Sec. 10-265j. Model early childhood learning programs.
Sec. 10-265j. Model early childhood learning programs. The Commissioner of
Education shall establish two model early childhood learning programs associated with
institutions of higher education. Each program may include a laboratory school and a
model day care program that serves sixty children ages three to five. Eligibility shall
be determined for a five-year period. Grant awards shall be made annually during the
five-year eligibility period, contingent upon available funding and a satisfactory annual
evaluation. The Department of Education shall issue a request for proposals for the
programs. The commissioner shall provide grants in the amount of one hundred thousand
dollars each for purposes of such programs. The grants shall be provided from the amount
appropriated for purposes of section 10-265f.
(P.A. 98-243, S. 22, 25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 46.)
History: P.A. 98-243 effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 changed pilot programs to model programs,
required programs to be associated with institutions of higher education rather than to be in priority school districts and
provided that eligibility be for a five-year period with annual grants contingent upon available funding and evaluation,
effective July 1, 2007.