Sec. 10-252a. Choice program grants.
Sec. 10-262h. Equalization aid grants.
Sec. 10-262j. Minimum budget requirement.
Sec. 10-262u. Alliance districts.
Sec. 10-264h. School building project grants for interdistrict magnet school facilities.
Sec. 10-264i. Transportation grants for interdistrict magnet school programs.
Sec. 10-265r. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system grant program.
Sec. 10-265t. Bond issue for school air quality improvement grants.
Sec. 10-265u. Public School district repair and improvement project program. Bond authorization.
Sec. 10-265ff. Philanthropic Match account.
Sec. 10-266m. Transportation grants.
Sec. 10-266aa. State-wide interdistrict public school attendance program.
Sec. 10-252a. Choice program grants. (a) As used in this section, sections 10-65, 10-252b and 10-264l:
(1) “Choice program” means (A) an interdistrict magnet school program, or (B) a regional agricultural science and technology center.
(2) “Foundation” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-262f.
(3) “Resident students” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-262f.
(4) “Resident choice program students” means the number of part-time and full-time students of a town enrolled or participating in a particular choice program.
(5) “Total need students” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-262f.
(6) “Total magnet school program need students” means the sum of (A) the number of part-time and full-time students enrolled in the interdistrict magnet school program of the interdistrict magnet school operator that is (i) not a local or regional board of education, (ii) the board of governors for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of higher education, or (iii) any other third-party, not-for-profit corporation approved by the Commissioner of Education, for the school year, and (B) for the school year commencing July 1, 2024, and each school year thereafter, (i) thirty per cent of the number of part-time and full-time students enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school program eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk, (ii) fifteen per cent of the number of such part-time and full-time students eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk in excess of the number of such part-time and full-time students eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk that is equal to sixty per cent of the total number of students enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school program, (iii) twenty-five per cent of the number of part-time and full-time students enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school program who are English language learners, and (iv) if such interdistrict magnet school program is assisting the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner, for the current fiscal year, thirty per cent of the number of part-time and full-time students enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school program.
(7) “Sending town” means the town that sends resident choice program students, which it would otherwise be legally responsible for educating, to a choice program.
(8) “Receiving district” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-266aa.
(9) “Weighted funding amount per pupil” means the quotient of (A) the product of the foundation and a town's total need students for the fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid, and (B) the number of resident students of the town.
(10) “In-district student” means a student enrolled or participating in a choice program operated or maintained by a local or regional board of education and for whom such local or regional board of education is legally responsible for educating.
(11) “Out-of-district student” means a student enrolled or participating in a choice program operated or maintained by a local or regional board of education and who does not reside in the town or a member town of such local or regional board of education.
(12) “Total revenue per pupil” means the sum of (A) the per student amount of the grant for a choice program student for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, (B) the per student amount of any general education tuition for a student in such choice program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and (C) the per child amount of any tuition charged for a child enrolled in a preschool program offered by a regional educational service center operating an interdistrict magnet school preschool program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, pursuant to section 10-264l.
(13) “Adjusted total revenue per pupil” means the sum of (A) the per student amount of the grant for a choice program student for the current fiscal year, (B) the per student amount of any general education tuition for a student in such choice program for the current fiscal year, and (C) the per child amount of any tuition charged for a child enrolled in a preschool program offered by a regional educational service center operating an interdistrict magnet school preschool program for the current fiscal year, pursuant to section 10-264l.
(14) “Sending town adjustment factor” means the product of (A) the weighted funding amount per pupil or the total revenue per pupil, whichever is greater, for a sending town, and (B) the number of its resident choice program students.
(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, an interdistrict magnet school program operator that is not a local or regional board of education shall be entitled to a grant in an amount equal to the sum of (A) forty-two per cent of the difference between (i) the product of the foundation and its total magnet school program need students, and (ii) the per student amount such operator received under section 10-264l for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, multiplied by the number of students enrolled in such program for the current fiscal year, and (B) the amount described in subparagraph (A)(ii) of this subdivision, except, if such interdistrict magnet school program operator commences operations on or after July 1, 2024, for a new interdistrict magnet school program, the per student amount such operator received for purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii) of this subdivision for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, shall equal the per student grant amount received by other interdistrict magnet school program operators authorized to receive a grant under this subdivision in the same region as determined by the Commissioner of Education.
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, if (A) the quotient of the sum of the total revenue per pupil during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and the total number of such students enrolled in such program of such operator during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, is greater than (B) the quotient of the sum of the adjusted total revenue per pupil and the number of such students enrolled in such program of such operator during the current fiscal year, then such operator shall be entitled to a grant in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount described in subdivision (1) of this subsection, and (ii) the product of the difference between the amount described in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision and the amount described in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision and the total number of students enrolled in such program of such operator during the current fiscal year.
(c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, an interdistrict magnet school operator that is a local or regional board of education shall be entitled to a grant in an amount equal to the sum of (1) forty-two per cent of the difference between (A) the sum of (i) the sending town adjustment factors for each sending town, and (ii) the product of the number of in-district students enrolled in the interdistrict magnet school program of such board and the per student amount of the grant under section 10-264l for an in-district student enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and (B) the appropriate per student amounts, for in-district students and out-of-district students, such operator received under section 10-264l for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, multiplied by the appropriate numbers of in-district students and out-of-district students enrolled in such program for the current fiscal year, and (2) the amount described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, except, if such interdistrict magnet school program operator commences operations on or after July 1, 2024, in a new interdistrict magnet school program, the per student amount such operator received for purposes of subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B) of this subdivision for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, shall equal the per student grant amount received by other interdistrict magnet school program operators authorized to receive a grant under this subdivision in the same region as determined by the commissioner.
(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, a local or regional board of education that operates a regional agricultural science and technology center shall be entitled to a grant in an amount equal to the sum of (1) forty-two per cent of the difference between (A) the sum of (i) the sending town adjustment factors for each sending town, and (ii) the product of the number of in-district students enrolled in such center and five thousand two hundred, and (B) five thousand two hundred multiplied by the number of students enrolled in such center for the current fiscal year, and (2) the amount described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(P.A. 24-81, S. 112; P.A. 25-168, S. 307.)
History: P.A. 24-81 effective July 1, 2024; P.A. 25-168 amended Subsec. (a)(6) by redefining “total magnet school program need students”, amended Subsec. (a)(13) by redefining “adjusted total revenue per pupil”, amended Subsecs. (b)(1) and (2), (c) and (d) by adding “and each fiscal year thereafter”, replacing “fiscal year ending June 30, 2025” with “current fiscal year” and amended Subsecs (b)(1) and (c) by adding exception re new interdistrict magnet school programs commenced on or after July 1, 2024, effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 10-262h. Equalization aid grants. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year plus fifty-six and five tenths per cent of its grant adjustment; (2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to the amount the town was entitled to for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024; and (3) any town designated as an alliance district, shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount that is the greater of (A) the amount described in either subdivision (1) of this subsection or subdivision (2) of this subsection, as applicable, (B) its base grant amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant entitlement for the previous fiscal year.
(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its fully funded grant; (2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to the amount the town was entitled to for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; and (3) any town designated as an alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount that is the greater of (A) the amount described in either subdivision (1) of this subsection or subdivision (2) of this subsection, as applicable, (B) its base grant amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant entitlement for the previous fiscal year.
(c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its fully funded grant; (2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to the amount the town was entitled to for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; and (3) any town designated as an alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount that is the greater of (A) the amount described in either subdivision (1) of this subsection or subdivision (2) of this subsection, as applicable, (B) its base grant amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant entitlement for the previous fiscal year.
(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2028, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its fully funded grant; (2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus fourteen and twenty-nine-one-hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment; and (3) any town designated as an alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount that is the greater of (A) the amount described in either subdivision (1) of this subsection or subdivision (2) of this subsection, as applicable, (B) its base grant amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant entitlement for the previous fiscal year.
(e) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2029, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its fully funded grant; (2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus sixteen and sixty-seven-one-hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment; and (3) any town designated as an alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount that is the greater of (A) the amount described in either subdivision (1) of this subsection or subdivision (2) of this subsection, as applicable, (B) its base grant amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant entitlement for the previous fiscal year.
(f) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2030, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its fully funded grant; (2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus twenty per cent of its grant adjustment; and (3) any town designated as an alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount that is the greater of (A) the amount described in either subdivision (1) of this subsection or subdivision (2) of this subsection, as applicable, (B) its base grant amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant entitlement for the previous fiscal year.
(g) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2031, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its fully funded grant; (2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus twenty-five per cent of its grant adjustment; and (3) any town designated as an alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount that is the greater of (A) the amount described in either subdivision (1) of this subsection or subdivision (2) of this subsection, as applicable, (B) its base grant amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant entitlement for the previous fiscal year.
(h) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2032, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its fully funded grant; (2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus thirty-three and thirty-three-one-hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment; and (3) any town designated as an alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount that is the greater of (A) the amount described in either subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection, as applicable, (B) its base grant amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant entitlement for the previous fiscal year.
(i) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2033, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant as follows: (1) Any town whose fully funded grant is greater than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its fully funded grant; (2) any town whose fully funded grant is less than its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus fifty per cent of its grant adjustment; and (3) any town designated as an alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount that is the greater of (A) the amount described in either subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection, as applicable, (B) its base grant amount, or (C) its equalization aid grant entitlement for the previous fiscal year.
(j) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2034, and each fiscal year thereafter, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount equal to its fully funded grant, except any town designated as an alliance district shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant in an amount that is the greater of (1) its fully funded grant, (2) its base grant amount, or (3) its equalization aid grant entitlement for the previous fiscal year.
(P.A. 88-358, S. 2, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7, S. 11, 22; P.A. 92-262, S. 26, 42; P.A. 93-1, S. 1, 3; P.A. 95-226, S. 2, 30; P.A. 96-178, S. 2, 18; P.A. 97-318, S. 2, 12; P.A. 98-168, S. 15, 26; P.A. 99-217, S. 5, 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 4, 54; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 23; P.A. 04-254, S. 2; P.A. 05-2, S. 1; 05-245, S. 32; P.A. 06-135, S. 19; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 62; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 53; P.A. 08-170, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 72; P.A. 10-151, S. 2; P.A. 11-6, S. 37; P.A. 12-116, S. 59, 60; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 25, 26; P.A. 13-247, S. 153; P.A. 14-47, S. 18; P.A. 15-244, S. 33; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 230; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 348; P.A. 22-118, S. 267; P.A. 23-204, S. 340; P.A. 25-168, S. 299; 25-174, S. 218.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7 amended Subsec. (a)(3) to change the formula, amended Subsec. (a)(4) to require that no town receive a grant smaller than the grant it received in the previous fiscal year and limited the applicability of Subsec. (b) to the fiscal years ending in June 1990 and 1991; P.A. 92-262 amended Subsec. (a)(4) to change the formula for fiscal year 1992-1993 and added Subdiv. (5) re fiscal year 1993-1994 and thereafter; P.A. 93-1 amended Subsec. (a)(4) to clarify that the exception for distressed municipalities applies to towns which received payments during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, effective January 28, 1993; P.A. 95-226 amended Subsec. (a) to limit Subdiv. (5) to the years ending June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995, and added Subdivs. (6) and (7) concerning grants for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, and June 30, 1997, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-178 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to add a further reduction of .02% or 0.56% for towns depending upon their rank when all towns are ranked in descending order according to town wealth, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 97-318 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to add provisions concerning the fiscal years ending June 30, 1998, and June 30, 1999, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-168 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to increase the amount of the maximum percentage increase from 2% to 5% and substituted the product of 5% for 2% in the formula for determining such percentage, decreased the amount of the maximum percentage reduction for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1997, to June 30, 1999, inclusive, from 9% to 5% and substituted the product of 5% for 9% in the formula for determining such percentage, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-217 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to extend the applicability of the formula to each fiscal year commencing after June 30, 1996, to add cap for the percentage increase for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, to June 30, 2003, and to specify that no such adjustment be made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, or any fiscal year thereafter, to provide that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, no town's grant shall be less than the grant it received for the prior fiscal year, to provide that the density supplement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, shall not be less than the density supplement for the prior fiscal year, to extend the provisions limiting reductions in grants to priority school districts, to add provision requiring grants to priority school districts to at least maintain the amount of aid per student that was received under the grant for the prior fiscal year and to add provision limiting reductions in grants to transitional school districts, effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to designate portions of existing provisions as Subparas. (A) to (L), to use the term target aid in place of language in former Subparas. (A) to (C) that was identical to the definition of target aid, to substitute “capped” for “adjusted”, to add Subpara. (M) re fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, and Subpara. (N) re fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2001; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 amended Subsec. (a)(6) by adding new Subpara. (O) re hold harmless provision for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, effective August 15, 2002; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to extend cap in Subparas. (B) and (C), to end density supplement in Subpara. (G), to end hold harmless provision for priority school districts in Subpara. (J) and to add Subparas. (P) and (Q) re grant calculations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-254 amended Subsec. (a)(6) by removing the cap in Subparas. (B) and (C), by restoring the density supplement in Subpara. (G) and by amending Subpara. (Q) re grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, by providing that no town shall receive a grant less than 60% of any grant previously received, each town shall receive a grant at least equal to the previous year plus a percentage increase, grants associated with priority school districts shall be at least $370 per student and no town shall receive less than it did for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, increased by 0.07%, except that Winchester shall receive at least its fixed entitlement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-2 amended Subsec. (a)(6)(Q)(iv) to change percentage increase in grant from 0.07% to 0.7%, effective March 22, 2005; P.A. 05-245 amended Subsec. (a)(6) by adding Subpara. (R) re grant amount for fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, and June 30, 2007, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-135 amended Subsec. (a)(6) by providing in Subpara. (R), for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, that no town shall receive less than 60% of its target aid and by adding Subpara. (S) requiring that, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and each fiscal year thereafter, each town shall be held harmless and shall receive at least 60% of its target aid, effective July 1, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to provide that provision in Subpara. (G) applies to fiscal years prior to fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, revise Subpara. (S) to terminate provision with fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and replace former hold-harmless provision with language providing grant in amount that is the sum of town's base aid and 17.31% of difference between town's fully funded grant and its base aid, except that no town shall receive less than it did for fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, increased by 4.4%, and add Subpara. (T) to provide grant for fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, in amount that is the sum of town's base aid and 23.3% of the difference between town's fully funded grant and its base aid, except that no town shall receive less than it did for fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, increased by 4.4%, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 amended Subsec. (a)(6)(S)(ii) to add language re adjustment of per cent for all towns, effective October 6, 2007; P.A. 08-170 amended Subsec. (a)(6)(T)(ii) to change 23.3% to 22.02% and to provide that percentage shall be adjusted for all towns so that no town receives a grant in an amount less than in fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, effective July 1, 2008; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 added Subsec. (c) specifying equalization grants for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, effective September 9, 2009; P.A. 10-151 amended Subsec. (c)(3) by replacing “pursuant to this subsection” with “for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009”, effective June 8, 2010; P.A. 11-6 added Subsec. (d) specifying equalization grants for fiscal years ending June 20, 2012, and June 30, 2013, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-116 amended Subsec. (a)(6) by adding “the sum of any amounts paid to the town pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (d) and subsection (l) of section 10-66ee” and adding “of target aid” re capped amount and amended Subsec. (d) by making existing provision applicable to fiscal year 2012 and adding provision re equalization aid grant amount for fiscal year 2013 in Subdiv. (1) and changing fiscal year 2013 grant amounts for certain towns in Subdiv. (2), effective July 1, 2012; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 amended Subsecs. (a)(6) and (d)(1) by deleting references to “subsection (l)” of Sec. 10-66ee, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-247 replaced former provisions with new Subsec. (a) re equalization aid grant for fiscal year 2014 and new Subsec. (b) re equalization aid grant for fiscal year 2015, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-47 replaced former Subsecs. (a) and (b) re calculations for determining grants with new Subsecs. (a) and (b) re grant amounts for fiscal years ending June 30, 2014, and June 30, 2015, effective May 29, 2014; P.A. 15-244 added Subsec. (c) re grant amounts for fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 deleted former Subsecs. (a) to (c), added new Subsec. (a) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal year 2018, added new Subsec. (b) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal year 2019, added new Subsec. (c) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal years 2020 to 2027, and added new Subsec. (d) re equalization aid grant calculations for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, effective October 31, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “to June 30, 2027, inclusive” with “and June 30, 2021”, added new Subsec. (d) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, added Subsec. (e) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal years 2024 to 2027, added Subsec. (f) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal years 2028 and 2029, and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (g) and amended same by replacing “June 30, 2028” with “June 30, 2030”, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023” with “fiscal year ending June 30, 2022”, deleted former Subsec. (e) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal years 2024 to 2027, added new Subsec. (e) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal year 2023, added new Subsec. (f) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal year 2024, added new Subsec. (g) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal year 2025, added Subsec. (h) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal year 2026, added Subsec. (i) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal year 2027, added Subsec. (j) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal year 2028, redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (k) and amended same by replacing “fiscal years ending June 30, 2028, and June 30, 2029” with “fiscal year ending June 30, 2029”, replacing “base grant amount” with “equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year” in Subdiv. (1), replacing “base grant amount” with “equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year” and “eight and thirty-three-one-hundredths” with “fifty” and deleting exception re towns designated alliance districts entitled to its base grant amount in Subdiv. (2) and adding Subdiv. (3) re equalization aid grant entitlement for towns designated alliance districts, and redesignated existing Subsec. (g) as Subsec. (l) and amended same by replacing provision re towns designated alliance districts whose fully funded grant is less than its base grant amount entitled to its base grant amount with provision re equalization aid grant entitlement for towns designated alliance districts, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 23-204 amended Subsec. (f)(2) by replacing “its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus fourteen and twenty-nine-one-hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment” with “the amount the town was entitled to for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023”, amended Subsec. (g)(2) by replacing “twenty-five per cent” with “fifty-six and five tenths per cent” and replacing “its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus sixteen and sixty-seven-one-hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment” with “the amount the town was entitled to for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024”, amended Subsec. (h) by replacing “equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year plus thirty-three and thirty-three-one-hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment” with “fully funded grant” in Subdiv. (1) and replacing “twenty per cent” with “fourteen and twenty-nine-one-hundredths per cent” in Subdiv. (2), amended Subsec. (i) by replacing “equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year plus fifty per cent of its grant adjustment” with “fully funded grant” in Subdiv. (1) and replacing “twenty-five per cent” with “sixteen and sixty-seven-one-hundredths per cent” in Subdiv. (2), amended Subsec. (j)(2) by replacing “thirty-three and thirty-three-one-hundredths per cent” with “twenty per cent”, amended Subsec. (k)(2) by replacing “fifty per cent” with “twenty-five per cent”, added new Subsec. (l) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal year 2030, added Subsec. (m) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal year 2031, and redesignated existing Subsec. (l) as Subsec. (n) and amended same by replacing “June 30, 2030” with “June 30, 2032”, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 25-168 deleted former Subsecs. (a) to (f), redesignated existing Subsecs. (g) to (m) as Subsecs. (a) to (g), amended redesignated Subsec. (b)(2) by replacing “its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus fourteen and twenty-nine-one-hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment” with “the amount the town was entitled to for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025”, amended redesignated Subsec. (c)(2) by replacing “its equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year minus sixteen and sixty-seven-one-hundredths per cent of its grant adjustment” with “the amount the town was entitled to for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026”, amended redesignated Subsec. (d)(2) by replacing “twenty per cent” with “fourteen and twenty-nine-one-hundredths per cent”, amended redesignated Subsec. (e)(2) by replacing “twenty-five per cent” with “sixteen and sixty-seven-one-hundredths per cent”, amended redesignated Subsec. (f)(2) by replacing “thirty-three and thirty-three-one-hundredths per cent” with “twenty per cent”, amended redesignated Subsec. (g)(2) by replacing “fifty per cent” with “twenty-five per cent”, added new Subsec. (h) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal year 2032, added new Subsec. (i) re equalization aid grant calculation for fiscal year 2033, and redesignated existing Subsec. (n) as Subsec. (j) and amended same by replacing “June 30, 2032” with “June 30, 2034”, effective July 1, 2025; P.A. 25-174 made identical changes as P.A. 25-168, effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 10-262j. Minimum budget requirement. (a) Except as otherwise provided under the provisions of subsections (b) to (h), inclusive, of this section, for any fiscal year, the budgeted appropriation for education shall be not less than the budgeted appropriation for education for the prior fiscal year, plus any aid increase described in subsection (d) of section 10-262i, except that a town may reduce its budgeted appropriation for education for the fiscal year, by one or more of the following:
(1) If a town experiences an aid reduction, as described in subsection (d) of section 10-262i, such town may reduce its budgeted appropriation for education in an amount equal to the aid reduction;
(2) If a district experiences a net reduction in its resident student count during a period that may include any of the five fiscal years immediately prior to the fiscal year for which the budgeted appropriation for education is calculated, such district may reduce its budgeted appropriation for education in an amount equal to the number of such net reduction multiplied by fifty per cent of the net current expenditures per resident student of such district, provided no district may use the resident student count for (A) any fiscal year that was previously used to reduce its budgeted appropriation for education, or (B) the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, in any calculation of a net reduction of resident students for purposes of reducing its budgeted appropriation for education pursuant to this subdivision for any subsequent fiscal year;
(3) Any district (A) that does not maintain a high school and pays tuition to another school district pursuant to section 10-33 for resident students to attend high school in another district, and (B) in which the number of resident students attending high school for such district for October first of the prior school year, using the data of record as of January thirty-first of the prior school year, is lower than such district's number of resident students attending high school for October first of the school year before the prior school year, using the data of record as of January thirty-first of the school year before the prior school year, may reduce such district's budgeted appropriation for education by the difference in the number of resident students attending high school for such years multiplied by the amount of tuition paid per student pursuant to section 10-33, except for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, the number of resident students attending high school for such district for the prior school year shall be the number of resident students attending high school for such district for October 1, 2019, using the data of record as of January 31, 2020; or
(4) Any district that realizes new and documentable savings through (A) increased district efficiencies approved by the Commissioner of Education, including, but not limited to, (i) reductions in costs associated with transportation services, school district administration or contracts that are not the result of collective bargaining or other labor agreements, (ii) an agreement to provide medical or health care benefits pursuant to section 7-464b, (iii) a cooperative agreement relating to the performance of administrative and central office functions, such as business manager functions, for the municipality and the school district pursuant to section 10-241b, (iv) reductions in costs associated with the purchasing or joint purchasing of property insurance, casualty insurance and workers' compensation insurance, following the consultation with the legislative body of the municipality of such district pursuant to section 10-241c, (v) reductions in costs associated with the purchasing of payroll processing or accounts payable software systems, following the consultation with the legislative body of the municipality of such district to determine whether such systems may be purchased or shared on a regional basis pursuant to section 10-241e, (vi) consolidation of information technology services, and (vii) reductions in costs associated with the care and maintenance of athletic fields, or (B) regional collaboration or cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a may reduce such district's budgeted appropriation for education in an amount equal to half of the amount of savings experienced as a result of such district efficiencies, regional collaboration or cooperative arrangement, provided such reduction shall not exceed one-half of one per cent of the district's budgeted appropriation for education for the prior fiscal year.
(b) For any fiscal year, the Commissioner of Education may permit a town to reduce its budgeted appropriation for education in an amount determined by the commissioner if the school district in such town has permanently ceased operations and closed one or more schools in the school district due to declining enrollment at such closed school or schools in the seven fiscal years immediately prior to the fiscal year for which the budgeted appropriation for education is calculated.
(c) Except as otherwise provided under the provisions of subsections (g) and (h) of this section, a town designated as an alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u, shall not reduce its budgeted appropriation for education pursuant to this section.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any district that is in the top ten per cent of school districts based on the accountability index, as defined in section 10-223e.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the member towns of a regional school district during the first full fiscal year following the establishment of the regional school district, provided the budgeted appropriation for education for member towns of such regional school district for each subsequent fiscal year shall be determined in accordance with this section.
(f) Any district that has (1) elected to act as a self-insurer, pursuant to section 10-236, (2) experienced a loss incurred as a result of one or more catastrophic events, as declared by a nationally recognized catastrophe loss index provider, during the prior fiscal year, and (3) increased its budgeted appropriation for education during said prior fiscal year as a result of such loss, shall not be required to include the amount of such increase in the calculation of such district's budgeted appropriation for education for the subsequent fiscal year.
(g) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2024, inclusive, any district that has received (1) a supplemental appropriation from the board of finance for a town having a board of finance, the board of selectmen for a town having no board of finance or the authority making appropriations for the school district, for the purpose of covering costs associated with COVID-19 expenditures because the budgeted appropriation for education for the district was insufficient to cover such costs, or (2) federal funds received pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, P.L. 116-136, as amended from time to time, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, P.L. 116-260, as amended from time to time, and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, as amended from time to time, shall not be required to include the amount of such supplemental appropriation or federal funds in the calculation of such district's budgeted appropriation for education for the subsequent fiscal year. As used in this subsection, “COVID-19” means the respiratory disease designated by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020, as coronavirus 2019, and any related mutation thereof recognized by the World Health Organization as a communicable respiratory disease.
(h) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, any district that has been awarded a grant under the school security infrastructure competitive grant program, established pursuant to section 84 of public act 13-3*, during the prior fiscal year, shall not be required to include the amount of such grant in the calculation of such district's budgeted appropriation for education for the subsequent fiscal year.
(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal charter, local ordinance, home rule ordinance or other ordinance that prohibits or otherwise limits a town from appropriating additional funds to its budgeted appropriation for education after the adoption of such appropriation, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, a town may appropriate additional funds to its budgeted appropriation for education to satisfy the requirements of this section if the amount of the equalization aid grant the town is entitled to receive under the provisions of section 10-262h is greater than the amount of such grant that was anticipated by such town when it originally adopted its budgeted appropriation for education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022.
(j) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, any district that has received a special education and expansion development grant under section 10-76ggg during the prior fiscal year shall not be required to include the amount of such grant in the calculation of such district's budgeted appropriation for education for the subsequent fiscal year.
(k) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, any district that has received a grant under section 10-76hhh, during the prior fiscal year, shall not be required to include the amount of such grant in the calculation of such district's budgeted appropriation for education for the subsequent fiscal year.
(P.A. 88-358, S. 4, 9; P.A. 89-124, S. 6, 13; P.A. 92-262, S. 27, 42; P.A. 93-145, S. 2, 3, 6; P.A. 94-245, S. 35, 46; P.A. 95-226, S. 3, 4, 7, 30; P.A. 97-318, S. 4, 12; P.A. 99-217, S. 6, 8; P.A. 00-187, S. 14, 21, 75; P.A. 01-173, S. 62, 67; P.A. 03-76, S. 23; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 25; P.A. 05-245, S. 30; P.A. 06-135, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 64; P.A. 15-99, S. 1; 15-215, S. 19; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 511; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 125; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 252; P.A. 18-1, S. 2; P.A. 19-117, S. 271; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-8, S. 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 346; P.A. 25-67, S. 6; 25-93, S. 17.)
*Note: Section 84 of public act 13-3 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
History: P.A. 89-124 in Subsec. (e) added forfeiture provisions and a minimum expenditure requirement for kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, regional school districts and added new Subsec. (g) re definition of “total need students” for purposes of the section; P.A. 92-262 amended Subsecs. (a), (c) and (f) to add fiscal year 1993, added Subsec. (b)(4), and amended Subsec. (d) to substitute 1994 for 1993; P.A. 93-145 added Subsec. (b)(5) re the amount of aid for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, and each fiscal year thereafter and amended Subsec. (d) to make the existing Subsec. Subdiv. (1), limited the applicability of said Subdiv. to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, added the “greater of the” existing requirement or the sum of the items described in Subparas. (A) and (B) and added the exception language, and added Subdiv. (2) concerning program expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, and for each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-245 amended Subsec. (e) to add provision that any additional funds expended pursuant to an agreement between the State Board of Education and a kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, regional school district shall not be included in a district's expenditures for the purpose of establishing any future minimum expenditure requirement, effective June 2, 1994; P.A. 95-226 added Subsec. (b)(6) and (7) re the fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, and June 30, 1997, amended Subsec. (d) to limit Subdiv. (2) to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, and added Subdiv. (3) concerning the fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, and June 30, 1997, and added Subsec. (f)(2) re fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, and June 30, 1997, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-318 amended Subsecs. (b) and (d) to add provisions re the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, respectively, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-217 added Subsec. (d)(6) and (7) re expenditures for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, and June 30, 2001, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-187 added Subsec. (b)(10) re fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter and amended Subsec. (d)(7)(C) to add the clause “if the resident student count for October 1999, is less than the resident student count for October 1998”, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-173 added Subsec. (d)(8) and (9) re fiscal years ending June 30, 2002, and June 30, 2003, respectively, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-76 made technical changes in Subsec. (e), effective June 3, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 added Subsec. (d)(10) and (11) re fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 05-245 added Subsec. (d)(12) re minimum expenditure for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-135 added Subsec. (d)(13) re minimum expenditure for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, effective July 1, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 deleted former Subsec. (e) re forfeitures, redesignated existing Subsecs. (f) and (g) as Subsecs. (e) and (f) and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 15-99 replaced former provisions re minimum expenditure requirements with new Subsecs. (a) to (e) re minimum budget requirement, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 15-215 added Subsec. (f) re provisions of section not applicable to member towns of a regional school district during first full fiscal year following establishment of regional school district, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (d) by adding “currently” and making provisions applicable to a town formerly designated as an alliance district, effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (b) by adding new Subdiv. (1) re town reducing budgeted appropriation for education in amount equal to aid reduction and redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) to (4) as Subdivs. (2) to (5), and amended Subsec. (e) by replacing “district performance” with “accountability” and replacing reference to Sec. 10-262u with reference to Sec. 10-223e, effective July 1, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 replaced “2013” with “2015”, replaced “2014” with “2016”, replaced “2015” with “2017”, replaced “2016” with “2018” and replaced “2017” with “2019”, amended Subsec. (a) by adding new Subdiv. (1) re town reducing budgeted appropriation for education in amount equal to aid reduction, and redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) to (4) as Subdivs. (2) to (5), and amended Subsec. (d) by deleting “currently” and “or formerly designated as an alliance district”, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-1 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re prior to reductions made by town because of withholdings or reductions made to its equalization aid grant and making technical changes, effective April 26, 2018; P.A. 19-117 replaced “2015” with “2017”, replaced “2016” with “2018”, replaced “2017” with “2019”, replaced “2018” with “2020” and replaced “2019” with “2021”, amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by deleting former Subdivs. (2) and (3), adding new Subdiv. (2) re districts experiencing a net reduction in resident student count during period of any five prior fiscal years, redesignating existing Subdiv. (4) as new Subdiv. (3), redesignating existing Subdiv. (5) as new Subdiv. (4) and amending same to designate existing provision re increased district efficiencies as Subpara. (A) and add clauses (i) to (vii) and to designate existing provision re regional collaboration or cooperative arrangements as Subpara. (B), added Subsec. (g) re self-insured districts that experience loss as a result of catastrophic events not required to include amount in calculation of budgeted appropriation for education for subsequent fiscal year, and made technical and conforming changes throughout, effective July 1, 2019; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-8 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by replacing “(g)” with “(h)”, amended Subsec. (d) by adding “Except as otherwise provided under the provisions of subsection (h) of this section, for” and making a conforming change, and added Subsec. (h) re any district that received a supplemental appropriation for the purpose of covering costs associated with COVID-19 expenditures or federal funds pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, not required to include amount in calculation of budgeted appropriation for education for subsequent fiscal year, effective October 2, 2020; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “the fiscal year” with “any fiscal year” and “fiscal year ending June 30, 2019” with “prior fiscal year” and deleting “ending June 30, 2020,” by adding Subpara. (A) designator and Subpara. (B) re fiscal year ending June 30, 2021 in Subdiv. (2), substantially revising Subdiv. (3) re calculation of reduction in district's budgeted appropriation for education allowed for certain districts, and replacing “fiscal year ending June 30, 2019” with “prior fiscal year” in Subdiv. (4), deleted former Subsec. (b) re town's budgeted appropriation for education for fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) to (h) as Subsecs. (b) to (g), amended redesignated Subsec. (b) by replacing “For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021” with “For any fiscal year” and “fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2020, inclusive” with “seven fiscal years immediately prior to the fiscal year for which the budgeted appropriation for education is calculated”, amended redesignated Subsec. (c) by replacing “subsection (h)” with “subsections (g) and (h)” and deleting “for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021,”, amended redesignated Subsecs. (d) to (f) by deleting references to fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, amended redesignated Subsec. (g) by replacing “and June 30, 2021” with “to June 30, 2024, inclusive” and adding “received” and reference to Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act and American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, added new Subsec. (h) re grants awarded under school security infrastructure competitive grant program, added Subsec. (i) permitting town to appropriate additional funds to budgeted appropriation for education, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 25-67 added Subsec. (j) re special education and expansion development grants received under Sec. 10-76ggg, effective July 1, 2025; P.A. 25-93 added Subsec. (j), codified by the Revisors as Subsec. (k), re grant received under Sec. 10-76hhh, effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 10-262u. Alliance districts. (a) As used in this section and section 10-262i:
(1) “Alliance district” means a school district for a town that (A) is among the towns with the thirty-three lowest accountability index scores, as calculated by the Department of Education, or (B) was previously designated as an alliance district by the Commissioner of Education for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2022, inclusive.
(2) “Accountability index” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-223e.
(3) “Mastery test data of record” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-262f.
(4) “Educational reform district” means an alliance district that is among the ten lowest accountability index scores when all towns are ranked highest to lowest in accountability index scores.
(b) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the Commissioner of Education shall designate thirty school districts as alliance districts. Any school district designated as an alliance district shall be so designated for a period of five years. On or before June 30, 2016, the Department of Education shall determine if there are any additional alliance districts.
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, the commissioner shall designate thirty-three school districts as alliance districts. Any school district designated as an alliance district shall be so designated for a period of five years.
(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the commissioner shall designate thirty-six school districts as alliance districts. Any school district designated as an alliance district shall be so designated for a period of five years.
(c) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Comptroller shall withhold from any town that (A) was designated as an alliance district pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section any increase in funds received over the amount the town received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-262i, and (B) was designated as an alliance district for the first time pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section, any increase in funds received over the amount the town received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-262i, except for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Comptroller shall withhold from the town of Enfield any increase of funds received over the amount the town received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-262i. The Comptroller shall transfer such funds to the Commissioner of Education.
(2) Upon receipt of an application pursuant to subsection (d) of this section or section 10-156gg, the Commissioner of Education may pay such funds to the town designated as an alliance district and such town shall pay all such funds to the local or regional board of education for such town on the condition that such funds shall be expended in accordance with (A) the improvement plan described in subsection (d) of this section, (B) the minority candidate certification, retention or residency year program pursuant to section 10-156gg, (C) the provisions of subsection (c) of section 10-262i, and (D) any guidelines developed by the State Board of Education for such funds. Such funds shall be used to improve student achievement and recruit and retain minority teachers in such alliance district and to offset any other local education costs approved by the commissioner.
(d) The local or regional board of education for a town designated as an alliance district may apply to the Commissioner of Education, at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes, to receive any increase in funds received over the amount the town received for the prior fiscal year pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-262i. Applications pursuant to this subsection shall include objectives and performance targets and an improvement plan that are developed, in part, on the strategic use of student academic performance data. Such improvement plan may include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) A tiered system of interventions for the schools under the jurisdiction of such board based on the needs of such schools, (2) ways to strengthen the foundational programs in reading, through the intensive reading instruction program pursuant to section 10-14u, to ensure reading mastery in kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, with a focus on standards and instruction, proper use of data, intervention strategies, current information for teachers, parental engagement, and teacher professional development, (3) additional learning time, including extended school day or school year programming administered by school personnel or external partners, (4) a talent strategy that includes, but is not limited to, teacher and school leader recruitment and assignment, career ladder policies that draw upon guidelines for a teacher evaluation program adopted by the State Board of Education, pursuant to section 10-151b, and adopted by each local or regional board of education. Such talent strategy may include provisions that demonstrate increased ability to attract, retain, promote and bolster the performance of staff in accordance with performance evaluation findings and, in the case of new personnel, other indicators of effectiveness, (5) training for school leaders and other staff on new teacher evaluation models, (6) provisions for the cooperation and coordination with early childhood education providers to ensure alignment with district expectations for student entry into kindergarten, including funding for an existing local Head Start program, (7) provisions for the cooperation and coordination with other governmental and community programs to ensure that students receive adequate support and wraparound services, including community school models, (8) provisions for implementing and furthering state-wide education standards adopted by the State Board of Education and all activities and initiatives associated with such standards, (9) strategies for attracting and recruiting minority teachers and administrators, (10) provisions for the enhancement of bilingual education programs, pursuant to section 10-17f, or other language acquisition services to multilingual learners, (11) entering into the model school district responsibilities agreement, described in section 10-223l, (12) leadership succession plans that provide training and learning opportunities for administrators and are designed to assist in the seamless transition of school and district personnel in and out of leadership positions in the school district and the continuous implementation of improvement plans developed under this subsection, (13) implementing the policy adopted pursuant to section 10-223m to improve completion rates of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid by students enrolled in grade twelve in a high school under the jurisdiction of such board or students enrolled in an adult education program maintained by such board pursuant to section 10-69, and, as applicable, the parent and guardians of such students, and (14) any additional categories or goals as determined by the commissioner. Such improvement plan shall demonstrate collaboration with key stakeholders, as identified by the commissioner, with the goal of achieving efficiencies and the alignment of intent and practice of current programs with conditional programs identified in this subsection. The commissioner may (A) require changes in any improvement plan submitted by a local or regional board of education before the commissioner approves an application under this subsection, and (B) permit a local or regional board of education, as part of such improvement plan, to use a portion of any funds received under this section for the purposes of paying tuition charged to such board pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (k) of section 10-264l or subsection (b) of section 10-264o. Each such local and regional board of education shall annually submit such improvement plan to the department.
(e) The State Board of Education may develop guidelines and criteria for the administration of such funds under this section.
(f) The commissioner may withhold such funds if the local or regional board of education fails to comply with the provisions of this section. The commissioner may renew such funding if the local or regional board of education provides evidence that the school district of such board is achieving the objectives and performance targets approved by the commissioner stated in the improvement plan submitted under this section.
(g) Any local or regional board of education receiving funding under this section shall submit an annual expenditure report to the commissioner on such form and in such manner as requested by the commissioner. The commissioner shall determine if (1) the local or regional board of education shall repay any funds not expended in accordance with the approved application, or (2) such funding should be reduced in a subsequent fiscal year up to an amount equal to the amount that the commissioner determines is out of compliance with the provisions of this subsection.
(h) Any balance remaining for each local or regional board of education at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward for such local or regional board of education for the next fiscal year.
(P.A. 12-116, S. 34; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 22; P.A. 13-31, S. 23; 13-245, S. 18; 13-247, S. 155; P.A. 14-217, S. 114; P.A. 15-108, S. 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 296, 327; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 126; P.A. 17-215, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 224; P.A. 21-199, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 379; P.A. 22-118, S. 266; P.A. 23-150, S. 33; 23-159, S. 26; 23-167, S. 4; 23-208, S. 3; P.A. 25-168, S. 314.)
History: P.A. 12-116 effective July 1, 2012; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 amended Subsec. (c)(2) by replacing “award” with “pay”, adding “town designated as an alliance district and such town shall pay such funds to the” and replacing “an alliance district” with “such town”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-31 made a technical change in Subsec. (g), effective May 28, 2013; P.A. 13-245 amended Subsec. (d)(2) by adding reference to the intensive reading instruction program, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (c)(1) by designating existing provisions as Subpara. (A) and amending same by deleting “and each fiscal year thereafter” and adding Subpara. (B) re withholding from town any increase of funds over amount received for fiscal year 2012 during fiscal years 2014 and 2015, and amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “section 10-262h” with “subsection (a) of section 10-262i”, adding new Subdiv. (8) re implementing and furthering state-wide education standards adopted by State Board of Education and redesignating existing Subdiv. (8) as Subdiv. (9), effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (c)(2) by adding “all” to provision re town to pay funds to board of education and adding reference to Sec. 10-262i(c) to provision re same, and amended Subsec. (d) by designating existing provision re required changes to plan before commissioner approves application as Subpara. (A) and adding Subpara. (B) re use of funds to pay tuition, effective June 13, 2014; P.A. 15-108 amended Subsec. (d) by adding new Subdiv. (9) re strategies for attracting and recruiting minority teachers and administrators and redesignating existing Subdiv. (9) as Subdiv. (10), effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by redefining “alliance district” in Subdiv. (1), deleting former Subdivs. (2) to (6) re definitions of “district performance index”, “district subject performance index for mathematics”, “district subject performance index for reading”, “district subject performance index for writing” and “district subject performance index for science”, adding new Subdivs. (2) and (3) re definitions of “accountability index” and “mastery test data of record”, and redesignating existing Subdiv. (7) as new Subdiv. (4) and amending same by redefining “educational reform district”, and amended Subsec. (c)(1)(B) by extending applicability of provisions to fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and amended Subsec. (d) by adding new Subdiv. (10) re bilingual education programs and English language learners and redesignating existing Subdiv. (10) as Subdiv. (11), effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (c)(1) by replacing “2017” with “2016”, and adding Subpara. (C) re Comptroller to withhold increase in funds minus aid reduction, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-215 amended Subsec. (d) by adding “are developed, in part, on the strategic use of student academic performance data. Such plan”, adding new Subdiv. (11) re model school district responsibilities agreement, adding Subdiv. (12) re leadership succession plans, and redesignating existing Subdiv. (11) re additional categories or goals as Subdiv. (13), effective July 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by redefining “alliance district”, amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provisions re fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re commissioner to designate thirty-three school districts as alliance districts for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and amended Subsec. (c)(1) by adding Subpara. (D) re Comptroller to withhold increase in funds for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 21-199 amended Subsec. (d) by adding new Subdiv. (13) re implementing policy adopted pursuant to Sec. 10-223m, and designating existing Subdiv. (13) re additional categories or goals determined by commissioner as Subdiv. (14), effective July 1, 2021; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (c)(2) by adding “or section 10-156gg” and “and recruit and retain minority teachers” and designating existing provision re plan described in Subsec. (d) as Subpara. (A), adding Subpara. (B) re minority candidate certification, retention or residency year program, and designating provisions re provisions of Sec. 10-262i(c) and guidelines developed by State Board of Education as Subparas. (C) and (D) respectively, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (a) by redefining “alliance district” in Subdiv. (1) and “educational reform district” in Subdiv. (4), amended Subsec. (b) by adding Subdiv. (3) re commissioner to designate 36 school districts as alliance districts for fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and amended Subsec. (c)(1) by deleting former Subparas. (A) to (C) and the Subpara. (D) designator, making remaining provisions applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, designating existing provision as new Subpara. (A) and amended same by replacing “a town designated as an alliance district” with “any town that (A) was designated as an alliance district pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section” and adding new Subpara. (B) re alliance districts designated for the first time, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 23-150 amended Subsec. (d)(10) by replacing “English language” with “multilingual” and deleting provision re participation in the English language learner pilot program, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 23-159 amended Subsec. (d)(4) by deleting “model”, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 23-167 amended Subsec. (c)(2) by replacing “the plan” with “the improvement plan” in Subpara. (A), adding new Subpara. (C) re establishment of a family resource center in each elementary school and redesignating existing Subparas. (C) and (D) as Subparas. (D) and (E), amended Subsec. (d) by adding references to the improvement plan and adding provision re submission of improvement plan to department, and amended Subsec. (f) to add reference to the improvement plan, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 23-208 amended Subsec. (c)(2) by deleting former Subpara. (C) re establishment of a family resource center in each elementary school and redesignating existing Subpara. (E) as Subpara. (D), effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 25-168 amended Subsec. (c)(1) by adding exception re town of Enfield, effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 10-264h. School building project grants for interdistrict magnet school facilities. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, and each fiscal year thereafter, a local or regional board of education, a regional educational service center, a cooperative arrangement pursuant to section 10-158a, or any of the following entities that operate an interdistrict magnet school that assists the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education: (1) The Board of Regents for Higher Education on behalf of the Connecticut State Community College and the Connecticut State University System, (2) the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut on behalf of the university, (3) the board of governors for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of higher education, and (4) any other third-party not-for-profit corporation approved by the Commissioner of Education, shall be eligible to apply for and accept grants for a school building project, as defined in section 10-282, as provided in chapter 173, and may be eligible for reimbursement, except as otherwise provided for, up to eighty per cent of the eligible cost of the school building project for an interdistrict magnet school facility, including any expenditure for the purchase of equipment, in accordance with this section. To be eligible for reimbursement under this section a school building project for an interdistrict magnet school facility shall meet the requirements for a school building project established in chapter 173, except that the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, may waive any requirement in said chapter for good cause.
(b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the applicant shall receive current payments of scheduled estimated eligible project costs for the interdistrict magnet school facility, provided (1) the applicant files an application for a school building project, in accordance with section 10-283, by the date prescribed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, (2) final plans and specifications for the project are approved pursuant to sections 10-291 and 10-292, and (3) such applicant submits to the Commissioner of Education, in such form as the commissioner prescribes, and the commissioner approves a plan for the operation of the facility which includes, but need not be limited to: A description of the educational programs to be offered, the completion date for the project, an estimated budget for the operation of the facility, written commitments for participation from the districts that will participate in the school and an analysis of the effect of the program on the reduction of racial, ethnic and economic isolation. The Commissioner of Education shall notify the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the secretary of the State Bond Commission when the provisions of subdivision (3) of this subsection have been met. Upon application to the Commissioner of Administrative Services, compliance with the provisions of subdivision (3) of this subsection and after authorization by the General Assembly pursuant to section 10-283, the applicant shall be eligible to receive progress payments in accordance with the provisions of section 10-287i.
(c) (1) If the school building ceases to be used as an interdistrict magnet school facility and the grant was provided for the purchase or construction of the facility, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall determine whether (A) title to the building and any legal interest in appurtenant land shall revert to the state, or (B) the school district shall reimburse the state an amount equal to the difference between the amount received pursuant to this section and the amount the district would have been eligible to receive based on the percentage determined pursuant to section 10-285a, multiplied by the estimated eligible project costs.
(2) If the school building ceases to be used as an interdistrict magnet school facility and the grant was provided for the extension or major alteration of the facility, the school district shall reimburse the state the amount determined in accordance with subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection. A school district receiving a request for reimbursement pursuant to this subdivision shall reimburse the state not later than the close of the fiscal year following the year in which the request is made. If the school district fails to so reimburse the state, the Department of Administrative Services may request the Department of Education to withhold such amount from the total sum which is paid from the State Treasury to such school district or the town in which it is located or, in the case of a regional school district, the towns which comprise the school district. If the amount paid from the State Treasury is less than the amount due, the Department of Administrative Services shall collect such amount from the school district.
(d) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall provide for a final audit of all project expenditures pursuant to this section and may require repayment of any ineligible expenditures, except that the Commissioner of Administrative Services may waive any audit deficiencies found during a final audit of all project expenditures pursuant to this section if the Commissioner of Administrative Services determines that granting such waiver is in the best interest of the state.
(P.A. 93-263, S. 9, 14; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2, S. 177, 203; P.A. 95-226, S. 22, 30; P.A. 97-265, S. 84, 98; 97-290, S. 15, 29; P.A. 98-252, S. 20, 63, 80; 98-259, S. 2, 17; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 7; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-6, S. 2; P.A. 07-249, S. 21; P.A. 08-169, S. 27; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 125; 11-61, S. 129; P.A. 12-120, S. 6; P.A. 13-31, S. 24; 13-247, S. 217; P.A. 14-65, S. 4; 14-217, S. 93; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 312; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 410; P.A. 22-118, S. 364; P.A. 25-22, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 93-263 effective June 28, 1993; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-2 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute current payments of scheduled estimated eligible project costs for a lump sum payment equal to the highest percentage rate determined pursuant to Sec. 10-285a multiplied by estimated eligible project costs and provided for a grant in an amount equal to 5% of the amount authorized and allocated for the project upon compliance with the provisions of Subdivs. (1) and (3), amended Subsec. (b) to provide for reimbursement to the state of the difference between the amount received pursuant to this section and the amount the school district would have been eligible to receive based on the percentage determined pursuant to Sec. 10-285a multiplied by the estimated eligible project costs if within three years after completion of the project children from at least two or more school districts are not participating in the school and to provide, in such a case, if the school district does not reimburse the state, title to the building shall revert to the state, inserted a new Subsec. (c) on a final audit and relettered Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), effective June 21, 1994; P.A. 95-226 divided Subsec. (a) into Subsecs. (a) and (b) and relettered the remaining Subsecs., in Subsec. (a) specified that the cost be “reasonable”, added the requirement concerning chapter 173 and made technical changes, in Subsec. (b) added the requirement for the plan to include an estimated budget for the operation of the facility, specified that the project be authorized by the General Assembly and made technical changes, deleted former Subsec. (d) re reversion and added similar provision to Subsec. (c), and in Subsec. (c) replaced provision requiring the school district to reimburse the state if within three years of completion of the project students from two or more school districts are not participating in the school with provision allowing the commissioner to decide between reversion and reimbursement if the school building ceases to be used for the purpose for which the grant was provided, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-265 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 97-290 amended Subsec. (a) to add provisions re cooperative arrangements for the purposes of an interdistrict magnet school and the limitation on the approval of applications on and after July 1, 1997, to applications that the commissioner finds will reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation, and amended Subsec. (b) to add the requirement for the plan to include an analysis of the effect of the program on the reduction of racial, ethnic and economic isolation, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-252 and P.A. 98-259 both amended Subsec. (b) to replace a grant in the amount of 5% of the amount authorized for the project with progress payments in accordance with Sec. 10-287i, effective July 1, 1998, and P.A. 98-252 further amended Subsec. (c) to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and limit applicability to grants for purchase or construction of a facility and to add new Subdiv. (2) re grants for extension or major alteration of a facility, effective June 8, 1998; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 amended Subsec. (a) by making existing provisions re full reimbursement applicable until June 30, 2002, and by adding provisions re 95% reimbursement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and fiscal years thereafter, effective July 1, 2002; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-6 amended Subsec. (a) by delaying change from full reimbursement to 95% reimbursement until the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, and fiscal years thereafter, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 07-249 amended Subsec. (a) to designate existing language as Subdiv. (1) and add Subdiv. (2) re Connecticut Science Center, Inc., effective July 10, 2007; P.A. 08-169 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to designate existing language re fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, as Subpara. (A) and to add Subpara. (B) re fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and each fiscal year thereafter, and additional entities that operate magnet schools, effective July 1, 2008; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by adding provision re ceasing acceptance of applications for reimbursement for construction of new interdistrict magnet schools until commissioner develops comprehensive state-wide interdistrict magnet school plan, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former Subdiv. (2) re Connecticut Science Center, Inc., removing Subdiv. (1) and Subpara. (A) and (B) designators, replacing language re each fiscal year thereafter with “until the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011”, repositioning provision re reimbursement up to 95%, adding provision re reimbursement up to 80%, replacing “Commissioner of Education” with “Commissioner of Construction Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education,” re waiver of requirement for good cause, replacing “1997” with “2011” and “commissioner” with “Commissioner of Construction Services” re approval of applications, replacing “he” with “the Commissioner of Education” re finding reimbursement will reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation, deleting language re on and after July 1, 2009, and replacing “commissioner” with “Commissioner of Education” re construction of new magnet schools, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “commissioner” with “Commissioner of Education” and adding Commissioner of Construction Services re notification of when provisions of Subdivs. (1) and (3) have been met, amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “commissioner” with “Commissioner of Construction Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education” in Subdiv. (1), and replacing Department of Education with Department of Construction Services and adding “request the Department of Education to” re school district fails to reimburse the state and replacing “department” with “Department of Construction Services” re referral of matter to Department of Administrative Services for collection in Subdiv. (2), amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “commissioner” with “Commissioner of Construction Services”, and made conforming and technical changes, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 made a technical change in Subsec. (a) and amended Subsec. (d) by adding provision re audit deficiencies waiver, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-120 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, until the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003” with “For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, and each fiscal year thereafter”, replacing provision re full reimbursement of eligible costs with provision re reimbursement of up to 80% of eligible costs and making technical and conforming changes, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-31 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective May 28, 2013; P.A. 13-247 replaced references to “Commissioner of Construction Services” and “Department of Construction Services” with references to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” and “Department of Administrative Services”, respectively, and amended Subsec. (c) to make a conforming change, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-65 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al.”, effective July 1, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “as extended” re 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing references to the 2008 and 2013 stipulations and orders for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., with references to obligations pursuant to decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, effective June 23, 2021; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “shall be eligible to apply for and accept grants for a school building project, as defined in section 10-282, as provided in chapter 173, and”, replacing “any capital expenditure for the purchase, construction, extension, replacement, leasing or major alteration of” with “the school building project for an”, deleting provision re commissioner approve only applications for reimbursement that reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation and made technical and conforming changes throughout, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 25-22 amended Subsec. (a) by combining former Subdiv. (2) with Subdiv. (1) re Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges and Connecticut State University System, replacing references to Board of Trustees with Board of Regents for Higher Education, replacing reference to regional community-technical colleges with Connecticut State Community College and redesignating existing Subdivs. (3) to (5) as Subdivs. (2) to (4), effective June 9, 2025.
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Sec. 10-264i. Transportation grants for interdistrict magnet school programs. (a)(1) The following entities shall be eligible, pursuant to section 10-264e, to receive a transportation grant for the cost of transporting a child to an interdistrict magnet school program, as defined in section 10-264l, located in a town other than the town in which such child resides: (A) A local or regional board of education, (B) a regional educational service center, (C) the Board of Regents for Higher Education, on behalf of the Quinebaug Valley and Three Rivers campuses, (D) a cooperative arrangement pursuant to section 10-158a, and (E) an entity that assists the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, (i) the Board of Regents for Higher Education, on behalf of the Connecticut State Community College and the Connecticut State University System, (ii) the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut, on behalf of the university, (iii) the board of governors for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of higher education, and (iv) any other third-party not-for-profit corporation approved by the commissioner.
(2) Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, the amount of such transportation grant shall not exceed an amount equal to the number of such children transported multiplied by one thousand three hundred dollars.
(3) For districts assisting the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner, (A) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, the amount of such transportation grant shall not exceed an amount equal to the number of such children transported multiplied by one thousand four hundred dollars, and (B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of such transportation grant shall not exceed an amount equal to the number of such children transported multiplied by two thousand dollars, except for transportation provided by a regional educational service center pursuant to this subdivision, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grant shall equal the cost of reasonable transportation services, subject to the comprehensive audit and documentation process described in subdivision (4) of this subsection. For regional educational service centers located in the Sheff region, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of such transportation grant shall equal the cost of reasonable transportation services, subject to a comprehensive financial audit and documentation process pursuant to subdivision (4) of this subsection.
(4) Any transportation grant provided to a regional educational service center pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection shall be provided upon a comprehensive financial review, by an auditor selected by the Commissioner of Education, the costs of such review may be paid from funds that are part of such transportation grant. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, any such transportation grant shall be paid as follows: Up to ninety-five per cent of the grant on or before June thirtieth of the fiscal year based on documentation provided prior to May thirty-first of the fiscal year, with an amount equal to one-half of the total estimated transportation cost on or before October thirty-first of the fiscal year, and the remaining total balance paid in increments on or before March first of the following fiscal year upon completion of the comprehensive financial review. If, upon completion of the comprehensive financial review, the commissioner determines there was an overpayment of the grant in the prior fiscal year, such funds shall be refunded to the department.
(5) Except as provided in subdivision (4) of this subsection, the Department of Education shall provide such grants within available appropriations. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent a local or regional board of education, regional educational service center or cooperative arrangement from receiving reimbursement under section 10-266m for reasonable transportation expenses for which such board, service center or cooperative arrangement is not reimbursed pursuant to this section.
(b) Grants under this section shall be contingent on documented costs of providing such transportation. Each eligible entity identified in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section shall submit an application to receive a transportation grant pursuant to this section to the Commissioner of Education in such form and at such times as the commissioner prescribes. Except as provided in subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of this section, grants pursuant to this section shall be paid as follows: One-half of the estimated eligible transportation costs on or before October thirty-first and the balance of such costs on or before May thirty-first.
(c) Each eligible entity identified in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section participating in the transportation grant program shall prepare a financial statement of expenditures which shall be submitted to the Department of Education on or before September first of the fiscal year immediately following each fiscal year in which the school district, regional educational service center or cooperative arrangement participates in the transportation grant program. Based on such statement, any underpayment or overpayment may be calculated and adjusted by the Department of Education in the transportation grant for any subsequent year.
(P.A. 93-263, S. 10, 14; P.A. 95-226, S. 23, 30; P.A. 98-168, S. 21, 26; 98-252, S. 21, 80; 98-259, S. 3, 17; P.A. 03-76, S. 24; P.A. 04-213, S. 21; P.A. 06-135, S. 12; P.A. 08-170, S. 8; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6, S. 25; P.A. 10-151, S. 3; 10-179, S. 58; P.A. 11-28, S. 10; 11-48, S. 196, 210; P.A. 12-120, S. 24; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 282; P.A. 13-31, S. 25; 13-247, S. 169; P.A. 14-65, S. 5; 14-217, S. 92; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 310, 311; P.A. 16-163, S. 22; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 86; P.A. 17-14, S. 11; P.A. 18-51, S. 3; 18-139, S. 8; P.A. 19-117, S. 261; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 358; P.A. 22-118, S. 299; P.A. 25-22, S. 20; 25-143, S. 13; 25-168, S. 312.)
History: P.A. 93-263 effective June 28, 1993; P.A. 95-226 amended Subsec. (a) to apply provisions to regional educational service centers, to add reference to Sec. 10-264l, to specify that the funding for the grants be from the amount appropriated pursuant to Sec. 10-74d, to set a 5% limit, to add clarification concerning reimbursement under Sec. 10-266m and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-168 amended Subsec. (a) to set the cap for the grant, to delete provision for grants to be paid from the amount appropriated pursuant to Sec. 10-74d and to substitute provision for payment within available appropriations, and added new Subsec. (d) re retention of up to 1% by Department of Education, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-252 and 98-259 both made cooperative arrangements eligible for grants and made identical technical changes, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 03-76 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective June 3, 2003; P.A. 04-213 amended Subsec. (a) by allowing the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of Manchester Community College to be eligible for grants and by making a technical change, effective June 3, 2004; P.A. 06-135 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing grant from $1,200 to $1,300, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 08-170 amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdiv. designators (1) to (4), substitute Quinebaug Valley Community College for Manchester Community College and add Subdiv. (5) re stipulation re Sheff v. O'Neill and deleted Subsec. (d) re administrative set-aside, effective July 1, 2008; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6 amended Subsec. (a) by dividing existing provisions into new Subdivs. (1), (2) and (5), redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) to (5) as Subparas. (A) to (E) and existing Subparas. (A) to (E) as clauses (i) to (v), adding language in redesignated Subdiv. (2) re exception, adding new Subdiv. (3) re transportation grants for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 and adding new Subdiv. (4) re supplemental transportation grants, and amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by replacing provision re enumerated entities with provision re eligible entities identified in Subsec. (a)(1), effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-151 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by replacing “year” with “years” and adding “and June 30, 2010,”, effective June 8, 2010; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by providing supplemental transportation grants to Hartford school district and Capitol Region Education Council for fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, effective May 7, 2010; P.A. 11-28 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(4) effective June 3, 2011; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a)(3) by extending calculation of maximum grant amount by number of children transported times $2,000 dollars through fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, effective July 1, 2011, and amended Subsec. (a)(4) by adding provisions re supplemental transportation grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, effective June 13, 2011; P.A. 12-120 amended Subsec. (a)(1)(C) by adding “and Three Rivers Community College”, effective July 1, 2012; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by replacing “2011” with “2012” re provision of supplemental grants, adding provision re independent financial review to be conducted by an auditor selected by commissioner and replacing “seventy-five” with “fifty” and “2011” with “2012” re payment of grant, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-31 made technical changes in Subsec. (a)(1), effective May 28, 2013; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “2013” with “2015” in Subdiv. (3) and by replacing “For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2009, and June 30, 2010, in” with “In” and adding provisions re supplemental transportation grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and comprehensive financial review in Subdiv. (4), effective June 19, 2013; P.A. 14-65 made technical changes in Subsec. (a)(1), effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (a)(1), (3) and (4) by adding “as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al.,” and amended Subsec. (a)(4) by making existing provision re supplemental transportation for fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, applicable through fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, making existing provision re grant payment applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and adding provision re grant payments applicable to fiscal years ending June 30, 2014, and June 30, 2015, effective July 1, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “as extended” in Subdivs. (1)(E) and (3) and extending applicability to fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, in Subdiv. (3)(ii), effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 16-163 amended Subsec. (a)(3) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as Subparas. (A) and (B), effective June 9, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by deleting provisions re supplemental transportation grants for fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2012, making existing provision re supplemental transportation for fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2015, applicable through fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, adding “as extended” in provision re 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., and adding provision re grant payment for fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, effective June 2, 2016; P.A. 17-14 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by replacing “June 30, 2016” with “June 30, 2017” re supplemental transportation, and adding provision re grant payment for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, effective May 31, 2017; P.A. 18-51 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended” with “its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect”, amended Subsec. (a)(3)(B) by replacing “2017” with “2019”, and amended Subsec. (a)(4) by replacing “2017” with “2018”, adding provision re grant payment for fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 18-139 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(4), effective June 11, 2018; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (a)(3)(B) by replacing “fiscal years ending June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2019, inclusive” with “fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, and each fiscal year thereafter”, and amended Subsec. (a)(4) by adding provision re grant payment for fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 2019; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by deleting provisions re grant payments for fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2018, replacing “June 30, 2019” with “June 30, 2021” and adding proviso re any unpaid balance of eligible transportation costs, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by deleting “and each fiscal year thereafter,” and adding provision re grant payment for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective May 7, 2022; P.A. 25-22 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing references to Board of Trustees re Community-Technical Colleges and Connecticut State University System with Board of Regents for Higher Education, combining former Subpara. (E)(ii) with Subpara (E)(i), replacing references to regional community-technical college and community colleges with Connecticut State Community College and campuses, respectively, and redesignating existing Subpara. (E)(iii) to (v) as Subpara. (E)(ii) to (iv), effective June 9, 2025; P.A. 25-143 amended Subsec. (a) by moving an existing provision re eligibility to receive a transportation grant to the beginning in Subdiv. (1), deleting reference to Subdiv. (4) in Subdiv. (2), requiring grant to be equal to cost of reasonable cost of transportation services in Subdiv. (3), deleting provisions in Subdiv. (4) re supplemental transportation grants and payment schedule for fiscal years ending June 30, 2021, and June 30, 2022, changing fiscal year for payment schedule from June 30, 2023, to June 30, 2026, requiring payment of one-half of total estimated transportation cost on or before October 31 and changing payment of remaining balance from September 1 to March 1 in Subdiv. (4) and adding “Except as provided in subdivision (4) of this subsection,” in Subdiv. (5), amended Subsec. (b) by adding “Except as provided in subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of this section”, specifying payment due dates on October 31 and May 31 and making technical changes and adding “transportation” before “grant” in Subsecs. (a) and (c), effective July 1, 2025; P.A. 25-168 amended Subsec. (a)(3) by adding exception re amount of transportation grant to regional educational service centers shall be equal to cost of reasonable transportation services, amended Subsec. (a)(4) by deleting obsolete provisions and therein adding provision re transportation grants provided to regional educational service centers shall be provided upon a comprehensive financial review, and replacing “and the balance on or before September first” with “with an amount equal to up to one-half of the total estimated transportation costs in October, and the remaining total balance paid in increments on or before March first”, amended Subsec (b) by replacing “In October one-half of the estimated eligible transportation costs and the balance of such costs in May” with “One-half of the estimated eligible transportation costs on or before October thirty-first and the balance of such costs on or before May thirty-first”, and made technical and conforming changes throughout, effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 10-264l. Grants for the operation of interdistrict magnet school programs. Transportation. Enrollment of students; notice. Special education; Section 504 plans. Financial audits. Tuition. (a) The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, establish a grant program (1) to assist (A) local and regional boards of education, (B) regional educational service centers, (C) the Board of Regents for Higher Education, on behalf of the Quinebaug Valley and Three Rivers campuses, and (D) cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a, and (2) in assisting the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner, to assist (A) the Board of Regents for Higher Education, on behalf of the Connecticut State Community College and the Connecticut State University System, (B) the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut, on behalf of the university, (C) the board of governors for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of higher education, and (D) any other third-party not-for-profit corporation approved by the commissioner with the operation of interdistrict magnet school programs. All interdistrict magnet schools shall be operated in conformance with the same laws and regulations applicable to public schools. For the purposes of this section “an interdistrict magnet school program” means a program that (i) supports racial, ethnic and economic diversity, (ii) offers a special and high quality curriculum, and (iii) requires students who are enrolled to attend at least half-time. An interdistrict magnet school program does not include a regional agricultural science and technology school, a technical education and career school or a regional special education center. For the school year commencing July 1, 2017, and each school year thereafter, the governing authority for each interdistrict magnet school program shall (I) restrict the number of students that may enroll in the school from a participating district to seventy-five per cent of the total school enrollment, and (II) maintain a total school enrollment that is in accordance with the enrollment standards for interdistrict magnet school programs, developed by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to section 10-264r.
(b) (1) Applications for interdistrict magnet school program operating grants awarded pursuant to this section shall be submitted annually to the Commissioner of Education at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes, except that on and after July 1, 2009, applications for such operating grants for new interdistrict magnet schools, other than those that the commissioner determines will assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner, shall not be accepted until the commissioner develops a comprehensive state-wide interdistrict magnet school plan. The commissioner shall submit such comprehensive state-wide interdistrict magnet school plan on or before October 1, 2016, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations.
(2) In determining whether an application shall be approved and funds awarded pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall consider, but such consideration shall not be limited to: (A) Whether the program offered by the school is likely to increase student achievement; (B) whether the program is likely to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation; (C) the percentage of the student enrollment in the program from each participating district; and (D) the proposed operating budget and the sources of funding for the interdistrict magnet school. For a magnet school not operated by a local or regional board of education, the commissioner shall only approve a proposed operating budget that, on a per pupil basis, does not exceed the maximum allowable threshold established in accordance with this subdivision. The maximum allowable threshold shall be an amount equal to one hundred twenty per cent of the state average of the quotient obtained by dividing net current expenditures, as defined in section 10-261, by average daily membership, as defined in said section, for the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year for which the operating grant is requested. The Department of Education shall establish the maximum allowable threshold no later than December fifteenth of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year for which the operating grant is requested. If requested by an applicant that is not a local or regional board of education, the commissioner may approve a proposed operating budget that exceeds the maximum allowable threshold if the commissioner determines that there are extraordinary programmatic needs. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter, in the case of an interdistrict magnet school that will assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner, the commissioner shall also consider whether the school is meeting the enrollment standards for interdistrict magnet school programs, developed by the commissioner pursuant to section 10-264r. If such school has not met such enrollment standards, it shall not be entitled to receive a grant pursuant to this section unless the commissioner finds that it is appropriate to award a grant for an additional year or years and approves a plan to bring such school into compliance with such enrollment standards. If requested by the commissioner, the applicant shall meet with the commissioner or the commissioner's designee to discuss the budget and sources of funding.
(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, the commissioner shall not award a grant to an interdistrict magnet school program that (A) has more than seventy-five per cent of the total school enrollment from one school district, or (B) does not maintain a total school enrollment that is in accordance with the enrollment standards for interdistrict magnet school programs, developed by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to section 10-264r, except the commissioner may award a grant to such school for an additional year or years if the commissioner finds it is appropriate to do so and approves a plan to bring such school into compliance with such residency or enrollment standards.
(4) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, if an interdistrict magnet school program does not maintain a total school enrollment that is in accordance with the enrollment standards for interdistrict magnet school programs, developed by the commissioner pursuant to section 10-264r, for two or more consecutive years, the commissioner may impose a financial penalty on the operator of such interdistrict magnet school program, or take any other measure, in consultation with such operator, as may be appropriate to assist such operator in complying with such enrollment standards.
(5) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, for the purposes of equalization aid under section 10-262h, a student enrolled in an interdistrict magnet school program shall be counted as a resident student, as defined in section 10-262f, of the town in which such student resides.
(c) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, each interdistrict magnet school operator shall be paid a grant equal to the amount the operator is entitled to receive under the provisions of section 10-252a.
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and each fiscal year thereafter, the commissioner may, within available appropriations, provide supplemental grants for the purposes of enhancing educational programs in such interdistrict magnet schools, as the commissioner determines. Such grants shall be made after the commissioner has conducted a comprehensive financial review and approved the total operating budget for such schools, including all revenue and expenditure estimates.
(3) Within available appropriations, the commissioner may make grants to the following entities that operate an interdistrict magnet school that assists the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner and that provide academic support programs and summer school educational programs approved by the commissioner to students participating in such interdistrict magnet school program: (A) Regional educational service centers, (B) local and regional boards of education, (C) the Board of Regents for Higher Education, on behalf of the Connecticut State Community College and the Connecticut State University System, (D) the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut on behalf of the university, (E) the board of governors for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of higher education, (F) cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a, and (G) any other third-party not-for-profit corporation approved by the commissioner.
(4) Within available appropriations, the Commissioner of Education may make grants, in an amount not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars, for start-up costs associated with the development of new interdistrict magnet school programs that assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner, to the following entities that develop such a program: (A) Regional educational service centers, (B) local and regional boards of education, (C) the Board of Regents for Higher Education, on behalf of the Connecticut State Community College and the Connecticut State University System, (D) the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut, on behalf of the university, (E) the board of governors for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173, or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of higher education, (F) cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a, and (G) any other third-party not-for-profit corporation approved by the commissioner.
(d) Grants made pursuant to this section and section 10-252a shall be paid as follows: Seventy per cent not later than September first and the balance not later than May first of each fiscal year. The May first payment shall be adjusted to reflect actual interdistrict magnet school program enrollment as of the preceding October first using the data of record as of the intervening January thirty-first, if the actual level of enrollment is lower than the projected enrollment stated in the approved grant application. The May first payment shall be further adjusted for the difference between the total grant received by the magnet school operator in the prior fiscal year and the revised total grant amount calculated for the prior fiscal year in cases where the aggregate financial audit submitted by the interdistrict magnet school operator pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (n) of this section indicates an overpayment by the department. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, grants made pursuant to this section may be paid to each interdistrict magnet school operator as an aggregate total of the amount that the interdistrict magnet schools operated by each such operator are eligible to receive under this section. Each interdistrict magnet school operator may distribute such aggregate grant among the interdistrict magnet school programs that such operator is operating pursuant to a distribution plan approved by the Commissioner of Education.
(e) The Department of Education may retain up to one-half of one per cent of the amount appropriated, in an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars, for purposes of this section for program evaluation and administration.
(f) Each local or regional school district in which an interdistrict magnet school is located shall provide the same kind of transportation to its children enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school as it provides to its children enrolled in other public schools in such local or regional school district. The parent or guardian of a child denied the transportation services required to be provided pursuant to this subsection may appeal such denial in the manner provided in sections 10-186 and 10-187.
(g) On or before October fifteenth of each year, the Commissioner of Education shall determine if interdistrict magnet school enrollment is below the number of students for which funds were appropriated. If the commissioner determines that the enrollment is below such number, the additional funds shall not lapse but shall be used by the commissioner for grants for interdistrict cooperative programs pursuant to section 10-74d.
(h) (1) In the case of a student identified as requiring special education, the school district in which the student resides shall: (A) Hold the planning and placement team meeting for such student and shall invite representatives from the interdistrict magnet school to participate in such meeting; and (B) pay the interdistrict magnet school an amount equal to the difference between the reasonable cost of educating such student and the sum of the amount received by the interdistrict magnet school for such student pursuant to subsection (c) of this section and amounts received from other state, federal, local or private sources calculated on a per pupil basis. Such school district shall be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to section 10-76g. If a student requiring special education attends an interdistrict magnet school on a full-time basis, such interdistrict magnet school shall be responsible for ensuring that such student receives the services mandated by the student's individualized education program whether such services are provided by the interdistrict magnet school or by the school district in which the student resides.
(2) In the case of a student with a plan pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended from time to time, the school district in which the student resides shall pay the interdistrict magnet school an amount equal to the difference between the reasonable cost of educating such student and the sum of the amount received by the interdistrict magnet school for such student pursuant to subsection (c) of this section and amounts received from other state, federal, local or private sources calculated on a per pupil basis. If a student with a plan pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended from time to time, attends an interdistrict magnet school on a full-time basis, such interdistrict magnet school shall be responsible for ensuring that such student receives the services mandated by the student's plan, whether such services are provided by the interdistrict magnet school or by the school district in which the student resides.
(i) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the enrollment of nonpublic school students in an interdistrict magnet school program that operates less than full-time, provided (1) such students constitute no more than five per cent of the full-time equivalent enrollment in such magnet school program, and (2) such students are not counted for purposes of determining the amount of grants pursuant to this section and section 10-264i.
(j) After accommodating students from participating districts in accordance with an approved enrollment agreement, an interdistrict magnet school operator that has unused student capacity may enroll directly into its program any interested student. A student from a district that is not participating in an interdistrict magnet school or the interdistrict student attendance program pursuant to section 10-266aa to an extent determined by the Commissioner of Education shall be given preference. The local or regional board of education otherwise responsible for educating such student shall contribute funds to support the operation of the interdistrict magnet school in an amount equal to the per student tuition, if any, charged to participating districts, except for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, such per student tuition charged to such participating districts shall not exceed the amount of tuition authorized pursuant to subsection (k) of this section.
(k) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, any tuition charged to a local or regional board of education by (A) a regional educational service center operating an interdistrict magnet school, (B) the Hartford school district operating the Great Path Academy on behalf of Manchester Community College, or (C) any interdistrict magnet school operator described in section 10-264s, for any student enrolled in kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, in such interdistrict magnet school shall be in an amount equal to the difference between (i) the average per pupil expenditure of the magnet school for the prior fiscal year, and (ii) the amount of any per pupil state subsidy calculated under subsection (c) of this section plus any revenue from other sources calculated on a per pupil basis, except for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the per student tuition charged to a local or regional board of education shall not (I) exceed fifty-eight per cent the per student tuition charged during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, or (II) for an interdistrict magnet school program that is authorized to charge tuition to a local or regional board of education under this subsection and commences operations on or after July 1, 2024, exceed the per student average tuition charged by interdistrict magnet school programs serving similar grade ranges in the same region as determined by the commissioner. If any such board of education fails to pay such tuition, the commissioner may withhold from such board's town or towns a sum payable under section 10-262i in an amount not to exceed the amount of the unpaid tuition to the magnet school and pay such money to the fiscal agent for the magnet school as a supplementary grant for the operation of the interdistrict magnet school program. In no case shall the sum of such tuitions exceed the difference between the total expenditures of the magnet school for the prior fiscal year and the total per pupil state subsidy calculated under subsection (c) of this section plus any revenue from other sources. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive financial review of the operating budget of a magnet school to verify such tuition rate.
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year thereafter, a regional educational service center operating an interdistrict magnet school offering a preschool program that is not located in the Sheff region shall charge tuition to the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in such preschool program in an amount up to four thousand fifty-three dollars, except such regional educational service center shall (A) not charge tuition to such parent or guardian with a family income at or below seventy-five per cent of the state median income, and (B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, charge tuition to such parent or guardian in an amount not to exceed fifty-eight per cent of the tuition charged during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, except for an interdistrict magnet school preschool program that is authorized to charge tuition to a parent or guardian under this subsection and commences operations on or after July 1, 2024, charge tuition to such parent or guardian in an amount not to exceed the per child average tuition charged by interdistrict magnet school preschool programs in the same region as determined by the commissioner. The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, be financially responsible for any unpaid tuition charged to such parent or guardian with a family income at or below seventy-five per cent of the state median income. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive financial review of the operating budget of any such magnet school charging such tuition to verify such tuition rate.
(l) A participating district shall provide opportunities for its students to attend an interdistrict magnet school in a number that is at least equal to the number specified in any written agreement with an interdistrict magnet school operator or in a number that is at least equal to the average number of students that the participating district enrolled in such magnet school during the previous three school years.
(m) (1) On or before May 15, 2010, and annually thereafter, each interdistrict magnet school operator shall provide written notification to any school district that is otherwise responsible for educating a student who resides in such school district and will be enrolled in an interdistrict magnet school under the operator's control for the following school year. Such notification shall include (A) the number of any such students, by grade, who will be enrolled in an interdistrict magnet school under the control of such operator, (B) the name of the school in which such student has been placed, and (C) the amount of tuition to be charged to the local or regional board of education for such student. Such notification shall represent an estimate of the number of students expected to attend such interdistrict magnet schools in the following school year, but shall not be deemed to limit the number of students who may enroll in such interdistrict magnet schools for such year.
(2) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, any interdistrict magnet school operator that is a local or regional board of education and did not charge tuition to another local or regional board of education for the school year commencing July 1, 2014, may not charge tuition to such board unless (A) such operator receives authorization from the Commissioner of Education to charge the proposed tuition, and (B) if such authorization is granted, such operator provides written notification on or before September first of the school year prior to the school year in which such tuition is to be charged to such board of the tuition to be charged to such board for each student that such board is otherwise responsible for educating and is enrolled at the interdistrict magnet school under such operator's control, except for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of such tuition charged to such other local or regional board of education shall not (i) exceed fifty-eight per cent the per student tuition charged during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, or (ii) for an interdistrict magnet school program that is authorized to charge tuition to a local or regional board of education under this subsection and commences operations on or after July 1, 2024, exceed the per student average tuition charged by interdistrict magnet school programs serving similar grade ranges in the same region as determined by the commissioner. In deciding whether to authorize an interdistrict magnet school operator to charge tuition under this subdivision, the commissioner shall consider (I) the average per pupil expenditure of such operator for each interdistrict magnet school under the control of such operator, and (II) the amount of any per pupil state subsidy and any revenue from other sources received by such operator. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive financial review of the operating budget of the magnet school of such operator to verify that the tuition is appropriate. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any interdistrict magnet school operator that is a regional educational service center or assisting the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education.
(3) Not later than two weeks following an enrollment lottery for an interdistrict magnet school conducted by a magnet school operator, the parent or guardian of a student (A) who will enroll in such interdistrict magnet school in the following school year, or (B) whose name has been placed on a waiting list for enrollment in such interdistrict magnet school for the following school year, shall provide written notification of such prospective enrollment or waiting list placement to the school district in which such student resides and is otherwise responsible for educating such student.
(n) (1) Each interdistrict magnet school operator shall annually file with the Commissioner of Education, at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes, (A) a financial audit for each interdistrict magnet school operated by such operator, and (B) an aggregate financial audit for all of the interdistrict magnet schools operated by such operator.
(2) Annually, the commissioner shall randomly select one interdistrict magnet school operated by a regional educational service center to be subject to a comprehensive financial audit conducted by an auditor selected by the commissioner. The regional educational service center shall be responsible for all costs associated with the audit conducted pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision.
(o) For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, any local or regional board of education operating an interdistrict magnet school pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, shall not charge tuition for any student enrolled in a preschool program or in kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, in an interdistrict magnet school operated by such school district, except the Hartford school district may charge tuition for any student enrolled in the Great Path Academy.
(p) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, if the East Hartford school district or the Manchester school district has greater than four per cent of its resident students, as defined in section 10-262f, enrolled in an interdistrict magnet school program, then the board of education for the town of East Hartford or the town of Manchester shall not be financially responsible for four thousand four hundred dollars of the portion of the per student tuition charged for each such student in excess of such four per cent. The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, be financially responsible for such excess per student tuition. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of the grants payable to the boards of education for the towns of East Hartford and Manchester in accordance with this subsection shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for purposes of this subsection.
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, if the local or regional board of education for (A) the town of Windsor, (B) the town of New Britain, (C) the town of New London, and (D) the town of Bloomfield, has greater than four per cent of its resident students, as defined in section 10-262f, enrolled in an interdistrict magnet school program, then such board of education shall not be financially responsible for four thousand four hundred dollars of the portion of the per student tuition charged for each such student in excess of such four per cent. The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, be financially responsible for such excess per student tuition. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the amount of the grants payable to any such board of education in accordance with this subsection shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for purposes of this subsection.
(P.A. 95-226, S. 17, 30; P.A. 97-290, S. 16, 29; P.A. 98-168, S. 22, 26; 98-252, S. 23, 80; 98-259, S. 4, 17; P.A. 99-289, S. 9, 11; P.A. 00-48, S. 9, 12; P.A. 01-173, S. 65, 67; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 106; P.A. 03-76, S. 36; P.A. 04-213, S. 22; 04-257, S. 12; P.A. 05-2, S. 3; 05-245, S. 25, 36; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 77, 79; P.A. 06-135, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 40, 42; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 45; P.A. 08-152, S. 11; 08-153, S. 2; 08-170, S. 7, 17; P.A. 09-45, S. 4; June 19 Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-1, S. 24; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6, S. 22; P.A. 10-179, S. 18; P.A. 11-6, S. 54; 11-48, S. 183, 184; 11-179, S. 8, 9; P.A. 12-116, S. 63, 87; 12-120, S. 5, 18–20, 23; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 11, 12; P.A. 13-31, S. 26; 13-122, S. 1, 2; 13-247, S. 124, 166, 167; P.A. 14-65, S. 6, 7; 14-217, S. 89; P.A. 15-63, S. 3; 15-143, S. 2; 15-177, S. 1; 15-215, S. 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 307; P.A. 16-139, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 64, 66; P.A. 17-172, S. 2; 17-237, S. 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 61, 585; P.A. 18-51, S. 1, 2; P.A. 19-117, S. 270; 19-184, S. 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 354–357, 411; P.A. 22-118, S. 254; P.A. 23-160, S. 29–31; 23-204, S. 341; P.A. 24-78, S. 6, 9; 24-81, S. 114; P.A. 25-22, S. 21; 25-143, S. 9; 25-168, S. 308, 318, 319.)
History: P.A. 95-226 effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-290 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision restricting the number of students that may enroll in the program from a participating district to 80% of the total enrollment of the program and to make a technical change, and amended Subsec. (b) to require consideration of the percentage of the student enrollment in the program from each participating district, to add the prohibition against awarding a grant to a program if more than 80% of the total enrollment is from one school district with a one-year exception for good cause, and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-168 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision for program to be established with funds appropriated for purposes of Sec. 10-74d and to substitute provision for program to be established within available appropriations, and added new Subsec. (e) re retention of up to 1% by the Department of Education, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-252 and P.A. 98-259 both made cooperative arrangements eligible for grants and P.A. 98-252 also made technical changes, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-289 amended Subsec. (a) to make the grants noncompetitive, amended Subsec. (c) to increase the percentage of the grant that programs operating less than full-time are eligible to receive from 50% to 65%, and added Subsec. (f) re transportation and Subsec. (g) re determination of level of enrollment, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-48 added Subsec. (h) re special education students, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-173 added Subsec. (i) re enrollment of nonpublic school students in programs operating less than full-time, effective July 1, 2001; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 amended Subsec. (a) by changing requirements for enrollment percentages for schools beginning operations on or after July 1, 2005, added Subsec. (b)(4) re proposed operating budgets and by adding language re enrollment restrictions for programs beginning operations on or after July 1, 2005, and amended Subsec. (c) by redesignating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1), making technical changes therein, and adding new Subdiv. (2) re supplemental grants, effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 03-76 made a technical change in Subsec. (c)(1), effective June 3, 2003; P.A. 04-213 amended Subsec. (a) by allowing the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of Manchester Community College to be eligible for grants and by adding provision re operation in conformance with laws applicable to public schools, effective June 3, 2004; P.A. 04-257 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 14, 2004; P.A. 05-2 amended Subsec. (c)(2) to apply provisions to fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, and to delete reference to fiscal years ending June 30, 2003, and June 30, 2004, effective March 22, 2005; P.A. 05-245 amended Subsec. (c)(2) by making proportional reduction in grants applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective June 30, 2005, and amended Subsec. (c) by adding exception in Subdiv. (1) for programs described in Subdiv. (3)(A) and by adding Subdiv. (3) re programs described by enrollment percentages from a single town, deleted former Subsec. (e) re retention of funds for program evaluation and administration and redesignated existing Subsecs. (f) to (i) as Subsecs. (e) to (h), effective July 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 amended Subsec. (c)(2) by including summer school programs and reinstated Subsec. (e) re amount retained for program evaluation and administration, reducing amount department may retain from 1% to one-half of 1%, and redesignated existing Subsecs. (e) to (h) as Subsecs. (f) to (i), effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-135 amended Subsec. (c)(2) by deleting reference to summer school programs and added Subdiv. (4) re grants to regional educational service centers that provide summer school educational programs, effective July 1, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 amended Subsec. (c) to make technical changes, to provide in Subdiv. (1) that host magnet school program with participating district that enrolls more than 55% of its students in the magnet school shall receive a grant that is $6,016 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, $6,730 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, $7,440 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, and $8,158 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, and for residents of the host town a per pupil grant of $3,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and thereafter, to provide in Subdiv. (3)(A) that magnet schools operated by regional educational service center that enroll less than 55% of its students from a single town shall receive a per pupil grant that is $7,060 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, $7,620 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, $8,180 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, and $8,741 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, to add new Subdiv. (3)(B) re per pupil grants for magnet schools operated by regional educational service center that enrolls at least 55% of its students from a single town, to redesignate existing Subdiv. (3)(B) as Subdiv. (3)(C) and add Subsecs. (j) and (k) re unused student capacity and re financial audits of interdistrict magnet schools operated by regional educational service centers, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 amended Subsec. (c) to remove restriction on formula for districts with enrollment greater than 55% in Subdiv. (1), to redesignate existing Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (5) and to add new Subdiv. (4) re proportional adjustment of grants, effective October 6, 2007; P.A. 08-152 amended Subsec. (a) to change “vocational agriculture” to “agricultural science and technology”, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 08-153 deleted Subsec. (c)(3)(C) re case where regional educational service center enrolls at least 55% of students from a single town, effective June 12, 2008; P.A. 08-170 amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdiv. designators (1)(A), (B) and (C), to substitute Quinebaug Valley Community College for Manchester Community College, to add Subdiv. (2) re stipulation re Sheff v. O'Neill, to redesignate existing Subdivs. (1), (2) and (3) as clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), to change “vocational agriculture” to “agricultural science and technology” and to delete former Subpara. designators (A) and (B), amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to add provisions re stipulation re Sheff v. O'Neill, amended Subsec. (d) to add exception re Subsec. (c)(6) and amended Subsec. (j) to designate existing language as Subdivs. (1) and (2), to add language re interdistrict student attendance program to Subdiv. (1), to replace existing tuition formula for fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, in Subdiv. (2) with tuition formula that limits tuition to amount that is at least 75% of difference between per pupil expenditure of prior fiscal year and state subsidy and other revenue and provides for 10% cap on any increase and to add Subdiv. (3) re provision of opportunities, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 09-45 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective May 20, 2009; June 19 Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-1 amended Subsec. (j) by adding Subdiv. (4) re notification to school district of student enrollment at interdistrict magnet school, effective July 1, 2009; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6 amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provision re submission of applications for interdistrict magnet school operating grants as Subdiv. (1) and amending same by adding provision re development and submission of a comprehensive state-wide interdistrict magnet school plan, designating existing provisions re considerations for application approval, desegregation standards and meeting with commissioner as Subdiv. (2) and amending same by redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) to (4) as Subparas. (A) to (D) and adding provision re maximum allowable threshold for proposed operating budget by a magnet school not operated by a local or regional board of education and designating existing provision re requirements for enrollment of students from one school district and of racial minorities as Subdiv. (3), amended Subsec. (c)(1) by replacing “and (B)” with “to (F), inclusive,”, deleting former Subparas. (C) and (D), inserting “to June 30, 2011, inclusive” and making conforming changes, amended Subsec. (c)(2) by replacing “reviewed” with “conducted a comprehensive financial review”, amended Subsec. (c)(3)(A) and (B) by replacing “Each” with “Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (C) to (F), inclusive, of this subdivision, each”, deleting provision re regional educational service center enrolling less than 60% of its students from Hartford, deleting existing clauses re fiscal years 2010 and 2011 and inserting “and each fiscal year thereafter”, amended Subsec. (c)(3) by adding Subpara. (C) re grant for interdistrict magnet school that began operations for school year commencing July 1, 1998, and has student enrollment of at least 55% but no more than 75% from a single town, adding Subpara. (D) re grant for interdistrict magnet school that began operations for school year commencing July 1, 2001, and has student enrollment of at least 55% but no more than 80% from a single town, adding Subpara. (E) re grant for interdistrict magnet schools operated by organizations enumerated in clauses (i) to (vii), adding Subpara. (F) re grant for interdistrict magnet schools operated by Hartford school district pursuant to stipulation and order and adding Subpara. (G) re supplemental grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, amended Subsec. (j) by deleting Subdiv. (1) designator, redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) as new Subsec. (k) and amending same by redesignating existing Subparas. (A) and (B) as Subdivs. (1) and (2), deleting prohibition re 10% increase in tuition, adding provision re tuition charged by a regional educational service center operating an interdistrict magnet school, adding provision re cap on sum of tuitions and adding provision re comprehensive financial review of magnet school operating budget, and redesignating existing Subdivs. (3) and (4) as Subsecs. (l) and (m), redesignated existing Subsec. (k) as Subsec. (n) and added Subsec. (o) re prohibition against charging tuition for any student enrolled in interdistrict magnet school operated by Hartford school district for school years commencing July 1, 2009, and July 1, 2010, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (c)(3)(C) and (D) by limiting per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is a resident of district to fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, and 2011, by changing amount of such grant for fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, and by limiting per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is not a resident of district to fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, and 2011, effective May 7, 2010; P.A. 11-6 amended Subsec. (c)(3)(D) by extending per pupil grant for each enrolled student who is a resident of district to fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, and June 30, 2013, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (c)(1)(B) by extending nonresident per student grant through fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and amended Subsec. (c)(3)(E)(II) and (F) by extending per pupil grants for interdistrict magnet schools through fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and amended Subsec. (o) by extending prohibition against charging tuition for any student enrolled in interdistrict magnet school operated by Hartford school district through school year commencing July 1, 2012, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-179 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “fifty” with “seventy”, replacing “January” with “May”, adding provision re using data of record as of intervening March first and adding provision re further adjustment to May first payment, effective July 13, 2011, and amended Subsec. (n)(1) by deleting “operated by a regional educational service center”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-116 amended Subsec. (c) by adding Subpara. (C) re amount for fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter in Subdiv. (1), adding clause (v) re amount for fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter in Subdiv. (3)(A), adding clause (iii) re amount for fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter in Subdiv. (3)(B), deleting former Subdiv. (3)(C) re magnet school operated by regional educational service center, redesignating existing Subdiv. (3)(D) to (G) as Subdiv. (3)(C) to (F), replacing previous grant amounts for prior fiscal years with $8,180 for fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter in redesignated Subdiv. (3)(C), and making conforming changes, effective July 1, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “regional vocational-technical school” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high school” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 12-120 amended Subsec. (a)(1)(C) by adding “and Three Rivers Community College”, effective July 1, 2012, and amended Subsec. (c)(3)(E) by adding clause (viii) re Great Path Academy, amended Subsec. (d) by replacing provision re preliminary grant amount for current fiscal year with provision re revised grant amount calculated for prior fiscal year, amended Subsec. (k) by adding provision re tuition charged by Hartford school district operating Great Path Academy on behalf of Manchester Community College and amended Subsec. (o) by adding exception re tuition charged by Hartford school district for students enrolled in Great Path Academy, effective June 15, 2012; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsecs. (k) and (o) to add “in a preschool program or in kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive”, effective December 21, 2012; P.A. 13-31 made technical changes in Subsec. (c)(3)(A) and (B), effective May 28, 2013; P.A. 13-122 amended Subsec. (d) by adding references to magnet school operator, total grant amount and aggregate financial audit re May first payment and amended Subsec. (n) by adding reference to magnet school operator, designating existing provision re financial audit as Subpara. (A) and amending same to apply to each magnet school, adding Subpara. (B) re aggregate financial audit and making a conforming change, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (c)(3) by replacing “2013” with “2015” in Subpara. (D) and replacing “the Hartford school district” with “a local or regional board of education” and replacing “2013” with “2015” in Subpara. (E), amended Subsec. (k) by deleting provisions re magnet school tuition charged for fiscal years 2009 and 2010, designating existing provision re magnet school tuition charged for fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter as Subdiv. (1) and amending same by replacing “2011” with “2014”, deleting “in a preschool program or”, redesignating existing clauses (i) and (ii) as Subparas. (A) and (B) and redesignating existing subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), and adding new Subdiv. (2) re tuition charged for preschool programs offered by magnet schools not located in the Sheff region, and amended Subsec. (o) by replacing “2012” with “2014” and replacing “the Hartford school district” with “any local or regional board of education operating an interdistrict magnet school pursuant to the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William O'Neill, et al.”, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-65 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a)(2), (c)(3), (5) and (6), effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 14-217 added “as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al.,” throughout, amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re enrollment restriction of participating district students in accordance with reduced-isolation setting standards of 2013 stipulation and order, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provisions re desegregation standards with provisions re reduced-isolation setting standards in 2013 stipulation and order in Subdiv. (2), and adding references to P.A. 11-48, S. 197 and the 2013 stipulation and order for Sheff v. O'Neill, designating existing provisions as Subparas. (A) and (B) and replacing “such an exception for a second consecutive year” with “the exceptions described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this subdivision for an additional consecutive year or years” in Subdiv. (3), substantially revised Subsec. (c)(3), including adding new Subpara. (C)(2) and (4) re grant for each enrolled resident and nonresident student greater than the total number of such students as of October 1, 2013, and adding new Subpara. (E) re per pupil grant for certain trimester students, amended Subsec. (c)(4) by adding provisions re limitation of grant payment to magnet school operator based on enrollment level as of October 1, 2013, and re prioritization for approval of funding above such enrollment level, amended Subsec. (d) by designating existing provisions re payment of grants as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re payment schedule for grants made under Subsec. (c)(3)(E), amended Subsec. (e) to add “in an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars”, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 15-63 amended Subsec. (c)(3)(E) to replace references to college or university with references to institution of higher education, effective June 19, 2015; P.A. 15-143 made technical changes in Subsec. (c)(3)(C), effective June 30, 2015; P.A. 15-177 amended Subsec. (b)(1) by replacing “January 1, 2011” with “October 1, 2016”, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 15-215 amended Subsec. (m) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re parental notification of prospective enrollment or waiting list placement, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 added “as extended” re 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al. throughout, amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to appropriations committee in Subdiv. (1) and replacing references to S. 197 of P.A. 11-48 with references to S. 116 of P.A. 14-217 in Subdiv. (3), amended Subsec. (c)(3)(D) by designating existing provisions as new clause (i) and amending same by adding “Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (D)(ii) of this subparagraph, each”, redesignating existing clauses (i) to (viii) as subclauses (I) to (VIII), deleting former subclause designators (I) and (II) and replacing “2015” with “2017” and by adding new clause (ii) re grants for schools that enroll less than 50% of incoming students from Hartford, amended Subsec. (c)(3)(E) by replacing “Each” with “For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and each fiscal year thereafter, each”, replacing “on a trimester basis” with “at least half-time”, deleting provision re grant of $10,443 for each student enrolled for at least two of three trimesters for fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, adding subclause (I) re grant of 65% for each student enrolled for at least two semesters and adding subclause (II) re grant of 32.5% for each student enrolled for one semester, amended Subsec. (c)(3)(F) by replacing “2015” with “2017”, amended Subsec. (c)(3) by adding Subpara. (H) re grant for half-day Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts and adding Subpara. (I) re grant for half-day Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science, amended Subsec. (c)(4) by making provision re limitation of payment applicable to fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2017, making provisions of Subpara. (A) applicable to school years commencing July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016, adding new Subpara. (B) re increases in enrollment in school program that added planned new grade levels for school year commencing July 1, 2014, and was funded during fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, redesignating existing Subpara. (B) as new Subpara. (C) and amending same by making provisions applicable to school years commencing July 1, 2014, to July 1, 2016, and redesignating existing Subparas. (C) and (D) as Subparas. (D) and (E), amended Subsec. (d)(2) by replacing “2015” with “2016” and replacing provision re schedule of grant payments in 30% amounts with provision re schedule of grant payments in 50% amounts, adding “based on actual student enrollment for the second semester on February first”, replacing “of three trimesters” with “semesters” and adding provision re actual student enrollment for students enrolled for only one semester, amended Subsec. (k)(2) by deleting “and each fiscal year thereafter” in Subpara. (B) and adding Subpara. (C) re tuition charged to parent or guardian, amended Subsec. (o) by replacing “2014” with “2016”, added Subsec. (p) re portion of per student tuition that East Hartford is not responsible for, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 16-139 amended Subsec. (m) by adding Subpara. (A) to (C) designators in Subdiv. (1), adding new Subdiv. (2) re operator charging tuition to boards of education, and redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) re enrollment lottery as Subdiv. (3), effective June 9, 2016; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (p) by deleting references to fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, and making provisions applicable to “each fiscal year thereafter”, effective June 2, 2016, and amended Subsec. (c) by deleting provision re proportional adjustment of grants and replacing “to June 30, 2017, inclusive” with “and June 30, 2016” in Subdiv. (4), adding new Subdiv. (5) re limitation of grant payment to operators for fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, based on enrollment levels, redesignating existing Subdivs. (5) and (6) as Subdivs. (6) and (7), and adding Subdiv. (8) re proportional adjustment of grants, and amended Subsec. (d)(1) by adding provision re grants to be paid as aggregate totals to operators and distributed among magnet school programs according to a distribution plan, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-172 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing provisions re enrollment on and after July 1, 2000, with provisions re enrollment for school years commencing July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018, amended Subsec. (b)(2) by deleting references to 2008 and 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., adding “For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2017, and June 30, 2018,” adding “its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect”, adding reference to reduced-isolation setting standards developed pursuant to Sec. 10-264r, and adding provision re approval of plan to bring school into compliance with reduced-isolation setting standards, amended Subsec. (b)(3) by replacing provisions re commissioner shall not award grant with provisions re same for fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, added Subsec. (b)(4) re financial penalty on operator of interdistrict magnet school program, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 17-237 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “technical high school” with “technical education and career school”, effective July 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting “pursuant to the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended,” in Subdiv. (3)(D)(ii)(VIII), replacing “2017” with “2019” in Subdiv. (3)(D) and (F), replacing “2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al.,” with “decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect” in Subdiv. (3)(F), adding new Subdivs. (6) and (7) re limitation of grant payment to operators for fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, respectively, based on enrollment levels, redesignating existing Subdivs. (6) to (8) as Subdivs. (8) to (10), replacing “the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al.,” with “its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect” in redesignated Subdivs. (8) and (9), and amended Subsec. (o) by replacing “2016” with “2018” and replacing “2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended” with “decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect”, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-51 amended Subsec. (c)(10) by replacing “any grant pursuant to this section exceed the reasonable operating budget of the interdistrict magnet school program” with “the total grant paid to an interdistrict magnet school operator pursuant to this section exceed the aggregate total of the reasonable operating budgets of the interdistrict magnet school programs of such operator”, and amended Subsec. (d)(1) by replacing “March first” with “January thirty-first”, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 19-117 replaced “the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended” with “its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect” in Subsecs. (a)(2) and (b)(1), amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “2018” with “2020, inclusive”, amended Subsec. (b) by adding “June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021” in Subdiv. (2), replacing “2019” with “2021, inclusive” in Subdivs. (3) and (4), amended Subsec. (c)(1) by adding Subpara. (D) re grant of $7,227 for fiscal year 2020, designating existing provision re per pupil grant of $3,000 as clause (i) and adding clause (ii) re per pupil grant of $3,060 for fiscal year 2020, amended Subsec. (c)(3) by adding clause (vi) re grant of $8,058 for fiscal year 2020 in Subpara. (A), adding clause (vi) re grant of $7,227 for fiscal year 2020 in Subpara. (B), designating existing provisions in Subpara. (C) as new clause (i) and amending same by redesignating existing clauses (i) to (iv) as subclauses (I) to (IV) and adding new clause (ii) re per pupil grants for resident and nonresident students for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, by adding provision re grant of $10,652 for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter in Subpara. (D)(i), adding provision re grant for non-Hartford students for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter in Subpara. (D)(ii), replacing “2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended” with “decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner” in Subpara. (E), and adding clause (iii) re grant of $13,315 in Subpara. (F), amended Subsec. (c)(4) by replacing “2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended” with “decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the commissioner”, further amended Subsec. (c) by adding new Subdivs. (8) and (9) re limitation of grant payment to operators for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, respectively, based on enrollment levels, redesignating existing Subdivs. (8) to (10) as Subdivs. (10) to (12), and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 19-184 amended Subsec. (h) by designating existing provisions re responsibilities of school districts in cases of students identified as requiring special education as new Subdiv. (1) and amending same by redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) and (2) as Subparas. (A) and (B), and adding new Subdiv. (2) re school districts responsible for paying interdistrict magnet schools for certain expenses in cases of students with plans pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and interdistrict magnet schools responsible for ensuring such students receive services mandated by plans, effective July 1, 2019; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “July 1, 2021” with “July 1, 2023”, amended Subsec. (b)(3) by replacing “June 30, 2021” with “June 30, 2023” and adding “residency or”, amended Subsec. (c) by adding exception re commissioner waiver of 50 per cent enrollment minimum in Subdiv. (3)(D)(ii) and by deleting provision re amounts of grants to be proportionately adjusted in Subdiv. (12), and amended Subsec. (m)(2) by replacing “the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended” with “its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education”, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (p) by designating existing provisions re portion of per student tuition that East Hartford is not responsible for as Subdiv. (1) and amended same by replacing “June 30, 2016” with “June 30, 2023” and “seven per cent” with “four per cent”, making provisions applicable to the Manchester school district and making conforming changes, and adding Subdiv. (2) re portion of per student tuition that towns located in Sheff region, New Britain and New London are not responsible for, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 23-160 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “For the school years commencing July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2023, inclusive” with “For the school year commencing July 1, 2017, and each school year thereafter” and amended Subsec. (b)(3) by replacing “June 30, 2023” with “June 30, 2025”, amended Subsec. (c)(3)(C)(ii) by replacing “For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter” with “For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2022, inclusive”, and amended Subsec. (o) by adding “and for the school year commencing July 1, 2023”, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 23-204 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “For the school years commencing July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2023, inclusive” with “For the school year commencing July 1, 2017, and each school year thereafter”, amended Subsec. (b)(3) by replacing “June 30, 2023” with “June 30, 2025”, amended Subsec. (c)(1) by deleting former Subparas. (A) to (D), adding new Subpara. (A) re grant of $7,227 for fiscal year 2024 and new Subpara. (B) re grant of at least $7,227 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, deleting former clauses (i) and (ii), and adding new clause (i) re grant of $3,060 for fiscal year 2024 and new clause (ii) re grant of at least $3,060 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, amended Subsec. (c)(3)(A) by deleting former clauses (i) to (vi) and adding new clause (i) re grant of $8,058 for fiscal year 2024 and new clause (ii) re grant of at least $8,058 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, amended Subsec. (c)(3)(B) by deleting former clauses (i) to (iv), adding new clause (i) re grant of $7,227 for fiscal year 2024 and new clause (ii) re grant of at least $7,227 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, designating existing provision re grant of $3,060 as subclause (I) and amending same by making applicable to fiscal year 2024 and adding subclause (II) re grant of at least $3,060 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, amended Subsec. (c)(3)(C)(ii) by replacing “fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter” with “fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2022, inclusive”, amended Subsec. (c)(3)(D)(i) by deleting provisions re grants for fiscal years 2010 to 2023 and adding provisions re grant of $10,652 for fiscal year 2024, grant of at least $10,652 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter and exception re commissioner may make grants to operators that enroll more than 60 per cent of its students from Hartford, amended Subsec. (c)(3)(C)(ii) by deleting provisions re grants for fiscal years 2016 to 2023, designating existing provision re grant of $8,058 as subclause (I) and amending same by making applicable to fiscal year 2024 and adding subclause (II) re grants of at least $8,058 and $10,652 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, amended Subsec. (c)(3)(F) by deleting former clauses (i) to (iii) and adding new clause (i) re grant of $13,315 for fiscal year 2024 and new clause (ii) re grant of at least $13,315 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, amended Subsec. (c)(12) by adding “For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall make grants determined pursuant to this subsection within available appropriations, and in” and making a conforming change, amended Subsec. (c) by adding Subdiv. (13) re programs operating less than full-time, but at least half-time, are eligible for a grant equal to 65 per cent of the grant amount determined under subsection, amended Subsec. (j) by adding exception re tuition charged during fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter shall not exceed 58 per cent of the per student tuition charged during fiscal year 2024, amended Subsec. (k)(1) by adding exception re tuition charged during fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter shall not exceed 58 per cent of the per student tuition charged during fiscal year 2024, amended Subsec. (k)(2)(C) by designating existing provision re prohibition against charging tuition to parent with family income at or below 75 per cent of state median income as clause (i) and adding clause (ii) re prohibition against charging tuition that exceeds 58 per cent of the per student tuition charged during fiscal year 2024 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, amended Subsec. (m)(2) by making a technical change and adding exception re tuition charged during fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter shall not exceed 58 per cent of the per student tuition charged during fiscal year 2024, amended Subsec. (o) by replacing “school years commencing July 1, 2009, to July 1, 2018, inclusive” with “school year commencing July 1, 2023”, and amended Subsec. (p)(2) by replacing “June 30, 2023” with “June 30, 2024”, deleting former Subpara. (A) re towns located in Sheff region, adding new Subpara. (A) re town of Windsor, adding Subpara. (D) re town of Bloomfield, deleting provision re amount of allocation of federal funds and making conforming changes, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 24-78 amended Subsec. (k)(1) by designating existing provisions re tuition charged by regional educational service center or the Hartford school district as Subparas. (A) and (B), respectively, and adding Subpara. (C) re interdistrict magnet school operator described in Sec. 10-264s, effective May 30, 2024, and replaced “reduced-isolation setting standards” with “enrollment standards” in Subsecs. (a) and (b) and further amended Subsec. (b) to replace “June 30, 2018, June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021” with “to June 30, 2025, inclusive” in Subdiv. (2) and “June 30, 2021” with “June 30, 2025” in Subdiv. (4), effective July 1, 2024; P.A. 24-81 amended Subsec. (b) by adding Subdiv. (5) re students enrolled in magnet schools counted as resident students for purposes of equalization aid grants, amended Subsec. (c) by deleting existing provisions re grant amounts and adding provision re operators to be paid a grant equal to amount entitled under Sec. 10-252a in Subdiv. (1), deleting former Subdivs. (3) to (9) and redesignating existing Subdivs. (10) and (11) as Subdivs. (3) and (4) and deleting former Subdivs. (12) and (13), amended Subsec. (d) by deleting former Subdiv. (2), amended Subsec. (k) by deleting existing Subdiv. (1) designator, reinserted editorially by the Revisors for consistency with statutory usage, designating existing provisions as new Subdivs. (1) and (2), codified by the Revisors as Subparas. (A) and (B), and adding Subdiv. (3), codified by the Revisors as Subpara. (C), re interdistrict magnet school operator described in Sec. 10-264s, deleting former Subdiv. (2)(A) and (B), redesignating Subdiv. (2)(C) as Subdiv. (2), and amended same by redesignating existing clauses (i) and (ii) as Subparas. (A) and (B), and making technical and conforming changes throughout, effective July 1, 2024 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (k)(1), the Revisors editorially redesignated existing Subparas. (A) and (B) as new clauses (i) and (ii) and redesignated existing clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II) for clarity and consistency with statutory usage); P.A. 25-22 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing references to Board of Trustees re Community-Technical Colleges and Connecticut State University System with Board of Regents for Higher Education in Subdiv. (1)(C), combining former Subdiv. (2)(B) with Subdiv. (2)(A), replacing references to regional community-technical college and community colleges with Connecticut State Community College and campuses, respectively, redesignating existing Subdiv. (2)(C) to (E) as Subdiv. (2)(B) and (D) and making a technical change and amended Subsec. (c)(3) and (4) by combining former Subpara. (D) with Subpara. (C), replacing references to regional community-technical college with Connecticut State Community College and to Board of Trustees re Community-Technical Colleges and Connecticut State University System with Board of Regents for Higher Education and redesignating existing Subparas. (E) to (H) as Subparas. (D) to (G), effective June 9, 2025; P.A. 25-143 replaced the end date for consideration of enrollment standards from June 30, 2025, to “and each fiscal year thereafter” in Subsec. (b)(2) to (4) and added “and each fiscal year thereafter” in Subsec. (b)(5), effective July 1, 2025; P.A. 25-168 amended Subsec. (c)(1) by adding “and each fiscal year thereafter,”, amended Subsec. (j) by replacing “fifty-eight per cent the per student tuition charged during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024” with “the amount of tuition authorized pursuant to subsection (k) of this section”, amended Subsec. (k)(1) by designating existing provision re not to exceed 58 per cent of the per student tuition charged during fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, as subclause (I), adding new subclause (II) re cap on amount of tuition charged by interdistrict magnet school program authorized to charge tuition and commences operations after July 1, 2024, and deleting existing subclause (I) and (II) designators, and amended Subsec. (k)(2) by adding exception re cap on amount of tuition charged by interdistrict magnet school program authorized to charge tuition and commences operations after July 1, 2024, amended Subsec. (m)(2) by designating existing provision re not to exceed 58 per cent of the per student tuition charged during fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, as clause (i), adding new clause (ii) re cap on amount of tuition charged by interdistrict magnet school program authorized to charge tuition and commences operations after July 1, 2024, and redesignating existing clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 10-264n. Collaborative planning for the establishment of additional interdistrict magnet schools in the Sheff region. The Commissioner of Education shall consult with (1) the Board of Regents for Higher Education, (2) the boards of trustees of independent institutions of higher education authorized by the Office of Higher Education, or (3) the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut and may consult with any not-for-profit corporation approved by the Commissioner of Education to initiate collaborative planning for establishing additional interdistrict magnet schools in the Sheff region, as defined in subsection (q) of section 10-266aa.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 72; P.A. 12-156, S. 59; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 120; P.A. 13-118, S. 15; P.A. 25-22, S. 22.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 effective October 6, 2007; P.A. 12-156 replaced “any regional community-technical college” with “the Board of Trustees for Community-Technical Colleges”, replaced reference to Board of Higher Education with reference to State Board of Education re accreditation and added Subdiv. designators (1) to (4), effective June 15, 2012; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 amended Subdiv. (3) to add reference to Board of Regents for Higher Education re accreditation, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-118 replaced “State Board of Education” with “Office of Higher Education” in Subdiv. (3), effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 25-22 combined former Subdiv. (2) with Subdiv. (1), replaced references to Board of Trustees re Community-Technical Colleges and Connecticut State University System with Board of Regents for Higher Education, replaced “for higher education institutions licensed and accredited” with “of independent institutions of higher education authorized” in former Subdiv. (3) and redesignated existing Subdivs. (3) and (4) as Subdivs. (2) and (3), effective June 9, 2025.
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Sec. 10-264o. Tuition payable to interdistrict magnet schools that assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to Sheff v. O'Neill. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, interdistrict magnet schools that begin operations on or after July 1, 2008, pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, may operate without district participation agreements and enroll students from any district through a lottery designated by the commissioner.
(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, any tuition charged to a local or regional board of education by a regional educational service center or by Goodwin University Magnet Schools operating an interdistrict magnet school assisting the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, for any student enrolled in kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, in such interdistrict magnet school shall be in an amount equal to the difference between (1) the average per pupil expenditure of the magnet school for the prior fiscal year, and (2) the amount of any per pupil state subsidy calculated under subsection (c) of section 10-264l, plus any revenue from other sources calculated on a per pupil basis, except for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the per student tuition charged to a local or regional board of education shall not (A) exceed fifty-eight per cent of the per student tuition charged during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, or (B) for an interdistrict magnet school program that is authorized to charge tuition to a local or regional board of education under this subsection and commences operations on or after July 1, 2024, exceed the per student average tuition charged by interdistrict magnet school programs serving similar grade ranges in the same region as determined by the commissioner. If any such board of education fails to pay such tuition, the commissioner may withhold from such board's town or towns a sum payable under section 10-262i in an amount not to exceed the amount of the unpaid tuition to the magnet school and pay such money to the fiscal agent for the magnet school as a supplementary grant for the operation of the interdistrict magnet school program. In no case shall the sum of such tuitions exceed the difference between (i) the total expenditures of the magnet school for the prior fiscal year, and (ii) the total per pupil state subsidy calculated under subsection (c) of section 10-264l, plus any revenue from other sources. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive review of the operating budget of a magnet school to verify such tuition rate.
(c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year thereafter, a regional educational service center or Goodwin University Magnet Schools operating an interdistrict magnet school assisting the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, and offering a preschool program shall charge tuition to the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in such preschool program in an amount not to exceed fifty-eight per cent the per child tuition charged during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, except such regional educational service center or Goodwin University Magnet Schools shall (1) not charge tuition to such parent or guardian with a family income at or below seventy-five per cent of the state median income, and (2) for an interdistrict magnet school preschool program that is authorized to charge tuition to a parent or guardian under this subsection and commences operations on or after July 1, 2024, charge tuition to such parent or guardian in an amount not to exceed the per child average tuition charged by interdistrict magnet school preschool programs in the same region as determined by the commissioner. The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, be financially responsible for any unpaid tuition charged to such parent or guardian with a family income at or below seventy-five per cent of the state median income. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive financial review of the operating budget of any such magnet school charging such tuition to verify such tuition rate.
(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, any interdistrict magnet school operator described in section 10-264s that offers a preschool program shall charge tuition to the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in such preschool program in an amount not to exceed fifty-eight per cent the per child tuition charged during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, except (1) such interdistrict magnet school operator shall not charge tuition to such parent or guardian with a family income at or below seventy-five per cent of the state median income, and (2) for an interdistrict magnet school preschool program that is authorized to charge tuition to a parent or guardian under this subsection and commences operations on or after July 1, 2024, shall not charge tuition to such parent or guardian in an amount not to exceed the per child average tuition charged by interdistrict magnet school preschool programs in the same region as determined by the commissioner. The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, be financially responsible for any unpaid tuition charged to such parent or guardian with a family income at or below seventy-five per cent of the state median income. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive financial review of the operating budget of any such interdistrict magnet school operator charging such tuition to verify such tuition rate.
(P.A. 08-170, S. 14; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6, S. 24; P.A. 11-136, S. 13; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 13; P.A. 13-247, S. 125; P.A. 14-217, S. 94; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 314; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 412; P.A. 23-204, S. 342; P.A. 24-29, S. 4; 24-78, S. 8; 24-81, S. 115; P.A. 25-168, S. 320.)
History: P.A. 08-170 effective July 1, 2008; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6 deleted former Subsec. (b) and made a conforming change, deleted “but prior to July 1, 2009,” from provision re when interdistrict magnet schools begin operations, added language re lottery designated by commissioner to provision re enrollment of students from any district, made existing provision re tuition charged applicable to fiscal year 2009, and added provisions re tuition charged applicable to fiscal year 2010, fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter, re sum of tuitions and re comprehensive review of operating budget by commissioner, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-136 replaced “subsection (c) of this section” with “subsection (c) of section 10-264l” re calculation of per pupil state subsidy, effective July 8, 2011; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 added “in a preschool program or in kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive”, effective December 21, 2012; P.A. 13-247 deleted provisions re magnet school tuition charged for fiscal years ending June 30, 2009, and June 30, 2010, designated existing provisions as Subsecs. (a) and (b), amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “2011” with “2013”, deleting “in a preschool program or”, redesignating existing Subparas. (A) and (B) as Subdivs. (1) and (2), redesignating existing clauses (i) and (ii) as Subparas. (A) and (B) and making a conforming change, and added Subsec. (c) re preschool program tuition, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-217 added “as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al.” throughout and, in Subsecs. (b) and (c), replaced “that began operations on or after July 1, 2008, pursuant to” with “assisting the state in meeting the goals of”, effective July 1, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 added “as extended” re 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al. throughout and amended Subsec. (c) by deleting “and each fiscal year thereafter” in Subdiv. (3) and adding Subdiv. (4) re tuition charged to parent or guardian, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 replaced references to the 2008 and 2013 stipulations and orders for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., with references to obligations pursuant to decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, made a conforming change in Subsec. (a), and added “,” after “10-264l” in Subsecs. (b), (c)(2) and (3), effective June 23, 2021; P.A. 23-204 amended Subsec. (b) by adding exception re tuition charged during fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter shall not exceed 58 per cent of the per student tuition charged during fiscal year 2024, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 24-29 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective May 21, 2024; P.A. 24-78 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c)(4) by adding references to Goodwin University Magnet Schools, effective May 30, 2024; P.A. 24-81 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting former Subdivs. (1) to (3) and redesignating Subdiv. (4) as Subsec. (c) and amended same by replacing “up to four thousand fifty-three dollars” with “not to exceed fifty-eight per cent the per child tuition charged during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024”, and added Subsec. (d) re tuition charged during fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter shall not exceed 58 per cent the per student tuition charged during fiscal year 2024, effective July 1, 2024; P.A. 25-168 amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provision re not to exceed 58 per cent of the per student tuition charged during fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, as Subpara. (A), adding new Subpara. (B) re cap on amount of tuition charged by interdistrict magnet school program authorized to charge tuition and commences operations after July 1, 2024, and redesignating existing Subparas. (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), amended Subsec. (c) by designating existing provision re not to exceed 58 per cent of the per student tuition charged during fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re cap on amount of tuition charged by interdistrict magnet school program authorized to charge tuition and commences operations after July 1, 2024, amended Subsec. (d) by designating existing provision re not to exceed 58 per cent of the per student tuition charged during fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re cap on amount of tuition charged by interdistrict magnet school program authorized to charge tuition and commences operations after July 1, 2024, effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 10-265r. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system grant program. Section 10-265r is repealed, effective June 30, 2025.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 367; P.A. 23-204, S. 328; 23-205, S. 119; P.A. 24-74, S. 8; 24-151, S. 169; P.A. 25-8, S. 2; 25-174, S. 140.)
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Sec. 10-265t. Bond issue for school air quality improvement grants. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate two hundred thirty-six million five hundred thousand dollars.
(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department of Administrative Services for the purpose of providing grants-in-aid for school air quality improvements including, but not limited to, upgrades to, replacement of or installation of heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment or for the purposes described in section 10-287d, provided (1) not more than fifty million dollars of such proceeds may be used to provide reimbursements for such improvements that were completed not earlier than March 1, 2020, and not later than July 1, 2022, and (2) not more than eleven million five hundred thousand dollars of such proceeds shall be used for grants-in-aid for the purchase of equipment and materials for the construction and installation of individual classroom air purifiers by The University of Connecticut as part of the Supplemental Air Filtration for Education program under the Clean Air Equity Response Program.
(c) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 360; P.A. 23-205, S. 58; P.A. 24-151, S. 170; P.A. 25-174, S. 58.)
History: P.A. 22-118 effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 23-205 amended Subsec. (a) to increase aggregate authorization from $75,000,000 to $375,000,000, of which $150,000,000 is effective July 1, 2024, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 24-151 amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provision re $50,000,000 of proceeds to be used for improvements completed between March 1, 2020, and July 1, 2022, as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re $15,000,000 of proceeds to be used for grants-in-aid for individual classroom air purifiers and $11,000,000 of such proceeds used by The University of Connecticut as part of Supplemental Air Filtration for Education program under Clean Air Equity Response Program, effective July 1, 2024; P.A. 25-174 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease aggregate authorization from $375,000,000 to $236,500,000, amended Subsec. (b) to add reference to Sec. 10-287d re use of proceeds, amended Subsec. (b)(2) to decrease authorization from $15,000,000 to $11,500,000 and delete provision re organization or organizations that provide equipment and materials for individual classroom air purifiers to schools, effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 10-265u. Public School district repair and improvement project program. Bond authorization. (a) As used in this section:
(1) “Public school operator” means any (A) local or regional board of education, (B) regional educational service center, (C) interdistrict magnet school operator described in section 10-264s, (D) endowed academy approved pursuant to section 10-34, or (E) state charter school;
(2) “District repair and improvement project” means a capital expenditure project, approved by a public school operator, for any of the following: (A) The construction, renovation, repair or enlargement of school buildings or school grounds, including parking lots, athletic fields and playgrounds; (B) improvements to school facilities for compliance with health, safety or code requirements; or (C) the purchase, installation or maintenance of or improvements to fixed school infrastructure, including, but not limited to, heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, plumbing, electrical systems and roofing;
(3) “Number of students enrolled” means the number of all students enrolled in a school or schools, as applicable, under the jurisdiction of a public school operator on October first or the full school day immediately preceding such date;
(4) “Number of students eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk” means the number of students enrolled in a school or schools, as applicable, under the jurisdiction of a public school operator on October first or the full school day immediately preceding such date, in families that meet the income eligibility guidelines established by the federal Department of Agriculture for free or reduced price meals or free milk under the National School Lunch Program, established pursuant to P.L. 79-396; and
(5) “Total need students” means the sum of: (A) The number of students enrolled for the school year; (B) thirty per cent of the number of students eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk; (C) fifteen per cent of the number of students eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk in excess of the number of students eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk that is equal to sixty per cent of the total number of students enrolled for the school year; (D) twenty-five per cent of the number of students enrolled who are multilingual learners, as defined in section 10-17o; and (E) thirty per cent of the number of students enrolled who require special education, as defined in section 10-76a.
(b) (1) There is established a public school district repair and improvement project program to assist public school operators with the costs of minor capital repairs, improvements and maintenance, mitigate such operators' need for more costly and extensive renovations and construction in the future and improve accessibility to safe and well-maintained school buildings and grounds for students and educators. On February first of each year, not more than the amount as authorized by the General Assembly for the fiscal year from the resources of the district repair and improvement account established under subsection (h) of this section shall be allocated to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, who shall allocate an amount to each public school operator in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section. The secretary shall credit all such allocated moneys to a subaccount for each public school operator and make district repair and improvement project grants from such subaccounts to such public school operator pursuant to the provisions of this section. The secretary shall maintain records indicating, for each public school operator's subaccount, the amount credited to the subaccount each year, the amount paid out in district repair and improvement project grants and charged to the subaccount and the balance available for additional district repair and improvement project grants.
(2) No amounts allocated under this section shall be used to satisfy a local matching requirement for any state assistance program or for any school building project under section 10-283.
(c) (1) Each allocation under subsection (b) of this section shall be made to a public school operator in accordance with the following formula: (A) Fifty per cent of the amount shall be allocated pro rata on the basis of the following ratio: The public school operator's total need students enrolled in a school or schools, as applicable, under the jurisdiction of the public school operator for the fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid to the total need students enrolled in all such schools in the state for the fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid; (B) twenty per cent of the amount shall be allocated equally among all public school operators; and (C) thirty per cent of the amount shall be allocated pro rata on the basis of the following ratio: The total number of students enrolled in a school or schools, as applicable, under the jurisdiction of a public school operator for the fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid multiplied by the inverse of the adjusted equalized net grand list per capita of such public school operator, which shall be the numerator of the fraction, and the sum of the resulting products for all the public school operators, which shall be the denominator of the fraction.
(2) For the purposes of this subsection, the adjusted equalized net grand list per capita of a public school operator shall be determined as follows:
(A) For a local board of education, the adjusted equalized net grand list per capita shall be the same as the adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, as defined in section 10-261, of the town of such board;
(B) For a regional board of education, a regional educational service center, an interdistrict magnet school operator described in section 10-264s or an endowed academy, the adjusted equalized net grand list per capita shall be determined by such entity's rank under section 10-285a, where the adjusted equalized net grand list per capita shall be the same as the adjusted equalized net grand list per capita of a town with the same ranking; and
(C) For a charter school, the adjusted equalized net grand list per capita shall be the same as the adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, as defined in section 10-261, of the town in which such charter school is located.
(d) On March first of each year, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall notify each public school operator of the amount allocated to such public school operator pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section and shall post on said office's Internet web site such allocation amounts and the calculations for all public school operators.
(e) Allocated moneys credited to the subaccount of a public school operator in accordance with subsection (b) of this section shall be issued as a grant by the secretary to the public school operator not later than June thirtieth of each fiscal year. Such public school operator shall use such grants for reimbursement and costs associated with district repair and improvement projects.
(f) Not later than September 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, each public school operator issued a grant pursuant to subsection (e) of this section in the preceding fiscal year shall submit a report to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in a form and manner prescribed by the secretary, describing each district repair and improvement project for which amounts were expended in such fiscal year and the amounts expended for each such project. Such report shall include a certification by the public school operator that (1) the district repair and improvement project was approved by the public school operator or a board, a council or other body responsible for overseeing such project, and (2) no grant money allocated under this section to such public school operator for such fiscal year was used to satisfy a local matching requirement for any state assistance program or for any school building project under section 10-283. The secretary shall post all reports submitted pursuant to this subsection on said office's Internet web site.
(g) Each public school operator receiving a district repair and improvement project grant under this section shall retain, for a period of not less than three years following the completion of such project, detailed accounting records of all expenses incurred relative to the district repair and improvement project for which a grant is received. If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management determines that such records are not maintained or a review of such records indicates that such grant, or any portion thereof, was used for other than its intended purpose, the secretary shall provide written notification to the public school operator of such finding. Upon issuing a finding under this section, the secretary may require the public school operator to promptly pay to the state an amount equal to the amount of the grant or may cause the amount of any future grant made under this section to be reduced by such amount.
(h) There is established an account to be known as the “district repair and improvement account”, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the purposes of this section.
(i) For the purposes described in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate sixty million dollars, provided thirty million dollars of said authorization shall be effective July 1, 2026.
(j) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (i) of this section, shall be used by the Office of Policy and Management for the purposes of subsections (b) and (c) of this section.
(k) All provisions of section 3-20, or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
(P.A. 25-174, S. 131.)
History: P.A. 25-174 effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 10-265ff. Philanthropic Match account. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “Philanthropic Match account”, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account.
(b) Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to match philanthropic gifts made by the philanthropic enterprise to the corporation described in section 10-265aa, upon certification to the secretary by the philanthropic enterprise that it has transferred twenty million dollars to the corporation, pursuant to section 10-265dd. The secretary may enter into agreements with other state agencies or private entities in order to make payments of the moneys in this account to the corporation.
(c) The secretary may expend twenty million dollars under this section in any fiscal year, for a maximum of five fiscal years, provided the secretary has entered into an agreement under which the corporation described in section 10-265aa confirms that it has received an equivalent amount for such fiscal year from the philanthropic enterprise.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 188; P.A. 25-110, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019; P.A. 25-110 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to General Fund and make a technical change, effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 10-266m. Transportation grants. (a) A local or regional board of education providing transportation in accordance with the provisions of sections 10-54, 10-66ee, 10-97, 10-158a, 10-273a, 10-277 and 10-281 shall be reimbursed for a percentage of such transportation costs as follows:
(1) The percentage of pupil transportation costs reimbursed to a local board of education shall be determined by (A) ranking each town in the state in descending order from one to one hundred sixty-nine according to such town's adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, as defined in section 10-261; (B) based upon such ranking, and notwithstanding the provisions of section 2-32a, (i) except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, a percentage of zero shall be assigned to towns ranked from one to thirteen and a percentage of not less than zero nor more than sixty shall be determined for the towns ranked from fourteen to one hundred sixty-nine on a continuous scale, except that any such percentage shall be increased by twenty percentage points in accordance with section 10-97, where applicable, and (ii) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, and for each fiscal year thereafter, a percentage of zero shall be assigned to towns ranked from one to seventeen and a percentage of not less than zero nor more than sixty shall be determined for the towns ranked from eighteen to one hundred sixty-nine on a continuous scale.
(2) The percentage of pupil transportation costs reimbursed to a regional board of education shall be determined by its ranking. Such ranking shall be determined by (A) multiplying the total population, as defined in section 10-261, of each town in the district by such town's ranking, as determined in subdivision (1) of this subsection, (B) adding together the figures determined under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, and (C) dividing the total computed under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision by the total population of all towns in the district. The ranking of each regional board of education shall be rounded to the next higher whole number and each such board shall receive the same reimbursement percentage as would a town with the same rank, provided such percentage shall be increased in the case of a secondary regional school district by an additional five percentage points and, in the case of any other regional school district by an additional ten percentage points.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, and for each fiscal year thereafter, no local or regional board of education shall receive a grant of less than one thousand dollars.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, to June 30, 2019, inclusive, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of transportation grants payable to local or regional boards of education shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for such grants for such year.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Commissioner of Education may provide grants, within available appropriations, in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars per pupil, to local and regional boards of education and regional educational service centers that transport (A) out-of-district students to a technical education and career school located in Hartford, or (B) Hartford students attending a technical education and career school or a regional agricultural science and technology education center outside of the district, to assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, for the costs associated with such transportation.
(6) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, in addition to the reimbursements and grants payable under subdivisions (1) to (5), inclusive, of this subsection, the Commissioner of Education shall provide a grant when (A) two or more boards of education enter into a cooperative agreement in accordance with section 10-158a to transport students to schools operated by the boards of education during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, and (B) such cooperative arrangement results in a savings, as determined by the commissioner, over the transportation costs incurred by the boards of education during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010. This grant, which shall be returned to the municipalities in which the participating boards of education are located in accordance with the terms of the written cooperative arrangement, shall be equal to half of the difference in the amount the boards of education would have been reimbursed in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, for pupil transportation costs but for the savings realized in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, pursuant to the cooperative arrangement.
(b) A cooperative arrangement established pursuant to section 10-158a which provides transportation in accordance with said section shall be reimbursed for a percentage of such transportation costs in accordance with its ranking pursuant to this subsection. The ranking shall be determined by (1) multiplying the total population, as defined in section 10-261, of each town in the cooperative arrangement by such town's ranking as determined pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, (2) adding such products, and (3) dividing such sum by the total population of all towns in the cooperative arrangement. The ranking of each cooperative arrangement shall be rounded to the next higher whole number and each cooperative arrangement shall receive the same reimbursement percentage as a town with the same rank.
(P.A. 79-128, S. 23, 36; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-4, S. 6, 8; P.A. 85-476, S. 3, 6; P.A. 86-71, S. 2, 11; P.A. 89-355, S. 11, 20; P.A. 92-262, S. 29, 42; P.A. 93-133, S. 2, 3; P.A. 96-178, S. 4, 18; P.A. 97-247, S. 18, 27; 97-290, S. 27, 29; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 9; P.A. 05-245, S. 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 4; P.A. 08-170, S. 12; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6, S. 23; P.A. 10-167, S. 2; P.A. 11-48, S. 182; 11-136, S. 20; P.A. 14-217, S. 97, 108; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 252, 317; P.A. 17-237, S. 81; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 581; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 414; P.A. 23-204, S. 316; P.A. 25-168, S. 304.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-4 amended Subsec. (b) clarifying that total population figures, as defined in Sec. 10-261, are to be used to determine percentage of costs to be reimbursed; P.A. 85-476 amended section to specify that reimbursement percentage is determined by ranking, to provide that ranking is to be rounded to next higher whole number and to provide for reimbursement at same percentage as for a town with the same rank; P.A. 86-71 in Subsec. (a) provided for increasing the percentage in accordance with Sec. 10-97 and in Subsec. (b) substituted percentage points for per cent re increases for regional school districts; P.A. 89-355 in Subsec. (a) changed the reimbursement percentage sliding scale of 20% to 70% to 10% to 60%; P.A. 92-262 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to Sec. 2-32a and to substitute zero for ten; P.A. 93-133 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numerics and numeric Subpara. indicators with alphabetics, amended Subdiv. (1)(B) to add the two categories of towns based on their ranking and to assign a percentage of zero for the towns ranked from one to thirteen and to limit the existing percentage of not less than zero nor more than 60% to towns ranked from fourteen to one hundred sixty-nine and made technical changes in Subdivs. (1) and (2), effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 96-178 amended Subdiv. (1) to make the existing Subpara. (B) into (i), adding (ii) re assignment of percentage for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, and each fiscal year thereafter, and added Subdiv. (3) requiring minimum grant of $1,000 for each local or regional board of education, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 97-247 designated the existing section as Subsec. (a), adding reference to Sec. 10-158a and making a technical change, and added Subsec. (b) re cooperative arrangements, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 97-290 added reference to Sec. 10-66ee, effective July 1, 1997; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (4) re proportional reduction of grants for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 05-245 amended Subsec. (a)(4) to extend the proportional reduction of grants through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, effective July 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 amended Subsec. (a)(4) to extend proportional reduction of grants through fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 08-170 amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdiv. (5) re grants that assist in meeting goals of stipulation re Sheff v. O'Neill, effective July 1, 2008; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(1), amended Subsec. (a)(4) to extend proportional reduction of grants through fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, and amended Subsec. (a)(5) to add Subpara. (A) re transportation of out-of-district students to technical high schools located in Hartford and to designate as Subpara. (B) provision re Hartford students attending technical high school or regional agricultural science and technology education center outside of district, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-167 added Subsec. (a)(6) re additional grant available for fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, when 2 or more boards of education enter into cooperative agreements to transport students and realize savings, effective June 7, 2010; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a)(4) to extend proportional reduction of grants through fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-136 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “this section” with “this subsection” in Subdivs. (2) and (3), effective July 8, 2011; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by replacing reference to June 30, 2013, with reference to June 30, 2015, effective June 13, 2014, and amended Subsec. (a)(5) by adding “as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al.”, effective July 1, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) to extend proportional reduction of grants through fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, in Subdiv. (4) and to add “as extended” re 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al. in Subdiv. (5), effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 17-237 amended Subsec. (a)(5) by replacing references to technical high school and technical high school with references to technical education and career school and making a conforming change, effective July 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a)(4) to extend proportional reduction of grants through fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, effective October 31, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a)(5) by replacing “the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, as determined by the commissioner” with “its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education”, effective June 23, 2021; P.A. 23-204 amended Subsec. (a)(4) to extend proportional reduction of grants through fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 25-168 amended Subsec. (a)(4) to extend proportional reduction of grants to each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 10-266aa. State-wide interdistrict public school attendance program. (a) As used in this section:
(1) “Receiving district” means any school district that accepts students under the program established pursuant to this section;
(2) “Sending district” means any school district that sends students it would otherwise be legally responsible for educating to another school district under the program; and
(3) “Minority students” means students who are “pupils of racial minorities”, as defined in section 10-226a.
(b) There is established, within available appropriations, an interdistrict public school attendance program. The purpose of the program shall be to: (1) Improve academic achievement; (2) reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation or preserve racial and ethnic balance; and (3) provide a choice of educational programs. The Department of Education shall provide oversight for the program, including the setting of reasonable limits for the transportation of students participating in the program, and may provide for the incremental expansion of the program for the school year commencing in 2000 for each town required to participate in the program pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
(c) The program shall be phased in as provided in this subsection. (1) For the school year commencing in 1998, and for each school year thereafter, the program shall be in operation in the Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport regions. The Hartford program shall operate as a continuation of the program described in section 10-266j. Students who reside in Hartford, New Haven or Bridgeport may attend school in another school district in the region and students who reside in such other school districts may attend school in Hartford, New Haven or Bridgeport, provided, beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, the proportion of students who are not minority students to the total number of students leaving Hartford, Bridgeport or New Haven to participate in the program shall not be greater than the proportion of students who were not minority students in the prior school year to the total number of students enrolled in Hartford, Bridgeport or New Haven in the prior school year. The regional educational service center operating the program shall make program participation decisions in accordance with the requirements of this subdivision. (2) For the school year commencing in 2000, and for each school year thereafter, the program shall be in operation in New London, provided beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, the proportion of students who are not minority students to the total number of students leaving New London to participate in the program shall not be greater than the proportion of students who were not minority students in the prior year to the total number of students enrolled in New London in the prior school year. The regional educational service center operating the program shall make program participation decisions in accordance with this subdivision. (3) The Department of Education may provide, within available appropriations, grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, to the remaining regional educational service centers to assist school districts in planning for a voluntary program of student enrollment in every priority school district, pursuant to section 10-266p, which is interested in participating in accordance with this subdivision. For the school year commencing in 2003, and for each school year thereafter, the voluntary enrollment program may be in operation in every priority school district in the state. Students from other school districts in the area of a priority school district, as determined by the regional educational service center pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, may attend school in the priority school district, provided such students bring racial, ethnic and economic diversity to the priority school district and do not increase the racial, ethnic and economic isolation in the priority school district. (4) For the school year commencing July 1, 2024, and each school year thereafter, there shall be a pilot program in operation in Danbury and Norwalk. The pilot program shall serve (A) up to fifty students who reside in Danbury, and such students may attend school in the school districts for the towns of New Fairfield, Brookfield, Bethel, Ridgefield and Redding, and (B) up to fifty students who (i) reside in Norwalk, and such students may attend school in the school districts for the towns of Darien, New Canaan, Wilton, Weston and Westport, and (ii) reside in Darien, New Canaan, Wilton, Weston and Westport, and such students may attend school in the school district for the town of Norwalk. School districts which receive students under this subdivision as part of the pilot program shall allow such students to attend school in the district until they graduate from high school. (5) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, the town of Guilford shall be eligible to participate in the program as a receiving district and a sending district with New Haven.
(d) School districts which received students from New London under the program during the school year commencing July 1, 2000, shall allow such students to attend school in the district until they graduate from high school. The attendance of such students in such program shall not be supported by grants pursuant to subsections (f) and (g) of this section but shall be supported, in the same amounts as provided for in said subsections, by interdistrict cooperative grants pursuant to section 10-74d to the regional educational service centers operating such programs.
(e) Once the program is in operation in the region served by a regional educational service center pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the Department of Education shall provide an annual grant to such regional educational service center to assist school districts in its area in administering the program and to provide staff to assist students participating in the program to make the transition to a new school and to act as a liaison between the parents of such students and the new school district. Each regional educational service center shall determine which school districts in its area are located close enough to a priority school district to make participation in the program feasible in terms of student transportation pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, provided any student participating in the program prior to July 1, 1999, shall be allowed to continue to attend the same school such student attended prior to said date in the receiving district until the student completes the highest grade in such school. If there are more students who seek to attend school in a receiving district than there are spaces available, the regional educational service center shall assist the school district in determining attendance by the use of a lottery or lotteries designed to preserve or increase racial, ethnic and economic diversity, except that the regional educational service center shall give preference to siblings and to students who would otherwise attend a school that has lost its accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges or has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act, P.L. 107-110. The admission policies shall be consistent with section 10-15c and this section. No receiving district shall recruit students under the program for athletic or extracurricular purposes. Each receiving district shall allow out-of-district students it accepts to attend school in the district until they graduate from high school.
(f) The Department of Education shall provide grants to regional educational service centers or local or regional boards of education for the reasonable cost of transportation for students participating in the program. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall provide such grants within available appropriations, provided the state-wide average of such grants does not exceed an amount equal to three thousand two hundred fifty dollars for each student transported, except that the Commissioner of Education may grant to regional educational service centers or local or regional boards of education additional sums from funds remaining in the appropriation for such transportation services if needed to offset transportation costs that exceed such maximum amount. The regional educational service centers shall provide reasonable transportation services to high school students who wish to participate in supervised extracurricular activities. For purposes of this section, the number of students transported shall be determined on October first of each fiscal year.
(g) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection, the Department of Education shall provide, within available appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board of education for each receiving district (A) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in the receiving district under the program, and (B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, in an amount at least two thousand five hundred dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in the receiving district under the program.
(2) (A) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall provide, within available appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board of education for each receiving district if one of the following conditions are met as follows: (i) (I) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, three thousand dollars, and (II) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, at least three thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in the receiving district under the program if the number of such out-of-district students is less than two per cent of the total student population of such receiving district plus any amount available pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, (ii) (I) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, four thousand dollars, and (II) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, at least four thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in the receiving district under the program if the number of such out-of-district students is greater than or equal to two per cent but less than three per cent of the total student population of such receiving district plus any amount available pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, (iii) (I) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, six thousand dollars, and (II) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, at least six thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in the receiving district under the program if the number of such out-of-district students is greater than or equal to three per cent but less than four per cent of the total student population of such receiving district plus any amount available pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, (iv) (I) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, six thousand dollars, and (II) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, at least six thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in the receiving district under the program if the Commissioner of Education determines that the receiving district has an enrollment of greater than four thousand students and has increased the number of students in the program by at least fifty per cent from the previous fiscal year plus any amount available pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, or (v) (I) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, eight thousand dollars, and (II) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, at least eight thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in the receiving district under the program if the number of such out-of-district students is greater than or equal to four per cent of the total student population of such receiving district plus any amount available pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision.
(B) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall, in order to assist the state in meeting its obligations under commitment 9B of the Comprehensive School Choice Plan pursuant to the settlement in Sheff v. O'Neill, HHD-X07-CV89-4026240-S, provide, within available appropriations, an additional grant to the local or regional board of education for each receiving district in the amount of two thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who resides in the Hartford region and attends school in the receiving district under the program.
(C) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the local or regional board of education for each receiving district shall include the amount of the grants projected to be received pursuant to this subdivision in such board's annual budget and projected revenue statement.
(3) (A) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall provide an annual grant to the local or regional board of education for each receiving district described in subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this section for each out-of-district student who attends school in the receiving district under the pilot program in accordance with the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection.
(B) Not later than January 1, 2025, the department shall submit a report on the pilot program in operation in Danbury and Norwalk, pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this section, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, the total number of students participating in the pilot program, the number of students from each town participating in the pilot program, the total amount of the grant paid under the pilot program and the amount of the grant paid to each town participating in the pilot program.
(4) Each town which receives funds pursuant to this subsection shall make such funds available to its local or regional board of education in supplement to any other local appropriation, other state or federal grant or other revenue to which the local or regional board of education is entitled.
(h) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, each sending district and each receiving district shall divide the number of children participating in the program who reside in such district or attend school in such district by two for purposes of the counts for subdivision (22) of section 10-262f and subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-261.
(i) (1) In the case of an out-of-district student who requires special education and related services, the sending district shall pay the receiving district an amount equal to the difference between the reasonable cost of providing such special education and related services to such student and the amount received by the receiving district pursuant to subsection (g) of this section and in the case of students participating pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, the per pupil amount received pursuant to section 10-74d. The sending district shall be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to section 10-76g. The receiving district shall (A) hold the planning and placement team meeting for each out-of-district student who requires special education and related services and invite representatives from the sending district to participate in such meeting, and (B) ensure that such students receive the services mandated by the student's individualized education program whether such services are provided by the sending district or the receiving district.
(2) In the case of a student with a plan pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended from time to time, the receiving district shall (A) ensure that such student receives the services mandated by the student's plan, and (B) pay for the costs of providing such services to such student.
(j) Nothing in this section shall prohibit school districts from charging tuition to other school districts that do not have a high school pursuant to section 10-33.
(k) On or before March first of each year, the Commissioner of Education shall determine if the enrollment in the program pursuant to subsection (c) of this section for the fiscal year is below the number of students for which funds were appropriated. If the commissioner determines that the enrollment is below such number, the additional funds shall be used by the commissioner in accordance with this subsection.
(1) Any amount up to five hundred thousand dollars of such additional funds shall be used for supplemental grants to receiving districts on a pro rata basis for each out-of-district student in the program pursuant to subsection (c) of this section who attends the same school in the receiving district as at least nine other such out-of-district students, not to exceed one thousand dollars per student.
(2) Any amount up to and including five hundred thousand dollars of such additional funds available after payment is made pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be paid to the State Education Resource Center, established pursuant to section 10-357a, to provide professional development to certified employees, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-148a, and training for other school personnel in receiving districts.
(3) Any amount up to and including two million dollars of such additional funds remaining after payment is made pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection shall be used for the provision of wrap-around services to students participating in the program, including, but not limited to, academic tutoring, family support and experiential learning opportunities.
(l) For purposes of the state-wide mastery examinations under section 10-14n, students participating in the program established pursuant to this section shall be considered residents of the school district in which they attend school.
(m) Within available appropriations, the commissioner may make grants to regional education service centers which provide summer school educational programs approved by the commissioner to students participating in the program.
(n) The Commissioner of Education may provide grants for children in the Hartford program described in this section to participate in preschool and all day kindergarten programs. In addition to the subsidy provided to the receiving district for educational services, such grants may be used for the provision of before and after-school care and remedial services for the preschool and kindergarten students participating in the program.
(o) Within available appropriations, the commissioner may make grants for academic student support for programs pursuant to this section that assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education.
(P.A. 97-290, S. 3, 29; P.A. 98-168, S. 23, 26; 98-252, S. 34, 80; P.A. 99-5, S. 1, 2; 99-289, S. 1, 11; P.A. 00-187, S. 15–17, 75; 00-220, S. 19, 43; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 29, 54; P.A. 03-76, S. 48; 03-168, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 18; P.A. 04-26, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 78; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 9, 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 49, 71; P.A. 08-170, S. 6; P.A. 11-48, S. 188; P.A. 12-116, S. 12; P.A. 13-108, S. 2; 13-247, S. 168; P.A. 14-217, S. 98; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 255, 318; P.A. 17-14, S. 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 365; P.A. 22-80, S. 27, 28; 22-118, S. 270; P.A. 23-167, S. 19; 23-204, S. 345; P.A. 24-74, S. 2, 3; 24-93, S. 2; P.A. 25-143, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 97-290 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-168 amended Subsec. (b)(3) to specify that the program is for students enrolled in the public schools, and provided for oversight by the Department of Education, amended Subsec. (c) to require the Hartford program to operate as a continuation of the program described in Sec. 10-266j, amended Subsec. (d) to allow school districts to transfer students in the program to a different school if the district is changing school attendance areas on a district-wide basis, amended Subsec. (e) to increase grant amount from $1,000 to $1,200 and to limit requirement for after-school transportation to high school students participating in supervised extracurricular activities, and amended Subsec. (g) to delete provision re not counting children for purposes of any other count under Secs. 10-262f and 10-261, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-252 amended Subsec. (f) to specify that the grant is provided to the board of education and to add provision re funds to be made available to the board of education in supplement to other funds to which the board is entitled, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-5 amended Subsec. (e) to delete provision that transportation grants be within available appropriations and to add provision that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, such grants shall be within available appropriations, effective April 9, 1999; P.A. 99-289 amended Subsec. (b) to include the setting of reasonable transportation limits, amended Subsec. (c) to extend the time for planning grants to include the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and to make the provision of such grants permissive, to renumber Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4) and to add new Subdiv. (3) re program operation in New Britain, New London, Waterbury and Windham, to change the date in Subdiv. (4) from the school year commencing in 1999 to school year commencing in 2000, and to substitute program operation in every priority school district for operation in every school district, amended Subsec. (d) to increase the amount of the grant from $100,000 to $175,000, to provide for staff to assist participating students and act as a liaison, to require the regional educational service centers to determine feasible distances for student transportation provided students participating in the program prior to July 1, 1999, are allowed to continue to attend the same school until they complete the highest grade in the school, to make the meetings with school districts annual, to require the reports on spaces to be made by March thirty-first and to require the regional educational service centers to provide a count to the department by April fifteenth, and to substitute provision allowing students to attend school in the district until they graduate from high school for provision allowing them to complete the highest grade in the school they are attending under the program, relettered Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (f), added new Subsec. (e) re records, amended Subsec. (f) to add “state-wide average” and to increase the amount from $1,200 to $2,000, relettered Subsecs. (f) to (i) as Subsecs. (g) to (j) and added Subsec. (k) re determination on level of enrollment, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-187 amended Subsec. (b) to give the department authority for the incremental expansion of the program, amended former Subsec. (f), redesignated as Subsec. (e) pursuant to P.A. 00-220, to increase the limit for the state-wide average from $2,000 to $2,100 and added Subsec. (l), redesignated as Subsec. (k) pursuant to P.A. 00-220, re state-wide mastery examinations, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 00-220 deleted former Subsec. (e) re transfer of records and relettered Subsecs. (f) to (k) as (e) to (j), in new Subsec. (e) added provision concerning the determination of the number of students transported on September first of each fiscal year, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 in Subsec. (a) defined “minority students”, in Subsec. (b) removed “state-wide” from description of the program, in Subsec. (c) deleted existing Subdiv. (1) to remove obsolete language, renumbered part of existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (1) and part as Subdiv. (3), added requirement in Subdiv. (1) re the proportion of students who are not minority students, added new Subdiv. (2) re New London program, made existing Subdiv. (4) part of Subdiv. (3), in Subdiv. (3) changed the applicable fiscal year to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, made the program in other priority school districts voluntary and based participation in the voluntary program on bringing racial, ethnic and economic diversity to the priority school district, redesignated existing Subsecs. (d) to (k) as Subsecs. (e) to (l), added new Subsec. (d) re school districts receiving students from New London, in Subsec. (e) deleted reference to $175,000 annual grant to a regional educational service center and specified that admission policies shall be consistent with provisions of section, in Subsec. (i) added limitation for amount in case of students participating pursuant to Subsec. (d) and in Subsec. (k) specified that determination of enrollment is the program pursuant to Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-76 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 3, 2003; P.A. 03-168 amended Subsec. (e) by making a technical change and adding provision re the No Child Left Behind Act, effective July 1, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (f) by changing “June 30, 2000,” to “June 30, 2003,” and adding provision giving commissioner discretion to grant additional money to offset transportation costs, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-26 made technical changes in Subsec. (e), effective April 28, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 added Subsec. (m) re summer school educational programs, effective July 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 amended Subsec. (f) to increase maximum grant from $2,100 to $3,250 per pupil, amended Subsec. (g) to increase per pupil grant from $2,000 to $2,500 and amended Subsec. (k) to increase maximum amount that may be used for supplemental grants from $350,000 to $500,000, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 amended Sec. 41 of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-6, added editorially by the Revisors as Subsec. (n), to make permanent the grant supporting all day kindergarten for the Hartford program, and added Subsecs. (o) re grants for kindergarten and preschool programs, (p) re grants for academic student support and (q) defining “Sheff region”, effective October 6, 2007; P.A. 08-170 amended Subsec. (n) to add preschool programs, deleted former Subsec. (o) re grants for kindergarten and preschool programs in the Sheff region, redesignated existing Subsec. (p) as Subsec. (o) and replaced provision therein re Sheff region with language re stipulation re Sheff v. O'Neill and deleted former Subsec. (q) re definition of “Sheff region”, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (b)(3) by deleting “for students enrolled in the public schools”, amended Subsec. (g) by designating existing provisions as Subdivs. (1) and (3), adding Subdiv. (2) re per pupil grant to receiving districts for each out-of-district student and making a conforming change in Subdiv. (1), amended Subsec. (k) by replacing “October fifteenth” with “March first”, replacing former Subdiv. (2) re remaining nonlapsing funds to be used for interdistrict cooperative grants with new Subdiv. (2) re nonlapsing funds in amounts from $500,000 up to $1,000,000 to be used for supplemental grants and adding Subdiv. (3) re remaining nonlapsing funds to be used to increase enrollment in interdistrict public school attendance program, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-116 amended Subsec. (g)(2) by replacing reference to fiscal year 2012 with reference to fiscal year 2013, replacing “in an amount equal to (A) three” with “if one of the following conditions are met as follows: (A) Three” and adding Subpara. (D) re $6,000 grant for each out-of-district student if receiving district has greater than 4,000 students and has increased number of students in program by at least 50%, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-108 amended Subsec. (e) by replacing provision re annual meeting with provision re reporting requirement re number of available spaces for out-of-district students, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (g)(2) by adding “but less than four per cent” in Subpara. (C), replacing “on October 1, 2012” with “from the previous fiscal year” in Subpara. (D), and adding new Subpara. (E) re $8,000 for each out-of-district student if the number of such out-of-district students is greater than or equal to 4 per cent of the total student population, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (o) by adding “as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al.”, effective July 1, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (f) by replacing “year” with “years”, “2003, and each fiscal year thereafter” with “2015, to June 30, 2017, inclusive” and “September” with “October”, and adding “or local or regional boards of education”, and amended Subsec. (o) by adding “as extended” re 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 17-14 amended Subsec. (e) by deleting provision re report on number of spaces available for following school year for out-of-district students, effective July 1, 2017; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (c) by adding Subdiv. (4) re pilot program in Danbury and Norwalk, amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “2000-2001 school year” with “school year commencing July 1, 2000,”, amended Subsec. (f) by replacing “fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2017, inclusive” with “fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter”, amended Subsec. (g) by replacing “subdivision (2)” with “subdivisions (2) and (3)” in Subdiv. (1), adding new Subdiv. (3) re grants to Danbury and Norwalk, and redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4), and amended Subsec. (o) by replacing “the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, as determined by the commissioner” with “its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education”, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-80 amended Subsec. (c) by adding Subdiv. (5) re town of Guilford eligible to participate in program as a receiving district and sending district with New Haven, and amended Subsec. (k) by adding new Subdiv. (2) re nonlapsing funds to be paid to State Education Resource Center to provide professional development and training for employees in receiving districts, redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3) and amending same by replacing existing provisions re any amount of nonlapsing funds equal to or greater than $500,000, but less than $1,000,000 to be used for supplemental grants with provision re any remaining nonlapsing funds to be used for provision of wrap-around services to students participating in program, and deleting former Subdiv. (3) re any remaining nonlapsing funds to be used by commissioner to increase enrollment in program, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (g)(2) by designating existing provisions as new Subpara. (A) and amended same by redesignating existing Subparas. (A) to (E) as clauses (i) to (v) and adding “plus any amount available pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision” throughout, and adding new Subpara. (B) re additional grant of $2,000 to receiving districts for each student who resides in Hartford region and attends school in receiving district, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 23-167 amended Subsec. (k) by deleting “not lapse but shall”, replacing references to nonlapsing funds with references to additional funds in Subdivs. (1) and (2), and replacing “such nonlapsing” with “an amount up to and including two million dollars of such additional” in Subdiv. (3), effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 23-204 amended Subsec. (g)(1) by designating existing provision re grant of $2,500 as Subpara. (A) and amending same by making applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and adding Subpara. (B) re grant of at least $2,500 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, amended Subsec. (g)(2)(A)(i) by designating existing provision re grant of $3,000 as subclause (I) and amending same by making applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and adding subclause (II) re grant of at least $3,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, amended Subsec. (g)(2)(A)(ii) by designating existing provision re grant of $4,000 as subclause (I) and amending same by making applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and adding subclause (II) re grant of at least $4,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, amended Subsec. (g)(2)(A)(iii) by designating existing provision re grant of $6,000 as subclause (I) and amending same by making applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and adding subclause (II) re grant of at least $6,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, amended Subsec. (g)(2)(A)(iv) by designating existing provision re grant of $6,000 as subclause (I) and amending same by making applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and adding subclause (II) re grant of at least $6,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, amended Subsec. (g)(2)(A)(v) by designating existing provision re grant of $8,000 as subclause (I) and amending same by making applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and adding subclause (II) re grant of at least $8,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 24-74 amended Subsec. (c)(4) by replacing “July 1, 2022” with “July 1, 2024, and each school year thereafter”, Subsec. (c)(4)(B) by designating existing provision re students who reside in Norwalk as clause (i) and adding clause (ii) re students who reside in Darien, New Canaan, Wilton, Weston and Westport, and further amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “students from Danbury and Norwalk under the pilot program during the school year commencing July 1, 2022,” with “students under this subdivision as part of the pilot program” and amended Subsec. (g)(3) by deleting former Subpara. (A) re grant of $4,000 during fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, redesignating existing Subpara. (B) as new Subpara. (A) and amending same by making applicable to fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter and deleting “resides in Danbury and Norwalk and”, and redesignating existing Subpara. (B) as Subpara. (C), effective July 1, 2024; P.A. 24-93 amended Subsec. (g)(2) by adding Subpara. (C) re inclusion of grant projected to be received in board of education's annual budget and projected revenue statement, effective July 1, 2024; P.A. 25-143 amended Subsec. (i) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1), adding requirement for receiving district to hold planning and placement team meeting and ensure receipt of services in Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re duties of receiving district for student with Section 504 plan, effective July 1, 2025.
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