2020 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities
Section 10-99g - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Budget development and approval process for technical high school system.

(a)(1) Each technical high school shall prepare a proposed operating budget for the next succeeding school year beginning July first and submit such proposed operating budget to the superintendent of the technical high school system. Such proposed operating budget shall include a statement of the staffing needs for such technical high school. The superintendent shall collect, review and use the proposed operating budget for each technical high school to guide the preparation of a proposed operating budget for the technical high school system.

(2) The superintendent of the technical high school system shall submit a proposed operating budget for the technical high school system to the technical high school system board. Such proposed operating budget shall include a statement of the staffing needs for the technical high school system. The board shall review, amend and approve such proposed operating budget and submit the approved budget to the State Board of Education. The state board shall review, but shall not amend, and submit such approved operating budget, with any comments or recommendations for revisions, to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in accordance with the provisions of section 4-77. The superintendent shall submit a copy of (A) the proposed operating budgets for each technical high school, including the statement of the staffing needs for each technical high school, (B) the proposed operating budget for the technical high school system, including the statement of the staffing needs for the technical high school system, and (C) the approved operating budget for the technical high school system to the Office of Policy and Management and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. The superintendent shall communicate directly with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management regarding the creation or filling of staff positions included in the approved operating budget for the technical high school system.

(b) The superintendent of the technical high school system shall semiannually submit the operating budget and expenses for each individual technical high school, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the director of the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis and to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education.

(c) The superintendent of the technical high school system shall make available and update on the technical high school system web site and the web site of each technical high school the operating budget for the current school year of each individual technical high school.

(P.A. 10-76, S. 8; P.A. 12-116, S. 70; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 28; P.A. 16-42, S. 1.)

*Note: On and after July 1, 2022, this section, as amended by section 10 of public act 17-237, section 17 of public act 18-182 and section 276 of public act 19-117, is to read as follows:

“Sec. 10-99g. Preparation and submission of operating budget for the Technical Education and Career System. (a)(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, each technical education and career school shall prepare a proposed school budget for the next succeeding school year beginning July first and submit such proposed school budget to the superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System. Such proposed school budget shall include a statement of the staffing needs for such technical education and career school. The superintendent shall collect, review and use the proposed school budget for each technical education and career school to guide the preparation of a proposed school budget for the Technical Education and Career System.

(2) The superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System shall prepare and submit the education budget for the Technical Education and Career System to the executive director of the Technical Education and Career System. The education budget shall include educational and school-based accounts and expenditures, the school budget for each technical education and career school, and a statement of the staffing needs for the technical education and career schools. The executive director shall review the education budget and include the education budget as part of the operating budget for the Technical Education and Career System. The executive director shall report any financial inconsistencies or irregularities discovered during the course of such review to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Auditors of Public Accounts. For purposes of this section and section 10-99f, “educational and school-based accounts and expenditures” means funds used to (A) support instruction, programming and curriculum within the Technical Education and Career System, and (B) purchase supplies and equipment for instruction at individual technical education and career schools.

(3) The executive director shall prepare the central office budget for the Technical Education and Career System. Such central office budget shall include noneducational and central office accounts and expenditures and a statement of the staffing needs for the central office of the system. The executive director shall include the central office budget as part of the operating budget for the Technical Education and Career System.

(4) The executive director shall prepare and submit the operating budget of the Technical Education and Career System to the Office of Policy and Management in accordance with the provisions of section 4-77.

(5) The executive director shall annually submit a copy of (A) an itemized school budget for each technical education and career school, including the statement of the staffing needs for each technical education and career school, (B) the education budget, (C) the central office budget, including the statement of the staffing needs for the system, and (D) the operating budget for the Technical Education and Career System to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.

(b) The executive director shall semiannually submit the operating budget and expenses for each individual technical education and career school, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the director of the legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis and to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education.

(c) (1) The superintendent shall make available and update on the Technical Education and Career System Internet web site and the Internet web site of each technical education and career school the operating budget for the current school year of each individual technical education and career school.

(2) The executive director shall make available and update on the Technical Education and Career System Internet web site the operating budget for the current school year of the central office of the Technical Education and Career System and the operating budget for the Technical Education and Career System.”

(P.A. 10-76, S. 8; P.A. 12-116, S. 70; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 28; P.A. 16-42, S. 1; P.A. 17-237, S. 10; P.A. 18-182, S. 17; P.A. 19-117, S. 276.)

History: P.A. 10-76 effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 12-116 added new Subsec. (a) re proposed operating budgets for technical high schools and proposed budget for technical high school system, redesignated existing Subsecs. (a) and (b) as Subsecs. (b) and (c), replaced “biannually” with “semiannually” re submissions in redesignated Subsec. (b) and replaced references to regional vocational-technical school system with references to technical high school system, effective July 1, 2012; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding “amend and approve” re proposed operating budget, deleting provision re interim budget and adding provision re submission of approved budget to State Board of Education and Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 16-42 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provisions re statement of staffing needs, and, in Subdiv. (2), adding provision re state board to review, but not amend, and submit approved operating budget with comments or recommendations, designating existing provisions re copies to be submitted by superintendent as Subparas. (A) to (C), and adding provision re superintendent to communicate directly with Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management re creation or filling of staff positions, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-237 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, each” and replacing references to proposed operating budget with references to proposed school budget in Subdiv. (1), replacing provisions re proposed operating budget with provisions re education budget in Subdiv. (2), adding Subdiv. (3) re central office budget, adding Subdiv. (4) re operating budget, and adding Subdiv. (5) re annual submission of school, education, central office and operating budgets to education and appropriations committees, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “superintendent of the technical high school system” with “executive director”, amended Subsec. (c) by designating existing provisions re Internet web site as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re executive director to make central office and system operating budgets available on Internet web site, replaced references to technical high school and technical high school system with references to technical education and career school and Technical Education and Career System, respectively, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 18-182 changed effective date of P.A. 17-237, S. 10, from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2020, effective June 14, 2018; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing “2020” with “2023”, effective July 1, 2022.