(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, the Department of Education shall award, within available appropriations, a grant in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars to the Hartford school district for program development and expansion of the Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy to assist the state in meeting the goals of the 2013 stipulation for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O’Neill, et al. Application for such grant funds awarded pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Education at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes.

(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, any student who is not a resident of the Hartford school district may apply for enrollment in the Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy, provided such student is eligible for enrollment under the school's admissions policies. Any such student enrolled in the Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy shall be so enrolled as a participant in the interdistrict public school attendance program pursuant to section 10-266aa.

(c) Grants awarded under this section shall supplement other grant awards to which the Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy is entitled and shall not reduce such academy's eligibility for any other grant that such academy may be entitled to receive.

(P.A. 14-217, S. 90; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 308.)

History: P.A. 14-217 effective July 1, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “and each fiscal year thereafter” and “annually” and amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “and each school year thereafter”, effective July 1, 2015.