§ 10-265o

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Education shall establish the municipal aid for new educators grant program. On or before March first of each year, the program shall, within available appropriations, provide grants of up to two hundred thousand dollars to the local or regional board of education for an alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u, for the purpose of extending offers of employment to students who are enrolled in a teacher preparation program offered by a public or private institution of higher education, are graduating seniors and are academically in the top ten per cent of their graduating class.(P.A. 12-116, S. 10; P.A. 13-31, S. 27; P.A. 15-108, S. 7.)History: P.A. 12-116 effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-31 made a technical change, effective May 28, 2013; P.A. 15-108 replaced 'educational reform' with 'alliance' and deleted cap of up to five students and requirement that students be enrolled in an institution of higher education in the state, effective July 1, 2015.