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CT Gen Stat § 10-223l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-223l - Model school district responsibilities agreement.

 (a) Not later than January 1, 2018, the Department of Education may develop a model school district responsibilities agreement. In developing such model agreement, the department may consider any existing school district responsibilities agreement in use by a local or regional board of education with a demonstrated record of academic improvement. Such model agreement shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) a statement of guiding principles regarding the proper roles and functions of the board of education, the superintendent of schools for the school district and administrators, as defined in section 10-144e, (2) an enumeration of the specific duties and responsibilities of the board of education, the superintendent and administrators, and (3) signature lines for the members of the board of education, the superintendent and other administrators to acknowledge that they understand and will comply with the provisions of the agreement. The department shall post such model agreement on its Internet web site and otherwise make, upon request, such model agreement available to local and regional boards of education.(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2018, and each school year thereafter, a local or regional board of education may use the model school district responsibilities agreement to enter into an agreement with the superintendent of schools for the school district and any appropriate administrators of such school district.(c) Any local or regional board of education that uses the model school district responsibilities agreement, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, shall notify the Commissioner of Education that such board has entered into such agreement.(P.A. 17-215, S. 2.)History: P.A. 17-215 effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 10-224 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-224 - Duties of the secretary.

 The secretary of the board of education shall keep a record of all its proceedings in a book which such secretary shall provide for that purpose at the expense of the town and shall submit to the town at its annual meetings a report of the doings of the board. The report of the secretary and of the superintendent of schools shall be printed with the reports of the town officers. The superintendent of schools shall report to the Commissioner of Education such returns and statistics respecting the schools of the town as the commissioner requests.(1949 Rev., S. 1482; P.A. 77-167, S. 1, 3; 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 149; P.A. 90-325, S. 8, 32.)History: P.A. 77-167 deleted requirement that two copies of report be sent to secretary of the state board on or before October fifteenth and replaced it with more general requirement that report to secretary consist of “such returns and statistics ... as said board requests”; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218 deleted references to supervising agents and replaced “he” with “such secretary”; P.A. 90-325 provided that the returns and statistics reported by the superintendent be as requested by the commissioner of education, rather than the board of education.Mandamus does not lie to compel secretary to insert in minutes acts of board of which he has no knowledge. 97 C. 434.
CT Gen Stat § 10-225 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-225 - Salaries of secretary and attendance officers.

 The salaries and compensation of the secretary of the board of education and of the attendance officers may be fixed by the town, as provided in section 7-460, but, until the town acts, the board of education shall fix such salary or compensation; provided no member of the board of education shall receive any compensation for services rendered as such member, but such member may be paid necessary expenses when performing a duty delegated by said board.(1949 Rev., S. 1483; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 63; P.A. 78-218, S. 150.)History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “such member” for “he” and deleted “his” in phrase “his necessary expenses”.
CT Gen Stat § 10-226 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-226 - Reports to Commissioner of Education.

 Each local and regional board of education shall annually, before the first of October, return to the Commissioner of Education the name and the address of employment and contractual annual salary, or the equivalent thereof, of each teacher, principal and superintendent or other certified person which it employs. Each local and regional board of education shall submit to the Commissioner of Education, within seven days after receipt of notice of the decision to accept a contract offer for employment as a new superintendent, the name and address of the person accepting such offer.(1949 Rev., S. 1484; February, 1965, P.A. 282, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 90, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 151; P.A. 83-116, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-54, S. 2, 3.)History: 1965 act changed deadline for reporting information re board members to secretary of state board from “annually before the fifteenth of October” to “within thirty days of the date of election” of the members but kept October fifteenth deadline for reporting information re teachers, principals and superintendents; 1971 act changed report date for teacher, principal and superintendent information to October first and required inclusion in report of data concerning “other certified” personnel; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” boards of education, deleted references to school districts and substituted “which it employs” for “employed in the public schools within its town or district”; P.A. 83-116 deleted requirement that boards of education report to commissioner of education names and addresses of their members; P.A. 85-54 added requirement that hiring board notify commissioner of name and address of person accepting offer of contract.
CT Gen Stat § 10-226a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-226a - Documentation of pupils and teachers of racial minorities and pupils eligible for free or reduced price lunches.

 (a) Each local or regional board of education shall annually submit to the State Board of Education at such time and in such manner as the state board may prescribe such data as the state board may require in order to determine the total number of pupils and teachers of racial minorities and pupils eligible for free or reduced price lunches in the schools under the jurisdiction of each local or regional board and, in such cases as the state board shall determine, the number of pupils and teachers of racial minorities and pupils eligible for free and reduced price lunches in each school and in each grade.(b) As used in sections 10-226a to 10-226e, inclusive, “pupils and teachers of racial minorities” means those whose race is defined as other than white, or whose ethnicity is defined as Hispanic or Latino by the federal Office of Management and Budget for use by the Bureau of Census of the United States Department of Commerce.(1969, P.A. 773, S. 1; P.A. 74-149; P.A. 78-218, S. 152; P.A. 98-252, S. 40, 80; P.A. 03-174, S. 4.)History: P.A. 74-149 redefined “pupils of racial minorities” by deleting clause “and whose color, appearance ... are distinguishable from persons whose ancestry is totally Caucasian”; P.A. 78-218 specified “local and regional” boards rather than “town boards”; P.A. 98-252 amended Subsec. (a) to add teachers of racial minorities and pupils eligible for free or reduced price lunches and amended Subsec. (b) to add teachers and to change the definition of racial minorities to the definition for other than white used by the Bureau of Census of the United States Department of Commerce, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 03-174 amended Subsec. (b) by substituting “race” for “racial ancestry” and by adding provision re ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino, effective, July 1, 2003.Cited. 238 C. 1.
CT Gen Stat § 10-226b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-226b - Existence of racial imbalance.

 (a) Whenever the State Board of Education finds that racial imbalance exists in a public school, it shall notify in writing the board of education having jurisdiction over said school that such finding has been made.(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.(1969, P.A. 773, S. 2.)Cited. 21 CA 67.
CT Gen Stat § 10-226c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-226c - Plan to correct imbalance.

 (a) Any board of education receiving notification of the existence of racial imbalance as specified in section 10-226b shall forthwith prepare a plan to correct such imbalance and file a copy of said plan with the State Board of Education. Said plan may be limited to addressing the imbalance existing at any school and need not result in a district-wide plan or district-wide pupil reassignment. A school district may request an extension of time in cases in which the number of students causing said imbalance is fewer than five students at a school.(b) Any plan submitted by the board of education of any town under sections 10-226a to 10-226e, inclusive, shall include any proposed changes in existing school attendance districts, the location of proposed school building sites as related to the problem, any proposed additions to existing school buildings and all other means proposed for the correction of said racial imbalance. The plan shall include projections of the expected racial composition of all public schools in the district. The plan may include provision for cooperation with other school districts to assist in the correction of racial imbalance.(1969, P.A. 773, S. 3, 4; P.A. 98-252, S. 41, 80.)History: P.A. 98-252 amended Subsec. (a) to allow the plan to address imbalance existing at any school and not require a district-wide plan or pupil reassignment and to provide for extensions of time under specified circumstances, and amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 1998.
CT Gen Stat § 10-226d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-226d - Approval of plan by state board.

 Upon receipt of any plan required under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 10-226c, the State Board of Education shall review said plan. If it determines that the plan is satisfactory, it shall approve the plan and shall provide to the board of education such assistance and services as may be available. The board of education shall submit annual reports on the implementation of the approved plan, as the State Board of Education may require.(1969, P.A. 773, S. 5; P.A. 98-252, S. 42, 80.)History: P.A. 98-252 substituted annual reports for quarterly reports, effective July 1, 1998.
CT Gen Stat § 10-226e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-226e - Regulations.

 The State Board of Education shall have the authority to establish regulations for the operation of sections 10-226a to 10-226e, inclusive, including times and procedures for reports to said board, and the criteria for approval of plans to correct racial imbalance and fix standards for determination as to racial imbalance. Such regulations shall include voluntary enrollment plans approved by the State Board of Education as an alternative to mandatory pupil reassignment, allowance for diverse schools existing in school districts with minority enrollments of fifty per cent or more and require equitable allocation of resources within any cited school districts.(1969, P.A. 773, S. 6; P.A. 86-78, S. 1, 2; P.A. 98-252, S. 43, 80.)History: P.A. 86-78 added provisions for alternative regulations for school districts with minority student enrollments of 70% or more; P.A. 98-252 deleted language allowing regulations to include separate times and procedures for reports, criteria for plan approvals and standards for racial imbalance determinations for school districts with minority student enrollments of 70% or more and substituted requirement for regulations to include voluntary enrollment plans as an alternative for mandatory pupil reassignment, allowance for diverse schools existing in school districts with minority enrollment of 50% or more and a requirement for equitable allocation of resources within cited school districts, effective July 1, 1998.
CT Gen Stat § 10-226f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-226f - Coordinator of intergroup relations.

 The State Board of Education shall select one of its employees to assume responsibility, in addition to whatever other duties said board may prescribe, as coordinator of intergroup relations, and shall prescribe duties for such coordinator and for any other of its employees as may be necessary to carry out effectively the purposes of subsection (a) of section 10-145a, this section and section 10-226g.(P.A. 75-372, S. 1; P.A. 78-218, S. 153; P.A. 81-472, S. 124, 159; P.A. 82-314, S. 55, 63; P.A. 92-170, S. 11, 26; P.A. 17-14, S. 6.)History: P.A. 78-218 deleted obsolete reference to July 1, 1975, as date for selection of coordinator of intergroup relations and changed from February first to February fifteenth the deadline for progress reports on intergroup relations programs P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 82-314 changed official name of education committee; P.A. 92-170 removed a requirement that state board report to the education committee of the general assembly on programs in intergroup relations; P.A. 17-14 replaced reference to Sec. 10-145a(b) with reference to Sec. 10-145a(a), effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 10-226g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-226g - Intergroup relations training for teachers.

 Each regional and local board of education may, in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the State Board of Education, provide a program in intergroup relations training for all teachers employed in the public schools of the district. In addition, each such board may select one of its employees to assume responsibility as coordinator of intergroup relations. No regulation of the State Board of Education shall require a local or regional board of education to hire new personnel to carry out the purposes of subsection (a) of section 10-145a, section 10-226f and this section. Each such coordinator shall, utilizing local resources to the extent available, with the assistance of the coordinator of intergroup relations for the State Board of Education: (1) Provide for the conduct of workshops and training programs in intergroup relations for all teachers in each school; (2) evaluate, and recommend the use of, textbooks and curricula material concerning racial and cultural minorities; and (3) introduce and implement programs of intergroup relations in such schools.(P.A. 75-372, S. 2; P.A. 78-218, S. 154; P.A. 81-472, S. 125, 159; P.A. 17-14, S. 7.)History: P.A. 78-218 specified applicability to regional and local boards, deleted reference to town boards and school districts and deleted obsolete reference to December 1, 1975, as deadline for provision of teacher training program in intergroup relations; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 17-14 replaced reference to Sec. 10-145a(b) with reference to Sec. 10-145a(a), effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 10-226h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-226h - Programs and methods to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation.

 (a) A local or regional board of education for purposes of subdivision (3) of section 10-4a, may offer such programs or use such methods as: (1) Interdistrict magnet school programs; (2) charter schools; (3) interdistrict after-school, Saturday and summer programs and sister-school projects; (4) intradistrict and interdistrict public school choice programs; (5) interdistrict school building projects; (6) interdistrict program collaboratives for students and staff; (7) distance learning through the use of technology; and (8) any other experience that increases awareness of the diversity of individuals and cultures.(b) Each local and regional board of education shall report by October 1, 2012, and biennially thereafter, to the Commissioner of Education on the programs and activities undertaken in its school district to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation, including (1) information on the number and duration of such programs and activities and the number of students and staff involved, and (2) evidence of the progress over time in the reduction of racial, ethnic and economic isolation.(c) The Commissioner of Education shall report, by January 1, 1999, and biennially thereafter, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Governor and the General Assembly on activities and programs designed to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation. The report shall include statistics on any growth in such programs or expansion of such activities over time, an analysis of the success of such programs and activities in reducing racial, ethnic and economic isolation, a recommendation for any statutory changes that would assist in the expansion of such programs and activities and the sufficiency of the annual grant pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10-266aa and whether additional financial incentives would improve the program established pursuant to section 10-266aa.(P.A. 97-290, S. 2, 29; P.A. 98-252, S. 14, 80; P.A. 00-220, S. 11, 43; P.A. 11-179, S. 3; P.A. 12-59, S. 1; 12-120, S. 26.)History: P.A. 97-290 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-252 deleted Subsec. (a)(7) re minority staff recruitment and renumbered the remaining Subdivs., effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 00-220 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to change the reporting dates and amended Subsec. (d) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 11-179 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “July 1, 2000” with “October 1, 2011” and replacing “regional educational service center for its area” with “Commissioner of Education”, deleted former Subsec. (c) re biennial report to commissioner and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c), effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 12-59 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective May 31, 2012; P.A. 12-120 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “2011” with “2012” re report date, effective July 1, 2012.See Sec. 10-220(a) re required development and implementation of plan for minority staff recruitment.
CT Gen Stat § 10-228 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-228 - Free textbooks, supplies, material and equipment.

 Each local and regional board of education shall purchase such books, either as regular texts, as supplementary books or as library books, and such supplies, material and equipment, as it deems necessary to meet the needs of instruction in its schools. In day and evening schools of elementary and secondary grades, all books and equipment, including, but not limited to, assistive devices, shall be loaned and materials and supplies furnished to all pupils free of charge, subject to such rules and regulations as to their care and use as the board of education prescribes. For purposes of this section “assistive device” means assistive device, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10-76y.(1949 Rev., S. 1486; 1971, P.A. 186; P.A. 78-218, S. 156; P.A. 05-257, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced references to towns with references to school districts, deleted reference to district committees and made specific mention of library books, material and equipment; P.A. 78-218 specified local and regional boards and deleted references to school districts; P.A. 05-257 added language re assistive devices, effective July 1, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 10-228a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-228a - Free textbook loans to pupils attending nonpublic schools.

 Each local and regional board of education may, at the request of any nonpublic elementary or secondary school pupil, including a kindergarten pupil, residing in and attending a nonpublic school in such district, or at the request of the parent or guardian of such pupil, or at the request of an administrator at the nonpublic school, on behalf of the pupil, arrange for a loan of nonreligious textbooks available to the local or regional board of education from a book distributor used by such board to such pupil, free of charge, provided the loan of any such textbook shall be requested for not less than one semester's use.(P.A. 75-397; P.A. 78-218, S. 157; P.A. 07-190, S. 1.)History: P.A. 78-218 specified local and regional boards and deleted reference to school districts; P.A. 07-190 added provisions re request of nonpublic school administrator on behalf of pupil and requiring that books be nonreligious and be available to board of education by distributor used by board, effective July 1, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 10-229 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 170 - Boards of Education|Section 10-229 - Change of textbooks.

 (a) No board of education shall change any textbooks used in the public schools except by a two-thirds vote of all the members of the board, notice of such intended change having been previously given at a meeting of such board held at least one week previous to the vote upon such change.(b) If a board of education does change its textbooks pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, such board of education may donate the used textbooks to another board of education.(1949 Rev., S. 1487; P.A. 78-218, S. 158; P.A. 95-259, S. 18, 32.)History: P.A. 78-218 deleted phrase “of any town” with reference to boards of education; P.A. 95-259 added Subsec. (b) re donation of books, effective July 6, 1995.