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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-264t. - Adoption of long-range plan of capital improvement and school building project priorities and goals by the Capitol Region Education Council.

(a) Not later than January 1, 2023, and every five years thereafter, the Capitol Region Education Council shall adopt a long-range plan of capital improvement and school building project priorities and goals for interdistrict magnet school facilities 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. The plan shall include a summary of activities related to school building projects, capital improvements and capital equipment pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Upon adoption of the plan, the council shall submit the plan to the Department of Administrative Services and the department shall file the plan directly with the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, finance, revenue and bonding, and appropriations in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.
(b) The Capitol Region Education Council shall maintain a rolling three-year school building project and capital improvement and capital equipment plan that identifies: (1) The expected school building projects, capital improvements and capital equipment for each interdistrict magnet school facility operated by the council, and the anticipated cost of such projects, improvements and equipment; and (2) the specific equipment each interdistrict magnet school facility is expected to need, based on the useful life of existing equipment and projections of changing technology and the estimated cost of the equipment. The council shall annually submit such plan to the Department of Administrative Services and the department shall file such plan directly with the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, finance, revenue and bonding, and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 365.)
History: P.A. 22-118 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-265. - Payments.

Section 10-265 is repealed.
(1957, P.A. 642, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 143, S. 2; 645; 1961, P.A. 42; 1963, P.A. 3; P.A. 74-145, S. 1, 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-265bb. - Duties of the corporation.

(a) The corporation shall work with entities that include, but are not limited to, nonprofit organizations, high schools and school districts, institutions of higher education and employers to connect youths and young adults between the ages of fourteen to twenty-four, inclusive, to upwardly mobile career opportunities. The corporation shall support public education and workforce development programs that include an integrated focus on youth development with programming to provide such youths and young adults with the holistic supports needed to succeed.
(b) The corporation shall support and encourage microfinance and social entrepreneurship initiatives in order to expand economic opportunity in under-resourced communities.
(c) The corporation shall work with stakeholders in under-resourced communities to ensure public input and participation in program design, while remaining focused on advancing positive outcomes as quickly and sustainably as possible. The corporation shall monitor, measure and annually report, in accordance with subsection (d) of section 10-265aa, on its progress in achieving specific agreed-upon impact objectives.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 184.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-265cc. - Board of directors.

(a)(1) For the period of time from July 15, 2019, until January 5, 2021, the corporation shall be governed by a board of directors, appointed as follows:
(A) Four directors appointed by the director of the philanthropic enterprise;
(B) Three directors appointed by the Governor;
(C) The Governor;
(D) The president pro tempore of the Senate;
(E) The speaker of the House of Representatives;
(F) The minority leader of the Senate;
(G) The minority leader of the House of Representatives; and
(H) The president of the corporation.
(2) Each director shall serve until a successor is qualified and appointed.
(b) (1) All appointments under subsection (a) of this section shall be made on or before July 15, 2019, with the exception of the president of the corporation, who shall be appointed upon being hired. If the director of the philanthropic enterprise fails to appoint any director within the time period prescribed in this subsection, such director shall instead be appointed by the Governor.
(2) Any vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment was made. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority not later than thirty days after the date of such vacancy. If such vacancy appointment is not made within the time period prescribed in this subsection, the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor.
(3) An interim board of directors shall govern the corporation until the appointments are made as set forth in this section.
(c) The philanthropic enterprise, the Governor, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the House of Representatives shall collaborate to determine the criteria and composition of the succeeding board of directors, including, but not limited to, the number of directors; legislative, gubernatorial and philanthropic appointments; length of terms; and the experience necessary for membership, including experience in public education, social-emotional behavioral supports, family involvement and support, student engagement, physical health and wellness, social work and case management, workforce development, philanthropy or community enterprise development, including social entrepreneurship and microfinance.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 185.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-265dd. - Funding to further the purposes of the collaboration.

(a) In furtherance of its commitment to carry out the public purposes described in section 10-265aa, the philanthropic enterprise shall provide twenty million dollars to the corporation for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2019. The participants to the collaboration shall endeavor to secure an additional twenty million dollars from other private sector sources in furtherance of the purposes of the collaboration, provided participation by private sector sources other than the philanthropic enterprise shall not be a condition of the state or the philanthropic enterprise's funding.
(b) For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2019, the state shall transfer the sum of twenty million dollars to the Philanthropic Match account established in section 10-265ff, upon certification by the philanthropic enterprise to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management that it has transferred twenty million dollars to the corporation. The transfer of such state sum shall be in furtherance of the corporation's purposes described in section 10-265aa.
(c) For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2020, and the three succeeding fiscal years, the state and the philanthropic enterprise shall evaluate the funding needs of the collaboration and each endeavor to maintain at least the level of financial commitment which it made to the collaboration during the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2019, with the same match and certification requirements as set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 186.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-265e. - Definitions.

As used in sections 10-265e to 10-265i inclusive, and subsection (h) of section 10-285a:
(1) “Priority school district” means a school district described in section 10-266p; and
(2) “Priority school” means a school in which forty per cent or more of the lunches served are served to students who are eligible for free or reduced price lunches pursuant to federal law and regulations, excluding such a school located in a priority school district.
(P.A. 98-243, S. 3, 25.)
History: P.A. 98-243 effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-265ee. - Financial assistance provided by the corporation. State assistance.

(a) Financial assistance provided by the corporation organized under section 10-265aa shall be upon terms and conditions consistent with the policies and procedures adopted by the corporation's board of directors. The board of directors shall, in its discretion, establish such policies and procedures that the board deems prudent, necessary and consistent with the provisions of section 10-265aa. Such terms and conditions may include, but need not be limited to: (1) Eligibility criteria for state and local government agencies, private for-profit and not-for-profit institutions, and individuals to apply for and receive grants, loans or other forms of assistance from the corporation; (2) the procedures for such entities to apply for and receive such funding; and (3) a requirement of funding commitments and awards from other sources, including financing obtained from quasi-public agencies, as defined in section 1-120, federal, state and local government agencies and private for-profit and not-for-profit institutions.
(b) State assistance to match the philanthropic enterprise's contribution may be provided to the corporation while its application for tax exempt status, as described in subsection (c) of section 10-265aa, is pending. If such status is denied, the corporation shall promptly repay such state assistance to the state.
(c) State assistance may be provided to the corporation through contractual arrangements as may be agreed upon by the corporation and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 187.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 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 within the General Fund. 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.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-265i. - Grants for priority school districts for the purchase of library books.

(a) The Commissioner of Education shall establish, within available appropriations, a grant program for priority school districts to purchase library books to promote better reading skills. For purposes of this section “library books” means books that are in school libraries and media centers for student use and are either for reference purposes or to be circulated.
(b) Eligibility for grants pursuant to this section shall be determined for a five-year period based on a school district's designation in the initial year of application as a priority school district.
(c) School districts shall apply for grants pursuant to this section at such times and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes.
(d) Priority school districts shall receive grants based on the formula established in subdivision (1) of subsection (e) of section 10-265f. The Department of Education may retain up to one per cent of the amount of funds appropriated for purposes of this section for coordination, program evaluation and administration.
(e) No funds received by a school district pursuant to this section shall be used to supplant federal, state or local funding received by such town for the purchase of library books.
(P.A. 98-243, S. 9, 25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 117, 121.)
History: P.A. 98-243 effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 amended Subsec. (d) to specify that grants be based on formula in Sec. 10-265f, effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-265j. - Model early childhood learning programs.

The Commissioner of Education shall establish two model early childhood learning programs associated with institutions of higher education. Each program may include a laboratory school and a model day care program that serves sixty children ages three to five. Eligibility shall be determined for a five-year period. Grant awards shall be made annually during the five-year eligibility period, contingent upon available funding and a satisfactory annual evaluation. The Department of Education shall issue a request for proposals for the programs. The commissioner shall provide grants in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars each for purposes of such programs. The grants shall be provided from the amount appropriated for purposes of section 10-265f.
(P.A. 98-243, S. 22, 25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 46.)
History: P.A. 98-243 effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 changed pilot programs to model programs, required programs to be associated with institutions of higher education rather than to be in priority school districts and provided that eligibility be for a five-year period with annual grants contingent upon available funding and evaluation, effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-265k. - Longitudinal study of educational progress of children participating in early reading success grant programs. Report.

(a) The Commissioner of Education shall conduct, within available appropriations, a longitudinal study that examines the educational progress of children both during and following participation in early reading success grant programs pursuant to section 10-265f.
(b) The Commissioner of Education shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education on the longitudinal study by January 1, 2002.
(P.A. 98-243, S. 23, 25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 23, 54.)
History: P.A. 98-243 effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 amended Subsec. (b) to change the reporting date deadline by one year to January 1, 2002, effective July 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-265n. - Even start family literacy program.

The Office of Early Childhood shall administer, within available appropriations, an even start family literacy program to provide grants to establish new or expand existing local family literacy programs that provide literacy services for children and the parents or guardians of such children.
(P.A. 12-120, S. 12; P.A. 15-227, S. 22; P.A. 19-121, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 12-120 effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 15-227 replaced “Department of Education” with “Office of Early Childhood”, effective July 7, 2015; P.A. 19-121 deleted “, in accordance with the William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Program under the No Child Left Behind Act, P.L. 107-111,”, effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-265o. - Municipal aid for new educators grant program.

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Education shall establish the municipal aid for new educators grant program. On or before March first of each year, the program shall, within available appropriations, provide grants of up to two hundred thousand dollars to the local or regional board of education for an alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u, for the purpose of extending offers of employment to students who are enrolled in a teacher preparation program offered by a public or private institution of higher education, are graduating seniors and are academically in the top ten per cent of their graduating class.
(P.A. 12-116, S. 10; P.A. 13-31, S. 27; P.A. 15-108, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 12-116 effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-31 made a technical change, effective May 28, 2013; P.A. 15-108 replaced “educational reform” with “alliance” and deleted cap of up to five students and requirement that students be enrolled in an institution of higher education in the state, effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-265p. - Wraparound services grant program.

The Commissioner of Education shall, within available appropriations, establish a wraparound services grant program that awards grants to educational reform districts, as defined in section 10-262u, for social-emotional behavioral supports, family involvement and support, student engagement, physical health and wellness, and social work and case management. The local or regional board of education for an educational reform district may apply to the commissioner for a grant under this section at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes.
(June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 232.)
History: June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-265q. - Educational reform district science grant program.

The Commissioner of Education shall, within available appropriations, establish an educational reform district science grant program that awards grants to educational reform districts, as defined in section 10-262u, for the purpose of improving student academic performance in science, reading and numeracy in kindergarten to grade eight, inclusive. The local or regional board of education for an educational reform district may apply to the commissioner for a grant under this section at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes. In awarding such grants, the commissioner shall give priority to (1) applicant programs that partner with schools that have a record of low academic performance in science, and (2) applicant after-school elementary science programs that have a record of improving student academic performance in science.
(June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 234.)
History: June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-265s. - Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system pipeline training pilot program.

(a) Not later than March 1, 2023, the Office of Workforce Strategy, in consultation with the Labor Department, Office of Higher Education and Technical Education and Career System, shall establish, within available appropriations, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system pipeline training pilot program. The pilot program shall develop preapprenticeship workforce pipeline training programs that are (1) designed to identify and support the training of individuals from underserved and underrepresented populations and historically marginalized communities in the installation and maintenance of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, and any associated trades related to the installation and maintenance of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, (2) offered to such individuals, and (3) include comprehensive career navigational and wraparound training services including, but not limited to, recruitment, job coaching, supportive services inclusive of transportation services and job placement support. The office shall utilize the selection criteria developed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to select organizations to provide services as part of the pilot program.
(b) The Office of Workforce Strategy, in consultation with the Labor Department, shall develop selection criteria prioritizing (1) low-income and underrepresented individuals who reside in a municipality with a population of more than one hundred thousand, and (2) nonprofit and community-based organizations currently serving low-income and underrepresented individuals.
(c) The Office of Workforce Strategy, in consultation with the Labor Department, the Office of Higher Education and the Technical Education and Career System, may identify recent heating, ventilation and air conditioning system program participants in the state and support such participants in transitioning into a career to immediately fill existing heating, ventilation and air conditioning system talent demands.
(d) Not later than December 1, 2023, the Office of Workforce Strategy shall submit a report to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, higher education and employment advancement and labor and public employees, in accordance with the provisions section 11-4a. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of individuals who have enrolled in a training program offered as part of the pilot program, the number of individuals who have completed such training programs, and the number of individuals who have completed such training program and obtained a permanent job in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system sector.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 368.)
History: P.A. 22-118 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 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 seventy-five million 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, provided 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.
(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.)
History: P.A. 22-118 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-266 to 10-266i. - Reimbursement for education of pupils residing on state property or reservation land held in trust by the state for an Indian tribe; exemption. State grants for special programs for educationally deprived children. Amount of aid; redistribution of funds. Application for and payment of grant. Review and audit of grant payments. State assistance in developing programs. State aid for occupational training programs. Redistribution of funds. Application for and payment of grants. Review and audit of payments. Statement of expenditures. Review and evaluation of programs for disadvantaged children.

Sections 10-266 to 10-266i, inclusive, are repealed.
(June, 1949, S. 975d; 1957, P.A. 579, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 620; February, 1965, P.A. 361, S. 4–7, 9; 523, S. 1–6; 1967, P.A. 35, S. 1–3; 506; 1969, P.A. 780, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 52; 841, S. 1, 2; June, 1971, P.A. 1, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 101, S. 1; P.A. 73-315; 73-606, S. 1, 2; P.A. 74-267, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-479, S. 23–25; 75-567, S. 76, 80; P.A. 76-378, S. 1–3; P.A. 78-218, S. 187, 188; 78-311, S. 1, 3; P.A. 79-408, S. 3, 5; P.A. 80-40, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-387, S. 1–3; 81-432, S. 4, 11; P.A. 84-255, S. 12, 21; P.A. 85-291, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-136, S. 36, 37; P.A. 89-355, S. 10, 20; 89-368, S. 27; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7, S. 21, 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-266bb. - Grants for interdistrict resident summer programs and distance learning and other technologies.

Local and regional boards of education and regional educational service centers shall be eligible to receive grants pursuant to section 10-74d for interdistrict cooperative programs (1) to establish full-time resident summer programs at colleges and universities to provide academically challenging courses for students from different backgrounds and communities, and (2) for distance learning and other technologies.
(P.A. 97-290, S. 13, 29.)
History: P.A. 97-290 effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-266cc. - Lighthouse schools.

For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, and June 30, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Education shall award, within available appropriations, competitive grants to the Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport school districts to assist in the development of curricula and the training of staff for lighthouse schools. Grants for such purpose shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars for any individual school in any year and may be renewed for two additional years in such lesser amounts as the department determines are reasonable for purposes of implementing the lighthouse school program at a school. For purposes of this section and section 10-285a, a “lighthouse school” is an existing public school or a public school planned prior to July 1, 1997, in a priority school district that (1) has a specialized curriculum, and (2) is designed to promote intradistrict and interdistrict public school choice.
(P.A. 97-290, S. 18, 29; P.A. 99-289, S. 10, 11; P.A. 00-187, S. 18, 75.)
History: P.A. 97-290 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-289 extended the time for the awarding of the competitive grants to include the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, and June 30, 2001, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-187 added cap and renewal provisions for grants, made the program permanent and removed obsolete language, effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-266dd. - Sheff Lighthouse Schools.

(a) For purposes of this section, “Sheff Lighthouse School” has the same meaning as “Lighthouse Schools”, as defined in the 2013 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended.
(b) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, to June 30, 2018, inclusive, the Department of Education shall award, within available appropriations, an annual grant, in an amount of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, to the Hartford school district to assist in the development of curricula and the training of staff for the conversion of a neighborhood school to a Sheff Lighthouse School.
(c) Any school identified for conversion to a Sheff Lighthouse School shall be so identified through a collaborative process that has been approved by the Hartford board of education and the Commissioner of Education.
(d) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and each school year thereafter, any student who is not a resident of the Hartford school district may apply for enrollment in a Sheff Lighthouse School. Any such student enrolled in a Sheff Lighthouse School shall be so enrolled as a participant in the interdistrict public school attendance program pursuant to section 10-266aa.
(P.A. 14-217, S. 91; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 309.)
History: P.A. 14-217 effective July 1, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “as extended”, effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-266ee. - Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy. Grant.

(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, the Department of Education shall award, within available appropriations, a grant in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars to the Hartford school district for program development and expansion of the Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy 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. Application for such grant funds awarded pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Education at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes.
(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, any student who is not a resident of the Hartford school district may apply for enrollment in the Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy, provided such student is eligible for enrollment under the school's admissions policies. Any such student enrolled in the Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy shall be so enrolled as a participant in the interdistrict public school attendance program pursuant to section 10-266aa.
(c) Grants awarded under this section shall supplement other grant awards to which the Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy is entitled and shall not reduce such academy's eligibility for any other grant that such academy may be entitled to receive.
(P.A. 14-217, S. 90; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 308; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 415.)
History: P.A. 14-217 effective July 1, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “and each fiscal year thereafter” and “annually” and amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “and each school year thereafter”, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “the goals of the 2013 stipulation 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, as determined by the Commissioner of Education”, effective June 23, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-266k and 10-266l. - State grants for special educational programs and other municipal purposes. Agreements between private schools and urban school districts for education of disadvantaged children in public schools.

Sections 10-266k and 10-266l are repealed.
(1969, P.A. 792, S. 1–4; 1972, P.A. 199, S. 1; P.A. 78-185, S. 2, 3; 78-218, S. 190; P.A. 86-333, S. 31, 32.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-266n and 10-266o. - Phase-in of transportation grants. Hold-harmless for transportation grants.

Sections 10-266n and 10-266o are repealed.
(P.A. 79-128, S. 24, 25, 36; P.A. 80-483, S. 45, 186; P.A. 82-91, S. 4, 38; 82-301, S. 4, 5; P.A. 86-71, S. 10, 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-266s. - Interdistrict leadership grant program.

Section 10-266s is repealed, effective July 1, 1998.
(P.A. 88-252, S. 2, 6; P.A. 90-339, S. 3, 6; P.A. 98-252, S. 79, 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 105, 121.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-266u. - Retention of funds by the department. Grant to supplement existing programs. Reports. Audits.

(a) The Department of Education shall retain up to two and one-half per cent of the amount appropriated for purposes of section 10-266t for state-wide technical assistance, program monitoring and evaluation, and administration.
(b) Each grant pursuant to section 10-266t shall be awarded on an annual basis. Funding in subsequent years shall be based on available appropriations, compliance with this section and section 10-266t and program evaluations.
(c) Each school district which receives a grant pursuant to section 10-266t shall use the grant to supplement existing programs. If the Commissioner of Education finds that any grant is being used for other purposes, or to decrease the local share of support for schools or to supplant a previous source of funds, he may require repayment of such grant to the state.
(d) Each such district shall prepare an annual program report which describes and documents program operation, student participation and other indicators of success and shall submit the report to the Commissioner of Education in such form and at such time as he prescribes.
(e) Within sixty days after the close of the school year, each such district shall file with the Commissioner of Education a financial statement of expenditures, in such form as the commissioner prescribes. On or before December thirty-first of the fiscal year following the grant year, each district shall file, as part of the local government single audit process, an appropriate financial audit of the grant funds.
(f) On or before December first annually, the Commissioner of Education shall file, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, an evaluation report of the program established pursuant to section 10-266t with the Governor, the General Assembly and the Office of Policy and Management.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 3, 28; P.A. 96-251, S. 5; P.A. 00-220, S. 18, 43; P.A. 03-76, S. 25.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 96-251 amended Subsec. (f) by requiring that on and after October 1, 1996, the report be submitted to the Governor, Office of Policy and Management and education committee and, upon request, to members of the General Assembly and adding provision re report summaries; P.A. 00-220 amended Subsec. (f) to remove provisions re submission of a summary of the report to individual members of the General Assembly, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 03-76 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 3, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-266y. - Competitive grant program for certain high school projects.

The Department of Education shall establish, within available appropriations, a competitive grant program for high school projects that involve one or more of the following topics: Computers, engineering, mathematics, physics, science or technical construction. Local and regional boards of education may apply, on behalf of a high school under their jurisdiction, for a grant pursuant to this section at such time and in such manner as the Commissioner of Education prescribes.
(P.A. 00-193, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 00-193 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-267 to 10-273. - State aid for purchase of nonprint learning materials, media equipment and books. “Average annual receipts from taxation” defined. Statement by town treasurer. Transportation grants for elementary school and kindergarten pupils, generally.

Sections 10-267 to 10-273, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1563–1567; 1949, S. 967d; 1951, S. 968d; 1957, P.A. 519, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 196, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 525, S. 2; 549; 1967, P.A. 21, S. 1; 523; P.A. 73-388; P.A. 76-434, S. 5, 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 211.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-273a. - Reimbursement for transportation to and from elementary and secondary schools.

Any town transporting children to and from any public elementary school, including kindergartens, or to and from any public secondary school within said town shall be reimbursed for the cost of such pupil transportation annually in accordance with the provisions of sections 10-97 and 10-266m.
(1961, P.A. 525, S. 1, 3; 1963, P.A. 291; February, 1965, P.A. 361, S. 11; P.A. 78-272, S. 2, 6; P.A. 79-128, S. 28, 36; P.A. 86-71, S. 7, 11.)
History: 1963 act added provision that grades kindergarten through eight are considered elementary without exception; 1965 act specified applicability to public elementary schools, included public secondary schools and deleted amendment enacted in 1963; P.A. 78-272 changed limit on transportation costs from $20 to $30 per pupil annually; P.A. 79-128 replaced basis for transportation reimbursement at rate of 50% of cost not exceeding $30 per pupil with provision for reimbursement in accordance with Secs. 10-266m and 10-266n; P.A. 86-71 deleted the reference to Sec. 10-266n which was repealed and added the reference to Sec. 10-97.
Cited. 172 C. 615; 187 C. 187; 195 C. 24; 228 C. 699.
Violates Art. I, Sec. 20 and Art. VIII, Sec. 1 of Connecticut Constitution. 31 CS 377.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-273b to 10-276. - Reimbursement for sidewalk construction. Definition of “high school” for purpose of transportation grants. Statement by town treasurer. Certificate by Tax Commissioner for high school transportation grant.

Sections 10-273b to 10-276, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1568–1570; 1969, P.A. 672, S. 2; P.A. 74-288, S. 1, 3; P.A. 75-479, S. 24, 25; 75-567, S. 76, 80.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-276a. - Priority school district phase-out grants. Reduced grants for first year of eligibility for priority school district grants.

(a) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, if a school district that received a priority school district grant pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-266p for the prior fiscal year is no longer eligible to receive such a grant, such school district shall receive a priority school district phase-out grant for each of the three fiscal years following the fiscal year such school district received its final priority school district grant. The amount of such phase-out grants shall be determined in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
(b) (1) For the first fiscal year following the fiscal year such school district received its final priority school district grant, in an amount equal to the difference between (A) the amount of such final grant, and (B) an amount equal to twenty-five per cent of the difference between (i) the amount of such final grant, and (ii) the greater of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or the amount of the grants received by transitional school districts pursuant to section 10-263c. (2) For the second fiscal year following the fiscal year such school district received its final priority school district grant, in an amount equal to the difference between (A) the amount of such final grant, and (B) an amount equal to fifty per cent of the difference between (i) the amount of such final grant, and (ii) the greater of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or the amount of the grants received by transitional school districts pursuant to section 10-263c. (3) For the third fiscal year following the fiscal year such school district received its final priority school district grant, in an amount equal to the difference between (A) the amount of such final grant, and (B) an amount equal to seventy-five per cent of the difference between (i) the amount of such final grant, and (ii) the greater of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or the amount of the grants received by transitional school districts pursuant to section 10-263c.
(c) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, if a school district that was not eligible to receive a priority school district grant pursuant to subsection (a) of said section 10-266p, for the prior fiscal year becomes eligible to receive such a grant, the amount of the grant such town receives pursuant to said section for the first year of such eligibility shall be reduced by fifty per cent.
(P.A. 99-224, S. 4, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 42, 54.)
History: P.A. 99-224 effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 amended Subsec. (b) to add “the greater of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or” in Subdivs. (1)(B)(ii), (2)(B)(ii) and (3)(B)(ii) and amended Subsec. (c) to change June 30, 2002, to June 30, 2004, effective July 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-276b. - Diverse learning environment for state-funded interdistrict programs.

The Department of Education shall ensure that all interdistrict educational programs and activities receiving state funding are conducted in a manner that promotes a diverse learning environment. It may establish reasonable enrollment priorities to encourage such programs and activities to have racially, ethnically and economically diverse student populations.
(P.A. 00-220, S. 34, 43.)
History: P.A. 00-220 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-278 to 10-280. - Reimbursements: Classification for; fixed in amount received for school year ended June 30, 1938.

Sections 10-278 to 10-280, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1572–1574; 1969, P.A. 672, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-280a. - Transportation for pupils in nonprofit private schools outside school district.

Any local or regional board of education may provide transportation to a student attending an elementary or secondary nonpublic school, not conducted for profit and approved by the State Board of Education, outside the school district wherein such student resides with a parent or guardian, provided such elementary or secondary nonpublic school is located within the state of Connecticut. Any local or regional board of education which provides transportation services pursuant to this section may suspend such services in accordance with the provisions of section 10-233c.
(P.A. 78-278, S. 1, 3; P.A. 79-128, S. 30, 36; P.A. 83-119, S. 6, 8; P.A. 86-71, S. 9, 11; P.A. 89-355, S. 13, 20.)
History: P.A. 79-128 changed basis of reimbursement, replacing payment of half of cost not exceeding $35 per pupil, with provision for payment in accordance with Secs. 10-266m and 10-266n and providing for proportionate reimbursement if funds allocated are insufficient to cover all claims for reimbursement; P.A. 83-119 allowed board to suspend transportation services in accordance with Sec. 10-233c; P.A. 86-71 deleted the reference to Sec. 10-266n which was repealed and added the reference to Sec. 10-97; P.A. 89-355 deleted the provisions concerning state reimbursement to boards of education for providing transportation pursuant to the section.
Cited. 187 C. 187; 195 C. 24; 228 C. 699.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation › Section 10-280b. - Policy for parental notification re age range of nonpublic school students riding the same school bus.

The supervisory agent for each nonpublic school that receives transportation services provided by the local or regional board of education in which such nonpublic school is located shall develop and implement a policy for notifying parents or guardians of students when there may be an age range of ten years or more among students who ride the same school bus.
(P.A. 12-132, S. 48.)
History: P.A. 12-132 effective July 1, 2012.