Connecticut General Statutes 10-155cc – Definitions
(a) For the purposes of this section:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 10-155cc
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
(1) “Adjusted staff members in the school district or regional educational service center” means the result obtained by multiplying the total number, according to the Teachers’ Retirement Board data pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection, of full-time equivalent staff members certified pursuant to § 10-145 in the respective school district or regional educational service center, by the appropriate percentage as determined in subsection (b) of this section.
(2) “Adjusted staff members in the state” means the sum of all adjusted staff members in school districts and regional educational service centers in the state.
(3) “Teachers’ Retirement Board data” means the data reported to the Teachers’ Retirement Board on the annual school staff reports due on September fifteenth of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year the grant is to be paid.
(4) “Comprehensive professional development plan” means for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, and each fiscal year thereafter, the comprehensive local professional development plan developed pursuant to subsection (b) of § 10-220a.
(b) The percentage used to calculate the adjusted staff members pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section shall be determined as follows:
(1) For local boards of education: (A) Each town in the state shall be ranked in descending order from one to one hundred sixty-nine according to such town’s adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, as defined in § 10-261; (B) based upon such ranking, a percentage of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred fifty shall be determined for each town on a continuous scale.
(2) For each regional board of education by: (A) Multiplying the total population, as defined in § 10-261, of each town in the district by such town’s ranking, as determined in subdivision (1) of this subsection; (B) adding together the figures for each town determined under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision; and (C) dividing the total computed under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision by the total population of all towns in the district. The ranking of each regional board of education shall be rounded to the next higher whole number and each such board shall receive the same percentage as would a town with the same rank pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(3) For each regional educational service center by: (A) Multiplying the total population, as defined in § 10-261, of each member town in the regional educational service center by such town’s ranking, as determined in subdivision (1) of this subsection; (B) adding together the figures for each town determined under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision; and (C) dividing the total computed under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision by the total population of all member towns in the regional educational service center. The ranking of each regional educational service center shall be rounded to the next higher whole number and each such center shall receive the same percentage as would a town with the same rank pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection.