LCO No. 49 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 20 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 49 Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE PREAPPRENTICESHIP GRANT PROGRAM. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the sum of eight hundred thousand dollars be appropriated to 1 the Department of Education, from the General Fund, for the fiscal year 2 ending June 30, 2026, for the preapprenticeship grant program, 3 established under section 10-21p of the general statutes. 4 Statement of Purpose: To fund the high school preapprenticeship grant program.