Sec. 10-74c. Grants for young parents programs.
Sec. 10-74c. Grants for young parents programs. (a) The Department of Education shall establish a young parents grant program in each fiscal year in which funds
are appropriated for the purpose of assisting local and regional boards of education with
the establishment or maintenance of education programs for students who are parents
which may include a day-care component.
(b) The Commissioner of Education shall solicit grant applications from local and
regional boards of education which shall be submitted annually to the commissioner at
such time and on such forms as the commissioner prescribes. In determining whether
a board of education shall be granted funds pursuant to this section, the commissioner
shall consider, but such consideration shall not be limited to, the following factors: (1)
Availability in the school and community of professional, paraprofessional and other
program staff with interest in and ability to provide a young parents program; (2) availability of space in a school building to accommodate the program; (3) demonstration
of support by administrative personnel, teaching staff and pupil personnel staff and
collaboration with members of the local or regional health agency; (4) reasonable evidence of future stability of the program and its personnel; (5) evidence of the need
for a young parents program in the local community; and (6) cost effectiveness of the
program.
(c) Within the availability of funds, the commissioner shall approve grant awards
to local and regional boards of education based upon the nature of the approved program
and the number of students to be served. Local or regional boards of education which
establish or maintain young parents programs funded under this section shall contribute
at least fifty per cent of the total cost of the program. Within sixty days after the close
of the school year, each local or regional board of education which received a grant
shall file with the department a financial statement of expenditures in such form as the
department shall prescribe. If the commissioner finds that any such board of education
uses a grant under this section for purposes other than those which are in conformity
with the purposes of this section, the commissioner may require repayment of such grant
to the state.
(P.A. 85-539, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-136, S. 3, 37; 88-360, S. 48, 63; P.A. 93-353, S. 37, 52.)
History: P.A. 88-136 deleted Subsec. (d) which required the commissioners of health services and education to report
to the general assembly by January 15, 1987; P.A. 88-360 in Subsec. (b) deleted the limitation that the commissioner not
issue more than ten grants during each fiscal year; P.A. 93-353 amended Subsec. (a) to make the language concerning a
day-care component permissive rather than mandatory, effective July 1, 1993.