Signed by Governor Ned Lamont

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates and restores $40 million for special education in Connecticut.

Highlights:

• Establishes the “Special Education Emergency Municipal Assistance Account” (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the account is a separate, nonlapsing account (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $40 million from the General Fund to the account, if the monthly revenue and expenditure statements submitted on or before April 20, 2025 from the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management projects a surplus of that amount for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2025 (Sec. 1).

• Requires the Commissioner of Education to use the monies within the account to fund emergency grants to municipalities for special education costs (Sec. 1).

• Requires each municipality to distribute the grant amount for costs incurred for special education and related services during the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2025 (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates and restores $40 million for special education in Connecticut.

Highlights:

• Establishes the “Special Education Emergency Municipal Assistance Account” (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the account is a separate, nonlapsing account (Sec. 1).

• Appropriates $40 million from the General Fund to the account, if the monthly revenue and expenditure statements submitted on or before April 20, 2025 from the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management projects a surplus of that amount for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2025 (Sec. 1).

• Requires the Commissioner of Education to use the monies within the account to fund emergency grants to municipalities for special education costs (Sec. 1).

• Requires each municipality to distribute the grant amount for costs incurred for special education and related services during the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2025 (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text