Connecticut General Statutes Title 10. Education and Culture § 10-99g. Preparation and submission of operating budget for the Technical Education and Career System

(a)(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, each technical education and career school shall prepare a proposed school budget for the next succeeding school year beginning July first and submit such proposed school budget to the superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System. Such proposed school budget shall include a statement of the staffing needs for such technical education and career school. The superintendent shall collect, review and use the proposed school budget for each technical education and career school to guide the preparation of a proposed school budget for the Technical Education and Career System.

(2) The superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System shall prepare and submit the education budget for the Technical Education and Career System to the executive director of the Technical Education and Career System. The education budget shall include educational and school-based accounts and expenditures, the school budget for each technical education and career school, and a statement of the staffing needs for the technical education and career schools. The executive director shall review the education budget and include the education budget as part of the operating budget for the Technical Education and Career System. The executive director shall report any financial inconsistencies or irregularities discovered during the course of such review to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Auditors of Public Accounts. For purposes of this section and section 10-99f, “educational and school-based accounts and expenditures” means funds used to (A) support instruction, programming and curriculum within the Technical Education and Career System, and (B) purchase supplies and equipment for instruction at individual technical education and career schools.

(3) The executive director shall prepare the central office budget for the Technical Education and Career System. Such central office budget shall include noneducational and central office accounts and expenditures and a statement of the staffing needs for the central office of the system. The executive director shall include the central office budget as part of the operating budget for the Technical Education and Career System.

(4) The executive director shall prepare and submit the operating budget of the Technical Education and Career System to the Office of Policy and Management in accordance with the provisions of section 4-77.

(5) The executive director shall annually submit a copy of (A) an itemized school budget for each technical education and career school, including the statement of the staffing needs for each technical education and career school, (B) the education budget, (C) the central office budget, including the statement of the staffing needs for the system, and (D) the operating budget for the Technical Education and Career System to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.

(c)(1) The superintendent shall make available and update on the Technical Education and Career System Internet web site and the Internet web site of each technical education and career school the operating budget for the current school year of each individual technical education and career school.

(2) The executive director shall make available and update on the Technical Education and Career System Internet web site the operating budget for the current school year of the central office of the Technical Education and Career System and the operating budget for the Technical Education and Career System.