2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 172 - Support of Public Schools. Transportation
Section 10-262f - Definitions.

Whenever used in this section and sections 10-262h to 10-262j, inclusive:

(1) “Adjusted equalized net grand list” means the equalized net grand list of a town multiplied by its income adjustment factor.

(2) “Base aid ratio” means one minus the ratio of a town’s wealth to the state guaranteed wealth level, provided no town’s aid ratio shall be less than nine one-hundredths, except for towns which rank from one to twenty when all towns are ranked in descending order from one to one hundred sixty-nine based on the ratio of the number of children below poverty to the number of children age five to seventeen, inclusive, the town’s aid ratio shall not be less than thirteen one-hundredths when based on data used to determine the grants pursuant to section 10-262h for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008.

(3) “Income adjustment factor” means the average of a town’s per capita income divided by the per capita income of the town with the highest per capita income in the state and a town’s median household income divided by the median household income of the town with the highest median household income in the state.

(4) “Median household income” for each town means that enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census of population or that enumerated in the current population report series issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, whichever is more recent and available on January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which payment is to be made pursuant to section 10-262i.

(5) “Supplemental aid factor” means for each town the average of its percentage of children eligible under the temporary family assistance program and its grant mastery percentage.

(6) “Percentage of children eligible under the temporary family assistance program” means the town’s number of children under the temporary family assistance program divided by the number of children age five to seventeen, inclusive, in the town.

(7) “Average mastery percentage” means for each school year the average of the three most recent mastery percentages available on December first of the school year.

(8) “Equalized net grand list”, for purposes of calculating the amount of grant to which any town is entitled in accordance with section 10-262h, means the average of the net grand lists of the town upon which taxes were levied for the general expenses of the town two, three and four years prior to the fiscal year in which such grant is to be paid, provided such net grand lists are equalized in accordance with section 10-261a.

(9) “Foundation” means (A) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, three thousand nine hundred eighteen dollars, (B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, four thousand one hundred ninety-two dollars, (C) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, four thousand four hundred eighty-six dollars, (D) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1993, June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995, four thousand eight hundred dollars, (E) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, June 30, 1997, and June 30, 1998, five thousand seven hundred eleven dollars, (F) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, five thousand seven hundred seventy-five dollars, (G) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, five thousand eight hundred ninety-one dollars, and (H) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2013, inclusive, nine thousand six hundred eighty-seven dollars.

(10) “Number of children age five to seventeen, inclusive” means that enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census of population or enumerated in the current population report series issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, whichever is more recent and available on January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which payment is to be made pursuant to section 10-262i.

(11) “Supplemental aid ratio” means .04 times the supplemental aid factor of a town divided by the highest supplemental aid factor when all towns are ranked from low to high, provided any town whose percentage of children eligible under the temporary family assistance program exceeds twenty-five shall have a supplemental aid ratio of .04.

(12) “Grant mastery percentage” means (A) for the school year ending June 30, 1989, average mastery percentage, and (B) for the school years ending June 30, 1990, through the school year ending June 30, 1995, the average mastery percentage plus the mastery improvement bonus, and (C) for each school year thereafter, the average mastery percentage.

(13) “Mastery count” of a town means for each school year the grant mastery percentage of the town multiplied by the number of resident students.

(14) “Mastery improvement bonus” means for each school year through the school year ending June 30, 1995, seventy-five per cent of the difference between (A) the grant mastery percentage for the previous school year, and (B) the average mastery percentage for the school year, but not less than zero.

(15) “Mastery percentage” of a town for any school year means, using the mastery test data of record for the examination administered in such year, the number obtained by dividing (A) the total number of valid tests with scores below the state-wide standard for remedial assistance as determined by the Department of Education in each subject of the examinations pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-14n taken by resident students, by (B) the total number of such valid tests taken by such students.

(16) “Mastery test data of record” means (A) for any examination administered prior to the 2005-2006 school year, the data of record on the April thirtieth subsequent to the administration of the examinations pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-14n, except that school districts may, not later than the March first following the administration of an examination, file a request with the Department of Education for an adjustment of the mastery test data from such examination, and (B) for examinations administered in the 2005-2006 school year and each school year thereafter, the data of record on the December thirty-first subsequent to the administration of the examinations pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (c) of section 10-14n, or such data adjusted by the Department of Education pursuant to a request by a local or regional board of education for an adjustment of the mastery test data from such examination filed with the department not later than the November thirtieth following the administration of the examination.

(17) “Number of children under the temporary family assistance program” means the number obtained by adding together the unduplicated aggregate number of children five to eighteen years of age eligible to receive benefits under the temporary family assistance program or its predecessor federal program, as appropriate, in October and May of each fiscal year, and dividing by two, such number to be certified and submitted annually, no later than the first day of July of the succeeding fiscal year, to the Commissioner of Education by the Commissioner of Social Services.

(18) “Per capita income” for each town means that enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census of population or that enumerated in the current population report series issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, whichever is more recent and available on January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which payment is to be made pursuant to section 10-262i.

(19) “Regional bonus” means, for any town which is a member of a regional school district and has students who attend such regional school district, an amount equal to one hundred dollars for each such student enrolled in the regional school district on October first or the full school day immediately preceding such date for the school year prior to the fiscal year in which the grant is to be paid multiplied by the ratio of the number of grades, kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, in the regional school district to thirteen.

(20) “Regular program expenditures” means (A) total current educational expenditures less (B) expenditures for (i) special education programs pursuant to subsection (h) of section 10-76f, (ii) pupil transportation eligible for reimbursement pursuant to section 10-266m, (iii) land and capital building expenditures, and equipment otherwise supported by a state grant pursuant to chapter 173, including debt service, (iv) health services for nonpublic school children, (v) adult education, (C) expenditures directly attributable to (i) state grants received by or on behalf of school districts except grants for the categories of expenditures listed in subparagraphs (B)(i) to (B)(v), inclusive, of this subdivision and except grants received pursuant to section 10-262i and section 10-262c of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1987, and except grants received pursuant to chapter 173, (ii) federal grants received by or on behalf of school districts except for adult education and federal impact aid, and (iii) receipts from the operation of child nutrition services and student activities services, (D) expenditures of funds from private and other sources, and (E) tuition received on account of nonresident students. The town of Woodstock may include as part of the current expenses of its public schools for each school year the amount expended for current expenses in that year by Woodstock Academy from income from its endowment funds upon receipt from said academy of a certified statement of such current expenses. The town of Winchester may include as part of the current expenses of its public school for each school year the amount expended for current expenses in that year by the Gilbert School from income from its endowment funds upon receipt from said school of a certified statement of such current expenses.

(21) “Regular program expenditures per need student” means, in any year, the regular program expenditures of a town for such year divided by the number of total need students in the town for such school year, provided for towns which are members of a kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, regional school district and for such regional school district, “regular program expenditures per need student” means, in any year, the regular program expenditures of such regional school district divided by the sum of the number of total need students in all such member towns.

(22) “Resident students” means the number of pupils of the town enrolled in public schools at the expense of the town on October first or the full school day immediately preceding such date, provided the number shall be decreased by the Department of Education for failure to comply with the provisions of section 10-16 and shall be increased by one one-hundred-eightieth for each full-time equivalent school day in the school year immediately preceding such date of at least five hours of actual school work in excess of one hundred eighty days and nine hundred hours of actual school work and be increased by the full-time equivalent number of such pupils attending the summer sessions immediately preceding such date at the expense of the town; “enrolled” shall include pupils who are scheduled for vacation on the above date and who are expected to return to school as scheduled. Pupils participating in the program established pursuant to section 10-266aa shall be counted in accordance with the provisions of subsection (h) of section 10-266aa.

(23) “Schools” means nursery schools, kindergarten and grades one to twelve, inclusive.

(24) “State guaranteed wealth level” means (A) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, 1.8335 times the town wealth of the town with the median wealth as calculated using the data of record on December first of the fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid pursuant to section 10-262i, (B) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1991, and 1992, 1.6651 times the town wealth of the town with such median wealth, (C) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1993, June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995, 1.5361 times the town wealth of the town with the median wealth, (D) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1996, to June 30, 2007, inclusive, 1.55 times the town wealth of the town with the median wealth, and (E) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and each fiscal year thereafter, 1.75 times the town wealth of the town with the median wealth.

(25) “Total need students” means the sum of (A) the number of resident students of the town for the school year, (B) (i) for any school year commencing prior to July 1, 1998, one-quarter the number of children under the temporary family assistance program for the prior fiscal year, and (ii) for the school years commencing July 1, 1998, to July 1, 2006, inclusive, one-quarter the number of children under the temporary family assistance program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, (C) for school years commencing July 1, 1995, to July 1, 2006, inclusive, one-quarter of the mastery count for the school year, (D) for school years commencing July 1, 1995, to July 1, 2006, inclusive, ten per cent of the number of eligible children, as defined in subdivision (1) of section 10-17e, for whom the board of education is not required to provide a program pursuant to section 10-17f, (E) for the school year commencing July 1, 2007, and each school year thereafter, fifteen per cent of the number of eligible students, as defined in subdivision (1) of section 10-17e, for whom the board of education is not required to provide a program pursuant to section 10-17f, and (F) for the school year commencing July 1, 2007, and each school year thereafter, thirty-three per cent of the number of children below the level of poverty.

(26) “Town wealth” means the average of a town’s adjusted equalized net grand list divided by its total need students for the fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid and its adjusted equalized net grand list divided by its population.

(27) “Population” of a town means that enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census of population or that enumerated in the current population report series issued by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census available on January first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which a grant is to be paid, whichever is most recent; except that any town whose enumerated population residing in state and federal institutions within such town and attributed to such town by the census exceeds forty per cent of such “population” shall have its population adjusted as follows: Persons who are incarcerated or in custodial situations, including, but not limited to jails, prisons, hospitals or training schools or persons who reside in dormitory facilities in schools, colleges, universities or on military bases shall not be counted in the “population” of a town.

(28) “Base revenue” for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, means the sum of the grant entitlements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, of a town pursuant to section 10-262h and subsection (a) of section 10-76g, including its proportional share, based on enrollment, of the revenue paid pursuant to section 10-76g, to the regional district of which the town is a member, and for each fiscal year thereafter means the amount of each town’s entitlement pursuant to section 10-262h minus its density supplement, as determined pursuant to subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 10-262h, except that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, each town’s entitlement shall be determined without using the adjustments made to the previous year’s grant pursuant to subparagraph (M) of subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 10-262h, except that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, each town’s entitlement shall be determined without using the adjustments made to the previous year’s grant pursuant to subparagraph (N) of subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 10-262h.

(29) “Density” means the population of a town divided by the square miles of a town.

(30) “Density aid ratio” means the product of (A) the density of a town divided by the density of the town in the state with the highest density, and (B) .006273.

(31) “Mastery goal improvement count” means the product of (A) the difference between the percentage of state-wide mastery examination scores, pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-14n, at or above the mastery goal level for the most recently completed school year and the percentage of such scores for the prior school year, and (B) the resident students of the town, or zero, whichever is greater.

(32) “Target aid” means the sum of (A) the product of a town’s base aid ratio, the foundation level and the town’s total need students for the fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid, (B) the product of a town’s supplemental aid ratio, the foundation level and the sum of the portion of its total need students count described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subdivision (25) of this section for the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the grant is to be paid, and the adjustments to its resident student count described in subdivision (22) of this section relative to length of school year and summer school sessions, and (C) the town’s regional bonus.

(33) “Fully funded grant” means the sum of (A) the product of a town’s base aid ratio, the foundation level and the town’s total need students for the fiscal year prior to the year in which the grant is to be paid, and (B) the town’s regional bonus.

(34) “Number of children below the level of poverty” means the number of children, ages five to seventeen, inclusive, in families in poverty, as determined under Part A of Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act, P.L. 107-110. The count for member towns of regional school districts shall be the sum of towns’ initial determination under Title I and the proportionate share of the regional districts determination based member enrollment in the regional district.

(35) “Current program expenditures” means (A) total current educational expenditures less (B) expenditures for (i) land and capital building expenditures, and equipment otherwise supported by a state grant pursuant to chapter 173, including debt service, (ii) health services for nonpublic school children, and (iii) adult education, (C) expenditures directly attributable to (i) state grants received by or on behalf of school districts except grants for the categories of expenditures listed in subparagraphs (B)(i) to (B)(iii), inclusive, of this subdivision and except grants received pursuant to section 10-262i and section 10-262c of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1987, and except grants received pursuant to chapter 173, (ii) federal grants received by or on behalf of school districts except for adult education and federal impact aid, and (iii) receipts from the operation of child nutrition services and student activities services, (D) expenditures of funds from private and other sources, and (E) tuition received on account of nonresident students. The town of Woodstock may include as part of the current expenses of its public schools for each school year the amount expended for current expenses in that year by Woodstock Academy from income from its endowment funds upon receipt from said academy of a certified statement of such current expenses. The town of Winchester may include as part of the current expenses of its public school for each school year the amount expended for current expenses in that year by the Gilbert School from income from its endowment funds upon receipt from said school of a certified statement of such current expenses.

(36) “Current program expenditures per resident student” means, in any year, the current program expenditures of a town for such year divided by the number of resident students in the town for such school year.

(37) “Base aid” means the amount of the grant pursuant to section 10-262h that a town was eligible to receive for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.

(38) “Local funding percentage” means that for the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which the grant is to be paid pursuant to section 10-262i, the number obtained by dividing (A) total current educational expenditures less (i) expenditures for (I) land and capital building expenditures, and equipment otherwise supported by a state grant pursuant to chapter 173, including debt service, (II) health services for nonpublic school children, and (III) adult education, (ii) expenditures directly attributable to (I) state grants received by or on behalf of school districts, except those grants for the categories of expenditures described in subparagraphs (A)(i)(I) to (A)(i)(III), inclusive, of this subdivision, and except grants received pursuant to chapter 173, (II) federal grants received by or on behalf of local or regional boards of education, except those grants for adult education and federal impact aid, and (III) receipts from the operation of child nutrition services and student activities services, (iii) expenditures of funds from private and other sources, and (iv) tuition received by the district for the education of nonresident students, by (B) total current educational expenditures less expenditures for (i) land and capital building expenditures, and equipment otherwise supported by a state grant pursuant to chapter 173, including debt service, (ii) health services for nonpublic school children, and (iii) adult education.

(39) “Minimum local funding percentage” means (A) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, twenty per cent, (B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, twenty-one per cent, (C) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, twenty-two per cent, (D) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, twenty-three per cent, and (E) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, twenty-four per cent.

(P.A. 88-358, S. 1, 9; P.A. 89-124, S. 2–4, 13; 89-355, S. 7–9, 20; P.A. 90-225, S. 4–6, 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7, S. 10, 22; P.A. 92-262, S. 24, 25, 42; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-14, S. 3, 11; P.A. 93-145, S. 1, 6; 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-353, S. 48, 52; P.A. 95-226, S. 1, 30; P.A. 96-161, S. 7, 13; 96-244, S. 23, 24, 63; P.A. 97-290, S. 24, 29; 97-318, S. 1, 12; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 13, 165; P.A. 98-168, S. 14, 26; 98-252, S. 18, 80; P.A. 99-217, S. 1–4, 8; 99-289, S. 8, 11; P.A. 00-187, S. 13, 75; 00-220, S. 14, 43; P.A. 01-173, S. 22, 67; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 1–3, 54; P.A. 03-76, S. 21, 22; 03-278, S. 115; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 22, 24; P.A. 05-13, S. 2, 3; 05-245, S. 29; P.A. 07-241, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 61; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 48; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6, S. 26; P.A. 11-48, S. 202; 11-179, S. 6, 7; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 287.)

History: P.A. 89-124 redefined “regional bonus” to add a provision that the regional bonus is for towns which are members of regional school districts, to provide that the bonus equals $25 for each student enrolled in the regional school district on October first or the immediately preceding full school day rather than for each resident student and made a technical change, redefined “regular program expenditures” to substitute “capital building expenditures” for “buildings” in Subpara. (B)(iii), transferred Subpara. (C)(i) re tuition received on account of nonresident students to new Subpara. (E) and renumbered the subparagraph, in new Subpara. (C)(i) excepted grants received pursuant to Sec. 10-257f and chapter 173 and added new Subpara. (D) re expenditures of funds from private and other sources, and in Subdiv. (18) added a definition of “regular program expenditures per need student” for towns which are members of certain regional school districts and for such school districts; P.A. 89-355 redefined “education enhancement aid” by substituting 4.5% for 5% as the amount to be added to base aid for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, in Subpara. (A) and by substituting 4.5% for 5% as the amount to be added to the previous year’s education enhancement aid for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, and each fiscal year thereafter in Subpara. (B), redefined “minimum aid” by substituting one-half of 1% for 1% as the amount to be added to base aid for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, in Subpara. (A) and by substituting 0.5% for 1% as the amount to be added to the previous year’s minimum aid for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, and each fiscal year thereafter in Subpara. (B), and redefined “state guaranteed wealth level” by substituting 1.8335 for two as the number to be multiplied by the town wealth of the town with the median wealth; P.A. 90-225 in Subdiv. (5) redefined “education enhancement aid” to be for towns which rank seventeen to one hundred sixty-nine in wealth rather than for towns which in a certain fiscal year did not receive certain educational equalization grants and for the fiscal years after the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, added that education enhancement aid can be the previous year’s minimum aid, if applicable, and reduced the additional percentage from 4.5% to 4%; Subdiv. (13) redefined “minimum aid” to be for towns which rank one to sixteen in wealth rather than for towns which in a certain fiscal year did not receive certain educational equalization grants and for the fiscal years after June 30, 1990, added that minimum aid means the previous year’s minimum aid or education enhancement aid rather than the previous year’s minimum aid plus one-half of 1% and in Subdiv. (22) redefined “state guaranteed wealth level” to be 1.6651 times the town wealth of the town with the median wealth for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1991, and thereafter; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7 amended Subdivs. (5) and (13) to substitute “the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992” for “each fiscal year thereafter” and amended Subdiv. (17) to remove a reference to welfare services for nonpublic school children; P.A. 92-262 amended Subdiv. (22) to add 1992 in Subpara. (B) and to add Subpara. (C) pertaining to fiscal year 1993 and ensuing years and added Subdivs. (28) and (29) defining “equalized mill rate” and “grand levy”; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-14 amended Subdiv. (29) to add “net taxable”; (Revisor’s note: In 1993 an obsolete reference in Subdiv. (14) to repealed Sec. 17-107 was replaced editorially by the Revisors with reference to Sec. 17-106); P.A. 93-145 amended Subdiv. (7)(D) to include the fiscal years ending June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995, and Subdiv. (7)(E) to replace the fiscal year ending June 30, 1994, with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-353 amended Subdivs. (11) and (12) defining “mastery percentage” and “mastery test data of record” to remove a reference to Sec. 10-14n(c), effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-226 revised the definitions of “adjusted equalized net grand list”, “base aid ratio”, “foundation”, “grant mastery percentage”, “mastery improvement bonus”, “mastery percentage”, “regular program expenditures”, “resident students”, “state guaranteed wealth level”, “total need students” and “town wealth”, added the definitions of “income adjustment factor”, “median household income”, “supplemental aid factor”, “percentage of children eligible under the aid to families with dependent children program”, “number of children age five to seventeen, inclusive”, “supplemental aid ratio”, “population”, “base revenue”, “density”, “density aid ratio” and “mastery goal improvement count”, deleted definitions, made technical changes and renumbered, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-161 redefined “resident students” to change the basis for decreases and increases to correspond to the requirements of Sec. 10-16 and to rewrite the provision concerning the counting of students attending summer sessions, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 96-244 amended Subdiv. (20) to make technical changes, deleting references to Secs. 10-257b to 10-257d, inclusive, and 10-257f, repealed elsewhere in the act, and amended Subdiv. (29) to substitute “enrollment” for “resident student counts”, effective July 1, 1996 (Revisor’s note: P.A. 96-244 omitted the closing sentence of Subdiv. (20) re inclusion of Gilbert School expenses as part of public school expenses of the town of Winchester. Since the provision was not enclosed within brackets the omission has been treated as a clerical error and the provision, as enacted by section 1 of public act 95-226, preserved); P.A. 97-290 amended Subdiv. (22) to add provision concerning pupils participating in the program established pursuant to Sec. 10-266aa, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 97-318 amended Subdiv. (9) to add June 30, 1998, and June 30, 1999, made a technical change in Subdiv. (13) and deleted former Subdiv. (23) defining “resident students in regular programs”, renumbering the remaining Subdivs., effective July 1, 1997; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced references to “aid to families with dependent children” with “temporary family assistance”, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-168 amended the definition of “foundation” in Subpara. (E) of Subdiv. (9)(E) to increase the amount to $5,775, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-252 made technical changes in Subdivs. (5) and (11), effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-217 amended Subdiv. (2) to substitute “six one-hundredths” for “zero”, amended Subdiv. (9) to add provisions pertaining to the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000, and June 30, 2001, and to make technical changes, amended Subdiv. (17) to add reference to the predecessor federal program to the temporary family assistance program, and amended Subdiv. (25) to add provision in Subpara. (B)(ii) and to make the existing language in Subpara. (B)(i) apply to school years commencing prior to July 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 99-289 amended Subdiv. (22) to remove an obsolete reference, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-187 amended Subdiv. (19) to increase the amount from $25 to $100, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 00-220 amended Subdiv. (22) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-173 amended Subdiv. (22) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 amended Subdiv. (9)(G) to apply the amount through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, amended Subdiv. (28) to add exception for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and added Subdiv. (32) defining “target aid”, effective July 1, 2001 (Revisor’s note: In Subdiv. (28), the word “of” was added editorially by the Revisors after “subdivision (6)” and before “subsection (a)” for clarity and proper form); P.A. 03-76 made technical changes in Subdivs. (16) and (20), effective June 3, 2003; P.A. 03-278 made a technical change in Subdiv. (22), effective July 9, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subdiv. (9)(G) to apply amount through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, and amended Subdiv. (28) by adding provision re town’s entitlement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 05-13 made technical changes in Subdivs. (15), (16) and (31), effective May 4, 2005; P.A. 05-245 amended Subdiv. (9)(G) to apply amount through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 07-241 redefined “mastery percentage” in Subdiv. (15) to eliminate reference to examination year and redefined “mastery test data of record” in Subdiv. (16) to limit existing language to examinations administered prior to 2005-2006 school year, designate existing language as Subpara. (A) and add Subpara. (B) re examinations administered in 2005-2006 school year and each school year thereafter, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 amended Subdiv. (2) to redefine “base aid ratio” to be no less than nine one-hundredths, except for towns ranked one to twenty when ranked in descending order based on ratio of children below poverty to number of children age five to seventeen, amended Subdiv. (9) to define “foundation” for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2012, in Subpara. (H), amended Subdiv. (24) to redefine “state guaranteed wealth level” for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and each fiscal year thereafter, in Subpara. (E), amended Subdiv. (25) to redefine “total need students” to provide exception for fiscal year commencing July 1, 2008, in Subpara. (A), to terminate provision in Subpara. (B)(ii) with school year ending June 30, 2006, to provide that provisions in Subparas. (C) and (D) apply to school years commencing July 1, 1995, to July 1, 2006, and to add Subparas. (E) and (F) to apply to school years commencing on and after July 1, 2007, added Subdiv. (33) to define “fully funded grant”, added Subdiv. (34) to define “number of children below the level of poverty”, added Subdiv. (35) to define “current program expenditures”, added Subdiv. (36) to define “current program expenditures per resident student”, added Subdiv. (37) to define “base aid” and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 amended Subdiv. (35) to change references to regular program expenditures to current program expenditures and amended Subdiv. (36) to eliminate proviso re towns which are members of kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, regional school districts, effective October 6, 2007; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6 amended Subdiv. (25)(A) by deleting exception re one-quarter reduction applicable for fiscal year 2009, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-48 amended Subdiv. (9)(H) by replacing “2012” with “2013”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-179 amended Subdiv. (20)(B)(iii) and Subdiv. (35)(B)(i) by deleting proviso re debt service, effective July 13, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 added Subdiv. (38) re definition of “local funding percentage” and Subdiv. (39) re definition of “minimum local funding percentage”, effective July 1, 2012.