The Commissioner of Education, with the assistance of the State Education Resource Center, established pursuant to section 10-357a, may provide grants to local and regional boards of education for school districts designated as alliance districts, pursuant to section 10-262u. Such grants shall be for the creation and acquisition of new curricula, training in the use of such curricula and related supporting textbooks and other materials. Such local and regional boards of education may use such grants only for curricula, training and related textbooks and materials that have been authorized by the commissioner. Such local and regional boards of education shall apply for grants pursuant to this section at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes, and the commissioner shall determine the amount of the grant awards.
(P.A. 05-245, S. 24; P.A. 11-85, S. 9; P.A. 12-116, S. 44; P.A. 13-286, S. 2; P.A. 14-212, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 05-245 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 11-85 amended Subsec. (c) by designating existing language as Subpara. (A) and adding Subpara. (B) re professional development activities for teachers in Subdiv. (2), redesignating existing Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (6), and adding new Subdiv. (4) re strategies for students who are in danger of failing and Subdiv. (5) re culturally relevant methods for educating students whose primary language is not English, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-116 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “continuing education” with “professional development”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-286 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdivs. (1) and (2) re center subject to competitive bidding requirements and audits and adding provisions re center considered a public agency for purposes of Ch. 14 and considered a state agency for purposes of Ch. 55a, effective July 12, 2013; P.A. 14-212 deleted former Subsecs. (a) re State Education Resource Center and (c) re Connecticut School Reform Resource Center, deleted Subsec. (b) designator, added reference to Sec. 10-357a, replaced reference to school districts identified as in need of improvement with reference to school districts designated as alliance districts and made technical and conforming changes, effective June 13, 2014 (Revisor's note: A reference to “this subsection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “this section” for accuracy).