(a) As used in this section and sections 10-265bb to 10-265ff, inclusive:
(1) “Corporation” means the nonprofit nonstock corporation described in subsection (b) of this section, which has been established in accordance with the provisions of chapter 602; and
(2) “Philanthropic enterprise” means a philanthropic enterprise founded in 2003 and located in Fairfield County that advances diverse philanthropic initiatives which include strengthening public education in this state and supporting financial inclusion and social entrepreneurship or a philanthropic designee under the direct control of the philanthropic enterprise.
(b) There shall be established “The Partnership for Connecticut, Inc.”, which shall be a nonstock corporation and shall be organized and established by the philanthropic enterprise and its agents. The corporation shall be formed for the conduct of any affairs or the promotion of any purpose which may be lawfully carried out, including, but not limited to, the following public purposes:
(1) Strengthening public education in this state;
(2) Supporting financial inclusion and social entrepreneurship;
(3) Promoting upward mobility in Connecticut by connecting at-risk high school-aged youths and young adults to educational and career opportunities;
(4) Supporting economic development in under-resourced communities through microfinance and social entrepreneurship, with a specific focus on communities where there is a high poverty rate and youths and young adults between the ages of fourteen to twenty-four, inclusive, who are showing signs of disengagement or disconnection from high school, the workplace or the community;
(5) Promoting and expanding upon the collaboration between the state and one or more philanthropic or nonprofit entities designated by the philanthropic enterprise to carry out the public purposes set forth in this section; and
(6) Providing additional resources for the purposes set forth in this section.
(c) Except as provided in sections 10-265aa to 10-265ff, inclusive, the corporation shall be subject to and shall have all the powers provided in chapter 602. The property and affairs of the corporation shall be governed and controlled by its board of directors appointed in accordance with section 10-265cc. The corporation shall submit an application for recognition of federal income tax exempt status for the corporation as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time. Except as provided in section 10-265cc, no member of the board of directors or any officer or employee of the corporation shall, by virtue of such service to the corporation, be (1) a state employee or public official for purposes of part I of chapter 10, or (2) a state contractor or prospective state contractor for purposes of section 9-612. The corporation shall not be construed to be a department, institution, public agency, public instrumentality or political subdivision of the state, or to perform any governmental function.
(d) Reports, in form and substance to be mutually agreed upon by the corporation and the Governor, shall be submitted semiannually by the corporation to the Governor, the State Board of Education, the Department of Education, the Department of Economic and Community Development, the Office of Policy and Management and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. The corporation shall post such reports on the corporation's Internet web site.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 183.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation
Section 10-250. - Report showing number of children.
Section 10-251. - Penalty for refusing to give age of child.
Section 10-252. - Children in state receiving homes. Employment of teachers.
Section 10-255. - Waiver of forfeiture.
Section 10-256. - Misapplication of school money.
Section 10-257. - Income of town deposit fund.
Section 10-257h. - Data to be transmitted.
Section 10-257i. - Educational roundtable committee.
Section 10-258. - Trust funds.
Section 10-259. - Fiscal and school year defined.
Section 10-260. - State aid to towns.
Section 10-260a. - Auditing of state grants for public education. Review of procedures manual.
Section 10-261. - Definitions.
Section 10-261a. - Equalized net grand lists for purposes of educational equalization grants.
Section 10-261b. - Data re transfers of real property for preparation of equalized net grand lists.
Section 10-262f. - Definitions.
Section 10-262h. - Equalization aid grants.
Section 10-262j. - Minimum budget requirement.
Section 10-262k. - Grants for compensatory education programs.
Section 10-262l. - Grants for improvement in student achievement.
Section 10-262m. - Grants for high level of foster care placements in a school district.
Section 10-262n. - Grants to improve the use of technology in schools.
Section 10-262o. - Grant program for teacher technology training programs.
Section 10-262q. - Centralized web-based site for educators.
Section 10-262r. - Computer-assisted writing, instruction and testing. Pilot program.
Section 10-262t. - Grants to support plans that implement cost-saving strategies.
Section 10-262u. - Alliance districts.
Section 10-263. - Withholding of payments; adjustments for underpayments and overpayments of grants.
Section 10-263c. - Transitional school district grant program.
Section 10-263e. - Safe learning grant program.
Section 10-264. - Temporary additional payment.
Section 10-264e. - Grant applications.
Section 10-264f. - Grants for single districts or one or more schools within a district.
Section 10-264g. - Grants for two or more districts.
Section 10-264h. - Grants for capital expenditures for interdistrict magnet school facilities.
Section 10-264i. - Transportation grants for interdistrict magnet school programs.
Section 10-264p. - Sliding tuition scale for preschool programs offered at certain magnet schools.
Section 10-264r. - Reduced-isolation setting standards.
Section 10-265a. - Definitions.
Section 10-265aa. - The Partnership for Connecticut, Inc. Purposes, powers and reports.
Section 10-265b. - State grants for vocational education equipment.
Section 10-265bb. - Duties of the corporation.
Section 10-265c. - Distribution of funds. Grant application; limitations.
Section 10-265cc. - Board of directors.
Section 10-265d. - Bond authorization.
Section 10-265dd. - Funding to further the purposes of the collaboration.
Section 10-265e. - Definitions.
Section 10-265ee. - Financial assistance provided by the corporation. State assistance.
Section 10-265f. - Early reading success grant program.
Section 10-265ff. - Philanthropic Match account.
Section 10-265i. - Grants for priority school districts for the purchase of library books.
Section 10-265j. - Model early childhood learning programs.
Section 10-265n. - Even start family literacy program.
Section 10-265o. - Municipal aid for new educators grant program.
Section 10-265p. - Wraparound services grant program.
Section 10-265q. - Educational reform district science grant program.
Section 10-265r. - Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system grant program.
Section 10-265s. - Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system pipeline training pilot program.
Section 10-265t. - Bond issue for school air quality improvement grants.
Section 10-266aa. - State-wide interdistrict public school attendance program.
Section 10-266cc. - Lighthouse schools.
Section 10-266dd. - Sheff Lighthouse Schools.
Section 10-266ee. - Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy. Grant.
Section 10-266j. - Intercommunity programs for disadvantaged children.
Section 10-266m. - Transportation grants.
Section 10-266p. - Priority school district grant program.
Section 10-266q. - Proposals and plans for expenditure of grant.
Section 10-266r. - Evaluation of program. Financial statement of expenditures.
Section 10-266s. - Interdistrict leadership grant program.
Section 10-266w. - School breakfast grant program.
Section 10-266x. - Development of innovative programs for educational improvement.
Section 10-266y. - Competitive grant program for certain high school projects.
Section 10-273a. - Reimbursement for transportation to and from elementary and secondary schools.
Section 10-276b. - Diverse learning environment for state-funded interdistrict programs.
Section 10-280a. - Transportation for pupils in nonprofit private schools outside school district.
Section 10-280c. - Nonpublic school transportation services pilot program.
Section 10-281. - Transportation for pupils in nonprofit private schools within school district.