Sec. 10-263c. Transitional school district grant program.
Sec. 10-263c. Transitional school district grant program. (a) The State Board of
Education, within available appropriations, shall administer a transitional school district
grant program in accordance with this section. Subject to the provisions of subsection
(b) of section 10-263d, each school district that does not receive a grant pursuant to
section 10-266p or section 10-276a and is in a town which ranks one to twenty-one,
inclusive, when towns are ranked in accordance with subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection
(a) of said section 10-266p shall be eligible for a transitional school district grant of two
hundred fifty thousand dollars. The local board of education for such school district
shall apply for such grant at such time and in such manner as the Commissioner of
Education prescribes.
(b) A transitional school district grant shall be payable to the local board of education
for the school district. The local board shall use the funds for any of the following: (1)
The creation or expansion of programs or activities related to dropout prevention, (2)
alternative and transitional programs for students having difficulty succeeding in traditional educational programs, (3) academic enrichment, tutorial and recreation programs
or activities in school buildings during nonschool hours and during the summer, (4)
development or expansion of extended-day kindergarten programs, (5) development or
expansion of early reading intervention programs, including summer and after-school
programs, (6) enhancement of the use of technology to support instruction or improve
parent and teacher communication, (7) initiatives to strengthen parent involvement in
the education of children, and parent and other community involvement in school and
school district programs, activities and educational policies, which may be in accordance
with the provisions of section 10-4g, or (8) for purposes of obtaining accreditation for
elementary and middle schools from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Each such board of education shall use at least twenty per cent of its grant for
early reading intervention programs. Each such board of education shall use its grant
to supplement existing programs or create new programs. If the State Board of Education
finds that any such grant is being used for other purposes or is being used to decrease
the local share of support for schools, it may require repayment of such grant to the state.
(c) Each transitional school district grant shall be awarded on an annual basis. Funding in subsequent years shall be based on funds available, annual application and program evaluation.
(P.A. 98-168, S. 17, 26; P.A. 99-224, S. 6, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 43, 54.)
History: P.A. 98-168 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-224 amended Subsec. (a) to stipulate that eligibility for grants is
subject to the provisions of Sec. 10-263d(b), to specify that school districts that receive grants pursuant to Sec. 10-276a
are not eligible for grants pursuant to this section, and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess.
P.A. 01-1 amended Subsec. (a) to add "within available appropriations", effective July 1, 2001.