Bill Text: CT SB00160 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Ecs Grant Amounts And The Number Of Children Enrolled In Half-day Kindergarten Programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-16 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [SB00160 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00160-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 160

 

January Session, 2013

 

LCO No. 815

   

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. BYE, 5th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING ECS GRANT AMOUNTS AND THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN HALF-DAY KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS.

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

That section 10-262h of the general statutes be amended to reduce a town's total equalization aid grant by an amount equal to the number of students enrolled in a half-day kindergarten program in such town multiplied by one-half the per pupil equalization aid grant for such town.

Statement of Purpose:

To better align education cost sharing grants for towns with the amount of classroom instruction offered to kindergarten students.

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