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Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education
Section 10-1. - Appointment of board members. - (a)(1) Prior to July 1, 1998, the State Board of...
Section 10-2. - Officers. Secretaries. Agents. Employees. “Secretary to the State Board of Education” deemed to mean “Commissioner of Education”. - (a) The Governor shall select one of the members of...
Section 10-2a. - Student Advisory Council on Education. - (a) The Commissioner of Education shall appoint a state Student...
Section 10-3. - Prosecuting agents to enforce school laws. - Section 10-3 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1334; 1961, P.A....
Section 10-3a. - Department of Education. Commissioner. Organization of bureaus, divisions and other units. Regulations. Advisory boards. - (a) There shall be a Department of Education which shall...
Section 10-3b. - Annual report to the General Assembly re State Education Resource Center. - Section 10-3b is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 13-286,...
Section 10-3c. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Director of reading initiatives. - There shall be a director of reading initiatives within the...
Section 10-3d. - Designated employee responsible for providing information and assistance re dyslexia. - The Commissioner of Education shall designate an employee of the...
Section 10-3e. - Designated employee responsible for providing information and assistance re gifted and talented students. - The Commissioner of Education shall designate an employee of the...
Section 10-4. - Duties of board. Reports. Comprehensive plan for elementary, secondary, vocational, career and adult education. - (a) Said board shall have general supervision and control of...
Section 10-4a. - Educational interests of state identified. - For purposes of sections 10-4, 10-4b and 10-220, the educational...
Section 10-4b. - Complaint alleging failure or inability of board of education to implement educational interests of state. Investigation; inquiry; hearing. Remedial process. Regulations. - (a) Any resident of a local or regional school district,...
Section 10-4c. - State board to monitor state grants to local and regional boards. - Section 10-4c is repealed, effective June 3, 1996. (P.A. 78-207;...
Section 10-4d. - Advisory committee on educational equity. - Section 10-4d is repealed. (P.A. 80-455, S. 1–3; P.A. 87-4,...
Section 10-4e. - Coordination and planning for educational technology. - Section 10-4e is repealed, effective July 1, 2000. (P.A. 82-266,...
Section 10-4f. - State Board of Education. Copyright authority. - The State Board of Education shall have the authority to...
Section 10-4g. - Parental and community involvement in schools; model program; school-based teams. - (a) The State Board of Education shall develop and distribute...
Section 10-4h. - Grant program for telecommunications projects. - (a) The Department of Education, in consultation with the Commission...
Section 10-4l. - Advisory committee on school district reporting requirements. - Section 10-4l is repealed, effective July 1, 1996. (P.A. 91-220,...
Section 10-4m. - Commission on Educational Excellence. - Section 10-4m is repealed, effective July 1, 1998. (P.A. 92-143,...
Section 10-4n. - Committee on Educational Equity and Excellence. - Section 10-4n is repealed, effective June 12, 2008. (P.A. 92-143,...
Section 10-4o. (Formerly Sec. 17-605). - Family resource center program. Guidelines for programs. Study. Grants. - (a) The Department of Education, in conjunction with the Department...
Section 10-4p. - Implementation plan to achieve resource equity and equality of opportunity. Assessment. Reports. - (a) The State Board of Education shall develop a five-year...
Section 10-4q. - Grants to alliance districts for curricula, training and related textbooks and materials. - The Commissioner of Education, with the assistance of the State...
Section 10-4r. - Recommendations re definition of attendance region for Technical Education and Career System. - Section 10-4r is repealed, effective July 1, 2022. (P.A. 10-76,...
Section 10-4s. - Reports and evaluations re school governance councils and reconstituted schools. - (a) On or before December 1, 2011, and biennially thereafter,...
Section 10-4t. - Reports and evaluations re school governance councils. - Section 10-4t is repealed, effective July 8, 2011. (P.A. 10-111,...
Section 10-4u. - Parent Trust Fund. - There is established a Parent Trust Fund, the resources of...
Section 10-4v. - Innovation waivers. Procedural requirements. Legislative review. - (a) Not later than September 15, 2015, the Commissioner of...
Section 10-4w. - Standards re remote learning. Authorization of remote learning for grades nine to twelve. - (a) As used in this section, “remote learning” means instruction...
Section 10-5. - State high school diploma; “honors diploma”; Connecticut State Seal of Biliteracy. Payment of fees; exceptions. - (a) The Commissioner of Education shall, in accordance with this...
Section 10-5a. - Educational technology and high school graduation requirements. - The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, assist and...
Section 10-5b. - Department of Education web site. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Department of...
Section 10-5c. - Academic advancement program. - Section 10-5c is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 10-111,...
Section 10-5d. - Technical assistance for implementation of high school graduation requirements. Report. - (a) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, and...
Section 10-5e. - Development or approval of end of the school year examinations. - Section 10-5e is repealed, effective July 1, 2017. (P.A. 10-111,...
Section 10-7e. - Occupational schools in existence on October 1, 1979. - Section 10-7e is repealed. (P.A. 79-380, S. 5; P.A. 83-501,...
Section 10-7v. - Digital Citizenship, Internet Safety and Media Literacy Advisory Council. - There is established a Digital Citizenship, Internet Safety and Media...
Section 10-8. - Licensing of private schools for trade instruction and special occupational training. - Section 10-8 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1343; February, 1965,...
Section 10-8a. - Adoption of regulations to exempt educational institutions from licensing requirements by Department of Children and Families. - The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations in accordance...
Section 10-8b. - Teacher shortages. - (a) The Commissioner of Education shall annually, by December first,...
Section 10-8c. - Accelerated cross endorsement. Former teacher certification. - The Department of Education, in cooperation with the Office of...
Section 10-9. - Bequests for educational purposes. - (a) The State Treasurer may receive in the name of...
Section 10-9a. - Misuse of state funds or resources. Civil action by department. - (a) The Department of Education may institute a civil action...
Section 10-10. - Acquisition of federal surplus property. - Section 10-10 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 20, S. 1; 1959,...
Section 10-10a. - Public school information system. Definitions. Development and implementation. Types of data collected. Access to data maintained under system. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Teacher” means any...
Section 10-10b. - Inclusion of state-assigned student identifier on all official student documents. - Each local and regional board of education shall include a...
Section 10-10c. - Uniform system of accounting. Chart of accounts. Audit. - (a) The Department of Education shall develop and implement a...
Section 10-10d. - Regulations re fiscal accountability data collection report. - Section 10-10d is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (P.A. 13-247,...
Section 10-10e. - State-wide information technology platform for real-time sharing of educational records. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Department of...
Section 10-10f. - Minimum budget requirement calculation worksheet. - For the fiscal year ending July 1, 2020, and each...
Section 10-10g. - Compilation and provision of information re services and resources for victims of domestic violence. - (a) Not later than December 1, 2022, and annually thereafter,...
Section 10-10h. - Document re resources for students and families. - Not later than December 1, 2021, the Department of Education...
Section 10-11. - Receipt and expenditure of federal funds and funds from private or municipal sources. - The State Board of Education is empowered, subject to the...
Section 10-11a. - Allocation to meet matching requirements of federal acts. - The State Board of Education may, within the provisions of...
Section 10-11b. - Commissioner's submission of application for waiver of federal law. Legislative review. Public hearing. Procedural requirements. - (a) On and after July 1, 2015, the Commissioner of...
Section 10-12. - State Board of Vocational Education. - The State Board of Education is designated as the State...
Section 10-13. - Appointment of physicians for technical education and career schools. - Section 10-13 is repealed, effective July 1, 2022. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 10-13a. - Fees at technical institutes. - Section 10-13a is repealed. (1963, P.A. 496, S. 1; 1969,...
Section 10-14. - Expenses of the board. - The expenses of the State Board of Education shall be...
Section 10-14b to 10-14d. - State Commission on Youth Services. Coordinator. Duties. Part of Education Department. - Sections 10-14b to 10-14d, inclusive, are repealed. (1963, P.A. 521,...
Chapter 163a - Proficiency Examinations (Repealed)
Section 10-14e to 10-14h. - Taking of proficiency examination required for high school students. Non-high-school students eligible to take proficiency examination. Duties of State Board of Education. Effective date. - Sections 10-14e to 10-14h, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 76-405, S....
Chapter 163c - Education Evaluation and Remedial Assistance
Section 10-14aa. - Compliance verification. Annual report. - (a) On and after September 1, 2022, the Office of...
Section 10-14bb. - Approval of educator preparation programs contingent on compliance verification. - On and after September 1, 2022, the State Board of...
Section 10-14cc. - Verification of training completion for educator certificates. - On and after September 1, 2023, the State Board of...
Section 10-14dd. - Verification of qualifications of practicum hours supervisors. - (a) On and after January 1, 2022, the Office of...
Section 10-14ee. - Family history questionnaire re risk of reading proficiency challenges. - On or before January 1, 2022, the Department of Education...
Section 10-14ff. - Reporting re compliance verification and reading assessments. - Not later than January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 10-14gg. - Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success. Reading Leadership Implementation Council. - (a) The Department of Education shall establish a Center for...
Section 10-14hh. - Implementation of reading curriculum model or program in grades prekindergarten to three. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and...
Section 10-14ii. - Review and approval of reading curriculum models or programs. - Not later than July 1, 2022, the director of the...
Section 10-14m. - Development and submission of educational evaluation and remedial assistance plan. Contents of plan. - Section 10-14m is repealed, effective June 28, 1995. (P.A. 78-194,...
Section 10-14n. - Mastery examination. - (a) As used in this section, “mastery examination” means (1)...
Section 10-14o and 10-14p. - Compensatory education grant; financial statement of expenditures. Reports by local and regional boards re instructional improvement and student progress; assessment by state board. - Sections 10-14o and 10-14p are repealed. (P.A. 78-194, S. 3,...
Section 10-14q. - Exceptions. - The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all students...
Section 10-14r. - Regulations. - The State Board of Education shall promulgate such regulations in...
Section 10-14s. - Examination times. - Section 10-14s is repealed, effective July 1, 2006. (P.A. 03-174,...
Section 10-14t. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Reading assessments for students in kindergarten to grade three. Guidance for administration. Data center re effectiveness. - (a) On or before July 1, 2022, the Department of...
Section 10-14u. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Intensive reading instruction program for students in kindergarten to grade three. Intensive reading intervention strategy. Supplemental reading instruction. Reading reme... - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Achievement gap” means...
Section 10-14v. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Coordinated state-wide reading plan for students in kindergarten to grade three. - On or before January 1, 2014, the Department of Education...
Section 10-14w. - Incentive program for schools. - On or before July 1, 2014, the Commissioner of Education...
Section 10-14x. - Agreement re use of college readiness assessment for purposes of grade eleven mastery examination requirement. - To the extent permitted by federal law or the terms...
Section 10-14y. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Reading readiness program; tiered supports in early literacy. - (a) The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, establish...
Section 10-14z. - Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities. Duties. - (a) There is established an Office of Dyslexia and Reading...
Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities
Section 10-15c. - Discrimination in public schools prohibited. School attendance by five-year-olds. - (a) The public schools shall be open to all children...
Section 10-15j. - Connecticut Remote Learning Commission. - (a) As used in this section, “remote learning” means instruction...
Section 10-15k. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Plan re state-wide remote learning school. - (a) As used in this section, “remote learning” means instruction...
Section 10-15l. - Comprehensive audit re provision of remote learning during COVID-19 pandemic. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Remote learning” means...
Section 10-15m. - Purple Star School Program. - (a) As used in this section, “military-connected student” means a...
Section 10-16. - Length of school year. - Each school district shall provide in each school year no...
Section 10-16b. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Prescribed courses of study. - (a) In the public schools the program of instruction offered...
Section 10-16o. - Development of network of school readiness programs. - The state shall encourage the development of a network of...
Section 10-16p. - Definitions. Lead agency for school readiness; standards. State financial assistance; eligibility. Unexpended funds. Salaries increase. - (a) As used in sections 10-16o to 10-16r, inclusive, 10-16u,...
Section 10-16r. - Local school readiness councils; duties. Regional school readiness councils. - (a) A town seeking to apply for a grant pursuant...
Section 10-16oo. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Model curricula and frameworks in reading and mathematics for schools and districts identified as having academic achievement gaps. - Not later than July 1, 2012, the Department of Education...
Section 10-16ss. - African-American and black studies and Puerto Rican and Latino studies instruction. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and...
Section 10-16tt. - Development of black and Latino studies course. Audit to ensure course being offered. Technical assistance. - (a)(1) Not later than January 1, 2021, the State Board...
Section 10-16uu. - Black and Latino studies course to be offered in grades nine to twelve. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, a...
Section 10-16vv. - Native American studies instruction. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and...
Section 10-17g. - Grants for the provision of programs of bilingual education. Annual evaluation report. - For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, to June...
Section 10-19o. (Formerly Sec. 17a-40a). - Youth service bureau grant program. - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall establish a...
Section 10-21c. - Donation of teaching services by private sector specialists; neighborhood assistance. - (a) Any local or regional board of education that has...
Section 10-21j. - Connecticut Apprenticeship and Education Committee. - (a) The Commissioner of Education, in collaboration with the Board...
Section 10-25b. - Model curriculum for grades kindergarten to eight. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2023, the Department of...
Section 10-29a. - Certain days, weeks and months to be proclaimed by Governor. Distribution and number of proclamations. - (a)(1) Martin Luther King Day. The Governor shall proclaim the...
Section 10-51. - Fiscal year. Budget. Payments by member towns; adjustments to payments. Investment of funds. Temporary borrowing. Reserve funds. - (a) The fiscal year of a regional school district shall...
Section 10-65. - Grants for constructing and operating agricultural science and technology education centers. Tuition charges. - (a) Each local or regional school district operating an agricultural...
Section 10-66j. - Regulations. Annual grants, proportional reduction. Support of regional efforts to recruit and retain minority educators. - (a) The State Board of Education shall encourage the formation...
Section 10-66ee. - Charter school funding. Special education students. Transportation. Contracts. Cooperative arrangements. - (a) For the purposes of equalization aid under section 10-262h...
Section 10-66rr. - Child abuse and neglect registry and criminal history records checks of governing council members, charter management organization members and contractors. - On and after July 1, 2015, the State Board of...
Section 10-66ss. - Amendment to charter. - (a) If a governing council of a state or local...
Section 10-71. - State grants for adult education programs. - (a) Each local or regional board of education or regional...
Section 10-74n. - Transition resources, services and programs. Fact sheet. Collection and distribution of information. - (a) The State Board of Education, in collaboration with the...
Section 10-76d. - Duties and powers of boards of education to provide special education programs and services. Medicaid enrollment, participation and billing requirements. Development of individualized education program. Planning and placement team m... - (a)(1) In accordance with the regulations and procedures established by...
Section 10-76g. - State aid for special education. - (a)(1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1984, and...
Section 10-76q. - Special education at technical education and career schools. - (a) The State Board of Education, in accordance with regulations...
Section 10-76xx. - Notification of student identified as gifted and talented. Adoption of policy re equitable identification of gifted and talented students. - (a) A local or regional board of education shall, upon...
Section 10-91g. - Audits of private providers of special education services. - (a) As used in this section and sections 10-91h to...
Section 10-95. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Technical Education and Career School System. Board. Chairperson. Superintendent. Accreditation status. Accountability. Receipt of gifts and donations. - (a) The State Board of Education may establish and maintain...
Section 10-95h. - Legislative committees to meet to consider issues re the Technical Education and Career System and the state workforce. Required submissions. - (a) Not later than November thirtieth each year, the joint...
Section 10-95s. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Technical Education and Career System board. - (a) The Technical Education and Career System shall be advised...
Chapter 165 - (The University of Connecticut) Advisory Council for Professional Standards
Section 10-119b. (Formerly Sec. 10-119a). - Waiver of fees for persons over sixty-two. - Section 10-119b is repealed. (February, 1965, P.A. 372, S. 1;...
Section 10-121 and 10-122. - Gifts to university. Appointment and compensation of professional staff. - Sections 10-121 and 10-122 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3276,...
Section 10-131a. - Contracts with industrial firms for research and development programs. - Section 10-131a is repealed. (February, 1965, P.A. 322; P.A. 75-236.)
Section 10-141j. - Annual report of the Connecticut Health Center. - Section 10-141j is repealed. (P.A. 75-336; P.A. 79-55.)
Section 10-144d. - Advisory Council for Teacher Professional Standards. - (a) For purposes of this section “teacher” means a certified...
Section 10-144e. - Advisory Council for School Administrator Professional Standards. - (a) For purposes of this section “administrator” means a certified...
Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents
Section 10-144o. - Definitions. - As used in sections 10-145 to 10-158a, inclusive: (1) “Equivalent”...
Section 10-145. - Certificate necessary to employment. Forfeiture for noncompliance. Substitute teachers. - (a) No teacher, supervisor, administrator, special service staff member or...
Section 10-145a. (Formerly Sec. 10-146). - Specific components of teacher preparation programs. - (a) Any candidate in a program of teacher preparation leading...
Section 10-145b. - Teaching certificates. - (a) The State Board of Education, upon receipt of a...
Section 10-145c. - Election of persons certified provisionally before July 1, 1974. - Section 10-145c is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 74-331,...
Section 10-145d. - State board regulations for teacher certificates. Certification of school business administrators; membership in teachers' retirement system; applicability of teacher tenure law. Certification of computer science teachers. Applicab... - (a) The State Board of Education shall, pursuant to chapter...
Section 10-145e. - Certification for occupational subjects. - Section 10-145e is repealed, effective July 1, 2009. (P.A. 77-297;...
Section 10-145f. - Testing for prospective teachers. - (a) Each person formally admitted to a State Board of...
Section 10-145g. - Regulations. - The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations, in accordance...
Section 10-145h. - Requirements for certification as a bilingual education teacher. - (a) On and after July 1, 2021, the State Board...
Section 10-145i. - Limitation on issuance and reissuance of certificates, authorizations or permits to certain individuals. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10-144o to 10-146b, inclusive, and...
Section 10-145j. - Employment of national corps of teachers' training program graduates. - (a) Prior to July 1, 2015, the Department of Education...
Section 10-145k. - Issuance of international teacher permit. - (a) The State Board of Education shall, upon the request...
Section 10-145l. - Waiver from subject area major requirements for certain teachers. - (a) On and after July 1, 2019, the State Board...
Section 10-145m. - Resident teacher certificate. - (a) The State Board of Education, upon receipt of a...
Section 10-145n. - Issuance of adjunct instructor permit. - (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (g) of this...
Section 10-145o. - Teacher education and mentoring program. Administration. Three-year plan. Instructional modules. Data system. Guidelines. - (a) The Department of Education, with cooperation from local and...
Section 10-145p. - Alternate route to certification programs for school administrators. Requirements; exception. Issuance of initial educator certificate upon completion. - (a) The Department of Education shall review and approve proposals...
Section 10-145q. - Issuance of charter school educator permit. - Subject to the provisions of subdivision (5) of subsection (b)...
Section 10-145r. - Survey on reading instruction. - For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and biennially...
Section 10-145s. - Distinguished educator designation. - (a) The State Board of Education shall award, upon receipt...
Section 10-145t. - Alternate route to certification programs for school support staff. Requirements. Issuance of initial educator certificate upon completion. - (a) For purposes of this section, “school support staff” means...
Section 10-145u. - Requirements for certification as a teacher at a technical education and career school. - The State Board of Education, upon receipt of a proper...
Section 10-145v. - Information and guidance re requirements for endorsement area of occupational subjects in vocational-technical schools. - The Department of Education shall provide information and guidance to...
Section 10-145w. - Alternate route to certification programs for persons from an alternate profession. Requirements. Issuance of initial educator certificate upon completion. - (a) As used in this section, “person from an alternate...
Section 10-145x. - Memorandum of understanding with teacher licensure assessment vendors re provision of licensure examinations. Department to provide educational materials to assist eligible applicants. - (a) As used in this section, “eligible applicant” means any...
Section 10-145y. - Issuance of career and technical pathways instructor permit. - (a) For the school years commencing July 1, 2022, and...
Section 10-146a. - Advisory board on state certification of teachers. - Section 10-146a is repealed. (1967, P.A. 560, S. 1–3; 1969,...
Section 10-146b. - Extension of period to complete requirements for teaching certificate. Renewal of certificate, authorization or permit that expires while holder is on active duty with armed forces of United States or ordered out with National Guar... - (a) Any person who holds a provisional educator or provisional...
Section 10-146c. - Reciprocity agreements, interstate agreements and recognition statement to facilitate educator certification. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “State” means a...
Section 10-146d and 10-146e. - Commissioner of Education as agent for state. Filing of contracts under agreement. - Sections 10-146d and 10-146e are repealed, effective July 1, 2009....
Section 10-146f. - Waiver of certification requirements for bilingual teachers. - Section 10-146f is repealed. (1971, P.A. 462, S. 1, 2;...
Section 10-146g. - Teachers of specialized courses. - The Commissioner of Education, upon request from a local or...
Section 10-146h. - Report re quality of teacher preparation programs. - On and after July 1, 2015, the Department of Education...
Section 10-146i. - Military spouse teacher permit. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-146c and subsection (h) of...
Section 10-147 and 10-148. - Kindergarten certificates. Teacher to have certificate. - Sections 10-147 and 10-148 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1434,...
Section 10-148a. - Professional development for certified employees. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and...
Section 10-148b. - Professional development program re scientifically-based reading research and instruction. - On or before July 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Education...
Section 10-148c. - Subject matter to be made available to boards of education for in-service training programs. - The State Board of Education, within available appropriations and utilizing...
Section 10-148d. - Professional development for paraeducators. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and...
Section 10-149. - Qualifications for athletic coaches of intramural and interscholastic athletics. - The State Board of Education shall, pursuant to chapter 54,...
Section 10-149a. - Felony conviction or fine pursuant to mandated reporting provisions. Notification by state's attorney. - If a person holding a certificate, authorization or permit issued...
Section 10-149b. - Concussions: Training courses for coaches. Education plan. Informed consent form. Development or approval by State Board of Education. Revocation of coaching permit. - (a)(1) For the school year commencing July 1, 2010, and...
Section 10-149c. - Student athletes and concussions. Removal from athletic activities. Notification of parent or legal guardian. Revocation of coaching permit. - (a)(1) The coach of any intramural or interscholastic athletics shall...
Section 10-149d. - Athletic directors. Definitions. Qualifications and hiring. Duties. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Athletic director” means...
Section 10-149e. - School districts to collect and report occurrences of concussions. Report by Commissioner of Public Health. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and...
Section 10-149f. - Sudden cardiac arrest awareness education program. Consent form. - (a) For purposes of this section and section 10-149g, “intramural...
Section 10-149g. - Coaches to annually review cardiac arrest education program. Revocation of coaching permit. Immunity from suit and liability. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and...
Section 10-149h. - Exertional heat illness awareness education program. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Exertional heat illness”...
Section 10-150 and 10-150a. - School registers. - Sections 10-150 and 10-150a are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1437;...
Section 10-151. - Employment of teachers. Definitions. Tenure. Notice and hearing on failure to renew or termination of contract. Appeal. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Board of...
Section 10-151a. - Access of teacher to supervisory records and reports in personnel file. - Each professional employee certified by the State Board of Education...
Section 10-151b. - Teacher evaluations. Teacher evaluation and support program; development; adoption; implementation; guidelines. - (a) The superintendent of each local or regional board of...
Section 10-151c. - Nondisclosure of records of teacher performance and evaluation. Exceptions. - Any records maintained or kept on file by the Department...
Section 10-151d. - Performance Evaluation Advisory Council. Responsibilities. - (a) There is established a Performance Evaluation Advisory Council within...
Section 10-151e. - Disclosure of teacher records for purposes of an investigation of child abuse or neglect. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-151c, a local or regional...
Section 10-151f. - Teacher evaluation and support pilot program. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2012, the...
Section 10-151g. - Neag School of Education study of teacher evaluation and support pilot program. - (a) The Neag School of Education at The University of...
Section 10-151h. - Training and orientation programs for educators re teacher evaluation and support program. - (a) Upon the implementation of the teacher evaluation and support...
Section 10-151i. - Audits of teacher evaluation and support programs. - On July 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of...
Section 10-152. - Discrimination in salaries of teachers. - Section 10-152 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1439; P.A. 78-218,...
Section 10-153. - Discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity or expression or marital status prohibited. - No local or regional board of education shall discriminate on...
Section 10-153a. - Rights concerning professional organization and negotiations. Duty of fair representation. Annual service fees negotiable item. - (a) Members of the teaching profession shall have and shall...
Section 10-153b. - Selection of teachers' representatives. - (a) Whenever used in this section or in sections 10-153c...
Section 10-153c. - Disputes as to elections. - (a) Any dispute as to the eligibility of personnel to...
Section 10-153d. - Meeting between board of education and fiscal authority required. Duty to negotiate. Procedure if legislative body rejects contract. - (a) Within thirty days prior to the date on which...
Section 10-153e. - Prohibited practices of employers, employees and representatives. Hearing before State Board of Labor Relations. Appeal. Penalty. - (a) No certified professional employee shall, in an effort to...
Section 10-153f. - Mediation and arbitration of disagreements. - (a) There shall be in the Department of Education an...
Section 10-153g. - Negotiations concerning salaries, hours and other conditions of employment unaffected by special acts, charters, ordinances. - Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal charter or...
Section 10-153h. - Appropriation. - Section 10-153h is repealed. (1969, P.A. 811, S. 7; P.A....
Section 10-153i. - Designation of statutory agent for service of process. - (a)(1) Each administrators' or teachers' representative organization shall file with...
Section 10-153j. - The making of service of process, notice or demand. - (a) Except for citations for contempt, any process, notice or...
Section 10-153k. - Teacher Negotiation Act applies to incorporated or endowed high schools or academies. - The provisions of sections 10-153a to 10-153n, inclusive, shall apply...
Section 10-153l. - Applicability of employment of teachers statute and teacher negotiation law to incorporated or endowed high schools or academies. - The provisions of section 10-151 as it pertains to employment...
Section 10-153m. - Payment of attorney's fees in proceedings to vacate or confirm teacher grievance arbitration awards. - In any action brought pursuant to section 52-418 to vacate...
Section 10-153n. - Applicability of employment of teachers statute and teacher negotiation law to the Gilbert School in Winchester. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-153l, the provisions of section...
Section 10-153o. - Review of performance of arbitration panel members. - The Commissioner of Education shall develop a process to annually...
Section 10-153p to 10-153r. - Summary of results of contract negotiations. Monitoring of major economic provisions of contracts. Report concerning contracts to General Assembly. - Sections 10-153p to 10-153r, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1,...
Section 10-153s. - Negotiation, arbitration and ratification of turnaround plans for commissioner's network schools. - (a) Upon approval of the turnaround plan, developed pursuant to...
Section 10-153t. - Turnaround plan referees. - On or before July 1, 2012, the Department of Education...
Section 10-154. - Homes and transportation for teachers. - Section 10-154 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1441; P.A. 78-218,...
Section 10-154a. - Professional communications between teacher or nurse and student. Surrender of physical evidence obtained from students. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “School” means a...
Section 10-155. - Emergency teacher training program. - The Board of Trustees for the Connecticut State University System...
Section 10-155a to 10-155c. - Cooperative arrangements for teacher training. Subcommittee and advisory committee for program. State grants. - Sections 10-155a to 10-155c, inclusive, are repealed. (1967, P.A. 761,...
Section 10-155cc. - Definitions. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Adjusted staff...
Section 10-155d. - Preparation of teachers. Alternate route programs for teachers, administrators and early childhood education teachers. - (a) The Office of Higher Education shall encourage and support...
Section 10-155dd to 10-155gg. - Grants to implement comprehensive professional development plans. Planning grants to develop or revise teacher evaluation programs. Grants to implement, assess and improve teacher evaluation programs. Planning grants f... - Sections 10-155dd to 10-155gg, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 87-2, S....
Section 10-155e. - Development of programs to assist paraprofessionals to fulfill state certification requirements. Report to General Assembly. - Section 10-155e is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (1971, P.A....
Section 10-155f. - Residency requirement prohibited. - No municipality or school district shall require that an individual...
Section 10-155g. - Educational Excellence Trust Fund. - There is established a fund to be known as the...
Section 10-155h. - Educational excellence program administered by department. Governor to recommend appropriation for. - Section 10-155h is repealed. (P.A. 85-554, S. 2, 6; P.A....
Section 10-155i. - Pilot program to assist paraprofessionals. - Section 10-155i is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 89-355,...
Section 10-155j. - Development of paraprofessionals. - The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, promote and...
Section 10-155k. - School Paraeducator Advisory Council. - On and after July 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Education...
Section 10-155l. - Minority teacher recruitment. - (a) For purposes of this section, “minority” means individuals whose...
Section 10-155m. - Promotion of teaching profession as career option to high school students. - (a) The Commissioner of Education, the president of the Connecticut...
Section 10-155n to 10-155q. - Teacher career incentive programs. Applications for grants; selection criteria. Project evaluations; statement of expenditures. Grant program administration. - Sections 10-155n to 10-155q, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 85-405, S....
Section 10-155t to 10-155bb. - Advisory commission on career incentives and teacher evaluation. Election to participate in programs; appointment of panels. Local teacher evaluation plans. Presentation of plans. Grants for developing evaluation plans.... - Sections 10-155t to 10-155bb, inclusive, are repealed. (May Sp. Sess....
Section 10-156. - Sick leave. - Each professional employee certified by the State Board of Education...
Section 10-156a. - Duty-free lunch period. - Each professional employee certified by the State Board of Education...
Section 10-156aa. - Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce. - (a) There is established the Task Force to Diversity the...
Section 10-156b. - Tenure and sick leave rights of teacher on regionalization of school and on dissolution of regional school district. - (a) In determining the rights and benefits earned by a...
Section 10-156bb. - Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council. - There is established a Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council...
Section 10-156c. - Military leave. - Each professional employee certified by the State Board of Education...
Section 10-156cc. - Report re effectiveness of minority teacher recruitment programs. - Not later than July 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 10-156d. - Reemployment after military leave. - Any professional employee certified by the State Board of Education...
Section 10-156dd. - Student survey re minority teacher recruitment programs. - Not later than January 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 10-156e. - Employees of boards of education permitted to serve as elected officials; exception. - Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act or municipal charter...
Section 10-156ee. - Duties re minority teacher recruitment. - Not later than January 1, 2019, the Department of Education,...
Section 10-156ff. - Strategies and utilization of resources for the hiring and employment of minority teachers and administrators. - For the school year commencing July 1, 2020, and each...
Section 10-156gg. - Minority candidate certification, retention or residency year program. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Minority” has the...
Section 10-156hh. - Completion of video training module re implicit bias and anti-bias in hiring process for certain school district employees. - For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each...
Section 10-156ii. - Minority teacher candidate scholarship program. - (a) There is established a minority teacher candidate scholarship program...
Section 10-157. - Superintendents: Relationship to local or regional board of education; verification of certification status; waiver of certification; written contract of employment; evaluation of superintendent by board of education. - (a) Each local board of education for a municipality with...
Section 10-157a. - Superintendent for more than one town. - (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes to the...
Section 10-158. - Superintendent for more than one town. Supervision districts. - Section 10-158 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1443; 1961, P.A....
Section 10-158a. - Cooperative arrangements among towns. School building projects. Student transportation. - (a) Any two or more boards of education may, in...
Section 10-159 and 10-159a. - Supervisory service by State Board of Education. Election to receive grant in lieu of supervisory service. - Sections 10-159 and 10-159a are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1444;...
Chapter 167 - Teachers' Retirement System (Repealed)
Section 10-160 to 10-180b. - Definitions. Extra duty or coaching. Retirement system and retirement association. Teachers' Retirement Board. Bylaws, regulations and funds. Retirement qualifications. Cost of living allowances and adjustment. Teachers r... - Sections 10-160 to 10-180b, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 10-180c. - Administration of retirement funds for teachers at E. O. Smith School. - See chapter 66, Sec. 5-192d.
Section 10-181 to 10-183a. - Certain towns reimbursed. Insurance deductions. Participation in hospital insurance benefits under Social Security Act. Substitute teaching or temporary employment by retired teacher. Employment of retired teacher in emer... - Sections 10-181 to 10-183a, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System
Section 10-183aa. - Disability allowance. - (a)(1) An active member is eligible for a disability allowance...
Section 10-183b. - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
Section 10-183bb. - Suspension or reduction of retirement income payments during disability. - (a) Retirement income payments being made to a member shall...
Section 10-183c. - Teachers' retirement system established. Benefits contractual. - (a) The Connecticut teachers' retirement system is established to provide...
Section 10-183cc. - Payments on behalf of minor or legally incapable payees. - If the payee for any payment of benefits under the...
Section 10-183d. - Members of association to become members of system. - Any member of the Teachers' Retirement Association, established by prior...
Section 10-183dd. - Retirement contributions; quarterly allocations. - Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the general statutes to...
Section 10-183e. - Credited service. - (a)(1) A member shall receive a month of credited service...
Section 10-183ee. - Unclaimed contributions. Procedure for claiming. - (a) After at least twenty-five years have elapsed since a...
Section 10-183f. - Benefit eligibility. - (a) Normal retirement. A member is eligible to receive a...
Section 10-183ff. - Erroneous payments; adjustment, repayment or refund. Erroneous invoices; purchase of additional credited service. Payment of benefits when material error in estimate of benefits statement. - (a) Should any change or error in records result in...
Section 10-183g. - Benefit rates. Commencing and ending dates. - (a) Normal retirement. The normal retirement benefit shall be two...
Section 10-183gg. - Part-time service. Determination of benefits. - Part-time service averaging at least one-half of a school day...
Section 10-183h. - Death benefits. - (a) Survivors' benefits; waiver. The basic monthly survivor's benefit, subject...
Section 10-183hh. - Credit for certain service as a school nurse. - For purposes of calculating retirement benefits under the provisions of...
Section 10-183i. - Member's voluntary contributions. Limitations. - (a) A member may make voluntary contributions to the system...
Section 10-183ii. - Mailing date for benefit checks. Electronic transmission of benefit payments. - The Teachers' Retirement Board shall mail retirement benefit checks on...
Section 10-183j. - Benefit options. Period certain. Coparticipant's option. Retention of option after divorce. - (a) A member shall elect one of the benefit options...
Section 10-183jj. - Retirement incentive plans for teachers. - (a) A local or regional board of education may establish...
Section 10-183k. - Termination of service prior to retirement. - (a) A member who voluntarily or involuntarily terminates service with...
Section 10-183kk. - Employer pick up of mandatory contributions commencing July 1, 1991. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, mandatory retirement contributions...
Section 10-183l. - Teachers' Retirement Board. Valuation of fund. - (a)(1) On and after July 1, 1991, the management of...
Section 10-183ll. - Supplemental retirement benefit for certain members whose retirement became effective between July 1, 1989, and November 1, 1989. - Section 10-183ll is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 90-331,...
Section 10-183m. - Custody of funds. - (a) All funds of the system shall be in the...
Section 10-183mm. - Continuation of membership during service as elected official. - Any member of the teachers' retirement system elected to serve...
Section 10-183n. - Duties of teachers' employers. Transmission of deductions. - (a) Each employer shall: (1) Before employing a teacher, notify...
Section 10-183nn. - Review and adoption of revised actuarial assumptions. Publication in House and Senate journals. - Commencing July 1, 1995, and every five years thereafter, the...
Section 10-183o. - Payments to retirement board for persons in armed forces. - During any period when this country is at war, a...
Section 10-183oo. - Subsidy for certain members. - Any retired member who (1) has attained the age of...
Section 10-183p. - Purchase of service credit by members who are participants in other retirement systems. - Any member who is also a participant in an alternate...
Section 10-183pp. - Benefits readjusted for certain members. - Any member who began receiving disability benefits October 1, 1977,...
Section 10-183q. - Funds not assignable and exempt from attachment. Alternate payee. - (a) The portion of each member's compensation deducted or to...
Section 10-183qq. - Bond authorization for a portion of unfunded liability of Teachers' Retirement Fund. - (a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, in accordance...
Section 10-183r. - Funding of system. Payment of administration expenses, benefit costs and professional fees for administration of health benefit plans. - The system shall be funded as follows: (1) Except as...
Section 10-183rr. - No credit for improperly certified teacher. - Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (28) of section 10-183b concerning...
Section 10-183s. - Reimbursement of municipalities. - Any municipality exempted from the provisions of this chapter shall...
Section 10-183ss. - Electronic direct deposit of pension payments. - Unless otherwise requested by the recipient, any pension payment made...
Section 10-183t. - Health insurance. - (a) The board shall offer one or more health benefit...
Section 10-183tt. - Teachers' Retirement System Viability Commission. Membership. Global consulting firm. Contract. Financial viability plan. Termination of commission. - (a) There is established the Teachers' Retirement System Viability Commission,...
Section 10-183u. - Participation in hospital insurance benefits under Social Security Act. - Section 10-183u is repealed. (P.A. 78-208, S. 20, 35; May...
Section 10-183uu. - Teachers' Retirement Board data. Interagency agreement between Secretary of Office of Policy and Management and state agency. - (a) If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and...
Section 10-183v. - Reemployment of teachers. - (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3) of...
Section 10-183vv. - Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Fund Bonds Special Capital Reserve Fund. Fund pledged to payment on bonds. Certification of fund balance. Termination. - (a) There is established the Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Fund Bonds...
Section 10-183w. - Retirement at age seventy. Exception. - Section 10-183w is repealed. (P.A. 78-208, S. 22, 35; P.A....
Section 10-183ww. - Credited interest percentage and return assumption. Revised actuarial valuation and certification to General Assembly. - (a) Not later than fourteen business days after the last...
Section 10-183x. - Benefits under prior law preserved. - (a) All persons receiving benefits from the system on June...
Section 10-183xx. - Rollover accounts for members who submit retirement application: Distributions. Polices and procedures. Restrictions. - (a) The Teachers' Retirement Board shall establish a rollover account...
Section 10-183y. - Appeal to board for reconsideration. - Any member may appeal to the Teachers' Retirement Board for...
Section 10-183z. - Funding of system on actuarial reserve basis. Use of funds. - (a) The retirement system for teachers shall be funded on...
Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children
Section 10-184. - Duties of parents. School attendance age requirements. - All parents and those who have the care of children...
Section 10-184a. - Special education programs or services for children educated in a home or private school. - (a) The provisions of sections 10-76a to 10-76h, inclusive, shall...
Section 10-184b. - Waiver provisions not applicable to equivalent instruction authority of parents. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or public or...
Section 10-185. - Penalty. - Each day's failure on the part of a person to...
Section 10-186. - Duties of local and regional boards of education re school attendance. Hearings. Appeals to state board. Establishment of hearing board. Readmission. Transfers. - (a) Each local or regional board of education shall furnish,...
Section 10-187. - Appeal from finding of hearing board. - Any parent or guardian or emancipated minor or a pupil...
Section 10-188. - Private schools and instruction. - Attendance of children at a school other than a public...
Section 10-189 to 10-192. - Leaving certificate. Educationally retarded children, exception. Physical examination. Employer's duty upon receiving leaving certificate. - Sections 10-189 to 10-192, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 10-193. - Certificate of age for minors in certain occupations. - (a) The superintendent of schools of any local or regional...
Section 10-194. - Penalty. - (a) Any person, whether acting for himself or herself or...
Section 10-195. - Evidence of age. - Upon the trial of any person who has wilfully employed...
Section 10-196. - Agents. - Section 10-196 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1457; February, 1965,...
Section 10-197. - Penalty for employment of child under fourteen. - Any person who employs a child under fourteen years of...
Section 10-198. - False statement as to age. - Any parent or other person having control of a child,...
Section 10-198a. - Policies and procedures concerning truants. - (a) For purposes of this section and sections 10-198c and...
Section 10-198b. - State Board of Education to define “excused absence”, “unexcused absence” and “disciplinary absence”. - The State Board of Education shall define “excused absence”, “unexcused...
Section 10-198c. - Attendance review teams. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Chronically absent child”...
Section 10-198d. - Chronic absenteeism prevention and intervention plan. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2016, the Department of...
Section 10-198e. - Truancy intervention models. - (a) The Department of Education shall identify effective truancy intervention...
Section 10-198f. - Mental health wellness days. - (a) As used in this section and section 10-198b, “mental...
Section 10-199. - Attendance officers. Duties. - Any local or regional board of education may appoint one...
Section 10-200. - Habitual truants. - Each city and town may adopt ordinances concerning habitual truants...
Section 10-201. - Fees for arresting truants. - Officers other than policemen of cities shall receive for making...
Section 10-202. - Warrant and hearing. - In all cases arising under the provisions of sections 10-200...
Section 10-202a to 10-202d. - Dropout prevention pilot program; establishment. Attendance plan. Testing; inventory of skills and interests. Programs and services; assistance; report. - Sections 10-202a to 10-202d, inclusive, are repealed. (May Sp. Sess....
Section 10-202e. - Policy on dropout prevention. - The State Board of Education shall adopt a state policy...
Section 10-202f. - Dropout prevention grant program. - (a) Consistent with the policy adopted pursuant to section 10-202e,...
Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation
Section 10-203. - Compliance with public health statutes and regulations. - Each local and regional board of education shall maintain the...
Section 10-203a. - Guidelines re physical health needs of students. Optional adoption of plans by local and regional boards of education. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2007, the Department of...
Section 10-203b. - Health Services Program Information Survey. - For the school year commencing July 1, 2017, and each...
Section 10-203c. - Guidelines re comprehensive school counseling program. - Not later than July 1, 2020, the State Board of...
Section 10-204. - Vaccination. - Section 10-204 is repealed, effective July 1, 1998. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 10-204a. - Required immunizations. Temporary waiver. - (a) Each local or regional board of education, or similar...
Section 10-204b. - Rubella immunization. - Section 10-204b is repealed. (1971, P.A. 296; P.A. 77-52, S....
Section 10-204c. - Immunity from liability. - No municipality, district health department or local or regional board...
Section 10-204d. - Continuation of exemption from immunization requirements on religious grounds upon transfer to another school. - Any person who is exempt from the immunization requirements set...
Section 10-205. - Appointment of school medical advisors. - Each local or regional board of education of any town...
Section 10-206. - Health assessments. - (a) Each local or regional board of education shall require...
Section 10-206a. - Free health assessments. - Each local or regional board of education shall provide for...
Section 10-206b. - Tests for lead levels in Head Start programs. - Each director of a Head Start program shall require each...
Section 10-206c. - Annual report on whether pupil has health insurance. - Each local or regional board of education shall require each...
Section 10-206d. - Oral health assessments. - (a) Each local or regional board of education shall request...
Section 10-207. - Duties of medical advisors. - (a) Each school medical advisor shall work with the local...
Section 10-208. - Exemption from examination or treatment. - No provision of section 10-206 or 10-214 shall be construed...
Section 10-208a. - Physical activity of student restricted; boards to honor notice. - Each local and regional board of education shall honor written...
Section 10-209. - Records not to be public. Provision of reports to schools. - (a) No record of any medical examination made or filed...
Section 10-210. - Notice of disease to be given parent or guardian. - Subject to the provisions of section 19a-216 notice of any...
Section 10-211. - Notice to state board. - Section 10-211 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1472; 1963, P.A....
Section 10-211a. - Peer-to-peer mental health support program; development; training. - (a) As used in this section and section 10-211b, “designated...
Section 10-211b. - Peer-to-peer mental health support program; administration; selection of designated staff members to complete training. - For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each...
Section 10-211c. - Peer-to-peer mental health support program; administration by local health departments, district departments of health, youth services bureaus, municipal social services agencies and other youth-serving organizations. - On and after July 1, 2023, any local health department,...
Section 10-211d. - Family care coordinator. - For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each...
Section 10-211e. - Annual notice re Get Outside and Play for Children's Mental Health Day. - For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each...
Section 10-212. - School nurses and nurse practitioners. Administration of medications by parents or guardians on school grounds. Criminal history records checks. - (a) Each local or regional board of education shall appoint...
Section 10-212a. - Administration of medications in schools, at athletic events and to children in school readiness programs. - (a)(1) A school nurse or, in the absence of such...
Section 10-212b. - Policies prohibiting the recommendation of psychotropic drugs by school personnel. - (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “psychotropic drugs” means...
Section 10-212c. - Life-threatening food allergies and glycogen storage disease: Guidelines; district plans. - (a)(1) Not later than July 1, 2012, the Department of...
Section 10-212d. - Availability of automatic external defibrillators in schools. Emergency action response plans for life-threatening emergencies. - (a) On and after July 1, 2010, subject to the...
Section 10-212e. - Immunity from actions relating to the provision of food or dietary supplements on school grounds by a parent, guardian or designee to a student with glycogen storage disease. - No claim for damages shall be made against a town,...
Section 10-212f. - School Nurse Advisory Council. Reports. - (a) The Commissioner of Education shall establish a School Nurse...
Section 10-212g. - Training program re emergency first aid to students who experience allergic reactions. - Not later than December 31, 2014, the Departments of Education...
Section 10-212h. - Self-application of sunscreen by students. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-212a, any student who...
Section 10-212i. - Emergency action plans for serious and life-threatening sports-related injuries during interscholastic and intramural athletic events. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and...
Section 10-212j. - Posting and distribution of document re behavioral and mental health evaluation and treatment resources. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, each local and...
Section 10-212k. - Provision of free menstrual products to students in grades three to twelve. - On and after September 1, 2023, each local and regional...
Section 10-212l. - Mental health plan for student athletes; development. - Not later than July 1, 2023, the Department of Education,...
Section 10-212m. - Mental health plan for student athletes; implementation. - For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each...
Section 10-213. - Dental hygienists. - A local or regional board of education may appoint and...
Section 10-214. - Vision, audiometric and postural screenings: When required; notification of parents re defects; record of results. - (a) Each local or regional board of education shall provide...
Section 10-214a. - Eye-protective devices. - The State Board of Education shall make regulations concerning the...
Section 10-214b. - Compliance report by local or regional board of education. - Section 10-214b is repealed, effective June 3, 1996. (P.A. 80-440,...
Section 10-215. - Lunches, breakfasts and other feeding programs for public school children and employees. Collection of unpaid charges. Acceptance of gifts, donations or grants. - (a) Any local or regional board of education may establish...
Section 10-215a. - Nonpublic school and nonprofit agency participation in feeding programs. - Nonpublic schools and nonprofit agencies may participate in the school...
Section 10-215b. - Duties of State Board of Education re feeding programs. - (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to expend...
Section 10-215c. - Annual report. - Section 10-215c is repealed. (1971, P.A. 702, S. 6; P.A....
Section 10-215d. - Regulations re nutrition standards for school breakfasts and lunches. Facilitation of purchases from local farmers. - (a) Not later than July 1, 1991, the State Board...
Section 10-215e. - Nutrition standards for food that is not part of lunch or breakfast program. - Not later than August 1, 2006, and January first of...
Section 10-215f. - Certification that food meets nutrition standards. - (a) Each local and regional board of education, the Technical...
Section 10-215g. - In-classroom school breakfast pilot program. - (a) There is established an in-classroom school breakfast pilot program....
Section 10-215h. - Child nutrition outreach program. - (a) The Department of Education shall administer, within available appropriations,...
Section 10-215i. - Information and notice re supplemental nutrition assistance program. - (a) Not later than October 1, 2015, the Department of...
Section 10-215j. - School nutrition program bids by food service management companies. Consistency with farm to school program. Preference in award of contract. - Any bid submitted by a food service management company in...
Section 10-215k. - Submission of report re nonimplementation of Community Eligibility Provision. - Not later than December 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, any...
Section 10-215l. - CT Grown for CT Kids Grant Program. - (a) The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the advisory...
Section 10-216. - Payment of expenses. - The expenses incurred under the provisions of this chapter, except...
Section 10-217. - Penalty. - Any person who is responsible for the violation of any...
Section 10-217a. - Health services for children in private nonprofit schools. Payments from the state, towns in which children reside and private nonprofit schools. - (a) Each town or regional school district which provides health...
Section 10-217b. - Appropriation. - Section 10-217b is repealed. (1972, P.A. 296, S. 2; P.A....
Section 10-217c. - Definitions. - As used in sections 10-217d to 10-217g, inclusive: (1) “Art...
Section 10-217d. - Warning labels. - (a) On and after June 1, 1989, no person shall...
Section 10-217e. - Purchase of art or craft materials by local or regional school districts. - On and after June 1, 1989, no art or craft...
Section 10-217f. - Availability of lists of carcinogenic substances, potential human carcinogens and certain toxic substances. - The Commissioner of Education shall make available to each local...
Section 10-217g. - Exemptions. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10-217d and 10-217e, if the...
Section 10-217h. - Connecticut School Health Survey; administration. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and...
Section 10-217i. - Connecticut School Health Survey; questions re risk of youths becoming victims of sexual assault or misconduct by an adult. - Not later than October 1, 2022, the Child Advocate, in...
Section 10-217j. - Connecticut School Health Survey; policy and forms re notice. - Not later than January 1, 2023, the Department of Education,...
Chapter 170 - Boards of Education
Section 10-218. - Officers. Meetings. - Each board of education shall, not later than one month...
Section 10-218a. - Oath of office. - Members of boards of education shall, before entering upon their...
Section 10-219. - Procedure for filling vacancy on local board of education. - If a vacancy occurs in the office of any member...
Section 10-220. - Duties of boards of education. - (a) Each local or regional board of education shall maintain...
Section 10-220a. - In-service training. Professional development and evaluation committees. Institutes for educators. Cooperating teacher program, regulations. - (a) Each local or regional board of education shall provide...
Section 10-220b. - Policy statement on drugs. - Section 10-220b is repealed. (P.A. 78-218, S. 145; P.A. 87-499,...
Section 10-220c. - Transportation of children over private roads. Immunity from liability. - (a) Each town, or local or regional board of education...
Section 10-220d. - Student recruitment by regional and interdistrict specialized schools and programs. Recruitment of athletes prohibited. Information re and notice of availability of certain schools and education centers. - Each local and regional board of education shall provide full...
Section 10-220e. - Foster children count. - Section 10-220e is repealed, effective July 1, 2000. (P.A. 98-252,...
Section 10-220f. - Safety committee. - Each local and regional board of education may establish a...
Section 10-220g. - Policy on calculation of students' grade point averages. - Each local and regional board of education shall establish, and...
Section 10-220h. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Transfer of student records. - When a student enrolls in a school in a new...
Section 10-220i. - Transportation of students carrying cartridge injectors. - No local or regional board of education shall deny a...
Section 10-220j. - Blood glucose self-testing by children. Guidelines. - (a) No local or regional board of education may prohibit...
Section 10-220k. - Disclosure of educational records re student confined in residential facility. - In the case of a student confined pursuant to court...
Section 10-220l. - Qualified personnel to monitor school swimming pool. School swimming pool safety plan. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “School swimming pool”...
Section 10-220m. - Review of transportation arrangements of special needs students. - Not later than January 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, each...
Section 10-220p. - Materials provided to students when discussing career options. - Guidance counselors and school counselors may provide materials concerning manufacturing,...
Section 10-220q. - Calculation of grade point average and determination of class rank percentile for Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and...
Section 10-221. - Boards of education to prescribe rules, policies and procedures. - (a) As used in this section, “remote learning” means instruction...
Section 10-221a. - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (i) and effective date.) High school graduation requirements. Student support and remedial services. Excusal from physical education requirement. Diplomas for certain veterans... - (a) For classes graduating from 1988 to 2003, inclusive, no...
Section 10-221b. - Boards of education to establish written uniform policy re treatment of recruiters. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all...
Section 10-221c. - Development of policy for reporting complaints re school transportation safety. Reporting of accidents at school bus stops. - (a) The superintendent of schools of each local or regional...
Section 10-221d. - Criminal history and child abuse and neglect registry records checks of applicants and employees of eligible school operators. Termination or dismissal. Fingerprinting. Availability of information re applicant's history. - (a) As used in this section and sections 10-232b and...
Section 10-221e. - Intradistrict student assignment programs. - Local and regional boards of education may develop intradistrict student...
Section 10-221f. - School uniforms. - A local or regional board of education may specify a...
Section 10-221g. - Instructional time and facility usage assessment. - Each local and regional board of education shall conduct an...
Section 10-221h and 10-221i. - Plan to improve reading skills. Technical assistance; standard of reading competency. - Sections 10-221h and 10-221i are repealed, effective July 1, 2012....
Section 10-221j. - Early Reading Success Panel. - The Department of Education shall convene an Early Reading Success...
Section 10-221k. - Assessments by priority school districts of need related to goal of reading success. - Each local or regional board of education for a priority...
Section 10-221l. - State-Wide Early Reading Success Institute. - The Department of Education shall develop, within available appropriations, a...
Section 10-221m. - Development and implementation of in-service reading instruction training program by priority school districts. - (a) On or before July 1, 2001, each local or...
Section 10-221n. - Independent evaluation. - The Department of Education shall contract, within available appropriations, for...
Section 10-221o. - Lunch periods. Recess. Undirected play. Boards to adopt policies addressing limitation of physical exercise. - (a) Each local and regional board of education shall require...
Section 10-221p. - Boards to make available for purchase nutritious and low-fat foods. - Each local and regional board of education and governing authority...
Section 10-221q. - Sale of beverages. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...
Section 10-221r. - Advanced placement course program. Guidelines. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2011, and...
Section 10-221s. - Posting of Careline telephone number in schools. Investigations of child abuse and neglect. Disciplinary action. - (a) Each local and regional board of education shall post...
Section 10-221t. - Alignment of common core standards with college level programs. - Each local and regional board of education, in collaboration with...
Section 10-221u. - Boards to adopt policies addressing the use of physical activity as discipline. - Not later than October 1, 2013, each local and regional...
Section 10-221v. - Confidential rapid response team re suspected abuse or neglect. - Not later than January 1, 2016, each local and regional...
Section 10-221w. - Policy re eligibility criteria for enrollment in advanced course or program. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Advanced course or...
Section 10-221x. - Challenging curriculum policy. - (a) Not later than July 1, 2022, each local and...
Section 10-221y. - Standardized conversion of transferred credits. Application toward graduation requirements. - The Commissioners of Education and Children and Families shall develop...
Section 10-222. - Appropriations and budget. - Each local board of education shall prepare an itemized estimate...
Section 10-222a. - Boards to have use of funds from repayment and insurance proceeds for school materials and from payment for custodial services for use of school facilities. - Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 106, or any municipal charter...
Section 10-222b. - Board to have use of funds from the Manville property damage settlement trust. - Section 10-222b is repealed, effective July 1, 2000. (P.A. 90-122,...
Section 10-222c. - Hiring policy. Applicant's employment history; requirement to disclose and check upon. Immunity from civil and criminal liability. - (a) No local or regional board of education, governing council...
Section 10-222d. - Safe school climate plans. Definitions. School climate assessments. - (a) As used in this section, sections 10-222g to 10-222i,...
Section 10-222e. - Policy on evaluation and termination of athletic coaches. - (a) Any local or regional board of education that employs...
Section 10-222f. - College informational forums. - Each local and regional board of education may require any...
Section 10-222g. - Prevention and intervention strategy re bullying and teen dating violence. - For the purposes of section 10-222d, the term “prevention and...
Section 10-222h. - Analysis of school districts' efforts re prevention of and response to bullying in schools. School climate assessment instruments. - (a) The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, (1)...
Section 10-222i. - State-wide safe school climate resource network. - (a) The Department of Education, in consultation with the State...
Section 10-222j. - Training re prevention, identification and response to school bullying, teen dating violence and youth suicide. - The Department of Education shall provide, within available appropriations, annual...
Section 10-222k. - District safe school climate coordinator. Safe school climate specialist. Safe school climate committee. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2012, and...
Section 10-222l. - Immunity of school employees, students, parents or guardians, individuals and boards of education from liability for certain actions relating to reporting, investigating and responding to school bullying and teen dating violence. - (a) No claim for damages shall be made against a...
Section 10-222m. - School security and safety plans. School security and safety committees. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and...
Section 10-222n. - School security and safety plan standards. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2014, the Department of...
Section 10-222o. - Information re aggregate spending for education to be made available. - (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and...
Section 10-222p. - Review of safe school climate plans by Department of Education. Approval or rejection. - (a) The Department of Education shall receive each safe school...
Section 10-222q. - Social and Emotional Learning and School Climate Advisory Collaborative. - (a) There is established a social and emotional learning and...
Section 10-222r. - Publication of plain language explanation of rights and remedies. - Not later than June 30, 2021, each local and regional...
Section 10-222s. - Provision of training materials re prevention of and intervention in discrimination and harassment against students. - Each local and regional board of education, in consultation with...
Section 10-222t. - Administration of social-emotional learning assessment. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and...
Section 10-222u. - State-wide social-emotional support strategy. - (a) The Social Emotional Learning and School Climate Advisory Collaborative,...
Section 10-222v. - Social-emotional learning standards for grades four to twelve. - Not later than October 1, 2022, the Department of Education...
Section 10-222w. - Working group re bullying and safe school climate plans. - Not later than January 1, 2022, the Social Emotional Learning...
Section 10-222x. - Inclusion of 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number on student identification cards. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...
Section 10-223. - Separate high school accounts. - Section 10-223 is repealed, effective June 3, 1996. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 10-223a. - Promotion and graduation policies. Basic skills necessary for graduation; assessment process. - (a) On or before July 1, 2000, each local and...
Section 10-223b to 10-223d. - List of schools in need of improvement; process for improving school performance. Grants for schools in need of improvement. Identification of successful programs and methods. - Sections 10-223b to 10-223d, inclusive, are repealed, effective August 15,...
Section 10-223e. - State-wide education accountability plan. State-wide performance management and support plan. Actions. Study of academic achievement. Reconstitution of boards of education. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Accountability index” means...
Section 10-223f. - Use of charter school student performance data in the calculation of accountability index scores for alliance districts. - (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and...
Section 10-223g. - On-line credit recovery program. On-line learning coordinator. - A local or regional board of education for a school...
Section 10-223h. - Commissioner's network of schools. Turnaround committees. Operations and instructional audit. Turnaround plans. Reports. - (a) The Commissioner of Education shall establish, within available appropriations,...
Section 10-223i. - Contracts between boards of education and not-for-profit educational management organizations. Operations report. Enrollment policies. - (a) The local or regional board of education for a...
Section 10-223j. - School governance councils. - (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (4) of this subsection,...
Section 10-223k. - Department of Education to publish certain plans, rankings and formulas. - The Department of Education shall annually publish and make available...
Section 10-223l. - Model school district responsibilities agreement. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2018, the Department of...
Section 10-223m. - Adoption of policy to improve completion rates of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. - Not later than July 1, 2022, each local and regional...
Section 10-223n. - Publication of completion rates of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. - Not later than July 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 10-224. - Duties of the secretary. - The secretary of the board of education shall keep a...
Section 10-225. - Salaries of secretary and attendance officers. - The salaries and compensation of the secretary of the board...
Section 10-226. - Reports to Commissioner of Education. - Each local and regional board of education shall annually, before...
Section 10-226a. - Documentation of pupils and teachers of racial minorities and pupils eligible for free or reduced price lunches. - (a) Each local or regional board of education shall annually...
Section 10-226b. - Existence of racial imbalance. - (a) Whenever the State Board of Education finds that racial...
Section 10-226c. - Plan to correct imbalance. - (a) Any board of education receiving notification of the existence...
Section 10-226d. - Approval of plan by state board. - Upon receipt of any plan required under the provisions of...
Section 10-226e. - Regulations. - The State Board of Education shall have the authority to...
Section 10-226f. - Coordinator of intergroup relations. - The State Board of Education shall select one of its...
Section 10-226g. - Intergroup relations training for teachers. - Each regional and local board of education may, in accordance...
Section 10-226h. - Programs and methods to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation. - (a) A local or regional board of education for purposes...
Section 10-227. - Returns of receipts, expenditures and statistics to Commissioner of Education. Verification mandated. Penalty. - Each board of education shall cause the superintendent to make...
Section 10-228. - Free textbooks, supplies, material and equipment. - Each local and regional board of education shall purchase such...
Section 10-228a. - Free textbook loans to pupils attending nonpublic schools. - Each local and regional board of education may, at the...