AN ACT MAINTAINING EDUCATION COST-SHARING GRANT AMOUNTS FOR FORMER ALLIANCE DISTRICTS.

HB 5857 ensures that towns previously designated as "alliance districts" but now meeting improved academic standards (and no longer classified as such) continue receiving the same state education cost-sharing grant amounts they received while in the alliance program. The bill amends state statute to allow these former alliance districts to maintain their prior equalization aid grant levels, preventing funding reductions as they transition out of the alliance status. This directly affects towns that have exited the alliance district program due to academic progress, stabilizing their education funding without requiring new eligibility criteria.