SB 12 Summary

• Authorizes $5.5 million in state bonds for Office of Policy and Management purposes, effective July 1, 2018.

• Requires L.W. Batchelder Elementary School in Hartford to continue operating as a neighborhood school for grades preschool-five and host the Montessori Magnet school as a colocated interdistrict program, with enrollment preferences for siblings, school employees, and students within a nine-tenths mile radius.

• Adjusts bond authorizations across multiple prior public acts, including increases to judicial facility repairs in New Haven ($9.5 million), mental health services grants ($4.3 million), and school infrastructure grants (ranging from $6.6 million to $24.9 million).

• Increases authorization for school security projects involving multimedia interoperable communication systems to $5 million and dedicates funds for colocation costs of the Montessori Magnet school at L.W. Batchelder Elementary.

• Allocates $60 million in grants to Connecticut municipalities for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, with specific distributions listed in detailed table; includes $12 million maximum for Down Payment Assistance Program for families earning up to 120% of area median income.