Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-22o — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-22o
Sec. 10a-22o. Enforcement of orders issued by commissioner. Investigations by commissioner.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, may conduct any necessary review, inspection or investigation regarding applications for certificates of authorization or possible violations of sections 10a-22a to 10a-22p , inclusive, or any applicable regulations of Connecticut state agencies. In connection with any investigation, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, may administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel testimony and order the production of any record or document. If any person refuses to appear, testify or produce any record or document when so ordered, the commissioner may seek relief pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-151 — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185b / Section 10a-151
Sec. 10a-151. (Formerly Sec. 10-327c). Use of library facilities at state higher education institutions.
Status: in_force

(b) The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-220f — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-220f
Sec. 10-220f. Safety committee.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 10-231f re authority of safety committees to address indoor air quality issues.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-144e — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 165 / Section 10-144e
Sec. 10-144e. Advisory Council for School Administrator Professional Standards.
Status: in_force

(b) There is established the Connecticut Advisory Council for School Administrator Professional Standards. The council shall be composed of seventeen members appointed as follows: The Governor shall appoint one member who shall represent business and industry; the State Board of Education shall appoint two members, one of whom shall be a member of the faculty or administration of a State Board of Education approved administrator preparation program and one of whom shall represent business and industry; the president pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint one member who shall be a teacher; the speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member who shall be a parent of a child attending a public elementary or secondary school; the majority leader of the Senate shall appoint one member who shall be a member of a local or regional board of education; the majority leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member who shall be a school superintendent; the minority leader of the Senate shall appoint two members, one of whom shall be a parent of a child attending a public elementary or secondary school and one of whom shall be a public member; the minority leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint two members, one of whom shall be a public member and one of whom shall represent business and industry; the Connecticut Federation of School Administrators shall appoint three members, two of whom shall be elementary school administrators and one of whom shall be a secondary school administrator and the Connecticut Association of Schools shall appoint three members, two of whom shall be secondary school administrators and one of whom shall be an elementary school administrator. The members appointed by the Connecticut Federation of School Administrators and the Connecticut Association of Schools shall represent different geographical areas of the state. All appointments shall be made and the names of the persons appointed shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Education not later than October 1, 1992.

(c) The initial terms for the members appointed by the Governor, the State Board of Education, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives and two of the members appointed by the Connecticut Federation of School Administrators and one of the members appointed by the Connecticut Association of Schools shall terminate on January 15, 1994. The initial terms for all other members shall terminate on January 15, 1995. The term for any member appointed before June 30, 2015, shall be for two years. The term for any member appointed on or after June 30, 2015, shall be for four years.

(d) The Commissioner of Education shall convene the first meeting of the council not later than November 15, 1992. The council shall establish its procedures and shall select from its membership a chairperson who shall be a school administrator.

(e) The council shall (1) advise the State Board of Education, the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education concerning administrator preparation, training, certification, professional development, assessment and evaluation and professional discipline; (2) review and comment upon all regulations and other standards concerning the approval of administrator preparation programs and administrator certification; (3) report to the State Board of Education, the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education not later than January 15, 1993, and annually thereafter, on its activities and recommendations, if any, concerning the condition of the school administrator profession; and (4) develop a code of professional responsibility for school administrators not later than September 30, 1993.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-14x — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 163c / Section 10-14x
Sec. 10-14x. Agreement re use of college readiness assessment for purposes of grade eleven mastery examination requirement.
Status: in_force

*Note: Section 1 of public act 15-238 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-22l — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-22l
Sec. 10a-22l. Operation without certificate of authorization. Penalty. Investigation.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, may conduct an investigation and, through the Attorney General, maintain an action in the name of the state against any person to restrain or prevent the establishment or operation of an institution that does not have a certificate of authorization.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-222l — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-222l
Sec. 10-222l. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Immunity of school employees, students, parents or guardians, individuals and boards of education from liability for certain actions relating to reporting, investigating and responding to school bullying and teen dating violence.
Status: in_force

(b) No claim for damages shall be made against a student, parent or guardian of a student or any other individual who reports an act of bullying or teen dating violence to a school employee, in accordance with the provisions of the safe school climate plan described in section 10-222d , if such individual was acting in good faith. The immunity provided in this subsection does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, reckless, wilful or wanton misconduct.

(c) No claim for damages shall be made against a local or regional board of education that implements the safe school climate plan, described in section 10-222d , and reports, investigates and responds to bullying or teen dating violence, as defined in section 10-222d , if such local or regional board of education was acting in good faith in the discharge of its duties. The immunity provided in this subsection does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, reckless, wilful or wanton misconduct.

*Note: On and after July 1, 2025, this section, as amended by section 62 of public act 23-167, is to read as follows:

“Sec. 10-222 l . Immunity of school employees, students, parents or guardians, individuals and boards of education from liability for certain actions relating to reporting, investigating and responding to school bullying and teen dating violence. (a) No claim for damages shall be made against a school employee, as defined in section 10-222aa, who reports, investigates and responds to bullying or teen dating violence, as defined in section 10-222aa, in accordance with the provisions of the school climate improvement plan, as described in section 10-222hh, if such school employee was acting in good faith in the discharge of his or her duties or within the scope of his or her employment. The immunity provided in this subsection does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, reckless, wilful or wanton misconduct.

(b) No claim for damages shall be made against a student, parent or guardian of a student or any other individual who reports an act of bullying or teen dating violence to a school employee, in accordance with the provisions of the school climate improvement plan, if such individual was acting in good faith. The immunity provided in this subsection does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, reckless, wilful or wanton misconduct.

(c) No claim for damages shall be made against a local or regional board of education that implements the school climate improvement plan and reports, investigates and responds to bullying or teen dating violence, as defined in section 10-222aa, if such local or regional board of education was acting in good faith in the discharge of its duties. The immunity provided in this subsection does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, reckless, wilful or wanton misconduct.”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-550 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 184c / Section 10-550
Sec. 10-550. (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2025.) Early Start CT. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Accredited” means an early care and education program (A) accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, National Association for Family Child Care or other nationally recognized accreditations or certifications as approved by the commissioner, or (B) that has received Early Head Start or Head Start federal approval;

(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Early Childhood; and

(3) “Office” means the Office of Early Childhood.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-109h — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185b / Section 10a-109h
Sec. 10a-109h. Security for indebtedness; indenture.
Status: in_force

(b) All expenses incurred in carrying out the indenture, any financing document or resolution may be treated as a part of operating expenses of the university unless otherwise paid as part of the special debt service requirements in accordance with the financing transaction proceedings.

(c) Whether or not any securities issued pursuant to sections 10a-109a to 10a-109y , inclusive, are of the form and character to qualify as negotiable instruments under the terms of title 42a, the securities are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all purposes of said title 42a, subject only to the provisions of the securities.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-169a — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 186 / Section 10a-169a
Sec. 10a-169a. Information technology scholarship pilot program.
Status: in_force

(b) Within available appropriations, the program shall provide grants for students entering or enrolling in an information technology related degree or certification program at any public or independent institution of higher education in this state. The scholarship shall not exceed three thousand dollars per student per year. The scholarship shall not exceed the combined costs of tuition and fees of an institution at which a recipient is or will be enrolled. The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall develop eligibility requirements for recipients. Such requirements may include income guidelines. Students shall be eligible for such scholarships for each year they are enrolled in an information technology related degree or certification program for a total of not more than four years per student. Students may apply for such scholarships to the Board of Regents for Higher Education at such time and in such manner as the chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities prescribes.

(c) The Board of Regents for Higher Education may accept donations for such scholarship program.

(d) The recipients of scholarships pursuant to this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, shall constitute a cohort and scholarships for succeeding years shall only be available to members of such cohort.

(e) Any unexpended funds appropriated for purposes of this section shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year but shall be available for expenditure during the next fiscal year.

(f) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, the Board of Regents for Higher Education may use up to five per cent of the funds appropriated for purposes of this section for program administration, promotion, recruitment and retention activities.

See Secs. 32-8a, 32-8b re duties of Commissioner of Economic and Community Development with respect to this program and cooperative internship program for students majoring in information technology fields.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-236b — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-236b
Sec. 10-236b. *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (o) and effective date.) Physical restraint and seclusion of students by school employees.
Status: in_force

(1) “Life-threatening physical restraint” means any physical restraint or hold of a person that (A) restricts the flow of air into a person's lungs, whether by chest compression or any other means, or (B) immobilizes or reduces the free movement of a person's arms, legs or head while the person is in the prone position;

(2) “Psychopharmacologic agent” means any medication that affects the central nervous system, influencing thinking, emotion or behavior;

(3) “Physical restraint” means any mechanical or personal restriction that immobilizes or reduces the free movement of a person's arms, legs or head, including, but not limited to, carrying or forcibly moving a person from one location to another. The term does not include: (A) Briefly holding a person in order to calm or comfort the person; (B) restraint involving the minimum contact necessary to safely escort a person from one area to another; (C) medical devices, including, but not limited to, supports prescribed by a health care provider to achieve proper body position or balance; (D) helmets or other protective gear used to protect a person from injuries due to a fall; (E) helmets, mitts and similar devices used to prevent self-injury when the device is (i) part of a documented treatment plan or individualized education program pursuant to section 10-76d , or (ii) prescribed or recommended by a medical professional, as defined in section 38a-976 , and is the least restrictive means available to prevent such self-injury; or (F) an exclusionary time out;

(4) “School employee” has the same meaning as provided in subsection (b) of section 10-221o ;

(5) “Seclusion” means the involuntary confinement of a student in a room from which the student is physically prevented from leaving. “Seclusion” does not include an exclusionary time out;

(6) “Student” means a child (A) enrolled in grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, in a public school under the jurisdiction of a local or regional board of education, (B) receiving special education and related services in an institution or facility operating under contract with a local or regional board of education pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-76d , (C) enrolled in a program or school administered by a regional education service center established pursuant to section 10-66a , or (D) receiving special education and related services from an approved private special education program, but shall not include any child receiving educational services from (i) Unified School District #2, established pursuant to section 17a-37 , or (ii) the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; and

(7) “Exclusionary time out” means a temporary, continuously monitored separation of a student from an ongoing activity in a non-locked setting, for the purpose of calming such student or deescalating such student's behavior.

(b) No school employee shall use a physical restraint on a student except as an emergency intervention to prevent immediate or imminent injury to the student or to others, provided the restraint is not used for discipline or convenience and is not used as a substitute for a less restrictive alternative.

(c) No school employee shall use a life-threatening physical restraint on a student. This section shall not be construed as limiting any defense to criminal prosecution for the use of deadly physical force that may be available under sections 53a-18 to 53a-22 , inclusive.

(d) (1) No school employee shall place a student in seclusion except as an emergency intervention to prevent immediate or imminent injury to the student or to others, provided the seclusion is not used for discipline or convenience and is not used as a substitute for a less restrictive alternative. (2) No student shall be placed in seclusion unless (A) such student is monitored by a school employee during the period of such student's seclusion pursuant to subsection (m) of this section, and (B) the area in which such student is secluded is equipped with a window or other fixture allowing such student a clear line of sight beyond the area of seclusion. (3) Seclusion shall not be utilized as a planned intervention in a student's behavioral intervention plan, individualized education program or plan pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended from time to time.

(e) No school employee may use a psychopharmacologic agent on a student without that student's consent except (1) as an emergency intervention to prevent immediate or imminent injury to the student or to others, or (2) as an integral part of the student's established medical or behavioral support or educational plan, as developed consistent with section 17a-543 or, if no such plan has been developed, as part of a licensed practitioner's initial orders. The use of psychopharmacologic agents, alone or in combination, may be used only in doses that are therapeutically appropriate and not as a substitute for other appropriate treatment.

(f) If any instance of physical restraint or seclusion of a student otherwise permissible under subsection (b) or (d) of this section exceeds fifteen minutes, (1) an administrator, as defined in section 10-144e , or such administrator's designee, (2) a school health or mental health personnel, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10-212b , or (3) a board certified behavioral analyst, who has received training in the use of physical restraint and seclusion pursuant to subsection (o) of this section, shall determine whether continued physical restraint or seclusion is necessary to prevent immediate or imminent injury to the student or to others. Upon a determination that such continued physical restraint or seclusion is necessary, such individual shall make a new determination every thirty minutes thereafter regarding whether such physical restraint or seclusion is necessary to prevent immediate or imminent injury to the student or to others.

(g) In the event that physical restraint or seclusion is used on a student four or more times within twenty school days:

(1) An administrator, one or more of such student's teachers, a parent or guardian of such student and, if any, a mental health professional, as defined in section 10-76t , shall convene for the purpose of (A) conducting or revising a behavioral assessment of the student, (B) creating or revising any applicable behavioral intervention plan, and (C) determining whether such student may require special education pursuant to section 10-76ff ; or

(2) If such student is a child requiring special education, as described in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (5) of section 10-76a , or a child being evaluated for eligibility for special education pursuant to section 10-76d and awaiting a determination, such student's planning and placement team shall convene for the purpose of (A) conducting or revising a behavioral assessment of the student, and (B) creating or revising any applicable behavioral intervention plan, including, but not limited to, such student's individualized education plan.

(h) Each local or regional board of education shall notify a parent or guardian of a student who is placed in physical restraint or seclusion not later than twenty-four hours after the student was placed in physical restraint or seclusion and shall make a reasonable effort to provide such notification immediately after such physical restraint or seclusion is initiated.

(i) No school employee shall use a physical restraint on a student or place a student in seclusion unless such school employee has received training on the proper means for performing such physical restraint or seclusion pursuant to subsection (o) of this section.

(j) (1) On and after July 1, 2016, each local or regional board of education, and each institution or facility operating under contract with a local or regional board of education pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-76d that provides special education for children, including any approved private special education program, shall (A) record each instance of the use of physical restraint or seclusion on a student, (B) specify whether the use of seclusion was in accordance with an individualized education program, (C) specify the nature of the emergency that necessitated the use of such physical restraint or seclusion, and (D) include such information in an annual compilation on its use of such restraint and seclusion on students. Each local or regional board of education and such institutions or facilities operating under contract with a local or regional board of education pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-76d that provides special education for children, including any approved private special education program shall provide such annual compilation to the Department of Education for the purposes of the pilot program established pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection to examine incidents of physical restraint and seclusion in schools and to the State Board of Education for the purposes of subsection (k) of this section. Local or regional boards of education and such institutions and facilities that provide special education for children shall not be required to report instances of in-school suspensions, as defined in subsection (c) of section 10-233a .

(2) The Department of Education shall establish a pilot program for the school year commencing July 1, 2015. Such pilot program shall be implemented in various districts, including, but not limited to, an alliance district, a regional school district and a regional education service center. Under the pilot program, the Department of Education shall examine incidents of physical restraint and seclusion in schools and shall compile and analyze data regarding such incidents to enable the department to better understand and respond to incidents of physical restraint and seclusion on students in the state.

(k) The State Board of Education shall review the annual compilation of each local or regional board of education, and each institution or facility operating under contract with a local or regional board of education pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-76d that provides special education for children, including any approved private special education program, and shall produce an annual summary report specifying (1) the frequency of use of physical restraint or seclusion on students, (2) whether any student subjected to such restraint or seclusion was a special education student, and (3) if any such student was a special education student, whether the use of such seclusion was in accordance with an individualized education program or whether the use of such seclusion was an emergency intervention to prevent immediate or imminent injury to the student or to others. Such report shall be submitted not later than January 15, 2017, and annually thereafter, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children and education for inclusion in the annual report card prepared pursuant to section 2-53m .

(l) Any use of physical restraint or seclusion on a student shall be documented in the student's educational record. The documentation shall include (1) the nature of the emergency and what other steps, including attempts at verbal deescalation, were taken to prevent the emergency from arising if there were indications that such an emergency was likely to arise, and (2) a detailed description of the nature of the restraint or seclusion, the duration of such restraint or seclusion and the effect of such restraint or seclusion on the student's established educational plan.

(m) Any student who is physically restrained shall be continually monitored by a school employee. Any student who is involuntarily placed in seclusion shall be frequently monitored by a school employee. Each student so restrained or in seclusion shall be regularly evaluated by a school employee for indications of physical distress. The school employee conducting the evaluation shall enter each evaluation in the student's educational record. For purposes of this subsection, “monitor” means (1) direct observation, or (2) observation by way of video monitoring within physical proximity sufficient to provide aid as may be needed.

(n) If the use of such restraint or seclusion results in physical injury to the student, the local or regional board of education, and each institution or facility operating under contract with a local or regional board of education pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-76d that provides special education for children, including any approved private special education program, shall report the incident to the State Board of Education, which shall include such incident in the report required pursuant to subsection (k) of this section. The State Board of Education shall report any incidence of serious injury or death to the nonprofit entity designated by the Governor in accordance with section 46a-10b to serve as the Connecticut protection and advocacy system, as required by the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, 42 USC 15041, et seq., as amended from time to time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder, and as required by the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, 42 USC 10801 et seq., as amended from time to time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder, and, if appropriate, to the Child Advocate of the Office of the Child Advocate.

*(o) (1) Each local or regional board of education shall provide training regarding the physical restraint and seclusion of students to the members of the crisis intervention team for each school in the district, identified pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection. A local or regional board of education may provide such training to any teacher, as defined in section 10-144d , administrator, as defined in section 10-144e , paraeducator or other school employee, as defined in section 10-222d , designated by the school principal and who has direct contact with students. Such training shall be provided during the school year commencing July 1, 2017, and each school year thereafter, and shall include, but not be limited to:

(A) An overview of the relevant laws and regulations regarding the use of physical restraint and seclusion on students and the proper uses of physical restraint and seclusion. For the school year commencing July 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, such overview shall be provided by the Department of Education, in a manner and form as prescribed by the Commissioner of Education;

(B) The creation of a plan by which each local and regional board of education shall provide training regarding the prevention of incidents requiring physical restraint or seclusion of students. Such plan shall be implemented not later than July 1, 2018. The Department of Education may, within available appropriations, provide ongoing monitoring and support to local or regional boards of education regarding the formulation and implementation of the plan; and

(C) The creation of a plan by which each local or regional board of education shall provide training regarding the proper means of physical restraint or seclusion of a student, including, but not limited to, (i) various types of physical restraint and seclusion; (ii) the differences between life-threatening physical restraint and other varying levels of physical restraint; (iii) the differences between permissible physical restraint and pain compliance techniques; and (iv) monitoring methods to prevent harm to a student who is physically restrained or in seclusion. Such plan shall be implemented not later than July 1, 2018;

(2) For the school year commencing July 1, 2017, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall require each school in the district to identify a crisis intervention team consisting of any teacher, as defined in section 10-144d , administrator, as defined in section 10-144e , paraeducator or other school employee, as defined in section 10-222d , designated by the school principal and who has direct contact with students. Such teams shall respond to any incident in which the use of physical restraint or seclusion may be necessary as an emergency intervention to prevent immediate or imminent injury to a student or to others. Each member of the crisis intervention team shall be recertified in the use of physical restraint and seclusion pursuant to subparagraph (C) of subdivision (1) of this subsection or chapter 814e on an annual basis. Each local and regional board of education shall maintain a list of the members of the crisis intervention team for each school.

(p) Each local or regional board of education shall develop policies and procedures that establish monitoring and internal reporting of the use of physical restraint and seclusion on students and shall make such policies and procedures available on such local or regional board of education's Internet web site and in such local or regional board of education's procedures manual.

(q) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the justified use of physical force by a local, state or federal law enforcement official while in the performance of such official's duties.

(r) The State Board of Education shall adopt or revise regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning the use of physical restraint and seclusion pursuant to this section. Not later than sixty days after the adoption or revision of such regulations, each local or regional board of education shall update any applicable policies and procedures regarding the physical restraint and seclusion of students and shall make such updated policies and procedures available in a manner consistent with the provisions of subsection (p) of this section.

(s) Not later than January 1, 2019, each local or regional board of education shall establish a policy regarding the use of an exclusionary time out. Such policy shall include, but need not be limited to, a requirement that (1) exclusionary time outs are not to be used as a form of discipline, (2) at least one school employee remain with the student, or be immediately available to the student such that the student and school employee are able to communicate verbally, throughout the exclusionary time out, (3) the space used for an exclusionary time out is clean, safe, sanitary and appropriate for the purpose of calming such student or deescalating such student's behavior, (4) the exclusionary time out period terminate as soon as possible, and (5) if such student is a child requiring special education, as defined in section 10-76a , or a child being evaluated for special education, pursuant to section 10-76d , and awaiting a determination, and the interventions or strategies are unsuccessful in addressing such student's problematic behavior, such student's planning and placement team shall convene as soon as is practicable to determine alternative interventions or strategies.

*Note: On and after July 1, 2025, subsection (o) of this section, as amended by section 67 of public act 23-167 and section 34 of public act 24-41, is to read as follows:

“(o) (1) Each local or regional board of education shall provide training regarding the physical restraint and seclusion of students to the members of the crisis intervention team for each school in the district, identified pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection. A local or regional board of education may provide such training to any teacher, as defined in section 10-144d, administrator, as defined in section 10-144e, paraeducator or other school employee, as defined in section 10-222aa, designated by the school principal and who has direct contact with students. Such training shall be provided during the school year commencing July 1, 2017, and each school year thereafter, and shall include, but not be limited to:

(A) An overview of the relevant laws and regulations regarding the use of physical restraint and seclusion on students and the proper uses of physical restraint and seclusion. For the school year commencing July 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, such overview shall be provided by the Department of Education, in a manner and form as prescribed by the Commissioner of Education;

(B) The creation of a plan by which each local and regional board of education shall provide training regarding the prevention of incidents requiring physical restraint or seclusion of students. Such plan shall be implemented not later than July 1, 2018. The Department of Education may, within available appropriations, provide ongoing monitoring and support to local or regional boards of education regarding the formulation and implementation of the plan; and

(C) The creation of a plan by which each local or regional board of education shall provide training regarding the proper means of physical restraint or seclusion of a student, including, but not limited to, (i) various types of physical restraint and seclusion; (ii) the differences between life-threatening physical restraint and other varying levels of physical restraint; (iii) the differences between permissible physical restraint and pain compliance techniques; and (iv) monitoring methods to prevent harm to a student who is physically restrained or in seclusion. Such plan shall be implemented not later than July 1, 2018;

(2) For the school year commencing July 1, 2017, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall require each school in the district to identify a crisis intervention team consisting of any teacher, as defined in section 10-144d, administrator, as defined in section 10-144e, paraeducator or other school employee, as defined in section 10-222aa, designated by the school principal and who has direct contact with students. Such teams shall respond to any incident in which the use of physical restraint or seclusion may be necessary as an emergency intervention to prevent immediate or imminent injury to a student or to others. Each member of the crisis intervention team shall be recertified in the use of physical restraint and seclusion pursuant to subparagraph (C) of subdivision (1) of this subsection or chapter 814e on an annual basis. Each local and regional board of education shall maintain a list of the members of the crisis intervention team for each school.”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-19d — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-19d
Sec. 10a-19d. Training for early childhood education teachers. Definition of training requirements and competencies for persons involved in early childhood education.
Status: in_force

(b) The chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, in consultation with the Department of Education, Labor Department, Office of Workforce Strategy, Office of Early Childhood, Department of Social Services, Charter Oak State College, early childhood education faculty at two and four-year public and independent institutions of higher education, early childhood education professional associations, early childhood education advocates and practitioners, and persons knowledgeable in the area of career development and programs in early childhood care and education, shall define the preservice and minimum training requirements and competencies for persons involved in early childhood education, from birth to five years of age, including requirements for individual levels of early childhood credentialing and licensing.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-263c — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 172 / Section 10-263c
Sec. 10-263c. Transitional school district grant program.
Status: in_force

(b) A transitional school district grant shall be payable to the local board of education for the school district. The local board shall use the funds for any of the following: (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 early reading intervention programs, 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 , or (8) for purposes of obtaining accreditation for elementary and middle schools from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Each such board of education shall use at least twenty per cent of its grant for early reading intervention programs. 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 used for other purposes or is being used to decrease the local share of support for schools, it may require repayment of such grant to the state.

(c) Each transitional school district grant shall be awarded on an annual basis. Funding in subsequent years shall be based on funds available, annual application and program evaluation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-153j — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 166 / Section 10-153j
Sec. 10-153j. The making of service of process, notice or demand.
Status: in_force

(b) If it appears from the records of the commissioner that such an organization has failed to appoint or maintain a statutory agent for service, or if it appears by affidavit endorsed on the return of the officer or other proper person directed to serve any process, notice or demand upon such a statutory agent for service appearing on the records of the commissioner that such agent cannot, with reasonable diligence, be found at the address shown on such records as the agent's address, service of such process, notice or demand may, when timely made, be made by such officer or other proper person by: (1) Leaving a true and attested copy thereof at the office of the commissioner or depositing the same in the United States mails, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such office, and (2) depositing in the United States mails, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, a true and attested copy thereof, together with a statement by such officer that service is being made pursuant to this section, addressed to such organization at its principal office and to each person named in such process, notice or demand.

(c) The commissioner shall file the copy of each process, notice or demand received by the commissioner as provided in subsection (b) of this section and keep a record of the day and hour of such receipt. Service made as provided in this section shall be effective as of such day and hour.

Secs. 10-153a–10-153j include coverage of teachers employed in summer school programs. 177 C. 68. Cited. 186 C. 725; 190 C. 235; 200 C. 376; 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. § 10-226b — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-226b
Sec. 10-226b. Existence of racial imbalance.
Status: in_force

(b) As used in sections 10-226a to 10-226e , inclusive, “racial imbalance” means a condition wherein the proportion of pupils of racial minorities in all of the grades of a public school of the secondary level or below taken together substantially exceeds or falls substantially short of the proportion of such public school pupils in all of the same grades of the school district in which said school is situated taken together.

Cited. 21 CA 67.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-25a — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-25a
Sec. 10-25a. Strategic master plan for public education in the state. Planning Commission for Education established. Duties. Goals. Benchmarks. Report.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall consist of the following voting members: (A) Five members appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be a current or former superintendent of schools for a rural school district, one of whom shall be a certified teacher who is currently employed as a teacher in a public school or has retired from teaching in a public school not less than one year prior to appointment, one of whom shall be a person with knowledge and experience with students with special education needs, one of whom shall be a person with knowledge and experience in systems building and one of whom shall be a representative of an organization representing boards of education; (B) five members appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of whom shall be a current or former superintendent of schools for an urban school district in which a charter school and interdistrict magnet school are located, one of whom shall be a certified teacher who is currently employed as a teacher in a public school or has retired from teaching in a public school not less than one year prior to appointment, one of whom shall be a person with knowledge and experience regarding early childhood education, one of whom shall be a person with knowledge and experience in civil rights relating to equity, access and the quality of education and one of whom shall be a person with knowledge and experience regarding adult education; (C) two members appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be a current or former superintendent of schools for a regional school district and one of whom shall be a student who is enrolled in a public high school in the state; (D) two members appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, one of whom shall be a current or former superintendent of schools for a suburban school district and one of whom shall be a parent or guardian of a student who is enrolled in a public school in the state; (E) two members appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be a representative of a state-wide business organization and one of whom shall be a scholar who has experience and expertise in the field of education from prekindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive; (F) two members appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, one of whom shall be an entrepreneur and one of whom shall be a scholar who has experience and expertise in the field of higher education; (G) nine members appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be a certified teacher who is currently employed as a teacher in a public school or has retired from teaching in a public school not less than one year prior to appointment, one of whom shall be a parent or guardian of a student who is enrolled in a public school in the state, one of whom shall be a person with knowledge and experience in civil rights relating to equity, access and the quality of education and one of whom shall be a person with knowledge and experience in academically advanced curriculum development; (H) the Commissioner of Education; and (I) the Commissioner of Early Childhood. The commission membership shall reflect the state's geographic, racial and ethnic diversity.

(2) The commission shall elect cochairpersons of the commission at its first meeting. Any vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority. The commission members shall serve without compensation except for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The commission may seek the advice and participation of any person, organization or state or federal agency it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The commission may, within available appropriations, retain consultants to assist in carrying out its duties. The commission may receive funds from any public or private sources to carry out its activities.

(b) The commission shall articulate a clear vision and mission for developing a sustainable, equitable and high-quality public education system that coordinates the components of education reform, clarifies how such components of education reform work together and provides every child with access to an educational experience that meets such child's needs. The commission shall develop and recommend the implementation of a strategic master plan to carry out such vision and mission.

(1) In developing the strategic master plan, the commission shall address the following issues: (A) How to better organize the state public education system to streamline various and disparate mandates, initiatives and reforms that may compete with the articulated vision and mission; (B) the manner in which the public education system utilizes data and supports to inform and improve the provision of education in the state; (C) the extent to which the accountability system assesses the most worthy outcomes of public education; and (D) the identification and analysis of the most significant factors that effect and support the most worthy outcomes of public education for all students, including, but not limited to, poverty, socioeconomic and racial isolation, language barriers and parental engagement in a student's education.

(2) In addressing the issues described in subdivision (1) of this subsection, the commission shall consider: (A) What are the most worthy outcomes of public education and what means can be taken to achieve such outcomes; (B) the extent to which the public education system prepares students to meet the challenges of work, citizenship and life upon graduation; (C) strategies to develop state-wide education leadership goals and to enhance education leadership in conformance with such goals; (D) ways to ensure effective communication and partnership between school districts and the families of children who attend public school in such school district, with particular focus on diversity; (E) ways to share best practices within the public education system, including, but not limited to, learning across methodologies, models and structures of educational excellence; (F) what innovations are necessary to excel in both competitiveness and character; (G) the extent to which the public education system empowers students and educators to excel, innovate and build on strengths; and (H) best practices that ensure high quality instruction and promote continuous systemic improvement.

(3) The commission shall also examine and recommend changes to funding policies, practices and accountability in order to (A) align such funding policies, practices and accountability with the strategic master plan, (B) ensure that all school districts receive equitable funding from the state, and (C) determine and recommend measures to promote the adoption of ways in which resources can be most effectively utilized.

(c) (1) Not later than April 15, 2016, the commission shall submit a preliminary report on the development of the strategic master plan together with any recommendations for appropriate legislation and funding to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a .

(2) Not later than February 15, 2017, the commission shall submit the strategic master plan, including specific goals and benchmarks for implementation, together with any recommendations for appropriate legislation and funding to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a . The commission shall terminate on the date that it submits the strategic master plan or February 15, 2017, whichever is later.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-69 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-69
Sec. 10-69. Adult education.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Prior to July 1, 2004, no providing school district shall grant an adult education diploma to any adult education program participant who has not satisfactorily completed a minimum of twenty adult education credits, of which not fewer than four shall be in English; not fewer than three in mathematics; not fewer than three in social studies, including one in American history; not fewer than two in science; and not fewer than one in the arts or vocational education. On and after July 1, 2004, no providing school district shall grant an adult education diploma to any adult education program participant who has not satisfactorily completed a minimum of twenty adult education credits, of which not fewer than four shall be in English; not fewer than three in mathematics; not fewer than three in social studies, including one in American history and at least a one-half credit course in civics and American government; not fewer than two in science; and not fewer than one in the arts or vocational education. (2) Each providing school district shall determine the minimum number of weeks per semester an adult education program shall operate and shall provide certified counseling staff to assist adult education program students with educational and career counseling.

(c) Providing school districts shall award:

(1) Credit for experiential learning, including: (A) Not more than two nonrequired credits for military experience, including training; (B) not more than one vocational education nonrequired and one required or not more than two nonrequired credits for occupational experience, including training; and (C) not more than one nonrequired credit for community service or avocational skills;

(2) Credit for successful completion of courses taken for credit at state-accredited institutions, including public and private community colleges, technical colleges, community-technical colleges, four-year colleges and universities and approved public and private high schools and technical education and career schools;

(3) Not more than six credits for satisfactory performance on subject matter tests demonstrating prior learning competencies; and

(4) Not more than three credits for independent study projects, provided that not more than one such credit shall be applied per subject area required pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(d) The State Board of Education may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to establish standards and procedures governing the awarding of adult education credits for learning experiences pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. Any such regulations shall specify: (1) The procedures for awarding credits for military experience; (2) the types of occupational experience, occupational training and other specialized skills for which adult education credits may be granted; (3) the procedure for applying credits earned at accredited or approved educational institutions towards an adult education diploma; (4) the procedure for the administration of subject matter tests to assess prior learning competencies; and (5) the procedure for evaluating and awarding adult education credits for independent study projects.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-217h — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 169 / Section 10-217h
Sec. 10-217h. Connecticut School Health Survey; administration.
Status: in_force

(b) The department, in consultation with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Education and any other agency or public interest group the department deems necessary, may develop additional survey questions to be included as part of the Connecticut School Health Survey that are relevant to the health concerns of high school students in the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-76t — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-76t
Sec. 10-76t. Definitions re primary mental health program.
Status: in_force

Cited. 228 C. 699; 229 C. 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-224 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-224
Sec. 10-224. Duties of the secretary.
Status: in_force

Mandamus does not lie to compel secretary to insert in minutes acts of board of which he has no knowledge. 97 C. 434.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-22i — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-22i
Sec. 10a-22i. (Formerly Sec. 10-7j). Administrative penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall serve written notice upon a private career school when the assessment of such an administrative penalty is under consideration. The notice shall set forth the reasons for the assessment of the penalty. Not later than forty-five days after mailing such notice to the private career school, the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall hold a compliance conference with the private career school.

(c) If, after the compliance conference, the commissioner determines that imposition of an administrative penalty is appropriate, the commissioner shall issue an order and serve written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested upon the private career school.

(d) A private career school aggrieved by the order of the commissioner imposing an administrative penalty pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall, not later than fifteen days after such order is mailed, request in writing a hearing before the commissioner. Such hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-388 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 184a / Section 10-388
Sec. 10-388. Human burials.
Status: in_force

(b) After notification under subsection (a) of this section, the Chief Medical Examiner shall determine if the remains represent a human death required to be investigated under section 19a-406 . After completion of his investigation, if the Chief Medical Examiner determines that the remains may be the remains of a Native American or were found in the subsurface and buried for more than fifty years, the Chief Medical Examiner shall notify the State Archaeologist of such fact. The State Archaeologist, upon such notification, shall in consultation with the Department of Economic and Community Development, the Native American Heritage Advisory Council, established under section 10-382 , the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, and the landowner determine, within seventy-two hours, if the site where such remains were discovered can be preserved in situ and protected by a preservation restriction as defined in section 47-42a .

(c) If in situ preservation is not prudent and feasible or not agreed to by the landowner, the State Archaeologist, upon consultation with the landowner and, if appropriate, the Native American Heritage Advisory Council, the Department of Economic and Community Development, and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, if feasible, provide for removal and reburial of the remains at another location or for additional archaeological investigations and scientific analysis prior to reburial. Any excavation and recovery of remains by the State Archaeologist shall be completed not more than five business days after notification by the Chief Medical Examiner under this section unless the landowner consents to additional days.

(d) Human skeletal remains discovered during archaeological investigation shall be excavated under the supervision of the State Archaeologist, pursuant to a written agreement between the State Archaeologist and the holder of the permit specifying the excavation, methods to be used and data to be collected. Due care shall be exercised during excavation, subsequent transport and storage of skeletal remains to insure that the sacred meanings of the remains for Native Americans are respected and protected.

(e) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to require the owner of private lands on which human skeletal remains are found to pay the costs of excavation, removal analysis or reburial of such remains.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-14y — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 163c / Section 10-14y
Sec. 10-14y. Reading readiness program; tiered supports in early literacy.
Status: in_force

(b) The center shall identify the early literacy needs of each alliance district based on the results of the reading readiness assessment conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and provide tiered supports in early literacy as follows:

(1) Tier one universal supports shall be provided to each alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u , and include online professional development modules aligned with the reading instruction survey, as described in section 10-145r , and other literacy modules and programs available in the state;

(2) Tier two targeted supports shall include (A) a two-year program of literacy leadership training for certain teachers and administrators, (B) targeted professional development, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-148b , using the results of the reading instruction survey, as described in section 10-145r , and (C) external coaching support, which may utilize funding received pursuant to section 10-223h or 10-262u ; and

(3) Tier three intensive supports shall include multiyear support from the center and a commitment from the alliance district, that includes, but need not be limited to, (A) the use of funding received pursuant to section 10-262u to support an early literacy program for students enrolled in kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, (B) technical support in the drafting and submission of alliance district reading plans, as described in section 10-262u , (C) identifying and engaging dedicated literacy coaches and reading interventionists, (D) targeted and intensive professional development, and (E) funds for assessment and instructional materials.

(c) Any tiered supports in early literacy provided under this section shall be aligned with any turnaround plan, developed pursuant to section 10-223h , or alliance district plan, developed pursuant to section 10-262u , as applicable.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-183x — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 167a / Section 10-183x
Sec. 10-183x. Benefits under prior law preserved.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, all persons receiving retirement benefits from said system on June 30, 1978, shall be eligible for an annual cost-of-living allowance in accordance with the provisions of subsection (j) of section 10-183g .

(c) Any additional credited service purchased by June 30, 1978 or being purchased on that date, provided the purchase is completed in accordance with the terms of the purchase, shall be deemed to be additional credited service purchased in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-30 — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-30
Sec. 10a-30. (Formerly Sec. 10-329f). Presumptions.
Status: in_force

(1) The establishment of a new domicile in this state by an emancipated person has not occurred until he has resided in this state for a period of not less than one year;

(2) No emancipated person shall be deemed to have gained residence while attending any educational institution in this state as a full-time student, as such status is defined by the governing board of such institution, in the absence of a clear demonstration that he has established domicile in the state;

(3) Once established, a domicile is not lost by mere absence unaccompanied by intention to establish a new domicile;

(4) The domicile of any emancipated person receiving regular financial assistance from his parent, or whose parent's income was taken into account by any private or governmental agency furnishing financial educational assistance to such person, including scholarships, loans or otherwise, is that of his parent. Notwithstanding the definition of “parent” contained in subsection (5) of section 10a-28 , if such person's parents have separate domiciles, his domicile shall be that of the parent furnishing him the greater financial assistance, or of the parent having the larger income if neither furnishes such assistance; and

(5) A person does not gain or lose in-state status by reason of his presence in any state or country while a member of the armed forces of the United States; provided a member of the armed forces may obtain in-state status for himself and his dependents by establishing his domicile in this state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-63k — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-63k
Sec. 10-63k. Regional school reapportionment committee.
Status: in_force

(b) The regional school reapportionment committee shall organize, proceed, and operate in accordance with the provisions of section 10-41 . It shall receive funds, be reimbursed for expenses, and dispose of unencumbered balances remaining in the treasury of the committee in accordance with the provisions of section 10-42 .

Cited. 169 C. 613.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-66ss — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-66ss
Sec. 10-66ss. Amendment to charter.
Status: in_force

(b) In determining whether to grant a request by a state or local charter school to amend its charter to make a material change in the school's operations, the Department of Education shall review the written request of the charter school, and solicit and review comments on such request from the local or regional board of education of the town in which such charter school is located. Upon a recommendation by the department to approve such request, the State Board of Education shall vote on such request not later than sixty days after the date of receipt of such request or as part of the charter renewal process for such charter school. The state board may approve such request by a majority vote of the members of the state board present and voting at a regular or special meeting of the state board called for such purpose, or for the purpose of considering whether to renew the charter of the charter school, pursuant to subsection (g) of section 10-66bb .

(c) If the material change requested by a state or local charter school is to increase the total student enrollment capacity of the charter school by twenty per cent or more, such charter school shall submit the request for such material change to the department not later than April first of the fiscal year two years prior to the fiscal year in which such material change would take effect. In determining whether to recommend approval of such request, the department shall consider (1) the financial feasibility of such increased enrollment, (2) such charter school's performance, stewardship, governance and management, student population and legal compliance, and (3) any other factors the department deems relevant to such request.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-80c — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185b / Section 10a-80c
Sec. 10a-80c. Uniform naming of green jobs certificate and degree programs.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 10a-55d re definitions.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-14u — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 163c / Section 10-14u
Sec. 10-14u. Intensive reading instruction program for students in kindergarten to grade three. Intensive reading intervention strategy. Supplemental reading instruction. Reading remediation plan. Intensive summer school reading instruction program.
Status: in_force

(1) “Achievement gaps” means the existence of a significant disparity in the academic performance of students among and between (A) racial groups, (B) ethnic groups, (C) socioeconomic groups, (D) genders, and (E) multilingual learners and students whose primary language is English.

(2) “Opportunity gaps” means the ways in which race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, English proficiency, community wealth, familial situations or other factors intersect with the unequal or inequitable distribution of resources and opportunities to contribute to or perpetuate lower educational expectations, achievement or attainment.

(3) “Scientifically-based reading research and instruction” means (A) a comprehensive program or a collection of instructional practices that is based on reliable, valid evidence showing that when such programs or practices are used, students can be expected to achieve satisfactory reading progress, and (B) the integration of instructional strategies for continuously assessing, evaluating and communicating the student's reading progress and needs in order to design and implement ongoing interventions so that students of all ages and proficiency levels can read and comprehend text and apply higher level thinking skills. Such comprehensive program or collection of practices includes, but is not limited to, instruction in the following areas of reading: Oral language, phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, rapid automatic name or letter name fluency and reading comprehension.

(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, the Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success, established pursuant to section 10-14gg , shall oversee an intensive reading instruction program to improve student literacy in grades kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, and close the achievement gaps that result from opportunity gaps. Such intensive reading instruction program shall include routine reading assessments for students in kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, scientifically-based reading research and instruction, an intensive reading intervention strategy, as described in subsection (c) of this section, supplemental reading instruction and reading remediation plans, as described in subsection (d) of this section, and an intensive summer school reading program, as described in subsection (e) of this section. For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, the Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success shall provide, upon request of a local or regional board of education for a town designated as an alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u , the intensive reading instruction program to such board, or may include the intensive reading instruction program in the tiered supports in early literacy provided under the reading readiness program pursuant to section 10-14y .

(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, the Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success, shall develop an intensive reading intervention strategy which shall be available to local and regional boards of education for a town designated as an alliance district that have any elementary schools that enroll students who are not reading at or above grade level to ensure that such students are reading proficiently by grade three in such schools. Such intensive reading intervention strategy shall (1) include, but not be limited to, (A) rigorous assessments in reading skills, (B) scientifically-based reading research and instruction, (C) external literacy coaches who have experience and expertise in the science of teaching reading, who will work with the reading data collected, support the principal of the school as needed, observe, and coach classes and supervise the reading interventions, (D) reading interventionists who will develop a reading remediation plan for any student who is reading below proficiency, be responsible for all supplemental reading instruction, and conduct reading assessments as needed, and (E) training for teachers and administrators in scientifically-based reading research and instruction, including, training for school administrators on how to assess a classroom to ensure that all children are proficient in reading by grade three, and (2) outline, at a minimum, how (A) reading data will be collected, analyzed and used for purposes of instructional development, (B) professional and leadership development will be related to reading data analysis and used to support individual teacher and classroom needs, (C) schools will communicate with parents and guardians of students on reading instruction strategies and student reading performance goals, and on opportunities for parents and guardians to partner with teachers and school administrators to improve reading at home and at school, (D) teachers and school leaders will be trained in the science of teaching reading, (E) periodic student progress reports will be issued, and (F) such intensive reading intervention strategy will be monitored at the classroom level. The commissioner shall review and evaluate the intensive reading intervention strategy for model components that may be used and replicated in other alliance districts to ensure that all children are proficient in reading by grade three.

(d) (1) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education for a town designated as an alliance district shall, in consultation with the Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success, provide supplemental reading instruction to students in kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, who are reading below proficiency, as identified by the reading assessment described in section 10-14t . Such supplemental reading instruction shall be provided by a reading interventionist during regular school hours.

(2) A reading remediation plan shall be developed by a reading interventionist for each student enrolled in an elementary school in an alliance district in kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, who has been identified as reading below proficiency to address and correct the reading deficiency of such student. Such remediation plan shall include instructional strategies that utilize research-based reading instruction materials and teachers trained in reading instruction, parental involvement in the implementation of the remediation plan and regular progress reports on such student.

(3) The principal of each elementary school in an alliance district shall notify the parent or guardian of any student in kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, who has been identified as being below proficiency in reading. Such notice shall be in writing and (A) include an explanation of why such student is below proficiency in reading, and (B) inform such parent or guardian that a remediation plan, as described in subdivision (2) of this subsection, will be developed for such student to provide supplemental reading instruction, including strategies for the parent or guardian to use at home with such student.

(e) (1) Each local and regional board of education for a town designated as an alliance district shall, in consultation with the Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success, provide any student in kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, who is reading below proficiency at the end of the school year with an intensive summer school reading instruction program. Such intensive summer school reading instruction program shall include, (A) a comprehensive reading intervention program, (B) scientifically-based reading research and instruction strategies and interventions, (C) diagnostic assessments administered to a student prior to or during an intensive summer school reading instruction program to determine such student's particularized need for instruction, (D) teachers who are trained in the teaching of reading and reading assessment and intervention, and (E) weekly progress monitoring to assess the reading progress of such student and tailor instruction for such student.

(2) Each local and regional board of education for a town designated as an alliance district providing supplemental reading instruction as part of the intensive reading instruction program under this section shall submit reports to the Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success, at such time and in such manner as prescribed by the Department of Education, on (A) student reading progress for each student reading below proficiency based on the data collected from the screening and progress monitoring of such student using the reading assessments described in section 10-14t , and (B) the specific reading interventions and supports implemented.

(f) Not later than October 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Education shall 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 , on student reading levels in the intensive reading instruction program. Such report shall include recommendations on model components of the school intensive reading intervention strategy that may be used and replicated in other alliance districts.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-55a — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-55a
Sec. 10a-55a. Uniform campus crime and safety incident reports. Emergency response plans.
Status: in_force

(b) Each annual report prepared pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall include (1) the number of full-time equivalent students, (2) the number of full-time equivalent employees, (3) the number of students and employees residing in campus housing, (4) for any accident that occurred during the immediately preceding calendar year within the geographical limits of the property owned or under the control of an institution of higher education, including, but not limited to, campuses or dormitories in another country owned or under the control of an institution of higher education for the purposes of an international studies or international exchange program, (A) the number of such accidents that resulted in serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3 , and (B) the number of such accidents that resulted in death, and (5) for each category of criminal offense, the number of incidents reported and the crime rate. The crime rate shall be equal to the number of incidents reported divided by the total number of full-time equivalent students and employees.

(c) On or before October 1, 2007, each institution of higher education and private career school, as defined in section 10a-22a , shall have an emergency response plan. On or before October 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, each institution of higher education and private career school shall submit a copy of its emergency response plan to (1) the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, and (2) local first responders. Such plan shall be developed in consultation with such first responders and shall include a strategy for notifying students and employees of the institution or school and visitors to such institution or school of emergency information.

(d) Each institution of higher education shall notify, in writing, each person who submits an application for admission to the institution, each new employee at the time of employment and all students and employees annually at the beginning of each academic year of the availability of the report prepared pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and shall, upon request, provide the most recent report to any such applicant, employee or student.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-63h — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-63h
Sec. 10-63h. Applicability to existing regional school districts.
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this part shall be construed to require an existing regional school district to change the composition of the membership of its board of education or their terms of office or as prohibiting the selection of members of such boards by appointment.

(b) If the board consists of nine members, three from each member town, such members may be elected on a rotating basis each year for terms of three years. If any adjustments are necessary to achieve this system, the regional school district shall use the procedures provided in section 10-47c to make the necessary changes, provided the term of office of no incumbent shall be shortened.

(c) Any such school district may change the representation of the member towns on the regional board or change the term of office of such members to four years in accordance with the procedures provided in section 10-47c . If the latter change is made, the member towns may elect their representatives on the regional board of education in accordance with subsection (b) or (c) of section 10-46 as determined by the legislative body of each town.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-194 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 168 / Section 10-194
Sec. 10-194. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to apply to any person desiring to employ a minor under the age of eighteen years through a youth development program of a regional workforce development board.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-25a — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-25a
Sec. 10a-25a. Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 32-41b re high technology projects and programs.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-16nn — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-16nn
Sec. 10-16nn. Interagency Council for Ending the Achievement Gap.
Status: in_force

(b) The Interagency Council for Ending the Achievement Gap shall (1) assist the achievement gap task force, established pursuant to section 10-16mm , in the development of the master plan to eliminate the academic achievement gaps in Connecticut, described in section 10-16mm , (2) implement the provisions of such master plan, and, if necessary, make recommendations for legislation relating to such master plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, and (3) submit annual progress reports on the implementation of such master plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and the achievement gap task force established pursuant to section 10-16mm , in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a .

(c) The Interagency Council for Ending the Achievement Gap shall be within the Department of Education for administrative purposes only.

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-149b — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 166 / Section 10-149b
Sec. 10-149b. Concussions: Training courses for coaches. Education plan. Informed consent form. Development or approval by State Board of Education. Revocation of coaching permit.
Status: in_force

(2) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and each school year thereafter, any coach who has completed the initial training course described in subdivision (1) of this subsection shall annually review current and relevant information regarding concussions, prepared or approved pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, prior to commencing the coaching assignment for the season of such school athletics. Such annual review shall not be required in any year when such coach is required to complete the refresher course, pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection, for reissuance of his or her coaching permit.

(3) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, a coach shall complete a refresher course, developed or approved pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section, not later than five years after completion of the initial training course, as a condition of the reissuance of a coaching permit to such coach. Such coach shall thereafter retake such refresher course at least once every five years as a condition of the reissuance of a coaching permit to such coach.

(b) (1) The State Board of Education, in consultation with (A) the Commissioner of Public Health, (B) the governing authority for intramural and interscholastic athletics, (C) an appropriate organization representing licensed athletic trainers, and (D) an organization representing county medical associations, shall develop or approve a training course regarding concussions. Such training course shall include, but not be limited to, (i) the recognition of the symptoms of a concussion, (ii) the means of obtaining proper medical treatment for a person suspected of having a concussion, and (iii) the nature and risk of concussions, including the danger of continuing to engage in athletic activity after sustaining a concussion and the proper method of allowing a student athlete who has sustained a concussion to return to athletic activity.

(2) On or before October 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health and the organizations described in subparagraphs (B) to (D), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall develop or approve annual review materials regarding current and relevant information about concussions.

(3) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health and the organizations described in subparagraphs (B) to (D), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall develop or approve a refresher course regarding concussions. Such refresher course shall include, but not be limited to, (A) an overview of key recognition and safety practices, (B) an update on medical developments and current best practices in the field of concussion research, prevention and treatment, (C) an update on new relevant federal, state and local laws and regulations, and (D) for football coaches, current best practices regarding coaching the sport of football, including, but not limited to, frequency of games and full contact practices and scrimmages as identified by the governing authority for intramural and interscholastic athletics.

(c) On or before January 1, 2015, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health and the organizations described in subparagraphs (B) to (D), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section, shall develop or approve a concussion education plan for use by local and regional boards of education. Each local and regional board of education shall implement such plan by utilizing written materials, online training or videos or in-person training that shall address, at a minimum: (1) The recognition of signs or symptoms of concussion, (2) the means of obtaining proper medical treatment for a person suspected of sustaining a concussion, (3) the nature and risks of concussions, including the danger of continuing to engage in athletic activity after sustaining a concussion, (4) the proper procedures for allowing a student athlete who has sustained a concussion to return to athletic activity, and (5) current best practices in the prevention and treatment of a concussion.

(d) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall prohibit a student athlete from participating in any intramural or interscholastic athletic activity unless the student athlete, and a parent or guardian of such student athlete, (1) reads written materials, (2) views online training or videos, or (3) attends in-person training regarding the concussion education plan developed or approved pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(e) (1) On or before July 1, 2015, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health and the organizations described in subparagraphs (B) to (D), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section, shall develop or approve an informed consent form to distribute to the parents and legal guardians of student athletes involved in intramural or interscholastic athletic activities regarding concussions. Such informed consent form shall include, at a minimum, (A) a summary of the concussion education plan developed or approved pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, and (B) a summary of the applicable local or regional board of education's policies regarding concussions.

(2) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, each school shall provide each participating student athlete's parent or legal guardian with a copy of the informed consent form developed or approved pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection and obtain such parent's or legal guardian's signature, attesting to the fact that such parent or legal guardian has received a copy of such form and authorizes the student athlete to participate in the athletic activity.

(f) The State Board of Education may revoke the coaching permit, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (i) of section 10-145b , of any coach found to be in violation of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-10c — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 163 / Section 10-10c
Sec. 10-10c. Uniform system of accounting. Chart of accounts. Audit.
Status: in_force

(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and each fiscal year thereafter, each local or regional board of education, regional educational service center and state charter school shall implement such uniform system of accounting by completing and filing annual financial reports with the department using the chart of accounts and meet the provisions of section 10-227 .

(c) The Office of Policy and Management may annually audit the financial reports submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section for any local or regional board of education, regional educational service center or state charter school.

(d) Not later than July 1, 2013, the Department of Education shall submit the chart of accounts described in subsection (a) of this section 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. § 10a-22u — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-22u
Sec. 10a-22u. (Formerly Sec. 10-14i). Establishment of private career school student protection account. Treatment of overpayments and underpayments.
Status: in_force

(b) Payments required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be a condition of doing business in the state and failure to make any such payment within thirty days following the date on which it is due shall result in the loss of authorization under section 10a-22f . Such authorization shall not be issued or renewed if there exists a failure to make any such payment in excess of thirty days following the date on which it is due.

(c) If an audit conducted by the Office of Higher Education determines that a school has paid into the private career school student protection account an amount less than was required, the school shall pay such amount plus a penalty of ten per cent of the amount required to the State Treasurer within thirty days of receipt of notice from the commissioner or the commissioner's designee of the amount of the underpayment and penalty.

(d) If an audit conducted by the Office of Higher Education determines that a school has paid into the private career school student protection account an amount more than was required, subsequent payment or payments by the school shall be appropriately credited until such credited payment or payments equal the amount of the overpayment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-233g — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-233g
Sec. 10-233g. Reports of principals to police authority concerning physical assaults upon school employees by students.
Status: in_force

(b) No school administrator shall interfere with the right of a teacher or other employee of a board of education to file a complaint with the local police authority in cases of threats of physical violence and in cases of physical assaults by a student against such teacher or employee.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-66c — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-66c
Sec. 10-66c. Powers of board of center.
Status: in_force

(b) For the purpose of carrying out or administering a regional educational service center project, program or other function authorized under this section or refinancing existing indebtedness or funding debt service reserve or project reserve funds, a regional educational service center may, without limiting its authority under other provisions of law, borrow temporarily in anticipation of receipt of current revenues and issue bonds, notes or other obligations payable from or secured by any one or more of the following: (1) A pledge, lien, mortgage or other security interest in any or all of the income, proceeds, revenues and property, real or personal, of its projects, assets, programs or other functions, including the proceeds of grants, loans, advances, guarantees or contributions from the federal government, state or any other source; or (2) a pledge, lien, mortgage or other security interest in the property, real or personal, of projects to be financed by the bonds, notes or other obligations.

(c) Bonds, notes or other obligations issued under this section may be issued in one or more series, shall bear such date or dates, be in such form, mature at such time or times, be payable at such place or places whether within the state or without, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations and form, with coupons attached, or registered, be fully negotiable, contain such conversion and redemption provisions, such other terms, covenants and conditions and be issued and sold in such manner as the regional educational service center, by resolution of the board of such center, determines, and may be payable at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from the date of issuance. Such bonds, notes or other obligations shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any debt limitation or restrictions and shall not be obligations of the state of Connecticut or any municipality, and each such bond, note or other obligation shall so state on its face. Neither the officers or members of the board of any regional educational service center nor any person executing the bond, note or other obligations shall be personally liable thereon by reason of the issuance thereof.

(d) A regional educational service center may issue notes in anticipation of the receipt of proceeds from the sale of such bonds. If such notes are issued, the provisions of sections 7-378 and 7-378a , relating to the terms and conditions of issuing and renewing such notes, shall apply.

(e) Each pledge, agreement or assignment made for the benefit or security of any bonds, notes or other obligations issued under this section shall be in effect until the principal and interest on the bonds, notes or other obligations for the benefit of which the same were made have been fully paid, or until provision is made for the payment in the manner provided in the resolution or resolutions authorizing their issuance. Any pledge or assignment made in respect of such bonds, notes or other obligations secured thereby shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge or assignment is made; any income, proceeds, revenues or property so pledged or assigned and thereafter received by the regional educational service center shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge, without any physical delivery thereof or further act; and the lien of any such pledge or assignment shall be valid and binding as against parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the regional educational service center, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution, trust indenture, agreement, assignment or other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded or filed, except for the recording of any mortgage or lien on real property or on any interest in real property.

(f) A regional educational service center may enter into contractual agreements, including trust indentures or agreements with trustees, for the collection, investment and payment of pledged or assigned income, proceeds, revenues or property, the establishment of reserves, covenants and agreements for the benefit of the trustee or the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations, and such other terms and conditions which are reasonable to delineate the respective rights, duties, safeguards, responsibilities and liabilities of the regional educational service center, holders of bonds, notes or other obligations and the trustee or assignee. Any such agreement may provide for the pledge or assigning of any assets or income from assets to which or in which the center has rights or interest, the vesting in such trustee or trustees of such property, rights, powers and duties in trust as the center may determine, which may include any or all of the property, rights, powers and duties of any trustee appointed by the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations, or limiting or restricting the rights of any holder of any bonds, notes or other obligations, or limiting or abrogating the right of the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations to appoint a trustee, or limiting the rights, powers and duties of such trustee, and may further provide for such other rights and remedies exercisable by the trustee as may be proper for the protection of the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations and not otherwise in violation of law, including the acceleration of payment in the event of a default.

(g) Any regional educational service center may obtain from a commercial bank or insurance company authorized to do business within or without this state a letter of credit, line of credit or other credit or liquidity facility, for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of such bonds, notes or other obligations required by their terms or by the holder thereof to be redeemed or repurchased at or prior to maturity or for providing additional security for such bonds, notes or other obligations. In connection therewith, a regional educational service center may authorize the execution of reimbursement agreements, remarketing agreements, standby bond purchase agreements, agreements for the purpose of moderating interest rate fluctuations and any other necessary or appropriate agreements. If a regional educational service center is required to draw upon any such credit facility, the amount of each loan made pursuant to such credit facility shall be repaid by the center as provided in such agreement with the provider of the credit facility, but no later than the last date on which the bond, notes or other obligations secured thereby would be required to mature by law. Such regional educational service center may pledge or assign or mortgage any of its income, proceeds, revenues or properties authorized by this section to secure its bonds, notes or other obligations to secure its payment obligations under any agreement entered into pursuant to this section.

(h) Bonds, notes or other obligations issued by a regional educational service center under the provisions of this section are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, credit unions, building and loan associations, investment companies, savings banks, banking associations, trust companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and pension, profit-sharing and retirement funds may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or municipality of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.

(i) A regional educational service center shall be considered an agency of the state for purposes of subdivision (14) of subsection (d) of section 42a-9-109 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-235a — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-235a
Sec. 10-235a. Immunity from liability of internship providers.
Status: in_force

(1) “Internship” means supervised practical training of a student intern that is comprised of curriculum and workplace standards approved by the Department of Education and the Labor Department;

(2) “Internship provider” means a person, as defined in section 1-79 , who provides an internship to a student intern pursuant to an agreement with (A) a local or regional board of education that operates an agricultural science and technology education center, and (B) the local or regional board of education otherwise responsible for educating such student intern if such board of education does not maintain an agricultural science and technology education center; and

(3) “Student intern” means a student enrolled in an agricultural science and technology education center participating in an internship offered or provided by an internship provider.

(b) No internship provider shall be liable to a student intern or a parent or guardian of a student intern for civil damages for any personal injury that results from acts or omissions of such internship provider offering or providing an internship to a student intern that may constitute ordinary negligence, provided such internship provider exercised reasonable care in the provision of the internship and was in compliance with any applicable safety and health standards established under any federal, state and local laws and regulations and any industry codes. The immunity provided in this subsection does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, reckless, wilful or wanton negligence.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-183q — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 167a / Section 10-183q
Sec. 10-183q. Funds not assignable and exempt from attachment. Alternate payee.
Status: in_force

(b) A person selected by the court as an alternate payee under an approved domestic relations order may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the board, to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution or trustee-to-trustee transfer paid directly to an eligible retirement plan by way of a direct rollover. Taxable funds may be distributed as a rollover if elected by such person. For purposes of this subsection, “eligible rollover distribution” and “eligible retirement plan” have the same meanings as provided in Section 402 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, except (1) a qualified trust shall be deemed an eligible retirement plan only if it accepts such person's eligible rollover distribution; and (2) in the case of an eligible rollover distribution to a surviving spouse, an eligible retirement plan means an individual retirement account or an individual retirement annuity, as defined in said section of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-91 — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185b / Section 10a-91
Sec. 10a-91. Lease of land to private developers for rental housing and commercial establishments. Taxation.
Status: in_force

(b) Any land so leased to a private developer for rental housing or commercial establishments and the buildings and appurtenances thereon shall be subject to local assessment and taxation annually in the name of the lessee, assignee or sublessee, whichever has immediate right to occupancy of such land or building, by the town wherein situated as of the assessment day of such town next following the date of leasing. Such land shall not be included as property of the Connecticut State University System for the purpose of computing a grant in lieu of taxes pursuant to section 12-18b .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-240 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 171 / Section 10-240
Sec. 10-240. Control of schools.
Status: in_force

Purpose and effect of consolidation. 82 C. 586; 86 C. 594. Former act had effect of compelling consolidation in certain towns. 122 C. 42. Cited. 149 C. 600; 152 C. 568. Each town is designated as a school district, and has the same powers as a school district to take land for school purposes. 168 C. 135. Present system of financing public education embodied in section; towns have been delegated duty to raise revenue by taxation. 172 C. 615. Cited. 182 C. 253; 210 C. 531; 218 C. 1; 237 C. 169; 238 C. 1.

Cited. 6 CA 212.

Authority to unite schools. 16 CS 336. Section, insofar as it delegates to Canton the state's duty of operating and maintaining free public schools and raising taxes therefor, violates Art. I, Sec. 20 and Art. VIII, Sec. 1 of Connecticut Constitution; state's duty to provide education performed through towns, societies and districts; violative of Connecticut Constitution insofar as it purports to delegate duty of raising taxes to operate public education. 31 CS 377. Local board of education is acting as agent of the town, not as agent of the state, in suit to recover damages for faulty construction of school building and doctrine of sovereign immunity is not applicable. 40 CS 141.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-222m — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-222m
Sec. 10-222m. *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (b) and effective date.) School security and safety plans. School security and safety committees.
Status: in_force

*(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall establish a school security and safety committee at each school under the jurisdiction of such board. The school security and safety committee shall be responsible for assisting in the development of the school security and safety plan for the school and administering such plan. Such school security and safety committee shall consist of a local police officer, a local first responder, a teacher and an administrator employed at the school, a mental health professional, as defined in section 10-76t , a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school and any other person the board of education deems necessary. Any parent or guardian serving as a member of a school security and safety committee shall not have access to any information reported to such committee, pursuant to subparagraph (c) of subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of section 10-222k .

(c) Each local and regional board of education shall annually submit the school security and safety plan for each school under the jurisdiction of such board, developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.

*Note: On and after July 1, 2025, subsection (b) of this section, as amended by section 63 of public act 23-167, is to read as follows:

“(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall establish a school security and safety committee at each school under the jurisdiction of such board. The school security and safety committee shall be responsible for assisting in the development of the school security and safety plan for the school and administering such plan. Such school security and safety committee shall consist of a local police officer, a local first responder, a teacher and an administrator employed at the school, a mental health professional, as defined in section 10-76t, a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school and any other person the board of education deems necessary. Any parent or guardian serving as a member of a school security and safety committee shall not have access to information reported to such committee that would result in a violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 USC 1232g, as amended from time to time.”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-530 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 184c / Section 10-530
Sec. 10-530. Comprehensive background checks.
Status: in_force

(1) “Child care facility” means a “child care center”, “group child care home” or “family child care home” that provides “child care services”, each as described in section 19a-77 , or any provider of child care services under the child care subsidy program established pursuant to section 17b-749 ;

(2) “Child care services provider or staff member” means any person who is (A) a licensee, employee, volunteer or alternate staff, assistant, substitute or household member of a child care facility, (B) a family child care provider, or (C) any other person who provides child care services under the child care subsidy program established pursuant to section 17b-749 but does not include a person who is providing child care services under the child care subsidy program (i) exclusively to children with whom such person is related, and (ii) without being issued a license to provide child care services by the Office of Early Childhood; and

(3) “Family child care provider” means any person who provides child care services under the child care subsidy program established pursuant to section 17b-749 (A) in a family child care home, as defined in section 19a-77 , or (B) in a home not requiring a license pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of section 19a-77 .

(b) The comprehensive background checks required pursuant to subsection (c) of section 19a-80 , subsection (c) of section 19a-87b and subsection (a) of section 17b-749k , shall be conducted at least once every five years for each child care services provider or staff member in accordance with the provisions of 45 CFR 98.43, as amended from time to time.

(c) Any person who applies for a position at a child care facility in the state shall not be required to submit to such comprehensive background checks if such person (1) is an employee of a child care facility in the state, or has not been separated from employment as a child care services provider or staff member in the state for a period of more than one hundred eighty days, and (2) has successfully completed such comprehensive background checks in the previous five years. Nothing in this section prohibits the Commissioner of Early Childhood from requiring that a person applying for a position as a child care services provider or staff member submit to comprehensive background checks more than once during a five-year period.

(d) Any person required to submit to comprehensive background checks pursuant to subsection (c) of section 19a-80 , subsection (c) of section 19a-87b and subsection (a) of section 17b-749k , may submit a request, in writing, to the Commissioner of Early Childhood for a waiver of the requirement to submit fingerprints. Such request shall include such person's name and date of birth, and evidence that such person is unable to satisfy such fingerprints requirement due to a medical condition, including, but not limited to, a birth defect, physical deformity, skin condition or psychiatric condition. Upon the granting of a waiver to a person under this subsection, the Office of Early Childhood shall conduct a state criminal history records check of such person by using the name and date of birth that was provided in the request for a waiver by such person.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-217a — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 169 / Section 10-217a
Sec. 10-217a. Health services for children in private nonprofit schools. Payments from the state, towns in which children reside and private nonprofit schools.
Status: in_force

(b) Any town or regional school district providing such services for children attending such private schools shall be reimbursed by the state for a percentage of the amount paid from local tax revenues for such services as follows:

(1) The percentage of the amount paid from local tax revenues for such services reimbursed to a local board of education shall be determined by (A) ranking each town in the state 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, (i) for reimbursement paid in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, a percentage of not less than forty-five or more than ninety shall be determined for each town on a continuous scale, except that for any town in which the number of children under the temporary family assistance program, as defined in subdivision (17) of section 10-262f , is greater than one per cent of the total population of the town, as defined in subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of section 10-261 , the percentage shall be not less than eighty, (ii) for reimbursement paid in the fiscal years ending June 30, 1991, to June 30, 2001, inclusive, a percentage of not less than ten or more than ninety shall be determined for each town on a continuous scale, except that for any town in which the number of children under the temporary family assistance program, as defined in subdivision (17) of section 10-262f , is greater than one per cent of the total population of the town, as defined in subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of section 10-261 , and for any town which has a wealth rank greater than thirty when towns are ranked pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision and which provides such services to greater than one thousand five hundred children who are not residents of the town, the percentage shall be not less than eighty, and (iii) for reimbursement paid in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, and each fiscal year thereafter, a percentage of not less than ten or more than ninety shall be determined for each town on a continuous scale, except that for any town in which the number of children under the temporary family assistance program, as defined in subdivision (17) of section 10-262f , for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, was greater than one per cent of the total population of the town, as defined in subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of section 10-261 , for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, and for any town which has a wealth rank greater than thirty when towns are ranked pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision and which provides such services to greater than one thousand five hundred children who are not residents of the town, the percentage shall be not less than eighty.

(2) The percentage of the amount paid from local tax revenues for such services reimbursed to a regional board of education shall be determined by its ranking. Such ranking shall be determined 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 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 reimbursement percentage as would a town with the same rank.

(c) Any town or regional school district which provides such services shall file an application for such reimbursement not later than the September fifteenth following the fiscal year in which the services were provided on a form to be provided by the State Board of Education. Payment shall be made not later than the following January fifteenth.

(d) (1) Upon written notification from the town or regional school district providing such services, the town of which children attending such private schools are residents shall pay to the town or regional school district which provided such services during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1989, a proportionate share of the average unreimbursed cost per child for providing such services. Such proportionate share shall be equal to (A) the difference between the amount paid by a town or regional school district for providing such services for children attending such private schools and the state grant received by or due to such town or regional school district pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section for providing such services, divided by (B) the total number of children attending such private schools in the town or regional school district and multiplied by (C) the number of children who are residents of the town and who attend such private schools in the town or regional school district providing such services.

(2) Payment to a town or regional school district pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall not make a town making such a payment eligible for reimbursement under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.

(3) Upon written notification from the town or regional school district providing such services, any such private school shall pay to the town or regional school district which provided such services during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1989, the difference between the amount paid by the town or regional school district for providing such services for children attending such private school and the sum of (A) the state grant received by or due to such town or regional school district pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section for providing such services, (B) payments received by or due to such town or regional school district pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection for providing such services and (C) the proportionate share of the average unreimbursed cost per child for providing such services to children who are residents of the town providing such services and who attend such private school, such share which shall be equal to (i) the difference between the amount paid by the town or regional school district for providing such services for children attending such private school and the state grant received by or due to such town or regional school district pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section for providing such services, divided by (ii) the total number of children attending such private school and multiplied by (iii) the number of children who are residents of the town providing such services and who attend such private school.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section to the contrary, any town (1) in which more than four hundred children who are not residents of the state attend private nonprofit schools which are in the town and in which a majority of the children attending such schools are residents of the state and (2) for which the percentage of the amount paid from local tax revenues reimbursed to the local board of education pursuant to subsection (b) of this section is less than fifteen per cent may, at its discretion, provide such services to children in such private nonprofit schools who are not residents of the state.

(f) The pay of certificated personnel shall be subject to the rules and regulations providing for deduction for the state Teacher's Retirement Fund by the board of education of such town applicable to certificated teaching personnel in the public schools of such town. This subsection shall be retroactive to July 1, 1968.

(g) A town or regional school district may provide, at its own expense, the services of a school psychologist, speech remedial services, school social worker's services and special language teachers for non-English-speaking students to children attending private nonprofit schools in such town or district.

(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, and June 30, 2007, the amount of the grants payable to local or regional boards of education in accordance with this section shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for purposes of this section.

(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2025, inclusive, the amount of the grants payable to local or regional boards of education in accordance with this section shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for purposes of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-265ff — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 172 / Section 10-265ff
Sec. 10-265ff. Philanthropic Match account.
Status: in_force

(b) Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to match philanthropic gifts made by the philanthropic enterprise to the corporation described in section 10-265aa , upon certification to the secretary by the philanthropic enterprise that it has transferred twenty million dollars to the corporation, pursuant to section 10-265dd . The secretary may enter into agreements with other state agencies or private entities in order to make payments of the moneys in this account to the corporation.

(c) The secretary may expend twenty million dollars under this section in any fiscal year, for a maximum of five fiscal years, provided the secretary has entered into an agreement under which the corporation described in section 10-265aa confirms that it has received an equivalent amount for such fiscal year from the philanthropic enterprise.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-218 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-218
Sec. 10-218. Officers. Meetings.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 10-225 re salary of board secretary.

Town's power under former statute to pay school committeemen, not acting as school visitors, is limited to the secretary and treasurer of the school committee. 103 C. 424. Cited. 182 C. 93.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-18f — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-18f
Sec. 10-18f. Holocaust and genocide education and awareness curriculum.
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 Holocaust and genocide education and awareness under this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-168b — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 186 / Section 10a-168b
Sec. 10a-168b. Minority educator loan reimbursement grant program.
Status: in_force

(b) The program shall provide student loan reimbursement grants to any person who (1) is defined as a minority pursuant to section 10-155 l , (2) holds professional certification pursuant to chapter 166, and (3) is employed as an administrator or a teacher by a local or regional board of education.

(c) Any person who satisfies the eligibility requirements prescribed in subsection (b) of this section may receive an annual grant for reimbursement of federal or state educational loans (1) in an amount up to ten per cent of such person's federal or state educational loans but that does not exceed five thousand dollars in any year, and (2) for a period not to exceed ten years. Such person shall only be reimbursed for loan payments made while such person is employed by a local or regional board of education.

(d) Persons may apply to the Office of Higher Education for grants under this section at such time and in such manner as the Commissioner of Higher Education prescribes.

(e) Any unexpended funds appropriated for purposes of this section shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year but shall be available for expenditure during the next fiscal year.

(f) The Office of Higher Education may accept gifts, grants and donations, from any source, public or private, for the minority educator loan reimbursement grant program.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-241 — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 187b / Section 10a-241
Sec. 10a-241. Institutions of higher education authorized to take necessary action. Rate of interest.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 37-4 and 37-6 , it shall be lawful: (1) For the authority to establish, charge, contract for and receive any amount or rate of interest or compensation with respect to authority loans or education loans; (2) to make authority loans or education loans at a rate of interest which may, during the life of such loans, be varied or revised upon such terms or conditions as may be established by the authority; and (3) for any Connecticut institution for higher education to charge, contract for and receive any amount or rate of interest or compensation, including amounts or rates of interest which may be varied or revised upon such terms or conditions as may be established by the institution, with respect to education loans.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-17 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-17
Sec. 10-17. English language to be medium of instruction. Exception.
Status: in_force

Cited. 152 C. 151; 226 C. 704.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-109w — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185b / Section 10a-109w
Sec. 10a-109w. Authorization for relocation of West Hartford campus. Campus projects under UConn 2000.
Status: in_force

(b) With regard to any authorization by the board of trustees of the university, pursuant to said section 10a-109f , to issue securities for a campus project or to initiate or expand academic programs at any campus of the university under the UConn 2000 infrastructure improvement program, the board shall find and determine that the university has considered (1) whether there are opportunities to coordinate programs and services between the university and other state public and independent institutions of higher education and (2) whether there are opportunities to share programs and facilities with other public and independent institutions of higher education in conjunction with the projects being considered by the university. The findings and determinations of the board shall be included in the reports required pursuant to sections 10a-109x and 10a-109y .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-17a — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-17a
Sec. 10-17a. Establishment of bilingual and bicultural program.
Status: in_force

Cited. 226 C. 704; 238 C. 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-18d — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-18d
Sec. 10-18d. Animal dissection. Students to be excused from participation or observation.
Status: in_force

(b) Any student excused from participating in, or observing, the dissection of any animal as part of classroom instruction shall be required to complete an alternate assignment to be determined by the local or regional school district.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-287 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 173 / Section 10-287
Sec. 10-287. Installment payments of school building project grants. Construction contracts subject to bid. Construction management services. Withholding of state grant payments; conditions. Submission of final grant application and notice of project completion.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) All orders and contracts for school building construction receiving state assistance under this chapter, except as provided in subdivisions (2) to (4), inclusive, of this subsection, shall be awarded to the lowest responsible qualified bidder only after a public invitation to bid, except for (A) school building projects for which the town or regional school district is using a state contract pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-292 , and (B) change orders, those contracts or orders costing less than ten thousand dollars and those of an emergency nature, as determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in which cases the contractor or vendor may be selected by negotiation, provided no local fiscal regulations, ordinances or charter provisions conflict. Any of the qualified bidders under this subdivision may be a cooperative purchasing contract offered through a regional educational service center or a council of government.

(2) All orders and contracts for architectural services shall be awarded from a pool of at least three of the most responsible qualified proposers after a public selection process. Such process shall, at a minimum, involve requests for qualifications, followed by requests for proposals, including fees, from the proposers meeting the qualifications criteria of the request for qualifications process. Following the qualification process, the awarding authority shall evaluate the proposals to determine at least three of the most responsible qualified proposers using those criteria previously listed in the requests for qualifications and requests for proposals for selecting architectural services specific to the project or school district. Such evaluation criteria shall include due consideration of the proposer's pricing for the project, experience with work of similar size and scope as required for the order or contract, organizational and team structure, including any subcontractors to be utilized by the proposer, for the order or contract, past performance data, including, but not limited to, adherence to project schedules and project budgets and the number of change orders for projects, the approach to the work required for the order or contract and documented contract oversight capabilities, and may include criteria specific to the project. Final selection by the awarding authority is limited to the pool of at least three of the most responsible qualified proposers and shall include consideration of all criteria included within the request for proposals. As used in this subdivision, “most responsible qualified proposer” means the proposer who is qualified by the awarding authority when considering price and the factors necessary for faithful performance of the work based on the criteria and scope of work included in the request for proposals.

(3) (A) All orders and contracts for construction management services shall be awarded from a pool of at least three of the most responsible qualified proposers after a public selection process. Such process shall, at a minimum, involve requests for qualifications, followed by requests for proposals, including fees, from the proposers meeting the qualifications criteria of the request for qualifications process. Following the qualification process, the awarding authority shall evaluate the proposals to determine at least three of the most responsible qualified proposers using those criteria previously listed in the requests for qualifications and requests for proposals for selecting construction management services specific to the project or school district. Such evaluation criteria shall include due consideration of the proposer's pricing for the project, experience with work of similar size and scope as required for the order or contract, organizational and team structure for the order or contract, past performance data, including, but not limited to, adherence to project schedules and project budgets and the number of change orders for projects, the approach to the work required for the order or contract, and documented contract oversight capabilities, and may include criteria specific to the project. Final selection by the awarding authority is limited to the pool of at least three of the most responsible qualified proposers and shall include consideration of all criteria included within the request for proposals. As used in this subdivision, “most responsible qualified proposer” means the proposer who is qualified by the awarding authority when considering price and the factors necessary for faithful performance of the work based on the criteria and scope of work included in the request for proposals.

(B) The construction manager's contract shall include a guaranteed maximum price for the cost of construction. Such guaranteed maximum price shall be determined not later than ninety days after the selection of the trade subcontractor bids. Each construction manager shall invite bids and give notice of opportunities to bid on project elements on the State Contracting Portal. Each bid shall be kept sealed until opened publicly at the time and place set forth in the notice soliciting such bid. The construction manager shall, after consultation and approval by the town or regional school district, award any related contracts for project elements to the responsible qualified contractor submitting the lowest bid in compliance with the bid requirements, provided that (i) the construction manager shall not be eligible to submit a bid for any such project element, and (ii) construction shall not begin prior to the determination of the guaranteed maximum price. On and after July 1, 2024, the construction manager's contract shall include a requirement that the construction manager retain all documents and receipts relating to the school building project for a period of two years following the date of completion of an audit conducted by the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to this section, for such project.

(C) The construction manager shall submit quarterly reports regarding the ineligible project costs for the school building project to date to the town or regional board of education. Upon submission of the notice of project completion pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, and prior to the audit conducted by the commissioner, the construction manager shall submit a final report on the total ineligible costs for such project to the town or regional school district.

(D) The construction manager shall meet quarterly with the town or regional board of education to review any change orders for eligibility as the school building project progresses.

(4) All orders and contracts for any other consultant services, including, but not limited to, consultant services rendered by an owner's representatives, construction administrators, program managers, environmental professionals, planners and financial specialists, shall comply with the public selection process described in subdivision (2) of this subsection. No costs associated with an order or contract for such consultant services shall be eligible for state financial assistance under this chapter unless such order or contract receives prior approval from the Commissioner of Administrative Services in writing or through a written electronic communication.

(c) If the Commissioner of Administrative Services determines that a building project has not met the approved conditions of the original application, the Department of Administrative Services may withhold subsequent state grant payments for said project until appropriate action, as determined by the commissioner, is taken to cause the building project to be in compliance with the approved conditions or may require repayment of all state grant payments for said project when such appropriate action is not undertaken within a reasonable time.

(d) (1) Each town or regional school district shall submit a final grant application to the Department of Administrative Services not later than one year from the date of completion and acceptance of the school building project by the town or regional school district. If a town or regional school district fails to submit a final grant application on or before such one-year date, the commissioner may withhold ten per cent of the state reimbursement for such project.

(2) (A) On and after July 1, 2024, each town or regional school district shall submit a notice of project completion not later than one year from the date of the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the school building project by the town or regional school district. If a town or regional school district fails to submit such notice of project completion on or before such one-year date, the commissioner shall deem such project completed and conduct an audit of such project in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(B) For any school building project authorized by the General Assembly prior to July 1, 2022, the commissioner shall deem as complete any such project in which a certificate of occupancy has been granted, but for which a notice of project completion has not been submitted by the town or regional school district on or before July 1, 2025.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-16mm — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-16mm
Sec. 10-16mm. Task force to address academic achievement gaps. Master plan. Progress reports.
Status: in_force

(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:

(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;

(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;

(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives;

(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;

(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;

(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate;

(7) One appointed by the chairman of the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus of the General Assembly;

(8) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee; and

(9) One appointed by the Governor.

(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) or (7) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.

(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after July 8, 2011. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.

(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty days after July 8, 2011.

(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education shall serve as administrative staff of the task force.

(g) (1) Not later than January 15, 2013, the task force shall submit the master plan described in subsection (a) of this section 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 , and the Interagency Council for Ending the Achievement Gap described in section 10-16nn .

(2) Not later than July 1, 2013, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit progress reports on the implementation of the master plan described in subsection (a) of this section and recommendations for implementing said master plan 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 .

(h) The task force shall terminate on January 1, 2020.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-247 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 171 / Section 10-247
Sec. 10-247. Management of permanent funds.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 10-258 re administration of trust funds.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-396 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 184b / Section 10-396
Sec. 10-396. Duties of department re tourism.
Status: in_force

(1) Develop, annually update and implement a strategic marketing plan for the national and international promotion of Connecticut as a tourism destination;

(2) Develop a Connecticut strategic plan for new tourism products and attractions;

(3) Provide marketing and other assistance to the tourism industry;

(4) Ensure cooperation among the regional tourism districts;

(5) Within available appropriations, maintain, operate and manage the visitor welcome centers in the state;

(6) Develop and administer a program of challenge grants to encourage innovation and job development, provide incentives for coordinated activity consistent with the strategic marketing plan and stimulate the development of private funds for tourism promotion; and

(7) Subject to available funds, assist municipalities to accommodate tourist attractions within such municipalities or within neighboring or adjoining municipalities.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-247 — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 187b / Section 10a-247
Sec. 10a-247. Alliance District Educator and Counselor Loan Subsidy Program. Eligibility criteria and administrative guidelines.
Status: in_force

(b) The authority shall enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Commissioner of Education to establish the eligibility criteria and administrative guidelines for the Alliance District Educator and Counselor Loan Subsidy Program. Such eligibility criteria and guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) applicant eligibility, (2) interest rate subsidies and principal limits on authority loans subject to the Alliance District Educator and Counselor Loan Subsidy Program, (3) the process for verifying the employment of applicants, and (4) the requirement that an interest rate subsidy through the Alliance District Educator and Counselor Loan Subsidy Program shall terminate for any subsidy recipient who ceases to meet the employment requirements of such program during the term of such recipient's loan from the authority.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-55k — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185 / Section 10a-55k
Sec. 10a-55k. Disclosure to student athletes recruited by institutions of higher education.
Status: in_force

(1) “Athletic program” means any intercollegiate athletic program of an institution of higher education in this state that recruits student athletes by soliciting them to apply to, enroll in or attend such institution for purposes of participating in intercollegiate sporting programs, events, contests or exhibitions at such institution.

(2) “NCAA” means the National Collegiate Athletic Association or its successor.

(3) “Student athlete” means an individual who attends an elementary, middle or secondary school program of education or an institution of higher education and participates in any interscholastic athletic program in this state, whether or not such individual receives scholarship funds for such individual's athletic participation.

(b) Commencing January 1, 2012, an institution of higher education that offers athletic scholarships shall provide a hyperlink entitled “Student Athletes' Right to Know” on the front page of its official athletic Internet web site, which shall be linked to a web page containing all of the following information:

(1) Athletic scholarship information, including, but not limited to:

(A) The most recent cost of attendance expenses as published by the institution of higher education's financial aid office for the academic year and for the summer school session.

(B) The sum of expenses identified in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision that are prohibited from inclusion in a full grant-in-aid athletic scholarship pursuant to the NCAA's rules and regulations.

(C) The policy of the institution of higher education's athletic program regarding whether student athletes will receive athletic scholarships for summer school sessions, and, if so, whether such scholarships are proportional to athletic scholarships received during the regular academic year.

(D) The full grant-in-aid athletic scholarship payment received by all student athletes who live on campus during the academic year and off campus during summer school session.

(E) The following information relating to NCAA scholarship rules: (i) A verbal commitment is not binding on either the student athlete or the institution; (ii) the National Letter of Intent is a binding agreement between a prospective student athlete and an institution of higher education in which the institution agrees to provide a prospective student athlete, who is admitted to the institution and is eligible for financial aid under NCAA rules, athletics aid for one academic year in exchange for the prospective student athlete's agreement to attend the institution for one academic year; (iii) the National Letter of Intent must be accompanied by an institutional financial aid agreement; and (iv) if the prospective student athlete signs the National Letter of Intent but does not enroll at that institution for a full academic year, such student athlete may be subject to specific penalties, including loss of a season of eligibility and a mandatory residence requirement.

(F) The policy of the institution of higher education regarding whether or not such institution may choose to sign more recruited student athletes than it has available athletic scholarships and the consequences to the athletic scholarship opportunities of recruited and current student athletes in such situations.

(2) Athletic scholarship renewal information, including, but not limited to:

(A) The NCAA's policy regarding scholarship duration.

(B) The policy of the institution of higher education's athletic program concerning the renewal or nonrenewal of an athletic scholarship, including circumstances in which a student athlete in good standing suffers a temporary or permanent sports-related injury, there is a change in coaching, or a student athlete's athletic performance is deemed to be below expectations.

(3) Athletically related medical expenses information, including, but not limited to:

(A) The NCAA's policy regarding whether athletic programs are mandated to pay for athletically related medical expenses.

(B) The policy of the institution of higher education's athletic program regarding whether such program will pay for a student athlete's athletically related medical expenses, including deductibles, copayments and coinsurance, or any such medical expenses that exceed any maximum insurance coverage limits.

(C) The policy of the institution of higher education's athletic program regarding who is required to pay for any required athletically related insurance premiums for student athletes who do not have insurance coverage.

(D) The duration of time the institution of higher education's athletic program will continue to pay for athletically related medical expenses after a student athlete's athletic eligibility expires.

(E) Whether or not an athletic program's medical policy covers expenses associated with attaining a second medical opinion for an athletically related injury from a physician who is not associated with the athletic program, and whether the athletic program provides coverage for services provided by such a physician.

(4) Athletic release information, including, but not limited to:

(A) The NCAA's policy regarding whether an athletic program may refuse to grant an athletic release to a student athlete who wishes to transfer to another institution of higher education.

(B) The policy of the postsecondary educational institution's athletic program regarding whether it may refuse to grant an athletic release for a student athlete who wishes to transfer to another institution of higher education.

(c) Commencing January 1, 2012, an institution of higher education that provides, by any delivery method, written material regarding its athletic program to a student athlete shall include in such materials a direct link to such institution's Internet web page, where the student athlete shall have access to the “Student Athletes' Right to Know” hyperlink and all of the information regarding the institution's athletic scholarship program as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-222hh — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-222hh
Sec. 10-222hh. School climate improvement plan. Protocols and supports.
Status: in_force

(b) A school climate improvement plan developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall align with the Connecticut school climate standards, developed pursuant to section 10-222bb , and include protocols and supports to enhance classroom safety and address challenging behavior. At a minimum, such protocols and supports shall specify:

(1) The contact information of an administrator designated by the school climate specialist, as described in section 10-222ee , to be notified by school employees of any incidents of challenging behavior that results in student discipline or removal from the classroom, and the contact information of any other administrator or school employee to be notified of such incidents in the absence of the designated administrator;

(2) The process by which the designated administrator will assess the facts, severity and intentionality of an incident of challenging behavior;

(3) Each designated location to which a student may be sent pursuant to section 10-233b when a student is temporarily removed from a classroom and the supports such student may receive at such location, including, but not limited to, intervention from a school employee trained to provide such intervention, therapeutic resources, available mental health supports, instructional materials and technology or other resources to address the temporary needs of such student;

(4) Ways to address challenging behavior, enhance resiliency, increase the use of de-escalation strategies and improve social and emotional skills, which may include, but is not limited to, the use of training, therapeutic mental health supports, restorative practices or trauma-informed instructional strategies;

(5) The safeguards established to ensure that any supports, services or interventions provided under this subsection to any student who receives special education or accommodation for a disability comply with the provisions of sections 10-76d and 10-236b , the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended from time to time, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 USC 1400 et seq., as amended from time to time, and such student's individualized education program or plan pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973;

(6) Tiered responses, based on level of impact or frequency of occurrence, to incidents of challenging behavior that (A) require temporarily clearing a classroom or removing a majority of students to reduce likelihood of injury, (B) indicate credible intention to cause bodily harm to self or others, or (C) result in an injury that requires medical attention beyond basic first aid, or less severe injuries caused by the same person on more than one occasion, verified by the school nurse or other medical professional. Such tiered responses shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:

(i) For a single such incident, the school principal shall notify the parents or guardians of each student involved in such incident in a manner that complies with the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 USC 1232g, as amended from time to time;

(ii) For a subsequent such incident, the school principal shall invite the parents or guardians of each student involved in such incident to a meeting, either in person at the school or virtually, to discuss the specific supports or interventions that are applicable to such student, including, but not limited to, restorative practices;

(iii) For multiple subsequent such incidents or a single such incident that causes severe harm, the school principal shall provide notice to the parents or guardians of each student involved in such incident of other resources for supports and interventions, including, but not limited to, the 2-1-1 Infoline program, services or programs available through the Behavioral Health Partnership, established pursuant to section 17a-22h or other resources for professional services, support or crisis intervention.

(7) A requirement for the superintendent of schools to submit, at least annually, to the local or regional board of education a report concerning the number of incidents, as described in subdivision (6) of this subsection, that occurred during the prior year, the grade level of each student involved in such incidents and the supports, services or interventions provided in response to such incidents to address the needs of students and school employees. Such report shall be produced in a manner that does not result in the disclosure of data identifiable to individual students in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 USC 1232g, as amended from time to time, and the Department of Education's data suppression guidelines;

(8) A prohibition on the discrimination or retaliation against any person who reports or assists in the investigation of an incident of challenging behavior, as described in subdivision (6) of this subsection;

(9) For incidents of challenging behavior, as described in subdivision (6) of this subsection, (A) a requirement for a meeting between an administrator and the school employee who witnesses such incident, not later than two days after the date such incident occurred, to determine the supports and interventions required to address the needs of students and school employees, provided the supports and interventions for any student who receives special education shall be determined by the planning and placement team for such student and notice of such incident shall be submitted to the planning and placement team not later than two days after the date such incident occurred, and (B) a process by which a teacher may request a behavior intervention meeting pursuant to section 10-236c .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-264i — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 172 / Section 10-264i
Sec. 10-264i. Transportation grants for interdistrict magnet school programs.
Status: in_force

(2) Except as provided in subdivisions (3) and (4) of this subsection, the amount of such grant shall not exceed an amount equal to the number of such children transported multiplied by one thousand three hundred dollars.

(3) For districts assisting 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, (A) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, the amount of such grant shall not exceed an amount equal to the number of such children transported multiplied by one thousand four hundred dollars, and (B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of such grant shall not exceed an amount equal to the number of such children transported multiplied by two thousand dollars.

(4) In addition to the grants otherwise provided pursuant to this section, the Commissioner of Education may provide supplemental transportation grants to regional educational service centers for the purposes of transportation to interdistrict magnet schools. Any such grant shall be provided within available appropriations and after the commissioner has reviewed and approved the total interdistrict magnet school transportation budget for a regional educational service center, including all revenue and expenditure estimates. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2018, inclusive, in addition to the grants otherwise provided pursuant to this section, the Commissioner of Education may provide supplemental transportation to interdistrict magnet schools that 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. Any such grant shall be provided within available appropriations and upon a comprehensive financial review, by an auditor selected by the Commissioner of Education, the costs of such review may be paid from funds that are part of the supplemental transportation grant. Any such grant shall be paid as follows: For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, up to seventy per cent of the grant on or before June thirtieth of the fiscal year, and the balance on or before September first of the following fiscal year upon completion of the comprehensive financial review, provided any unpaid balance of eligible transportation costs incurred on or before December thirty-first of the fiscal year based on documentation, including, but not limited to, vendor bills dated on or before February first of the fiscal year, and any unpaid balance of eligible transportation costs incurred on or before March thirty-first of the fiscal year based on documentation, including, but not limited to, vendor bills on or before May first of the fiscal year, and the balance of the grant on or before September first of the following fiscal year upon completion of the comprehensive financial review. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, up to one hundred per cent of the grant on or before June thirtieth of the fiscal year and any remaining balance on or before September first of the following fiscal year upon completion of the comprehensive financial review. If, upon completion of the comprehensive financial review, the commissioner determines that there was an overpayment of the grant in the prior fiscal year, such funds shall be refunded to the department. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, up to ninety-five per cent of the grant on or before June thirtieth of the fiscal year based on documentation provided prior to May thirty-first of the fiscal year and the balance on or before September first of the following fiscal year upon completion of the comprehensive financial review. If, upon completion of the comprehensive financial review, the commissioner determines there was an overpayment of the grant in the prior fiscal year, such funds shall be refunded to the department.

(5) The Department of Education shall provide such grants within available appropriations. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent a local or regional board of education, regional educational service center or cooperative arrangement from receiving reimbursement under section 10-266m for reasonable transportation expenses for which such board, service center or cooperative arrangement is not reimbursed pursuant to this section.

(b) Grants under this section shall be contingent on documented costs of providing such transportation. Eligible entities identified in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section shall submit applications for grants under this section to the Commissioner of Education in such form and at such times as he prescribes. Grants pursuant to this section shall be paid as follows: In October one-half of the estimated eligible transportation costs and the balance of such costs in May.

(c) Each eligible entity identified in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section participating in the grant program shall prepare a financial statement of expenditures which shall be submitted to the Department of Education on or before September first of the fiscal year immediately following each fiscal year in which the school district, regional educational service center or cooperative arrangement participates in the grant program. Based on such statement, any underpayment or overpayment may be calculated and adjusted by the Department of Education in the grant for any subsequent year.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-233l — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-233l
Sec. 10-233l. Expulsion and suspension of children in preschool programs.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) No preschool program provider shall expel any child enrolled in such provider's preschool program, except an expulsion hearing shall be conducted, in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (2) of this subsection, whenever there is reason to believe that any child enrolled in such preschool program was in possession of a firearm, as defined in 18 USC 921, as amended from time to time, on or off school grounds or at a preschool program-sponsored event. Such child shall be expelled for one calendar year if, at the expulsion hearing it is determined, that the child did so possess such a firearm. A preschool program provider may modify the period of expulsion for a child on a case-by-case basis.

(2) An expulsion hearing required under this subsection shall be conducted by (A) the program provider in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision, (B) a local or regional board of education, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-233d , if (i) the preschool program provider is a local or regional board of education, or (ii) the preschool program provider is a regional educational service center or a state or local charter school pursuant to an agreement between such preschool program provider and the board of education, or (C) an impartial hearing board established by the preschool program provider, provided (i) no employee of such preschool program provider shall be a member of the impartial hearing board, and (ii) the hearing board shall have the authority to conduct the expulsion hearing and render a final decision in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-176e to 4-180a , inclusive, and section 4-181a . Unless an emergency exists, no child shall be expelled under this subsection without a formal hearing held pursuant to sections 4-176e to 4-180a , inclusive, and section 4-181a , provided the notice required by section 4-177 and section 4-180 shall also be given to the parent or guardian of the child. If an emergency exists, such hearing shall be held as soon after the expulsion as possible. The notice shall include information concerning legal services provided free of charge or at a reduced rate that are available locally and how to access such services.

(c) No preschool program provider may authorize a suspension of a child enrolled in such provider's preschool program, unless the suspension is an in-school suspension.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-66q — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 164 / Section 10-66q
Sec. 10-66q. Uniform regional school calendar.
Status: in_force

(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2017, and each school year thereafter, a local or regional board of education may adopt the uniform regional school calendar developed and approved pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Not later than July 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Education shall submit a report on which boards of education have adopted the uniform regional school calendar and the implementation of such uniform regional school calendars, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and any recommendations for legislation relating to such implementation 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 .

*Note: Section 321 of public act 13-247 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-254 — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 187c / Section 10a-254
Sec. 10a-254. Powers of corporation.
Status: in_force

(1) Adopt, alter, amend or repeal bylaws or rules or regulations and establish policies and procedures for the conduct of its business. In carrying out the provisions of this subdivision the corporation shall not be subject to chapter 54;

(2) Maintain at no expense to the corporation an office and related support facilities at The University of Connecticut Health Center, which shall provide such space and facilities;

(3) Sue and be sued in its own name and plead and be impleaded. Service of process in any action shall be made by service upon the executive director of the corporation either in hand or by leaving a copy of the process at the office of the corporation with some person having charge of such office. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to permit an attachment or garnishment against any of the funds or assets of the corporation prior to final judgment;

(4) Adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure;

(5) Purchase, receive by gift or otherwise, lease, sublease, exchange or otherwise acquire, and construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, equip and furnish one or more hospital facilities and dispose of such facilities by sale, lease, or sublease, provided that any sale or disposal of land or the structures thereon shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut;

(6) Make and enter into contracts, leases, joint ventures, shared service agreements, and all other agreements and instruments which may be necessary or incidental to the exercise of its powers and the fulfillment of its corporate purposes;

(7) Employ or retain accountants, attorneys and architectural, engineering, financial and other consultants on a project basis, and fix their compensation, and such other employees and agents as the corporation shall deem necessary or desirable to assist it in carrying out the purposes of sections 10a-250 to 10a-263 , inclusive, provided that any employee of the corporation, other than employees retained on a project basis, shall be deemed to be an employee of the state for purposes of the general statutes including, but not limited to, chapters 66 to 68, inclusive, and shall be assigned to the appropriate existing collective bargaining unit and classification of the hospital or The University of Connecticut Health Center, as applicable, except as provided in subsection (c) of section 10a-253 ;

(8) Accept gifts, grants or loans of funds, property or services from any source, public or private including, but not limited to, the hospital, for the accomplishment of the corporation's purposes, and comply, subject to the provisions of sections 10a-250 to 10a-263 , inclusive, with the terms and conditions of such gifts, grants or loans. The hospital may, upon approval by the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut, give, grant or loan funds, property or services to the corporation for corporate purposes;

(9) Establish and manage segregated accounts to effectuate the corporation's purposes;

(10) Procure insurance, or obtain indemnification, against any loss in connection with the assets of the corporation or the hospital or any liability in connection with the activities of the corporation or the hospital, the hospital's officers, agents, employees, physicians with hospital privileges and persons otherwise carrying out the purposes of the hospital;

(11) Invest any funds not needed for immediate use or disbursement, in accordance with the provisions of sections 10a-250 to 10a-263 , inclusive;

(12) Indemnify and be indemnified;

(13) (A) Exercise and perform all or part of its purposes, powers, duties, functions or activities through one or more wholly-owned subsidiary corporations subject to limitations provided in this subdivision. The board of directors of the corporation by resolution may direct any of the directors, officers or employees of the corporation to organize any such subsidiary corporation as a public instrumentality by executing and filing with the Secretary of the State a certificate of incorporation, which may be amended from time to time by filing with the Secretary of the State, and which shall set forth the name of such subsidiary corporation, its duration, the location of its principal offices and any or all of the powers and purposes of such corporation, provided that each subsidiary shall have a board of directors and at least one-half of the members of each such board of directors of each subsidiary shall be members of the board of directors of the corporation or directors appointed by the Governor. (B) Each such subsidiary corporation and any of its properties, functions and activities shall have all of the privileges, immunities, tax exemptions and other exemptions of the corporation and of the corporation's properties, functions and activities, except that no such subsidiary corporation shall form subsidiary corporations. Each such subsidiary corporation shall be subject to suit in the manner in which the corporation is subject to suit;

(14) Capitalize or make loans to any subsidiary of the corporation, to effectuate the purposes of sections 10a-250 to 10a-263 , inclusive, on such terms and conditions as the corporation deems reasonable; and

(15) Do, or delegate, any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and to exercise the powers given and granted in sections 10a-250 to 10a-263 , inclusive, except that, in no event shall the corporation or any subsidiary of the corporation have the power to operate the hospital or to provide direct hospital services for patient treatment or care at the hospital or at the site of The University of Connecticut Health Center or to retain employees to exercise such power.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-233j — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-233j
Sec. 10-233j. Student possession and use of telecommunication devices.
Status: in_force

(b) A local or regional board of education may restrict the student possession or use of cellular mobile telephones in the schools under its jurisdiction. In determining whether to restrict such possession or use, the local or regional board of education shall consider the special needs of parents and students.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-132f — Connecticut Code / Title 10a / Chapter 185b / Section 10a-132f
Sec. 10a-132f. Endometriosis data and biorepository program. Annual report.
Status: in_force

(1) “Biorepository” means a facility that, for laboratory research, collects, catalogs and stores samples of biological material from humans, including, but not limited to, urine, blood, tissue, cells, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid) and protein, that is coded without individual identifiers and linked with phenotypic data; and

(2) “Phenotypic data” means clinical information about a person, coded without individual identifiers, that includes disease history, symptoms and demographic data including, but not limited to, age, sex, race and ethnicity.

(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, The University of Connecticut Health Center, in collaboration with an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution in the state engaged in endometriosis research with said health center, shall establish an endometriosis data and biorepository program in the state to enable and promote research regarding (1) early detection of endometriosis in adolescents and adults, and (2) the development of therapeutic strategies to improve clinical management of endometriosis.

(c) The endometriosis data and biorepository program established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall:

(1) (A) Design a comprehensive longitudinal sample and clinical data collection protocol to characterize endometriosis and cellular functions of individuals with endometriosis, and (B) collect from patients with endometriosis and control patients without endometriosis and code (i) endometrial tissue specimens, (ii) fluids, including, but not limited to, blood and urine, and (iii) clinical and demographic data and questionnaires regarding symptoms of endometriosis and quality of life;

(2) (A) Develop standard operating procedures concerning samples of biological material, including, but not limited to, transportation, coding, processing, long-term retention and storage of such samples, and (B) establish data transmission and onboarding operations necessary for institutions in the state to participate in banking with and accessing data from the data and biorepository program;

(3) Curate biological samples of endometriosis from a diverse cross-section of communities in the state to ensure representation of all groups affected by endometriosis, including such under-represented populations as African American and black persons, Latino, Latina and Latinx persons, Puerto Rican persons, other persons of color, transgender and gender diverse persons, and persons with disabilities;

(4) Raise awareness regarding endometriosis in such under-represented populations and promote research of better diagnostic and therapeutic options, including through communications with health care providers and persons impacted by endometriosis concerning information about the latest therapeutic options for persons diagnosed with endometriosis;

(5) Create opportunities for collaborative research among institutions in the state focused on the pathogenesis, pathophysiology, progression, prognosis and prevention of endometriosis and the discovery of noninvasive diagnostic biomarkers, novel targeted therapeutics and improved medical and surgical interventions;

(6) Serve as a centralized resource for endometriosis information and a conduit to promote education and raise public awareness regarding endometriosis;

(7) Facilitate collaboration among researchers and health care providers, educators, students, patients and other individuals impacted by endometriosis through conferences and continuing medical education programs regarding best practices for the diagnosis, care and treatment of endometriosis;

(8) Collect information on the impact of endometriosis on residents of the state, including, but not limited to, its impact on health and comorbidity, health care costs and overall quality of life; and

(9) Apply for and accept grants, gifts and bequests of funds for the purpose of performing its functions pursuant to subdivisions (1) to (8), inclusive, of this subsection.

(d) Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, The University of Connecticut Health Center 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 implementation of the endometriosis data and biorepository program established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-153d — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 166 / Section 10-153d
Sec. 10-153d. Meeting between board of education and fiscal authority required. Duty to negotiate. Procedure if legislative body rejects contract.
Status: in_force

(b) The local or regional board of education and the organization designated or elected as the exclusive representative for the appropriate unit, through designated officials or their representatives, shall have the duty to negotiate with respect to salaries, hours and other conditions of employment about which either party wishes to negotiate. For purposes of this subsection and sections 10-153a , 10-153b and 10-153e to 10-153g , inclusive, (1) “hours” shall not include the length of the student school year, the scheduling of the student school year, the length of the student school day, the length and number of parent-teacher conferences and the scheduling of the student school day, except for the length and the scheduling of teacher lunch periods and teacher preparation periods and (2) “other conditions of employment” shall not include the establishment or provisions of any retirement incentive plan authorized by section 10-183jj or the development or adoption of teacher evaluation and support programs, pursuant to section 10-151b . Such negotiations shall commence not less than two hundred ten days prior to the budget submission date. Any local board of education shall file forthwith a signed copy of any contract with the town clerk and with the Commissioner of Education. Any regional board of education shall file forthwith a signed copy of any such contract with the town clerk in each member town and with the Commissioner of Education. Upon receipt of a signed copy of such contract the clerk of such town shall give public notice of such filing. The terms of such contract shall be binding on the legislative body of the local or regional school district, unless such body rejects such contract at a regular or special meeting called and convened for such purpose within thirty days of the filing of the contract. If a vote on such contract is petitioned for in accordance with the provisions of section 7-7 , in order to reject such contract, a minimum number of those persons eligible to vote equal to fifteen per cent of the electors of such local or regional school district shall be required to participate in the voting and a majority of those voting shall be required to reject. Any regional board of education shall call a district meeting to consider such contract within such thirty-day period if the chief executive officer of any member town so requests in writing within fifteen days of the receipt of the signed copy of the contract by the town clerk in such town. The body charged with making annual appropriations in any school district shall appropriate to the board of education whatever funds are required to implement the terms of any contract not rejected pursuant to this section. All organizations seeking to represent members of the teaching profession shall be accorded equal treatment with respect to access to teachers, principals, members of the board of education, records, mail boxes and school facilities and, in the absence of any recognition or certification as the exclusive representative as provided by section 10-153b , participation in discussions with respect to salaries, hours and other conditions of employment.

(c) If the legislative body rejects the contract pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the parties shall commence the arbitration process, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of section 10-153f , on the fifth day next following the rejection which, for the purposes of this procedure, shall serve as the equivalent of the one hundred thirty-fifth day prior to the budget submission date, provided, if requested by either party, the parties shall mediate the contract dispute prior to the initial arbitration hearing. The parties shall meet with a mediator mutually selected by them, provided such parties shall inform the commissioner of the name of such mediator. If the parties are unable to mutually select a mediator, then the parties shall meet with the commissioner or the commissioner's agent or a mediator designated by said commissioner. Mediators shall be chosen from a panel of mediators selected by the State Board of Education or from outside such panel if mutually agreed by the parties. Such mediators shall receive a per diem fee determined on the basis of the prevailing rate for such services, and the parties shall share equally in the cost of such mediation. In any civil or criminal case, any proceeding preliminary thereto, or in any legislative or administrative proceeding, a mediator shall not disclose any confidential communication made to such mediator in the course of mediation unless the party making such communication waives such privilege. The parties shall provide such information as the commissioner may require. The commissioner may recommend a basis for settlement but such recommendations shall not be binding upon the parties.

See Sec. 10-153k re applicability of this section to incorporated or endowed high schools or academies.

Good faith negotiation mandatory. 162 C. 577. Communication by school board with teachers during negotiations, permissible. Id., 578. Collective bargaining is a constitutional right. 164 C. 348. Cited. Id., 426. Mandamus action to obtain interpretation of collective contract and payment of sums to individual teachers precluded by existence of adequate remedies at law. 167 C. 513. Cited. 174 C. 189. Nothing in statute which, in absence of express provision in contract, would guarantee teacher job security; board has discretion under Sec. 10-151(b)(5) to eliminate positions and terminate teachers' contracts in order to implement a reduced budget. Id., 522. Secs. 10-153a–10-153j include coverage of teachers employed in summer school programs. 177 C. 68. Cited. 184 C. 116; 186 C. 725; 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. 27 CS 298. Equal treatment of all organizations is not permitted once defendant was certified as exclusive representative of New Haven board of education employees pursuant to Sec. 10-153b. Id., 422. Held that prior to 1969 amendment, final decision as to teachers' salaries rested with ultimate budgetary control of board of finance and board of aldermen. 28 CS 265. Obligation to negotiate in good faith, when. 30 CS 63. Cited. 38 CS 80.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-264o — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 172 / Section 10-264o
Sec. 10-264o. Tuition payable to interdistrict magnet schools that assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to Sheff v. O'Neill.
Status: in_force

(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, any tuition charged to a local or regional board of education by a regional educational service center or by Goodwin University Magnet Schools operating an interdistrict magnet school assisting 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 any student enrolled in kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, in such interdistrict magnet school shall be in an amount equal to the difference between (1) the average per pupil expenditure of the magnet school for the prior fiscal year, and (2) the amount of any per pupil state subsidy calculated under subsection (c) of section 10-264 l , plus any revenue from other sources calculated on a per pupil basis, except for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the per student tuition charged to a local or regional board of education shall not exceed fifty-eight per cent of the per student tuition charged during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. If any such board of education fails to pay such tuition, the commissioner may withhold from such board's town or towns a sum payable under section 10-262i in an amount not to exceed the amount of the unpaid tuition to the magnet school and pay such money to the fiscal agent for the magnet school as a supplementary grant for the operation of the interdistrict magnet school program. In no case shall the sum of such tuitions exceed the difference between (A) the total expenditures of the magnet school for the prior fiscal year, and (B) the total per pupil state subsidy calculated under subsection (c) of section 10-264 l , plus any revenue from other sources. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive review of the operating budget of a magnet school to verify such tuition rate.

(c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and each fiscal year thereafter, a regional educational service center or Goodwin University Magnet Schools operating an interdistrict magnet school assisting 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, and offering a preschool program shall charge tuition to the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in such preschool program in an amount not to exceed fifty-eight per cent the per child tuition charged during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, except such regional educational service center or Goodwin University Magnet Schools shall not charge tuition to such parent or guardian with a family income at or below seventy-five per cent of the state median income. The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, be financially responsible for any unpaid tuition charged to such parent or guardian with a family income at or below seventy-five per cent of the state median income. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive financial review of the operating budget of any such magnet school charging such tuition to verify such tuition rate.

(d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, any interdistrict magnet school operator described in section 10-264s that offers a preschool program shall charge tuition to the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in such preschool program in an amount not to exceed fifty-eight per cent the per child tuition charged during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, except such interdistrict magnet school operator shall not charge tuition to such parent or guardian with a family income at or below seventy-five per cent of the state median income. The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, be financially responsible for any unpaid tuition charged to such parent or guardian with a family income at or below seventy-five per cent of the state median income. The commissioner may conduct a comprehensive financial review of the operating budget of any such interdistrict magnet school operator charging such tuition to verify such tuition rate.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-292q — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 173 / Section 10-292q
Sec. 10-292q. School Building Projects Advisory Council.
Status: in_force

(b) The School Building Projects Advisory Council shall (1) develop model blueprints for new school building projects that are in accordance with industry standards for school buildings and the school safety infrastructure criteria, developed pursuant to section 10-292r , (2) conduct studies, research and analyses, (3) make recommendations for improvements to the school building projects processes to the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, education and finance, revenue and bonding, and (4) periodically review and update, as necessary, the school safety infrastructure criteria developed pursuant to section 10-292r .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-508 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 184c / Section 10-508
Sec. 10-508. Bond authorization for early care and education facility improvement grants.
Status: in_force

(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Office of Early Childhood for the purposes of early care and education facility improvements in the Smart Start competitive grant program established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-501 , section 10-506 and section 3 of public act 14-41*, the school readiness program, as defined in section 10-16p , state-funded day care centers pursuant to section 8-210 , Even Start program pursuant to section 10-265n , programs administered by local and regional boards of education, and to expand the delivery of child care services to infants and toddlers where a demonstrated need exists, as determined by the Office of Early Childhood. Grants awarded pursuant to this subsection shall be used for facility improvements and minor capital repairs. Applicants eligible pursuant to this subsection may submit an application to the Office of Early Childhood and may receive a grant for capital expenses in an amount not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars per classroom for costs related to the renovation of a facility.

(c) All provisions of section 3-20 , or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.

*Note: Section 3 of public act 14-41 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-262i — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 172 / Section 10-262i
Sec. 10-262i. Equalization aid grant payments. Expenditures for educational purposes only. Prohibition against supplanting local funding. Aid increase. Aid reduction. Equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) The amount due each town pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be paid by the Comptroller, upon certification of the Commissioner of Education, to the treasurer of each town entitled to such aid in installments during the fiscal year as follows: Twenty-five per cent of the grant in October, twenty-five per cent of the grant in January and the balance of the grant in April. The balance of the grant due towns under the provisions of this subsection shall be paid in March rather than April to any town which has not adopted the uniform fiscal year and which would not otherwise receive such final payment within the fiscal year of such town.

(c) All aid distributed to a town pursuant to the provisions of this section and section 10-262u shall be expended for educational purposes only and shall be expended upon the authorization of the local or regional board of education and in accordance with the provisions of section 10-262u . For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, if a town receives an increase in funds pursuant to this section over the amount it received for the prior fiscal year, such increase shall not be used to supplant local funding for educational purposes. The budgeted appropriation for education in any town receiving an increase in funds pursuant to this section shall be not less than the amount appropriated for education for the prior year plus such increase in funds.

(d) For any fiscal year, (1) if the amount of the equalization aid grant a town is entitled to pursuant to section 10-262h is greater than such town's equalization aid grant amount for the prior fiscal year, the difference between the amount of such town's equalization aid grant for the fiscal year, and such town's equalization aid grant amount for the prior fiscal year shall be the aid increase for such town for the fiscal year, and (2) if the amount of the equalization aid grant a town is entitled to pursuant to section 10-262h is less than such town's equalization aid grant amount for the prior fiscal year, the difference between such town's equalization aid grant amount for the prior fiscal year and the amount of such town's equalization aid grant for the fiscal year shall be the aid reduction for such town for the fiscal year.

(e) Upon a determination by the State Board of Education that a town or kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, regional school district failed in any fiscal year to meet the requirements pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) of this section or section 10-262j , the town or kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, regional school district shall forfeit an amount equal to two times the amount of the shortfall. The amount so forfeited shall be withheld by the Department of Education from the grant payable to the town in the second fiscal year immediately following such failure by deducting such amount from the town's equalization aid grant payment pursuant to this section, except that in the case of a kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, regional school district, the amount so forfeited shall be withheld by the Department of Education from the grants payable pursuant to this section to the towns which are members of such regional school district. The amounts deducted from such grants to each member town shall be proportional to the number of resident students in each member town. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the State Board of Education may waive such forfeiture upon agreement with the town or kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, regional school district that the town or kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, regional school district shall increase its budgeted appropriation for education during the fiscal year in which the forfeiture would occur by an amount not less than the amount of said forfeiture or for other good cause shown. Any additional funds budgeted pursuant to such an agreement shall not be included in a district's budgeted appropriation for education for the purpose of establishing any future minimum budget requirement.

Cited. 228 C. 699.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-397 — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 184b / Section 10-397
Sec. 10-397. Regional tourism districts. Established. Boards of directors. Accounting and reporting requirements. Solicitation and receipt of funds.
Status: in_force

(1) The eastern regional district, which shall consist of Ashford, Bozrah, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, East Lyme, Eastford, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Hampton, Killingly, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Lyme, Mansfield, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme, Plainfield, Pomfret, Preston, Putnam, Salem, Scotland, Sprague, Sterling, Stonington, Thompson, Union, Voluntown, Waterford, Willington, Windham and Woodstock;

(2) The central regional district, which shall consist of Andover, Avon, Berlin, Bethany, Bloomfield, Bolton, Branford, Canton, Cheshire, Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Granby, East Haddam, East Hampton, East Hartford, East Haven, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Essex, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Guilford, Haddam, Hamden, Hartford, Hebron, Killingworth, Madison, Manchester, Marlborough, Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown, Milford, New Britain, New Haven, Newington, North Branford, North Haven, Old Saybrook, Orange, Plainville, Portland, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southington, Stafford, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, Wallingford, West Hartford, West Haven, Westbrook, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks and Woodbridge; and

(3) The western regional district, which shall consist of Ansonia, Barkhamsted, Beacon Falls, Bethel, Bethlehem, Bridgeport, Bridgewater, Bristol, Brookfield, Burlington, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Danbury, Darien, Derby, Easton, Fairfield, Goshen, Greenwich, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Middlebury, Monroe, Morris, Naugatuck, New Fairfield, New Hartford, New Milford, New Canaan, Newtown, Norfolk, North Canaan, Norwalk, Oxford, Plymouth, Prospect, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Salisbury, Seymour, Sharon, Shelton, Sherman, Southbury, Stamford, Stratford, Thomaston, Torrington, Trumbull, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, Weston, Westport, Wilton, Winchester, Wolcott and Woodbury.

(b) Each regional tourism district shall be overseen by a board of directors consisting of one representative from each municipality within the district, appointed by the legislative body of the municipality and, where the legislative body is a town meeting, by the board of selectmen, except that two or more municipalities may jointly appoint one representative, who shall be deemed to be present for each such municipality for the purposes of a quorum at any board of directors' meeting that such representative attends and be permitted to vote for each such municipality at any such meeting. Any such member of a board of directors shall serve for a term of three years. In addition, the board of directors may appoint up to twenty-one persons representing tourism interests within the district to serve on the board. No board member shall be deemed a state employee for serving on said board. All appointments to the board of directors shall be reported to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development.

(c) The provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 , shall apply to each regional tourism district.

(d) Each tourism district shall adopt a charter and bylaws governing its operation.

(e) Each regional tourism district shall (1) comply with uniform standards for accounting and reporting expenditures that are established by the Department of Economic and Community Development in accordance with section 10-392 and are based on industry accounting standards developed by the International Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus or other national organizations related to tourism, and (2) on or before January first of each year, submit to the department, the Office of Policy and Management and the Office of Fiscal Analysis an independent audit in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-230 to 4-236 , inclusive.

(f) Each regional tourism district shall solicit and may accept private funds for the promotion of tourism within its towns and cities and shall coordinate its activities with any private nonprofit tourist association within the district and within this state, that promotes tourism industry businesses in this state, in order to foster cooperation in the promotion of such businesses. Any funds received by a regional tourism district may be deposited in the account established in section 10-395 or in an account established by such tourism district to receive such funds.

(g) The commissioner shall, within available appropriations, distribute tourism funding evenly among the three tourism districts. At the end of each fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, each regional tourism district shall return any unexpended funds, except for any funds used to establish or administer a matching grant program pursuant to subsection (h) of this section, to the Department of Economic and Community Development. Such funds shall be deposited into the Tourism Fund. The commissioner shall use such funds to support state-wide marketing.

(h) Each regional tourism district may establish and administer a matching grant program for any tourism industry business, tourism destination, or not-for-profit arts and culture organization that has received private funds for the marketing of such business, destination, organization or regional tourism district. Such grants shall be used for the marketing of such business, destination, organization or regional tourism district.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-221x — Connecticut Code / Title 10 / Chapter 170 / Section 10-221x
Sec. 10-221x. Challenging curriculum policy.
Status: in_force

(b) Each local and regional board of education shall create an academic plan for each student identified under the criteria described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section. In creating an academic plan for a student, such plan shall be designed to enroll such student in one or more advanced course or programs and allow such student to earn college credit or result in career readiness. Each academic plan shall be aligned with (1) the courses or programs offered by the local or regional board of education, (2) such student's student success plan created pursuant to subsection (k) of section 10-221a , (3) the high school graduation requirements under section 10-221a , and (4) any other policies or standards adopted by the board relating to the eligibility for student enrollment in advanced courses or programs. A student, or the parent or guardian of a student, may decline to implement the provisions of an academic plan created for such student.

(c) A challenging curriculum policy adopted and implemented under this section shall be in accordance with guidance provided by the Department of Education.