Sec. 10-19e. "Future Scholars" pilot matching grant program.
Sec. 10-19e. "Future Scholars" pilot matching grant program. The Department
of Education shall establish, within available appropriations, a "Future Scholars" pilot
matching grant program for public schools participating in externally funded programs
that provide supplemental mathematics and science programming and instruction to
students in grades eight to ten, inclusive, who scored above the level of basic and below
the level of proficiency on the mastery examinations given during the previous year in
accordance with the provisions of section 10-14n. The Commissioner of Education, for
purposes of the program, may award grants to local and regional boards of education
and regional vocational-technical schools for demonstration projects. Boards of education and vocational-technical schools seeking to participate in the pilot program shall
apply to the department at such time and in such form as the commissioner prescribes.
The commissioner shall select participants based on the quality of proposed programs
and evidence of commitment by businesses supporting the project. Local and regional
boards of education and regional vocational-technical schools awarded grants under the
program shall use grant funds for development and implementation of an interdisciplinary mathematics, science and technology curriculum, including the establishment and
staffing of mathematics and science laboratories, in middle and high schools that have
demonstrated support and involvement by local or state-wide mathematics, science or
technology intensive businesses in the state.
(P.A. 06-83, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 06-83 effective July 1, 2006.