Sec. 10-265j. Model early childhood learning programs.

The Commissioner of Education shall establish two model early childhood learning programs associated with institutions of higher education. Each program may include a laboratory school and a model day care program that serves sixty children ages three to five. Eligibility shall be determined for a five-year period. Grant awards shall be made annually during the five-year eligibility period, contingent upon available funding and a satisfactory annual evaluation. The Department of Education shall issue a request for proposals for the programs. The commissioner shall provide grants in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars each for purposes of such programs. The grants shall be provided from the amount appropriated for purposes of section 10-265f.

(P.A. 98-243, S. 22, 25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 46.)

History: P.A. 98-243 effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 changed pilot programs to model programs, required programs to be associated with institutions of higher education rather than to be in priority school districts and provided that eligibility be for a five-year period with annual grants contingent upon available funding and evaluation, effective July 1, 2007.