Sec. 10-16u. Grants for school readiness programs in transitional school districts.
Sec. 10-16u. Grants for school readiness programs in transitional school districts. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, and each fiscal year thereafter, the
Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services,
shall provide grants, within available appropriations, to eligible school readiness program providers pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-16p to provide spaces in accredited school readiness programs for eligible children who reside in transitional school
districts pursuant to section 10-263c, except for transitional school districts eligible for
grants pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-16p. Under the program, the grant shall
be provided to the town in which such transitional school district is located. Eligibility
shall be determined for a five-year period based on a school district's designation as a
transitional school district in the initial year of application, except that grants pursuant
to this section shall not be provided for transitional school districts eligible for grants
pursuant to subsection (c) of said section 10-16p. Grant awards shall be made annually
contingent upon available funding and a satisfactory annual evaluation. The chief elected
official of such town and the superintendent of schools for such transitional school
district shall submit a plan for the expenditure of grant funds and responses to the local
request for proposal process to the Departments of Education and Social Services. The
departments shall jointly review such plans and shall each approve the portion of such
plan within its jurisdiction for funding. The plan shall meet the requirements specified
in subsection (c) of said section 10-16p.
(P.A. 00-187, S. 9, 75; P.A. 04-215, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 00-187 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 04-215 deleted reference to "approved" programs, effective July
1, 2004.