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CT Gen Stat § 10-19e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-19e - “Future Scholars” pilot matching grant program.

 The Department of Education shall establish, within available appropriations, a “Future Scholars” pilot matching grant program for public schools participating in externally funded programs that provide supplemental mathematics and science programming and instruction to students in grades eight to ten, inclusive, who scored above the level of basic and below the level of proficiency on the mastery examinations given during the previous year in accordance with the provisions of section 10-14n. The Commissioner of Education, for purposes of the program, may award grants to local and regional boards of education and technical education and career schools for demonstration projects. Boards of education and technical education and career schools seeking to participate in the pilot program shall apply to the department at such time and in such form as the commissioner prescribes. The commissioner shall select participants based on the quality of proposed programs and evidence of commitment by businesses supporting the project. Local and regional boards of education and technical education and career schools awarded grants under the program shall use grant funds for development and implementation of an interdisciplinary mathematics, science and technology curriculum, including the establishment and staffing of mathematics and science laboratories, in middle and high schools that have demonstrated support and involvement by local or state-wide mathematics, science or technology intensive businesses in the state.(P.A. 06-83, S. 19; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 17-237, S. 44.)History: P.A. 06-83 effective July 1, 2006; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “regional vocational-technical schools” and “vocational-technical schools” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high schools”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 replaced references to technical high schools with references to technical education and career schools, effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 10-19n. (Formerly Sec. 17a-40) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-19n. (Formerly Sec. 17a-40) - State aid for establishment and expansion of youth service bureaus.

 To assist municipalities and private youth-serving organizations designated to act as agents for such municipalities in establishing, maintaining or expanding such youth service bureaus, the state, acting through the Commissioner of Children and Families, shall provide cost-sharing grants, subject to the provisions of this section for (1) the cost of an administrative core unit and (2) the cost of the direct services unit provided by such youth service bureau. No state grant shall be made for capital expenditures of such bureaus. All youth service bureaus shall submit a request for a grant, pursuant to this section and sections 10-19m and 10-19o, on or before May fifteenth of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year for which such grant is requested.(P.A. 78-183, S. 2, 4; P.A. 83-78; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-432, S. 2, 6; P.A. 95-339, S. 2, 8; P.A. 96-178, S. 9, 18; P.A. 19-117, S. 253.)History: P.A. 83-78 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to remove limitations (tying the amount of state grants to the number of children and youth in the municipality and requiring that any state administered federal funds allocated to the municipality for such units be included in determining the amount of the state grant) on state grants for an administrative core unit and for the direct services unit; Sec. 17-443a transferred to Sec. 17a-40 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-432 defined the functions of administrative core units, removed the reference to the availability of funds as related to the cost-sharing grants, established a time frame for new requests for grants and for already existing youth service bureaus and removed the mathematical formula for the distribution of grants in former Subsecs. (b) and (c), effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-339 transferred responsibility for the grants from the Commissioner of Children and Families to the Commissioner of Education, effective July 1, 1995 (Revisor's note: A reference to Sec. 54-91d, repealed by P.A. 95-225, was deleted editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 96-178 deleted a provision to give priority to certain applicants and deleted requirement for certain applicants for grants pursuant to Sec. 10-19o to submit applications on or before January thirty-first of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year for which the grant is requested, effective July 1, 1996; Sec. 17a-40 transferred to Sec. 10-19n in 1997; P.A. 19-117 replaced reference to Commissioner of Education with reference to Commissioner of Children and Families, effective July 1, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 10-19p. (Formerly Sec. 17a-41) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-19p. (Formerly Sec. 17a-41) - Assistance to youth service bureaus.

 The Department of Children and Families shall provide grant management services, program monitoring, program evaluation and technical assistance to such state-aided youth service bureaus, and the Commissioner of Children and Families may assign or appoint necessary personnel to perform such duties, subject to the provisions of chapter 67.(P.A. 78-183, S. 3, 4; P.A. 82-63; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-339, S. 4, 8; P.A. 19-117, S. 255.)History: P.A. 82-63 deleted the requirement that assistance be given “from funds appropriated for grants under the provisions of this section and sections 17-443 and 17-443a”; Sec. 17-443b transferred to Sec. 17a-41 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-339 transferred responsibility for the program from the Department of Children and Families to the Department of Education, effective July 1, 1995; Sec. 17a-41 transferred to Sec. 10-19p in 1997; P.A. 19-117 replaced references to Department of Education and Commissioner of Education with references to Department of Children and Families and Commissioner of Children and Families, respectively, effective July 1, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 10-19q (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-19q - Enhancement grant program for youth service bureaus.

 (a) The Department of Children and Families shall administer, within available appropriations, an enhancement grant program for youth service bureaus. The department shall annually award grants in the amounts of: (1) Three thousand three hundred dollars to youth service bureaus that serve a town with a population of not more than eight thousand or towns with a total combined population of not more than eight thousand; (2) five thousand dollars to youth service bureaus that serve a town with a population greater than eight thousand, but not more than seventeen thousand or towns with a total combined population greater than eight thousand, but not more than seventeen thousand; (3) six thousand two hundred fifty dollars to youth service bureaus that serve a town with population greater than seventeen thousand, but not more than thirty thousand or towns with a total combined population greater than seventeen thousand, but not more than thirty thousand; (4) seven thousand five hundred fifty dollars to youth service bureaus that serve a town with a population greater than thirty thousand, but not more than one hundred thousand or towns with a total combined population greater than thirty thousand, but not more than one hundred thousand; and (5) ten thousand dollars to youth service bureaus that serve a town with a population greater than one hundred thousand or towns with a total combined population greater than one hundred thousand.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of grants payable to youth service bureaus shall be (1) reduced proportionately if the total of such grants in such year exceeds the amount appropriated for such grants for such year, or (2) increased proportionately if the total of such grants in such year is less than the amount appropriated for such grants in such year.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 36; P.A. 12-120, S. 3; P.A. 19-117, S. 256.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 12-120 added “within available appropriations” and added provision re proportional reduction of grants, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 19-117 designated existing provisions re administration and grant amounts of program as Subsec. (a) and amended same by replacing reference to Department of Education with reference to Department of Children and Families, and designated remaining existing provisions as Subsec. (b) and amended same by replacing “2013” with “2020”, designating existing provision re proportional reduction of grant as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re proportional increase of grant, effective July 1, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 10-19r (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-19r - Department of Children and Families. Youth service bureau grant program and enhancement grant program. Successor department.

 The Department of Children and Families shall constitute a successor department, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39, to the Department of Education for purposes of administering the youth services bureau grant program and enhancement grant program pursuant to sections 10-19m to 10-19q.(P.A. 19-117, S. 251.)History: P.A. 19-117 effective July 1, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 10-20 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-20 - Comptroller may withhold school money.

 Section 10-20 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 1359; 1963, P.A. 361.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-20c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-20c - Issuance of Connecticut career certification. Credit for program.

 (a) The Commissioner of Education and the Labor Commissioner shall jointly issue a Connecticut career certificate to students who successfully complete a program established pursuant to section 10-20a and demonstrate satisfactory academic achievement in accordance with such standards as may be adopted by the Commissioner of Education.(b) No more than one elective credit for purposes of section 10-221a shall be awarded for each such program of at least one hundred twenty hours of work-based instruction which is successfully completed at the secondary level. Credit for work experience at the postsecondary level shall be determined by the board of trustees or governing authority for the postsecondary institution in which the student is enrolled.(P.A. 94-116, S. 23, 28; P.A. 97-195, S. 3, 5.)History: P.A. 94-116 effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 97-195 amended Subsec. (b) to change the requirements for credits and to add provision allowing the board of trustees or governing authority to determine credit at the postsecondary level, effective June 24, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 10-20d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-20d - Grants for support of Connecticut career certificate programs.

 (a) The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner and the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development and Higher Education, shall, within the limits of available appropriations, provide grants to postsecondary institutions, regional workforce development boards, regional educational service centers and other appropriate agencies and organizations to support the development of educators administering programs leading to a Connecticut career certificate pursuant to section 10-20a.(b) If the Commissioner of Education finds that some or all of the amount of any grant awarded pursuant to this section is used for purposes which are not in conformity with sections 10-20a to 10-20d, inclusive, or is used to reduce the local share of support for schools or to supplant a previous source of funding, the commissioner may require repayment of such grant to the state.(c) Each grant recipient shall submit to the Commissioner of Education, at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes, a biennial program evaluation report.(P.A. 94-116, S. 24, 28; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 97-195, S. 4, 5; P.A. 07-20, S. 3.)History: P.A. 94-116 effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-250 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development (Revisor's note: A reference to “Commissioners of Labor, Economic and Community Development and Higher Education” was replaced editorially by the Revisors with “Labor Commissioner and the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development and Higher Education” for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 97-195 amended Subsec. (a) to expand the list of possible grantees to include postsecondary institutions, regional workforce development boards and other appropriate agencies and organizations and amended Subsec. (b) to provide for review and comment by school-to-career partnerships rather than workforce development boards, effective June 24, 1997; P.A. 07-20 amended Subsec. (a) to delete language re provision of grants to local and regional boards of education and the vocational-technical school system and reference to implementation of programs, deleted former Subsec. (b) re priority in awarding of grants and redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) and (d) as Subsecs. (b) and (c), effective July 1, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 10-20e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-20e - Awarding of grants.

 Each state agency which provides a grant to create jobs or provide job training shall, to the maximum extent feasible, give priority in awarding such grants to employers which establish programs leading to a Connecticut career certificate pursuant to section 10-20a.(P.A. 94-116, S. 25, 28.)History: P.A. 94-116 effective July 1, 1994.
CT Gen Stat § 10-20f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-20f - Retention of appropriated funds, when.

 The Department of Education may retain up to one per cent of the amount appropriated for programs established pursuant to section 10-20a for purposes of administration and coordination, technical assistance, information dissemination and program evaluation.(P.A. 94-116, S. 26, 28; P.A. 03-76, S. 4.)History: P.A. 94-116 effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 03-76 made a technical change, effective June 3, 2003.
CT Gen Stat § 10-21 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-21 - Vocational guidance.

 Section 10-21 is repealed, effective July 1, 1996.(1949 Rev., S. 1360; P.A. 78-218, S. 22; P.A. 96-244, S. 62, 63.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-21a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-21a - Accredited courses offered by employers.

 Any employer may, with the cooperation and approval of the board of education of the local or regional school district in which such employer's business is located, offer accredited high school courses or, with the cooperation and approval of the State Board of Education, offer vocational training courses, such courses to be offered on the business premises for the benefit of any employee (1) who does not have and who wishes to obtain a high school diploma or (2) who wishes to improve his or her employment status, provided that no such course or any portion thereof shall be at the expense of the State Board of Education or any local or regional board of education.(P.A. 75-412; P.A. 78-218, S. 23.)History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” school district.
CT Gen Stat § 10-21b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-21b - Programs offered jointly by boards of education and business firms; neighborhood assistance.

 Local and regional boards of education are authorized to enter into agreements with business firms, as defined in section 12-631, to develop for implementation, programs to be conducted jointly by such local or regional boards of education and business firms which provide training and experience in the business activities of such business firms which, in the opinion of such local or regional board of education, would be of substantial educational benefit to the participating students. Such agreements shall be limited in duration to one school year, provided this provision shall not be construed to prohibit any such local or regional board or any such business firm from entering into subsequent one-year agreements. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit one or more local or regional boards of education or one or more business firms from entering into any such valid agreement jointly. The State Board of Education shall collect information on exemplary programs and provide local and regional boards of education with such information on or before January 15, 1985, in order to encourage development and implementation of such programs. Not later than July 1, 1984, the Department of Education shall notify local and regional boards of education and municipalities of the program established pursuant to this section and the requirements for eligibility under chapter 228a.(P.A. 84-448, S. 1, 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-21c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-21c - Donation of teaching services by private sector specialists; neighborhood assistance.

 (a) Any local or regional board of education that has a demonstrated shortage of certified teachers in those fields designated by the State Board of Education or that elects to expand the academic offerings to students in the areas identified by the Labor Commissioner and the Office of Workforce Competitiveness pursuant to the provisions of section 4-124w may solicit and accept qualified private sector specialists, not necessarily certified to teach, whose services to teach in shortage areas have been donated by business firms, as defined in section 12-631. Private sector specialists who donate their services may be permitted to offer instruction in existing or specially designed curricula, provided no private sector specialist shall be permitted to work more than one-half of the maximum classroom hours of a full-time certified teacher, and provided further no private sector specialist teaching in an area identified by the Labor Commissioner and the Office of Workforce Competitiveness pursuant to section 4-124w shall have sole responsibility for a classroom. No certified teacher may be terminated, transferred or reassigned due to the utilization of any private sector specialist. Local or regional boards of education shall annually review the need for private sector specialists and shall not renew or place a private sector specialist if certified teachers are available.(b) No employer-employee relationship shall be deemed to exist between any local or regional board of education and a private sector specialist whose services are donated pursuant to this section. No local or regional board of education shall expend any funds for compensation or benefits in lieu of compensation when accepting the donation of services from a private sector specialist.(c) The provisions of section 10-235 shall apply to any private sector specialist who donates services pursuant to the provisions of this section.(P.A. 84-448, S. 2, 5; P.A. 03-66, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 183.)History: P.A. 03-66 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change, to add provision allowing local and regional boards of education to expand academic offerings in identified workforce shortage areas by permitting boards to hire qualified private sector specialists to teach in such shortage areas, and to eliminate provision re notice by Department of Education, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Sec. 10a-163, effective July 1, 2013.
CT Gen Stat § 10-21f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-21f - Career ladder programs.

 Section 10-21f is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.(P.A. 01-170, S. 2; P.A. 11-48, S. 303.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-21g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-21g - “Generation Next” pilot program.

 The Department of Education shall establish, within available appropriations, a “Generation Next” pilot program to provide industry-based job shadowing and internship experiences to high school students and externship experiences to teachers in the public schools, including the technical education and career schools. The Commissioner of Education, for purposes of the program, may award grants to local and regional boards of education, technical education and career schools or state-wide or local business associations, in partnership with such boards of education or schools, for demonstration projects. Boards of education, technical education and career schools or business associations seeking to participate in the pilot program shall apply to the department at such time and in such form as the commissioner prescribes. The commissioner shall select a diverse group of participants based on the population, geographic location and economic characteristics of the school district or school. Local and regional boards of education, technical education and career schools or business associations awarded grants under the program shall use grant funds for developing and implementing a coordinated high school level teacher externship and student job shadowing and internship program with science or mathematics or with technology intensive businesses in the state.(P.A. 06-83, S. 18; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 17-237, S. 46.)History: P.A. 06-83 effective July 1, 2006; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “regional vocational-technical schools” and “vocational-technical schools” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high schools”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 replaced references to technical high schools with references to technical education and career schools, effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 10-21h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-21h - Preliteracy course for bachelor's degree program with concentration in early childhood education.

 Not later than July 1, 2013, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Board of Regents for Higher Education, shall design and approve a preliteracy course to be included in a bachelor's degree program with a concentration in early childhood education, as described in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 10-16p, from an institution of higher education accredited by the Board of Governors of Higher Education. Such course shall be practice-based and specific to the developmentally appropriate instruction of preliteracy and language skills for teachers of early childhood education.(P.A. 12-116, S. 95.)History: P.A. 12-116 effective July 1, 2012.