Amendment #392 to H4700

School District Regionalization Grant

Ms. Blais of Sunderland moves to amend the bill in section 2 by inserting after item 0000-0000 the following item:

SECTION XXXX. For school district regionalization grants to regional school districts and school districts considering forming a regional school district or regionalizing services; provided, that funds may be expended on study and planning grants to allow for the creation of new regional school districts or the expansion of existing regions, on implementation and start-up grants to cover first year costs associated with the transition to a new or expanded regional school district, or for grants to study, plan, and implement innovative shared services plans in areas where regionalization is not appropriate, but where regionalized services could provide significant savings; provided further, that preference may be given in awarding these grants to districts and municipalities with significant enrollment decline, under-utilization of existing school space, or where the regionalization proposal will produce significant expansion of available academic resources and supports as a result of cost savings; and provided further, that funds appropriated for this purpose in fiscal year 2021 may be expended for this purpose until December 31, 2022......................................................................................... $500,000

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School District Regionalization Grant