Bill Text: CT HB05489 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Lowering The Excess Cost Threshold For Special Education And Full Reimbursement For Special Education Costs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-12 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [HB05489 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05489-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5489
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 663
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. CHEESEMAN, 37th Dist.

AN ACT LOWERING THE EXCESS COST THRESHOLD FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION COSTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That subsection (b) of section 10-76g of the general statutes be amended to reduce the reimbursement threshold for special education costs from four and one-half times the average per pupil cost to three times the average per pupil cost and remove the cap so that the grant will be fully funded.

Statement of Purpose:

To revise the manner in which school districts receive reimbursement under the special education excess cost grant.