AN ACT INCREASING FUNDING FOR CERTAIN TRANSITION SERVICES OFFERED TO STUDENTS.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not provide specific details about the type of software licenses that will be acquired.

Increasing Money for Student Transition Services

This act provides $150,000 to the Department of Developmental Services to buy software licenses that local and regional boards of education can use to improve transition services for students through Project SEARCH.

What This Bill Does

• Appropriates $150,000 to the Department of Developmental Services.
• The department will acquire software licenses with this money.
• Local and regional boards of education can use these licenses to enhance transition services for students as part of Project SEARCH.

Who It Names or Affects

• Students who need extra help transitioning from school to work or other activities
• Local and regional boards of education

Terms To Know

Project SEARCH

A program that helps students with disabilities learn job skills before they finish high school.

Transition services

Supports and activities to help students move from one stage of life to another, like going from school to work.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the exact type or purpose of software licenses that will be acquired.
• It is unclear if this funding will continue in future years.

Official Summary Text

To expand the availability of transition services for students under Project SEARCH.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 1037 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5201
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1037

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH

Introduced by:
REP. DATHAN, 142nd Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING FUNDING FOR CERTAIN TRANSITION
SERVICES OFFERED TO STUDENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to appropriate one hundred 1
fifty thousand dollars to the Department of Developmental Services to 2
acquire software licenses to share with local and regional boards of 3
education for the purpose of increasing transition services to students 4
as part of Project SEARCH administered by the department. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To expand the availability of transition services for students under
Project SEARCH.