(a) No person, other than a pesticide applicator with supervisory certification under section 22a-54 or a pesticide applicator with operational certification under section 22a-54 under the direct supervision of a supervisory pesticide applicator, may apply pesticide within any building or on the grounds of any school, other than a regional agricultural science and technology education center. This section shall not apply in the case of an emergency application of pesticide to eliminate an immediate threat to human health where it is impractical to obtain the services of any such applicator provided such emergency application does not involve a restricted use pesticide, as defined in section 22a-47.
(b) No person shall apply a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of any public or private preschool or public or private school with students in grade eight or lower, except that (1) on and after January 1, 2006, until July 1, 2010, an application of a lawn care pesticide may be made at a public or private school with students in grade eight or lower on the playing fields and playgrounds of such school pursuant to an integrated pest management plan, which plan (A) shall be consistent with the model pest control management plan developed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 22a-66l, and (B) may be developed by a local or regional board of education for all public schools under its control, and (2) an emergency application of a lawn care pesticide may be made to eliminate a threat to human health, as determined by the local health director, the Commissioner of Public Health, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or, in the case of a public school, the school superintendent.
(P.A. 99-165, S. 2, 6; P.A. 05-252, S. 3; P.A. 06-14, S. 2; 06-196, S. 224; P.A. 07-168, S. 1; P.A. 08-152, S. 8; 08-170, S. 26; P.A. 09-56, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 99-165 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 05-252 designated existing language as Subsec. (a) and made a technical change therein, and added Subsec. (b) to prohibit, with certain exceptions, the use of lawn care pesticides on the grounds of a public or private preschool or public or private elementary school, effective January 1, 2006; P.A. 06-14 amended Subsec. (b) to make technical changes; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-168 amended Subsec. (b) to extend ban to any school with students grade eight or lower, and to extend end date of when certain applications are permitted to July 1, 2009; P.A. 08-152 and 08-170 amended Subsec. (a) to change “vocational agriculture” to “agricultural science and technology education”, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 09-56 amended Subsec. (b)(1) to extend end date of when certain applications are permitted to July 1, 2010, effective July 1, 2009; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 170 - Boards of Education
Section 10-218. - Officers. Meetings.
Section 10-218a. - Oath of office.
Section 10-219. - Procedure for filling vacancy on local board of education.
Section 10-220. - Duties of boards of education.
Section 10-220b. - Policy statement on drugs.
Section 10-220c. - Transportation of children over private roads. Immunity from liability.
Section 10-220e. - Foster children count.
Section 10-220f. - Safety committee.
Section 10-220g. - Policy on calculation of students' grade point averages.
Section 10-220i. - Transportation of students carrying cartridge injectors.
Section 10-220j. - Blood glucose self-testing by children. Guidelines.
Section 10-220k. - Disclosure of educational records re student confined in residential facility.
Section 10-220m. - Review of transportation arrangements of special needs students.
Section 10-220p. - Materials provided to students when discussing career options.
Section 10-221. - Boards of education to prescribe rules, policies and procedures.
Section 10-221e. - Intradistrict student assignment programs.
Section 10-221f. - School uniforms.
Section 10-221g. - Instructional time and facility usage assessment.
Section 10-221j. - Early Reading Success Panel.
Section 10-221l. - State-Wide Early Reading Success Institute.
Section 10-221n. - Independent evaluation.
Section 10-221p. - Boards to make available for purchase nutritious and low-fat foods.
Section 10-221q. - Sale of beverages.
Section 10-221r. - Advanced placement course program. Guidelines.
Section 10-221t. - Alignment of common core standards with college level programs.
Section 10-221u. - Boards to adopt policies addressing the use of physical activity as discipline.
Section 10-221v. - Confidential rapid response team re suspected abuse or neglect.
Section 10-221w. - Policy re eligibility criteria for enrollment in advanced course or program.
Section 10-221x. - Challenging curriculum policy.
Section 10-222. - Appropriations and budget.
Section 10-222b. - Board to have use of funds from the Manville property damage settlement trust.
Section 10-222d. - Safe school climate plans. Definitions. School climate assessments.
Section 10-222e. - Policy on evaluation and termination of athletic coaches.
Section 10-222f. - College informational forums.
Section 10-222g. - Prevention and intervention strategy re bullying and teen dating violence.
Section 10-222i. - State-wide safe school climate resource network.
Section 10-222m. - School security and safety plans. School security and safety committees.
Section 10-222n. - School security and safety plan standards.
Section 10-222o. - Information re aggregate spending for education to be made available.
Section 10-222q. - Social and Emotional Learning and School Climate Advisory Collaborative.
Section 10-222r. - Publication of plain language explanation of rights and remedies.
Section 10-222t. - Administration of social-emotional learning assessment.
Section 10-222u. - State-wide social-emotional support strategy.
Section 10-222v. - Social-emotional learning standards for grades four to twelve.
Section 10-222w. - Working group re bullying and safe school climate plans.
Section 10-223. - Separate high school accounts.
Section 10-223g. - On-line credit recovery program. On-line learning coordinator.
Section 10-223j. - School governance councils.
Section 10-223k. - Department of Education to publish certain plans, rankings and formulas.
Section 10-223l. - Model school district responsibilities agreement.
Section 10-223n. - Publication of completion rates of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
Section 10-224. - Duties of the secretary.
Section 10-225. - Salaries of secretary and attendance officers.
Section 10-226. - Reports to Commissioner of Education.
Section 10-226b. - Existence of racial imbalance.
Section 10-226c. - Plan to correct imbalance.
Section 10-226d. - Approval of plan by state board.
Section 10-226e. - Regulations.
Section 10-226f. - Coordinator of intergroup relations.
Section 10-226g. - Intergroup relations training for teachers.
Section 10-226h. - Programs and methods to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation.
Section 10-228. - Free textbooks, supplies, material and equipment.
Section 10-228a. - Free textbook loans to pupils attending nonpublic schools.
Section 10-228b. - Tax credits for donation of computers to schools.
Section 10-229. - Change of textbooks.
Section 10-230a. - Employment of instructors of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs.
Section 10-230b. - Exemplary veterans education program distinction.
Section 10-231. - Fire drills. Crisis response drills.
Section 10-231a. - Pesticide applications at schools: Definitions.
Section 10-231b. - Pesticide applications at schools: Authorized applications. Ban. Exceptions.
Section 10-231e. - Maintenance of heating, ventilation and air conditioning system.
Section 10-231f. - Indoor air quality committee.
Section 10-231g. - Green cleaning program at schools: Definitions. Implementation. Notice.
Section 10-232. - Restrictions on employment of members of board of education.
Section 10-233. - Suspension of pupils.
Section 10-233a. - Definitions.
Section 10-233b. - Removal of pupils from class.
Section 10-233c. - Suspension of pupils.
Section 10-233d. - Expulsion of pupils.
Section 10-233e. - Notice as to disciplinary policies and action.
Section 10-233f. - In-school suspension of pupils. Reassignment.
Section 10-233i. - Students placed on probation by a court.
Section 10-233j. - Student possession and use of telecommunication devices.
Section 10-233l. - Expulsion and suspension of children in preschool programs.
Section 10-233m. - Memorandum of understanding re school resource officers.
Section 10-233n. - Report re disaggregated school discipline data.
Section 10-233o. - Standards re alternative educational opportunities.
Section 10-234. - Expulsion of pupils.
Section 10-234aa. - Definitions.
Section 10-234cc. - Requirements for operators re student data.
Section 10-234dd. - Duties re unauthorized release, disclosure or acquisition of student data.
Section 10-234ff. - Uniform student data privacy terms-of-service agreement addendum.
Section 10-235a. - Immunity from liability of internship providers.
Section 10-236. - Liability insurance.
Section 10-236a. - Indemnification of educational personnel assaulted in the line of duty.
Section 10-236b. - Physical restraint and seclusion of students by school employees.
Section 10-236c. - Behavior intervention meetings for certain students.
Section 10-237. - School activity funds.
Section 10-239. - Use of school facilities for other purposes.
Section 10-239a. - Demonstration scholarship program. Short title. Legislative intent.
Section 10-239b. - Definitions.
Section 10-239c. - Contract with federal agency for funds.
Section 10-239d. - Demonstration board and staff. Scholarships.
Section 10-239e. - Use of scholarships. Eligibility of schools.
Section 10-239f. - Collective bargaining by teachers.
Section 10-239g. - Evaluation of quality of education and satisfaction with schools under program.
Section 10-239h. - Liberal construction.
Section 10-239j. - Disclosure of accreditation reports. Notification requirements.