Bill Text: CT SB00023 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Providing Additional Funding For The New Britain School District To Assist With Accommodating Students From Puerto Rico Who Were Displaced By Hurricane Maria.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-14 - Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations [SB00023 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-SB00023-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 23
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 725
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Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. GERRATANA, 6th Dist. REP. LOPES, 24th Dist. REP. SANCHEZ, 25th Dist. REP. TERCYAK, 26th Dist.

AN ACT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE NEW BRITAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ASSIST WITH ACCOMMODATING STUDENTS FROM PUERTO RICO WHO WERE DISPLACED BY HURRICANE MARIA.

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

That the general statutes be amended to allocate one million dollars to the New Britain school district for the purpose of covering the costs associated with the influx of students from Puerto Rico who were displaced by Hurricane Maria.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide funding to the New Britain school district for the 2017-2018 school year to cover the costs associated with the unexpected influx of two hundred four students from Puerto Rico who transferred to the school district because of Hurricane Maria.