Sec. 10-253. School privileges for children in certain placements, nonresident
children and children in temporary shelters. (a) Children placed out by the Commissioner of Children and Families or by other agencies or persons, including private child-
caring or child-placing agencies licensed by the Department of Children and Families,
and eligible residents of facilities operated by the Department of Mental Health and
Addiction Services or by the Department of Public Health who are eighteen to twenty-
one years of age, shall be entitled to all free school privileges of the school district where
they then reside as a result of such placement, except as provided in subdivision (4) of
subsection (e) of section 10-76d. Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section
and subdivision (4) of subsection (e) of section 10-76d, payment for such education
shall be made by the board of education of the school district under whose jurisdiction
such child would otherwise be attending school where such a school district is identified.
(b) The board of education of the school district under whose jurisdiction a child
would otherwise be attending school shall be financially responsible for the reasonable
costs of education for a child placed out by the Commissioner of Children and Families
or by other agencies in a private residential facility when such child requires educational
services other than special education services. Such financial responsibility shall be the
lesser of one hundred per cent of the costs of such education or the average per pupil
educational costs of such board of education for the prior fiscal year, determined in
accordance with subsection (a) of section 10-76f. Any costs in excess of the boards'
basic contribution shall be paid by the State Board of Education on a current basis. The
costs for services other than educational shall be paid by the state agency which placed
the child. Application for the grant to be paid by the state for costs in excess of the local
or regional board of education's basic contribution shall be made in accordance with
the provisions of subdivision (5) of subsection (e) of section 10-76d.
(c) No board of education shall be required to provide school accommodations for
any child whose legal residence is in another state unless the board has entered into an
agreement concerning the provision of educational services and programs with the state
or local educational agency of such state responsible for educating the child, the facility
where the child is placed or the parent or guardian placing such child, and provided that
a bond, in a sum equal to the tuition payable for such child, issued by a surety company
authorized to do business in this state and conditioned upon the payment of tuition at
the rate established by the board, shall be filed with the treasurer of the school district
in which such child is attending school by the parent or guardian or other person or
organization in control of such child.
(d) Children residing with relatives or nonrelatives, when it is the intention of such
relatives or nonrelatives and of the children or their parents or guardians that such residence is to be permanent, provided without pay and not for the sole purpose of obtaining
school accommodations, and, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1981, and each
fiscal year thereafter, children not requiring special education who are residing in any
facility or home as a result of a placement by a public agency, other than a local or
regional board of education, and except as provided by subsection (b) of this section,
shall be entitled to all free school privileges accorded to resident children of the school
district in which they then reside. A local or regional board of education may require
documentation from the parent or guardian, the relative or nonrelative, emancipated
minor or pupil eighteen years of age or older that the residence is to be permanent,
provided without pay and not for the sole purpose of obtaining school accommodations
provided by the school district. Such documentation may include affidavits, provided
that prior to any request for documentation of a child's residency from the child's parent
or guardian, relative or nonrelative, or emancipated minor or pupil eighteen years of
age or older, the board of education shall provide the parent or guardian, relative or
nonrelative, emancipated minor or pupil eighteen years of age or older with a written
statement specifying the basis upon which the board has reason to believe that such
child, emancipated minor or pupil eighteen years of age or older is not entitled to school
accommodations.
(e) (1) For purposes of this subsection:
(A) "Temporary shelters" means facilities which provide emergency shelter for a
specified, limited period of time, and
(B) "Educational costs" means the reasonable costs of providing regular or, except
as otherwise provided, special education, but in no event shall such costs exceed the
average per pupil cost for regular education students or the actual cost of providing
special education for special education students.
(2) Children in temporary shelters shall be entitled to free school privileges from
either the school district in which the shelter is located or the school district in which
the child would otherwise reside, if not for the need for temporary shelter. Upon notification from the school district in which the temporary shelter is located, the school district
in which the child would otherwise reside, if identified, shall either pay tuition to the
school district in which the temporary shelter is located for the child to attend school
in that district or shall continue to provide educational services, including transportation,
to such child. If the school district where the child would otherwise reside cannot be
identified, the school district in which the temporary shelter is located shall be financially
responsible for the educational costs for such child, except that in the case of a child
who requires special education and related services and is placed by the Department of
Children and Families in a temporary shelter on or after July 1, 1995, the school district
in which the child resided immediately prior to such placement or the Department of
Children and Families shall be responsible for the cost of such special education and
related services, to the extent such board or department is responsible for such costs
under subparagraph (B) of subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 10-76d. If the
school district where the child would otherwise reside declines to provide free school
privileges, the school district where the temporary shelter is located shall provide free
school privileges and may recover tuition from the school district where the child would
otherwise reside. In the case of children requiring special education who have been
placed in out-of-district programs by either a board of education or state agency, the
school district in which the child would otherwise reside shall continue to be responsible
for the child's education until such time as a new residence is established, notwithstanding the fact that the child or child's family resides in a temporary shelter.
(1949 Rev., S. 1550; 1955, S. 966d; February, 1965, P.A. 586, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 793, S. 6; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A.
77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 182; P.A. 80-483, S. 44, 186; P.A. 81-257, S. 9, 10; 81-432, S. 3, 11; P.A. 82-311,
S. 2, 4; P.A. 83-88, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-473, S. 2, 3; P.A. 86-303, S. 2, 4; P.A. 87-179, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-360, S. 13, 63; P.A.
93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-237, S. 4, 7; 95-257, S. 33, 58; P.A. 96-146, S. 10, 12; P.A. 98-168, S. 4, 26.)
History: 1965 act amended Subsec. (a) providing exception to requirement that children placed by welfare commissioner
receive free school privileges in town where placed; 1969 act deleted reference to placement in hospitals or custodial
institutions for periods less than a school year in Subsec. (a) and excluded from provisions "children placed in hospitals
or custodial institutions pursuant to agreements made under section 10-76d of the 1967 supplement ..."; P.A. 75-420
substituted commissioner of social services for welfare commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of human
resources for commissioner of social services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218 substituted "board of education" for
"town" where a duty implied and "school district" for "town" where geographical location implied; P.A. 80-483 substituted
commissioner of children and youth services for commissioner of human resources; P.A. 81-257 repealed Subsec. (d)
which had required enumeration of child in district he resides on date of enumeration; P.A. 81-432 clarified educational
and financial responsibilities for state agency placements; P.A. 82-311 clarified provisions of P.A. 81-432 concerning the
provision of an education for non-special-education children who are placed by state agencies by amending Subsec. (a)
to require that the responsibility for children placed by state agencies rests with the school district where the child is placed
if no responsible school board can be determined; and amending Subsec. (d) to specify that children not requiring special
education who are placed by a public agency in any facility or home are the responsibility of the district where they are
placed; P.A. 83-88 amended Subsec. (c) to authorize board to establish rate of tuition for nonresident children; P.A. 85-
473 amended section to apply to certain residents of department of mental health facilities; P.A. 86-303 in Subsec. (d)
added the provision that the residence not be for the sole purpose of obtaining school accommodations and made other
provisions re requiring documentation re the nature of the residence; P.A. 87-179 amended Subsec. (a) to make children
placed out by licensed private child-caring or child-placing agencies entitled to the free school privileges of the school
district where they reside as a result of placement and added new Subsec. (e) re financial responsibility for educational
costs for children in temporary shelters; P.A. 88-360 in Subsec. (a) added reference to the Connecticut alcohol and drug
abuse commission; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and
department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced Connecticut alcohol and drug
abuse commission with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-237 amended
Subsec. (e) to add the exception concerning financial liability for special education and related services for children placed
by the Department of Children and Families, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Department of Mental Health
with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, replaced Department of Public Health and Addiction Services
with Department of Public Health, and added "except as provided in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (4) of subsection (e)
of section 10-76d" in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1995 (Revisor's note: The reference to "subparagraph (B) of" was
deleted editorially by the Revisors since Sec. 32 of P.A. 95-257 deleted former Subpara. (A) and the Subpara. (B) indicator
from Sec. 10-76d(e)(4))); P.A. 96-146 amended Subsec. (e)(2) to make the Department of Children and Families responsible
for the cost of special education and related services for certain children and to specify that the responsibility of the
department or the school district in which the child resided prior to placement shall be to the extent the department or board
is responsible for such costs under Sec. 10-76d(a)(2)(B), effective May 29, 1996; P.A. 98-168 amended Subsec. (b) to
change one method for determining the financial responsibility of local and regional boards of education from "two and
one-half times" the average to the average per pupil educational costs, effective July 1, 1998.
See 59 C. 491. "Legal residence" in former statute construed to mean residence in ordinary or popular sense, not same
as domicile or settlement. 132 C. 200. Cited. 228 C. 433, 435.
Cited. 30 CA 720, 723—725, 728.
Cited. 4 CS 254; 13 CS 53.
Subsec. (d):
Cited. 226 C. 902. Cited. 228 C. 433, 435, 436.
Cited. 30 CA 720, 724. Cited. 34 CA 567, 574.
Any member of a board of education who fraudulently makes
or joins in making any false certificate, by reason of which money is drawn from the
state treasury, shall be fined not more than sixty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 1551.)
Section 10-255 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1552; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 183; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 84-255, S. 20, 21.)
If any money appropriated to the
use of schools is applied by a town or school district to any other purpose, such town
or school district shall forfeit the amount thereof to the state and the comptroller shall
sue for the same in behalf of the state, to be applied, when recovered, to the use of
schools.
(1949 Rev., S. 1553.)
Section 10-257 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1554; P.A. 82-239, S. 6, 7.)
Secs. 10-257a to 10-257g. Definitions. Minimum salaries for teachers; grants;
calculations; contract negotiations. Salary aid grants, calculations; aid eligibility
factor. General education aid grants; calculations. Eligibility. Teacher-pupil ratio
aid grants; calculations. Grant applications; distribution of funds; grant adjustments. Sections 10-257a to 10-257g, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 1996.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 86-1, S. 1—5, 7, 8, 58; P.A. 87-2, S. 1—7, 15—17, 21; 87-228, S. 1, 2; 87-250, S. 7, 8, 11; 87-
325, S. 1—4; 87-464, S. 6—8; 87-488, S. 1—7, 9; P.A. 88-171, S. 1, 2, 5; 88-274, S. 1, 2; P.A. 96-244, S. 62, 63.)
(a) The executive secretary of the Teachers'
Retirement Board shall, not later than October 1, 1987, and October first of every succeeding year, transmit to the Commissioner of Education a certified copy of the following data for each teacher reported by school districts to the Teachers' Retirement Board
on the annual school staff reports due September 15, 1985, and September fifteenth of
every succeeding year: (1) Social Security number; (2) school district code number; (3)
educational preparation; (4) full-time equivalent status; (5) school level; (6) primary
assignment code; (7) annual salary; and (8) the contract step at which the teacher is paid.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, regional
school district #19 shall, for teachers employed by such district who are not participants
in the teachers' retirement system pursuant to chapter 167a, furnish to the Teachers'
Retirement Board in the same manner and at the same time the same information it
furnishes to said board pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 10-183n
for teachers who participate in the system.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 86-1, S. 9, 58; P.A. 87-488, S. 8, 9; P.A. 02-89, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 87-488 added Subsec. (d) to require regional school district #19 to transmit certain data to the teachers'
retirement board; P.A. 02-89 deleted as obsolete former Subsec. (a) requiring the supervising agent of each school district
to provide the executive secretary with a preliminary report of certain data for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1987, deleted
as obsolete former Subsec. (c) requiring the executive secretary to transmit to the Commissioner of Education a certified
copy of certain data not later than July 1, 1986, and redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) and (d) as Subsecs. (a) and (b).
Section 10-257i is repealed.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 86-1, S. 53, 58; P.A. 87-499, S. 33, 34.)
If any town has received a permanent fund for the support of a school or schools, the town treasurer shall have charge of it and keep a separate
account thereof; and the income of such fund shall be held subject to the order of the
board of education, which shall apply it for the benefit of the school or schools within
or nearest to the limits of the district formerly existing, in such manner as to carry out,
as nearly as possible, the intent of the grantor of such fund.
(1949 Rev., S. 1555.)
See Sec. 10-247 re management of permanent funds.
The fiscal and school year shall
commence July first and end June thirtieth.
(1949 Rev., S. 1558.)
Section 10-260 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1576; June, 1955, S. 971d; P.A. 78-218, S. 211.)
(a) In accomplishment of their duties as set forth in section 2-90 and in
accordance with the authority granted under chapter 111 the Auditors of Public Accounts
shall, as often as they deem necessary, examine the records and accounts of any town
or local or regional board of education in connection with any grant made by any state
agency pursuant to any section of the general statutes or any act of the General Assembly.
Their findings shall be reported as required in section 2-90.
(b) The state Department of Education shall submit to the Auditors of Public Accounts for review any proposed changes in the procedures manual which would alter
the method of calculating educational equalization grants.
(P.A. 76-274, S. 1; P.A. 78-218, S. 184; P.A. 82-275, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted "local" for "town" boards of education; P.A. 82-275 added Subsec. (b) which requires
review of procedures manual.
(a) Whenever used in this section and section 10-263:
(1) "Public schools" means nursery schools, kindergartens and grades one to twelve,
inclusive;
(2) "Average daily membership" means the number of all pupils of the local or
regional board of education enrolled in public schools at the expense of such board
of education on October first or the full school day immediately preceding such date,
provided the number so obtained shall be decreased by the Department of Education
for failure to comply with the provisions of section 10-16 and shall be increased by one
one-hundred-eightieth for each full-time equivalent school day of at least five hours of
actual school work in excess of one hundred eighty days and nine hundred hours of
actual school work and be increased by the full-time equivalent number of such pupils
attending the summer sessions immediately preceding such date at the expense of such
board of education; "enrolled" shall include pupils who are scheduled for vacation on the
above dates and who are expected to return to school as scheduled. Pupils participating in
the program established pursuant to section 10-266aa shall be counted in accordance
with the provisions of subsection (g) of section 10-266aa;
(3) "Net current expenditures" means total current educational expenditures, less
expenditures for (A) pupil transportation; (B) capital expenditures for land, buildings,
equipment otherwise supported by a state grant pursuant to chapter 173 and debt service,
provided that, with respect to debt service, commencing with the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1987, the principal amount of any debt incurred to pay an expense otherwise
includable in net current expenditures may be included as part of net current expenditures
in annual installments in accordance with a schedule approved by the state Department
of Education based upon substantially equal principal payments over the life of the debt;
(C) adult education; (D) health and welfare services for nonpublic school children; (E)
all tuition received on account of nonresident pupils; (F) food services directly attributable to state and federal aid for child nutrition and to receipts derived from the operation
of such services; and (G) student activities directly attributable to receipts derived from
the operation of such services, except that the town of Woodstock may include as part
of the current expenses of its public schools for each school year the amount expended for
current expenses in that year by Woodstock Academy from income from its endowment
funds upon receipt from said academy of a certified statement of such current expenses,
and except that the town of Winchester may include as part of the current expenses of
its public schools for each school year the amount expended for current expenses in that
year by The Gilbert School from income from its endowment funds upon receipt from
said school of a certified statement of such current expenses;
(4) "Adjusted equalized net grand list" means the equalized net grand list of a town
multiplied by the ratio of the per capita income of the town to the per capita income of
the town at the one hundredth percentile among all towns in the state ranked from lowest
to highest in per capita income;
(5) "Adjusted equalized net grand list per capita" means the equalized net grand
list divided by the total population of a town multiplied by the ratio of the per capita
income of the town to the per capita income of the town at the one hundredth percentile
among all towns in the state ranked from lowest to highest in per capita income;
(6) "Equalized net grand list", for purposes of calculating the amount of grant or
allocation to which any town is entitled, means the net grand list of such town upon
which taxes were levied for the general expenses of such town three years prior to
the fiscal year in which such grant is to be paid, equalized in accordance with section
10-261a;
(7) "Total population" of a town means that enumerated in the most recent federal
decennial census of population or that enumerated in the current population report series
issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census available
on January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which a grant is
to be paid or an allocation is to be made, whichever is most recent; except that any town
whose enumerated population residing in state and federal institutions within such town
and attributed to such town by the census exceeds forty per cent of such "total population" shall be counted as follows: Those persons who are incarcerated or in custodial
situations, including, but not limited to jails, prisons, hospitals or training schools or
those persons who reside in dormitory facilities in schools, colleges, universities or on
military bases shall not be counted in the "total population" of a town;
(8) "Per capita income" for each town means that enumerated in the most recent
federal decennial census of population or that enumerated in the current population
report series issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
available on January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which a
grant is to be paid or an allocation is to be made, whichever is most recent;
(9) "School tax rate" means the net current local educational expenditures of the
fiscal year three years prior to that in which a grant is to be paid or an allocation is to
be made, divided by a town's adjusted equalized net grand list.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to in any way penalize
those towns which have not adopted the uniform fiscal year.
(c) If a town conducts a census, verified by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, that indicates a greater than twenty per cent difference in
population, as calculated pursuant to this subsection, such updated census shall be used
in determining such town's total population pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
The applicability of this subsection shall be determined by calculating (1) the difference
between the town's last decennial census population and the census updated and verified
by the Bureau of the Census times (2) the number of years between the last decennial
census and the data year upon which the total population is computed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, divided by the number of years between the last decennial census
and the year in which the updated census was conducted. The product shall then be added
to the town population from the last decennial census. Any town that seeks revision of
its total population figures under this subsection shall make application to the Commissioner of Education on or before January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the
fiscal year in which a grant is to be paid or an allocation is to be made.
(1949 Rev., S. 1577; 1949, 1951, June, 1955, S. 972d; 1961, P.A. 571, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 531, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 120, S.
2; P.A. 75-341, S. 1, 5; P.A. 76-144, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-579, S. 1; 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 185; 78-244, S. 1; 78-
338, S. 1, 2; P.A. 79-128, S. 1, 36; 79-553, S. 1, 3; P.A. 80-6; 80-404, S. 1, 4; P.A. 81-413, S. 1, 6; 81-432, S. 8, 11; P.A.
82-301, S. 3, 5; P.A. 83-363, S. 1, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-4, S. 1, 8; P.A. 84-273, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-180, S. 1, 3; P.A. 86-
71, S. 6, 11; 86-208, S. 1, 2; P.A. 87-330, S. 1, 2; 87-499, S. 15, 34; P.A. 88-156, S. 5; 88-360, S. 25, 63; P.A. 89-124, S.
10, 13; P.A. 90-325, S. 9, 32; P.A. 96-161, S. 6, 13; 96-244, S. 22, 63; P.A. 97-290, S. 25, 29; P.A. 00-220, S. 13, 43; P.A.
01-173, S. 21, 67.)
History: 1961 act changed the multiplier to determine "minimum program" from two hundred to two hundred and fifty
for the school year 1961-62 and three hundred for the school year 1962-63; 1969 act redefined "average daily membership"
by imposing new formula, redefined "net current expenses" to exclude provision allowing figuring in interest on bonds
for school construction and remodeling and deleted definition of "minimum program"; 1972 act specified one hundred
eighty days "per pupil" in formula for average daily membership, allowed adjustments in districts with year-round sessions
and defined "enrolled"; P.A. 75-341 defined "adjusted equalized net grand list per capita", "equalized net grand list", "total
population", "median family income", "school tax rate" and "that portion of current operating expenditures supported by
local taxes"; P.A. 76-144 removed provision allowing one one-hundred-eightieth (1/180) increase per day for school years
exceeding one hundred eighty days in length and added Subsec. (b) protecting towns from being penalized because of
failure to adopt uniform fiscal year; P.A. 77-579 redefined "total population" re inclusion or exclusion of students in dorms,
military personnel on bases and persons incarcerated or in custodial institutions and defined "total student population";
P.A. 77-614 substituted department of revenue services for state tax department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218
substituted local or regional "board of education" for town or school district" throughout section; P.A. 78-244 redefined
"equalized net grand list" for the purpose of determining amounts of grants pursuant to Sec. 10-262c; P.A. 78-338 added
Subsec. (c) clarifying what constitutes total educational expenditures of town for purposes of calculating "school tax rate";
P.A. 79-128 defined "per pupil", "adjusted equalized net grand list" and "general state aid", replaced definition of "net
current expenses" with "net current expenditures", "median family income" with "per capita income", and "that portion
of current operating expenditures supported by local taxes" with "net current local educational expenditures" and redefined
"adjusted equalized net grand list per capita", "total population", "total student population", and "school tax rate" in Subsec.
(a) and amended Subsec. (c) to make provisions applicable more extensively than to calculation of school tax rate and to
substitute "net current expenditures and net current local educational expenditures" for "the total educational expenditures"
of a town; P.A. 79-553 clarified census figures to be used in determining total population and per capita income as those
"available on January first of the year preceding the fiscal year in which payment is to be made ... " and added Subsec. (d)
re use of town's own census figures; P.A. 80-6 revised formula for calculation to determine applicability of provisions in
Subsec. (d); P.A. 80-404 redefined "equalized net grand list"; P.A. 81-413 specified that capital expenditures for land,
buildings, and equipment "otherwise supported by a state grant pursuant to chapter 173" to be deducted in calculating net
current expenditures and defined "guaranteed wealth level" in Subsec. (a); P.A. 81-432 deleted reference to Sec. 10-76p
in Subsec. (c); P.A. 82-301 amended Subsec. (c) to eliminate reference to section 10-266o, repealed by section 4 of the
act; P.A. 83-363 amended Subsec. (a) inserting subdivision indicators and (1) deleted reference to a data year from definition
of average daily membership; (2) added a definition of "number of children under the aid to dependent children program"
and established procedures for such count to be transmitted by commissioner of income maintenance to commissioner of
education; and (3) changed all data bases so that three-year-old data rather than two-year-old data is used to calculate
grants; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-4 amended Subsec. (d) requiring that revisions of total population be submitted to the
commissioner on or before January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which the grant payment is
to be made; P.A. 84-273 amended Subdiv. (5) of Subsec. (a) to exclude food services supported by state and federal aid
and student activities supported by food services receipts from expenditures included as "net current expenditures"; P.A.
85-180 redefined "net current local educational expenditures" to exclude revenue from private and other sources for FY
1984-85 and ensuing fiscal years; P.A. 86-71 in Subsec. (c) deleted the reference to Sec. 10-266n which was repealed;
P.A. 86-208 redefined "average daily membership" by providing that the number obtained be increased when a school
year exceeds one hundred eighty days and by substituting "during the summer session" for "between July first and September
first" in Subdiv. (2) of Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1987; P.A. 87-330 amended Subdiv. (5) of Subsec. (a) to include in
"net current expenditures", with respect to debt service, the principal amount of any debt incurred to pay an expense
otherwise includable; P.A. 87-499 in Subdiv. (13) of Subsec. (a) substituted "expenditures of funds" for "revenue" in the
definition of "net current local educational expenditures"; P.A. 88-156 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(3); P.A.
88-360 in Subparas (F) and (G) of Subdiv. (5) of Subsec. (a) substituted "directly attributable to" for "supported by"; P.A.
89-124 deleted references to Sec. 10-262e which was repealed by Sec. 12 of the act and to Sec. 10-262c which was repealed
by Sec. 8 of public act 88-358, deleted the definitions for "number of children under the aid to dependent children program",
"per pupil", "total student population", "general state aid" and "guaranteed wealth level" in Subsec. (a) and renumbered
the Subdivs. and substituted "a grant is to be paid or an allocation is to be made" for "payment is to be made" and made
other technical changes; P.A. 90-325 redefined "average daily membership" to be the enrollment count on October first
rather than the average of the enrollments on October first and May first; P.A. 96-161 redefined "average daily membership"
to change the basis for decreases and increases to correspond to the requirements of Sec. 10-16 and to rewrite the provision
concerning the counting of students attending summer sessions, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 96-244 removed the definition
of "net current local educational expenditures" and deleted Subsec. (c) relating to such definition, relettering Subsec. (d)
accordingly, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 97-290 amended Subdiv. (2) in Subsec. (a) to add provision concerning pupils
participating in the program established pursuant to Sec. 10-266aa, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 00-220 amended Subsec.
(a)(2) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-173 amended Subsec. (a) (2) to make a technical change,
effective July 1, 2001.
Cited. 138 C. 265. Enactment term. 163 C. 537. Cited (as P.A. 79-128). 187 C. 187, 190. Cited. 195 C. 24, 26, 27, 29,
31, 34, 35, 38. Cited. 228 C. 699, 708.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 195 C. 24, 30, 44.
(a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall, on the
basis of data provided by each town in the state in accordance with section 10-261b,
determine annually for each town the ratio of the assessed valuation of real property for
purposes of the property tax and the fair market value of such property as determined
from records of actual sales of such property and from such other data and statistical
techniques as deemed appropriate by the secretary. With respect to the assessment year
in any town in which a revaluation required under section 12-62 becomes effective, the
real estate ratio used for the purposes of this section shall be the assessment rate under
the provisions of subsection (b) of section 12-62a. Said ratio as determined with respect
to any town shall be used by the secretary to compute the equalized net grand list for such
town for purposes of any grant that may be payable to such town under the provisions of
section 10-262i, provided the sales assessment ratio used to compute the equalized net
grand list of each town shall be calculated using uniform procedures for all towns. The
equalized net grand list in such town shall consist of the assessed value of all real property
on the net grand list divided by said ratio, plus the assessed value of all personal property
on such net grand list divided by the assessment ratio in current use in such town.
(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, annually, no later
than the first day of August submit the equalized net grand list for each town to the State
Board of Education for purposes of computing the amount of grant payable to any town
under the provisions of said section 10-262i.
(c) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, annually, no later
than the first day of May mail to the chief executive officer and the assessor in each
town and to the State Board of Education, notification concerning the equalized net
grand list computed with respect to such town. Within fifteen days following receipt of
such notification, any town may appeal to the secretary for a hearing concerning such
equalized net grand list, provided such appeal shall be in writing and include a statement
as to the reasons for such appeal. The secretary shall, within fifteen days following
receipt of such appeal, grant or deny such hearing by notification in writing, including
in the event of denial, a statement as to the reasons for such denial. If any town is
aggrieved by the action of the secretary following such hearing or in denying any such
hearing, such town may, within thirty days, appeal to the superior court for the judicial
district in which such town is located. Such appeal shall be a preferred case, to be heard,
unless cause appears to the contrary, at the first session, by the court. Upon all such
appeals which are denied, costs may be taxed against the town at the discretion of the
court, but no costs shall be taxed against the state.
(d) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management is authorized to adopt
regulations concerning the determinations and procedures required by this section, provided prior to such adoption a copy shall be sent to the chief executive officer and the
assessor in each town and the secretary shall allow a reasonable period of time following
such notification for any town to request a hearing concerning such proposed regulations
or to submit recommendations.
(P.A. 77-478, S. 1, 5; 77-614, S. 139, 587, 610; P.A. 78-244, S. 2; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-483, S. 179, 186; P.A.
81-4, S. 1—3; 81-413, S. 5, 6; P.A. 86-351, S. 1, 3; P.A. 89-124, S. 11, 13; P.A. 96-171, S. 2, 16; P.A. 97-244, S. 5, 13.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective
January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-244 substituted "June" for "October" in Subsec. (b) and amended Subsec. (c) to require notification
to be sent to state board of education and to change deadline from June fifteenth to March first with date of commencement
set at March 1, 1979, rather than June 15, 1979; P.A. 80-483 substituted secretary of the office of policy and management
for commissioner of revenue services; P.A. 81-4 changed deadline for submission of equalized grand list to state board of
education from June first to August first in Subsec. (b) and deadline for notification of town officers re computation of
grand list in Subsec. (c) from March first to May first; P.A. 81-413 amended Subsec. (a) to require that the sales assessment
ratio used to compute each town's equalized net grand list be calculated using uniform procedures for all towns; P.A. 86-
351 amended Subsec. (c) by adding language concerning appeal by the town from denial of hearing by the secretary of
the office of policy and management concerning the equalized net grand list, effective October 1, 1986, and applicable to
the October 1, 1986, assessment list and appeals therefrom in any town and each assessment list thereafter; P.A. 89-124
in Subsec. (a) substituted references to Sec. 10-262i for Sec. 10-262c which was repealed by Sec. 8 of public act 88-358;
P.A. 96-171 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Subsec. (c) of Sec. 12-62a, reflecting repeal of said Subsec. (c) by
same public act, effective May 31, 1996; P.A. 97-244 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re assessment rate in years in
which revaluation becomes effective, effective July 1, 1997.
Cited. 187 C. 187, 190. Cited. 195 C. 24, 26. Cited. 228 C. 699, 708.
Sec. 10-261b. Data re transfers of real property for preparation of equalized
net grand lists. (a) The town clerk and assessor or board of assessors in each town shall,
no later than the last day of each month, submit to the Secretary of the Office of Policy
and Management all required data concerning each transfer of real property in such
town recorded during the preceding month, except each transfer of real property in such
town recorded during the months of October, November, December and January shall
be submitted no later than sixty days following the last day of the month in which the
transfer was recorded, as specified on a form prepared by the Secretary of the Office of
Policy and Management for the purpose of determining the sales-assessment ratio for
each town as required in section 10-261. Any municipality which neglects to transmit
to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management the data as required by this
section shall forfeit one dollar to the state, for each transfer of real property for which
such data is required, provided the secretary may waive such forfeiture in accordance
with procedures and standards adopted by regulation in accordance with chapter 54.
(b) A town shall not be required to submit data as required under subsection (a) of
this section in an assessment year in which a revaluation becomes effective.
(P.A. 77-478, S. 3, 5; 77-614, S. 139, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 86-351, S. 2, 3; P.A. 87-115, S. 7, 8; P.A.
95-283, S. 30, 68; P.A. 97-244, S. 6, 13.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective
January 1, 1979; P.A. 86-351 substituted "secretary of the office of policy and management" for "commissioner of revenue
services" as the person to receive all required data concerning each transfer of real property, effective October 1, 1986,
and applicable to the October 1, 1986, assessment list in any town and each assessment list thereafter; P.A. 87-115 added
provisions (1) that transfers of real property recorded in October, November, December and January be submitted to the
office of policy and management no later than sixty days following the last day of the month in which the transfer was
recorded, (2) that any municipality which neglects to transmit the data as required shall forfeit one dollar to the state for
each transfer for which data is required and that the secretary of the office of policy and management may waive such
forfeiture in accordance with regulations to be adopted and (3) that said secretary may extend the time for submission of
the data in any year in which a revaluation as required under section 12-62 becomes effective for the assessment list,
effective May 11, 1987, and applicable to transfers of real property occurring on or after October 1, 1987; P.A. 95-283
amended Subsec. (b) to replace board of tax review with board of assessment appeals, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 97-244
replaced former Subsec. (b), which had allowed extensions of time for data submission, with new Subsec. providing that
towns are not required to submit data in an assessment year in which a revaluation becomes effective, effective July 1, 1997.
Cited. 195 C. 24, 26. Cited. 228 C. 699, 708.
Secs. 10-262 to 10-262e. Amounts payable to towns per pupil in average daily
membership; additional payment for increase in enrollment. Pro rata distribution
of federal funds among towns. Educational equalization grants; calculations; effect
of changes in data elements. Equalized net grand lists for fiscal years ending in 1978
and 1979. Grants to be expended for school purposes only; minimum expenditure
requirement. Sections 10-262 to 10-262e, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1578; June, 1955, S. 973d; 1961, P.A. 571, S. 2—4; June, 1963, P.A. 1, S. 1, 2; February, 1965, P.A.
361, S. 10; 1967, P.A. 580, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 604, S. 1, 2; June, 1971, S.A. 1, S. 13; 1972, S.A. 53, S. 11; P.A. 74-158, S.
1, 2; P.A. 75-341, S. 3—5; P.A. 76-387, S. 1—3, 5; P.A. 77-478, S. 2, 5; 77-540, S. 2, 4; 77-579, S. 2; 77-614, S. 302,
610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; 78-330, S. 1—3; 78-352, S. 5; P.A. 79-128, S. 2, 3, 35, 36; P.A. 80-404, S. 3, 4; P.A. 81-31,
S. 1—3; 81-413, S. 2—4, 6; P.A. 82-91, S. 2, 3, 38; P.A. 83-363, S. 2, 5; 83-587, S. 14, 96; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-4, S.
2, 3, 8; P.A. 84-273, S. 2, 3; 84-474, S. 1, 3; 84-490, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-550, S. 1, 3; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 86-1, S. 48, 58; P.A.
87-391, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-136, S. 12, 13, 37; 88-358, S. 8, 9; P.A. 89-124, S. 12, 13; P.A. 93-353, S. 51, 52.)
Whenever used in this section and sections 10-262h to
10-262j, inclusive:
(1) "Adjusted equalized net grand list" means the equalized net grand list of a town
multiplied by its income adjustment factor.
(2) "Base aid ratio" means one minus the ratio of a town's wealth to the state guaranteed wealth level, provided no town's aid ratio shall be less than six one-hundredths.
(3) "Income adjustment factor" means the average of a town's per capita income
divided by the per capita income of the town with the highest per capita income in the
state and a town's median household income divided by the median household income
of the town with the highest median household income in the state.
(4) "Median household income" for each town means that enumerated in the most
recent federal decennial census of population or that enumerated in the current population report series issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census, whichever is more recent and available on January first of the fiscal year two
years prior to the fiscal year in which payment is to be made pursuant to section 10-262i.
(5) "Supplemental aid factor" means for each town the average of its percentage of
children eligible under the temporary family assistance program and its grant mastery
percentage.
(6) "Percentage of children eligible under the temporary family assistance program"
means the town's number of children under the temporary family assistance program
divided by the number of children age five to seventeen, inclusive, in the town.
(7) "Average mastery percentage" means for each school year the average of the
three most recent mastery percentages available on December first of the school year.
(8) "Equalized net grand list", for purposes of calculating the amount of grant to
which any town is entitled in accordance with section 10-262h, means the average of
the net grand lists of the town upon which taxes were levied for the general expenses
of the town two, three and four years prior to the fiscal year in which such grant is to
be paid, provided such net grand lists are equalized in accordance with section 10-261a.
(9) "Foundation" means (A) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, three thousand
nine hundred eighteen dollars, (B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, four thousand
one hundred ninety-two dollars, (C) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, four thousand four hundred eighty-six dollars, (D) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1993, June
30, 1994, and June 30, 1995, four thousand eight hundred dollars, (E) for the fiscal years
ending June 30, 1996, June 30, 1997, and June 30, 1998, five thousand seven hundred
eleven dollars, (F) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, five thousand seven hundred
seventy-five dollars, and (G) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, to June 30, 2003,
inclusive, five thousand eight hundred ninety-one dollars.
(10) "Number of children age five to seventeen, inclusive" means that enumerated
in the most recent federal decennial census of population or enumerated in the current
population report series issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census, whichever is more recent and available on January first of the fiscal year
two years prior to the fiscal year in which payment is to be made pursuant to section
10-262i.
(11) "Supplemental aid ratio" means .04 times the supplemental aid factor of a town
divided by the highest supplemental aid factor when all towns are ranked from low to
high, provided any town whose percentage of children eligible under the temporary
family assistance program exceeds twenty-five shall have a supplemental aid ratio of .04.
(12) "Grant mastery percentage" means (A) for the school year ending June 30,
1989, average mastery percentage and (B) for the school years ending June 30, 1990,
through the school year ending June 30, 1995, the average mastery percentage plus the
mastery improvement bonus, and (C) for each school year thereafter, the average mastery percentage.
(13) "Mastery count" of a town means for each school year the grant mastery percentage of the town multiplied by the number of resident students.
(14) "Mastery improvement bonus" means for each school year through the school
year ending June 30, 1995, seventy-five per cent of the difference between (A) the grant
mastery percentage for the previous school year and (B) the average mastery percentage
for the school year, but not less than zero.
(15) "Mastery percentage" of a town for any examination year means, using the
mastery test data of record for the examination year, the number obtained by dividing
(A) the total number of valid tests with scores below the state-wide standard for remedial
assistance as determined by the Department of Education in each subject of the examinations pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 10-14n taken by resident students,
by (B) the total number of such valid tests taken by such students.
(16) "Mastery test data of record" for any examination year means the data of record
on the April thirtieth subsequent to the administration of the examinations pursuant to
subsections (a) and (b) of section 10-14n, except that for the examination years prior to
July 1, 1988, the date of the data of record shall be April 30, 1988, and provided beginning
with the administration of such examinations during the 1988-1989 school year, and
for each such administration thereafter, school districts may, not later than the March
first following the administration of an examination, file a request with the state Department of Education for an adjustment of the mastery test data from such examination.
(17) "Number of children under the temporary family assistance program" means
the number obtained by adding together the unduplicated aggregate number of children
five to eighteen years of age eligible to receive benefits under the temporary family
assistance program or its predecessor federal program, as appropriate, in October and
May of each fiscal year, and dividing by two, such number to be certified and submitted
annually, no later than the first day of July of the succeeding fiscal year, to the Commissioner of Education by the Commissioner of Social Services.
(18) "Per capita income" for each town means that enumerated in the most recent
federal decennial census of population or that enumerated in the current population
report series issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, whichever is more recent and available on January first of the fiscal year two years
prior to the fiscal year in which payment is to be made pursuant to section 10-262i.
(19) "Regional bonus" means, for any town which is a member of a regional school
district and has students who attend such regional school district, an amount equal to
one hundred dollars for each such student enrolled in the regional school district on
October first or the full school day immediately preceding such date for the school year
prior to the fiscal year in which the grant is to be paid multiplied by the ratio of the
number of grades, kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, in the regional school district
to thirteen.
(20) "Regular program expenditures" means (A) total current educational expenditures less (B) expenditures for (i) special education programs pursuant to subsection (h)
of section 10-76f, (ii) pupil transportation eligible for reimbursement pursuant to section
10-266m, (iii) land and capital building expenditures, and equipment otherwise supported by a state grant pursuant to chapter 173, including debt service, provided, with
respect to debt service, the principal amount of any debt incurred to pay an expense
otherwise includable in regular program expenditures may be included as part of regular
program expenditures in annual installments in accordance with a schedule approved
by the state Department of Education based upon substantially equal principal payments
over the life of the debt, (iv) health services for nonpublic school children, (v) adult
education, (C) expenditures directly attributable to (i) state grants received by or on
behalf of school districts except grants for the categories of expenditures listed in subparagraphs (B) (i) to (B) (v), inclusive, of this subdivision and except grants received
pursuant to section 10-262i and section 10-262c of the general statutes, revision of 1958,
revised to January 1, 1987, and except grants received pursuant to chapter 173, (ii)
federal grants received by or on behalf of school districts except for adult education and
federal impact aid and (iii) receipts from the operation of child nutrition services and
student activities services, (D) expenditures of funds from private and other sources and
(E) tuition received on account of nonresident students. The town of Woodstock may
include as part of the current expenses of its public schools for each school year the
amount expended for current expenses in that year by Woodstock Academy from income
from its endowment funds upon receipt from said academy of a certified statement of
such current expenses. The town of Winchester may include as part of the current expenses of its public school for each school year the amount expended for current expenses
in that year by the Gilbert School from income from its endowment funds upon receipt
from said school of a certified statement of such current expenses.
(21) "Regular program expenditures per need student" means, in any year, the regular program expenditures of a town for such year divided by the number of total need
students in the town for such school year, provided for towns which are members of a
kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, regional school district and for such regional
school district, "regular program expenditures per need student" means, in any year,
the regular program expenditures of such regional school district divided by the sum of
the number of total need students in all such member towns.
(22) "Resident students" means the number of pupils of the town enrolled in public
schools at the expense of the town on October first or the full school day immediately
preceding such date, provided the number shall be decreased by the Department of
Education for failure to comply with the provisions of section 10-16 and shall be increased by one-one-hundred-eightieth for each full-time equivalent school day in the
school year immediately preceding such date of at least five hours of actual school work
in excess of one hundred eighty days and nine hundred hours of actual school work and
be increased by the full-time equivalent number of such pupils attending the summer
sessions immediately preceding such date at the expense of the town; "enrolled" shall
include pupils who are scheduled for vacation on the above date and who are expected
to return to school as scheduled. Pupils participating in the program established pursuant
to section 10-266aa shall be counted in accordance with the provisions of subsection
(g) of section 10-266aa.
(23) "Schools" means nursery schools, kindergarten and grades one to twelve, inclusive.
(24) "State guaranteed wealth level" means (A) for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1990, 1.8335 times the town wealth of the town with the median wealth as calculated
using the data of record on December first of the fiscal year prior to the year in which
the grant is to be paid pursuant to section 10-262i, and (B) for the fiscal years ending
June 30, 1991, and 1992, 1.6651 times the town wealth of the town with such median
wealth, and (C) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1993, June 30, 1994, and June 30,
1995, 1.5361 times the town wealth of the town with the median wealth, and (D) for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, and each fiscal year thereafter, 1.55 times the town
wealth of the town with the median wealth.
(25) "Total need students" means the sum of (A) the number of resident students
of the town for the school year, (B) (i) for any school year commencing prior to July 1,
1998, one-quarter the number of children under the temporary family assistance program
for the prior fiscal year, and (ii) for the school year commencing July 1, 1998, and each
school year thereafter, one-quarter the number of children under the temporary family
assistance program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, (C) one-quarter of the
mastery count for the school year, and (D) ten per cent of the number of eligible children,
as defined in subdivision (1) of section 10-17e, for whom the board of education is not
required to provide a program pursuant to section 10-17f.
(26) "Town wealth" means the average of a town's adjusted equalized net grand
list divided by its total need students for the fiscal year prior to the year in which the
grant is to be paid and its adjusted equalized net grand list divided by its population.
(27) "Population" of a town means that enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census of population or that enumerated in the current population report series issued
by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census available on
January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which a grant is to be
paid, whichever is most recent; except that any town whose enumerated population
residing in state and federal institutions within such town and attributed to such town
by the census exceeds forty per cent of such "population" shall have its population
adjusted as follows: Persons who are incarcerated or in custodial situations, including,
but not limited to jails, prisons, hospitals or training schools or persons who reside in
dormitory facilities in schools, colleges, universities or on military bases shall not be
counted in the "population" of a town.
(28) "Base revenue" for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, means the sum of the
grant entitlements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, of a town pursuant to section
10-262h and subsection (a) of section 10-76g, including its proportional share, based
on enrollment, of the revenue paid pursuant to section 10-76g, to the regional district
of which the town is a member, and for each fiscal year thereafter means the amount
of each town's entitlement pursuant to section 10-262h minus its density supplement,
as determined pursuant to subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 10-262h, except
that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, each town's entitlement shall be determined
without using the adjustments made to the previous year's grant pursuant to subparagraph (M) of subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 10-262h.
(29) "Density" means the population of a town divided by the square miles of a town.
(30) "Density aid ratio" means the product of (A) the density of a town divided by
the density of the town in the state with the highest density and (B) .006273.
(31) "Mastery goal improvement count" means the product of (A) the difference
between the percentage of state-wide mastery examination scores, pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 10-14n, at or above the mastery goal level for the most
recently completed school year and the percentage of such scores for the prior school
year and (B) the resident students of the town, or zero, whichever is greater.
(32) "Target aid" means the sum of (A) the product of a town's base aid ratio, the
foundation level and the town's total need students for the fiscal year prior to the year
in which the grant is to be paid, (B) the product of a town's supplemental aid ratio, the
foundation level and the sum of the portion of its total need students count described in
subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subdivision (25) of this section for the fiscal year prior to
the fiscal year in which the grant is to be paid, and the adjustments to its resident student
count described in subdivision (22) of this section relative to length of school year and
summer school sessions, and (C) the town's regional bonus.
(P.A. 88-358, S. 1, 9; P.A. 89-124, S. 2—4, 13; 89-355, S. 7—9, 20; P.A. 90-225, S. 4—6, 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-
7, S. 10, 22; P.A. 92-262, S. 24, 25, 42; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-14, S. 3, 11; P.A. 93-145, S. 1, 6; 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-353,
S. 48, 52; P.A. 95-226, S. 1, 30; P.A. 96-161, S. 7, 13; 96-244, S. 23, 24, 63; P.A. 97-290, S. 24, 29; 97-318, S. 1, 12; June
18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 13, 165; P.A. 98-168, S. 14, 26; 98-252, S. 18, 80; P.A. 99-217, S. 1—4, 8; 99-289, S. 8, 11;
P.A. 00-187, S. 13, 75; 00-220, S. 14, 43; P.A. 01-173, S. 22, 67; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 1—3, 54.)
History: P.A. 89-124 redefined "regional bonus" to add a provision that the regional bonus is for towns which are
members of regional school districts, to provide that the bonus equals twenty-five dollars for each student enrolled in the
regional school district on October first or the immediately preceding full school day rather than for each resident student
and made a technical change, redefined "regular program expenditures" to substitute "capital building expenditures" for
"buildings" in Subpara. (B) (iii), transferred Subpara. (C) (i) re tuition received on account of nonresident students to new
Subpara (E) and renumbered the subparagraph, in new Subpara. (C) (i) excepted grants received pursuant to Sec. 10-257f
and chapter 173 and added new Subpara. (D) re expenditures of funds from private and other sources, and in Subdiv. (18)
added a definition of "regular program expenditures per need student" for towns which are members of certain regional
school districts and for such school districts; P.A. 89-355 redefined "education enhancement aid" by substituting four and
one-half for five per cent as the amount to be added to base aid for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, in Subpara. (A)
and by substituting four and one-half for five per cent as the amount to be added to the previous year's education enhancement
aid for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, and each fiscal year thereafter in Subpara. (B), redefined "minimum aid" by
substituting one-half of one per cent for one per cent as the amount to be added to base aid for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1990, in Subpara. (A) and by substituting one-half of one per cent for one per cent as the amount to be added to the
previous year's minimum aid for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, and each fiscal year thereafter in Subpara. (B), and
redefined "state guaranteed wealth level" by substituting 1.8335 for two as the number to be multiplied by the town wealth
of the town with the median wealth; P.A. 90-225 in Subdiv. (5) redefined "education enhancement aid" to be for towns
which rank seventeen to one hundred sixty-nine in wealth rather than for towns which in a certain fiscal year did not receive
certain educational equalization grants and for the fiscal years after the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, added that education
enhancement aid can be the previous year's minimum aid, if applicable, and reduced the additional percentage from four
and one-half to four per cent; Subdiv. (13) redefined "minimum aid" to be for towns which rank one to sixteen in wealth
rather than for towns which in a certain fiscal year did not receive certain educational equalization grants and for the fiscal
years after June 30, 1990, added that minimum aid means the previous year's minimum aid or education enhancement aid
rather than the previous year's minimum aid plus one-half of one per cent and in Subdiv. (22) redefined "state guaranteed
wealth level" to be 1.6651 times the town wealth of the town with the median wealth for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1991, and thereafter; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7 amended Subdivs. (5) and (13) to substitute "the fiscal year ending June 30,
1992" for "each fiscal year thereafter" and amended Subdiv. (17) to remove a reference to welfare services for nonpublic
school children; P.A. 92-262 amended Subdiv. (22) to add 1992 in Subpara. (B) and to add Subpara. (C) pertaining to
fiscal year 1993 and ensuing years and added Subdivs. (28) and (29) defining "equalized mill rate" and "grand levy"; May
Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-14 amended Subdiv. (29) to add "net taxable"; (Revisor's note: In 1993 an obsolete reference in Subdiv.
(14) to repealed Sec. 17-107 was replaced editorially by the Revisors with reference to Sec. 17-106); P.A. 93-145 amended
Subpara. (D) of Subdiv. (7) to include the fiscal years ending June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995, and Subpara. (E) of Subdiv.
(7) to replace the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, effective July 1, 1993; P.A.
93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of
income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-353 amended Subdivs. (11) and (12) defining "mastery percentage"
and "mastery test data of record" to remove a reference to Subsec. (c) of Sec. 10-14n, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-226
revised the definitions of "adjusted equalized net grand list", "base aid ratio", "foundation", "grant mastery percentage",
"mastery improvement bonus", "mastery percentage", "regular program expenditures", "resident students", "state guaranteed wealth level", "total need students" and "town wealth", added the definitions of "income adjustment factor", "median
household income", "supplemental aid factor", "percentage of children eligible under the aid to families with dependent
children program", "number of children age five to seventeen, inclusive", "supplemental aid ratio", "population", "base
revenue", "density", "density aid ratio" and "mastery goal improvement count", deleted definitions, made technical changes
and renumbered, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-161 redefined "resident students" to change the basis for decreases and
increases to correspond to the requirements of Sec. 10-16 and to rewrite the provision concerning the counting of students
attending summer sessions, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 96-244 amended Subdiv. (20) to make technical changes, deleting
references to Secs. 10-257b to 10-257d, inclusive, and 10-257f, repealed elsewhere in the act, and amended Subdiv. (29)
to substitute "enrollment" for "resident student counts", effective July 1, 1996 (Revisor's note: P.A. 96-244 omitted the
closing sentence of Subdiv. (20) re inclusion of Gilbert School expenses as part of public school expenses of the town of
Winchester. Since the provision was not enclosed within brackets the omission has been treated as a clerical error and the
provision, as enacted by section 1 of public act 95-226, preserved); P.A. 97-290 amended Subdiv. (22) to add provision
concerning pupils participating in the program established pursuant to Sec. 10-266aa, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 97-318
amended Subdiv. (9) to add June 30, 1998, and June 30, 1999, made a technical change in Subdiv. (13) and deleted former
Subdiv. (23) defining "resident students in regular programs", renumbering the remaining Subdivs., effective July 1, 1997;
June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced references to "aid to families with dependent children" with "temporary family
assistance", effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-168 amended the definition of "foundation" in Subpara. (E) of Subdiv. (9) to
increase the amount to five thousand seven hundred seventy-five dollars, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-252 made technical
changes in Subdivs. (5) and (11), effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-217 amended Subdiv. (2) to substitute "six one-hundredths"
for "zero", amended Subdiv. (9) to add provisions pertaining to the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, and June 30, 2001,
and to make technical changes, amended Subdiv. (17) to add reference to the predecessor federal program to the temporary
family assistance program, and amended Subdiv. (25) to add provision in Subpara. (B)(ii) and to make the existing language
in Subpara. (B)(i) apply to school years commencing prior to July 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 99-289 amended
Subdiv. (22) to remove an obsolete reference, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-187 amended Subdiv. (19) to increase the
amount from twenty-five to one hundred dollars, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 00-220 amended Subdiv. (22) to make a
technical change, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-173 amended Subdiv. (22) to make a technical change, effective July 1,
2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 amended Subdiv. (9)(G) to apply the amount through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003,
amended Subdiv. (28) to add exception for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and added Subdiv. (32) defining "target
aid", effective July 1, 2001 (Revisor's note: In Subdiv. (28), the word "of" was added editorially by the Revisors after
"subdivision (6)" and before "subsection (a)" for clarity and proper form).
Cited. 228 C. 699, 708.
Subdiv. 17:
Cited. 228 C. 699, 709, 710. P.A. 89-124, Sec. 3 cited. Id. Subpara. (B) (i) cited. Id., 699, 719.
Section 10-262g is repealed, effective July 1, 1998.
(P.A. 88-358, S. 5, 9; P.A. 98-252, S. 79, 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 105, 121.)
(a) Each town maintaining
public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant as follows:
(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, a grant in an amount equal to the sum
of (A) the town's base aid and (B) twenty-one and one-half per cent of the difference
between the town's target grant and its base aid;
(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, a grant in an amount equal to the sum
of (A) the town's base aid and (B) forty-five per cent of the difference between the
town's target grant and its base aid;
(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, a grant in an amount equal to the sum
of (A) the town's base aid plus seventy-one per cent of the difference between the town's
target grant aid and its base aid and (B) for towns whose minimum aid or enhancement
aid, whichever is applicable, is more than the amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, a percentage, determined pursuant to subparagraph (C)
of this subdivision, of the difference between such minimum aid or enhancement aid,
whichever is applicable, and the amount determined pursuant to said subparagraph (A).
(C) Such percentage shall be determined as follows: (i) Towns whose minimum aid or
enhancement aid, whichever is applicable, is more than the amount determined pursuant
to said subparagraph (A) shall be ranked in descending order based on the average of
the grant mastery percentage of such town, as defined in subdivision (8) of section 10-
262f, for the school year prior to the school year in which the grant is to be paid and the
ratio of the number of children in such town under the aid to families with dependent
children program, as defined in subdivision (14) of said section, to the resident students
of such town, as defined in subdivision (19) of said section, for the school year two
years prior to the fiscal year in which the grant is to be paid, (ii) based upon such ranking,
a percentage of not more than eighty and not less than thirty-eight and two-tenths shall
be determined for each town on a continuous scale, except that the percentage for minimum aid towns shall be twenty-five per cent;
(4) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, a grant in the amount equal to the sum
of (A) the product of the town's aid ratio, the foundation level and the town's total need
students for the prior school year, and (B) the town's regional bonus, and (C) for any
town whose grant is less than the grant it received in the previous fiscal year, the product
of such difference and the sum of such town's grant mastery percentage, as defined in
subdivision (8) of section 10-262f, for the school year prior to the school year in which
the grant is to be paid and the ratio of the number of children in such town under the
aid to families with dependent children program, as defined in subdivision (14) of said
section 10-262f, to the resident students of such town, as defined in subdivision (19) of
said section 10-262f, for the school year two years prior to the fiscal year in which the
grant is to be paid, except such sum shall be adjusted to the greater amount as follows:
(i) If such sum is forty or more it shall be multiplied by two, (ii) for towns whose rank
when all towns are ranked in ascending order from one to one hundred sixty-nine based
on equalized mill rate is greater than eighty-five, such sum shall be fifty and (iii) for
towns which received payments pursuant to section 32-9s, during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1992, such sum shall be fifty, and (D) provided no town shall receive a grant
greater than one hundred four and thirty-five hundredths per cent of its previous year's
grant;
(5) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995, a grant in an amount
equal to the sum of (A) the product of the town's aid ratio, the foundation level and the
town's total need students for the prior fiscal year, and (B) the town's regional bonus,
except that no town shall receive a grant smaller than the grant it received in the previous
fiscal year;
(6) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, and each fiscal year thereafter, a grant
in an amount equal to the amount of its target aid as described in subdivision (32) of
section 10-262f, except that such amount shall be capped in accordance with the following: (A) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, June 30, 1997, June 30, 1998, and
June 30, 1999, for each town, the maximum percentage increase over its previous year's
base revenue shall be the product of five per cent and the ratio of the wealth of the town
ranked one hundred fifty-third when all towns are ranked in descending order to each
town's wealth, provided no town shall receive an increase greater than five per cent.
(B) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, June 30, 2001, June 30, 2002, and June
30, 2003, for each town, the maximum percentage increase over its previous year's base
revenue shall be the product of six per cent and the ratio of the wealth of the town ranked
one hundred fifty-third when all towns are ranked in descending order to each town's
wealth, provided no town shall receive an increase greater than six per cent. (C) No such
cap shall be used for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, or any fiscal year thereafter.
(D) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, for each town, the maximum percentage
reduction from its previous year's base revenue shall be equal to the product of three
per cent and the ratio of each town's wealth to the wealth of the town ranked seventeenth
when all towns are ranked in descending order, provided no town's grant shall be reduced
by more than three per cent. (E) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1997, June 30,
1998, and June 30, 1999, for each town, the maximum percentage reduction from its
previous year's base revenue shall be equal to the product of five per cent and the ratio
of each town's wealth to the wealth of the town ranked seventeenth when all towns are
ranked in descending order, provided no town's grant shall be reduced by more than
five per cent. (F) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter,
no town's grant shall be less than the grant it received for the prior fiscal year. (G) In
addition to the amount determined pursuant to this subdivision, a town shall be eligible
for a density supplement if the density of the town is greater than the average density
of all towns in the state. The density supplement shall be determined by multiplying the
density aid ratio of the town by the foundation level and the town's total need students
for the prior fiscal year provided, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each
fiscal year thereafter, no town's density supplement shall be less than the density supplement such town received for the prior fiscal year. (H) For the fiscal year ending June
30, 1997, the grant determined in accordance with this subdivision for a town ranked
one to forty-two when all towns are ranked in descending order according to town wealth
shall be further reduced by one and two-hundredths of a per cent and such grant for all
other towns shall be further reduced by fifty-six-hundredths of a per cent. (I) For the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, and each fiscal year thereafter, no town whose school
district is a priority school district shall receive a grant pursuant to this subdivision in
an amount that is less than the amount received under such grant for the prior fiscal
year. (J) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, no
town whose school district is a priority school district shall receive a grant pursuant to
this subdivision that provides an amount of aid per resident student that is less than the
amount of aid per resident student provided under the grant received for the prior fiscal
year. (K) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, and each fiscal year thereafter, no
town whose school district is a priority school district shall receive a grant pursuant to
this subdivision in an amount that is less than seventy per cent of the sum of (i) the
product of a town's base aid ratio, the foundation level and the town's total need students
for the fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid, (ii) the product of a
town's supplemental aid ratio, the foundation level and the sum of the portion of its
total need students count described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subdivision (25) of
section 10-262f for the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the grant is to be paid,
and the adjustments to its resident student count described in subdivision (22) of said
section 10-262f relative to length of school year and summer school sessions, and (iii)
the town's regional bonus. (L) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each fiscal
year thereafter, no town whose school district is a transitional school district shall receive
a grant pursuant to this subdivision in an amount that is less than forty per cent of the
sum of (i) the product of a town's base aid ratio, the foundation level and the town's
total need students for the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the grant is to be
paid, (ii) the product of a town's supplemental aid ratio, the foundation level and the
sum of the portion of its total need students count described in subparagraphs (B) and
(C) of subdivision (25) of section 10-262f for the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in
which the grant is to be paid, and the adjustments to its resident student count described
in subdivision (22) of said section 10-262f relative to length of school year and summer
school sessions, and (iii) the town's regional bonus. (M) For the fiscal year ending June
30, 2002, (i) each town whose target aid is capped pursuant to this subdivision shall
receive a grant that includes a pro rata share of twenty-five million dollars based on the
difference between its target aid and the amount of the grant determined with the cap,
and (ii) all towns shall receive a grant that is at least 1.68 per cent greater than the grant
they received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. (N) For the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2003, (i) each town whose target aid is capped pursuant to this subdivision
shall receive a pro rata share of fifty million dollars based on the difference between its
target aid and the amount of the grant determined with the cap, and (ii) each town shall
receive a grant that is at least 1.2 per cent more than its base revenue, as defined in
subdivision (28) of section 10-262f. (O) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, each
town shall receive a grant that is at least equal to the grant it received for the prior
fiscal year;
(7) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, for towns that used an accrual method
of accounting for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, the portion of the grant received
pursuant to subdivision (6) of this subsection which is considered to be a reimbursement
for special education expenses incurred in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, shall
be equal to the ratio of the amount received for special education pursuant to subsection
(a) of section 10-76g, in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, to the sum of such special
education amount and the education equalization aid pursuant to this section for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1995. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, and each
fiscal year thereafter, such ratio shall be used to identify the amount of the grant pursuant
to this section which is considered to be a reimbursement for special education expenses
for the prior fiscal year.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1990, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, no town's equalization aid entitlement shall be less than its minimum aid or its education enhancement
aid, whichever is applicable.
(P.A. 88-358, S. 2, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7, S. 11, 22; P.A. 92-262, S. 26, 42; P.A. 93-1, S. 1, 3; P.A. 95-226, S. 2,
30; P.A. 96-178, S. 2, 18; P.A. 97-318, S. 2, 12; P.A. 98-168, S. 15, 26; P.A. 99-217, S. 5, 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S.
4, 54; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 2.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7 amended Subdiv. (3) of Subsec. (a) to change the formula, amended Subdiv. (4) of
Subsec. (a) to require that no town receive a grant smaller than the grant it received in the previous fiscal year and limited
the applicability of Subsec. (b) to the fiscal years ending in June 1990 and 1991; P.A. 92-262 amended Subsec. (a) to
change the formula for fiscal year 1992—1993 in Subdiv. (4) and to add Subdiv. (5) re fiscal year 1993—1994 and
thereafter; P.A. 93-1 amended Subdiv. (4) of Subsec. (a) to clarify that the exception for distressed municipalities applies
to towns which received payments during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, effective January 28, 1993; P.A. 95-226
amended Subsec. (a) to limit Subdiv. (5) to the years ending June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995, and added Subdivs. (6)
and (7) concerning grants for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, and June 30, 1997, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-
178 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to add a further reduction of one and two-hundredths or fifty-six hundredths of a per cent for
towns depending upon their rank when all towns are ranked in descending order according to town wealth, effective July
1, 1996; P.A. 97-318 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to add provisions concerning the fiscal years ending June 30, 1998, and June
30, 1999, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-168 amended Subdiv. (6) of Subsec. (a) to increase
the amount of the maximum percentage increase from two to five per cent and substituted the product of five for two per
cent in the formula for determining such percentage, decreased the amount of the maximum percentage reduction for the
fiscal years ending June 30, 1997 to June 30, 1999, inclusive, from nine to five per cent and substituted the product of five
for nine per cent in the formula for determining such percentage, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-217 amended Subsec.
(a)(6) to extend the applicability of the formula to each fiscal year commencing after June 30, 1996, to add cap for the
percentage increase for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, to June 30, 2003, and to specify that no such adjustment be
made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, or any fiscal year thereafter, to provide that for the fiscal year ending June
30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, no town's grant shall be less than the grant it received for the prior fiscal year,
to provide that the density supplement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, shall not
be less than the density supplement for the prior fiscal year, to extend the provisions limiting reductions in grants to priority
school districts, to add provision requiring grants to priority school districts to at least maintain the amount of aid per
student that was received under the grant for the prior fiscal year and to add provision limiting reductions in grants to
transitional school districts, effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to designate portions
of existing provisions as Subparas. (A) to (L), to use the term target aid in place of language in former Subparas. (A) to
(C) that was identical to the definition of target aid, to substitute "capped" for "adjusted", to add Subpara. (M) re fiscal
year ending June 30, 2002, and Subpara. (N) re fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and to make technical changes, effective
July 1, 2001; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 amended Subsec. (a)(6) by adding new Subpara. (O) re hold harmless provision
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, effective August 15, 2002.
Cited. 228 C. 699, 708.
Sec. 10-262i. Grant payments. Expenditures for educational purposes only.
Prohibition against supplanting local funding. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30,
1990, and for each fiscal year thereafter, each t
