Sec. 10-74d. Grants for interdistrict cooperative programs.
Sec. 10-74d. Grants for interdistrict cooperative programs. (a) The Department
of Education shall, within available appropriations and after payments made pursuant
to section 10-266j and for purposes of subsection (d) of section 10-266aa, maintain a
competitive grant program for the purpose of assisting local and regional boards of
education, regional educational service centers and nonsectarian nonprofit organizations
approved by the Commissioner of Education with the establishment and operation of
interdistrict cooperative programs. Such programs may include programs pursuant to
section 10-266bb, lighthouse schools, as defined in section 10-266cc, and programs
conducted by interdistrict magnet schools, provided such magnet school programs (1)
are conducted at the magnet school, (2) primarily serve children not enrolled in the
magnet school, and (3) are not programs for which a local or regional board of education
or a regional educational service center receives funds pursuant to section 10-264h or
10-264l.
(b) To be eligible for a grant under this section, each application shall be submitted
pursuant to a cooperative arrangement on behalf of two or more local or regional boards
of education, by a regional educational service center solely or pursuant to a cooperative
arrangement with one or more local or regional boards of education, by a nonsectarian
nonprofit organization approved by the commissioner or, in the case of a lighthouse
school, by a local or regional board of education or regional educational service center.
Applications shall be submitted annually to the Commissioner of Education at such
times and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes. Except for applications for
grants in accordance with subsection (d) of section 10-266aa, in determining whether
an application shall be approved and funds awarded pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall consider, but such consideration shall not be limited to, the following factors:
(1) The specific objectives and description of the proposed program; (2) the cost; (3)
the number of school districts and students that will benefit, provided on and after July
1, 1998, the commissioner shall not award a grant for a program, other than a lighthouse
school, in which more than eighty per cent of the students are from one school district;
(4) the relative wealth of the participating school districts; and (5) whether the proposed
program is likely to (A) increase student achievement, and (B) reduce racial, ethnic and
economic isolation.
(c) The Department of Education may retain (1) up to one per cent of the amount
appropriated for interdistrict cooperative grants pursuant to this section for state-wide
technical assistance, program monitoring and evaluation, and administration, and (2)
up to one per cent of such amount for use by the regional vocational-technical schools
for interdistrict summer school, weekend and after-school programs.
(P.A. 85-375, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-360, S. 56, 63; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7, S. 5, 22; P.A. 93-263, S. 6, 14; P.A. 95-226, S.
18, 30; P.A. 96-244, S. 54, 63; P.A. 97-290, S. 12, 29; P.A. 98-168, S. 20, 26; 98-252, S. 7, 80; P.A. 99-281, S. 5, 6; 99-289, S. 7, 11; P.A. 01-173, S. 10, 67; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 30, 54.)
History: P.A. 88-360 in Subsec. (a) provided that the program be within available appropriations rather than a three-year pilot, substituted "with" for "in addressing the problem of declining pupil enrollments through" and made a technical
change, in Subsec. (b) provided that applications be submitted annually and in Subsec. (c) deleted an obsolete provision
re a report due January 15, 1988; June Sp. Sess. 91-7 inserted new Subsec. (b) concerning programs implemented pursuant
to Sec. 10-266j and relettered the remaining Subsecs. accordingly; P.A. 93-263 amended Subsec. (d) to add "operation"
and "facilities" and to include magnet schools and programs not eligible for grants pursuant to Secs. 10-264f to 10-264i,
inclusive, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-226 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision requiring payments to be made first
pursuant to Secs. 10-264i, 10-264l and 10-266j, added regional educational service centers and excluded interdistrict
magnet school programs, deleted former Subsec. (b) re language requiring payments be made first to programs pursuant
to Sec. 10-266j and relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly, amended Subsec. (b), formerly (c), to add Subdivs. (5) and
(6) and make technical changes and deleted former Subsec. (d) re criteria for the awarding of grants and repayment provision,
effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-244 added Subsec. (c) re retention by the Department of Education of up to one per cent
of the amount appropriated, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 97-290 amended Subsec. (a) to add programs pursuant to Sec. 10-266bb and lighthouse schools, amended Subsec. (b)(3) to add provision re prohibition against awarding a grant on and
after July 1, 1998, for a program in which more than 80% of the students are from one school district and amended (b)(5)
to change "enhance student diversity and awareness of diversity" to "reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation", and
made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-168 amended Subsec. (a) to remove provisions for payments
pursuant to Secs. 10-264i and 10-264l and added provision for payments pursuant to Sec. 10-266j to be made from the
appropriation for this section, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-252 amended Subsec. (b)(5) to substitute "achievement" for
performance on the state-wide mastery examination and to deleted obsolete Subsec. (b)(6), effective July 1, 1998; P.A.
99-281 amended Subsec. (c) to designate existing provision as Subdiv. (1) and to add Subdiv. (2) re retaining of funds for
use by regional vocational-technical schools, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 99-289 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical
changes and amended Subsec. (b) to add provisions relating to lighthouse schools and to make a technical change, effective
July 1, 1999; P.A. 01-173 amended Subsec. (a) to allow nonsectarian nonprofit organizations to be eligible for grants, to
remove a prohibition against the use of grants for interdistrict magnet school programs and to allow grant funds to be used
for magnet school programs that meet specified conditions and amended Subsec. (b) to add applications submitted by
nonsectarian nonprofit organizations, effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 amended Subsec. (a) to include
payments for purposes of Sec. 10-266aa(d) and amended Subsec. (b) to add exception for applications for grants in accordance with Sec. 10-266aa(d), effective July 1, 2001 (Revisor's note: The word "section" was added editorially by the
Revisors in Subsec. (a) before "10-266aa" for consistency with customary statutory usage).