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CT Gen Stat § 9-710 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program|Section 9-710 - Loans and personal funds for campaigns. Limits.

 (a) The candidate committee for a candidate who intends to participate in the Citizens' Election Program may borrow moneys on behalf of a campaign for a primary or a general election from one or more financial institutions, as defined in section 36a-41, in an aggregate amount not to exceed one thousand dollars. The amount borrowed shall not constitute a qualifying contribution under section 9-704. No individual, political committee or party committee, except the candidate or, in a general election, the state central committee of a political party, shall endorse or guarantee such a loan in an aggregate amount in excess of five hundred dollars. An endorsement or guarantee of such a loan shall constitute a contribution by such individual or committee for as long as the loan is outstanding. The amount endorsed or guaranteed by such individual or committee shall cease to constitute a contribution upon repayment of the amount endorsed or guaranteed.(b) All such loans shall be repaid in full prior to the date such candidate committee applies for a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund pursuant to section 9-706. A candidate who fails to repay such loans or fails to certify such repayment to the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall not be eligible to receive and shall not receive grants from the fund.(c) A candidate who intends to participate in the Citizens' Election Program may provide personal funds for such candidate's campaign for nomination or election in an amount not exceeding: (1) For a candidate for the office of Governor, twenty thousand dollars; (2) for a candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer or Secretary of the State, ten thousand dollars; (3) for a candidate for the office of state senator, two thousand dollars; or (4) for a candidate for the office of state representative, one thousand dollars. Such personal funds shall not constitute a qualifying contribution under section 9-704.(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 11; P.A. 06-196, S. 60.)History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsecs. (a) and (c)(2), effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.
CT Gen Stat § 9-711 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program|Section 9-711 - Excess expenditures: Penalties.

 (a) If an expenditure in excess of the applicable expenditure limit set forth in subsection (c) of section 9-702 is made or incurred by a qualified candidate committee that receives a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund pursuant to section 9-706, (1) the candidate and treasurer of said committee shall be jointly and severally liable for paying for the excess expenditure, (2) the committee shall not receive any additional grants or moneys from the fund for the remainder of the election cycle if the State Elections Enforcement Commission determines that the candidate or treasurer of said committee had knowledge of the excess expenditure, (3) the treasurer shall be subject to penalties under section 9-7b, and (4) the candidate of said candidate committee shall be deemed to be a nonparticipating candidate for the purposes of sections 9-700 to 9-716, inclusive, if the commission determines that the candidate or treasurer of said committee had knowledge of the excess expenditure. The commission may waive the provisions of this subsection upon determining that an excess expenditure is de minimis. The commission shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing standards for making such determinations. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to, a finding by the commission that the candidate or treasurer has, from the candidate's or treasurer's personal funds, either paid the excess expenditure or reimbursed the qualified candidate committee for its payment of the excess expenditure.(b) If an individual, who is associated with the campaign of a candidate whose qualified candidate committee has received a grant from the Citizens' Election Fund pursuant to section 9-706, makes or incurs an expenditure in excess of the applicable expenditure limit set forth in subsection (c) of section 9-702 for said committee, without the consent of the candidate or treasurer of the committee, the individual shall (1) repay to the fund the amount of such excess expenditure, and (2) shall be subject to penalties under section 9-7b. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to an individual who is the candidate or the treasurer of such committee.(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 12; P.A. 06-196, S. 61; P.A. 13-180, S. 12.)History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; pursuant to P.A. 13-180, “campaign treasurer” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “treasurer”, effective June 18, 2013.
CT Gen Stat § 9-715 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program|Section 9-715 - Voter registration lists for participating candidates.

 The Secretary of the State shall provide to each participating candidate a copy of the voter registration list for the state or the applicable district, which is generated from the state-wide centralized voter registration system established pursuant to the plan authorized under section 1 of special act 91-45 and completed pursuant to section 9-50b. The Secretary shall provide the copy in electronic format, free of charge.(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 16.)History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.
CT Gen Stat § 9-716 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program|Section 9-716 - Report on status of Citizens' Election Fund. Determination of fund sufficiency. Reserve account.

 (a) Not later than June 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall issue a report on the status of the Citizens' Election Fund during the previous calendar year. Such report shall include the amount of moneys deposited in the fund, the sources of moneys received by category, the number of contributions, the number of contributors, the amount of moneys expended by category, the recipients of moneys distributed from the fund and an accounting of the costs incurred by the commission in administering the provisions of this chapter.(b) Not later than January first in any year in which a state election is to be held, the commission shall determine whether the amount of moneys in the fund is sufficient to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The commission shall issue a report on said determination.(c) The commission shall establish a reserve account in the fund. The first twenty-five thousand dollars deposited in the fund during any year shall be placed in said account. The commission shall use moneys in the reserve account only during the seven days preceding a primary or an election for payments of grants pursuant to the provisions of this chapter if the fund is otherwise insufficient for the purposes of making such payments.(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 17; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 6; P.A. 14-78, S. 2.)History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting former Subdiv. (2) re funding pursuant to Sec. 9-714 and made technical changes throughout, effective August 13, 2010; P.A. 14-78 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provisions re recalculation of payments if amount of moneys in fund is determined to be insufficient and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing provision re reduced payments with provision re payment of grants from moneys in reserve account if fund is otherwise insufficient, effective June 3, 2014, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
CT Gen Stat § 9-719 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program|Section 9-719 - Grant amounts and expenditures: Analysis; report.

 (a) After each general election, the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall compile and analyze the following:(1) The amount of grants made during the election cycle from the Citizens' Election Fund established under section 9-701;(2) The amount of expenditures reported by each candidate participating in the Citizens' Election Program established under section 9-702 and by each candidate not participating in the program during the election cycle;(3) The amount of money returned to the Citizens' Election Fund during the election cycle by each candidate;(4) The overall and average amounts of spending for each election contest for each office during the election cycle; and(5) The amount of independent expenditures for each election contest for each office during the election cycle.(b) Not later than January 1, 2012, and biennially thereafter, the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall report its analysis conducted under subsection (a) of this section and any recommendations for adjustments to grant amounts under the Citizens' Election Program to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to elections in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 14.)History: July Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 effective August 13, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 9-750 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program|Section 9-750 - Portion of revenues from tax under chapter 208 to be deposited in Citizens' Election Fund if insufficiency in fund. Deduction from amount deposited.

 (a) If, (1) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, or any fiscal year thereafter, the amount of funds available under section 3-69a for deposit in the Citizens' Election Fund established in section 9-701 is less than the amount of funds required under said section 3-69a to be deposited in said fund, resulting in an insufficiency in the amount of the deposit, or (2) during an election cycle the amount of funds in the Citizens' Election Fund is less than the amount of funds required to provide grants to each qualified candidate committee pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, resulting in an insufficiency in said fund, a portion of the revenues from the tax imposed under chapter 208, equal to the amount of any insufficiency described in subdivision (1) or (2) of this section, shall be deposited in said fund to allow for the payment of grants pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3-69a, if funds are deposited into the Citizens' Election Fund pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, the aggregate amount of any such deposits shall be deducted from the amount deposited into said fund under section 3-69a for the following fiscal year.(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 52; P.A 14-78, S. 1.)History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective January 1, 2006; P.A. 14-78 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to designate existing language re deposit from funds available under Sec. 3-69a as Subdiv. (1) and add provision re insufficiency therein, add Subdiv. (2) re insufficiency during an election cycle and add language re deposits to allow for payment of grants, and added Subsec. (b) re deduction from deposit amount for the following fiscal year, effective June 3, 2014, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
CT Gen Stat § 9-751 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program|Section 9-751 - Contributions to Citizens' Election Fund.

 Any person, business entity, organization, party committee or political committee, as such terms are defined in section 9-601, may contribute to the Citizens' Election Fund established in section 9-701. Any such contribution shall be made by check or money order. The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall immediately transmit all contributions received pursuant to this section to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Citizens' Election Fund.(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 53.)History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective January 1, 2006.
CT Gen Stat § 9-760 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 9 - Elections|Chapter 158 - Public Financing for Municipal Elections|Section 9-760 - Pilot program for public financing of campaigns of candidates for certain municipal offices.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-192a, the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall establish a pilot program for the public financing of campaigns of candidates for the municipal offices of chief executive officer, municipal clerk and legislative body member, who agree to limit campaign fund-raising and expenditures, at a municipal election in not more than three municipalities. The commission shall establish an application procedure for the program and criteria for the selection of municipalities. The commission shall not select a municipality to participate in the program unless the legislative body of the municipality or, in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting, the board of selectmen, consents to such participation. Each municipality selected to participate shall submit an implementation plan to the commission, for its approval. Public financing under said program shall not be deemed to be public funds for the purposes of subsection (d) of section 9-610. A candidate for any such municipal office who decides not to participate in such program shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 155.(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 48.)History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.
CT Gen Stat § 10-2 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education|Section 10-2 - Officers. Secretaries. Agents. Employees. “Secretary to the State Board of Education” deemed to mean “Commissioner of Education”.

 (a) The Governor shall select one of the members of the State Board of Education to serve as chairperson. Said board shall appoint such committees as may be convenient or necessary in the transaction of its business. The Commissioner of Education shall serve as secretary to the board and said commissioner may appoint an assistant secretary, provided neither of them shall be members of the board. The commissioner shall record all acts of the board and certify the same to all concerned and shall be the custodian of its records and papers; shall prepare such routine business for presentation to said board as may be necessary or advisable; shall compile and publish, under the direction of said board, all regulations and acts which may be required and shall perform such duties as the board prescribes. Said board may appoint, and may prescribe the duties of, such subordinates, agents and employees as it finds necessary in the conduct of its business.(b) Whenever the term the secretary to the State Board of Education occurs or is referred to in the general statutes, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Commissioner of Education.(1949 Rev., S. 1333; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 2, 3, 212.)History: P.A. 77-614 provided for selection of chairman by governor rather than by board itself, provided that commissioner of education serve as secretary and have power to appoint assistant secretary and that neither be considered a member, replacing provision for appointment of secretary and assistant by board itself and added Subsec. (b); P.A. 78-218 substituted “chairperson” for “chairman” and deleted provision concerning appointment of agent to “secure the observance of the laws relating to the instruction of children”.Cited. 152 C. 568; 184 C. 1.
CT Gen Stat § 10-2a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education|Section 10-2a - Student Advisory Council on Education.

 (a) The Commissioner of Education shall appoint a state Student Advisory Council on Education. The commissioner shall ensure that the membership of the council (1) includes male and female students, (2) is racially, ethnically and economically diverse, (3) includes students from each Congressional district in the state, and (4) includes students who have disabilities.(b) The council shall submit to the Governor a list of five candidates for appointment as student members to the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-1. Such candidates shall meet the criteria established pursuant to said section 10-1 for student membership on the state board.(P.A. 98-84, S. 2, 3.)History: P.A. 98-84 effective May 4, 1998.
CT Gen Stat § 10-3 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education|Section 10-3 - Prosecuting agents to enforce school laws.

 Section 10-3 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 1334; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 92; February, 1965, P.A. 112, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-3a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education|Section 10-3a - Department of Education. Commissioner. Organization of bureaus, divisions and other units. Regulations. Advisory boards.

 (a) There shall be a Department of Education which shall serve as the administrative arm of the State Board of Education. The department shall be under the direction of the Commissioner of Education, whose appointment shall be recommended to the Governor by the State Board of Education for a term of four years to be coterminous with the term of the Governor. Such appointment shall be in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-7, inclusive. The Commissioner of Education shall be the administrative officer of the department and shall administer, coordinate and supervise the activities of the department in accordance with the policies established by the board.(b) The State Board of Education shall organize the Department of Education into such bureaus, divisions and other units as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the department, and may, from time to time, create, abolish, transfer or consolidate within the department any bureau, division or other unit as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of said board. Upon such organization or reorganization the board shall adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54. The board may create such advisory boards as it deems necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the department.(P.A. 77-614, S. 299, 300, 610; P.A. 07-114, S. 1.)History: P.A. 07-114 amended Subsec. (a) to make appointment of commissioner gubernatorial with recommendation by State Board of Education and to add reference to Secs. 4-5 to 4-7, inclusive.Cited. 198 C. 445; 210 C. 286.Cited. 39 CS 443.
CT Gen Stat § 10-3b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education|Section 10-3b - Annual report to the General Assembly re State Education Resource Center.

 Not later than January 15, 2014, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Education shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and government administration containing (1) all contracts, including personal service agreements, awarded by the Department of Education and the State Education Resource Center to private vendors and regional education service centers during the previous year for purposes of fulfilling the duties of the Department of Education; (2) all amounts and sources of private funding, including grants, received by the Department of Education and the State Education Resource Center; and (3) the amounts paid by the Department of Education or the State Education Resource Center for the salary, fringe benefits and other compensation for any department or center employee or consultant. Such report shall also be posted on the Internet web sites of the Department of Education and the State Education Resource Center.(P.A. 13-286, S. 3.)History: P.A. 13-286 effective July 12, 2013.
CT Gen Stat § 10-3c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education|Section 10-3c - Director of reading initiatives.

 There shall be a director of reading initiatives within the Department of Education. The director shall be responsible for (1) administering the intensive reading instruction program to improve student literacy in kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, and close the achievement gap, pursuant to section 10-14u, (2) assisting in the development and administration of the program of professional development for teachers and principals in scientifically based reading research and instruction, pursuant to section 10-148b, (3) administering the coordinated state-wide reading plan for students in kindergarten to grade three, inclusive, pursuant to section 10-14v, (4) administering the incentive program described in section 10-14w, (5) providing assistance to local and regional boards of education in the administration of the reading assessments described in section 10-14t and the implementation of school district reading plans, (6) providing information and assistance to parents and guardians of students relating to reading and literacy instruction, (7) addressing reading and literacy issues related to students who are English language learners, and (8) developing and administering any other state-wide reading and literacy initiatives for students in kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive.(P.A. 15-137, S. 1.)History: P.A. 15-137 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 10-3d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education|Section 10-3d - Designated employee responsible for providing information and assistance re dyslexia.

 The Commissioner of Education shall designate an employee of the Department of Education to be responsible for providing information and assistance to local and regional boards of education and the parents or guardians of students relating to the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy interventions for, students with dyslexia. For purposes of this section, “dyslexia” has the same meaning as provided in the Department of Education IEP Manual and Forms, revised January 2015, as amended from time to time.(P.A. 15-97, S. 1.)History: P.A. 15-97 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 10-3e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education|Section 10-3e - Designated employee responsible for providing information and assistance re gifted and talented students.

 The Commissioner of Education shall designate an employee of the Department of Education, preferably an employee who has experience working with gifted and talented students, to be responsible for providing information and assistance to local and regional boards of education and the parents or guardians of students. Such information and assistance shall relate to awareness about, identification of and the provision of services to, gifted and talented students.(P.A. 17-82, S. 1.)History: P.A. 17-82 effective July 1, 2017.