Connecticut HB 5215: AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD STATUTES.

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House Bill No. 5215 
 
Public Act No. 26-52 
 
 
AN   ACT   CONCERNING   THE   LEGISLATIVE   COMMISSIONERS' 
RECOMMENDATIONS   FOR   TECHNICAL   REVISIONS   TO   THE 
EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD STATUTES. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section  1.  Subdivision  (2)  of  subsection  (d)  of  section  10-220 of  the 
2026 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is 
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(2) On  and  after  January  1,  2024,  and  annually  thereafter, a  local  or 
regional board of education shall provide for a uniform inspection and 
evaluation   program  of   the   indoor   air   quality   within each   school 
building  using the  Environmental  Protection  Agency's  Indoor  Air 
Quality  Tools  for  Schools  Program.  The  inspection  and  evaluation 
program  shall  include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  a  review,  inspection  or 
evaluation   of   the   following: (A) The   heating,   ventilation   and   air 
conditioning  systems; (B) radon  levels  in the  air; (C) potential  for 
exposure   to   microbiological   airborne   particles,   including,   but   not 
limited to, fungi, mold and bacteria; (D) chemical compounds of concern 
to  indoor  air  quality  including,  but  not  limited  to,  volatile  organic 
compounds; (E) the degree of pest infestation, including, but not limited 
to,  insects  and  rodents; (F) the  degree  of  pesticide  usage; (G) the 
presence of and the plans for removal of any hazardous substances that 

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are contained on the list prepared pursuant to Section 302 of the federal 
Emergency  Planning  and  Community  Right-to-Know  Act,  42  USC 
[9601] 11001 et  seq.; (H) ventilation  systems; (I) plumbing,  including 
water distribution systems, drainage systems and fixtures; (J) moisture 
incursion; (K) the  overall  cleanliness  of  the  facilities; (L) building 
structural elements, including, but not limited to, roofing, basements or 
slabs; (M) the use of space, particularly areas that were designed to be 
unoccupied;  and (N) the  provision  of  indoor  air  quality  maintenance 
training  for  building  staff.  Local  and  regional  boards  of  education 
conducting  evaluations  pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  (i)  make 
available   for   public   inspection   the   results   of   the   inspection   and 
evaluation at a regularly scheduled board of education meeting and on 
the Internet web site of such board and on the Internet web site, if any, 
of each individual school, and (ii) submit the report and results of such 
inspection and evaluation to the Department of Administrative Services 
using the form developed pursuant to section 10-231h. 
Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 10-512 of the 2026 supplement to the 
general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the  following  is  substituted  in  lieu 
thereof (Effective from passage): 
(c) The State Treasurer   shall   be   responsible   for   the   receipt, 
maintenance, administration, investing and release of amounts from the 
endowment.  The  endowment  shall  not  receive  deposits  in  any  form 
other than cash. 
Sec.   3.   Subsections   (a)   and   (b)   of   section   10-512a of   the   2026 
supplement  to  the  general  statutes  are  repealed  and  the  following  is 
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 
(a)  For  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  2025,  based  on  an  estimate 
prepared  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Office  of  Policy  and  Management 
between  June  15,  2025,  to  June  30,  2025,  inclusive,  of  the  amount  of 
current unappropriated surplus for such fiscal year, the amount of such 

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estimated  surplus,  if  any,  up  to  a  maximum  of  three  hundred  million 
dollars  shall  be  transferred  on  or  before  June  30,  2025,  by  the State 
Treasurer  from  the  General  Fund  to  the  Early  Childhood  Education 
Endowment established under section 10-512, as amended by this act. 
(b) For  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  2026,  and  each  fiscal  year 
thereafter, based on such estimated amount of current unappropriated 
surplus  described  in  subsection  (a)  of  this  section,  if  any,  the  entire 
amount  of  such  estimated  surplus  for  each  such  fiscal  year  shall  be 
transferred  by  the State Treasurer  from  the General  Fund  to  the  Early 
Childhood  Education  Endowment,  except  that  if  the  amount  in  the 
Budget  Reserve  Fund  is  estimated  by  the  secretary  to  be  less  than 
eighteen per cent of the estimated net General Fund appropriations for 
the ensuing fiscal year, the amount of such transfer shall be reduced by 
the  amount  necessary  to  increase  the  amount  in  the  Budget  Reserve 
Fund   to   eighteen   per   cent   of   the   estimated   net   General   Fund 
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