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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 1
January Session, 2023
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSPARENCY IN EDUCATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) Not later than January 1, 1
2024, and annually thereafter, the Department of Education shall 2
conduct a review of each chart of accounts for the previous fiscal year 3
submitted pursuant to section 10-227 of the general statutes. Following 4
the review of each such chart of accounts, the department shall prepare 5
a report for each school district that includes school district financial 6
information for the following categories: (1) Expense function, (2) 7
expense object, (3) education type, (4) pre-k flag, (5) allocation, and (6) 8
funding source. Within each such category, such financial information 9
shall be disaggregated by each education financial system code utilized 10
by the department as part of its education financial system. 11
(b) The department shall make the chart of accounts and report of 12
such chart of accounts for each local or regional board of education 13
available on its Internet web site. 14
Sec. 2. Section 10-227 of the general statutes is repealed and the 15
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 16
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[Each board of education shall cause the superintendent to make 17
returns not later than September first of each year to the Commissioner 18
of Education of the receipts, expenditures and statistics, as prescribed 19
by the commissioner, provided each such board may submit revisions 20
to the returns in such form and with such documentation as required by 21
the commissioner no later than December thirty-first of each year 22
following the September submission. Such reports or returns required] 23
Not later than September first of each year, each board of education shall 24
cause the superintendent to make returns of the receipts, expenditures 25
and statistics of such board for the previous fiscal year by filing the chart 26
of accounts described in section 10-10c, as amended by this act, with the 27
Commissioner of Education. Each such board may submit revisions to 28
its chart of accounts not later than December thirty-first of each year 29
following the September submission. Such chart of accounts shall be 30
[made] filed in accordance with the instructions furnished by the 31
commissioner, shall be certified no later than December thirty-first of 32
each year by the independent public accountant selected pursuant to 33
section 7-392 for the purpose of auditing municipal accounts, and shall 34
be subject to Department of Education verification. If the [returns and 35
statistics] chart of accounts and revisions called for by said 36
commissioner are not [sent] filed on or before the days specified in this 37
section or if the [returns are] chart of accounts is not certified as required 38
by the commissioner on or before December thirty-first, each local and 39
regional board of education required by law to [make separate returns] 40
file the chart of accounts, whose [returns and statistics] chart of accounts 41
or revisions are delayed until after those days, shall forfeit of the total 42
sum which is paid for such board of education from the State Treasurer 43
an amount to be determined by the State Board of Education, which 44
amount shall be not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten 45
thousand dollars. The amount so forfeited shall be withheld from a 46
subsequent grant payment as determined by the commissioner. 47
[Notwithstanding the penalty provision of this section, the 48
Commissioner of Education may waive said forfeiture for good cause.] 49
Sec. 3. Section 10-10c of the general statutes is repealed and the 50
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following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 51
(a) The Department of Education shall develop and implement a 52
uniform system of accounting for school revenues and expenditures. 53
Such uniform system of accounting shall include a chart of accounts to 54
be used at the school and district level. Such chart of accounts shall 55
include, but not be limited to, all amounts and sources of revenue and 56
donations of cash and real or personal property in the aggregate totaling 57
five hundred dollars or more, including federal impact aid, received by 58
a local or regional board of education, regional educational service 59
center, charter school or charter management organization on behalf of 60
a school district or individual school. Select measures shall be required 61
at the individual school level, as determined by the department. The 62
department shall make such chart of accounts available on its Internet 63
web site. 64
(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2015] 2024, and each fiscal year 65
thereafter, each local or regional board of education, regional 66
educational service center and state charter school shall implement such 67
uniform system of accounting by completing and filing annual financial 68
reports with the department using the chart of accounts and meet the 69
provisions of section 10-227, as amended by this act. 70
(c) The Office of Policy and Management may annually audit the 71
financial reports submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section for 72
any local or regional board of education, regional educational service 73
center or state charter school. 74
(d) Not later than July 1, [2013] 2023, the Department of Education 75
shall submit the chart of accounts described in subsection (a) of this 76
section to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 77
cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations and the 78
budgets of state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 79
11-4a. 80
Sec. 4. Section 10-16b of the general statutes is repealed and the 81
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following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 82
(a) In the public schools the program of instruction offered shall 83
include at least the following subject matter, as taught by legally 84
qualified teachers, the arts; career education; consumer education; 85
health and safety, including, but not limited to, human growth and 86
development, comprehensive sex education that is age and 87
developmentally appropriate and includes, but is not limited to, 88
instruction about affirmative consent, as defined in section 10a-55m, 89
nutrition, first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in 90
accordance with the provisions of section 10-16qq, disease prevention 91
and cancer awareness, including, but not limited to, age and 92
developmentally appropriate instruction in performing self -93
examinations for the purposes of screening for breast cancer and 94
testicular cancer, community and consumer health, physical, mental 95
and emotional health, including youth suicide prevention, substance 96
abuse prevention, including instruction relating to opioid use and 97
related disorders, safety, which shall include the safe use of social 98
media, as defined in section 9-601, and may include the dangers of gang 99
membership, and accident prevention; language arts, including reading, 100
writing, grammar, speaking and spelling; mathematics; physical 101
education; science, which may include the climate change curriculum 102
described in subsection (d) of this section; social studies, including, but 103
not limited to, citizenship, economics, geography, government, history 104
and Holocaust and genocide education and awareness in accordance 105
with the provisions of section 10-18f; African-American and black 106
studies in accordance with the provisions of section 10-16ss; Puerto 107
Rican and Latino studies in accordance with the provisions of section 108
10-16ss; computer programming instruction; and in addition, on at least 109
the secondary level, one or more world languages; vocational education; 110
and the black and Latino studies course in accordance with the 111
provisions of sections 10-16tt and 10-16uu. For purposes of this 112
subsection, world languages shall include American Sign Language, 113
provided such subject matter is taught by a qualified instructor under 114
the supervision of a teacher who holds a certificate issued by the State 115
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Board of Education. For purposes of this subsection, the "arts" means 116
any form of visual or performing arts, which may include, but not be 117
limited to, dance, music, art and theatre; "reading" means evidenced-118
based instruction that focuses on competency in the following areas of 119
reading: Oral language, phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, 120
vocabulary, rapid automatic name or letter name fluency and reading 121
comprehension. 122
(b) If a local or regional board of education requires its pupils to take 123
a course in a world language, the parent or guardian of a pupil 124
identified as deaf or hard of hearing may request in writing that such 125
pupil be exempted from such requirement and, if such a request is 126
made, such pupil shall be exempt from such requirement. 127
(c) Each local and regional board of education shall on September 1, 128
1982, and annually thereafter at such time and in such manner as the 129
Commissioner of Education shall request, attest to the State Board of 130
Education that such local or regional board of education offers at least 131
the program of instruction required pursuant to this section, and that 132
such program of instruction is planned, ongoing and systematic. 133
(d) The State Board of Education shall make available curriculum 134
materials and such other materials as may assist local and regional 135
boards of education in developing instructional programs pursuant to 136
this section. The State Board of Education, within available 137
appropriations and utilizing available resource materials, shall assist 138
and encourage local and regional boards of education to include: (1) 139
Holocaust and genocide education and awareness; (2) the historical 140
events surrounding the Great Famine in Ireland; (3) African-American 141
and black studies; (4) Puerto Rican and Latino studies; (5) Native 142
American history; (6) personal financial management, including, but not 143
limited to, financial literacy as developed in the plan provided under 144
section 10-16pp; (7) training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the 145
use of automatic external defibrillators; (8) labor history and law, 146
including organized labor, the collective bargaining process, existing 147
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legal protections in the workplace, the history and economics of free 148
market capitalism and entrepreneurialism, and the role of labor and 149
capitalism in the development of the American and world economies; 150
(9) climate change consistent with the Next Generation Science 151
Standards; (10) topics approved by the state board upon the request of 152
local or regional boards of education as part of the program of 153
instruction offered pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; and (11) 154
instruction relating to the Safe Haven Act, sections 17a-57 to 17a-61, 155
inclusive. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection 156
shall be available to each local and regional board of education for the 157
development of curriculum on climate change as described in this 158
subsection. 159
Sec. 5. Section 10-16b of the general statutes, as amended by section 160
376 of public act 21-2 of the June special session and section 263 of public 161
act 22-118, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: 162
(Effective July 1, 2023): 163
(a) In the public schools the program of instruction offered shall 164
include at least the following subject matter, as taught by legally 165
qualified teachers, the arts; career education; consumer education; 166
health and safety, including, but not limited to, human growth and 167
development, comprehensive sex education that is age and 168
developmentally appropriate and includes, but is not limited to, 169
instruction about affirmative consent, as defined in section 10a-55m, 170
nutrition, first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in 171
accordance with the provisions of section 10-16qq, disease prevention 172
and cancer awareness, including, but not limited to, age and 173
developmentally appropriate instruction in performing self -174
examinations for the purposes of screening for breast cancer and 175
testicular cancer, community and consumer health, physical, mental 176
and emotional health, including youth suicide prevention, substance 177
abuse prevention, including instruction relating to opioid use and 178
related disorders, safety, which shall include the safe use of social 179
media, as defined in section 9-601, and may include the dangers of gang 180
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membership, and accident prevention; language arts, including reading, 181
writing, grammar, speaking and spelling; mathematics; physical 182
education; science, which shall include the climate change curriculum 183
described in subsection (d) of this section; social studies, including, but 184
not limited to, citizenship, economics, geography, government, history 185
and Holocaust and genocide education and awareness in accordance 186
with the provisions of section 10-18f; African-American and black 187
studies in accordance with the provisions of section 10-16ss; Puerto 188
Rican and Latino studies in accordance with the provisions of section 189
10-16ss; Native American studies, in accordance with the provisions of 190
section 10-16vv; computer programming instruction; and in addition, 191
on at least the secondary level, one or more world languages; vocational 192
education; and the black and Latino studies course in accordance with 193
the provisions of sections 10-16tt and 10-16uu. For purposes of this 194
subsection, world languages shall include American Sign Language, 195
provided such subject matter is taught by a qualified instructor under 196
the supervision of a teacher who holds a certificate issued by the State 197
Board of Education. For purposes of this subsection, the "arts" means 198
any form of visual or performing arts, which may include, but not be 199
limited to, dance, music, art and theatre. 200
(b) If a local or regional board of education requires its pupils to take 201
a course in a world language, the parent or guardian of a pupil 202
identified as deaf or hard of hearing may request in writing that such 203
pupil be exempted from such requirement and, if such a request is 204
made, such pupil shall be exempt from such requirement. 205
(c) Each local and regional board of education shall on September 1, 206
1982, and annually thereafter at such time and in such manner as the 207
Commissioner of Education shall request, attest to the State Board of 208
Education that such local or regional board of education offers at least 209
the program of instruction required pursuant to this section, and that 210
such program of instruction is planned, ongoing and systematic. 211
(d) The State Board of Education shall make available curriculum 212
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materials and such other materials as may assist local and regional 213
boards of education in developing instructional programs pursuant to 214
this section. The State Board of Education, within available 215
appropriations and utilizing available resource materials, shall assist 216
and encourage local and regional boards of education to include: (1) 217
Holocaust and genocide education and awareness; (2) the historical 218
events surrounding the Great Famine in Ireland; (3) African-American 219
and black studies; (4) Puerto Rican and Latino studies; (5) Native 220
American studies; (6) personal financial management, including, but 221
not limited to, financial literacy as developed in the plan provided under 222
section 10-16pp; (7) training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the 223
use of automatic external defibrillators; (8) labor history and law, 224
including organized labor, the collective bargaining process, existing 225
legal protections in the workplace, the history and economics of free 226
market capitalism and entrepreneurialism, and the role of labor and 227
capitalism in the development of the American and world economies; 228
(9) climate change consistent with the Next Generation Science 229
Standards; (10) topics approved by the state board upon the request of 230
local or regional boards of education as part of the program of 231
instruction offered pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; and (11) 232
instruction relating to the Safe Haven Act, sections 17a-57 to 17a-61, 233
inclusive. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection 234
shall be available to each local and regional board of education for the 235
development of curriculum on climate change as described in this 236
subsection. 237
Sec. 6. Section 10-16b of the general statutes, as amended by section 238
32 of public act 22-80, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 239
thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 240
(a) In the public schools the program of instruction offered shall 241
include at least the following subject matter, as taught by legally 242
qualified teachers, the arts; career education; consumer education; 243
health and safety, including, but not limited to, human growth and 244
development, comprehensive sex education that is age and 245
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developmentally appropriate and includes, but is not limited to, 246
instruction about affirmative consent, as defined in section 10a-55m, 247
nutrition, first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in 248
accordance with the provisions of section 10-16qq, disease prevention 249
and cancer awareness, including, but not limited to, age and 250
developmentally appropriate instruction in performing self -251
examinations for the purposes of screening for breast cancer and 252
testicular cancer, community and consumer health, physical, mental 253
and emotional health, including youth suicide prevention, substance 254
abuse prevention, including instruction relating to opioid use and 255
related disorders, safety, which shall include the safe use of social 256
media, as defined in section 9-601, and may include the dangers of gang 257
membership, and accident prevention; language arts, including reading, 258
writing, grammar, speaking and spelling; mathematics; physical 259
education; science, which may include the climate change curriculum 260
described in subsection (d) of this section; social studies, including, but 261
not limited to, citizenship, economics, geography, government, history 262
and Holocaust and genocide education and awareness in accordance 263
with the provisions of section 10-18f; African-American and black 264
studies in accordance with the provisions of section 10-16ss; Puerto 265
Rican and Latino studies in accordance with the provisions of section 266
10-16ss; Native American studies, in accordance with the provisions of 267
section 10-16vv; Asian American and Pacific Islander studies, in 268
accordance with the provisions of section 10-66ww; computer 269
programming instruction; and in addition, on at least the secondary 270
level, one or more world languages; vocational education; and the black 271
and Latino studies course in accordance with the provisions of sections 272
10-16tt and 10-16uu. For purposes of this subsection, world languages 273
shall include American Sign Language, provided such subject matter is 274
taught by a qualified instructor under the supervision of a teacher who 275
holds a certificate issued by the State Board of Education. For purposes 276
of this subsection, the "arts" means any form of visual or performing 277
arts, which may include, but not be limited to, dance, music, art and 278
theatre. 279
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(b) If a local or regional board of education requires its pupils to take 280
a course in a world language, the parent or guardian of a pupil 281
identified as deaf or hard of hearing may request in writing that such 282
pupil be exempted from such requirement and, if such a request is 283
made, such pupil shall be exempt from such requirement. 284
(c) Each local and regional board of education shall on September 1, 285
1982, and annually thereafter at such time and in such manner as the 286
Commissioner of Education shall request, attest to the State Board of 287
Education that such local or regional board of education offers at least 288
the program of instruction required pursuant to this section, and that 289
such program of instruction is planned, ongoing and systematic. 290
(d) The State Board of Education shall make available curriculum 291
materials and such other materials as may assist local and regional 292
boards of education in developing instructional programs pursuant to 293
this section. The State Board of Education, within available 294
appropriations and utilizing available resource materials, shall assist 295
and encourage local and regional boards of education to include: (1) 296
Holocaust and genocide education and awareness; (2) the historical 297
events surrounding the Great Famine in Ireland; (3) African-American 298
and black studies; (4) Puerto Rican and Latino studies; (5) Native 299
American studies; (6) Asian American and Pacific Islander studies; (7) 300
personal financial management, including, but not limited to, financial 301
literacy as developed in the plan provided under section 10-16pp; (8) 302
training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automatic 303
external defibrillators; (9) labor history and law, including organized 304
labor, the collective bargaining process, existing legal protections in the 305
workplace, the history and economics of free market capitalism and 306
entrepreneurialism, and the role of labor and capitalism in the 307
development of the American and world economies; (10) climate change 308
consistent with the Next Generation Science Standards; (11) topics 309
approved by the state board upon the request of local or regional boards 310
of education as part of the program of instruction offered pursuant to 311
subsection (a) of this section; and (12) instruction relating to the Safe 312
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Haven Act, sections 17a-57 to 17a-61, inclusive. The Department of 313
Energy and Environmental Protection shall be available to each local 314
and regional board of education for the development of curriculum on 315
climate change as described in this subsection. 316
Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) On and after July 1, 2023, the 317
Department of Education shall annually offer a training program to 318
newly elected members of local and regional boards of education. Such 319
training program shall be developed by the department, and include, 320
but not be limited to, the role and responsibilities of a board member, 321
the duties and obligations of a board of education and school district 322
budgeting and education finance. 323
Sec. 8. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) On and after July 1, 2023, any 324
person who has been elected to a local or regional board of education 325
for the first time shall complete, at a time and in a manner prescribed by 326
the Department of Education, the training program for newly elected 327
members of local and regional boards of education, as described in 328
section 7 of this act. Each such member shall complete such training 329
program not later than one year after assuming office. 330
Sec. 9. Subsection (i) of section 10-145a of the general statutes is 331
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 332
2023): 333
(i) On and after July 1, [2016] 2023, any program of teacher 334
preparation leading to professional certification shall require, as part of 335
the curriculum, clinical experience, field experience or student teaching 336
experience in a classroom during four semesters of such program of 337
teacher preparation. [Such clinical experience, field experience or 338
student teaching experience shall occur: (1) In a school district that has 339
been categorized by the Department of Education as District Reference 340
Group A, B, C, D or E, and (2) in a school district that has been 341
categorized by the department as District Reference Group F, G, H or I.] 342
Such clinical experience, field experience or student teaching experience 343
may include a cooperating teacher serving as a mentor to student 344
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teachers, provided such cooperating teacher has received a performance 345
evaluation designation of exemplary or proficient, pursuant to section 346
10-151b, for the prior school year. 347
Sec. 10. Subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 10-262u of the 348
general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 349
thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): 350
(a) As used in this section and section 10-262i: 351
(1) "Alliance district" means a school district for a town that (A) is 352
among the towns with the [thirty-three] lowest accountability index 353
scores [, as calculated] and so designated by the [Department] 354
Commissioner of Education, or (B) was previously designated as an 355
alliance district by the Commissioner of Education [for the fiscal years 356
ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2022, inclusive] on or before July 1, 357
2023. 358
(2) "Accountability index" has the same meaning as provided in 359
section 10-223e. 360
(3) "Mastery test data of record" has the same meaning as provided 361
in section 10-262f. 362
(4) "Educational reform district" means an alliance district that is 363
among the ten lowest accountability index scores when all towns are 364
ranked highest to lowest in accountability index scores. 365
(b) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the Commissioner of 366
Education shall designate thirty school districts as alliance districts. 367
[Any school district designated as an alliance district shall be so 368
designated for a period of five years. On or before June 30, 2016, the 369
Department of Education shall determine if there are any additional 370
alliance districts.] 371
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, the commissioner shall 372
designate thirty-three school districts as alliance districts. [Any school 373
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district designated as an alliance district shall be so designated for a 374
period of five years.] 375
(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the commissioner shall 376
designate thirty-six school districts as alliance districts. [Any school 377
district designated as an alliance district shall be so designated for a 378
period of five years.] 379
(4) On and after July 1, 2023, the commissioner may designate 380
additional school districts as alliance districts. 381
(c) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year 382
thereafter, the Comptroller shall withhold from any town that [(A)] was 383
designated as an alliance district (A) pursuant to subdivision (2) of 384
subsection (b) of this section any increase in funds received over the 385
amount the town received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, 386
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-262i, [and (B) was designated as 387
an alliance district] (B) for the first time pursuant to subdivision (3) of 388
subsection (b) of this section, any increase in funds received over the 389
amount the town received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, 390
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-262i, or (C) pursuant to 391
subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of this section any increase in funds 392
received over the amount the town received for the fiscal year prior to 393
such designation as an alliance district pursuant to subsection (a) of 394
section 10-262i. The Comptroller shall transfer such funds to the 395
Commissioner of Education. 396
(2) Upon receipt of an application pursuant to subsection (d) of this 397
section or section 10-156gg, the Commissioner of Education may pay 398
such funds to the town designated as an alliance district and such town 399
shall pay all such funds to the local or regional board of education for 400
such town on the condition that such funds shall be expended in 401
accordance with (A) the plan described in subsection (d) of this section, 402
(B) the minority candidate certification, retention or residency year 403
program pursuant to section 10-156gg, (C) the family resource center 404
program, pursuant to section 10-4o, to establish a family resource center 405
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in each elementary school under the jurisdiction of such board, (D) the 406
provisions of subsection (c) of section 10-262i, and [(D)] (E) any 407
guidelines developed by the State Board of Education for such funds. 408
Such funds shall be used to improve student achievement and recruit 409
and retain minority teachers in such alliance district and to offset any 410
other local education costs approved by the commissioner. 411
Sec. 11. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) As used in this section: 412
(1) "Alliance district" has the same meaning as provided in section 10-413
262u of the general statutes, as amended by this act; 414
(2) "Private entity" means any individual, corporation, general 415
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint 416
venture, nonprofit organization or other business entity; 417
(3) "Public-private partnership" means the relationship established 418
between the local or regional board of education for a town designated 419
as an alliance district, a community college and a private entity for the 420
purpose of implementing a pathways in technology early college high 421
school program; and 422
(4) "Pathways in technology early college high school program" 423
means a program of instruction in which students in grades nine to 424
twelve, inclusive, complete high school and college-level coursework 425
while simultaneously engaging in industry-guided workforce 426
development. 427
(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year 428
thereafter, the Department of Education shall annually issue a request 429
for proposals to local and regional boards of education for towns 430
designated as alliance districts for the establishment of a new public-431
private partnership or the enhancement of an existing pathways in 432
technology early college high school program. The department shall 433
review such proposals and award a grant to two such boards for the 434
costs associated with the establishment or enhancement of a pathways 435
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in technology early college high school program. 436
Sec. 12. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) No person shall sell or offer for 437
sale to any local or regional board of education, or in any public school, 438
any food product in which the name and branding on the packaging 439
that is available at retail in the general market place is the same or 440
similar to the name and branding on the packaging for sale in a public 441
school, but in which the nutritional value or ingredients in such food 442
product deviate from the same or similarly named and branded food 443
product that is for sale in a public school. 444
Sec. 13. (Effective July 1, 2023) (a) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 445
2024, to June 30, 2026, inclusive, the Department of Education shall 446
administer a wholesome school meals pilot program that awards a grant 447
to an alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u of the general 448
statutes, as amended by this act, for the purpose of embedding a 449
professional chef in such alliance district to assist school meal programs 450
in building the capacity of food service staff, improving school meal 451
quality, increasing diner satisfaction, streamlining operations and 452
establishing a financially viable school meal program. The department 453
shall partner with an organization that specializes in the placement of 454
chefs for the purposes described in this subsection. 455
(b) Not later than October 1, 2023, a local or regional board of 456
education for a town designated as an alliance district may apply to the 457
department, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, for a 458
grant under this section. 459
(c) The department shall review each application submitted under 460
subsection (b) of this section and award five grants under this section. 461
Each grant recipient shall receive an annual grant of one hundred fifty 462
thousand dollars in each year of the pilot program. Such grant shall be 463
expended for the purposes described in subsection (a) of this section. 464
(d) Not later than January 1, 2027, the department shall submit a 465
report on the wholesome school meals pilot program to the joint 466
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standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 467
matters relating to education and appropriations, in accordance with the 468
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 469
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2023 New section
Sec. 2 from passage 10-227
Sec. 3 from passage 10-10c
Sec. 4 from passage 10-16b
Sec. 5 July 1, 2023 10-16b
Sec. 6 July 1, 2025 10-16b
Sec. 7 July 1, 2023 New section
Sec. 8 July 1, 2023 New section
Sec. 9 July 1, 2023 10-145a(i)
Sec. 10 July 1, 2023 10-262u(a) to (c)
Sec. 11 July 1, 2023 New section
Sec. 12 July 1, 2023 New section
Sec. 13 July 1, 2023 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To provide equal and comprehensive access to education and academic
opportunities for all children in Connecticut.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.; SEN. CABRERA, 17th Dist.
SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.; SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.
SEN. FONFARA, 1st Dist.; SEN. GASTON, 23rd Dist.
SEN. HOCHADEL, 13th Dist.; SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.
SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.; SEN. LOPES, 6th Dist.
SEN. MAHER, 26th Dist.; SEN. MARONEY, 14th Dist.
SEN. MARX, 20th Dist.; SEN. MCCRORY, 2nd Dist.
SEN. MILLER P., 27th Dist.; SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.
SEN. RAHMAN, 4th Dist.; SEN. SLAP, 5th Dist.
SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.; REP. DELANY, 144th Dist.
REP. FELIPE, 130th Dist.; REP. SIMMS T., 140th Dist.
Committee Bill No. 1
LCO No. 3393 17 of 17
S.B. 1