Sec. 10-262k. Grants for compensatory education programs.
Sec. 10-262k. Grants for compensatory education programs. Notwithstanding
any provision of the general statutes, the board of education which has jurisdiction over
the schools in any town (1) with a total population, as defined in subdivision (7) of
subsection (a) of section 10-261, greater than twenty thousand, and (2) in which the
grant mastery percentage, as defined in subdivision (12) of section 10-262f, is greater
than twenty per cent may annually apply to the Commissioner of Education, on such
forms as the commissioner may prescribe, to receive not more than two per cent of the
town's grant entitlement pursuant to section 10-262h for the subsequent fiscal year for
compensatory education programs. At the time of application, the board of education
shall notify the board of finance in each town or city having a board of finance, the
board of selectmen in each town having no board of finance or otherwise the authority
making appropriations for the school district of the application. Upon submission of a
timely application to the commissioner, the commissioner shall deduct such amount
from the payment made to the town in October of such subsequent fiscal year pursuant
to section 10-262i, and the board of education shall receive a grant in such amount.
(P.A. 90-225, S. 8, 10; P.A. 92-262, S. 28, 42; P.A. 96-244, S. 55, 63; P.A. 97-318, S. 3, 12; P.A. 03-174, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 92-262 deleted provision exempting payments from provisions of repealed Sec. 10-14o; P.A. 96-244
decreased the population level for eligibility from greater than 26,000 to greater than 20,000 and made the initial year for
applications under the new criteria "1997", effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 97-318 made a technical change, effective July 1,
1997; P.A. 03-174 made technical changes, effective July 1, 2003.
Cited. 228 C. 699.