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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut bill proposes $800,000 for high school preapprenticeship grant program
Last action · February 4, 2026: Referred to Joint Committee on AppropriationsSponsors: Heather Somers and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Proposed Senate Bill 11 appropriates $800,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Education for the ending June 30, 2027, to support the high school .
Directs state funds specifically toward career training grants for high school students through the Department of Education.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Education
The department would receive an appropriation of $800,000 for the preapprenticeship grant program.
High school students
Students participating in preapprenticeship programs may be impacted by the availability of grant funds.
Key Facts
- Appropriates eight hundred thousand dollars from the General Fund to the Department of Education.
- Funding is designated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
- The funds are allocated for the high school preapprenticeship grant program established under section 10-21p of the general statutes.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 4, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Appropriations
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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