LCO No. 2052 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5312 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 2052 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: REP. MASTROFRANCESCO, 80th Dist. AN ACT INCREASING THE AMOUNT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY REDUCE ITS MINIMUM BUDGET REQUIREMENT WHEN IT EXPERIENCES A DECLINE IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 10-262j of the general statutes be amended to repeal the 1 limit that a school district may reduce its budgeted appropriation for 2 education when a district experiences a decline in the number of 3 resident students enrolled in such school district. 4 Statement of Purpose: To provide mandate relief by allowing school districts greater authority to reduce their education budgets when there is reduced student enrollment.