Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation
Section 10-266q. - Proposals and plans for expenditure of grant.

(a) On or before September fifteenth of each fiscal year in which payment is to be made, the State Board of Education shall authorize grant awards. A grant award shall be authorized only after (1) a proposal for such grant has been submitted to the Commissioner of Education by the local board of education for a school district described in section 10-266p, at such time and in such manner as the commissioner shall prescribe, and after the commissioner and such school district have reached agreement regarding how such grant shall be expended, or (2) for the school years commencing July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2024, inclusive, the commissioner has developed a plan for the expenditure of such grant for a local board of education described in subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of this section in accordance with the provisions of said subdivision. Each proposal or plan shall be based on a three-year project plan and include, but not be limited to, an explanation of project goals, objectives, evaluation strategies and budget which shall identify local funding and other resource contributions for the three-year period.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, for the school year commencing July 1, 2019, and each school year thereafter, a priority school district grant shall be payable to the local board of education for a school district described in section 10-266p, which shall expend such grant for any of the following uses: (1) The creation or expansion of programs or activities related to dropout prevention, (2) alternative and transitional programs for students having difficulty succeeding in traditional educational programs, (3) academic enrichment, tutorial and recreation programs or activities in school buildings during nonschool hours and during the summer, (4) development or expansion of extended-day kindergarten programs, (5) development or expansion of scientifically-based reading research and instruction, as defined in section 10-14u, including summer and after-school programs, (6) enhancement of the use of technology to support instruction or improve parent and teacher communication, (7) initiatives to strengthen parent involvement in the education of children, and parent and other community involvement in school and school district programs, activities and educational policies, which may be in accordance with the provisions of section 10-4g, (8) for purposes of obtaining accreditation for elementary and middle schools from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, (9) numeracy instruction, or (10) support to chronically absent children, as defined in section 10-198c, and reducing the district chronic absenteeism rate, as defined in section 10-198c. Each such board of education shall use at least twenty per cent of its grant for scientifically-based reading research and instruction, as defined in section 10-14u. Each such board of education shall use its grant to supplement existing programs or create new programs. If the State Board of Education finds that any such grant is being expended for uses other than those described in subdivisions (1) to (10), inclusive, of this subsection or is being used to decrease the local share of support for schools, it may require repayment of such grant to the state.
(c) (1) Not later than March 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Education shall determine whether the accountability index, as defined in section 10-223e, for each local board of education for a school district described in section 10-266p has improved during the school years commencing July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2020, inclusive.
(2) For the school years commencing July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2024, inclusive, any such board whose accountability index has improved during the school years commencing July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2020, inclusive, shall (A) submit a proposal to the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, and (B) expend the priority school district grant for any of the uses described in subdivisions (1) to (10), inclusive, of subsection (b) of this section.
(3) For the school years commencing July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2024, inclusive, if the accountability index for any such board has not improved during the school years commencing July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2020, inclusive, then the commissioner shall (A) develop a three-year plan for the expenditure of the priority school district grant for such board, and (B) expend such grant for any of the following uses: (i) Scientifically-based reading research and instruction, as defined in section 10-14u, (ii) numeracy instruction, and (iii) support to chronically absent children, as defined in section 10-198c, and reducing the district chronic absenteeism rate, as defined in section 10-198c.
(d) Each priority school district grant shall be awarded by the State Board of Education on an annual basis. Funding in subsequent years shall be based on funds available, annual application and program evaluation.
(P.A. 84-265, S. 2, 4; P.A. 87-499, S. 19, 34; P.A. 89-355, S. 12, 20; P.A. 92-262, S. 31, 42; P.A. 93-145, S. 5, 6; 93-263, S. 13, 14; P.A. 94-245, S. 1, 46; P.A. 95-226, S. 29, 30; 95-259, S. 19, 32; P.A. 96-178, S. 6, 18; P.A. 97-290, S. 22, 29; 97-318, S. 7, 12; P.A. 19-130, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 87-499 deleted the exceptions for the first year of the program in Subsecs. (a) to (c), inclusive, deleted provision re grant renewal in Subsec. (e), in Subsec. (f) added that set-aside be used for evaluation services and made technical changes; P.A. 89-355 in Subsec. (d) added that the funds may be used for activities related to dropout prevention and that the funds shall be used to strengthen parent and community involvement in education and added new Subsec. (g) re grants for certain dropout prevention programs; P.A. 92-262 removed provisions pertaining to designation as a priority school district and allocation of funds, including funds for administration, formerly found in Subsecs. (a), (f) and (g), relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly; P.A. 93-145 provided for the use of funds for any of the programs described in Subdivs. (1) to (3), inclusive, and removed the requirement that a district have programs described in each Subdiv., effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-263 repealed section, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 94-245 amended Subsec. (b) to add Subdiv. (2) to allow the use of funds for academic enrichment, tutorial and recreation programs or activities in school buildings during nonschool hours and to renumber the remaining Subdivs., effective June 2, 1994; P.A. 95-226 repealed P.A. 93-263, S. 13 which had repealed the section, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-259 amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 96-178 amended Subsec. (b) to insert new Subdiv. (4) re development or expansion of early childhood education or early reading intervention programs and designated existing Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (5), effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 97-290 and P.A. 97-318 both amended Subsec. (b) to insert new provisions re alternative and transitional programs as Subdiv. (2), renumbering existing Subdivs., to add summer programs in Subdiv. (3), to include summer and after-school programs in Subdiv. (5), to add new Subdiv. (6) re enhancement of the use of technology and to add Subdiv. (8) re accreditation, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 19-130 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing provision re submission of proposal by board of education for how grant will be expended as Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re commissioner-developed plan for expenditure of grant, and deleting provision re proposals to give priority to development or expansion of extended-day kindergarten, amended Subsec. (b) by adding “Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, for the school year commencing July 1, 2019, and each school year thereafter, a”, replacing “use the funds for any of the following” with “expend such grant for any of the following uses”, replacing “early reading intervention programs” with “scientifically-based reading research and instruction, as defined in section 10-14u”, adding Subdiv. (9) re numeracy instruction, adding Subdiv. (10) re support to chronically absent children and reducing district chronic absenteeism rate, and replacing “used for other purposes” with “expended for uses other than those described in subdivisions (1) to (10), inclusive, of this subsection”, added new Subsec. (c) re determination of whether accountability index has improved and expenditure of grant in accordance with proposal or plan, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), and made 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.