Bill Text: CT HB05602 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5602 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Lowering The Excess Cost Threshold For Out-of-district Special Education Students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-13 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [HB05602 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05602-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5602*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 594
		00594
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. MCCARTY, 38th Dist.

AN ACT LOWERING THE EXCESS COST THRESHOLD FOR OUT-OF-DISTRICT SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

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 for out-of-district special education placements from four and one-half times the average per pupil cost to three times the average per pupil cost.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide relief to towns that provide special education to out-of-district students.