Bill Text: CT HB05005 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5005 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Increasing Ecs Aid To Towns To Compensate For The Magnet School Tuition Requirement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-05 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [HB05005 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05005-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5005*
*February Session, 2014*		LCO No. 218

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. JANOWSKI, 56th Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING ECS AID TO TOWNS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE MAGNET SCHOOL TUITION REQUIREMENT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 10-262h of the general statutes be repealed and that chapter 172 of the general statutes be amended to increase state aid under the education cost sharing formula to compensate towns for losses incurred as a result of being responsible for paying the tuition of students attending interdistrict magnet schools.

Statement of Purpose:

To compensate towns for the increased local costs in meeting the state requirement that towns pay the tuition for students attending interdistrict magnet schools.