Sec. 10-76u. School-based primary mental health programs established. Grants to boards of education.
Sec. 10-76u. School-based primary mental health programs established.
Grants to boards of education. (a) In each fiscal year for which funds are appropriated
for purposes of the primary mental health program, the department shall establish a grant
program for the purpose of providing funds to local and regional boards of education
for the establishment of school-based programs for the detection and prevention of
emotional, behavioral and learning problems in public school children primarily in
grades kindergarten through grade three.
(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. The commissioner shall
issue not less than four grants by September fifteenth of each year. In determining if a
board of education shall be granted funds pursuant to this section and sections 10-76v
to 10-76x, inclusive, 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 background and experience
in early intervention; (2) availability of space to accommodate the program in an elementary school building; (3) demonstration of strong support by administrative personnel,
teaching staff, pupil personnel staff and local community mental health centers; and (4)
reasonable evidence of future stability of the program and its personnel.
(P.A. 84-518, S. 2, 7; P.A. 85-402, S. 1, 5; P.A. 91-323, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 85-402 amended section to extend program beyond 1984-1985 fiscal year and to change number of grants
under program from not more than four to not less than four, to replace references to "department" with references to
"commissioner" of education and to stipulate that local or regional boards of education may not receive grants for programs
at the same school for more than three years; P.A. 91-323 removed language prohibiting a board of education from receiving
a grant for a program in the same school for more than three years.
Cited. 228 C. 699. Cited. 229 C. 1.