History: P.A. 93-387 added Subsec. (c) re evaluation of progress in achieving benchmarks, effective June 30, 1993;
P.A. 97-288 amended Subsec. (a) to require that for the biennium beginning July 1, 1995, and for each biennium thereafter
the report include an evaluation of the impact of each program, service and state contract on the family, effective July 1,
1997; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 13, 2005.
Sec. 4-67x. Child Poverty Council. Plan to be developed. Plan contents. Council meetings. Report to General Assembly. Protocol for state contracts. Termination of council. (a) There shall be a Child Poverty Council consisting of the following
members or their designees: The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management,
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,
the Commissioners of Children and Families, Social Services, Correction, Mental Retardation, Mental Health and Addiction Services, Transportation, Public Health, Education, Economic and Community Development and Health Care Access, the Labor Commissioner, the Chairman of the Board of Governors for Higher Education, the Child
Advocate, the chairperson of the State Prevention Council, the chairperson of the Children's Trust Fund and the executive directors of the Commission on Children and the
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. The Secretary of the Office of Policy
and Management, or the secretary's designee, shall be the chairperson of the council.
The council shall develop a ten-year plan, to begin June 8, 2004, to reduce the number
of children living in poverty in the state by fifty per cent.
(b) The plan shall contain: (1) An identification and analysis of the occurrence of
child poverty in the state, (2) an analysis of the long-term effects of child poverty on
children, their families and their communities, (3) an analysis of costs of child poverty
to municipalities and the state, (4) an inventory of state-wide public and private programs
that address child poverty, (5) the percentage of the target population served by such
programs and the current state funding levels, if any, for such programs, (6) an identification and analysis of any deficiencies or inefficiencies of such programs, and (7) procedures and priorities for implementing strategies to achieve a fifty per cent reduction in
child poverty in the state by June 30, 2014. Such procedures and priorities shall include,
but not be limited to, (A) vocational training and placement to promote career progression for parents of children living in poverty, (B) educational opportunities, including
higher education opportunities, and advancement for such parents and children, including, but not limited to, preliteracy, literacy and family literacy programs, (C) housing
for such parents and children, (D) day care and after-school programs and mentoring
programs for such children and for single parents, (E) health care access for such parents
and children, including access to mental health services and family planning, (F) treatment programs and services, including substance abuse programs and services, for such
parents and children, and (G) accessible childhood nutrition programs.
(c) In developing the plan, the council shall consult with experts and providers of
services to children living in poverty and parents of such children. The council shall
hold at least one public hearing on the plan. After the public hearing, the council may
make any modifications that the members deem necessary based on testimony given at
the public hearing.
(d) Funds from private and public sources may be accepted and utilized by the
council to develop and implement the plan and the provisions of this section.
(e) Not later than January 1, 2005, the council shall submit the plan, in accordance
with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having
cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and human services and to the select
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children,
along with any recommendations for legislation and funding necessary to implement
the plan.
(f) On or before January 1, 2006, and annually thereafter, until January 1, 2015, the
council shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and
human services and to the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance
of matters relating to children on the implementation of the plan, progress made toward
meeting the child poverty reduction goal specified in subsection (a) of this section and
the extent to which state actions are in conformity with the plan. The council shall meet
at least two times annually to review and coordinate state agency efforts to meet the
child poverty reduction goal specified in subsection (a) of this section.
(g) Not later than July 1, 2006, the Office of Policy and Management shall, within
available appropriations, develop a protocol requiring state contracts for programs
aimed at reducing poverty for children and families to include performance-based standards and outcome measures related to the child poverty reduction goal specified in
subsection (a) of this section. Not later than July 1, 2007, the Office of Policy and
Management shall, within available appropriations, require such state contracts to include such performance-based standards and outcomes. The Secretary of the Office
of Policy and Management may consult with the Commission on Children to identify
academic, private and other available funding sources and may accept and utilize funds
from private and public sources to implement the provisions of this section.
(h) For purposes of this section, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee, shall be responsible for coordinating all necessary
activities, including, but not limited to, scheduling and presiding over meetings and
public hearings.
(i) The council shall terminate on June 30, 2015.
(P.A. 04-238, S. 1; P.A. 05-244, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 04-238 effective June 8, 2004; P.A. 05-244 made technical changes, added executive director of Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities as council member in Subsec. (a), specified mandatory minimum number of
meeting times and reporting requirements in Subsec. (f) and required development and implementation of state contract
protocol in new Subsec. (g), redesignating existing Subsecs. (g) and (h) as Subsecs. (h) and (i), respectively, effective July
11, 2005.
Sec. 4-68m. Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division. Duties. Collaboration with other agencies. Access to information and data. (a) There is established a
Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management. The division shall be under the direction of an undersecretary.
(b) The division shall develop a plan to promote a more effective and cohesive state
criminal justice system and, to accomplish such plan, shall:
(1) Conduct an in-depth analysis of the criminal justice system;
(2) Determine the long-range needs of the criminal justice system and recommend
policy priorities for the system;
(3) Identify critical problems in the criminal justice system and recommend strategies to solve those problems;
(4) Assess the cost-effectiveness of the use of state and local funds in the criminal
justice system;
(5) Recommend means to improve the deterrent and rehabilitative capabilities of
the criminal justice system;
(6) Advise and assist the General Assembly in developing plans, programs and
proposed legislation for improving the effectiveness of the criminal justice system;
(7) Make computations of daily costs and compare interagency costs on services
provided by agencies that are a part of the criminal justice system;
(8) Make population computations for use in planning for the long-range needs of
the criminal justice system;
(9) Determine long-range information needs of the criminal justice system and acquire that information;
(10) Cooperate with the Office of the Victim Advocate by providing information
and assistance to the office relating to the improvement of crime victims' services;
(11) Serve as the liaison for the state to the United States Department of Justice on
criminal justice issues of interest to the state and federal government relating to data,
information systems and research;
(12) Measure the success of community-based services and programs in reducing
recidivism; and
(13) Engage in other activities consistent with the responsibilities of the division.
(c) In addition to the division's other duties under this section, the division may
perform any function described in subsection (b) of this section to promote an effective
and cohesive juvenile justice system.
(d) In the performance of its duties under this section, the division shall collaborate
with the Department of Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Department
of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Department of Public Safety and
consult with the Chief Court Administrator, the executive director of the Court Support
Services Division of the judicial branch, the Chief State's Attorney and the Chief Public
Defender.
(e) (1) At the request of the division, the Department of Correction, the Board of
Pardons and Paroles, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the
Department of Public Safety, the Chief Court Administrator, the executive director of
the Court Support Services Division of the judicial branch, the Chief State's Attorney
and the Chief Public Defender shall provide the division with information and data
needed by the division to perform its duties under subsection (b) of this section.
(2) The division shall have access to individualized records maintained by the judicial branch and the agencies specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection as needed
for research purposes. The division, in collaboration with the judicial branch and the
agencies specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall develop protocols to protect
the privacy of such individualized records consistent with state and federal law. The
division shall use such individualized records for statistical analyses only and shall not
use such records in any other manner that would disclose the identity of individuals to
whom the records pertain.
(3) Any information or data provided to the division pursuant to this subsection that
is confidential in accordance with state or federal law shall remain confidential while
in the custody of the division and shall not be disclosed.
(P.A. 05-249, S. 1.) Effective July 1, 2006.
History: P.A. 05-249 effective July 1, 2006.
Sec. 4-68n. Correctional system population projections. The Criminal Justice
Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management shall development population projections for the correctional system for planning purposes and issue
a report on such projections not later than November first of each year.
(P.A. 05-249, S. 2.) Effective July 1, 2006.
History: P.A. 05-249 effective July 1, 2006.
Sec. 4-68o. Reporting system to track criminal justice system trends and outcomes. (a) The Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of
Policy and Management shall develop a reporting system that is able to track trends and
outcomes related to policies designed to reduce prison overcrowding, improve rehabilitation efforts and enhance reentry strategies for offenders released from prison.
(b) The reporting system shall, at a minimum, track on a monthly basis: (1) The
number of admissions to prison (A) directly from courts, (B) on account of parole revocation, and (C) on account of probation revocation, (2) the number of releases on parole
and to other forms of community supervision and facilities, (3) the rate of granting
parole, (4) the number of probation placements and placements to probation facilities,
(5) the prison population, and (6) the projected prison population.
(c) The reporting system shall, at a minimum, track on an annual basis: (1) Recidivism of offenders released from prison, (2) recidivism of offenders on probation, and
(3) recidivism of offenders participating in programs designed to reduce prison overcrowding, improve rehabilitation efforts and enhance reentry strategies for offenders
released from prison. The division shall measure recidivism in accordance with a nationally-accepted methodology.
(d) The reporting system shall define outcomes for major programs and annually
report these outcomes and delineate strategies to measure outcomes when information
is not yet available to measure the effectiveness of particular programs.
(e) The division shall publish the first monthly report not later than November 1,
2006.
(f) The division shall publish the first annual outcome report not later than January
1, 2007. Such report may be included as part of the report submitted under section 4-68p.
(P.A. 05-249, S. 3.) Effective July 1, 2006.
History: P.A. 05-249 effective July 1, 2006.
Sec. 4-68p. Report. Not later than January first of each year, the Criminal Justice
Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management shall submit
a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, and make a presentation to the joint standing
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to criminal
justice and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies concerning its activities and
recommendations under section 4-68m and specifying the actions necessary to promote
an effective and cohesive criminal justice system. The report shall estimate the amount
of savings inuring to the benefit of the state on account of the actual prison population
being less than projected prior to the adoption of prison overcrowding reduction policies
and make recommendations as to the manner in which a portion of such cost savings
may be reinvested in community-based services and programs and community supervision by probation and parole officers in order to maintain that reduction in projected
prison population.
(P.A. 05-249, S. 4.) Effective July 1, 2006.
History: P.A. 05-249 effective July 1, 2006.
PART II
BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 4-85. Quarterly requisitions for allotments; exceptions; modifications. (a)
Before an appropriation becomes available for expenditure, each budgeted agency shall
submit to the Governor through the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management,
not less than twenty days before the beginning of the fiscal year for which such appropriation was made, a requisition for the allotment of the amount estimated to be necessary
to carry out the purposes of such appropriation during each quarter of such fiscal year.
Appropriations for capital outlays may be allotted in any manner the Governor deems
advisable. Such requisition shall contain any further information required by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. The Governor shall approve such requisitions, subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Any allotment requisition and any allotment in force shall be subject to the
following: (1) If the Governor determines that due to a change in circumstances since
the budget was adopted certain reductions should be made in allotment requisitions or
allotments in force or that estimated budget resources during the fiscal year will be
insufficient to finance all appropriations in full, the Governor may modify such allotment
requisitions or allotments in force to the extent the Governor deems necessary. Before
such modifications are effected the Governor shall file a report with the joint standing
committee having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of
state agencies and the joint standing committee having cognizance of matters relating
to state finance, revenue and bonding describing the change in circumstances which
makes it necessary that certain reductions should be made or the basis for his determination that estimated budget resources will be insufficient to finance all appropriations in
full. (2) If the cumulative monthly financial statement issued by the Comptroller pursuant to section 3-115 includes a projected General Fund deficit greater than one per cent
of the total of General Fund appropriations, the Governor, within thirty days following
the issuance of such statement, shall file a report with such joint standing committees,
including a plan which he shall implement to modify such allotments to the extent
necessary to prevent a deficit. No modification of an allotment requisition or an allotment
in force made by the Governor pursuant to this subsection shall result in a reduction of
more than three per cent of the total appropriation from any fund or more than five per
cent of any appropriation, except such limitations shall not apply in time of war, invasion
or emergency caused by natural disaster.
(c) If a plan submitted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section indicates
that a reduction of more than three per cent of the total appropriation from any fund or
more than five per cent of any appropriation is required to prevent a deficit, the Governor
may request that the Finance Advisory Committee approve any such reduction, provided
any modification which would result in a reduction of more than five per cent of total
appropriations shall require the approval of the General Assembly.
(d) The secretary shall submit copies of allotment requisitions thus approved or
modified or allotments in force thus modified, with the reasons for any modifications,
to the administrative heads of the budgeted agencies concerned, to the Comptroller
and to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of
appropriations and matters relating to the budgets of state agencies, through the Office
of Fiscal Analysis. The Comptroller shall set up such allotments on the Comptroller's
books and be governed thereby in the control of expenditures of budgeted agencies.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize the Governor
to reduce allotment requisitions or allotments in force concerning aid to municipalities.
(1949 Rev., S. 238; P.A. 73-679, S. 12, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 27, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 33, 610; P.A. 79-623, S. 1, 8; P.A.
81-2, S. 2, 3; P.A. 82-314, S. 16, 63; P.A. 83-587, S. 4, 96; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 46, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 29, 30; P.A. 05-288, S. 13, 14.)
History: P.A. 73-679 replaced director of budget with managing director, planning and budgeting division, department
of finance and control or his designee; P.A. 75-537 changed division name to budget and management division and deleted
references to designee; P.A. 77-614 replaced managing director with secretary of the office of policy and management;
P.A. 79-623 divided section into subsections, clarified procedure by which governor may change appropriations and to
what degree and included appropriations committee in provisions concerning notice of changes; P.A. 81-2 added Subsec.
(g) authorizing governor, during fiscal year 1980-1981, to reduce allotments for appropriated accounts by ten per cent of the
amount appropriated for that fiscal year; P.A. 82-314 changed committee names; P.A. 83-587 made a technical amendment,
deleting obsolete Subsec. (g) concerning fiscal year 1980-1981; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 deleted language in Subsec.
(a) which limited appropriations subject to provisions of section to appropriations "for administration, operation and
maintenance of any budgeted agency", deleted requirement that each budgeted agency collecting revenue which is added
to or which supplements its appropriations shall attach to its requisitions a statement showing how much of proposed
allotments are to be financed from appropriations, reimbursements and any other revenue, added provision that appropriations for capital outlays may be allotted in any manner the governor deems advisable, deleted Subsecs. (b), (c), (e) and (f)
and substituted new Subsecs. (b) and (c) re procedures for modification of allotment requisitions or allotments in force,
and added new Subsec. (e) re aid to municipalities; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 changed effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A.
91-3, S. 46 from July 1, 1992, and applicable to biennium commencing July 1, 1993, to August 22, 1991; P.A. 05-288
made a technical change in Subsecs. (a) and (c), effective July 13, 2005.
PART V
OFFICE OF WORKFORCE COMPETITIVENESS
Sec. 4-124z. Review and evaluation of linkage between skill standards for education and training and employment needs of business and industry. (a) The Office
of Workforce Competitiveness, the Labor Commissioner, the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development, Education and Social Services, the Secretary of
the Office of Policy and Management and the Chancellor of the regional community-technical colleges, in consultation with the superintendent of the vocational-technical
school system and one member of industry representing each of the economic clusters
identified by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development pursuant
to section 32-1m shall (1) review, evaluate and, as necessary, recommend improvements
for certification and degree programs offered by the vocational-technical school system
and the community-technical college system to ensure that such programs meet the
employment needs of business and industry, and (2) develop strategies to strengthen
the linkage between skill standards for education and training and the employment needs
of business and industry.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of
Education shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, commerce, labor and higher education and employment advancement on (1) the implementation of any recommended programs or strategies within the vocational-technical school
system or the community-technical college system to strengthen the linkage between
vocational-technical and community-technical college certification and degree programs and the employment needs of business and industry, and (2) any certification
or degree programs offered by vocational-technical schools or community-technical
colleges that do not meet current industry standards.
(P.A. 01-193, S. 6, 9; P.A. 03-278, S. 9; P.A. 04-212, S. 3; P.A. 05-191, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 01-193 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-278 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 9, 2003;
P.A. 04-212 amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change, effective June 3, 2004; P.A. 05-191 substituted "32-1m"
for "32-4g" in Subsec. (a).
Sec. 4-124ff. Innovation Challenge Grant program. Council of Advisors on
Strategies for the Knowledge Economy. (a) The Office of Workforce Competitiveness
shall, within available appropriations and in consultation with the council established
under subsection (b) of this section, establish a competitive "Innovation Challenge
Grant" program to promote and encourage partnerships and collaborations involving
technology-based business and industry with institutions of higher education and regional vocational-technical schools for the development of educational programs in
emerging and interdisciplinary technology fields and to address related issues.
(b) There is established a Council of Advisors on Strategies for the Knowledge
Economy to promote the formation of university-industry partnerships, identify benchmarks for technology-based workforce innovation and competitiveness and advise the
award process (1) for innovation challenge grants to public postsecondary schools and
their business partners, and (2) grants under section 4-124hh. The council shall be
chaired by the director of the Office of Workforce Competitiveness and shall include
the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Commissioners of Economic
and Community Development and Higher Education, the Labor Commissioner, the
executive directors of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated and the Connecticut Development Authority and four representatives from the technology industry, one of
whom shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of whom shall
be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be
appointed by the minority leader of the Senate and one of whom shall be appointed by
the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
(P.A. 04-212, S. 1; P.A. 05-198, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 04-212 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-198 amended Subsec. (b) by designating provisions re innovation
challenge grants as Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re grants under Sec. 4-124hh and expanding the council to include the
executive directors of Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated and the Connecticut Development Authority, effective July
1, 2005.
Sec. 4-124hh. Grant program to generate talent in institutions of higher education. (a) The Office of Workforce Competitiveness shall, within available appropriations, establish a grant program to provide a flexible source of funding the creation and
generation of talent in institutions of higher education and, with appropriate connections
to vocational-technical schools and other secondary schools, for student outreach and
development. Grants pursuant to this subsection shall be awarded to institutions of higher
education and may be used to:
(1) Upgrade instructional laboratories to meet specific industry-standard laboratory
and instrumentation skill requirements;
(2) Develop new curriculum and certificate and degree programs at the level of
associate, bachelor, master's and doctorate, tied to industry identified needs;
(3) Develop seamlessly articulated career development programs in workforce
shortage areas forecasted pursuant to subdivision (9) of subsection (b) of section 4-124w in collaboration with vocational-technical schools and other secondary schools
and institutions of higher education; and
(4) Support undergraduate and graduate student research projects and experimental
learning activities.
(b) The Office of Workforce Competitiveness shall, within available appropriations, establish a grant program to provide funding for the advancement of research
capabilities and research opportunities. Grants pursuant to this subsection shall be
awarded to institutions of higher education and technology focused organizations and
may be used to:
(1) Recruit eminent faculty in basic and applied research;
(2) Leverage federal funding for research centers; and
(3) Provide pilot funding for faculty to develop initial research data for the development of larger grant funding proposals and to nonstate granting entities, such as federal
agencies.
(c) The Office of Workforce Competitiveness shall, within available appropriations, establish a grant program to provide funding for the promotion of collaborative
research applications between industry and institutions of higher education. Grants pursuant to this subsection shall be awarded to institutions of higher education, technology-focused organizations and business entities may be used:
(1) To improve technology infrastructure by advancing the development of shared
use between institutions of higher education and business entities of laboratories and
equipment, including, but not limited to, technology purchase, lease and installation,
operating and necessary support personnel and maintenance; and
(2) As matching grants for joint projects between an industry, a technology-focused
organization or a university. The office shall structure the matching grants to provide
two rounds of funding annually and shall do outreach to companies. The matching grant
part of the program shall include, but not be limited to, (A) one-to-one matching grants
not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars, with in-kind match allowed for small and
mid-sized companies, (B) involvement of a competitive process with outside reviewers
using as key criteria (i) the demonstration of commercial relevance, and (ii) a clear path
to the marketplace for any innovations developed in the course of the research, and
(C) an aggressive marketing campaign through business organizations to raise industry
awareness of resources from universities or technology-focused organizations.
(d) The Office of Workforce Competitiveness shall, within available appropriations, establish a grant program to provide funding for the promotion of commercialization of research done by institutions of higher education. Grants pursuant to this subsection shall be awarded to institutions of higher education and business entities and may
be used to:
(1) Provide funding to verify the technical and commercial feasibility of early stage
discoveries by institutions of higher education that are disclosed or patented to accelerate
and increase the likelihood that the technology will be successfully commercialized; and
(2) Provide matching support for smaller institutions of higher education to allow
for contracts with independent technology transfer organizations to provide specific
service to support specific needs.
(P.A. 05-198, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 05-198 effective July 1, 2005.
Sec. 4-124ii. Awarding of grants to generate talent in institutions of higher
education. Grants under section 4-124hh shall be awarded based on the following order
of priority:
(1) Grants that focus on key technology areas to give Connecticut a competitive
advantage in the knowledge economy;
(2) Grants that create certificate and degree programs to encourage talent generation;
(3) Grants that promote multi-institutional collaboration across public and private
institutions of higher education;
(4) Grants that involve multiple activities, enhance research capabilities, promote
applied research collaborations and advance the commercialization of research of institutions of higher education; and
(5) Grants that include matching funds from institutions of higher education, technology-focused organizations or business entities.
(P.A. 05-198, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 05-198 effective July 1, 2005.