Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-283 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 173 / Section 10-283
Sec. 10-283. Applications for grants for school building projects.
Status: in_force

(2) All applications submitted prior to July first shall be reviewed promptly by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall estimate the amount of the grant for which such project is eligible, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-285a , provided an application for a school building project determined by the Commissioner of Education to be a project that will assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, shall have until September first to submit an application for such a project and may have until December first of the same year to secure and report all local and state approvals required to complete the grant application. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall annually prepare a listing of all such eligible school building projects with the amount of the estimated grants for such projects and shall submit the same to the Governor, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the General Assembly on or before the fifteenth day of December, except as provided in section 10-283a , with a request for authorization to enter into grant commitments. On or before December thirty-first annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may submit comments and recommendations regarding each eligible project on such listing of eligible school building projects to the school construction committee, established pursuant to section 10-283a . Each such listing shall include a report on the following factors for each eligible project: (i) An enrollment projection and the capacity of the school, including who conducted the enrollment projection for the school and the cost of conducting such enrollment projection, (ii) a substantiation of the estimated total project costs, (iii) the readiness of such eligible project to begin construction, (iv) efforts made by the local or regional board of education to redistrict, reconfigure, merge or close schools under the jurisdiction of such board prior to submitting an application under this section, (v) enrollment and capacity information for all of the schools under the jurisdiction of such board for the five years prior to application for a school building project grant, (vi) enrollment projections and capacity information for all of the schools under the jurisdiction of such board for the eight years following the date such application is submitted, including who conducted the enrollment projection for the school and the cost of conducting such enrollment projection, (vii) the state's education priorities relating to reducing racial and economic isolation for the school district, and (viii) an estimation of the total ineligible costs and an itemization of such ineligible costs for such project. On and after July 1, 2022, each such listing shall include an addendum that contains all grants approved pursuant to subsection (b) of this section during the prior fiscal year. For the period beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2012, no project may appear on the separate schedule of authorized projects which have changed in cost more than twice. On and after July 1, 2012, no project, other than a project for a technical education and career school, may appear on the separate schedule of authorized projects which have changed in cost more than once, except the Commissioner of Administrative Services may allow a project to appear on such separate schedule of authorized projects a second time if the town or regional school district for such project can demonstrate that exigent circumstances require such project to appear a second time on such separate schedule of authorized projects. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, no projects which have changed in scope or cost to the degree determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall be eligible for reimbursement under this chapter unless it appears on such list. The percentage determined pursuant to section 10-285a at the time a school building project on such schedule was originally authorized shall be used for purposes of the grant for such project. On and after July 1, 2006, a project that was not previously authorized as an interdistrict magnet school shall not receive a higher percentage for reimbursement than that determined pursuant to section 10-285a at the time a school building project on such schedule was originally authorized. The General Assembly shall annually authorize the Commissioner of Administrative Services to enter into grant commitments on behalf of the state in accordance with the commissioner's categorized listing for such projects as the General Assembly shall determine. The Commissioner of Administrative Services may not enter into any such grant commitments except pursuant to such legislative authorization. Any regional school district which assumes the responsibility for completion of a public school building project shall be eligible for a grant pursuant to subdivision (5) or (6), as the case may be, of subsection (a) of section 10-286 when such project is completed and accepted by such regional school district.

(3) (A) All final calculations completed by the Department of Administrative Services for school building projects shall include a computation of the state grant for the school building project amortized on a straight line basis over a twenty-year period for school building projects with costs equal to or greater than two million dollars and over a ten-year period for school building projects with costs less than two million dollars. Any town or regional school district which abandons, sells, leases, demolishes or otherwise redirects the use of such a school building project to other than a public school use or a public use during such amortization period shall refund to the state the unamortized balance of the state grant remaining as of the date the abandonment, sale, lease, demolition or redirection occurs. The amortization period for a project shall begin on the date the project was accepted as complete by the local or regional board of education. A town or regional school district required to make a refund to the state pursuant to this subdivision may request forgiveness of such refund if the building is redirected for public use. The Department of Administrative Services shall include as an addendum to the annual school construction priority list all those towns requesting forgiveness. General Assembly approval of the priority list under section 10-283a , containing such request shall constitute approval of such request. This subdivision shall not apply to projects to correct safety, health and other code violations or to remedy certified school indoor air quality emergencies approved pursuant to subsection (b) of this section or projects subject to the provisions of section 10-285c .

(B) If the board of governors for an independent institution of higher education, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10a-173 , or the equivalent of such a board, on behalf of the independent institution of higher education, that operates an interdistrict magnet school makes private use of any portion of a school building in which such operator received a school building project grant pursuant to this chapter, such operator shall annually submit a report to the Commissioner of Education that demonstrates that such operator provides an equal to or greater than in-kind or supplemental benefit of such institution's facilities to students enrolled in such interdistrict magnet school that outweighs the private use of such school building. If the commissioner finds that the private use of such school building exceeds the in-kind or supplemental benefit to magnet school students, the commissioner may require such institution to refund to the state the unamortized balance of the state grant.

(b) Notwithstanding the application date requirements of this section, at any time within the limit of available grant authorization and within the limit of appropriated funds, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, may approve applications for grants and make payments for such grants, for any of the following reasons: (A) To assist school building projects to remedy damage from fire and catastrophe, (B) to correct safety, health and other code violations, (C) to replace roofs, including the replacement or installation of skylights as part of the roof replacement project, (D) to remedy a certified school indoor air quality emergency, (E) to install insulation for exterior walls and attics, or (F) to purchase and install a limited use and limited access elevator, windows, photovoltaic panels, wind generation systems, building management systems or portable classroom buildings, provided portable classroom building projects shall not create a new facility or cause an existing facility to be modified so that the portable buildings comprise a substantial percentage of the total facility area, as determined by the commissioner.

(c) No school building project shall be added to the list prepared by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to subsection (a) of this section after such list is submitted to the committee of the General Assembly appointed pursuant to section 10-283a unless (1) the project is for a school placed on probation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the project is necessary to preserve accreditation, (2) the project is necessary to replace a school building for which a state agency issued a written notice of its intent to take the school property for public purpose, (3) it is a school building project determined by the Commissioner of Education to be a project that will assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to projects previously authorized by the General Assembly that require special legislation to correct procedural deficiencies.

(d) No school building project shall be added to the list prepared by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, unless the applicant, prior to submitting an application, has (1) secured funding authorization for the local share of the project costs, provided for any application submitted on and after July 1, 2026, such local share includes an additional ten per cent contingency that is in accordance with guidance developed by the Department of Administrative Services, and such authorization has become effective pursuant to the general statutes and local ordinance or charter, or (2) scheduled and prepared a referendum, if required, the results of which shall be submitted on or before the fifteenth day of November in the year of application. The reimbursement percentage for a project covered by this subsection shall reflect the rates in effect during the fiscal year in which such local funding authorization is secured.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-99f — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-99f
Sec. 10-99f. Budget for Technical Education and Career System.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor, when considering reductions in allotment requisitions or allotments in force, shall give priority to the educational needs of the system and instructional staffing needs, as identified in the statement of staffing needs submitted by the superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System pursuant to section 10-99g , and every effort shall be made to avoid impairment of the system's educational mission and interruption to instructional time during such consideration.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-35c — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-35c
Sec. 10a-35c. Credentials of value. Report re in-demand credentials.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than September 1, 2022, and every two years thereafter until September 1, 2028, the Chief Workforce Officer shall submit to the Board of Regents for Higher Education, the Governor and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce and higher education and employment advancement a report on (1) credentials, as defined in section 10a-34h , and skills that are in demand in the labor market and that lead to quality jobs, and (2) models and examples of associate degree programs that result in students earning an industry-recognized credential within twelve months from enrollment and is a pathway to one or more bachelor's degree programs.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-233a — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-233a
Sec. 10-233a. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) “Exclusion” means any denial of public school privileges to a pupil for disciplinary purposes.

(b) “Removal” means an exclusion from a classroom for all or part of a single class period, provided such exclusion shall not extend beyond ninety minutes.

(c) “In-school suspension” means an exclusion from regular classroom activity for no more than five consecutive school days, but not exclusion from school, provided such exclusion shall not extend beyond the end of the school year in which such in-school suspension was imposed.

(d) “Suspension” means an exclusion from school privileges or from transportation services only, provided such exclusion shall not extend beyond the end of the school year in which such suspension was imposed.

(e) “Expulsion” means an exclusion from school privileges for more than ten consecutive school days and shall be deemed to include, but not be limited to, exclusion from the school to which such pupil was assigned at the time such disciplinary action was taken, provided such exclusion shall not extend beyond a period of one calendar year.

(f) “Emergency” means a situation under which the continued presence of the pupil in school poses such a danger to persons or property or such a disruption of the educational process that a hearing may be delayed until a time as soon after the exclusion of such pupil as possible.

(g) “School” means any school under the direction of a local or regional board of education or any school for which one or more such boards of education pays eighty per cent or more of the tuition costs for students enrolled in such school.

(h) “School-sponsored activity” means any activity sponsored, recognized or authorized by a board of education and includes activities conducted on or off school property.

Cited. 193 C. 93.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-112a — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185b / Section 10a-112a
Sec. 10a-112a. State Museum of Natural History, Office of Archaeology.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 10-383 re designation of museum as repository for artifacts found and data gathered during archaeological investigations on state lands.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-111a — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185b / Section 10a-111a
Sec. 10a-111a. (Formerly Sec. 11-1d). State Historian.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Historian shall: (1) Edit or supervise the editing and publication of the public records of the state, (2) provide information and advice to members of the government at all levels, (3) assist the State Board of Education in efforts to promote the teaching of history in schools and teacher preparation programs, (4) respond to requests for advice from historical societies, (5) respond to requests for information on the state's history, (6) make public appearances and addresses on the state's history, (7) prepare bibliographies and other research aids relating to the history of the state, and (8) promote by appropriate informative and educational programs the celebration or commemoration of significant historical events.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-95t — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-95t
Sec. 10-95t. Plan to address vocational, technical and technological education, training and work experience for children in post-conviction justice system custody.
Status: in_force

(b) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “Post-conviction justice system custody” means physical or legal custody or control of a child in a facility or program run by or contracted with the Department of Correction, or the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch, pursuant to an adjudication or conviction for a delinquent act or criminal offense; and

(2) “Child” means child, as defined in section 10-253 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-262u — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 172 / Section 10-262u
Sec. 10-262u. Alliance districts.
Status: in_force

(1) “Alliance district” means a school district for a town that (A) is among the towns with the thirty-three lowest accountability index scores, as calculated by the Department of Education, or (B) was previously designated as an alliance district by the Commissioner of Education for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2022, inclusive.

(2) “Accountability index” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-223e .

(3) “Mastery test data of record” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-262f .

(4) “Educational reform district” means an alliance district that is among the ten lowest accountability index scores when all towns are ranked highest to lowest in accountability index scores.

(b) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, the Commissioner of Education shall designate thirty school districts as alliance districts. Any school district designated as an alliance district shall be so designated for a period of five years. On or before June 30, 2016, the Department of Education shall determine if there are any additional alliance districts.

(2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, the commissioner shall designate thirty-three school districts as alliance districts. Any school district designated as an alliance district shall be so designated for a period of five years.

(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the commissioner shall designate thirty-six school districts as alliance districts. Any school district designated as an alliance district shall be so designated for a period of five years.

(c) (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Comptroller shall withhold from any town that (A) was designated as an alliance district pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section any increase in funds received over the amount the town received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-262i , and (B) was designated as an alliance district for the first time pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section, any increase in funds received over the amount the town received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-262i . The Comptroller shall transfer such funds to the Commissioner of Education.

(2) Upon receipt of an application pursuant to subsection (d) of this section or section 10-156gg , the Commissioner of Education may pay such funds to the town designated as an alliance district and such town shall pay all such funds to the local or regional board of education for such town on the condition that such funds shall be expended in accordance with (A) the improvement plan described in subsection (d) of this section, (B) the minority candidate certification, retention or residency year program pursuant to section 10-156gg , (C) the provisions of subsection (c) of section 10-262i , and (D) any guidelines developed by the State Board of Education for such funds. Such funds shall be used to improve student achievement and recruit and retain minority teachers in such alliance district and to offset any other local education costs approved by the commissioner.

(d) The local or regional board of education for a town designated as an alliance district may apply to the Commissioner of Education, at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes, to receive any increase in funds received over the amount the town received for the prior fiscal year pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-262i . Applications pursuant to this subsection shall include objectives and performance targets and an improvement plan that are developed, in part, on the strategic use of student academic performance data. Such improvement plan may include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) A tiered system of interventions for the schools under the jurisdiction of such board based on the needs of such schools, (2) ways to strengthen the foundational programs in reading, through the intensive reading instruction program pursuant to section 10-14u , to ensure reading mastery in kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, with a focus on standards and instruction, proper use of data, intervention strategies, current information for teachers, parental engagement, and teacher professional development, (3) additional learning time, including extended school day or school year programming administered by school personnel or external partners, (4) a talent strategy that includes, but is not limited to, teacher and school leader recruitment and assignment, career ladder policies that draw upon guidelines for a teacher evaluation program adopted by the State Board of Education, pursuant to section 10-151b , and adopted by each local or regional board of education. Such talent strategy may include provisions that demonstrate increased ability to attract, retain, promote and bolster the performance of staff in accordance with performance evaluation findings and, in the case of new personnel, other indicators of effectiveness, (5) training for school leaders and other staff on new teacher evaluation models, (6) provisions for the cooperation and coordination with early childhood education providers to ensure alignment with district expectations for student entry into kindergarten, including funding for an existing local Head Start program, (7) provisions for the cooperation and coordination with other governmental and community programs to ensure that students receive adequate support and wraparound services, including community school models, (8) provisions for implementing and furthering state-wide education standards adopted by the State Board of Education and all activities and initiatives associated with such standards, (9) strategies for attracting and recruiting minority teachers and administrators, (10) provisions for the enhancement of bilingual education programs, pursuant to section 10-17f , or other language acquisition services to multilingual learners, (11) entering into the model school district responsibilities agreement, described in section 10-223 l , (12) leadership succession plans that provide training and learning opportunities for administrators and are designed to assist in the seamless transition of school and district personnel in and out of leadership positions in the school district and the continuous implementation of improvement plans developed under this subsection, (13) implementing the policy adopted pursuant to section 10-223m to improve completion rates of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid by students enrolled in grade twelve in a high school under the jurisdiction of such board or students enrolled in an adult education program maintained by such board pursuant to section 10-69 , and, as applicable, the parent and guardians of such students, and (14) any additional categories or goals as determined by the commissioner. Such improvement plan shall demonstrate collaboration with key stakeholders, as identified by the commissioner, with the goal of achieving efficiencies and the alignment of intent and practice of current programs with conditional programs identified in this subsection. The commissioner may (A) require changes in any improvement plan submitted by a local or regional board of education before the commissioner approves an application under this subsection, and (B) permit a local or regional board of education, as part of such improvement plan, to use a portion of any funds received under this section for the purposes of paying tuition charged to such board pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (k) of section 10-264 l or subsection (b) of section 10-264o . Each such local and regional board of education shall annually submit such improvement plan to the department.

(e) The State Board of Education may develop guidelines and criteria for the administration of such funds under this section.

(f) The commissioner may withhold such funds if the local or regional board of education fails to comply with the provisions of this section. The commissioner may renew such funding if the local or regional board of education provides evidence that the school district of such board is achieving the objectives and performance targets approved by the commissioner stated in the improvement plan submitted under this section.

(g) Any local or regional board of education receiving funding under this section shall submit an annual expenditure report to the commissioner on such form and in such manner as requested by the commissioner. The commissioner shall determine if (1) the local or regional board of education shall repay any funds not expended in accordance with the approved application, or (2) such funding should be reduced in a subsequent fiscal year up to an amount equal to the amount that the commissioner determines is out of compliance with the provisions of this subsection.

(h) Any balance remaining for each local or regional board of education at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward for such local or regional board of education for the next fiscal year.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-97b — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-97b
Sec. 10-97b. Replacement of school buses in service in Technical Education and Career System. Report.
Status: in_force

(b) The executive director of the Technical Education and Career System shall annually submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and finance, revenue and bonding a report on the replacement of school buses in service in the Technical Education and Career System, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Such report shall include the number of school buses replaced in the previous school year and a projection of the number of school buses anticipated to be replaced in the upcoming school year.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-234cc — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-234cc
Sec. 10-234cc. Requirements for operators re student data.
Status: in_force

(b) An operator shall not knowingly:

(1) Engage in (A) targeted advertising on the operator's Internet web site, online service or mobile application, or (B) targeted advertising on any other Internet web site, online service or mobile application if such advertising is based on any student information, student records, student-generated content or persistent unique identifiers that the operator has acquired because of the use of the operator's Internet web site, online service or mobile application for school purposes;

(2) Collect, store and use student information, student records, student-generated content or persistent unique identifiers for purposes other than the furtherance of school purposes;

(3) Sell, rent or trade student information, student records or student-generated content unless the sale is part of the purchase, merger or acquisition of an operator by a successor operator and the operator and successor operator continue to be subject to the provisions of this section regarding student information; or

(4) Disclose student information, student records or student-generated content unless the disclosure is made (A) in furtherance of school purposes of the Internet web site, online service or mobile application, provided the recipient of the student information uses such student information to improve the operability and functionality of the Internet web site, online service or mobile application and complies with subsection (a) of this section; (B) to ensure compliance with federal or state law or regulations or pursuant to a court order; (C) in response to a judicial order; (D) to protect the safety or integrity of users or others, or the security of the Internet web site, online service or mobile application; (E) to an entity hired by the operator to provide services for the operator's Internet web site, online service or mobile application, provided the operator contractually (i) prohibits the entity from using student information, student records or student-generated content for any purpose other than providing the contracted service to, or on behalf of, the operator, (ii) prohibits the entity from disclosing student information, student records or student-generated content provided by the operator to subsequent third parties, and (iii) requires the entity to comply with subsection (a) of this section; or (F) for a school purpose or other educational or employment purpose requested by a student or the parent or legal guardian of a student, provided such student information is not used or disclosed for any other purpose.

(c) An operator may use student information (1) to maintain, support, improve, evaluate or diagnose the operator's Internet web site, online service or mobile application, (2) for adaptive learning purposes or customized student learning, (3) to provide recommendation engines to recommend content or services relating to school purposes or other educational or employment purposes, provided such recommendation is not determined in whole or in part by payment or other consideration from a third party, or (4) to respond to a request for information or feedback from a student, provided such response is not determined in whole or in part by payment or other consideration from a third party.

(d) An operator may use de-identified student information or aggregated student information (1) to develop or improve the operator's Internet web site, online service or mobile application, or other Internet web sites, online services or mobile applications owned by the operator, or (2) to demonstrate or market the effectiveness of the operator's Internet web site, online service or mobile application.

(e) An operator may share aggregated student information or de-identified student information for the improvement and development of Internet web sites, online services or mobile applications designed for school purposes.

(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to (1) limit the ability of a law enforcement agency to obtain student information, student records or student-generated content from an operator as authorized by law or pursuant to a court order, (2) limit the ability of a student or the parent or legal guardian of a student to download, export, transfer or otherwise save or maintain student information, student records or student-generated content, (3) impose a duty upon a provider of an interactive computer service, as defined in 47 USC 230, as amended from time to time, to ensure compliance with this section by third-party information content providers, as defined in 47 USC 230, as amended from time to time, (4) impose a duty upon a seller or provider of an electronic store, gateway, marketplace or other means of purchasing or downloading software applications to review or enforce compliance with this section on such software applications, (5) limit an Internet service provider from providing a student, parent or legal guardian of a student or local or regional board of education with the ability to connect to the Internet, (6) prohibit an operator from advertising other Internet web sites, online services or mobile applications that are used for school purposes to parents or legal guardians of students, provided such advertising does not result from the operator's use of student information, student records or student-generated content, or (7) apply to Internet web sites, online services or mobile applications that are designed and marketed for use by individuals generally, even if the account credentials created for an operator's Internet web site, online service or mobile application may be used to access Internet web sites, online services or mobile applications that are designed and marketed for school purposes.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-150c — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 166 / Section 10-150c
Sec. 10-150c. Authority to develop standards and proposals for regulations and legislation re educator preparation and certification. Review and approval.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Any such standard or proposal developed by the Connecticut Educator Preparation and Certification Board shall be submitted to the State Board of Education for review. The State Board of Education shall approve or reject any such standard or proposal not later than sixty days after receipt of such standard or proposal. If such standard or proposal is approved, such standard or proposal shall be implemented.

(2) Any such standard or proposal developed by the State Board of Education shall be submitted to the Connecticut Educator Preparation and Certification Board for review. The Connecticut Educator Preparation and Certification Board shall approve or reject any such standard or proposal not later than sixty days after receipt of such standard or proposal. If such standard or proposal is approved, such standard or proposal shall be implemented.

(3) If such approved proposal is for regulations, the State Board of Education shall adopt regulations consistent with such approved proposal in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(4) If such approved proposal is for legislation, such approved proposal shall be submitted to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-204 — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 187a / Section 10a-204
Sec. 10a-204. (Formerly Sec. 10-361). Powers of board.
Status: in_force

(1) To lend money or guarantee the loan of money, and to acquire and sell loans, upon such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, within the limitations contained in this chapter and in Title IV, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, where applicable, to assist persons in meeting the expenses of education; provided no such person shall receive any loan or loans in excess of such amounts as the board may authorize or amounts which are in conformance with Title IV, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, where applicable. The board may procure a policy or policies of group life insurance to insure the repayment of loans made or guaranteed by the corporation in the event of the death of an individual to whom a loan is made or guaranteed hereunder. The board may charge any person receiving a loan under the provisions of this subsection an amount deemed reasonable by the board but in no event shall such amount exceed the amount provided by the provisions of Title IV, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, where applicable.

(2) To take, hold and administer, on behalf of the corporation and for any of its purposes, real property, personal property and moneys, or any interest therein, and the income therefrom, either absolutely or in trust, for any purpose of the corporation. The board of directors may acquire property or moneys for such purpose by purchase or lease and by the acceptance of gifts, grants, bequests, devises or loans; provided no obligation of the corporation shall be a debt of the state, and the corporation shall have no power to make its debts payable out of any moneys except those of the corporation.

(3) To enter into contracts with institutions of higher education, eligible lenders, nonprofit organizations or other legal entities providing for the origination, administration, servicing, custody, collection and guarantee of loans, investment agreements, agreements in connection with credit facilities, interest rate exchange agreements and such other contracts and agreements including, but not limited to, such contracts and agreements with financial consultants, underwriters, counsel and technical specialists and other professionals as the board of directors shall deem necessary or desirable to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this section.

(4) To sue and be sued in the name of the corporation. Process in any action or proceeding may be served upon the Secretary of the State, as agent for the corporation, in the manner provided by subsection (b) of section 33-663 .

(5) To create and operate the affairs of the corporation through a subsidiary or division, the dominant purpose of which shall be to carry out one or more of the purposes and provisions of this chapter.

(6) To adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with Title IV, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, where applicable, governing the qualifications, including financial need, and application for and the granting, administration and terms of loans, financed, serviced, made or guaranteed by the corporation, and governing any other matters relating to the activities of the corporation.

(7) To issue bonds, notes or other obligations of the corporation, the interest on which, if so designated by resolution of the corporation, shall be includable in the gross income of the holder or holders thereof for federal and state income tax purposes, to fund and refund the same, to provide for the rights of the holders thereof and to secure the same, or to cause a subsidiary to exercise such powers, all in accordance with section 10a-217 .

(8) To perform such other acts as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out effectively the objects and purposes of the corporation, as specified in this chapter or in Title IV, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, where applicable.

(9) To distribute excess corporation funds to the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority or any subsidiary of said authority for the purpose of such recipient's provision of financial assistance to qualified students attending institutions of higher education or enrolled in postsecondary education programs, including, without limitation, loans, scholarships or grants and financial literacy education.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-11b — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 163 / Section 10-11b
Sec. 10-11b. Commissioner's submission of application for waiver of federal law. Legislative review. Public hearing. Procedural requirements.
Status: in_force

(b) If in developing the budget for the Department of Education for the next fiscal year, the commissioner contemplates applying for a federal waiver to the federal government, the commissioner shall notify the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education of the possibility of such application.

(c) Prior to submission of an application for a waiver from said Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education under subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner shall publish a notice that the commissioner intends to seek such a waiver to the federal government in the Connecticut Law Journal, along with a summary of the provisions of the waiver application and the manner in which individuals may submit comments. The commissioner shall allow fifteen days for written comments on the waiver application prior to submission of the application for a waiver to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education under subsection (a) of this section and shall include all written comments with the waiver application submitted to said joint standing committee.

(d) The commissioner shall include with any waiver application submitted to the federal government pursuant to this section: (1) Any written comments received pursuant to subsection (c) of this section; and (2) the recommendations of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, including any additional written comments submitted to said joint standing committee at such proceedings. Said joint standing committee shall transmit any such materials to the commissioner for inclusion with any such waiver application.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-55s — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-55s
Sec. 10a-55s. Sexual misconduct climate assessments.
Status: in_force

(b) Each institution of higher education shall include with the sexual misconduct climate assessment a statement that (1) the identity of assessment respondents shall be confidential, (2) students should not disclose personally identifying information with their assessment responses, and (3) no assessment responses may be used as a basis of disciplinary action or legal proceeding.

(c) Not later than six months after the distribution of the sexual misconduct climate assessment pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and every two years thereafter, each institution of higher education in the state shall post on its Internet web site (1) the campus-level results of the sexual misconduct climate assessment, (2) its uniform campus crime report prepared pursuant to section 10a-55a , and (3) an Internet link to the report submitted to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education pursuant to subsection (f) of section 10a-55m .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-145d — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 166 / Section 10-145d
Sec. 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. Applicability of elementary education and comprehensive special education endorsements to certain grade levels. Teaching experience in birth-to-three programs. Certification of marital and family therapists. Requirement re reading instruction examination and program of study in dyslexia for certain endorsements.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Board of Education shall, pursuant to chapter 54, adopt regulations to provide standards for the certification of school business administrators. Such regulations shall make provision for certification requirements to be met by either (1) completion of prescribed courses of study or (2) such other experience as the state board shall deem appropriate for the position of school business administrator. Any person serving in the position of school business administrator on July 1, 1983, shall be considered as having met all requirements for certification. The regulations shall also contain standards to certify individuals who hold certification from a state other than Connecticut.

(c) Any individual certified as a school business administrator after July 1, 1983, pursuant to regulations adopted by the State Board of Education in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not be deemed to be eligible for membership in the teachers' retirement system solely by reason of such certification, provided any such individual who holds a regular teacher's certificate issued by the State Board of Education shall not be excluded from membership in said system.

(d) Any individual certified as a school business administrator pursuant to regulations adopted by the state board in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, shall not be deemed to be included in the definition of “teacher” in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-151 solely by reason of such certification, provided any such individual who holds a regular teacher's certificate issued by the State Board of Education and is employed as a teacher, principal, supervisor or school superintendent shall not be excluded from such definition.

(e) Not later than July 1, 2020, the State Board of Education shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to provide standards for the certification of computer science teachers. Such regulations shall create a computer science endorsement and make provision for certification requirements to be met by either (1) completion of prescribed courses of study, or (2) such other experience as the state board shall deem appropriate.

(f) (1) (A) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, (i) an endorsement issued prior to July 1, 2013, to teach elementary education grades one to six, inclusive, shall be valid for grades kindergarten to six, inclusive, and (ii) for the period commencing July 1, 2013, until June 30, 2025, for such an endorsement issued between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2025, the endorsement shall be valid for grades one to six, inclusive, except such an endorsement issued between July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2017, to any student who was admitted to and successfully completes a teacher preparation program, as defined in section 10-10a , in the certification endorsement area of elementary education on or before June 30, 2017, shall be valid for grades kindergarten to six, inclusive.

(B) The Commissioner of Education may permit, upon the request of a superintendent, any person who holds such endorsement issued between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2025, to teach kindergarten for one school year. The commissioner may, upon the request of such superintendent, permit such person who so taught kindergarten under such endorsement for one school year to teach kindergarten an additional school year.

(C) An endorsement to teach elementary education grades one to six, inclusive, or an endorsement to teach elementary education grades kindergarten to six, inclusive, issued prior to July 1, 2025, shall be valid for grades prekindergarten to six, inclusive.

(D) An endorsement to teach elementary education issued on and after July 1, 2025, shall be valid for grades prekindergarten to six, inclusive.

(2) An endorsement to teach comprehensive special education grades one to twelve, inclusive, shall be valid for grades prekindergarten to twelve, inclusive. On and after September 1, 2013, any (A) certified employee applying for a comprehensive special education endorsement, or (B) applicant for an initial, provisional or professional educator certificate and a comprehensive special education endorsement shall achieve a satisfactory score on the reading instruction examination approved by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2009, or a comparable reading instruction examination with minimum standards that are equivalent to the examination approved by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2009.

(3) On and after July 1, 2024, the following endorsements issued prior to or on or after July 1, 2024, and for grades seven to twelve, inclusive, shall be valid for grades four to twelve, inclusive: Biology, business, chemistry, earth science, English, French, German, general science, history and social studies, Italian, Latin and classical humanities, Mandarin Chinese, mathematics, Portuguese, physics, Russian, Spanish and any other world language.

(g) For the purposes of issuance of certificates, permits and authorizations by the State Board of Education under the provisions of sections 10-144o to 10-149 , inclusive, teaching experience in approved nonpublic schools shall include teaching experience in birth-to-three programs approved by the Department of Developmental Services.

(h) Any person who is a licensed marital and family therapist, pursuant to section 20-195c , or a candidate for licensure as a marital and family therapist, and employed by a local or regional board of education as a marital and family therapist shall provide services to students, families and parents or guardians of students. Not later than July 1, 2014, the State Board of Education shall, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this subsection and provide standards for the certification of marital and family therapists employed by local or regional boards of education. Such regulations shall authorize marital and family therapists employed by a local or regional board of education to provide services to students, families and parents or guardians of students and include certification requirements to be met by (1) licensure as a marital and family therapist under section 20-195c , and (2) such other experience as the State Board of Education deems appropriate for the position of marital and family therapist in a school system.

(i) (1) On and after July 1, 2017, any (A) certified employee applying for a remedial reading, remedial language arts or reading consultant endorsement, or (B) applicant for an initial, provisional or professional educator certificate and a remedial reading, remedial language arts or reading consultant endorsement shall (i) achieve a satisfactory score on the reading instruction examination approved by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2009, or a comparable reading instruction examination with minimum standards that are equivalent to the examination approved by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2009, and (ii) have completed a program of study in the diagnosis and remediation of reading and language arts that includes supervised practicum hours and instruction in the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy interventions for, students with dyslexia, as defined in section 10-3d .

(2) On and after July 1, 2021, any (A) certified employee applying for a comprehensive special education or integrated early childhood and special education endorsement, or (B) applicant for an initial, provisional or professional educator certificate and a comprehensive special education or integrated early childhood and special education endorsement shall have completed a program of study in the diagnosis and remediation of reading and language arts that includes supervised practicum hours or student teaching experience and instruction in the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy interventions for, students with dyslexia, as defined in section 10-3d .

See Sec. 4d-85 re state-wide standard for teacher and administrator competency in use of technology for instructional purposes.

Cited. 210 C. 286; 240 C. 119.

Cited. 5 CA 253.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-283b — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 173 / Section 10-283b
Sec. 10-283b. School building projects for the Technical Education and Career System.
Status: in_force

(b) The Department of Administrative Services shall ensure that an architect and a construction manager or construction administrator hired to work on a project pursuant to subsection (a) of this section are not related persons as defined in subdivision (18) of subsection (a) of section 12-218b .

(c) Not later than January 1, 2023, and biennially thereafter, the Department of Administrative Services shall develop a status report on all current and pending school building projects for the Technical Education and Career System. Such status report shall include, but need not be limited to, the costs associated with each such school building project for the Technical Education and Career System, the anticipated date of the next project application per technical education and career school, and the projected date of commencement of pending school building projects and the date of completion of current school building projects for the Technical Education and Career System. The department shall submit such status report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-236a — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-236a
Sec. 10-236a. Indemnification of educational personnel assaulted in the line of duty.
Status: in_force

(b) Any teacher or employee absent from employment as a result of injury sustained during an assault or for a court appearance in connection with such assault shall continue to receive his or her full salary, while so absent, except that the amount of any workers' compensation award may be deducted from salary payments during such absence. The time of such absence shall not be charged against such teacher or employee's sick leave, vacation time or personal leave days.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the terms “teacher” and “other employee” shall include any student teacher doing practice teaching under the direction of a teacher employed by a local or regional board of education or by the State Board of Education or Board of Governors of Higher Education, and any member of the faculty or staff or any student employed by The University of Connecticut Health Center or health services.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-416 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 184b / Section 10-416
Sec. 10-416. (Formerly Sec. 10-320j). Tax credits for rehabilitation of historic homes.
Status: reserved

(1) “Department” means the Department of Economic and Community Development;

(2) “Historic home” means a building that: (A) Will contain one-to-four dwelling units of which at least one unit will be occupied as the principal residence of the owner for not less than five years following the completion of rehabilitation work, and (B) is (i) listed individually on the National or State Register of Historic Places, or (ii) located in a district listed on the National or State Register of Historic Places, and has been certified by the department as contributing to the historic character of such district;

(3) “Nonprofit corporation” means a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 602 or any predecessor statutes thereto, having as one of its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing and having articles of incorporation approved by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-79a or 8-84 ;

(4) “Owner” means (A) any taxpayer filing a state of Connecticut tax return who possesses title to an historic home, or prospective title to an historic home in the form of a purchase agreement or option to purchase, or (B) a nonprofit corporation that possesses such title or prospective title;

(5) “Qualified rehabilitation expenditures” means any costs incurred for the physical construction involved in the rehabilitation of an historic home, but excludes: (A) The owner's personal labor, (B) the cost of site improvements, unless to provide building access to persons with disabilities, (C) the cost of a new addition, except as may be required to comply with any provision of the State Building Code or the Fire Safety Code, (D) any cost associated with the rehabilitation of an outbuilding, unless such building contributes to the historical significance of the historic home, and (E) any nonconstruction cost such as architectural fees, legal fees and financing fees;

(6) “Rehabilitation plan” means any construction plans and specifications for the proposed rehabilitation of an historic home in sufficient detail to enable the department to evaluate compliance with the standards developed under the provisions of subsections (b), (c) and (m) of this section; and

(7) “Occupancy period” means a period of five years during which one or more owners occupy an historic home as such owner's or owners' primary residence. The occupancy period begins on the date the tax credit voucher is issued by the Department of Economic and Community Development.

(b) The Department of Economic and Community Development shall administer a system of tax credit vouchers within the resources, requirements and purposes of this section for owners rehabilitating historic homes or taxpayers making contributions to qualified rehabilitation expenditures. Any owner shall be eligible for a tax credit voucher in an amount equal to thirty per cent of the qualified rehabilitation expenditures.

(c) The department shall develop standards for the approval of rehabilitation of historic homes for which a tax credit voucher is sought. Such standards shall take into account whether the rehabilitation of an historic home will preserve the historic character of the building.

(d) Prior to beginning any rehabilitation work on an historic home, the owner shall submit a rehabilitation plan to the department for a determination of whether such rehabilitation work meets the standards developed under the provisions of subsections (b), (c) and (m) of this section and shall also submit to the department an estimate of the qualified rehabilitation expenditures.

(e) If the department certifies that the rehabilitation plan conforms to the standards developed under the provisions of subsections (b), (c) and (m) of this section, the department shall reserve for the benefit of the owner an allocation for a tax credit equivalent to thirty per cent of the projected qualified rehabilitation expenditures.

(f) Following the completion of rehabilitation of an historic home, the owner shall notify the department that such rehabilitation has been completed. The owner shall provide the department with documentation of work performed on the historic home and shall certify the cost incurred in rehabilitating the home. The department shall review such rehabilitation and verify its compliance with the rehabilitation plan. Following such verification, the department shall issue a tax credit voucher to either the owner rehabilitating the historic home or to the taxpayer named by the owner as contributing to the rehabilitation. The tax credit voucher shall be in an amount equivalent to the lesser of (1) the tax credit reserved upon certification of the rehabilitation plan under the provisions of subsection (e) of this section, or (2) thirty per cent of the actual qualified rehabilitation expenditures. In order to obtain a credit against any state tax due that is specified in subsection (i) of this section, the holder of the tax credit voucher shall file the voucher with the holder's state tax return.

(g) Before the department issues a tax credit voucher, the owner shall deliver a signed statement to the department that provides that: (1) The owner shall occupy the historic home as the owner's primary residence during the occupancy period; (2) the owner shall convey the historic home to a new owner who will occupy it as the new owner's primary residence during the occupancy period; or (3) an encumbrance shall be recorded, in favor of the local, state or federal government or other funding source, that will require the owner or the owner's successors to occupy the historic home as the primary residence of the owner or the owner's successors for a period equal to or longer than the occupancy period. A copy of any such encumbrance shall be attached to the signed statement.

(h) The owner of an historic home shall not be eligible for a tax credit voucher under subsections (b), (c) and (m) of this section, unless the owner incurs qualified rehabilitation expenditures exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.

(i) (1) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall grant a tax credit:

(A) (i) For a taxpayer holding a tax credit voucher issued prior to January 1, 2024, under subsections (d) to (h), inclusive, of this section, against any tax due under chapter 207, 208, 209, 210, 211 or 212 in the amount specified in the tax credit voucher.

(ii) Any unused portion of such credit under this subparagraph may be carried forward to any or all of the four income years following the year in which the tax credit voucher is issued; and

(B) (i) For a taxpayer holding a tax credit voucher issued on or after January 1, 2024, under subsections (d) to (h), inclusive, of this section, against any tax due under chapter 207, 208, 208a, 209, 210, 211, 212 or 229 in the amount specified in the tax credit voucher.

(ii) If a taxpayer described under subparagraph (A) of subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of this section holding such tax credit voucher claims a credit against the tax imposed under chapter 229 and the amount of the tax credit voucher exceeds the taxpayer's liability for such tax, the Commissioner of Revenue Services shall treat such excess as an overpayment and, except as provided under section 12-739 or 12-742 , shall refund the amount of such excess, without interest, to the taxpayer.

(iii) If a taxpayer holding such tax credit voucher claims a credit against any tax imposed under chapter 207, 208, 208a, 209, 210, 211 or 212, any unused portion of such credit under this subparagraph may be carried forward to any or all of the four income years following the year in which the tax credit voucher is issued.

(2) The Department of Economic and Community Development shall provide a copy of the voucher to the Commissioner of Revenue Services upon the request of said commissioner.

(j) A credit allowed under this section shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars per dwelling unit for an historic home, except that such credit shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars per such dwelling unit for an owner that is a nonprofit corporation.

(k) The tax credit granted under subsection (i) of this section shall be taken in the same tax year in which the tax credit voucher is issued.

(l) The aggregate amount of all tax credits that may be reserved by the Department of Economic and Community Development upon certification of rehabilitation plans under subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of this section shall not exceed three million dollars in any one fiscal year. On and after July 1, 2015, seventy per cent of the tax credits reserved pursuant to this section shall be for owners rehabilitating historic homes that are located in a regional center as designated in the state plan of conservation and development adopted by the General Assembly pursuant to section 16a-30 or taxpayers making contributions to qualified rehabilitation expenditures on historic homes that are located in a regional center as designated in the state plan of conservation and development adopted by the General Assembly pursuant to section 16a-30 .

(m) The Department of Economic and Community Development may, in consultation with the Commissioner of Revenue Services, adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-20a — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-20a
Sec. 10a-20a. Endowed Chair Investment Fund.
Status: in_force

(b) The Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut and the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System may submit an application for the establishment of an endowed chair to be supported by a grant of not less than five hundred thousand and not more than one million dollars from the Endowed Chair Investment Fund and a matching nonstate contribution. Applications for endowed chairs shall be accepted on October first and April first in each year in which funds are available. To apply for the state grant, the board of trustees shall notify the office that it has raised a matching nonstate contribution and that it is eligible for a grant of state funds to establish an endowed chair in a specific academic discipline. The board of trustees shall submit for the office's review and approval evidence that the chair will be established in a center of excellence, as defined in subsection (b) of section 10a-25h .

(c) Following approval of an application for an endowed chair by the office, the board of trustees of the institution at which such endowed chair is established shall select candidates to fill such endowed chair and shall develop a budget for expenditures associated with such endowed chair.

(d) Any state funds deposited by the office to the Endowed Chair Investment Fund shall be invested by the State Treasurer, except a duly established foundation of The University of Connecticut or the Connecticut State University System, as appropriate, may request the office to transfer any state funds relating to an approved application for an endowed chair to such duly established foundation for the purpose of investing such state funds in accordance with the provisions of subsection (f) of this section.

(e) Any interest income earned on state funds invested by the State Treasurer pursuant to subsection (d) of this section shall be deposited to the Endowed Chair Investment Fund and, following establishment of an endowed chair under this section shall be allocated annually, upon request, to The University of Connecticut or to the Connecticut State University System, as appropriate, to support the endowed chair. Nonstate matching contributions shall be held by a duly established foundation of The University of Connecticut or the Connecticut State University System and the interest on such contributions shall be used to support the endowed chair.

(f) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, The University of Connecticut or the Connecticut State University System may request, and the office shall transfer, any state funds deposited in the Endowed Chair Investment Fund to a duly established foundation of The University of Connecticut or the Connecticut State University System, as appropriate, for an endowed chair established under this section. Such duly established foundation shall invest such state funds, and any interest income earned on such state funds shall be used to support the endowed chair. Such duly established foundation shall (1) account for such state funds separately from the nonstate matching contributions, (2) hold such state funds as a permanently restricted asset for the endowed chair, and (3) manage such state funds in accordance with the Connecticut Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA), pursuant to sections 45a-535 to 45a-535i , inclusive, and in a manner consistent with such foundation's investment and expenditure policies. No interest income earned from the state funds in any fiscal year shall be used to support the endowed chair when, at the close of the fiscal year, the market value of such state funds is less than the principal value. At the close of the fiscal year, such duly established foundation shall restore the original amount of state funds deposited in the Endowed Chair Investment Fund to a duly established foundation of The University of Connecticut or the Connecticut State University System, as appropriate, at the beginning of the next fiscal year.

(g) The boards of trustees shall submit annual reports, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the office and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education concerning the management of the endowed chair. For a duly established foundation administering an endowed chair in a manner described in subsection (e) of this section, such report shall include, but not be limited to, the expenditures of the endowed chair. For a duly established foundation administering an endowed chair in a manner described in subsection (f) of this section, such report shall include, but not be limited to, (1) expenditures, (2) the balance of state funds in each of the two previous fiscal years, (3) the balance of nonstate matching contributions in each of the two previous fiscal years, and (4) the amount of interest income earned for the state funds and nonstate matching contributions for the previous fiscal year.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-66ee — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-66ee
Sec. 10-66ee. Charter school funding. Special education students. Transportation. Contracts. Cooperative arrangements.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) The local board of education of the school district in which a student enrolled in a local charter school resides shall pay, annually, in accordance with its charter, to the fiscal authority for the charter school for each such student the amount specified in its charter, including the reasonable special education costs of students requiring special education. The board of education shall be eligible for reimbursement for such special education costs pursuant to section 10-76g .

(2) The local or regional board of education of the school district in which the local charter school is located shall be responsible for the financial support of such local charter school at a level that is at least equal to the product of (A) the per pupil cost for the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year for which support will be provided, and (B) the number of students attending such local charter school in the current fiscal year. As used in this subdivision, “per pupil cost” means, for a local or regional board of education, the quotient of the current program expenditures, as defined in section 10-262f , divided by the number of resident students, as defined in section 10-262f , of such local or regional board of education.

(c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board of Education may approve, within available appropriations, a per student grant to a local charter school in an amount not to exceed three thousand dollars for each student enrolled in such local charter school, provided the local or regional board of education for such local charter school and the representatives of the exclusive bargaining unit for certified employees, chosen pursuant to section 10-153b , mutually agree on staffing flexibility in such local charter school, and such agreement is approved by the State Board of Education. The state shall make such payments, in accordance with this subsection, to the fiscal authority for a local charter school for each student enrolled in such school as follows: Twenty-five per cent of the amount not later than July fifteenth and September first based on estimated student enrollment on May first, and twenty-five per cent of the amount not later than January first and the remaining amount not later than April first, each based on student enrollment on October first.

(d) (1) As used in this subsection:

(A) “Total charter need students” means the sum of (i) the number of students enrolled in state charter schools under the control of the governing authority for such state charter schools for the school year, and (ii) for the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and each school year thereafter, (I) thirty per cent of the number of children enrolled in such state charter schools eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk, (II) fifteen per cent of the number of such children eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk in excess of the number of such children eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk that is equal to sixty per cent of the total number of children enrolled in such state charter schools, and (III) twenty-five per cent of the number of students enrolled in such state charter schools who are multilingual learners, as defined in section 10-76kk .

(B) “Foundation” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-262f .

(C) “Charter full weighted funding per student” means the quotient of (i) the product of the total charter need students and the foundation, and (ii) the number of students enrolled in state charter schools under the control of the governing authority for such state charter schools for the school year.

(D) “Charter grant adjustment” means the absolute value of the difference between the foundation and charter full weighted funding per student for state charter schools under the control of the governing authority for such state charter schools for the school year.

(2) For the fiscal year ending July 1, 2022, the state shall pay in accordance with this subsection, to the fiscal authority for a state charter school for each student enrolled in such school, the foundation plus four and one-tenth per cent of its charter grant adjustment.

(3) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the state shall pay in accordance with this subsection, to the fiscal authority for a state charter school for each student enrolled in such school, the foundation plus twenty-five and forty-two-one-hundredths per cent of its charter grant adjustment.

(4) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the state shall pay in accordance with this subsection, to the fiscal authority for a state charter school for each student enrolled in such school, the foundation plus thirty-six and eight-one-hundredths per cent of its charter grant adjustment.

(5) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the state shall pay in accordance with this subsection, to the fiscal authority for a state charter school for each student enrolled in such school, the foundation plus fifty-six and seven tenths per cent of its charter grant adjustment.

(6) Payments under subdivisions (2) to (5), inclusive, of this subsection shall be paid as follows: Twenty-five per cent of the amount not later than July fifteenth and September first based on estimated student enrollment on May first, and twenty-five per cent of the amount not later than January first and the remaining amount not later than April first, each based on student enrollment on October first.

(7) In the case of a student identified as requiring special education, the school district in which the student resides shall: (A) Hold the planning and placement team meeting for such student and shall invite representatives from the charter school to participate in such meeting; and (B) pay the state charter school, on a quarterly basis, an amount equal to the difference between the reasonable cost of educating such student and the sum of the amount received by the state charter school for such student pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection and amounts received from other state, federal, local or private sources calculated on a per pupil basis. Such school district shall be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to section 10-76g . The charter school a student requiring special education attends shall be responsible for ensuring that such student receives the services mandated by the student's individualized education program whether such services are provided by the charter school or by the school district in which the student resides.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, if at the end of a fiscal year amounts received by a state charter school, pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of this section, are unexpended, the charter school (1) may use, for the expenses of the charter school for the following fiscal year, up to ten per cent of such amounts, and (2) may (A) create a reserve fund to finance a specific capital or equipment purchase or another specified project as may be approved by the commissioner, and (B) deposit into such fund up to five per cent of such amounts.

(f) The local or regional board of education of the school district in which the charter school is located shall provide transportation services for students of the charter school who reside in such school district pursuant to section 10-273a unless the charter school makes other arrangements for such transportation. Any local or regional board of education may provide transportation services to a student attending a charter school outside of the district in which the student resides and, if it elects to provide such transportation, shall be reimbursed pursuant to section 10-266m for the reasonable costs of such transportation. Any local or regional board of education providing transportation services under this subsection may suspend such services in accordance with the provisions of section 10-233c . The parent or guardian of any student denied the transportation services required to be provided pursuant to this subsection may appeal such denial in the manner provided in sections 10-186 and 10-187 .

(g) Charter schools shall be eligible to the same extent as boards of education for any grant for special education, competitive state grants and grants pursuant to sections 10-17g and 10-266w .

(h) If the commissioner finds that any charter school uses a grant under this section for a purpose that is inconsistent with the provisions of this part, the commissioner may require repayment of such grant to the state.

(i) Charter schools shall receive, in accordance with federal law and regulations, any federal funds available for the education of any pupils attending public schools.

(j) The governing council of a charter school may (1) contract or enter into other agreements for purposes of administrative or other support services, transportation, plant services or leasing facilities or equipment, and (2) receive and expend private funds or public funds, including funds from local or regional boards of education and funds received by local charter schools for out-of-district students, for school purposes.

(k) If in any fiscal year, more than one new state or local charter school is approved pursuant to section 10-66bb and is awaiting funding pursuant to the provisions of this section, the State Board of Education shall determine which school is funded first based on a consideration of the following factors in order of importance as follows: (1) The quality of the proposed program as measured against the criteria required in the charter school application process pursuant to section 10-66bb , (2) whether the applicant has a demonstrated record of academic success by students, (3) whether the school is located in a school district with a demonstrated need for student improvement, and (4) whether the applicant has plans concerning the preparedness of facilities, staffing and outreach to students.

(l) Within available appropriations, the state may provide a grant in an amount not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars to any newly approved state charter school that assists the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision in Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1 (1996), or any related stipulation or order in effect, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, for start-up costs associated with the new charter school program.

(m) Charter schools may, to the same extent as local and regional boards of education, enter into cooperative arrangements as described in section 10-158a , provided such arrangements are approved by the Commissioner of Education. Any state charter school participating in a cooperative arrangement under this subsection shall maintain its status as a state charter school and not be excused from any obligations pursuant to sections 10-66aa to 10-66 ll , inclusive.

(n) The Commissioner of Education shall provide any town receiving aid pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) of this section with the amount of such aid to be paid to each state or local charter school located in such town.

Subsec. (f):

Does not require charter school to provide transportation services to preschool children. 278 C. 326.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-416a — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 184b / Section 10-416a
Sec. 10-416a. Tax credits for rehabilitation of certified historic structures. No tax credit reserved on or after July 1, 2014.
Status: reserved

(1) “Officer” means the State Historic Preservation Officer designated pursuant to 36 CFR S. 61.2 (1978);

(2) “Certified historic structure” means an historic commercial, industrial, institutional, former municipal, state or federal government property, cultural building, or residential property of more than four units that: (A) Is listed individually on the National or State Register of Historic Places, or (B) is located in a district listed on the National or State Register of Historic Places, and has been certified by the officer as contributing to the historic character of such district;

(3) “Certified rehabilitation” means any rehabilitation of a certified historic structure for residential use consistent with the historic character of such property or the district in which the property is located as determined by regulations adopted by the Department of Economic and Community Development;

(4) “Owner” means any person, firm, limited liability company, nonprofit or for-profit corporation or other business entity which possesses title to an historic structure and undertakes the rehabilitation of such structure;

(5) “Placed in service” means that substantial rehabilitation work has been completed which would allow for issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the entire building or, in projects completed in phases, for individual residential units that are an identifiable portion of the building;

(6) “Qualified rehabilitation expenditures” means any costs incurred for the physical construction involved in the rehabilitation of a certified historic structure for residential use, excluding: (A) The owner's personal labor, (B) the cost of a new addition, except as required to comply with any provision of the State Building Code or the Fire Safety Code, and (C) any nonconstruction cost such as architectural fees, legal fees and financing fees;

(7) “Rehabilitation plan” means any construction plans and specifications for the proposed rehabilitation of a certified historic structure in sufficient detail for evaluation by compliance with the standards developed under the provisions of subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of this section; and

(8) “Substantial rehabilitation” or “substantially rehabilitate” means the qualified rehabilitation expenditures of a certified historic structure that exceed twenty-five per cent of the assessed value of such structure.

(b) (1) The Department of Economic and Community Development shall administer a system of tax credit vouchers within the resources, requirements and purposes of this section for owners rehabilitating certified historic structures.

(2) The credit authorized by this section shall be available in the tax year in which the substantially rehabilitated certified historic structure is placed in service. In the case of projects completed in phases, the tax credit shall be prorated to the substantially rehabilitated identifiable portion of the building placed in service. If the tax credit is more than the amount owed by the taxpayer for the year in which the substantially rehabilitated certified historic structure is placed in service, the amount that is more than the taxpayer's tax liability may be carried forward and credited against the taxes imposed for the succeeding five years or until the full credit is used, whichever occurs first.

(3) Any credits allowed under this section that are provided to multiple owners of certified historic structures shall be passed through to persons designated as partners, members or owners, pro rata or pursuant to an agreement among such persons designated as partners, members or owners documenting an alternative distribution method without regard to other tax or economic attributes of such entity. Any owner entitled to a credit under this section may assign, transfer or convey the credits, in whole or in part, by sale or otherwise to any individual or entity and such transferee shall be entitled to offset the tax imposed under chapter 207, 208, 209, 210, 211 or 212 as if such transferee had incurred the qualified rehabilitation expenditure.

(c) The officer shall develop standards for the approval of rehabilitation of certified historic structures for which a tax credit voucher is sought. Such standards shall take into account whether the rehabilitation of a certified historic structure will preserve the historic character of the building.

(d) The Department of Economic and Community Development may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section. Such regulations shall include provisions for filing of applications, rating criteria and for timely approval by the department.

(e) Prior to beginning any rehabilitation work on a certified historic structure, the owner shall submit (1) a rehabilitation plan to the officer for a determination of whether or not such rehabilitation work meets the standards developed under the provisions of subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of this section, and (2) an estimate of the qualified rehabilitation expenditures. The provisions of this subsection shall not disqualify applications for tax credits for certified historic structures for which rehabilitation commenced but were not placed in service before July 1, 2006.

(f) If the officer certifies that the rehabilitation plan conforms to the standards developed under the provisions of subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of this section, the Department of Economic and Community Development shall reserve for the benefit of the owner an allocation for a tax credit equivalent to twenty-five per cent of the projected qualified rehabilitation expenditures, not exceeding two million seven hundred thousand dollars.

(g) Following the completion of rehabilitation of a certified historic structure, the owner shall notify the officer that such rehabilitation has been completed. The owner shall provide the officer with documentation of work performed on the certified historic structure and shall submit certification of the costs incurred in rehabilitating the certified historic structure. The officer shall review such rehabilitation and verify its compliance with the rehabilitation plan. Following such verification, the Department of Economic and Community Development shall issue a tax credit voucher to the owner rehabilitating the certified historic structure or to the taxpayer named by the owner as contributing to the rehabilitation. The tax credit voucher shall be in an amount equivalent to the lesser of the tax credit reserved upon certification of the rehabilitation plan under the provisions of subsection (f) of this section or twenty-five per cent of the actual qualified rehabilitation expenditures not exceeding two million seven hundred thousand dollars. In order to obtain a credit against any state tax due that is specified in subsections (h) to (j), inclusive, of this section, the holder of the tax credit voucher shall file the voucher with the holder's state tax return.

(h) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall grant a tax credit to a taxpayer holding the tax credit voucher issued under subsections (e) to (i), inclusive, of this section against any tax due under chapter 207, 208, 209, 210, 211 or 212 in the amount specified in the tax credit voucher. Such taxpayer shall submit the voucher and the corresponding tax return to the Department of Revenue Services.

(i) The aggregate amount of all tax credits which may be reserved by the Department of Economic and Community Development upon certification of rehabilitation plans under subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of this section shall not exceed fifteen million dollars in any one fiscal year.

(j) The Department of Economic and Community Development may charge an application fee in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars to cover the cost of administering the program established pursuant to this section.

(k) Notwithstanding subsection (f) of this section, no tax credit shall be reserved under this section on or after July 1, 2014.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-153m — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 166 / Section 10-153m
Sec. 10-153m. Payment of attorney's fees in proceedings to vacate or confirm teacher grievance arbitration awards.
Status: in_force

Cited. 190 C. 235; 200 C. 376; 201 C. 685; 202 C. 492; 205 C. 116; 206 C. 113; 216 C. 253; 217 C. 110; 234 C. 704; 239 C. 32.

Cited. 5 CA 253; 23 CA 727; 35 CA 111.

Cited. 38 CS 80.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-22n — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-22n
Sec. 10a-22n. Maintenance of school records.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, may at any time during regular business or school hours, with or without notice, visit a private career school. During such visitation, the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, may request an officer or director of the school to produce, and shall be provided with immediate access to, such records or information as are required to verify that the school continues to meet the conditions of authorization. If the commissioner determines that such private career school has not maintained, preserved or protected school records in accordance with this section, the commissioner may assess an administrative penalty on such private career school pursuant to section 10a-22i .

(c) If a school ceases to operate as a private career school, it shall (1) immediately transmit all student or academic transcripts, described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, to the commissioner, and (2) keep the commissioner advised in writing as to the location and availability of all other student records or shall file all such other student records with the commissioner.

(d) The commissioner shall maintain all records, files and other documents associated with private career schools in a manner consistent with the mission and responsibilities of the Office of Higher Education.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-3a — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 163 / Section 10-3a
Sec. 10-3a. Department of Education. Commissioner. Organization of bureaus, divisions and other units. Regulations. Advisory boards.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Board of Education shall organize the Department of Education into such bureaus, divisions and other units as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the department, and may, from time to time, create, abolish, transfer or consolidate within the department any bureau, division or other unit as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of said board. Upon such organization or reorganization the board shall adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54. The board may create such advisory boards as it deems necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the department.

Cited. 198 C. 445; 210 C. 286.

Cited. 39 CS 443.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-262w — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 172 / Section 10-262w
Sec. 10-262w. Report re effectiveness of alliance district program. Recommendations re reforming program.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, (A) an analysis of the effectiveness of the alliance district program for improving student academic achievement and school district performance, (B) the oversight and accountability metrics and standards used to measure such student academic achievement and school district performance, as well as the metrics and standards used to conduct such analysis of the program, (C) a financial accounting of the program that examines the amount of funding provided to each alliance district during the existence of the program, how such funds have been expended, and whether (i) such funds have been expended in accordance with the improvement plans described in subsection (d) of section 10-262u , and (ii) there is a causal link between the expenditure of such funds in accordance with such improvement plans and an improvement of student academic achievement and school district performance.

(2) Such recommendations shall include, but need not be limited to, an implementation plan, developed in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, for decreasing the total number of alliance districts on or before July 1, 2027, that will receive oversight and assistance from the Department of Education under the program and how resources and funding may best be expended to assist alliance districts in improving student academic achievement and school district performance.

(c) Not later than January 1, 2026, the commissioner shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-292 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 173 / Section 10-292
Sec. 10-292. Review of final plans by Commissioner of Administrative Services. Exceptions; role of local officials.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a town or regional school district may submit final plans and specifications for oil tank replacement, roof replacement, asbestos abatement, code violation, energy conservation, network wiring projects or projects for which state assistance is not sought, to the local officials having jurisdiction over such matters for review and written approval. The total costs for an asbestos abatement, code violation, energy conservation, or network wiring project eligible for review and approval under this subsection shall not exceed one million dollars. Except for projects for which state assistance is not sought and projects for which the town or regional school district is using a state contract pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, no school building project described in this subsection shall go out for bidding purposes prior to the receipt and acceptance by the Department of Administrative Services of such written approval.

(c) On and after October 1, 1991, if the Commissioner of Administrative Services does not complete his or her review pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, not later than thirty days after the date of receipt of final plans for a school building project, a town or regional school district may submit such final plans to local officials having jurisdiction over such matters for review and written approval. In such case, the school district shall notify the commissioner of such action and no such school building project shall go out for bidding purposes prior to the receipt by the commissioner of such written approval, except for projects for which the town or regional school district is using a state contract pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. Local building officials and fire marshals may engage the services of a code consultant for purposes of the review pursuant to this subsection, provided the cost of such consultant shall be paid by the school district.

(d) If the Department of Administrative Services makes a state contract available for use by towns or regional school districts, a town or regional school district may use such contract, provided the actual estimate for the school building project under the state contract is not given until receipt by the town or regional school district of approval of the plan pursuant to this section.

See chapter 541 part III re safety requirements for public buildings.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-34h — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-34h
Sec. 10a-34h. Financial screening of independent institutions of higher education.
Status: in_force

(1) “Accrediting agency” means an accrediting association recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of Education,

(2) “At risk of imminent closure” means a determination made by the Office of Higher Education as a result of an annual financial screening that an independent institution of higher education is at risk of being unable to continue operations or substantially fulfill its obligations to enrolled and admitted students for the balance of the current and subsequent academic year, and

(3) “Financial screening” means a review and evaluation of financial information for the purpose of determining whether the financial status of an institution of higher education indicates that such institution may be at risk of imminent closure.

(b) The Office of Higher Education shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with one or more accrediting agencies to conduct an annual financial screening of each independent institution of higher education in the state. If an independent institution of higher education does not complete an annual financial screening with an accrediting agency, such financial screening shall be conducted by the office in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner of said office. The office may determine that an independent institution of higher education is at risk of imminent closure through (1) a financial screening conducted by the office, or (2) acceptance by the office of such determination made by an accrediting agency. Upon determining that an independent institution of higher education is at risk of imminent closure, the office shall submit a summary of the reasons for such determination to such institution.

(c) Upon receiving a summary from the Office of Higher Education that an independent institution of higher education has been determined to be at risk of imminent closure, such institution shall submit to the office, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner of said office, (1) notice of any known financial liability or risk, (2) any information necessary to accurately determine and monitor the institution's financial status and risk of imminent closure, and (3) an updated closure plan approved by the governing board of such institution pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10a-34e .

(d) If any independent institution of higher education in the state fails to comply with the requirements of this section, the Commissioner of Higher Education may request the suspension of any state funding designated for such institution, establish a date to suspend or revoke such institution's degree-granting authority or impose such other penalties the commissioner deems appropriate.

(e) No financial information or record submitted to the Office of Higher Education pursuant to this section shall be deemed a public record for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 , and shall not be subject to disclosure under the provisions of section 1-210 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-76o — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-76o
Sec. 10-76o. Special education at the Gilbert School, Norwich Free Academy and Woodstock Academy.
Status: in_force

Cited. 179 C. 694; 187 C. 187; 195 C. 24; 228 C. 699; 229 C. 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-550c — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 184c / Section 10-550c
Sec. 10-550c. (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2025.) Early Start CT. Local and regional governance partners.
Status: in_force

(b) The membership of each local or regional governance partner shall reflect the racial, ethnic and socioeconomic composition of the town or region it serves and consist of early care and education stakeholders, including, but not limited to, elected and appointed officials, parents, representatives with expertise in early care and education, a representative, where applicable, of Smart Start established pursuant to section 10-506 , local education and healthcare providers in the community, a local homeless education liaison, community representatives from a workforce or job training entity and other community representatives who provide services to children.

(c) The role and responsibilities of a local or regional governance partner shall include, but are not limited to, (1) conducting and administering a data-driven needs assessment for its respective community or region in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, (2) employing strategies to solicit parental engagement and membership, (3) providing periodic technical assistance regarding best practices in early care and education and family engagement for its town or region, (4) jointly sponsoring with the office, professional development opportunities, and (5) ensuring that community outreach is regularly conducted and maintained with community stakeholders.

(d) Each local or regional governance partner shall, within available appropriations, conduct a data-driven needs assessment for the town or region in which such partner serves. Such needs assessment may include recommendations for the preferred distribution and allocation of child care spaces within such partner's respective town or region, and, subject to the office's approval, may include a data-driven methodology to reassign child care spaces before the contract date has lapsed. Such needs assessment shall be created by the office in collaboration with communities and shall directly inform, among other things, the assignment of child care spaces across a mixed-delivery system, including, but not limited to, licensed family child care homes, group child care homes, child care centers and license-exempt public schools.

(e) Each local or regional governance partner shall employ a staff liaison to aid and support the local or regional governance partner in implementing the provisions of this section. Each staff liaison shall ensure (1) that partnerships are established and fostered among child care providers, (2) that cooperation is maintained with the Office of Early Childhood in monitoring and evaluating early care and education programs, (3) that existing and potential resources and services available to children and families are identified, (4) facilitation and coordination of efficient, data-driven, delivery of services to children and families, including (A) referral procedures, and (B) before and after school child care for children attending school day, school year programs, (5) the exchange of information with other community organizations serving the needs of children and families, (6) that recommendations are made to school officials concerning transition from child care programs to preschool programs and kindergarten, (7) that effective community engagement strategies are employed to ensure diverse participation, (8) that biannual child assessments, approved by the office, are performed at programs, and conducted in partnership with families, and (9) collaboration with the office related to planning improvements to the state early care and education governance structure.

(f) The office shall monitor each local or regional governance partner to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-99 — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185b / Section 10a-99
Sec. 10a-99. (Formerly Sec. 10-116). Connecticut State University System: Tuition, fees and refunds. Operating fund. Operating accounts. Waivers. Reimbursement of fund. Course reenrollment for student members of the armed forces called to active duty. Graduation fees.
Status: in_force

(b) The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall establish and administer a fund to be known as the Connecticut State University System Operating Fund. Appropriations from general revenues of the state and upon request by the Connecticut State University System and with the annual review and approval by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the amount of the appropriations for fringe benefits pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4-73 , shall be transferred from the State Comptroller and all tuition revenue received by the Connecticut State University System in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited in said fund. Income from student fees or related charges, the proceeds of auxiliary activities and business enterprises, gifts and donations, federal funds and grants, subject to the provisions of sections 10a-98 to 10a-98g , inclusive, and all receipts derived from the conduct by a state university of its education extension program and its summer school session shall be credited to said fund but shall be allocated to the central office and institutional operating accounts which shall be established and maintained for the central office and each state university. Any such gifts and donations, federal funds and grants for purposes of research shall be allocated to separate accounts within such central office and institutional operating accounts. If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management disapproves such transfer, the secretary may require the amount of the appropriation for operating expenses to be used for personal services and fringe benefits to be excluded from said fund. The State Treasurer shall review and approve the transfer prior to such request by the university. The board shall establish an equitable policy, in accordance with section 10a-8 , for allocation of appropriations from general revenues of the state, fringe benefits transferred from the State Comptroller and tuition revenue deposited in the Connecticut State University System Operating Fund. At the beginning of each quarter of the fiscal year, the board shall allocate and transfer, in accordance with said policy, moneys for expenditure in such institutional operating accounts, exclusive of amounts retained for central office operations and reasonable reserves for future distribution. All costs of waiving or remitting tuition pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall be charged to the Connecticut State University System Operating Fund. Repairs, alterations or additions to facilities supported by the Connecticut State University System Operating Fund and costing one million dollars or more shall require the approval of the General Assembly, or when the General Assembly is not in session, of the Finance Advisory Committee. Any balance of receipts above expenditures shall remain in said fund, except such sums as may be required for deposit into a debt service fund or the General Fund for further payment by the Treasurer of debt service on general obligation bonds of the state issued for purposes of the Connecticut State University System.

(c) Commencing December 1, 1984, and thereafter not later than sixty days after the close of each quarter, the board of trustees shall submit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, the Office of Higher Education and the Office of Policy and Management a report on the actual expenditures of the Connecticut State University System Operating Fund.

(d) Said board shall waive the payment of tuition fees for undergraduate and graduate degree programs at the Connecticut State University System (1) for any dependent child of a person whom the armed forces of the United States has declared to be missing in action or to have been a prisoner of war while serving in such armed forces after January 1, 1960, which child has been accepted for admission to such institution and is a resident of the state at the time such child is accepted for admission to such institution, (2) subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this section, for any veteran, as defined in section 27-103 , who performed service in time of war, as defined in section 27-103 , except that for purposes of this subsection, “service in time of war” shall not include time spent in attendance at a military service academy, which veteran has been accepted for admission to such institution and is domiciled in this state at the time such veteran is accepted for admission to such institution, (3) for any resident of the state sixty-two years of age or older who has been accepted for admission to such institution, provided (A) such resident is enrolled in a degree-granting program, or (B) at the end of the regular registration period, there are enrolled in the course a sufficient number of students other than those residents eligible for waivers pursuant to this subdivision to offer the course in which such resident intends to enroll and there is space available in such course after accommodating all such students, (4) for any student attending the Connecticut Police Academy who is enrolled in a law enforcement program at said academy offered in coordination with the university which accredits courses taken in such program, (5) for any active member of the Connecticut Army or Air National Guard who (A) has been certified by the Adjutant General or such Adjutant General's designee as a member in good standing of the guard, and (B) is enrolled or accepted for admission to such institution on a full-time or part-time basis in an undergraduate or graduate degree-granting program, (6) for any dependent child of a (A) police officer, as defined in section 7-294a , or supernumerary or auxiliary police officer, (B) firefighter, as defined in section 7-323j , or member of a volunteer fire company, (C) municipal employee, or (D) state employee, as defined in section 5-154 , killed in the line of duty, (7) for any resident of this state who is a dependent child or surviving spouse of a specified terrorist victim who was a resident of the state, (8) for any dependent child of a resident of the state who was killed in a multivehicle crash at or near the intersection of Routes 44 and 10 and Nod Road in Avon on July 29, 2005, and (9) for any resident of the state who is a dependent child or surviving spouse of a person who was killed in action while performing active military duty with the armed forces of the United States on or after September 11, 2001, and who was a resident of this state. If any person who receives a tuition waiver in accordance with the provisions of this subsection also receives educational reimbursement from an employer, such waiver shall be reduced by the amount of such educational reimbursement. Veterans and members of the National Guard described in subdivision (5) of this subsection shall be given the same status as students not receiving tuition waivers in registering for courses at Connecticut state universities. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10a-30 , as used in this subsection, “domiciled in this state” includes domicile for less than one year.

(e) (1) If any veteran described in subsection (d) of this section has applied for federal educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, the board of trustees shall waive the payment of tuition at the Connecticut State University System for such veteran in accordance with subdivision (2) of this subsection. If any such veteran certifies to said board that such veteran's application for such federal educational assistance has been denied or withdrawn, said board of trustees shall waive the payment of tuition in accordance with subsection (d) of this section.

(2) (A) For purposes of this subdivision, “veteran tuition benefit” means the portion of federal educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 to be paid to the Connecticut State University System on behalf of a veteran that represents payment for tuition. Such portion shall be calculated by multiplying (i) the total amount of such federal educational assistance to be paid to the Connecticut State University System on behalf of such veteran by (ii) an amount obtained by dividing (I) the actual tuition charged by the Connecticut State University System to such veteran by (II) the sum of the actual tuition and fees charged by the Connecticut State University System to such veteran.

(B) Said board of trustees shall waive the payment of tuition in excess of the veteran tuition benefit at the Connecticut State University System for such veteran.

(f) Said board shall set aside from its anticipated tuition revenue, an amount not less than that required by the board of governors' tuition policy established under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 10a-6 . Such funds shall be used to provide tuition waivers, tuition remissions, grants for educational expenses and student employment for any undergraduate or graduate student who is enrolled as a full or part-time matriculated student in a degree-granting program, or enrolled in a precollege remedial program, and who demonstrates substantial financial need. Said board may also set aside from its anticipated tuition revenue an additional amount equal to one per cent of said tuition revenue for financial assistance for students who would not otherwise be eligible for financial assistance but who do have a financial need as determined by the university in accordance with this subsection. In determining such financial need, the university shall exclude the value of equity in the principal residence of the student's parents or legal guardians, or in the student's principal residence if the student is not considered to be a dependent of his parents or legal guardians and shall assess the earnings of a dependent student at the rate of thirty per cent.

(g) The Connecticut State University System Operating Fund shall be reimbursed for the amount by which the tuition waivers granted under subsection (d) of this section exceed two and one-half per cent of tuition revenue through an annual state appropriation. The board of trustees shall request such an appropriation and said appropriation shall be based upon an estimate of tuition revenue loss using tuition rates in effect for the fiscal year in which such appropriation will apply.

(h) Said board of trustees shall allow any student who is a member of the armed forces called to active duty during any semester to enroll in any course for which such student had remitted tuition but which was not completed due to active duty status. Such course reenrollment shall be offered to any qualifying student for a period not exceeding four years after the date of release from active duty without additional tuition, student fee or related charge, except if such student has been fully reimbursed for the tuition, fees and charges for the course that was not completed.

(i) The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall not assess or charge a graduation fee to any student enrolled in the Connecticut State University System for the purpose of graduating from a state university within such system.

See Sec. 4-73a re determination of actual rate for fringe benefits for funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education.

See Sec. 10a-104b for definition of “specified terrorist victim”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-234bb — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-234bb
Sec. 10-234bb. Contracts between boards of education and contractors re student data. Requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) A statement that student information, student records and student-generated content are not the property of or under the control of a contractor;

(2) A description of the means by which the local or regional board of education may request the deletion of any student information, student records or student-generated content in the possession of the contractor that is not (A) otherwise prohibited from deletion or required to be retained under state or federal law, or (B) stored as a copy as part of a disaster recovery storage system and that is (i) inaccessible to the public, and (ii) unable to be used in the normal course of business by the contractor, provided such local or regional board of education may request the deletion of any such student information, student records or student-generated content if such copy has been used by the operator to repopulate accessible data following a disaster recovery;

(3) A statement that the contractor shall not use student information, student records and student-generated content for any purposes other than those authorized pursuant to the contract;

(4) A description of the procedures by which a student, parent or legal guardian of a student may review personally identifiable information contained in student information, student records or student-generated content and correct erroneous information, if any, in such student record;

(5) A statement that the contractor shall take actions designed to ensure the security and confidentiality of student information, student records and student-generated content;

(6) A description of the procedures that a contractor will follow to notify the local or regional board of education, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-234dd , when there has been an unauthorized release, disclosure or acquisition of student information, student records or student-generated content;

(7) A statement that student information, student records or student-generated content shall not be retained or available to the contractor upon expiration of the contract between the contractor and a local or regional board of education, except a student, parent or legal guardian of a student may choose to independently establish or maintain an electronic account with the contractor after the expiration of such contract for the purpose of storing student-generated content;

(8) A statement that the contractor and the local or regional board of education shall ensure compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 USC 1232g, as amended from time to time;

(9) A statement that the laws of the state of Connecticut shall govern the rights and duties of the contractor and the local or regional board of education; and

(10) A statement that if any provision of the contract or the application of the contract is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the contract which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.

(b) All student-generated content shall be the property of the student or the parent or legal guardian of the student.

(c) A contractor shall implement and maintain security procedures and practices designed to protect student information, student records and student-generated content from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure that, based on the sensitivity of the data and the risk from unauthorized access, (1) use technologies and methodologies that are consistent with the guidance issued pursuant to section 13402(h)(2) of Public Law 111-5, as amended from time to time, (2) maintain technical safeguards as it relates to the possession of student records in a manner consistent with the provisions of 45 CFR 164.312, as amended from time to time, and (3) otherwise meet or exceed industry standards.

(d) A contractor shall not use (1) student information, student records or student-generated content for any purposes other than those authorized pursuant to the contract, or (2) personally identifiable information contained in student information, student records or student-generated content to engage in targeted advertising.

(e) Any provision of a contract entered into between a contractor and a local or regional board of education on or after July 1, 2018, that conflicts with any provision of this section shall be void.

(f) Any contract entered into on and after July 1, 2018, that does not include (1) a provision required by subsection (a) of this section, or (2) the terms-of-service agreement addendum described in section 10-234ff , shall be void, provided the local or regional board of education has given reasonable notice to the contractor and the contractor has failed within a reasonable time to amend the contract to include the provision required by subsection (a) of this section or the terms-of-service agreement addendum.

(g) (1) Each local and regional board of education shall maintain and update, as necessary, an Internet web site with information relating to all contracts entered into pursuant to this section. Not later than five business days after executing a contract pursuant to this section, a local or regional board of education shall post notice of such contract on the board's Internet web site. The notice shall include the contract and (A) state that the contract has been executed and the date that such contract was executed, (B) provide a brief description of the contract and the purpose of the contract, and (C) state what student information, student records or student-generated content may be collected as a result of the contract.

(2) On or before September first of each school year, the board of education shall electronically notify students and the parents or legal guardians of students of the address of the Internet web site described in this subsection.

(h) A local or regional board of education and a contractor may include in any contract executed pursuant to this section, the uniform student data privacy terms-of-service agreement addendum, described in section 10-234ff , to satisfy the requirements of this section.

(i) A local or regional board of education shall not be required to enter into a contract pursuant to this section if the use of an Internet web site, online service or mobile application operated by a consultant or an operator is unique and necessary to implement a child's individualized education program or plan pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended from time to time, and such Internet web site, online service or mobile application is unable to comply with the provisions of this section, provided (1) such Internet web site, online service or mobile application complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 USC 1232g, as amended from time to time, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, P.L. 104-191, as amended from time to time, (2) such board of education can provide evidence that it has made a reasonable effort to (A) enter into a contract with such consultant or operator to use such Internet web site, online service or mobile application, and (B) find an equivalent Internet web site, online service or mobile application operated by a consultant or an operator that complies with the provisions of this section, (3) the consultant or operator complies with the provisions of section 10-234cc for such use, and (4) the parent or legal guardian of such child, and, in the case of a child with an individualized education program, a member of the planning and placement team, sign an agreement that (A) acknowledges such parent or legal guardian is aware that such Internet web site, online service or mobile application is unable to comply with the provisions of this section, and (B) authorizes the use of such Internet web site, online service or mobile application. A local or regional board of education shall, upon the request of a parent or legal guardian of a child, provide the evidence described in subdivision (2) of this subsection to such parent or legal guardian.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-416c — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 184b / Section 10-416c
Sec. 10-416c. Tax credits for rehabilitation of certified historic structures.
Status: reserved

(1) “Officer” means the State Historic Preservation Officer designated pursuant to 36 CFR 61.2;

(2) “Certified historic structure” means any property that: (A) Is listed individually on the National or State Register of Historic Places, or (B) is located in a district listed on the National or State Register of Historic Places and has been certified by the officer as contributing to the historic character of such district;

(3) “Certified rehabilitation” means any rehabilitation of a certified historic structure for (A) residential use of five units or more, (B) mixed residential and nonresidential uses, or (C) nonresidential use consistent with the historic character of such property or the district in which such property is located, as determined by regulations adopted by the Department of Economic and Community Development;

(4) “Owner” means any person, firm, limited liability company, nonprofit or for-profit corporation or other business entity or municipality that possesses title to an historic structure and that undertakes the rehabilitation of such structure;

(5) “Placed in service” means the completion of substantial rehabilitation work that would allow for occupancy of the entire building or an identifiable portion of the building;

(6) “Qualified rehabilitation expenditures” means any costs incurred for the physical construction involved in the rehabilitation of a certified historic structure, excluding: (A) The owner's personal labor, (B) the cost of a new addition, except as required to comply with any provision of the State Building Code or the Fire Safety Code, and (C) any nonconstruction cost such as architectural fees, legal fees and financing fees;

(7) “Rehabilitation plan” means any narrative, construction plans and specifications for the proposed rehabilitation of a certified historic structure in sufficient detail for evaluation of compliance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, as established in 36 CFR 67;

(8) “Substantial rehabilitation” or “substantially rehabilitate” means the qualified rehabilitation expenditures of a certified historic structure that exceed twenty-five per cent of the assessed value of such structure;

(9) “Affordable housing” has the same meaning as provided in section 8-39a ; and

(10) “Project” means an undertaking involving rehabilitation work to a certified historic structure and any attached or adjacent new construction, associated demolition or improvements on the site that may affect the historic character or significance of the certified historic structure.

(b) (1) The Department of Economic and Community Development shall administer a system of tax credit vouchers within the resources, requirements and purposes of this section for owners rehabilitating certified historic structures.

(2) The credit authorized by this section shall be available in the tax year in which the substantially rehabilitated certified historic structure is placed in service. In the case of projects completed in phases, the tax credit shall be prorated to the substantially rehabilitated identifiable portion of the building placed in service. If the tax credit is more than the amount owed by the taxpayer for the year in which the substantially rehabilitated certified historic structure is placed in service, the amount that is more than the taxpayer's tax liability may be carried forward and credited against the taxes imposed for the succeeding five years or until the full credit is used, whichever occurs first.

(3) In the case of projects completed in phases, the Department of Economic and Community Development may issue vouchers for the substantially rehabilitated identifiable portion of the building placed in service.

(4) If a credit is allowed under this section for rehabilitation of a certified historic structure with multiple owners, such credit shall be passed through to such owners, or persons designated as partners or members of such owners, pro rata or pursuant to an agreement among such owners, or persons designated as partners or members of such owners, documenting an alternative distribution method without regard to other tax or economic attributes of such owners.

(5) Any owner entitled to a credit under this section may sell, assign, or otherwise transfer such credit, in whole or in part, to one or more persons, as defined in section 12-1 , provided any credit, after issuance, may be sold, assigned or otherwise transferred, in whole or in part, not more than three times. Such person shall be entitled to offset the tax imposed under chapter 207, 208, 209, 210, 211 or 212 as if such transferee had incurred the qualified rehabilitation expenditure.

(6) If a credit under this section is sold, assigned or otherwise transferred, whether by the owner or any subsequent transferee, the transferor and transferee shall jointly submit written notification of such transfer to the Department of Economic and Community Development not later than thirty days after such transfer. The notification after each transfer shall include the credit voucher number, the date of transfer, the amount of such credit transferred, the tax credit balance before and after the transfer, the tax identification numbers for both the transferor and the transferee, and any other information required by the department. Failure to comply with this subsection shall result in a disallowance of the tax credit until there is full compliance on the part of the transferor and the transferee, and for a second or third transfer, on the part of all subsequent transferors and transferees.

(7) The Department of Economic and Community Development shall provide a list to the Commissioner of Revenue Services, on an annual basis, detailing the credits that have been approved for the most recent fiscal year and all sales, assignments and transfers thereof that were made under this section for said year.

(c) The Department of Economic and Community Development may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section. Such regulations shall include provisions for: (1) The filing of applications, (2) the rating criteria for evaluating applications, and (3) the timely approval of applications by the department. The rating criteria for evaluating applications shall give priority to applications of owners rehabilitating certified historic structures located in federally designated opportunity zones.

(d) For the purpose of seeking a tax credit pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, prior to beginning any rehabilitation work on a certified historic structure, the owner shall submit to the officer (1) (A) a rehabilitation plan for a determination of whether such rehabilitation work meets the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, as established in 36 CFR 67, and (B) if such rehabilitation work is planned to be undertaken in phases, a complete description of each such phase, with anticipated schedules for completion; (2) an estimate of the qualified rehabilitation expenditures; and (3) for projects pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (e) of this section, (A) the number of units of affordable housing to be created, (B) the proposed rents or sale prices of such units, and (C) the median income for the municipality where the project is located. For projects under subdivision (3) of subsection (e) of this section, the owner shall submit a copy of data required under subdivision (3) of this subsection to the Department of Housing.

(e) If the officer certifies that the rehabilitation plan conforms to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, as established in 36 CFR 67, the Department of Economic and Community Development shall reserve for the benefit of the owner an allocation for a tax credit equivalent to (1) twenty-five per cent of the projected qualified rehabilitation expenditures, (2) thirty per cent of the projected qualified rehabilitation expenditures if the certified historic structure is located in a federally designated opportunity zone, or (3) thirty per cent of the projected qualified rehabilitation expenditures if (A) at least twenty per cent of the units are rental units and qualify as affordable housing, or (B) at least ten per cent of the units are individual homeownership units and qualify as affordable housing. No tax credit shall be allocated for the purposes of subdivision (3) of this subsection unless an applicant received a certificate from the Commissioner of Housing pursuant to section 8-37 lll confirming that the project complies with the definition of affordable housing under section 8-39a .

(f) Following the completion of rehabilitation of a certified historic structure in its entirety or in phases to an identifiable portion of the building, any owner who seeks a tax credit pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall notify the officer that such rehabilitation is complete. Such owner shall provide the officer with documentation of work performed on the certified historic structure and shall submit certification of the costs incurred in rehabilitating the certified historic structure. The officer shall review such rehabilitation and verify its compliance with the rehabilitation plan. Following such verification, the Department of Economic and Community Development shall issue a tax credit voucher to such owner or to the taxpayer named by such owner as contributing to the rehabilitation. The tax credit voucher shall be in an amount equivalent to the lesser of the tax credit reserved upon certification of the rehabilitation plan under the provisions of subsection (e) of this section or (1) twenty-five per cent of the actual qualified rehabilitation expenditures, or (2) for projects including affordable housing pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (e) of this section, thirty per cent of the actual qualified rehabilitation expenditures. In order to obtain a credit against any state tax due that is specified in subsection (g) of this section, the holder of the tax credit voucher shall file the voucher with the holder's state tax return.

(g) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall grant a tax credit to a taxpayer holding the tax credit voucher issued in accordance with subsections (b) to (i), inclusive, of this section against any tax due under chapter 207, 208, 209, 210, 211 or 212 in the amount specified in the tax credit voucher. Such taxpayer shall submit the voucher and the corresponding tax return to the Department of Revenue Services.

(h) The Department of Economic and Community Development may charge any owner seeking a tax credit pursuant to subsection (b) of this section an application fee in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars to (1) cover the cost of administering the program established pursuant to this section, and (2) fund programs that advance historic preservation in the state.

(i) The aggregate amount of all tax credits that may be reserved by the Department of Economic and Community Development upon certification of rehabilitation plans pursuant to subsections (b) to (h), inclusive, of this section shall not exceed thirty-one million seven hundred thousand dollars in any fiscal year. No project may receive tax credits in an amount exceeding four million five hundred thousand dollars.

(j) On or before October 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the Department of Economic and Community Development shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a , the total amount of tax credits reserved for the previous fiscal year pursuant to subsections (b) to (i), inclusive, of this section, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce and finance, revenue and bonding. Each such report shall include the following information for each project for which a tax credit has been reserved: (1) The total project costs, (2) the value of the tax credit reservation pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (e) of this section, (3) a statement whether the reservation is for mixed-use and if so, the proportion of the project that is not residential, and (4) the number of residential units to be created, and, for reservations pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (e) of this section, the value of the reservation and percentage of residential units that will qualify as affordable housing.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-66r — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-66r
Sec. 10-66r. Regional model for provision of special education services re transportation, training and therapeutic services.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than October 1, 2016, each regional educational service center shall submit such model to the State Board of Education and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-257h — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 172 / Section 10-257h
Sec. 10-257h. Data to be transmitted.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, regional school district #19 shall, for teachers employed by such district who are not participants in the teachers' retirement system pursuant to chapter 167a, furnish to the Teachers' Retirement Board in the same manner and at the same time the same information it furnishes to said board pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 10-183n for teachers who participate in the system.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-247e — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 187b / Section 10a-247e
Sec. 10a-247e. Higher Priority Occupation Loan Subsidy Program. Eligibility criteria and administrative guidelines. Account and use of funds.
Status: in_force

(b) The Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority shall, subject to available funding pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, establish a High Priority Occupation Loan Subsidy Program to subsidize interest rates on authority loans issued to refinance eligible loans to individuals who are employed in a high priority occupation and meet eligibility criteria established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(c) The authority shall consult with the Office of Workforce Strategy to: (1) Designate, as high priority occupations under the High Priority Occupation Loan Subsidy Program, occupations that (A) promote the health, welfare or education of residents of the state, (B) have a high demand for their services, as determined by the authority and the office, and (C) are experiencing or are projected to experience a workforce shortage that may affect the level of services provided; (2) establish administrative guidelines for the implementation and operation of the program; and (3) establish eligibility criteria for the program, which shall include, but need not be limited to, (A) applicant requirements, including employment requirements, (B) interest rate subsidies and principal limits on authority loans subject to the program, (C) the process for verifying the employment of applicants, and (D) the requirement that an interest rate subsidy through the program shall terminate for any subsidy recipient who ceases to meet the employment requirements of the program during the term of such recipient's authority loan.

(d) The authority shall maintain a separate, nonlapsing account to hold funds for the High Priority Occupation Loan Subsidy Program. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, including, but not limited to, any state appropriation or the proceeds from the sale of bonds issued for the purpose of the program. Moneys in the account shall be used (1) for the purposes of the program and for reasonable and necessary expenses for the administration of such program, (2) for the issuance of authority loans to refinance one or more eligible loans, and (3) to maintain a reserve held by the authority to cover any losses incurred by the authority from the issuance of such authority loans.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-226h — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-226h
Sec. 10-226h. Programs and methods to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation.
Status: in_force

(b) Each local and regional board of education shall report by October 1, 2012, and biennially thereafter, to the Commissioner of Education on the programs and activities undertaken in its school district to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation, including (1) information on the number and duration of such programs and activities and the number of students and staff involved, and (2) evidence of the progress over time in the reduction of racial, ethnic and economic isolation.

(c) The Commissioner of Education shall report, by January 1, 1999, and biennially thereafter, in accordance with section 11-4a , to the Governor and the General Assembly on activities and programs designed to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation. The report shall include statistics on any growth in such programs or expansion of such activities over time, an analysis of the success of such programs and activities in reducing racial, ethnic and economic isolation, a recommendation for any statutory changes that would assist in the expansion of such programs and activities and the sufficiency of the annual grant pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10-266aa and whether additional financial incentives would improve the program established pursuant to section 10-266aa .

See Sec. 10-220(a) re required development and implementation of plan for minority staff recruitment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-273a — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 172 / Section 10-273a
Sec. 10-273a. Reimbursement for transportation to and from elementary and secondary schools.
Status: in_force

Cited. 172 C. 615; 187 C. 187; 195 C. 24; 228 C. 699.

Violates Art. I, Sec. 20 and Art. VIII, Sec. 1 of Connecticut Constitution. 31 CS 377.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-183b — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 167a / Section 10-183b
Sec. 10-183b. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Actuarial reserve basis” means a basis under which the liabilities of the retirement system are determined under acceptable actuarial methods and under which assets are accumulated under a program designed to achieve a proper balance between the accumulated assets and the liabilities of the system.

(2) “Amortization of unfunded liabilities” means: (A) For fiscal years ending on or before June 30, 2019, a systematic program of annual payments determined as a level per cent of expected member annual salaries in lieu of a lump sum payment; and (B) for fiscal years ending on or after June 30, 2020, a systematic program of annual payments, transitioning equally over five consecutive fiscal years from a level per cent of expected annual member salaries to a level payment, in lieu of a lump sum payment.

(3) “Annual salary” means the annual salary rate for service as a Connecticut teacher during a school year but not including unused sick leave, unused vacation, terminal pay, coaching or extra duty assignments, unless compensation for coaching or extra duty assignment was included in salary for which contributions were made prior to July 1, 1971. In no event shall annual salary include amounts determined by the board to be included for the purpose of inflating the member's average annual salary. The inclusion in annual salary of amounts paid to the member, in lieu of payment by the employer for the cost of benefits, insurance, or individual retirement arrangements which in prior years had been paid by the employer and not included in the member's annual salary, shall be prima facie evidence that such amounts are included for the purpose of inflating the member's average annual salary. Annual salary shall not (A) include payments the timing of which may be directed by the member, (B) include payments to a superintendent pursuant to an individual contract between such superintendent and a board of education, of amounts which are not included in base salary, or (C) exceed the maximum amount allowed under Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code for the applicable limitation year, provided in no event shall the limitation under Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code apply to the annual salary of a member whose membership began prior to January 1, 1996, if such limitation would reduce the amount of the member's annual salary below the amount permitted for calculation of the member's retirement benefit under chapter 167a, without regard to the limitation under Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code. Annual salary shall include amounts paid to the member during a sabbatical leave during which mandatory contributions were remitted, provided such member returned to full-time teaching for at least five full years following the completion of such leave.

(4) “Average annual salary” means the average of the three highest annual salaries received as an active member.

(5) “Board” means the Teachers' Retirement Board.

(6) “Child” means a natural child, an adopted child, or a stepchild of a deceased member who has been a stepchild for at least one year immediately prior to the date on which the member died. A child is a “dependent child” of a deceased member if at the time of the member's death (A) the member was living with the child or providing or obligated to provide, by agreement or court order, a reasonable portion of the support of the child, and (B) the child (i) is unmarried and has not attained age eighteen, or (ii) is disabled and such disability began prior to the child's attaining age eighteen.

(7) “Contributions” means amounts withheld pursuant to this chapter and paid to the board by an employer from compensation payable to a member. Prior to July 1, 1989, “mandatory contributions” are contributions required to be withheld under this chapter and consist of five per cent regular contributions and “one per cent contributions”. From July 1, 1989, to June 30, 1992, “mandatory contributions” are contributions required to be withheld under this chapter and consist of five per cent regular contributions and one per cent health contributions. From July 1, 1992, to June 30, 2004, “mandatory contributions” are contributions required to be withheld under this chapter and consist of six per cent “regular contributions” and one per cent health contributions. From July 1, 2004, to December 31, 2017, “mandatory contributions” are contributions required to be withheld under this chapter and consist of six per cent regular contributions and one and one-fourth per cent health contributions. From January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2019, inclusive, “mandatory contributions” are contributions required to be withheld under this chapter and consist of seven per cent “regular contributions” and one and one-fourth per cent health contributions. On and after January 1, 2020, “mandatory contributions” are contributions required to be withheld under this chapter and consist of seven per cent “regular contributions” and one and one-fourth per cent health contributions, except that no health contributions shall be required for an employee of the state that (A) has completed the vesting service necessary to receive health benefits provided to retired state employees, and (B) does not participate in any group health insurance plans maintained for retired teachers. Nothing in this subdivision shall affect any other obligation of such a state employee to contribute to the state's retiree health care trust fund. “Voluntary contributions” are contributions by a member authorized to be withheld under section 10-183i .

(8) “Coparticipant” means a person who the member elects at the time of retirement to receive guaranteed lifetime benefits upon the death of the member.

(9) “Credited interest” means interest at the rate from time to time fixed by the board consistent with industry standards and practices. Such interest shall be applied to a member's account based on the balance as of the previous June thirtieth. Credited interest shall accrue on any mandatory contributions which were due but not remitted prior to the close of the school year for which salary was paid.

(10) “Current service” means service rendered in the current fiscal year.

(11) “Dependent former spouse” means a former spouse of a deceased member who (A) has in his or her care a dependent child of the deceased member; and (B) was receiving, or was entitled to receive, from the deceased member at the time of the death of the deceased member, at least one-half of his or her support; and (C) has not remarried; and (D) is the parent of the child or adopted the child while married to the member and before the child attained age eighteen or, while married to the member, both of them adopted the child before the child attained age eighteen.

(12) “Dependent parent” means a parent of a deceased member who (A) has reached the age of sixty-five; and (B) has not married after the death of the member; and (C) was receiving at least one-half of his or her support from the member at the time of the member's death and files proof of such support within two years of the date of the member's death; and (D) is not receiving, or entitled to a federal or state old age benefit based on the parent's own earnings, equal to or greater than the amount the parent would be entitled to as a dependent parent under this chapter. A “parent of a deceased member” is (i) the mother or father of a deceased member, (ii) a stepparent of a deceased member by a marriage entered into before the member attained age sixteen, or (iii) an adopting parent of a deceased member who adopted the deceased member before the member attained age sixteen.

(13) “Designated beneficiary” means a person designated on a form prescribed by the board by a member to receive amounts that may become payable under this chapter as the result of the member's death. If a designated beneficiary is not living at the time of the death of a member, the amounts that would have been payable to the designated beneficiary shall be paid to the member's estate.

(14) “Disabled” means the inability to perform any teaching service, whether or not such service is performed full-time or part-time, in a public or nonpublic school or a nonschool setting, on a volunteer basis or for compensation, within or without the state, or engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that (A) is permanent or can be expected to last continually for not less than twelve months from the onset of such impairment, or (B) can be expected to result in death or to be of long-continued and indefinite duration, except that during the first twenty-four months that a member is receiving a disability allowance, “disabled” means the inability to perform the usual duties of the member's occupation by reason of any such impairment.

(15) “Employer” means an elected school committee, a board of education, the State Board of Education, the Office of Early Childhood, the Technical Education and Career System, the Board of Regents for Higher Education or any of the constituent units, the governing body of the Children's Center and its successors, The University of Connecticut Board of Trustees, the E. O. Smith School, or any other activity, institution or school employing members.

(16) “Formal leave of absence” means any absence from active service in the public schools of Connecticut formally granted by a member's employer as evidenced by contemporary records of the employer, provided in the case of an absence due to illness, medical or other evidence of such illness may, at the discretion of the Teachers' Retirement Board, be accepted in lieu of evidence of the formal granting of a leave.

(17) “Formal application of retirement” means: (A) the member's application, birth certificate or notarized statement supported by other evidence satisfactory to the board, in lieu thereof, (B) records of service, if such records are required by the board to determine a salary rate or years of creditable service, (C) a statement of payment plan, including, if applicable, the fixed period of time selected by a member under Plan C or the coparticipant's share designated under Plan D, (D) in the case of an application for a disability benefit, a physician's, a physician assistant's or an advanced practice registered nurse's statement of health, and (E) any other documentation required by the board.

(18) “Funding” means the accumulation of assets in advance of the payment of retirement allowances in accordance with a board-approved actuarial methodology.

(19) “Member” means any Connecticut teacher employed (A) on, and compensated for, the first school day, in accordance with the member's contractual schedule, and (B) for an average of at least one-half of each school day after the first school day, except that no teacher who under any provision of the general statutes elects not to participate in the system shall be a member unless and until the teacher elects to participate in the system. A member teaching in a nonpublic school classified as a public school by the board under the provisions of this section may continue as a member as long as the member continues to be a teacher in such school even if the school ceases to be so classified. A former teacher who has not withdrawn his or her accumulated contributions shall be an “inactive member”. A member who, during the period of a formal leave of absence granted by his or her employer, but not exceeding an aggregate of ten school months, continues to make mandatory contributions to the board, retains his or her status as an active member.

(20) “Normal cost” means the amount of contribution which the state is required to make into the retirement fund in order to meet the actuarial cost of current service.

(21) “Public school” means any day school conducted within or without this state under the orders and superintendence of a duly elected school committee, a board of education, the State Board of Education, the Office of Early Childhood, the Board of Regents for Higher Education, or any of its constituent units, The University of Connecticut Board of Trustees, the board of governors or any of its constituent units, the Technical Education and Career System, the E. O. Smith School, the Children's Center and its successors, the State Education Resource Center established pursuant to section 10-4q of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, the State Education Resource Center established pursuant to section 10-357a , joint activities of boards of education authorized by subsection (b) of section 10-158a and (A) any institution supported by the state at which teachers are employed or any incorporated secondary school not under the orders and superintendence of a duly elected school committee or board of education but located in a town not maintaining a high school and providing free tuition to pupils of the town in which it is located, and which has been approved by the State Board of Education under the provisions of part II of chapter 164, or (B) on and after July 1, 2023, any school operated by an interdistrict magnet school operator described in section 10-264s , provided such institution, secondary school or school is classified as a public school by the retirement board.

(22) “Retirement allowance” means payments for life derived from member contributions, including credited interest, and contributions from the state.

(23) “Retired member” means a member who receives a retirement benefit computed pursuant to section 10-183g .

(24) “School year” means the twelve months ending on June thirtieth of each year.

(25) “Surviving spouse” means a widow or widower of a deceased member who (A) was living with the member at the time of the member's death, or receiving, or entitled by court order or agreement to receive, regular support payments from the member, and (B) has not remarried.

(26) “Survivor” means a surviving spouse, a dependent former spouse, a dependent child and a dependent parent.

(27) “System” means the Connecticut teachers' retirement system.

(28) “Teacher” means any: (A) Person, including, but not limited to, a teacher, permanent substitute teacher, principal, assistant principal, supervisor, assistant superintendent or superintendent who is employed by a public school in a professional capacity while possessing a certificate or permit, except a school business administration endorsement, issued by the State Board of Education, provided on and after July 1, 1975, such certificate shall be for the position in which the person is then employed, except as provided for in section 10-183qq ; (B) person possessing a certificate or permit issued by the State Board of Education, who was hired before July 1, 2022, and who provides health and welfare services for children in a nonprofit school, as provided in section 10-217a , under an oral or written agreement; (C) person who is engaged in teaching or supervising in a program in the state that leads to a high school diploma at a school for adults if the annual salary paid for such service is equal to or greater than the minimum salary paid for a regular, full-time teaching position in the day schools in the town where such service is rendered; (D) member of the professional staff employed at the State Board of Education, the governing body of the public school, kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, system, who is currently a member in the system and maintains certification; (E) member of the professional staff employed in an educational role at the Office of Early Childhood, the Board of Regents for Higher Education or any of the constituent units, or the Technical Education and Career System; (F) faculty member employed by The University of Connecticut in an educational role; and (G) staff member employed in an educational role at the State Education Resource Center established pursuant to section 10-4q of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, or the State Education Resource Center established pursuant to section 10-357a , employed in a professional capacity while possessing a certificate or permit issued by the State Board of Education, provided such staff member was hired prior to July 1, 2022. A “permanent substitute teacher” is a person who serves as a substitute teacher in the same assignment for an entire school year.

(29) “Unfunded liability” means the actuarially determined value of the liability for service before the date of the actuarial valuation less the accumulated assets in the retirement fund.

(30) “Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and any regulations promulgated under or interpretations of said code that may affect this chapter.

(31) “Limitation year” means the twelve-month period beginning each July first and ending each June thirtieth.

(32) “Educational role” or “educational capacity” means having duties and responsibilities that would require a certificate issued by the State Department of Education if performed in a public school.

Cited. 181 C. 544, 548. Modification of disability benefits under section became a change contemplated by the contract submitted for approval to the legislature. 197 C. 91. Cited. 210 C. 531.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-266x — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 172 / Section 10-266x
Sec. 10-266x. Development of innovative programs for educational improvement.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Education may set aside up to ten per cent of the funds appropriated for purposes of this section to provide, on a competitive basis, minigrants to teachers in public schools for the development or use of innovative curricula, teaching aids or teaching methods. The amount of a minigrant shall not exceed five hundred dollars. The Department of Education may contract with a regional educational service center for purposes of this subsection.

(c) The commissioner shall, annually, report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , on the program to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education.

Cited. 228 C. 699.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-154e — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185b / Section 10a-154e
Sec. 10a-154e. Establishment and administration of adjunct professor incentive grant program. Report.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Higher Education shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health regarding the number and demographics of the adjunct professors who applied for and received incentive grants from the adjunct professor grant program established under subsection (a) of this section, the number and types of classes taught by such adjunct professors, the institutions of higher education employing such adjunct professors and any other information deemed pertinent by the commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-148a — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 166 / Section 10-148a
Sec. 10-148a. Professional development for certified employees.
Status: in_force

(b) Local and regional boards of education shall offer professional development activities to certified employees as part of the plan developed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-220a or for any individual certified employee. Such professional development activities may be made available by a board of education directly, through a regional educational service center or cooperative arrangement with another board of education or through arrangements with any professional development provider approved by the Commissioner of Education and shall be consistent with any goals identified by the certified employees and the local or regional board of education.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-266q — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 172 / Section 10-266q
Sec. 10-266q. Proposals and plans for expenditure of grant.
Status: in_force

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, for the school year commencing July 1, 2019, and each school year thereafter, a priority school district grant shall be payable to the local board of education for a school district described in section 10-266p , which shall expend such grant for any of the following uses: (1) The creation or expansion of programs or activities related to dropout prevention, (2) alternative and transitional programs for students having difficulty succeeding in traditional educational programs, (3) academic enrichment, tutorial and recreation programs or activities in school buildings during nonschool hours and during the summer, (4) development or expansion of extended-day kindergarten programs, (5) development or expansion of scientifically-based reading research and instruction, as defined in section 10-14u , including summer and after-school programs, (6) enhancement of the use of technology to support instruction or improve parent and teacher communication, (7) initiatives to strengthen parent involvement in the education of children, and parent and other community involvement in school and school district programs, activities and educational policies, which may be in accordance with the provisions of section 10-4g , (8) for purposes of obtaining accreditation for elementary and middle schools from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, (9) numeracy instruction, or (10) support to chronically absent children, as defined in section 10-198c , and reducing the district chronic absenteeism rate, as defined in section 10-198c . Each such board of education shall use at least twenty per cent of its grant for scientifically-based reading research and instruction, as defined in section 10-14u . Each such board of education shall use its grant to supplement existing programs or create new programs. If the State Board of Education finds that any such grant is being expended for uses other than those described in subdivisions (1) to (10), inclusive, of this subsection or is being used to decrease the local share of support for schools, it may require repayment of such grant to the state.

(c) (1) Not later than March 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Education shall determine whether the accountability index, as defined in section 10-223e , for each local board of education for a school district described in section 10-266p has improved during the school years commencing July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2020, inclusive.

(2) For the school years commencing July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2024, inclusive, any such board whose accountability index has improved during the school years commencing July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2020, inclusive, shall (A) submit a proposal to the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, and (B) expend the priority school district grant for any of the uses described in subdivisions (1) to (10), inclusive, of subsection (b) of this section.

(3) For the school years commencing July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2024, inclusive, if the accountability index for any such board has not improved during the school years commencing July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2020, inclusive, then the commissioner shall (A) develop a three-year plan for the expenditure of the priority school district grant for such board, and (B) expend such grant for any of the following uses: (i) Scientifically-based reading research and instruction, as defined in section 10-14u , (ii) numeracy instruction, and (iii) support to chronically absent children, as defined in section 10-198c , and reducing the district chronic absenteeism rate, as defined in section 10-198c .

(d) Each priority school district grant shall be awarded by the State Board of Education on an annual basis. Funding in subsequent years shall be based on funds available, annual application and program evaluation.

Cited. 195 C. 24; 228 C. 699.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-231c — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-231c
Sec. 10-231c. Pesticide applications at schools without an integrated pest management plan. Prior notice.
Status: in_force

(b) On and after July 1, 2000, at the beginning of each school year, each local or regional board of education shall provide the staff of each school and the parents or guardians of each child enrolled in each school with a written statement of the board's policy on pesticide application on school property and a description of any pesticide applications made at the school during the previous school year. Such statement and description shall be provided to the parents or guardian of any child who transfers to a school during the school year. Such statement shall (1) indicate that the staff, parents or guardians may register for prior notice of pesticide applications at the school, and (2) describe the emergency notification procedures provided for in this section. Notice of any modification to the pesticide application policy shall be sent to any person who registers for notice under this section.

(c) (1) On and after July 1, 2000, parents or guardians of children in any school and school staff may register for prior notice of pesticide application at their school. Each school shall maintain a registry of persons requesting such notice. Prior to providing for any application of pesticide within any building or on the grounds of any school, the local or regional board of education shall provide for the transmittal of notice, by electronic mail, to parents and guardians who have registered for prior notice under this section such that such electronic mail notice is received no later than twenty-four hours prior to such application. Notice shall be given by any means practicable to school staff who have registered for such notice. Notice under this subsection shall include (A) the name of the active ingredient of the pesticide being applied, (B) the target pest, (C) the location of the application on the school property, (D) the date of the application, and (E) the name of the school administrator, or a designee, who may be contacted for further information.

(2) On and after October 1, 2015, prior to providing for any application of pesticide within any building or on the grounds of any school, in addition to the requirements of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the local or regional board of education shall provide for notice of such application not less than twenty-four hours prior to such application by posting the notice required by subdivision (1) of this subsection either on or through: (A) The home page of the Internet web site for the school where such application will occur, or, in the event such school does not have a web site, on the home page of the Internet web site for such local or regional board of education, and (B) the primary social media account of such school or local or regional board of education. Each local or regional board of education shall indicate on the home page of such board of education how parents may register for prior notice of pesticide applications, as described in subdivision (1) of this subsection. Not later than March fifteenth of each year, the local or regional board of education shall send through the electronic mail notification or alert system or service of such school or local or regional board of education the notice required by subdivision (1) of this subsection for applications made since January first of such year and a listing of such notices for applications made during the March fifteenth through December thirty-first time frame from the preceding calendar year. The local or regional board of education shall additionally print such electronic mail notification required by this subdivision in the applicable parent handbook or manual, provided nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to require the reprinting of such handbook or manual to provide such notification. Nothing in this subdivision shall require the development or use of an Internet web site, social media account or electronic mail notification or alert system that is not already in use or existence prior October 1, 2015. For purposes of this section, “social media” means an electronic medium where users may create and view user-generated content, such as uploaded or downloaded videos or still photographs, blogs, video blogs, podcasts or instant messages.

(d) On and after July 1, 2000, no application of pesticide may be made in any building or on the grounds of any school during regular school hours or during planned activities at any school except that an emergency application may be made to eliminate an immediate threat to human health if (1) it is necessary to make the application during such a period, and (2) such emergency application does not involve a restricted use pesticide, as defined in section 22a-47 . No child may enter an area where such application has been made until it is safe to do so according to the provisions on the pesticide label.

(e) On and after July 1, 2000, a local or regional board of education may make an emergency application of pesticide without prior notice under this section in the event of an immediate threat to human health provided the board provides for notice, by any means practicable, on or before the day that the application is to take place to any person who has requested prior notice under this section and concomitantly provides such notice in accordance with subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this section.

(f) A copy of the record of each pesticide application at a school shall be maintained at the school for a period of five years. Such record shall include the information required under section 22a-66a .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-263d — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 172 / Section 10-263d
Sec. 10-263d. Transitional school district phase-out grants. Reduced grants for first year of eligibility for transitional school district grants.
Status: in_force

(b) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, if a school district that did not receive a grant pursuant to section 10-276a for the prior fiscal year and was not eligible to receive a transitional school district grant pursuant to section 10-263c for the prior fiscal year becomes eligible to receive such a transitional school district grant, the amount of the grant such town receives for the first year of such eligibility shall be reduced by fifty per cent.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-155cc — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 166 / Section 10-155cc
Sec. 10-155cc. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Adjusted staff members in the school district or regional educational service center” means the result obtained by multiplying the total number, according to the Teachers' Retirement Board data pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection, of full-time equivalent staff members certified pursuant to section 10-145 in the respective school district or regional educational service center, by the appropriate percentage as determined in subsection (b) of this section.

(2) “Adjusted staff members in the state” means the sum of all adjusted staff members in school districts and regional educational service centers in the state.

(3) “Teachers' Retirement Board data” means the data reported to the Teachers' Retirement Board on the annual school staff reports due on September fifteenth of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year the grant is to be paid.

(4) “Comprehensive professional development plan” means for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, and each fiscal year thereafter, the comprehensive local professional development plan developed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-220a .

(b) The percentage used to calculate the adjusted staff members pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section shall be determined as follows:

(1) For local boards of education: (A) Each town in the state shall be ranked in descending order from one to one hundred sixty-nine according to such town's adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, as defined in section 10-261 ; (B) based upon such ranking, a percentage of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred fifty shall be determined for each town on a continuous scale.

(2) For each regional board of education by: (A) Multiplying the total population, as defined in section 10-261 , of each town in the district by such town's ranking, as determined in subdivision (1) of this subsection; (B) adding together the figures for each town determined under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision; and (C) dividing the total computed under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision by the total population of all towns in the district. The ranking of each regional board of education shall be rounded to the next higher whole number and each such board shall receive the same percentage as would a town with the same rank pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(3) For each regional educational service center by: (A) Multiplying the total population, as defined in section 10-261 , of each member town in the regional educational service center by such town's ranking, as determined in subdivision (1) of this subsection; (B) adding together the figures for each town determined under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision; and (C) dividing the total computed under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision by the total population of all member towns in the regional educational service center. The ranking of each regional educational service center shall be rounded to the next higher whole number and each such center shall receive the same percentage as would a town with the same rank pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection.

Cited. 216 C. 253.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-34 — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-34
Sec. 10a-34. (Formerly Sec. 10-330). Authorization of programs of higher learning or institutions of higher education. Authority to confer degrees. Review of requests and applications. Appeal of denials.
Status: in_force

(b) The Office of Higher Education shall establish regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, concerning the requirements for authorization, administration, finance, faculty, curricula, library, student admission and graduation, plant and equipment, records, catalogs, program announcements and any other criteria pertinent thereto, as well as the periods for which authorization may be granted, and the costs and procedures of evaluations as provided in subsections (c), (d) and (i) of this section.

(c) No person, school, board, association or corporation shall confer any degree unless authorized by act of the General Assembly. No application for authority to confer any such degree shall be approved by the General Assembly or any committee thereof, nor shall any such authority be included in any charter of incorporation until such application has been evaluated and approved by the Office of Higher Education in accordance with regulations established by the Office of Higher Education.

(d) The Office of Higher Education shall review all requests and applications for program modifications, nonsubstantive changes and authorizations. The office shall review each application in consideration of the academic standards set forth in the regulations for authorization adopted by said office in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10a-34e , any application that is determined by the office to be for (1) a program modification that meets all such academic standards, (2) a nonsubstantive change, or (3) authorization shall be deemed approved, and the office shall notify the institution of such approval, not later than forty-five days from the date the office receives such application without requiring any further action from the applicant.

(e) If the Commissioner of Higher Education, or the commissioner's designee, determines that further review of an application is needed due at least in part to the applicant offering instruction in a new program of higher learning or new degree level or the financial condition of the institution of higher education is determined to be at risk of imminent closure as a result of a financial screening conducted pursuant to the provisions of section 10a-34h , then the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall conduct a focused or on-site review. Such applicant shall have an opportunity to state any objection regarding any individual selected to review an application on behalf of the commissioner. For purposes of this subsection and subsection (f) of this section, “focused review” means a review by an out-of-state curriculum expert; and “on-site review” means a full team evaluation by the office at the institution of higher education.

(f) The Commissioner of Higher Education, or the commissioner's designee, may require (1) a focused or on-site review of any program application in a field requiring a license to practice in Connecticut, and (2) evidence that a program application in a field requiring a license to practice in Connecticut meets the state or federal licensing requirements for such license.

(g) Any application for authorization of a new institution in this state shall be subject to an on-site review upon a determination by the Office of Higher Education that the application is complete and shall be reviewed at the institutional level for each program as described in subsection (b) of this section. Such process shall be completed not later than nine months from the date said office receives the application.

(h) If the Office of Higher Education denies an application for authorization of a program or institution of higher education, the applicant may appeal the denial not later than ten days from the date of denial. The office shall conduct a hearing in accordance with the requirements of chapter 54 to hear such appeal.

(i) No person, school, board, association or corporation shall operate a program of higher learning or an institution of higher education unless it has been authorized by the Office of Higher Education, nor shall it confer any degree unless it has been authorized in accordance with this section. The office shall accept accreditation recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of Education, in satisfaction of the requirements of this subsection unless the office finds cause not to rely upon such accreditation. If any institution of higher education provides evidence of programmatic accreditation, the office may consider such accreditation in satisfaction of the requirements of this subsection and deem the program at issue in the application for accreditation to be accredited in accordance with this section.

(j) No person, school, board, association or corporation shall use in any way the term “junior college” or “college” or “university” or use any other name, title, literature, catalogs, pamphlets or descriptive matter tending to designate that it is an institution of higher education, or that it may grant academic or professional degrees, unless the institution has been authorized by the office, nor shall it offer any program of higher learning without authorization of the Office of Higher Education.

(k) Authorization of any program or institution or authority to award degrees granted in accordance with law prior to July 1, 1965, shall continue in effect unless the Office of Higher Education determines that an institution is at risk of imminent closure as a result of a financial screening conducted pursuant to the provisions of section 10a-34h .

(l) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (b) to (j), inclusive, of this section and subject to the authority of the State Board of Education to regulate teacher education programs, an independent institution of higher education, as defined in section 10a-173 , shall not require approval by the Office of Higher Education for any new programs of higher learning or any program modifications proposed by such institution, provided (1) the institution maintains eligibility to participate in financial aid programs governed by Title IV, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended from time to time, (2) the United States Department of Education has not determined that the institution has a financial responsibility score that is less than 1.5 for the most recent fiscal year for which the data necessary for determining the score is available, and (3) the institution has been located in the state and accredited as a degree-granting institution in good standing for ten years or more by a regional accrediting association recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of Education and maintains such accreditation status. Each institution that is exempt from program approval by the Office of Higher Education under this subsection shall (A) on or before the last date of each semester, but not less frequently than annually, update the credentials database, established pursuant to the provisions of section 10a-35b , with any new programs of higher learning that were introduced or any existing programs of higher learning that were modified or discontinued during such semester, and (B) not later than July 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, file with the office (i) the institution's current program approval process and all actions of the governing board concerning approval of any new program of higher learning, and (ii) the institution's financial responsibility composite score, as determined by the United States Department of Education, for the most recent fiscal year for which the data necessary for determining the score is available.

See Sec. 10a-34g re disclosure of claim limitation clause in student enrollment contracts.

Annotation to former section 10-330:

Former statute: “Grandfather” clause held unconstitutional. 151 C. 631.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-145n — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 166 / Section 10-145n
Sec. 10-145n. Issuance of adjunct instructor permit.
Status: in_force

(b) During the period of employment in such part-time interdistrict arts magnet high school or the Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet High School, a person holding an adjunct instructor permit shall be under the supervision of the superintendent of schools or of a principal, administrator or supervisor designated by such superintendent who shall regularly observe, guide and evaluate the performance of assigned duties by such holder of an adjunct instructor permit.

(c) Each such adjunct instructor permit shall be valid for three years and may be renewed by the Commissioner of Education for good cause upon the request of the superintendent of schools for the district employing such person or the regional educational service center operating such part-time interdistrict arts magnet high school or the Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet High School employing such person.

(d) Any board of education or regional educational service center employing a person who holds an adjunct instructor permit issued under this section shall provide a program to assist each such person. Such program, developed in consultation with the Department of Education, shall include academic and classroom support service components.

(e) No person holding an adjunct instructor permit shall fill a position that will result in the displacement of any person holding a teaching certificate under section 10-145b who is already employed at such part-time interdistrict arts magnet high school or the Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet High School.

(f) Any person holding an adjunct instructor permit pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to be eligible for membership in the teachers' retirement system solely by reason of such permit, provided any such person who holds a regular teacher's certificate issued by the State Board of Education shall not be excluded from membership in said system.

(g) Any person who, prior to July 1, 2009, was employed as a teacher of art, music, dance, theater or any other subject related to such person's artistic specialty in a part-time interdistrict arts magnet high school approved pursuant to section 10-264 l or the Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet High School for at least one year shall qualify for and be granted an adjunct instructor permit.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-16ss — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-16ss
Sec. 10-16ss. African-American and black studies and Puerto Rican and Latino studies instruction.
Status: in_force

(b) A local or regional board of education may accept gifts, grants and donations, including in-kind donations, designated for the development and implementation of the African-American and black studies and Puerto Rican and Latino studies curriculum under this section, including professional development and in-service training.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-232b — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-232b
Sec. 10-232b. Criminal history and child abuse and neglect registry records checks of students in teacher preparation programs. Fee waiver.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall waive the fee for a criminal history records check required under this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-22b — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-22b
Sec. 10a-22b. (Formerly Sec. 10-7b). Certificate of authorization as private career school. Application. Evaluation.
Status: in_force

(b) Except for initial authorizations, the commissioner may accept institutional accreditation by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, in satisfaction of the requirements of this section and section 10a-22d , including the evaluation and attendance requirement. Except for initial authorizations, the commissioner may accept programmatic accreditation in satisfaction of the requirements of this section and section 10a-22d with regard to instruction offered by a hospital unless the commissioner finds reasonable cause not to rely upon such accreditation.

(c) Each person, board, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity which seeks to offer occupational instruction shall submit to the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, in such manner and on such forms as the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, prescribes, an application for a certificate of authorization. Each application for initial authorization shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee made payable to the private career school student protection account. Such application fee shall be in the amount of two thousand dollars for the private career school and two hundred dollars for each branch of a private career school in this state, except that, each application for initial authorization submitted on and after the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to section 10a-22k , shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee in the amount specified in such regulations. Any application for initial authorization that remains incomplete six months after the date such application was first submitted to the Office of Higher Education shall expire and the office shall not approve such expired application for authorization.

(d) Each person, board, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity seeking to offer occupational instruction shall have a net worth consisting of sufficient liquid assets or produce other evidence of fiscal soundness to demonstrate the ability of the proposed private career school to operate, achieve all of its objectives and meet all of its obligations, including those concerning staff and students, during the period of time for which the authorization is sought.

(e) Upon receipt of a complete application pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the commissioner shall cause to be conducted an evaluation of the applicant school. Not later than sixty days (1) after receipt of a complete application for initial authorization, or (2) prior to expiration of the authorization of a private career school applying to renew its certificate of authorization pursuant to section 10a-22d , the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall appoint an evaluation team, pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, except that on and after the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to section 10a-22k , the evaluation team shall be appointed pursuant to such regulations, to conduct such evaluation of the applicant school. The evaluation team shall submit a written report to the commissioner recommending authorization or nonauthorization after an on-site inspection. Not later than one hundred twenty days following the completed appointment of the evaluation team, the commissioner shall notify the applicant school of authorization or nonauthorization. The commissioner may consult with the Labor Department and may request the advice of any other state agency which may be of assistance in making a determination. In the event of nonauthorization, the commissioner shall set forth the reasons therefor in writing and the applicant school may request in writing a hearing before the commissioner. Such hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(f) For purposes of an evaluation of an applicant school, the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall appoint an evaluation team which shall include (1) at least two members representing the Office of Higher Education, and (2) at least one member for each of the areas of occupational instruction for which authorization is sought who shall be experienced in such occupation. The applicant school shall have the right to challenge any proposed member of the evaluation team for good cause shown. A written challenge shall be filed with the commissioner within ten business days following the appointment of such evaluation team. In the event of a challenge, a decision shall be made thereon by the commissioner within ten business days from the date such challenge is filed, and if the challenge is upheld the commissioner shall appoint a replacement. Employees of the state or any political subdivision of the state may be members of evaluation teams. The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall not appoint any person to an evaluation team unless the commissioner, or such designee, has received from such person a statement that the person has no interest which is in conflict with the proper discharge of the duties of evaluation team members as described in this section. The statement shall be on a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall be signed under penalty of false statement. Except for any member of the evaluation team who is a state employee, members may be compensated for their service at the discretion of the commissioner and shall be reimbursed for actual expenses, which expenses shall be charged to and paid by the applicant school.

(g) The evaluation team appointed pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall: (1) Conduct an on-site inspection; (2) submit a written report outlining any evidence of noncompliance; (3) give the school thirty days from the date of the report to provide evidence of compliance; and (4) submit to the commissioner a written report recommending authorization or nonauthorization not later than one hundred twenty days after the on-site inspection. The evaluation team shall determine whether (A) the quality and content of each course or program of instruction, including, but not limited to, residential, on-line, home study and correspondence, training or study shall reasonably and adequately achieve the stated objective for which such course or program is offered; (B) the school has adequate space, equipment, instructional materials and personnel for the instruction offered; (C) the qualifications of directors, administrators, supervisors and instructors shall reasonably and adequately assure that students receive education consistent with the stated objectives for which a course or program is offered; (D) students and other interested persons shall be provided with a catalog or similar publication describing the courses and programs offered, course and program objectives, length of courses and programs, schedule of tuition, fees and all other charges and expenses necessary for completion of the course or program, and termination, withdrawal and refund policies; (E) upon satisfactory completion of the course or program, each student shall be provided appropriate educational credentials by the school; (F) adequate records shall be maintained by the school to show attendance and grades, or other indicators of student progress, and standards shall be enforced relating to attendance and student performance; (G) the applicant school shall be financially sound and capable of fulfilling its commitments to students; (H) any student housing owned, leased, rented or otherwise maintained by the applicant school shall be safe and adequate; and (I) the school and any branch of the school in this state has a director located at the school or branch who is responsible for daily oversight of the school's or branch's operations. The evaluation team may also indicate in its report such recommendations as may improve the operation of the applicant school.

(h) Not later than January 1, 2025, the Office of Higher Education shall develop a survey to be completed by students of a private career school during an evaluation conducted pursuant to subsection (e) of this section for each private career school applying to renew its certificate of authorization pursuant to section 10a-22d . Such survey shall include, but need not be limited to, questions concerning the quality of each course or program of instruction in which a student is or was enrolled. Each evaluation team appointed pursuant to subsection (f) of this section on or after January 1, 2025, shall administer such survey to students as part of its evaluation of a private career school.

See Sec. 10a-22p re disclosure of claim limitation clause in student enrollment contracts.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-55cc — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-55cc
Sec. 10a-55cc. Plan for student access to reproductive health care services.
Status: in_force

(1) “Residential campus” means any campus of a public institution of higher education with housing, as defined in section 10a-55 ; and

(2) “Reproductive health care services” has the same meaning as provided in section 52-571m .

(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall establish, and update as necessary, a plan for each residential campus under said boards' jurisdiction to provide access for students who live on such residential campus to reproductive health care services from a health care provider licensed to provide such services. Such plan shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) the availability of equipment and licensed health care providers for the provision of reproductive health care services on the residential campus or in the surrounding community, (2) the provision of referrals for and transportation services to access reproductive health care services at any off-campus location, (3) opportunities for providing reproductive health care services or other associated services, including, but not limited to, counseling services, through telehealth, (4) the provision of available educational materials concerning maternal mental health care and resources for maternal mental health screenings, (5) means for ensuring continuity of care during holiday and vacation periods during and between semesters, (6) an estimate of the costs associated with implementing such plan and the availability of funds, through public and private sources, to cover such costs, and (7) the provision of information and materials about pregnancy being a qualifying event for health insurance coverage in the state.

(c) Not later than thirty days after establishing or updating a plan for each residential campus pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut shall (1) each submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , such plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education and employment advancement, and (2) post such plan on its Internet web site and the Internet web site of the public institution of higher education associated with each residential campus.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-20d — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-20d
Sec. 10-20d. Grants for support of Connecticut career certificate programs.
Status: in_force

(b) If the Commissioner of Education finds that some or all of the amount of any grant awarded pursuant to this section is used for purposes which are not in conformity with sections 10-20a to 10-20d , inclusive, or is used to reduce the local share of support for schools or to supplant a previous source of funding, the commissioner may require repayment of such grant to the state.

(c) Each grant recipient shall submit to the Commissioner of Education, at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes, a biennial program evaluation report.