AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE PREAPPRENTICESHIP GRANT PROGRAM.

Plain English Breakdown

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Funding for High School Preapprenticeship Grants

This bill provides $800,000 from the state General Fund to support the high school preapprenticeship grant program.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $800,000 for the preapprenticeship grant program.
• Takes money from the General Fund to pay for this program.
• Sends the funds to the Department of Education.
• Applies only to the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

• The state Department of Education
• Participants in the high school preapprenticeship grant program

Terms To Know

Preapprenticeship grant program

A program established under section 10-21p of the general statutes for high schools.

General Fund

The source from which this $800,000 appropriation is taken.

Limits and Unknowns

• This funding only covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
• The text does not specify how many students will receive grants or what rules they must follow.

Official Summary Text

To provide funding for the high school preapprenticeship grant program.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 320 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 11
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 320

Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

Introduced by:
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE PREAPPRENTICESHIP
GRANT PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the sum of eight hundred thousand dollars be appropriated to 1
the Department of Education, from the General Fund, for the fiscal year 2
ending June 30, 2027, for the preapprenticeship grant program, 3
established under section 10-21p of the general statutes. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To provide funding for the high school preapprenticeship grant
program.