Bill Text: CT SB00629 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 629 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Amending The Education Cost Sharing Formula To A Money Follows The Child Approach.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [SB00629 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00629-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 629*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 619

Referred to Committee on Education
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.

AN ACT AMENDING THE EDUCATION COST SHARING FORMULA TO A MONEY FOLLOWS THE CHILD APPROACH.

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

That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to revise the education cost sharing formula by expanding the definition of resident students to include students attending charter schools, interdistrict magnet schools, nonpublic schools by means of a voucher and nonpublic schools by means of a tax credit.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a money follows the child approach to state education grant funding.