For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Commissioner of Early Childhood 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 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 commissioner. The commissioner shall review and approve such plans, provided such plans meet the requirements specified in subsection (c) of section 10-16p.

(P.A. 00-187, S. 9, 75; P.A. 04-215, S. 4; P.A. 14-39, S. 16.)

History: P.A. 00-187 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 04-215 deleted reference to “approved” programs, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 14-39 replaced “2002” with “2015” and “Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services,” with “Early Childhood”, replaced provision re departments jointly reviewing and approving plans with provision re commissioner review and approval of plans and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2014.