Connecticut SB 266: AN ACT CONCERNING POLLING PLACES AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

Status: FILE NO. 711 (as of 2019-04-17)

State: Connecticut · Session: 2019 · Bill: SB 266

Subjects: Polling places, Institution of higher education

Sponsors: Bergstein, Alexandra, Bradley, Dennis A., Cassano, Steve, Cohen, Christine, Daugherty Abrams, Mary, Duff, Bob, Elliott, Josh, Flexer, Mae, Haskell, Will, Kushner, Julie, Leone, Carlo, Lesser, Matthew L., Looney, Martin M., McCrory, Douglas, Michel, David, Moore, Marilyn V., Needleman, Norman, Osten, Catherine A.

Bill Text

LCO 1 of 2

General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 266
February Session, 2026

AN ACT LIMITING THE ACCESS OF PRIVATE EQUITY TO FUNDS
FROM THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ENDOWMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 10-512d of the 2026 supplement to the general 1
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective July 1, 2026): 3
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and each fiscal year 4
thereafter, the Commissioner of Early Childhood may expend, in 5
accordance with the provisions of section 10-512c, funds released by the 6
Treasurer from the Early Childhood Education Endowment, pursuant 7
to section 10-512b, to any early care and education program providing 8
child care services, as described in section 19a-77, or preschool program 9
operated by a local or regional board of education that is (1) receiving 10
financial assistance under Early Start CT pursuant to section 10-550b, (2) 11
participating in the quality improvement system established by the 12
Office of Early Childhood under subdivision (15) of subsection (b) of 13
section 10-500, and (3) participating in the Child and Adult Care Food 14
Program, 42 USC 1766, as amended from time to time, unless such 15
program has received a waiver from participation in said program by 16
the Commissioner of Early Childhood or is a public school preschool 17
program that offers free or reduced priced lunches pursuant to federal 18
law and regulations, except the commissioner may not expend such 19

Substitute Bill No. 266

LCO 2 of 2

funds to any private equity entity until such funds have been expended 20
to all other such early care and education programs and preschool 21
programs. As used in this section "private equity entity" means an 22
individual or publicly traded or nonpublicly traded company that (A) 23
collects capital investments from individuals or entities; and (B) 24
purchases a direct or indirect ownership share of an early care and 25
education program described in this section. 26
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 July 1, 2026 10-512d

KID Joint Favorable Subst.

View Connecticut SB 266 on LegisTrack → — full text, sponsors, votes, campaign finance, and cross-state matches.