Bill Text: CT SB00301 | 2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Open Choice Program.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-01 - Public Hearing 03/05 [SB00301 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00301-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 301
February Session, 2012		LCO No. 1554
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Referred to Committee on Education
Introduced by:
(ED)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE OPEN CHOICE PROGRAM.

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

Section 1. Subsection (f) of section 10-266aa of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012):

(f) The Department of Education shall provide grants to regional educational service centers or local or regional boards of education for the reasonable cost of transportation for students participating in the program. For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2003] 2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall provide such grants [within available appropriations, provided the state-wide average of such grants does not exceed an amount equal to three thousand two hundred fifty dollars for each student transported, except that the Commissioner of Education may grant to regional educational service centers additional sums from funds remaining in the appropriation for such transportation services if needed to offset transportation costs that exceed such maximum amount] in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars for each student transported. The regional educational service centers shall provide reasonable transportation services to high school students who wish to participate in supervised extracurricular activities. For purposes of this section, the number of students transported shall be determined on September first of each fiscal year.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2012	10-266aa(f)

Statement of Purpose:

To provide transportation funding to regional educational service centers for students participating in the open choice program.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]