Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation
Section 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 priority school district grant program 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 early reading intervention programs. 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, and each fiscal year thereafter, 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).
(g) In addition to the amounts allocated in subsection (a) and subsections (c) to (f), inclusive, of this section, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board of Education shall allocate two million eight hundred eighty-two thousand three hundred sixty-eight dollars as follows: Each priority school district shall receive an allocation based on the ratio of the amount it is eligible to receive pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and subsections (c) to (f), inclusive, of this section to the total amount all priority school districts are eligible to receive pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and subsections (c) to (f), inclusive, of this section. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, a priority school district may carry forward any unexpended funds allocated after May 1, 2016, pursuant to this subsection, into the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017.
(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and for each fiscal year thereafter, no town receiving a grant pursuant to this section shall receive a grant that is in an amount that is less than one hundred fifty dollars per pupil. For the purposes of this subsection, the amount of the grant on a per pupil basis shall be determined by dividing the total amount that a town receives for a grant under this section by the number of resident students, as defined in subdivision (22) of section 10-262f, of the local or regional school district for which the town receives a grant under this section.
(i) In addition to the amounts allocated in subsection (a) and subsections (c) to (h), inclusive, of this section, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board of Education shall allocate two million twenty thousand dollars to the town ranked sixth when all towns are ranked from highest to lowest in population, based on the most recent federal decennial census, except that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board of Education shall allocate two million two hundred seventy thousand dollars to said town.
(j) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year thereafter, 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 the purposes of this section for such year.
(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; P.A. 06-135, S. 27; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 47; P.A. 08-170, S. 3; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6, S. 35; P.A. 11-6, S. 57; 11-48, S. 201; P.A. 13-247, S. 171; P.A. 14-39, S. 11; 14-217, S. 109; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 306, 335; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2, S. 37, 38; P.A. 19-130, S. 2.)
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 $1,000,000 each from 80% “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 $500,000 each from 20% “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, added Subsec. (b)(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 25% 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 25% 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 $1,000,000 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 $3,000,000 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; P.A. 06-135 added Subsec. (g) re allocations for fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 added Subsecs. (h) and (i) re minimum per pupil grant and re town ranked the sixth largest in population, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 amended Subsec. (f) to extend allocation of $2,610,798 through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, and amended Subsec. (g) to increase amount of allocation to $4,750,990, effective October 6, 2007; P.A. 08-170 amended Subsec. (g) to reduce funding for fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, and fiscal years thereafter, from $4,750,990 to $4,160,122, effective July 1, 2008; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6 amended Subsec. (f) by replacing “June 30, 2008, and June 30, 2009” with “to June 30, 2011” and amended Subsec. (g) by replacing “four million one hundred sixty thousand one hundred twenty-two” with “three million seven hundred forty thousand five hundred seventy-three”, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-6 amended Subsec. (g) by reducing funding for fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, from $3,740,573 to $3,216,908 and adding funding for fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (f) by replacing “2011” with “2013”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (i) by increasing allocation from $650,000 to $2,020,000, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-39 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to Sec. 10-16p and to early childhood education, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (f) by replacing reference to June 30, 2013, with reference to June 30, 2015, and amended Subsec. (g) by deleting “and each fiscal year thereafter”, replacing reference to June 30, 2013, with reference to June 30, 2014, changing allocation amount therefor from $2,929,364 to $2,925,481, adding provision re allocation for fiscal year ending June 30, 2015 and adding provision re carry forward of unexpended funds into fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, effective June 13, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (i) by adding exception re allocation of $2,200,070 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and added Subsec. (j) re proportional reduction of grants for fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year thereafter, effective July 1, 2015; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-2 amended Subsec. (f) by replacing “to June 30, 2015” with “and each fiscal year thereafter”, amended Subsec. (g) by deleting provisions re allocation for fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, and June 30, 2014, adding “and each fiscal year thereafter” in provision re allocation for fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and replacing “2014” with “2016” and replacing “2015” with “2017” in provision re carry forward of unexpended funds and amended Subsec. (i) by adding “and each fiscal year thereafter” and replacing $2,200,070 with $2,270,000 in provision re fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, effective June 2, 2016; P.A. 19-130 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to Secs. 10-265f, 10-265m and 10-266t, deleting “and its component parts” and making technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2019.
Cited. 195 C. 24; 228 C. 699.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 10 - Education and Culture

Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation

Section 10-249. - Enumeration of children of compulsory school age in school districts and by state departments having jurisdiction over such children.

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 10-253. - School privileges for children in certain placements, nonresident children, children in temporary shelters, homeless children and children in juvenile residential centers. Liaison to facilitate transitions between school districts a...

Section 10-253a. - Reentry coordinators. Transfer of records of children in juvenile justice facilities. Exception for smaller districts.

Section 10-254. - Fraud.

Section 10-255. - Waiver of forfeiture.

Section 10-256. - Misapplication of school money.

Section 10-257. - Income of town deposit fund.

Section 10-257a to 10-257g. - Definitions. Minimum salaries for teachers; grants; calculations; contract negotiations. Salary aid grants, calculations; aid eligibility factor. General education aid grants; calculations. Eligibility. Teacher-pupil rat...

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 10-262 to 10-262e. - Amounts payable to towns per pupil in average daily membership; additional payment for increase in enrollment. Pro rata distribution of federal funds among towns. Educational equalization grants; calculations; effect of c...

Section 10-262f. - Definitions.

Section 10-262g. - Base aid.

Section 10-262h. - Equalization aid grants.

Section 10-262i. - Equalization aid grant payments. Expenditures for educational purposes only. Prohibition against supplanting local funding. Aid increase. Aid reduction. Equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year. Penalty.

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 10-262p. - Computer technology competency standards for students. Report on the status of educational technology in the public schools.

Section 10-262q. - Centralized web-based site for educators.

Section 10-262r. - Computer-assisted writing, instruction and testing. Pilot program.

Section 10-262s. - Authority of Commissioner of Education to transfer funds appropriated for Sheff settlement to certain grant programs.

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 10-263a and 10-263b. - Payment to towns not on uniform fiscal year. Amounts in average daily membership payable to the Department of Correction.

Section 10-263c. - Transitional school district grant program.

Section 10-263d. - Transitional school district phase-out grants. Reduced grants for first year of eligibility for transitional school district grants.

Section 10-263e. - Safe learning grant program.

Section 10-264. - Temporary additional payment.

Section 10-264a to 10-264d. - Promotion of educational quality and diversity: Definitions. Local assessment. Regional plans. Withholding of funds.

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 10-264j. - No time or regional restrictions on development and implementation of interdistrict programs.

Section 10-264k. - Regions.

Section 10-264l. - Grants for the operation of interdistrict magnet school programs. Transportation. Enrollment of students; notice. Special education; Section 504 plans. Financial audits. Tuition.

Section 10-264m. - Creation of additional interdistrict magnet school programs with special emphasis on information technology curriculum.

Section 10-264n. - Collaborative planning for the establishment of additional interdistrict magnet schools in the Sheff region.

Section 10-264o. - Tuition payable to interdistrict magnet schools that assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to Sheff v. O'Neill.

Section 10-264p. - Sliding tuition scale for preschool programs offered at certain magnet schools.

Section 10-264q. - Eligibility of certain magnet schools not in compliance with racial minority enrollment requirements to continue to receive operating grants.

Section 10-264r. - Reduced-isolation setting standards.

Section 10-264s. - Applicability of education statutes to certain interdistrict magnet school operators. Recognized and considered a local education agency for purposes of state and federal law.

Section 10-264t. - Adoption of long-range plan of capital improvement and school building project priorities and goals by the Capitol Region Education Council.

Section 10-265. - Payments.

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 10-265g. - Summer reading programs required for priority school districts. Evaluation of student reading level. Individual reading plan.

Section 10-265h. - Grants to assist alliance districts in paying for general improvements to school buildings.

Section 10-265i. - Grants for priority school districts for the purchase of library books.

Section 10-265j. - Model early childhood learning programs.

Section 10-265k. - Longitudinal study of educational progress of children participating in early reading success grant programs. Report.

Section 10-265l. - Requirements for additional instruction for poor performing students in priority school districts; exemption. Summer school required; exemption.

Section 10-265m. - Grants for summer school and weekend school programs in priority school districts.

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 10-266 to 10-266i. - Reimbursement for education of pupils residing on state property or reservation land held in trust by the state for an Indian tribe; exemption. State grants for special programs for educationally deprived children. Amount...

Section 10-266aa. - State-wide interdistrict public school attendance program.

Section 10-266bb. - Grants for interdistrict resident summer programs and distance learning and other technologies.

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 10-266k and 10-266l. - State grants for special educational programs and other municipal purposes. Agreements between private schools and urban school districts for education of disadvantaged children in public schools.

Section 10-266m. - Transportation grants.

Section 10-266n and 10-266o. - Phase-in of transportation grants. Hold-harmless for 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 10-266t. - Grants for extended school building hours for academic enrichment and support and recreation programs.

Section 10-266u. - Retention of funds by the department. Grant to supplement existing programs. Reports. Audits.

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 10-267 to 10-273. - State aid for purchase of nonprint learning materials, media equipment and books. “Average annual receipts from taxation” defined. Statement by town treasurer. Transportation grants for elementary school and kindergarten p...

Section 10-273a. - Reimbursement for transportation to and from elementary and secondary schools.

Section 10-273b to 10-276. - Reimbursement for sidewalk construction. Definition of “high school” for purpose of transportation grants. Statement by town treasurer. Certificate by Tax Commissioner for high school transportation grant.

Section 10-276a. - Priority school district phase-out grants. Reduced grants for first year of eligibility for priority school district grants.

Section 10-276b. - Diverse learning environment for state-funded interdistrict programs.

Section 10-277. - Reimbursement for transportation of high school pupils from towns or regional school districts not maintaining high schools. Transportation to nonpublic schools.

Section 10-278 to 10-280. - Reimbursements: Classification for; fixed in amount received for school year ended June 30, 1938.

Section 10-280a. - Transportation for pupils in nonprofit private schools outside school district.

Section 10-280b. - Policy for parental notification re age range of nonpublic school students riding the same school bus.

Section 10-280c. - Nonpublic school transportation services pilot program.

Section 10-281. - Transportation for pupils in nonprofit private schools within school district.