leadership 1685
2013+succession plans that provide training and learning opportunities for 1686
2014+administrators and are designed to assist in the seamless transition of 1687
2015+school and district personnel in and out of leadership positions in the 1688
2016+school district and the continuous implementation of plans developed 1689
2017+under this subsection, (13) implementing the policy adopted pursuant 1690
2018+to section 10-223m to improve completion rates of the Free Application 1691
2019+for Federal Student Aid by students enrolled in grade twelve in a high 1692
2020+school under the jurisdiction of such board or students enrolled in an 1693
2021+adult education program maintained by such board pursuant to section 1694
2022+10-69, and, as applicable, the parent and guardians of such students, and 1695
2023+(14) any additional categories or goals as determined by the 1696
2024+commissioner. Such plan shall demonstrate collaboration with key 1697
2025+stakeholders, as identified by the commissioner, with the goal of 1698
2026+achieving efficiencies and the alignment of intent and practice of current 1699
2027+programs with conditional programs identified in this subsection. The 1700
2028+commissioner may (A) require changes in any plan submitted by a local 1701
2029+or regional board of education before the commissioner approves an 1702
2030+application under this subsection, and (B) permit a local or regional 1703
2031+board of education, as part of such plan, to use a portion of any funds 1704
2032+received under this section for the purposes of paying tuition charged 1705
2033+to such board pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (k) of section 10-1706
2034+264l, as amended by this act, or subsection (b) of section 10-264o, as 1707
2035+amended by this act. 1708
2036+(e) The State Board of Education may develop guidelines and criteria 1709
2037+for the administration of such funds under this section. 1710
2038+(f) The commissioner may withhold such funds if the local or regional 1711
2039+board of education fails to comply with the provisions of this section. 1712
2040+The commissioner may renew such funding if the local or regional 1713
2041+board of education provides evidence that the school district of such 1714
2042+board is achieving the objectives and performance targets approved by 1715 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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2049+the commissioner stated in the plan submitted under this section. 1716
2050+(g) Any local or regional board of education receiving funding under 1717
2051+this section shall submit an annual expenditure report to the 1718
2052+commissioner on such form and in such manner as requested by the 1719
2053+commissioner. The commissioner shall determine if (1) the local or 1720
2054+regional board of education shall repay any funds not expended in 1721
2055+accordance with the approved application, or (2) such funding should 1722
2056+be reduced in a subsequent fiscal year up to an amount equal to the 1723
2057+amount that the commissioner determines is out of compliance with the 1724
2058+provisions of this subsection. 1725
2059+(h) Any balance remaining for each local or regional board of 1726
2060+education at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward for such 1727
2061+local or regional board of education for the next fiscal year. 1728
2062+(i) The local or regional board of education of a school district for a 1729
2063+town that is among the fifty towns with the lowest accountability index 1730
2064+scores, as calculated by the Department of Education, but has not been 1731
2065+designated as an educational reform district by the Commissioner of 1732
2066+Education, may request technical assistance or other specialized 1733
2067+interventions from the department for the provision of academic 1734
2068+support services to students. 1735
2069+Sec. 15. Subdivision (2) of section 10-262f of the general statutes is 1736
2070+repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1737
2071+2024): 1738
2072+(2) "Base aid ratio" means for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and 1739
2073+each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of (A) one minus the town's wealth 1740
2074+adjustment factor, and (B) the town's base aid ratio adjustment factor, if 1741
2075+any, except that a town's base aid ratio shall not be less than (i) ten per 1742
2076+cent for a town designated as an educational reform district or a legacy 1743
2077+alliance district, as those terms are defined in section 10-262u, as 1744
2078+amended by this act, or a priority school district, as described in section 1745
2079+10-266p, and (ii) one per cent for a town that is not designated as an 1746 Substitute Bill No. 5003
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2086+alliance district or a priority school district. 1747
2087+Sec. 16. Subdivision (3) of subsection (d) of section 12-18b of the 1748
2088+general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1749
2089+thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 1750
2090+(3) Each [municipality] (A) town designated as an educational reform 1751
2091+district or a legacy alliance district pursuant to section 10-262u, as 1752
2092+amended by this act, or (B) municipality in which more than fifty per 1753
2093+cent of the property is state-owned real property shall be classified as a 1754
2094+tier one municipality. 1755
2095+This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
2096+sections:
2097+
2098+Section 1 July 1, 2023 10-262h
2099+Sec. 2 July 1, 2024 New section
2100+Sec. 3 from passage New section
2101+Sec. 4 July 1, 2024 10-264l
2102+Sec. 5 July 1, 2024 10-264o(b)
2103+Sec. 6 July 1, 2023 10-66ee(d)
2104+Sec. 7 July 1, 2024 10-65
2105+Sec. 8 July 1, 2024 10-64(d)
2106+Sec. 9 July 1, 2024 10-97(b)
2107+Sec. 10 July 1, 2024 10-266aa(g)
2108+Sec. 11 from passage New section
2109+Sec. 12 July 1, 2023 10-4a
2110+Sec. 13 July 1, 2023 10-66dd(b)(1)
2111+Sec. 14 July 1, 2024 10-262u
2112+Sec. 15 July 1, 2024 10-262f(2)
2113+Sec. 16 July 1, 2024 12-18b(d)(3)
2114+
2115+Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
2116+In Section 11(b)(3), "build out" was changed to "grade expansion", for
2117+clarity; in Section 14, "previously" was deleted in Subsec. (a)(2), for
2118+proper form, and in Subsec. (i), "the towns with the fifty lowest" was
2119+changed to "the fifty towns with the lowest", for proper form.
2120+
2121+ED Joint Favorable Subst.
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