LCO No. 2881 1 of 2 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5748 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 2881 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: REP. LINEHAN, 103rd Dist. REP. FAZZINO, 83rd Dist. SEN. HOCHADEL, 13th Dist. REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT AT THE NORTH END ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CHESHIRE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That, notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection 1 (e) of section 10-285a of the general statutes or any regulation adopted 2 by the Department of Administrative Services or the State Board of 3 Education pursuant to said section concerning the use of a building or 4 facility that will be used exclusively by a local or regional board of 5 education for an early childhood care and education program that 6 provides services for children from birth to five years for at least twenty 7 years, the school building project at the North End Elementary School 8 shall qualify as such early childhood care and education program for 9 twenty years and the reimbursement percentage for the town of 10 Cheshire shall be increased by fifteen percentage points for said project. 11 Proposed Bill No. 5748 LCO No. 2881 2 of 2 Statement of Purpose: To allow the school building project at the North End Elementary School to be eligible for a fifteen-percentage-point increase for the early childhood care and education program that provides services for children from birth to five years at such school.