The Office of Early Childhood shall collaborate with and may, within available appropriations, provide funding to local and regional early childhood councils for the implementation of early care and education and child development programs at the local level. Such early childhood councils shall: (1) Develop and implement a comprehensive plan for an early childhood system for the community served by such early childhood council, (2) develop policy and program planning, (3) encourage community participation by emphasizing substantial parental involvement, (4) collect, analyze and evaluate data with a focus on program and service outcomes, (5) allocate resources, and (6) perform any other functions that will assist in the provision of early childhood programs and services. Such early childhood councils may enter into memoranda of agreement with the local or regional school readiness council, described in section 10-16r, of the town or region served by such early childhood council to perform the duties and functions of a school readiness council, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-16r, or if no such local or regional school readiness council exists for the town or region of such early childhood council, perform the duties and functions of a school readiness council, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-16r.
(P.A. 11-181, S. 2; P.A. 12-116, S. 3; P.A. 14-39, S. 6; P.A. 15-134, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 11-181 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-116 amended Subsec. (b)(10) by replacing “create, implement and maintain a” with “incorporate the” and adding “developed by the Department of Education”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 14-39 deleted former Subsecs. (a), (b) and (d) re coordinated system of early care and education and child development, system functions and memoranda of agreement with and acceptance of donations from nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, deleted Subsec. (c) designator, replaced “The coordinated system of early care and education and child development” with “The Office of Early Childhood”, replaced “to implement the coordinated system of” with “in the implementation of”, added “programs” re child development and made a technical change, effective May 28, 2014; Sec. 10-16bb transferred to Sec. 10-502 in 2015; P.A. 15-134 added “and may, within available appropriations, provide funding to” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2015.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood
Section 10-500a. - Authority of office re licensing matters.
Section 10-501. - Early childhood information system.
Section 10-503. - Early childhood accountability plan. Report cards. Report.
Section 10-504. - Child care development block grant administered by the Office of Early Childhood.
Section 10-506. - Connecticut Smart Start competitive grant program.
Section 10-508. - Bond authorization for early care and education facility improvement grants.
Section 10-510. - Start Early - Early Child Development Initiative.
Section 10-514. - Creation of document re developmental milestones. Posting of document.
Section 10-515. - Preschool experience survey.
Section 10-516. - Competitive grants for alliance school districts.
Section 10-520a. - Report re staff qualifications requirement compliance.
Section 10-520b. - Early childhood teacher credential.
Section 10-530. - Comprehensive background checks.
Section 10-531. - Proposed early childhood educator compensation schedule.