{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-512g","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-512g","heading":"Early Childhood Education Endowment Advisory Board.","body":"(a) There is established the Early Childhood Education Endowment Advisory Board. The board shall be responsible for (1) providing oversight of the administration of the Early Childhood Education Endowment, (2) ensuring that funds from the endowment are expended in accordance with the provisions of section 10-512c, (3) reviewing all reports and expenditure plans concerning the endowment submitted by the Treasurer and Commissioner of Early Childhood, (4) reviewing and assessing the outcomes related to the expenditure of funds from the endowment, and (5) preparing and submitting reports and recommendations to the General Assembly concerning the administration of the endowment and permissible expenditure of funds from the endowment, including recommendations for expansion of permissible expenditures of funds from the endowment.\n(b) The board shall consist of the following members:\n(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be a parent who is a member of the parent cabinet established by the Office of Early Childhood pursuant to section 10-500 and one of whom shall be a member of the House of Representatives;\n(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of whom shall be the licensee of a family child care home and one of whom shall be a member of the Senate;\n(3) Two appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be an educator in an early care and education program in the state and one of whom shall be the parent or guardian of a child receiving services under the birth-to-three program established under section 17a-248b;\n(4) Two appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, one of whom shall be a representative of a philanthropic organization that is engaged in early childhood education issues or child care issues in the state and one of whom shall be a special education teacher or administrator in a public school preschool program that is providing services under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 USC 1431 et seq., as amended from time to time;\n(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who is a representative of a child care center;\n(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who is an educator in a preschool program provided by a local or regional board of education;\n(7) Two appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be a representative of a corporation with a significant physical presence in the state and that employs individuals who may benefit from early childhood education and state child care initiatives and one of whom shall be a representative from a Head Start program;\n(8) The Commissioner of Early Childhood, or the commissioner's designee;\n(9) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee;\n(10) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee; and\n(11) The Treasurer, or the Treasurer's designee.\n(c) All initial appointments to the board shall be made not later than September 1, 2025. Each appointed member shall serve in accordance with the provisions of section 4-1a and the appointing authorities shall appoint members to ensure representation on the board of all geographic areas in the state, to the extent practicable. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority. Any vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term.\n(d) The Commissioner of Early Childhood, or the commissioner's designee, the member of the House of Representatives and the member of the Senate shall serve as the chairpersons of the board. The chairpersons shall jointly schedule the first meeting of the board to be held not later than October 1, 2025. The board shall meet at least quarterly and host an annual public hearing prior to the completion of the annual report described in subsection (f) of this section.\n(e) The Treasurer, or the Treasurer's designee, shall, at the first meeting of the board and semiannually thereafter, submit to the board an actuarial chart that includes a review of the total amount of funds within the endowment, the health of the investments of the endowment, the anticipated growth of the endowment and any recommended models for the timing and rate of drawing down from the endowment.\n(f) Not later than January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the board shall develop a report that includes, but is not limited to, (1) the financial health and actuarial future of the endowment based on information received from the Treasurer, (2) the expenditures of funds from the endowment, (3) status updates of early care and education programs, early childhood educators, families and children served, and (4) any recommendations for legislation. The board shall submit such report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, children, appropriations and finance, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.\n(g) The members of the board shall serve without compensation, except the parent and program provider members of the board may, within available resources, be provided a stipend for serving on the board.\n(h) The board shall be within the office of the Treasurer for administrative purposes only.","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_10-512g","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":"c92bac22e67590079563b06e3956c5f6e91aac41864ad8540b7ebb4921d444c2","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-512f","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-512h"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}