{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-512c","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-512c","heading":"Expenditure of funds from the Early Childhood Education Endowment.","body":"(a) As used in this section:\n(1) “Expansion costs” includes expenses to increase early care and education program provider payment rates, increase equitable access and affordability of high quality early childhood education, extend the hours of operation per day or portion of the year covered or to sustain services previously funded by the Early Childhood Education Endowment;\n(2) “Programmatic costs” includes costs for parent and early care and education program enrollment campaigns, local governance partners, needs assessment technical assistance, facilities program technical assistance and workforce recruitment and scholarships for educators in alignment with the early childhood priorities of the Early Childhood Education Endowment Advisory Board and the Office of Early Childhood; and\n(3) “Administrative costs” includes costs relating to (A) personnel, including, but not limited to, the salary and fringe benefits of the employees of the Treasurer's office responsible for administering the Early Childhood Education Endowment and the employees of the Office of Early Childhood and the Department of Education responsible for administering programming that utilizes funds from the endowment, and the stipends provided to parent and program provider members of the Early Childhood Education Endowment Advisory Board pursuant to subsection (g) of section 10-512g, and (B) data and technology, including, but not limited to, the development and maintenance of payment or parent enrollment portals, establishing or managing memoranda of understanding between the Office of Early Childhood and other states agencies related to the provision of child care.\n(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the Commissioner of Early Childhood, upon receipt of the funds released by the Treasurer from the Early Childhood Education Endowment pursuant to section 10-512b, is authorized to expend such funds for the following purposes and in the following manner: (1) Up to eight per cent of such released funds for administrative costs, and (2) of such remaining released funds (A) three hundred thousand dollars for the health insurance subsidy program established pursuant to section 10-531b, and (B) the remaining balance for expansion costs and programmatic costs.\n(c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the Commissioner of Early Childhood, upon receipt of the funds released by the Treasurer from the endowment pursuant to section 10-512b, is authorized to expend such funds for the following purposes and in the following manner: (1) Up to twelve per cent of such released funds for administrative costs, and (2) of such remaining released funds (A) ten million dollars for the health insurance subsidy program established pursuant to section 10-531b, and (B) the remaining balance for expansion costs and programmatic costs.\n(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2028, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Commissioner of Early Childhood, upon receipt of the funds released by the Treasurer from the endowment pursuant to section 10-512b, is authorized to expend such funds for the following purposes and in the following manner: (1) Up to seven per cent of such released funds for administrative costs, and (2) of such remaining released funds for (A) the health insurance subsidy program established pursuant to section 10-531b, and (B) expansion costs and programmatic costs.\n(e) Any funds from the endowment that have been released by the Treasurer to the Commissioner of Early Childhood pursuant to section 10-512b shall:\n(1) Supplement and not supplant any other local, state or federal funds otherwise available for early childhood care and education;\n(2) Not be comingled with any state or federal funding received under the child care development block grant pursuant to the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990; and\n(3) Not lapse if not expended by the commissioner at the end of the fiscal year and shall be transferred to the Treasurer and deposited in the endowment.","path":["TITLE 10. EDUCATION AND CULTURE","CHAPTER 184c. OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/sup/chap_184c.htm#sec_10-512c","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:21Z","sha256":"e7d7f72905966b7341387f52cc8441dbbea0cf64cc2be1fbdeffb4846dc8d57c","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-512b","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-512d"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}