The proposed bill, General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6451, seeks to amend section 10-262h of the general statutes to revise the definition of resident students for the purpose of calculating the education cost sharing grant. The bill introduces new language that allows towns to include in their resident student count any student who was previously enrolled in a public school under the jurisdiction of the town's board of education during the prior fiscal year but is now attending a nonpublic school.

Under this new provision, for each of these students, the town will receive two-thirds of the per pupil amount from the education cost sharing grant, while the remaining one-third will be allocated to the nonpublic school that the student is currently attending. This change aims to provide financial support to towns for students who transition from public to nonpublic education, thereby revising the current funding formula to better reflect the needs of the educational system.