Connecticut § 10-19e “Future Scholars” pilot matching grant program.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 10-19e — “Future Scholars” pilot matching grant program.

Connecticut § 10-19e

Title 10Education and Culture

Ch. 164Educational Opportunities

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-19e (2026).

Text

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 technical education and career schools for demonstration projects. Boards of education and technical education and career schools seeking to participate in the pilot program shall

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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 technical education and career schools for demonstration projects. Boards of education and technical education and career 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 technical education and career 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.

Legislative History

(P.A. 06-83, S. 19; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 17-237, S. 44.) History: P.A. 06-83 effective July 1, 2006; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “regional vocational-technical schools” and “vocational-technical schools” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high schools”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 replaced references to technical high schools with references to technical education and career schools, effective July 1, 2017.