(a) There is established an account to be known as the “smart start competitive capital grant account” which shall be a capital projects fund. The account shall contain the amounts authorized by the State Bond Commission in accordance with section 10-508 and any other moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Office of Early Childhood for the purposes of the Connecticut Smart Start competitive grant program established pursuant to section 10-506.
(b) There is established an account to be known as the “smart start competitive operating grant account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Office of Early Childhood for the purposes of the Connecticut Smart Start competitive grant program established pursuant to section 10-506.
(P.A. 14-98, S. 24; P.A. 15-227, S. 11; P.A. 16-163, S. 18; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 664; P.A. 18-81, S. 61.)
History: P.A. 14-98 effective May 22, 2014; P.A. 15-227 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by replacing “smart start competitive grant account” with “smart start competitive capital grant account”, replacing “separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund” with “capital projects fund”, replacing “by subsection (a) of section 10-501” with “pursuant to” and deleting reference to section 3 of public act 14-41, and added Subsec. (b) re smart start competitive operating grant account, effective July 7, 2015; P.A. 16-163 replaced “Smart Start” with “Connecticut Smart Start”, effective June 9, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “subdivision (4) of”, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-81 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Sec. 4-28e(c), effective May 15, 2018.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood
Section 10-500a. - Authority of office re licensing matters.
Section 10-501. - Early childhood information system.
Section 10-503. - Early childhood accountability plan. Report cards. Report.
Section 10-504. - Child care development block grant administered by the Office of Early Childhood.
Section 10-506. - Connecticut Smart Start competitive grant program.
Section 10-508. - Bond authorization for early care and education facility improvement grants.
Section 10-510. - Start Early - Early Child Development Initiative.
Section 10-514. - Creation of document re developmental milestones. Posting of document.
Section 10-515. - Preschool experience survey.
Section 10-516. - Competitive grants for alliance school districts.
Section 10-520a. - Report re staff qualifications requirement compliance.
Section 10-520b. - Early childhood teacher credential.
Section 10-530. - Comprehensive background checks.
Section 10-531. - Proposed early childhood educator compensation schedule.