Sec. 10-264i. Transportation grants for interdistrict magnet school programs.
Sec. 10-264i. Transportation grants for interdistrict magnet school programs.
(a)(1) A local or regional board of education, (2) regional educational service center,
(3) the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of Quinebaug
Valley Community College, (4) cooperative arrangement pursuant to section 10-158a,
or (5) to assist the state in meeting the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo
Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as determined by the Commissioner of Education, (A) the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of a
regional community-technical college, (B) the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut
State University System on behalf of a state university, (C) the Board of Trustees for
The University of Connecticut on behalf of the university, (D) the board of governors
for an independent college or university, as defined in section 10a-37, or the equivalent
of such a board, on behalf of the independent college or university, and (E) any other
third-party not-for-profit corporation approved by the commissioner which transports
a child to an interdistrict magnet school program, as defined in section 10-264l, in a
town other than the town in which the child resides shall be eligible pursuant to section
10-264e to receive a grant for the cost of transporting such child in accordance with this
section. The amount of such grant shall not exceed an amount equal to the number
of such children transported multiplied by one thousand three hundred dollars. The
Department of Education shall provide such grants within available appropriations.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent a local or regional board of
education, regional educational service center or cooperative arrangement from receiving reimbursement under section 10-266m for reasonable transportation expenses for
which such board, service center or cooperative arrangement is not reimbursed pursuant
to this section.
(b) Grants under this section shall be contingent on documented costs of providing
such transportation. Eligible local and regional boards of education, regional educational
service centers and cooperative arrangements shall submit applications for grants under
this section to the Commissioner of Education in such form and at such times as he
prescribes. Grants pursuant to this section shall be paid as follows: In October one-half
of the estimated eligible transportation costs and the balance of such costs in May.
(c) Each local and regional board of education, regional educational service center
and cooperative arrangement participating in the grant program shall prepare a financial
statement of expenditures which shall be submitted to the Department of Education on
or before September first of the fiscal year immediately following each fiscal year in
which the school district, regional educational service center or cooperative arrangement
participates in the grant program. Based on such statement, any underpayment or overpayment may be calculated and adjusted by the Department of Education in the grant
for any subsequent year.
(P.A. 93-263, S. 10, 14; P.A. 95-226, S. 23, 30; P.A. 98-168, S. 21, 26; 98-252, S. 21, 80; 98-259, S. 3, 17; P.A. 03-76, S. 24; P.A. 04-213, S. 21; P.A. 06-135, S. 12; P.A. 08-170, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 93-263 effective June 28, 1993; P.A. 95-226 amended Subsec. (a) to apply provisions to regional educational service centers, to add reference to Sec. 10-264l, to specify that the funding for the grants be from the amount
appropriated pursuant to Sec. 10-74d, to set a 5% limit, to add clarification concerning reimbursement under Sec. 10-266m
and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-168 amended Subsec. (a) to set the cap for the grant, to
delete provision for grants to be paid from the amount appropriated pursuant to Sec. 10-74d and to substitute provision
for payment within available appropriations, and added new Subsec. (d) re retention of up to 1% by Department of Education,
effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-252 and 98-259 both made cooperative arrangements eligible for grants and made identical
technical changes, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 03-76 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective June 3, 2003;
P.A. 04-213 amended Subsec. (a) by allowing the Board of Trustees of the Community-Technical Colleges on behalf of
Manchester Community College to be eligible for grants and by making a technical change, effective June 3, 2004; P.A.
06-135 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing grant from $1,200 to $1,300, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 08-170 amended
Subsec. (a) to add Subdiv. designators (1) to (4), substitute Quinebaug Valley Community College for Manchester Community College and add Subdiv. (5) re stipulation re Sheff v. O'Neill and deleted Subsec. (d) re administrative set-aside,
effective July 1, 2008.