Sec. 10-265m. Grants for summer school programs in priority school districts. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 10-265m. Grants for summer school programs in priority school districts. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Commissioner of Education shall award grants, within available appropriations, to local and regional boards of education for priority school districts pursuant to section 10-266p for summer school programs required pursuant to sections 10-265g and 10-265l and weekend school programs. Eligibility for grants pursuant to this section shall be determined for a five-year period based on a school district's designation as a priority school district for the initial year of application. In order to receive a grant, an eligible board of education shall submit a plan for the expenditure of grant funds to the Department of Education, at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes.

      (b) The plan shall include: (1) Criteria for student participation in the program, including provision for priority to students who are determined to be substantially deficient in reading, (2) criteria for teacher selection that emphasize the skills needed for teaching the summer program and criteria for establishment of the curriculum for the summer program, and (3) a system for reporting, by school and grade, on the number of students who attend the program, for assessing the performance of such students in the program and for tracking their performance during the school year. In deciding where to establish a summer school program, eligible boards of education shall give preference to elementary and middle schools with the highest number of students who are substantially deficient in reading.

      (c) Each priority school district shall receive a grant based on the ratio of the number of resident students, as defined in subdivision (22) of section 10-262f, in the district to the total number of resident students in all priority school districts.

      (d) No funds received pursuant to this section shall be used to supplant federal, state or local funding to the local or regional board of education for summer school or weekend school programs.

      (e) Expenditure reports shall be filed with the department as requested by the commissioner. Local or regional boards of education shall refund (1) any unexpended amounts at the close of the program for which the grant is awarded, and (2) any amounts not expended in accordance with an approved grant application.

      (P.A. 99-288, S. 4, 6; P.A. 00-187, S. 3, 75; P.A. 01-173, S. 24, 67; P.A. 06-135, S. 16.)

      History: P.A. 99-288 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-187 relettered Subsecs. (b) to (d) as Subsecs. (c) to (e) and added new Subsec. (b) re plans for the expenditure of grant funds, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-173 amended Subsec. (b) to delete repetitive language, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 06-135 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to Sec. 10-265g, effective June 6, 2006.