History: P.A. 05-245 effective July 1, 2005.
Sec. 10-264l. Grants for the operation of interdistrict magnet school programs. Transportation. Special education. (a) The Department of Education shall,
within available appropriations, establish a grant program to assist local and regional
boards of education, regional educational service centers, the Board of Trustees of the
Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of Manchester Community College, and cooperative arrangements pursuant to section 10-158a 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 which (1)
supports racial, ethnic and economic diversity, (2) offers a special and high quality
curriculum, and (3) requires students who are enrolled to attend at least half-time. An
interdistrict magnet school program does not include a regional vocational agriculture
school, a regional vocational-technical school or a regional special education center.
On and after July 1, 2000, the governing authority for each interdistrict magnet school
program that is in operation prior to July 1, 2005, shall restrict the number of students
that may enroll in the program from a participating district to eighty per cent of the total
enrollment of the program. The governing authority for each interdistrict magnet school
program that begins operations on or after July 1, 2005, shall (A) restrict the number
of students that may enroll in the program from a participating district to seventy-five
per cent of the total enrollment of the program, and (B) maintain such a school enrollment
that at least twenty-five per cent but not more than seventy-five per cent of the students
enrolled are pupils of racial minorities, as defined in section 10-226a.
(b) 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. 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: (1) Whether the
program offered by the school is likely to increase student achievement; (2) whether
the program is likely to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation; (3) the percentage
of the student enrollment in the program from each participating district; and (4) the
proposed operating budget and the sources of funding for the interdistrict magnet school.
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. The commissioner shall not award a grant to a program that is in operation prior to July 1, 2005, if
more than eighty per cent of its total enrollment is from one school district, except that
the commissioner may award a grant for good cause, for any one year, on behalf of an
otherwise eligible magnet school program, if more than eighty per cent of the total
enrollment is from one district. The commissioner shall not award a grant to a program
that begins operations on or after July 1, 2005, if more than seventy-five per cent of its
total enrollment is from one school district or if less than twenty-five or more than
seventy-five per cent of the students enrolled are pupils of racial minorities, as defined
in section 10-226a, except that the commissioner may award a grant for good cause, for
one year, on behalf of an otherwise eligible interdistrict magnet school program, if more
than seventy-five per cent of the total enrollment is from one district or less than twenty-five or more than seventy-five per cent of the students enrolled are pupils of racial
minorities. The commissioner may not award grants pursuant to such an exception for
a second consecutive year.
(c) (1) The maximum amount each interdistrict magnet school program, except
those described in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (3) of this subsection, shall be eligible to receive per enrolled student shall be determined as follows: (A) For each participating district whose magnet school program enrollment is equal to or less than thirty per
cent of the magnet school program total enrollment, ninety per cent of the foundation
as defined in subdivision (9) of section 10-262f; (B) for each participating district whose
magnet school program enrollment is greater than thirty per cent but less than or equal
to sixty per cent of the magnet school program total enrollment, a percentage between
sixty and ninety per cent of said foundation that is inversely proportional to the percentage of magnet school program students from such district; and (C) for each participating
district whose magnet school program enrollment is greater than sixty per cent but less
than or equal to ninety per cent of the magnet school program total enrollment, a percentage between zero and sixty per cent of said foundation that is inversely proportional to
the percentage of magnet school program students from such district. The amounts so
determined shall be proportionately adjusted, if necessary, within the limit of the available appropriation, and in no case shall any grant pursuant to this section exceed the
reasonable operating budget of the magnet school program, less revenues from other
sources. Any magnet school program operating less than full-time but at least half-time shall be eligible to receive a grant equal to sixty-five per cent of the grant amount
determined pursuant to this subsection.
(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,
including, but not limited to, summer school programs, as the commissioner determines.
Such grants shall be made after the commissioner has reviewed and approved the total
operating budget for such schools, including all revenue and expenditure estimates.
(3) (A) Each interdistrict magnet school operated by a regional educational service
center that enrolls less than fifty-five per cent of the school's students from a single
town shall receive a per pupil grant in the amount of six thousand two hundred fifty
dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, and in the amount of six thousand
five hundred dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, and for each fiscal year
thereafter.
(B) Each interdistrict magnet school operated by a regional educational service
center that enrolls at least fifty-five per cent of the school's students from a single town
shall receive a per pupil grant in an amount that is at least three thousand dollars for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, and for each fiscal year thereafter.
(d) Grants made pursuant to this section shall be paid as follows: Fifty per cent by
September first and the balance by January first of each fiscal year. The January first
payment shall be adjusted to reflect actual interdistrict magnet school program enrollment as of the preceding October first, if the actual level of enrollment is lower than
the projected enrollment stated in the approved grant application.
(e) The Department of Education may retain up to one-half of one per cent of the
amount appropriated 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) In the case of a student identified as requiring special education, the school
district in which the student resides shall: (1) 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 (2) 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.
(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.
(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.)
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 eighty per cent 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 eighty per cent 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 one per cent by the Department of Education,
effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-252 and 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 "fifty" to "sixty-five" per cent, 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, amended Subsec. (b) by adding new Subdiv. (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 one per cent to one-half of one per cent, and redesignated
existing Subsecs. (e) to (h) as Subsecs. (f) to (i), effective July 1, 2005.
Sec. 10-265f. Early reading success grant program. (a) The Commissioner of
Education shall establish, within available appropriations, an early reading success grant
program to assist local and regional boards of education for priority school districts and
school districts in which priority elementary schools are located in: (1) Establishing
full-day kindergarten programs; (2) reducing class size in grades kindergarten to three,
inclusive, to not more than eighteen students; and (3) establishing intensive early intervention reading programs, including after-school and summer programs, for students
identified as being at risk of failing to learn to read by the end of first grade and students
in grades one to three, inclusive, who are reading below grade level. Eligibility for grants
pursuant to this section shall be determined for a five-year period based on a school
district's designation as a priority school district or as a school district in which a priority
elementary school is located for the initial year of application. In order to receive a grant,
an eligible board of education shall submit a plan for the expenditure of grant funds, in
accordance with this section, to the Department of Education, at such time and in such
manner as the commissioner prescribes. An eligible school district may receive a grant
for one or more purposes pursuant to subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of this subsection,
provided at least fifty per cent of any grant funds received by such school district are
used for programs pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection. If the commissioner
determines the school district is addressing the issue of early reading intervention sufficiently, the commissioner may allow the school district to set aside a smaller percentage
of the funds received pursuant to this section for such programs.
(b) (1) In the case of proposals for full-day kindergarten programs, the plan shall
include: (A) Information on the number of full-day kindergarten classes that will be
offered initially and the number of children to be enrolled in such classes; (B) how the
board anticipates expanding the number of full-day kindergarten programs in future
school years; (C) the number of additional teachers needed and any additional equipment
needed for purposes of such programs; (D) a description of any proposed school building
project that is related to the need for additional space for full-day kindergarten programs,
including an analysis of the different options available to meet such need, such as relocatable classrooms, the division of existing classrooms, an addition to a building or new
construction; (E) information on the curriculum for the full-day kindergarten program
pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection; (F) information on coordination between
the full-day kindergarten program and school readiness programs for the purpose of
providing (i) information concerning transition from preschool to kindergarten, including the child's preschool records, and (ii) before and after school child care for children
attending the full-day kindergarten program; and (G) any additional information the
commissioner deems relevant.
(2) A full-day kindergarten program that receives funding pursuant to this subsection shall: (A) Include language development and appropriate reading readiness experiences; (B) provide for the assessment of a student's progress; (C) include a professional
development component in the teaching of reading and reading readiness and assessment
of reading competency for kindergarten teachers; (D) provide for parental involvement;
and (E) refer eligible children who do not have health insurance to the HUSKY program.
(c) (1) In the case of proposals for the reduction of class size in grades kindergarten
to three, inclusive, to not more than eighteen students the plan shall include: (A) A time
frame for achieving such reduction in class size; (B) information on the class size in
such grades at each school at the time of application for the grant and the number of
classes to be reduced in size with grant funds; (C) the number of additional teachers
needed and any additional equipment needed; (D) a description of any proposed school
building project related to the need for additional space for smaller classes, including
an analysis of the different options available to meet such need such as relocatable
classrooms, the division of existing classrooms, an addition to a building or new construction; (E) an estimate of the costs associated with implementation of the plan; and
(F) any additional information the commissioner deems relevant.
(2) If a school district accepts funds pursuant to this subsection, such school district
shall limit the class size of classes in which core curriculum is taught in grades kindergarten to three, inclusive, in accordance with its plan to eighteen or less students, provided
students who enroll after October first in any school year are not included for purposes
of such count.
(d) In the case of proposals for intensive early intervention reading programs including after-school and summer programs, the plan shall: (1) Incorporate the competencies
required for early reading success, critical indicators for teacher intervention and the
components of a high quality early reading success curriculum in accordance with the
findings of the Early Reading Success Panel delineated in section 10-221l; (2) provide
for a period of time each day of individualized or small group instruction for each student;
(3) provide for monitoring of students and follow-up in subsequent grades, documentation of continuous classroom observation of student's reading behaviors and establishment of performance indicators aligned with the state-wide mastery examinations under
chapter 163c, the findings of the Early Reading Success Panel pursuant to section 10-221j and other methodologies for assessing reading competencies established by the
department pursuant to section 10-221i; (4) include a professional development component for teachers in grades kindergarten to three, inclusive, that emphasizes the teaching
of reading and reading readiness and assessment of reading competency based on the
findings of the Early Reading Success Panel pursuant to section 10-221j; (5) provide
for parental involvement and ensure that parents have access to information on strategies
that may be used at home to improve prereading or reading skills; (6) provide for data
collection and program evaluation; and (7) include any additional information the commissioner deems relevant.
(e) (1) The pilot programs established pursuant to section 10-265j shall be funded
from the amount appropriated for purposes of this section. The department shall use
ninety per cent of the remaining funds appropriated for purposes of this section for
grants to priority school districts. Priority school districts shall receive grants based on
their proportional share of the sum of the products obtained by multiplying the number
of enrolled kindergarten students in each priority school district for the year prior to the
year the grant is to be paid, by the ratio of the average percentage of free and reduced
price meals for all severe need schools in such district to the minimum percentage requirement for severe need school eligibility. (2) The department shall use nine per cent
of such remaining funds for competitive grants to school districts in which a priority
elementary school is located. In awarding grants to school districts in which priority
elementary schools are located, the department shall consider the town wealth, as defined
in subdivision (26) of section 10-262f, of the town in which the school district is located,
or in the case of regional school districts, the towns which comprise the regional school
district. Grants received by school districts in which priority elementary schools are
located shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars and shall be used for the appropriate purpose at the priority elementary school. (3) The department may retain up to
one per cent of such remaining funds for coordination, program evaluation and administration.
(f) No funds received pursuant to this section shall be used to supplant federal, state
or local funding to the local or regional boards of education for programs for grades
kindergarten to three, inclusive.
(g) Expenditure reports shall be filed with the department as requested by the commissioner. School districts shall refund (1) any unexpended amounts at the close of the
program for which the grant is awarded, and (2) any amounts not expended in accordance
with the approved grant application.
(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years ending June
30, 2004, to June 30, 2007, the amount available for the competitive grant program
pursuant to this section shall be one million seven hundred eighty-eight thousand one
dollars and the maximum administrative amount shall not be more than two hundred
three thousand six hundred forty-six dollars.
(P.A. 98-243, S. 4, 25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 21, 54; P.A. 03-76, S. 47; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 31; P.A.
05-245, S. 49.)
History: P.A. 98-243 effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 in Subsec. (b) designated a portion of existing
Subdiv. (1)(F) as Subpara. (F)(ii), adding Subpara. (F)(i) re transition information and in Subdiv. (2) added Subpara. (E)
re HUSKY referral, and in Subsec. (d) renumbered existing Subdivs. (1) to (6) as Subdivs. (2) to (7), adding new Subdiv.
(1) re incorporation of competencies and adding references to the findings of the Early Reading Success Panel in Subdivs.
(3) and (4), effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-76 made a technical change in Subsec. (d), effective June 3, 2003; June 30 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 03-6 added Subsec. (h) re appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005, effective
August 20, 2003; P.A. 05-245 amended Subsec. (h) by extending applicable amounts through the fiscal year ending June
30, 2007, effective July 1, 2005.
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 section, (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 section, 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, 2007, inclusive, 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.
(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.)
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 twenty to sixty to ten to sixty; 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 Subpara. (B) of Subdiv. (1) 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
sixty 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 one thousand dollars 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.
Sec. 10-266p. Priority school district grant program. (a) The State Board of
Education shall administer a priority school district grant program to assist certain school
districts to improve student achievement and enhance educational opportunities. The
grant program shall include the priority school district portions of the grant programs
established pursuant to sections 10-16p, 10-265f, 10-265m and 10-266t. The grant program and its component parts shall be for school districts in (1) the eight towns in the
state with the largest population, based on the most recent federal decennial census, (2)
towns which rank for the first fiscal year of each biennium from one to eleven when all
towns are ranked in descending order from one to one hundred sixty-nine based on
the number of children under the temporary family assistance program, as defined in
subdivision (17) of section 10-262f, plus the mastery count of the town, as defined in
subdivision (13) of section 10-262f, and (3) towns which rank for the first fiscal year
of each biennium one to eleven when all towns are ranked in descending order from
one to one hundred sixty-nine based on the ratio of the number of children under the
temporary family assistance program as so defined to the resident students of such town,
as defined in subdivision (22) of section 10-262f, plus the grant mastery percentage of
the town, as defined in subdivision (12) of section 10-262f. The State Board of Education
shall utilize the categorical grant program established under this section and sections
10-266q and 10-266r and other educational resources of the state to work cooperatively
with such school districts during any school year to improve their educational programs
or to provide early childhood education or early reading intervention programs. The
component parts of the grant shall be allocated according to the provisions of sections
10-16p, 10-265f, 10-265m and 10-266t. Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of
section 10-276a, the State Board of Education shall allocate one million dollars to each
of the eight towns described in subdivision (1) of this subsection and five hundred
thousand dollars to each of the towns described in subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection, except the towns described in subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not receive
any additional allocation if they are also described in subdivision (2) or (3) of this
subsection.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any town which
received a grant pursuant to this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, and
which does not qualify for a grant pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2000, shall receive grants for the fiscal years ending June 30,
2000, June 30, 2001, and June 30, 2002, in amounts determined in accordance with this
subsection. (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, in an amount equal to the
difference between (A) the amount of the grant such town received pursuant to this
section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, and (B) an amount equal to twenty-five per cent of the difference between (i) the amount of the grant such town received
pursuant to this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, and (ii) the amount of
the grants received by transitional school districts pursuant to section 10-263c. (2) For
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, in an amount equal to the difference between (A)
the amount of the grant such town received pursuant to this section for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1999, and (B) an amount equal to fifty per cent of the difference between
(i) the amount of the grant such town received pursuant to this section for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1999, and (ii) the amount of the grants received by transitional school
districts pursuant to section 10-263c. (3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, in an
amount equal to the difference between (A) the amount of the grant such town received
pursuant to this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, and (B) an amount
equal to seventy-five per cent of the difference between (i) the amount of the grant such
town received pursuant to this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, and (ii)
the amount of the grants received by transitional school districts pursuant to section
10-263c.
(c) In addition to the amount allocated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section,
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board
of Education shall allocate (1) seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to each town which
ranks from one to three, inclusive, in population pursuant to subdivision (1) of said
subsection (a) and three hundred thirty-four thousand dollars to each town which ranks
from four to eight, inclusive, in population pursuant to said subdivision and (2) one
hundred eighty thousand dollars to each of the towns described in subdivisions (2) and
(3) of said subsection (a), except that the towns described in subdivision (1) of said
subsection (a) shall not receive any additional allocation pursuant to subdivision (2) of
this subsection if they are also described in subdivision (2) or (3) of said subsection (a).
(d) In addition to the amounts allocated pursuant to subsections (a) and (c) of this
section, the State Board of Education shall allocate a share, in the same proportion as
the total amount allocated pursuant to said subsections, of two million five hundred
thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, and three million dollars for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, to each of the towns
receiving a grant pursuant to this section.
(e) In addition to the amounts allocated pursuant to subsections (a), (c) and (d) of
this section, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, and each fiscal year thereafter, the
State Board of Education shall allocate (1) one million five hundred thousand dollars
to the town which ranks one in population pursuant to subdivision (1) of said subsection
(a), (2) one million dollars to each town which ranks from two to four, inclusive, in
population pursuant to said subdivision (1), (3) six hundred thousand dollars to the
town which ranks five in population pursuant to said subdivision (1), (4) five hundred
thousand dollars to each town which ranks from six to eight, inclusive, in population
pursuant to said subdivision (1), and (5) two hundred fifty thousand dollars to each of
the towns described in subdivisions (2) and (3) of said subsection (a), except that the
towns described in subdivision (1) of said subsection (a) shall not receive any additional
allocation pursuant to subdivision (5) of this subsection if they are also described in
subdivision (2) or (3) of said subsection (a).
(f) In addition to the amounts allocated in subsection (a), and subsections (c) to (e),
inclusive, of this section, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, the State Board of
Education shall allocate two million thirty-nine thousand six hundred eighty six dollars
to the towns that rank one to three, inclusive, in population pursuant to subdivision (1)
of said subsection (a), and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, the State Board of
Education shall allocate two million six hundred ten thousand seven hundred ninety-eight dollars to the towns that rank one to three, inclusive, in population pursuant to
subdivision (1) of said subsection (a).
(P.A. 84-265, S. 1, 4; P.A. 87-499, S. 18, 34; P.A. 92-262, S. 30, 42; P.A. 93-145, S. 4, 6; P.A. 93-263, S. 13, 14; P.A.
94-245, S. 3, 46; P.A. 95-226, S. 24, 29, 30; P.A. 96-178, S. 5, 18; P.A. 97-318, S. 6, 12; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S.
14, 165; P.A. 99-224, S. 1-3, 9; June Sp. Sess. P. A. 01-1, S. 33, 54; P.A. 03-76, S. 35; 03-278, S. 116; P.A. 04-254, S. 4;
P.A. 05-245, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 87-499 made the program permanent rather than a three-year pilot; P.A. 92-262 changed the eligibility
criteria for the program, reduced the number of towns able to participate and changed the provisions pertaining to the
allocation of funds; P.A. 93-145 amended Subdivs. (2) and (3) to include towns ranked to eleven instead of ten, changed
the allocation for the towns described in Subdiv. (1) to grants of one million dollars each from "eighty per cent of the
amount appropriated for purposes of the program for grants in equal amounts" and for the towns described in Subdivs. (2)
and (3) to grants of five hundred thousand dollars each from "twenty per cent of the amount so appropriated for grants in
equal amounts" and made a technical change, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-263 repealed section, effective July 1, 1995;
P.A. 94-245 added Subsec. (b) re grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, effective June 2, 1994; P.A. 95-226
amended Subsec. (a) to require the rankings to be for the first fiscal year of each biennium and Subsec. (b) to add Subdiv.
(2) re grants for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, and June 30, 1997, and repealed P.A. 93-263, S. 13 which had
repealed the section, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-178 amended Subsec. (a) to allow the grants to be used to provide
early childhood education or early reading intervention programs and added Subsec. (c) re further allocation for fiscal
years commencing after July 1, 1996, and a requirement that an amount at least equal to twenty-five percent of the amount
received pursuant to Subsec. (c) be used for early childhood education or reading intervention programs, effective July 1,
1996; P.A. 97-318 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting requirement to use at least twenty-five per cent of funds for early
childhood education or reading intervention programs, and added subsec. (d) re additional funds, effective July 1, 1997;
June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 amended Subsec. (a) to replace "aid to families with dependent children" with "temporary
family assistance", effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-224 amended Subsec. (a) to stipulate that the allocation of the one
million dollars to each of the eight towns described in Subdiv. (1) is subject to the provisions of Sec. 10-276a(c), amended
Subsec. (b) to replace obsolete phase-out provisions for school districts that no longer qualify for grants pursuant to Subsec.
(a) with a new phase-out formula for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, to June 30, 2002, inclusive, and amended
Subsec. (d) to add provision for the allocation of shares in the three million dollars to continue for "each fiscal year
thereafter", effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 amended Subsec. (a) to specify that the grant program includes
the priority school district portions of the grant programs established pursuant to Secs. 10-16p, 10-265f, 10-265m and 10-266t, to specify that the component parts of the grant be allocated in accordance with said Secs. and to make technical
changes, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-76, effective June 3, 2003, and P.A. 03-278, effective July 9, 2003, made technical
changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 04-254 added Subsec. (e) re additional grant allocations beginning with the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2005, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-245 added Subsec.(f) re allocations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006,
and June 30, 2007, effective July 1, 2005.
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 for students enrolled in the public schools. 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.
(d) School districts which received students from New London under the program
during the 2000-2001 school year 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. Each regional educational
service center shall convene, annually, a meeting of representatives of such school districts in order for such school districts to report, by March thirty-first, the number of
spaces available for the following school year for out-of-district students under the
program. Annually, each regional educational service center shall provide a count of
such spaces to the Department of Education by April fifteenth. 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, 2003, 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 two thousand one hundred dollars for each student transported, except
that the Commissioner of Education may grant to regional educational service centers
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
September first of each fiscal year.
(g) The Department of Education shall provide, within available appropriations, an
annual grant to the local or regional board of education for each receiving district in an
amount not to exceed two thousand dollars for each out-of-district student who attends
school in the receiving district under the program. 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) 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.
(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 October fifteenth 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 not lapse but shall be used by the commissioner in accordance with this
subsection. (1) Any amount up to three hundred fifty thousand dollars of such nonlapsing
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 remaining nonlapsing
funds shall be used for interdistrict cooperative grants pursuant to section 10-74d.
(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.
(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.)
History: P.A. 97-290 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-168 amended Subdiv. (3) in Subsec. (b) 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 one thousand to one thousand
two hundred dollars 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 one hundred thousand to one hundred seventy-five
thousand dollars, 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
one thousand two hundred to two thousand dollars, relettered Subsecs. (f), (g), (h) and (i) as Subsecs. (g), (h), (i) and (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 two thousand to two thousand
one hundred dollars 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 one hundred seventy-five thousand dollar 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.
Sec. 10-281. Transportation for pupils in nonprofit private schools within
school district. (a) Any municipality or school district shall provide, for its children
enrolled in any grade, from kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, attending nonpublic nonprofit schools therein, the same kind of transportation services provided for its children
in such grades attending public schools when a majority of the children attending such
a nonpublic school are residents of the state of Connecticut. Such determination shall
be based on the ratio of pupils who are residents to all pupils enrolled in each such
school on October first or the full school day immediately preceding such date, during
the school year next preceding that in which the transportation services are to be provided. For purposes of this section, residency means continuous and permanent physical
presence within the state, except that temporary absences for short periods of time shall
not affect the establishment of residency. In no case shall a municipality or school district
be required to expend for transportation to any nonpublic school, in any one school year,
a per pupil transportation expenditure greater than an amount double the local per pupil
expenditure for public school transportation during the last completed school year. In
the event that such per pupil expenditure for transportation to a nonprofit nonpublic
school may exceed double the local per pupil expenditure, the municipality or school
district may allocate its share of said transportation on a per pupil, per school basis and
may pay, at its option, its share of said transportation directly to the provider of the
transportation services on a monthly basis over the period such service is provided or
provide such service for a period of time which constitutes less than the entire school
year. Any such municipality or school district providing transportation services under
this section may suspend such services in accordance with the provisions of section
10-233c. Any such municipality or school district providing transportation under this
section shall be reimbursed only for the cost of such transportation as is required by this
section upon the same basis and in the same manner as such municipality or school
district is reimbursed for transporting children attending its public schools. The parent
or guardian of any student who is denied the kind of transportation services required to
be provided by this section may seek a remedy in the same manner as is provided for
parents of public school children in section 10-186 and section 10-187.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years ending June
30, 2004, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, the amount of the grants payable to local or regional
boards of education in accordance with this section shall be reduced proportionately if
the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for purposes of
this section.
(1957, P.A. 547, S. 1, 2; 1971, P.A. 653, S. 1, 2; 871, S. 80; P.A. 74-257, S. 1, 3; P.A. 75-479, S. 9, 25; P.A. 76-85;
P.A. 78-218, S. 192; P.A. 83-119, S. 7, 8; 83-252, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-249, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-353, S. 27, 52; June 30 Sp. Sess.
P.A. 03-6, S. 203; P.A. 04-26, S. 7; P.A. 05-245, S. 15.)
History: 1971 acts made town's provision of transportation to nonprofit private schools mandatory when majority of
students come from that town, rather than optional, allowed reimbursement for cost, deleted obsolete reference to decision
to be rendered under Subsec. (b) and deleted Subsec. (b) itself; P.A. 74-257 required provision of transportation to nonprofit
private schools when majority of students come from Connecticut rather than from the municipality; P.A. 75-479 limited
amount required to be spent for private school transportation to double the amount spent per pupil locally; P.A. 76-85
added provision for redress of grievance re denial of transportation; P.A. 78-218 substituted "municipality" for "town, city
or borough"; P.A. 83-119 allowed board to suspend transportation services in accordance with Sec. 10-233c; P.A. 83-252
established procedure for determining when a majority of students attending nonpublic schools are from the state and
allowed costs in excess of the maximum expenditure required to be allocated on a per pupil, per school basis and payment
of such excess costs to be made directly to the provider of transportation services or to be made for less than the entire
school year; P.A. 85-249 amended section to specify that transportation services are to be provided for private nonprofit
school children in grades kindergarten to twelve and to add definition of residency; P.A. 93-353 changed the method for
determining whether the majority of the students attending a school are residents of the state and removed the requirement
to base such determination on enrollment on May first as well as October first, effective July 1, 1993; June 30 Sp. Sess.
P.A. 03-6 designated existing provision as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re proportional reductions in grants for the
fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-26 made a technical change in
Subsec. (b), effective April 28, 2004; P.A. 05-245 amended Subsec. (b) to extend the proportional reduction of grants
through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, effective July 1, 2005.