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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5051
February Session, 2024
AN ACT ESTABLISHING EARLY START CT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) As used in this section and 1
sections 2 to 10, inclusive, of this act: 2
(1) "Accredited" means accredited by the National Association for the 3
Education of Young Children, National Association for Family Child 4
Care, Early Head Start or Head Start federal approval, or other 5
nationally recognized accreditations or certifications as approved by the 6
commissioner; 7
(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Early Childhood; 8
(3) "Office" means the Office of Early Childhood; and 9
(4) "Early Start CT" means the state-funded early care and education 10
system administered by the office that coordinates and facilitates the 11
efficient delivery of early childhood care and education programs for 12
eligible children. 13
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) The Office of Early Childhood 14
shall operate and administer Early Start CT in order to: 15
(1) Provide open access for infants and toddlers and preschool-age 16 Substitute Bill No. 5051
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children to high-quality programs that promote the health and safety of 17
children and prepare them for school; 18
(2) Provide opportunities for parents to choose among affordable and 19
accredited and Head Start approved programs; 20
(3) Encourage coordination and cooperation among programs and 21
prevent the duplication of services; 22
(4) Recognize the specific service needs and unique resources 23
available to particular municipalities; 24
(5) Prevent or minimize the potential for developmental delay in 25
children prior to their reaching the age of five; 26
(6) Strengthen the family through: (A) Encouragement of family 27
engagement and partnership in a child's development and education, 28
and (B) enhancement of a family's capacity to meet the special needs of 29
the children, including children with disabilities; 30
(7) Reduce educational costs by decreasing the need for special 31
education services for school-age children; 32
(8) Assure that children with disabilities are integrated into programs 33
available to children who do not have disabilities; 34
(9) Improve the availability and quality of Early Start CT programs 35
and their coordination with the services of child care providers; 36
(10) Facilitate the racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of the 37
children, families and staff in Early Start CT programs; and 38
(11) Maximize local and federal early childhood education funding 39
to expand capacity and access. 40
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) The Office of Early Childhood 41
shall establish a sliding fee scale for families participating in Early Start 42
CT. Such sliding scale shall be based on family income and align with 43
the sliding fee scale used in the child care subsidy program described in 44 Substitute Bill No. 5051
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section 17b-749 of the general statutes. 45
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) The Commissioner of Early 46
Childhood shall implement policies and procedures necessary to (1) 47
administer the provisions of sections 1 to 3, inclusive, and 5 to 10, 48
inclusive, of this act, (2) implement infant and toddler and school-age 49
ratios and group size requirements, and (3) implement head teacher 50
staffing requirements for programs that serve only school-age children, 51
while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in 52
regulation form. Any existing regulations relating to infant and toddler 53
and school-age ratios, group size requirements and head teacher 54
staffing requirements for programs that serve only school-age children 55
that are generally applicable to child care centers and group child care 56
homes shall continue to be applicable to such centers and homes that 57
serve infants and toddlers and school-age children until replaced by the 58
policies and procedures described in this section. The commissioner 59
shall post notice of the intent to adopt regulations on the department's 60
Internet web site and the eRegulations System not later than twenty 61
days after the date of implementation of such policies and procedures. 62
Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time final 63
regulations are adopted. 64
Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) (a) As part of Early Start CT, the 65
state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Early 66
Childhood, may enter into direct or third-party contracts to provide 67
financial assistance to municipalities, local and regional boards of 68
education, regional educational service centers, family resource centers, 69
Head Start programs, preschool programs, nonprofit organizations, 70
child care centers, group child care homes, family child care homes, as 71
such terms are described in section 19a-77 of the general statutes, and 72
any other programs that meet standards established by the 73
commissioner for the purpose of operating early childhood care and 74
education programs that focus on providing early childhood access 75
based on economic, social or environmental conditions, including in 76
regions with insufficient access to child care. At least sixty per cent of 77
the eligible children participating in Early Start CT and enrolled in a 78 Substitute Bill No. 5051
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child care center, group child care home or family child care home shall 79
be members of a family that is at or below seventy-five per cent of the 80
state median income. No such financial assistance shall be available to 81
(1) any such child care center, group child care home or family child care 82
home unless such center or home has been licensed by the 83
Commissioner of Early Childhood pursuant to section 19a-80 or 19a-87b 84
of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or (2) any such local or 85
regional board of education or regional educational service center 86
unless the preschool program is approved by the Department of 87
Education. The majority of such programs eligible for such financial 88
assistance shall serve children that reside in or attend programs located 89
in priority school districts pursuant to section 10-266p of the general 90
statutes, former priority school districts or towns with schools deemed 91
severe need schools because forty per cent or more of the lunches served 92
are served to students who are eligible for free or reduced price lunches 93
pursuant to federal law. In determining eligibility for financial 94
assistance, the commissioner may consider (A) a community's 95
participation in the state's subsidized child care subsidy program 96
established pursuant to section 17b-749 of the general statutes, and (B) 97
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's social vulnerability 98
index determined by census tract, and such index may include a review 99
of a community's indices of social, economic, racial, ethnic, housing, 100
transportation and household characteristics as determined by the 101
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 102
(b) Any contract entered into under this section shall be contingent 103
upon available funding and a successful application to a request for 104
proposal issued by the office and informed by the appropriate local or 105
regional governance partner's needs assessment and community plan, 106
as described in section 8 of this act. Any Early Start CT facility that has 107
been approved to operate a child care program financed through the 108
Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority and has received 109
a commitment for debt service from the Department of Social Services, 110
pursuant to section 17b-749i of the general statutes, on or before June 30, 111
2014, and on or after July 1, 2014, from the office are exempt from the 112 Substitute Bill No. 5051
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requirement for issuance of requests for proposals. 113
(c) The office, in operating and administering Early Start CT, shall 114
allocate an amount up to five per cent of the total funding for each town 115
or city, or, in the case of a regional application, the participating towns 116
or cities, but not more than seventy-five thousand dollars per town or 117
city, for coordination, program evaluation and administration. Such 118
amount shall be increased by an amount equal to local funding provided 119
for early childhood education coordination, program evaluation and 120
administration, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. Each local 121
or regional governance partner, established pursuant to section 8 of this 122
act, shall designate a staff person to be responsible for such 123
coordination, program evaluation and administration and to act as a 124
liaison between the town and the commissioner. 125
(d) Any program under Early Start CT that receives funds pursuant 126
to this section shall not discriminate based on ancestry, race, color, 127
national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, 128
religion, learning, physical, intellectual or mental disability or any other 129
protected class described in chapter 814c of the general statutes. 130
(e) No funds received as part of Early Start CT under this section shall 131
be used to supplant federal, state or local funding received for early 132
childhood education on behalf of children in an early childhood 133
education program. 134
(f) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the office may pay, in an 135
individual contract entered into under this section, a per-child rate, or 136
an equivalent per-classroom rate, that has been determined by the 137
commissioner. The per-child cost paid by the office under this section 138
for each eligible child enrolled in a program under Early Start CT who 139
is three or four years of age and each child who is five years of age and 140
not eligible to enroll in school, pursuant to section 10-15c of the general 141
statutes, shall be at least ten thousand five hundred dollars for each such 142
child, or paid at an equivalent rate and amount per classroom for 143
eighteen children. For each eligible child who is under the age of three 144 Substitute Bill No. 5051
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and enrolled in an infant or toddler classroom and not in a preschool 145
classroom, the per-child cost paid by the office shall be at least thirteen 146
thousand five hundred dollars for each such child, or paid at an 147
equivalent rate and amount per classroom of eight children. The office 148
shall use data-driven, outcomes-based contract provisions to facilitate 149
and incentivize full enrollment. 150
(g) The office may use up to two per cent of funds allocated to the 151
early care and education appropriation to evaluate program 152
effectiveness and impact on participating children, families and 153
programs, including, but not limited to, child outcomes, later school 154
performance, quality standards, professional development and 155
preparation, and parent engagement impact. 156
Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) (a) Except as otherwise provided 157
in subsection (b) of this section, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 158
and each fiscal year thereafter, if funds appropriated to the Office of 159
Early Childhood for Early Start CT are not expended by the 160
Commissioner of Early Childhood, an amount up to one million dollars 161
of such unexpended funds may be available (1) for the provision of 162
professional development for early childhood care and education 163
program providers, and staff employed in such programs, provided 164
such programs accept state funds for infant, toddler and preschool slots, 165
or (2) to support early childhood education programs in satisfying the 166
staff qualifications requirements, provided such programs accept state 167
funds. The commissioner shall determine how such unexpended funds 168
shall be distributed. 169
(b) If any unexpended funds described in subsection (a) of this section 170
are not expended by the office under said subsection (a), the 171
commissioner, with the consent of the Secretary of the Office of Policy 172
and Management, may use such unexpended funds to provide support 173
for purposes that include, but are not limited to, (1) assisting programs 174
in meeting and maintaining accreditation requirements, (2) providing 175
training in implementing preschool assessments and curricula, 176
including training to enhance literacy teaching skills, (3) developing and 177 Substitute Bill No. 5051
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implementing best practices for parents in supporting preschool and 178
kindergarten student learning, (4) developing and implementing 179
strategies for children to successfully transition to preschool and from 180
preschool to kindergarten, including through parental engagement and 181
whole-family supports that may be utilized through the two -182
generational initiative, established pursuant to section 17b-112l of the 183
general statutes, or through other available resources, and (5) providing 184
for professional development. 185
Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) Any program participating in 186
Early Start CT, including, but not limited to, licensed family child care 187
homes, group child care homes, child care centers and other licensed 188
exempt child care providers and settings, shall be accredited or Early 189
Head Start or Head Start approved not later than three years after 190
entering into a contract with the Office of Early Childhood to serve 191
children under Early Start CT. Any such program that is not accredited 192
shall have an approved program plan not later than twelve months after 193
entering into a contract with the office. 194
Sec. 8. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) (a) There shall be established, 195
within available appropriations, local governance partners to assist in 196
the provision of early care and education in a community under Early 197
Start CT. Two or more towns or school districts and appropriate 198
representatives of groups or entities interested in early childhood 199
education in a region may establish a regional governance partner. 200
(b) The membership of each local or regional governance partner 201
shall reflect the racial, ethnic and socioeconomic composition of the 202
town or region it serves and consist of early care and education 203
stakeholders, including, but not limited to, elected and appointed 204
officials, parents, representatives with expertise in early childhood 205
education, a representative, where applicable, of Smart Start established 206
pursuant to section 10-506 of the general statutes, local education and 207
healthcare providers in the community, a local homeless education 208
liaison, community representatives from a workforce or job training 209
entity and other community representatives who provide services to 210 Substitute Bill No. 5051
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children. 211
(c) The role and responsibilities of a local or regional governance 212
partner shall include, but are not limited to, (1) conducting and 213
administering a data-driven needs assessment for its respective 214
community or region in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) 215
of this section, (2) employing strategies to solicit parental engagement 216
and membership, (3) providing periodic technical assistance regarding 217
best practices in early childhood and family engagement for its town or 218
region, (4) jointly sponsoring with the office, professional development 219
opportunities, and (5) ensuring that community outreach is regularly 220
conducted and maintained with community stakeholders. 221
(d) Each local or regional governance partner shall, within available 222
appropriations, conduct a data-driven needs assessment for the town or 223
region in which such partner serves. Such needs assessment may 224
include recommendations for the preferred distribution and allocation 225
of child care spaces within such partner's respective town or region, and, 226
subject to the office's approval, may include a data-driven methodology 227
to reassign child care spaces before the contract date has lapsed. Such 228
needs assessment shall be created by the office in collaboration with 229
communities and shall directly inform, among other things, the 230
assignment of child care spaces across a mixed-delivery system, 231
including, but not limited to, licensed family child care providers, group 232
child care homes, child care centers and license-exempt public schools. 233
(e) Each local or regional governance partner shall employ a staff 234
liaison to aid and support the local or regional governance partner in 235
implementing the provisions of this section. Each staff liaison shall 236
ensure (1) that partnerships are established and fostered among child 237
care providers, (2) that cooperation is maintained with the Office of 238
Early Childhood in monitoring and evaluating child care programs, (3) 239
that existing and potential resources and services available to children 240
and families are identified, (4) facilitation and coordination of efficient, 241
data-driven, delivery of services to children and families, including (A) 242
referral procedures, and (B) before and after school child care for 243 Substitute Bill No. 5051
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children attending school day, school year programs, (5) the exchange 244
of information with other community organizations serving the needs 245
of children and families, (6) that recommendations are made to school 246
officials concerning transition from child care programs to preschool 247
programs and kindergarten, (7) that effective community engagement 248
strategies are employed to ensure diverse participation, (8) that 249
biannual child assessments, approved by the office, are performed at 250
programs, and conducted in partnership with families, and (9) 251
collaboration with the office related to planning improvements to the 252
state early care and education governance structure. 253
(f) The office shall monitor each local or regional governance partner 254
to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section. 255
Sec. 9. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) (a) As part of Early Start CT, the 256
Commissioner of Early Childhood shall establish a state-funded 257
competitive program in which contracts are entered into with nonprofit 258
agencies and local and regional boards of education, which are federal 259
Head Start grantees, to assist in (1) establishing extended-day and full-260
day, year-round, Head Start programs or expanding existing Head Start 261
programs to extended-day or full-day, year-round programs, (2) 262
enhancing program quality, (3) increasing the number of children 263
served in programs that are both a Head Start program and Early Head 264
Start grantee or delegate, (4) increasing the number of Early Head Start 265
children served above those who are federally funded, and (5) 266
increasing the hours for children currently receiving Early Head Start 267
services. Nonprofit agencies or boards of education seeking contracts 268
pursuant to this section shall make application to the commissioner on 269
such forms and at such times as the commissioner shall prescribe. The 270
commissioner shall include contract provisions that mandate at least 271
twenty-five per cent of the funding for such contracts shall be for the 272
purpose of enhancing program quality. All contracts entered into under 273
this section shall be funded within the limits of available appropriations 274
or otherwise from federal funds and private donations. All Head Start 275
programs funded pursuant to this section shall be in compliance with 276
federal Head Start performance standards. 277 Substitute Bill No. 5051
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(b) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the 278
provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, for purposes of this 279
section. 280
Sec. 10. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) Notwithstanding the provisions 281
of sections 4-98, 4-212 to 4-219, inclusive, 4a-51 and 4a-57 of the general 282
statutes, the Commissioner of Early Childhood may, within available 283
appropriations, allocate funds to regional educational service centers for 284
the provision of professional development services, technical assistance 285
and evaluation and program planning and implementation activities, 286
local and regional boards of education, child care centers, group child 287
care homes and family child care homes, as such terms are described in 288
section 19a-77 of the general statutes, and other early childhood care and 289
education entities, as determined by the commissioner. Any funds 290
allocated by the commissioner under this section shall be expended in 291
accordance with procedures and conditions prescribed by the 292
commissioner. 293
Sec. 11. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2024) For the fiscal years ending June 294
30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, the office may pay, in an individual contract 295
entered into under sections 8-210 of the general statutes, as amended by 296
this act, and 10-16p of the general statutes, or a grant awarded pursuant 297
to section 10-16n of the general statutes, as amended by this act, a per-298
child rate, or an equivalent per-classroom rate, that has been determined 299
by the commissioner. The per-child cost paid by the office under this 300
section for each eligible child enrolled in a program who is three or four 301
years of age and each child who is five years of age and not eligible to 302
enroll in school, pursuant to section 10-15c of the general statutes, shall 303
be at least ten thousand five hundred dollars for each such child, or paid 304
at an equivalent rate and amount per classroom for eighteen children. 305
For each eligible child who is under the age of three and enrolled in an 306
infant or toddler classroom and not in a preschool classroom, the per-307
child cost paid by the office shall be at least thirteen thousand five 308
hundred dollars for each such child, or paid at an equivalent rate and 309
amount per classroom of eight children. The office shall use data-driven, 310
outcomes-based contract provisions to facilitate and incentivize full 311 Substitute Bill No. 5051
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enrollment. 312
Sec. 12. Subsection (b) of section 8-210 of the 2024 supplement to the 313
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 314
thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 315
(b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of 316
Early Childhood, may enter into a contract with a municipality, a group 317
child care home or family child care home, as described in section 19a-318
77, a human resource development agency or a nonprofit corporation 319
for state financial assistance in developing and operating child care 320
centers, group child care homes and family child care homes for 321
children disadvantaged by reasons of economic, social or environmental 322
conditions, provided no such financial assistance shall be available for 323
the operating costs of any such child care center, group child care home 324
or family child care home unless it has been licensed by the 325
Commissioner of Early Childhood pursuant to section 19a-80. Such 326
financial assistance shall be available for a program of a municipality, of 327
a group child care home or family child care home, of a human resource 328
development agency or of a nonprofit corporation which may provide 329
for personnel, equipment, supplies, activities, program materials and 330
renovation and remodeling of the physical facilities of such child care 331
centers, group child care homes or family child care homes. Such 332
contract shall provide for state financial assistance, within available 333
appropriations, in the form of a state grant-in-aid (1) for a portion of the 334
cost of such program, as determined by the Commissioner of Early 335
Childhood, if not federally assisted, (2) equal to one-half of the amount 336
by which the net cost of such program, as approved by the 337
Commissioner of Early Childhood, exceeds the federal grant-in-aid 338
thereof, or (3) (A) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, in an amount 339
not less than [(A)] (i) the per child cost as described in subdivision (1) of 340
subsection (b) of section 10-16q, as amended by this act, for each child 341
in such program that is three or four years of age and each child that is 342
five years of age who is not eligible to enroll in school, pursuant to 343
section 10-15c, while maintaining services to children under three years 344
of age under this section, and [(B)] (ii) thirteen thousand five hundred 345 Substitute Bill No. 5051
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dollars for each child three years of age or under who is in infant or 346
toddler care and not in a preschool program, and (B) for the fiscal years 347
ending June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, in accordance with the 348
provisions of section 11 of this act. Any such contract entered into on or 349
after July 1, 2022, shall include a provision that at least sixty per cent of 350
the children enrolled in such child care center, group child care home or 351
family child care home are members of families who are at or below 352
seventy-five per cent of the state median income. The Commissioner of 353
Early Childhood may authorize child care centers, group child care 354
homes and family child care homes receiving financial assistance under 355
this subsection to apply a program surplus to the next program year. 356
The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall consult with directors of 357
child care centers in establishing fees for the operation of such centers. 358
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the Commissioner of Early 359
Childhood shall, within available appropriations, enter into contracts 360
under this section for the purpose of expanding the number of spaces 361
available to children three years of age or under who are in infant or 362
toddler care and not in a preschool program. 363
Sec. 13. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 10-16q of the 2024 364
supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is 365
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 366
(b) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, the per child cost of 367
the Office of Early Childhood school readiness program offered by a 368
school readiness provider shall not exceed eight thousand nine hundred 369
twenty-seven dollars. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2021, to June 370
30, 2024, inclusive, the per child cost of the Office of Early Childhood 371
school readiness program offered by a school readiness provider shall 372
not exceed nine thousand twenty-seven dollars. For the fiscal [year] 373
years ending June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, the per child cost of the 374
Office of Early Childhood full-time school readiness program offered by 375
a school readiness provider shall [not exceed ten thousand five hundred 376
dollars] be in accordance with the provisions of section 11 of this act. 377
Sec. 14. Subsection (b) of section 10-16n of the general statutes is 378 Substitute Bill No. 5051
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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 379
2024): 380
(b) The Office of Early Childhood shall annually allocate to each town 381
in which the number of children under the temporary family assistance 382
program, as defined in subdivision (17) of section 10-262f, equals or 383
exceeds nine hundred children, (1) determined for the fiscal [year] years 384
ending June 30, 1996, to June 30, 2024, inclusive, an amount equal to one 385
hundred fifty thousand dollars plus eight and one-half dollars for each 386
child under the temporary family assistance program, provided such 387
amount may be reduced proportionately so that the total amount 388
awarded pursuant to this subsection does not exceed two million seven 389
hundred thousand dollars, and (2) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 390
2025, and June 30, 2026, an amount determined in accordance with the 391
provisions of section 11 of this act. The office shall award grants to the 392
local and regional boards of education for such towns and nonprofit 393
agencies located in such towns which meet the criteria established 394
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to maintain the programs 395
established or expanded with funds provided pursuant to this 396
subsection in the fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, and June 30, 1997. 397
Any funds remaining in the allocation to such a town after grants are so 398
awarded shall be used to increase allocations to other such towns. Any 399
funds remaining after grants are so awarded to boards of education and 400
nonprofit agencies in all such towns shall be available to local and 401
regional boards of education and nonprofit agencies in other towns in 402
the state for grants for such purposes. 403
Sec. 15. Subsection (l) of section 19a-87b of the 2024 supplement to the 404
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 405
thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 406
(l) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, to June 30, [2026] 2028, 407
inclusive, the Commissioner of Early Childhood may issue a license to 408
maintain a family child care home in New Britain, New Haven, 409
Bridgeport, Stamford, Hartford, Danbury, [or] Waterbury or a town in 410
New London County in accordance with the provisions of this chapter 411 Substitute Bill No. 5051
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to a person or group of persons who have partnered with an association, 412
organization, corporation, institution or agency, public or private, to 413
provide child care services in a space provided by such association, 414
organization, corporation, institution or agency, provided such space 415
has been approved by the commissioner and is not in a private family 416
home. The commissioner shall not approve more than one facility in 417
each such city to be used for licenses issued under this subsection. An 418
application for a license under this subsection shall include a copy of the 419
current fire marshal certificate of compliance with the Fire Safety Code, 420
and written verification of compliance with the State Building Code, 421
local zoning and building requirements and local health ordinances. The 422
commissioner may require an applicant for a license under this 423
subsection to comply with additional conditions relating to the health 424
and safety of the children who will be served in such facility. The 425
commissioner may waive any requirement that does not apply to such 426
facility. Any license issued under this subsection shall expire on June 30, 427
2026, except that the commissioner may suspend or revoke any such 428
license at any time in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-87e. 429
Sec. 16. Sections 8-210, 10-16n to 10-16r, inclusive, 10-16t, 10-16u, 10-430
16aa, 10-520b, 17b-749a and 17b-749d of the general statutes are 431
repealed. (Effective July 1, 2026) 432
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2026 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2026 New section
Sec. 3 July 1, 2026 New section
Sec. 4 July 1, 2026 New section
Sec. 5 July 1, 2026 New section
Sec. 6 July 1, 2026 New section
Sec. 7 July 1, 2026 New section
Sec. 8 July 1, 2026 New section
Sec. 9 July 1, 2026 New section
Sec. 10 July 1, 2026 New section
Sec. 11 July 1, 2024 New section
Sec. 12 July 1, 2024 8-210(b) Substitute Bill No. 5051
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Sec. 13 July 1, 2024 10-16q(b)(1)
Sec. 14 July 1, 2024 10-16n(b)
Sec. 15 July 1, 2024 19a-87b(l)
Sec. 16 July 1, 2026 Repealer section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Sections 5 and 8, references to "local governance partner" were
changed to "local or regional governance partner" for consistency.
ED Joint Favorable C/R APP
APP Joint Favorable Subst.