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CT Gen Stat § 10-46a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-46a - Transfer of responsibility to regional board.

 The regional board of education shall, after consultation with the local boards of education in the towns comprising the regional school district, determine the time and method by which the responsibility of conducting the educational program shall be transferred to the regional board of education, provided such transfer shall be completed within two years of the date of the organizational meeting of the regional board of education. When, in accordance with this section or section 10-47b, a regional board of education assumes the responsibility for administration of all programs which are provided in the member towns and are under the general supervision and control of the State Board of Education, the local boards of education are dissolved.(1969, P.A. 698, S. 9; P.A. 78-218, S. 34.)History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” boards of education.
CT Gen Stat § 10-47 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-47 - Powers of regional board. Meetings.

 Regional boards of education shall have all the powers and duties conferred upon boards of education by the general statutes not inconsistent with the provisions of this part. Such boards may purchase, lease or rent property for school purposes and, as part of the purchase price may assume and agree to pay any bonds or other capital indebtedness issued by a town for any land and buildings so purchased; shall perform all acts required to implement the plan of the committee for the transfer of property from the participating towns to the regional school district and may build, add to or equip schools for the benefit of the towns comprising the district. Such boards may receive gifts of real and personal property for the purposes of the regional school districts. The regional school district annual meeting shall be the district meeting at which the annual budget is first presented for adoption and shall be held the first Monday or the first Tuesday in May. The boards may convene special district meetings when they deem it necessary. District meetings shall be warned and conducted in the same manner as are town meetings. For such purposes, the chairperson of the board shall have the duties of the board of selectmen and the secretary shall have the duties of the town clerk.(1949 Rev., S. 1377; 1951, 1953, 1955, S. 902d; November, 1955, S. N117; 1963, P.A. 444, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 113, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 10; P.A. 73-539; P.A. 78-218, S. 35.)History: 1963 act provided for discontinuing grades and clarified referendum vote needed to effect a change; 1967 act allowed board to accept gifts of real and personal property for purposes of the district; 1969 act simplified wording of provisions, added requirement that board perform all acts necessary in transfer of property from towns to regional district, deleted provisions concerning school bus purchases and inclusion of discontinuance of grades by referendum, and added provisions concerning annual and special district meetings; P.A. 73-539 allowed annual meeting to be held on first Tuesday as well as first Monday in May; P.A. 78-218 substituted “chairperson” for “chairman”.See Sec. 10-220c re school boards' authorization of vehicle operators to transport children over private roads.See Sec. 10-241a re school boards' power to take land by eminent domain.Cited. 169 C. 613.
CT Gen Stat § 10-47a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-47a - Withdrawal of grades.

 Section 10-47a is repealed.(1963, P.A. 444, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 27.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-47c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-47c - Amendment of plan.

 With the exception of the terms which pertain to the capital contribution of member towns, the transfer of property to the regional school district, the grades included, the size of the board of education and the representation of each town on the board and the towns to be served by the regional school district, the terms of the plan approved through referenda pursuant to section 10-45 may be amended as follows: If a regional board of education finds it advisable to amend the plan or if the legislative body of a town served by the regional board of education requests amendment of such plan, the regional board of education shall prepare a report on the proposed amendment, including the question to be presented, file a copy with the Commissioner of Education and the clerk of each member town and make copies of such report available to the public at a district meeting called to present the plan. After such public hearing, the board shall set the date for referenda which shall be held simultaneously in each member town between the hours of six a.m. and eight p.m. At least thirty days before the date of the referenda, the regional board of education shall notify the town clerk in each member town to call the referendum on the specified date to vote on the specified question. The warning of such referenda shall be published, the vote taken and the results thereof canvassed and declared in the same manner as is provided for the election of officers of a town. The town clerk of each town shall certify the vote of the town to the regional board of education and the Commissioner of Education. If the majority vote in each town of the district is in favor of the proposed amendment to the plan, such amendment shall take effect immediately.(1969, P.A. 698, S. 12; P.A. 78-218, S. 36; P.A. 88-360, S. 4, 63; P.A. 90-156, S. 9; P.A. 91-303, S. 14, 22; P.A. 96-244, S. 5, 63.)History: P.A. 78-218 made technical change; P.A. 88-360 provided that the town clerk certify the vote of the town to the state board of education; P.A. 90-156 repealed provision prohibiting absentee voting in “other than a special or regular election”; P.A. 91-303 added the exception for the size of the board of education and the representation of each town on the board; P.A. 96-244 substituted “Commissioner” for “State Board” of Education, effective July 1, 1996.Cited. 169 C. 613. Proposal to consolidate three separate elementary schools into a single school, thereby eliminating elementary schools in two towns, is not an incidental change to the regional school plan and constitutes an amendment to the plan under section; conclusion in 169 C. 613 that section applies only to amendments that directly affect voting rights of electors, and its function in light of Sec. 10-56, reversed. 292 C. 784.
CT Gen Stat § 10-49a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-49a - Site in town outside district.

 Any school district may acquire real property upon which to build a school in a town not within such school district, provided such town approves such acquisition by referendum. Those eligible to vote at town meetings under section 7-6 shall be eligible to vote on such question. Any school district proposing to acquire such property shall so notify the town clerk of the town in which such property is located, and such town shall hold a referendum within sixty days after receipt of such notice. The school district giving such notice shall bear the cost of such referendum.(1969, P.A. 698, S. 25.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-50 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-50 - Admission of adjacent town to district.

 Section 10-50 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 1375; 1951, 1953, 1955, S. 905d; 1953, S. 919d; February, 1965, P.A. 411, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 27.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-51a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-51a - Petition to determine deficiency in town payment.

 If any town which is a member of a regional school district fails to include in its annual town budget appropriations for any year the amount necessary for payment of its proportionate share of the annual budget of such regional school district, as required by section 10-51 or section 5 of number 405 of the special acts of 1959, ten or more taxable inhabitants of a town within such school district, a majority of the board of selectmen of any such town, the Attorney General, a holder or owner of bonds or notes of such regional school district, the board of education of such regional school district or the State Board of Education may petition the Superior Court to determine the amount of the alleged deficiency. If the court finds such deficiency to exist, it shall order such town, through its treasurer, selectmen and assessor, to provide a sum of money equal to such deficiency, together with a sum of money equal to twenty-five per cent thereof. The amount of the deficiency shall be paid by the town to the regional school district as soon as it is available; the additional sum of twenty-five per cent shall be kept in a separate account by such town and shall be applied toward payment of such town's share of the annual budget of the regional school district in the following year. If such order is made prior to the fixing of the annual tax rate of such town, such tax rate shall be adjusted to cover the sums included in such order. If such order is made after the fixing of the annual tax rate of such town, the sums included in such order shall be provided by the town from any available cash surplus, from any contingent fund, from borrowing, through a rate bill under the provisions of section 12-123 or from any combination thereof. Any borrowing to meet such deficiency shall be made by the town treasurer, with the approval of a majority of the selectmen, and no vote of the town shall be required therefor. Such borrowed amount shall be included in the estimated expenses of the town in the tax levy for the next fiscal year. Petitions brought to the Superior Court under the provisions of this section shall be privileged in respect to their assignment for hearing.(1961, P.A. 114, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-51b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-51b - Reserve fund for employee sick leave and severance benefits.

 A regional board of education, by a majority vote of its members, may create a reserve fund for accrued liabilities for employee sick leave and severance benefits. Such fund shall thereafter be termed “reserve fund for employee sick leave and severance benefits”. The aggregate amount of annual and supplemental appropriations by a district to such fund in any one fiscal year shall not exceed the actuarially recommended contribution from the annual district budget for such fiscal year. No payments shall be made to the fund which will cause the amount of such fund to exceed the accrued liability for such employee benefits as determined by the district's annual financial statements, except for the addition of interest and investment earnings with respect to amounts held in the fund. Annual appropriations to such fund shall be included in the share of net expenses to be paid by each member town. Supplemental appropriations to such fund may be made from estimated fiscal year end surplus in operating funds. Interest and investment earnings received with respect to amounts held in the fund shall be credited to such fund. The board shall annually submit a complete and detailed report of the condition of such fund to the member towns. Upon the approval of the board, by a majority vote of its members, any part or the whole of such fund may be used for the payment of employee sick leave and severance benefits without further appropriation. Such fund may be discontinued, after recommendation by the board and approval by the board, and any amounts held in the fund shall be transferred to the general fund of the district.(P.A. 06-192, S. 5.)History: P.A. 06-192 effective June 7, 2006.
CT Gen Stat § 10-51c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-51c - Finance committee.

 A regional board of education may establish a finance committee for the regional school district. The finance committee shall provide information to the regional board of education concerning local budget issues of the member towns, and any assistance requested by the regional board of education in the preparation of the proposed budget for the regional school district, pursuant to section 10-51. The local board of education for each member town, or the legislative body of a member town in which there is no local board of education for such member town, shall appoint two representatives to the finance committee.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 156.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 10-52 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-52 - Adult education.

 A regional district may provide adult education for the towns in the district in accordance with sections 10-67 to 10-70, inclusive, and shall be eligible for reimbursements for adult education programs in accordance with sections 10-67 and 10-71. Any balance of the cost of such adult education shall be prorated among and paid by the towns on the basis of the clock hour pupil attendance from each town. The regional board of education shall charge tuition for any student from outside the regional school district who participates in the adult education program.(1951, 1955, S. 907d.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-53 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-53 - Application of education statutes.

 All provisions of the general statutes relating to public education, including those providing state grants-in-aid, shall apply to each town belonging to a regional school district, provided, if the board of education of any regional school district provides transportation to a regional school, such district shall be reimbursed by the state as provided in section 10-54.(1951, S. 908d; 1967, P.A. 473, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 14; P.A. 79-128, S. 5, 34, 36.)History: 1967 act added proviso concerning additional grants for towns in regional districts which have program consisting of kindergarten through twelfth grade; 1969 act made additional grants to district rather than towns within it and substituted “empowered to provide ... all programs under the general supervision and control of the state board of education” for “furnishing an educational program including kindergarten through grade twelve”; P.A. 79-128 deleted provision for additional grants to districts.Cited. 187 C. 187; 195 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 10-54 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-54 - Transportation grants.

 Any local or regional school district which transports pupils to a regional school and any regional school district which transports pupils attending any other school in lieu of that provided by such district in accordance with approval by the regional board of education pursuant to section 10-55 shall be reimbursed by the state for such pupil transportation in accordance with the provisions of sections 10-97 and 10-266m. At the close of each school year any local or regional board of education which provides such transportation shall file an application for such reimbursement on a form to be provided by the State Board of Education. Payments shall be made as soon as possible after the close of each fiscal year.(1951, S. 909d; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 15; P.A. 78-218, S. 37; 78-272, S. 4, 6; P.A. 79-128, S. 26, 36; P.A. 86-71, S. 4, 11.)History: 1969 act included in reimbursement provision regional districts which transport students attending schools other than those provided by district; P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” boards of education; P.A. 78-272 changed amount of reimbursement from one-half to 55% of transportation cost; P.A. 79-128 changed reimbursement from 55% of cost to reimbursement in accordance with Secs. 10-266m and 10-266n; P.A. 86-71 deleted the reference to Sec. 10-266n which was repealed and added the reference to Sec. 10-97.Cited. 187 C. 187; 195 C. 24.
CT Gen Stat § 10-55 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-55 - Pupils to attend regional school.

 No pupil from any town belonging to a regional school district shall, at the expense of such town, attend any other school in lieu of that provided by said district except a technical education and career school approved by the State Board of Education, unless his attendance at such other school is approved by the regional board of education.(1949 Rev., S. 1380; 1951, S. 910d; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 17-237, S. 48.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “vocational school” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high school”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 replaced “technical high school” with “technical education and career school”, effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 10-59 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-59 - Fiscal year. Budget.

 Section 10-59 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 1383; 1951, 1953, 1955, S. 914d; 1959, P.A. 81, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 27.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-60 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-60 - Borrowing in addition to bonds.

 In addition to the power to issue bonds, notes and other obligations as provided by section 10-56, such regional board of education may, when so authorized by a majority vote at a regional school district meeting called for such purpose, borrow sums of money and issue bonds, notes or other obligations, and pay interest thereon, to acquire land, prepare sites, purchase or erect buildings and equip buildings for school purposes, secure the services of architects and professional consultants, and operate and maintain regional schools, and for contingent or other necessary expenses connected therewith in principal amounts which shall not exceed in the aggregate five hundred thousand dollars at any time. Such sums may be borrowed for a term not to exceed ten years. Persons eligible to vote under the provisions of section 7-6 may vote on such issue. Such loans, bonds, notes or other obligations shall be general obligations of such district and the member towns. The regional board of education, or such officer or body to whom the board delegates the authority to make such determinations, shall determine the date, maturity, interest rate, form, manner of sale and other terms of such loans, bonds, notes or other obligations.(1949 Rev., S. 1384; 1951, 1953, 1955, S. 915d; 1969, P.A. 290, S. 1; 698, S. 17; P.A. 78-218, S. 38; P.A. 88-67, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-337, S. 5, 6.)History: 1969 acts changed $100,000 limit on borrowing to $200,000, made borrowing power dependent on authorization by majority vote at regional district meeting rather than “when deemed necessary” and made technical changes to simplify wording; P.A. 78-218 substituted “chairperson” for “chairman”; P.A. 88-67 increased limit on borrowing to $500,000, increased the 5-year term for borrowing to 10 years and made technical changes; P.A. 89-337 clarified that bonds, notes and other obligations could be issued under this section, restated the allowable purposes of those types of debts and clarified the powers which the board may delegate to an officer or body under this section.
CT Gen Stat § 10-60a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-60a - Refunding bonds.

 Any regional school district which has issued any bonds, notes or other obligations pursuant to any general statute or special act may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying, funding or refunding prior to maturity all or any part of such district's bonds, notes or other obligations, the redemption premium, if any, with respect thereto, the interest thereon, the costs with respect to the issuance of such refunding bonds and the payment of such refunded bonds, notes or other obligations. Such refunding bonds shall mature not later than (1) in the case of a single series of bonds, notes or other obligations being refunded, the final maturity date thereof; and (2) in the case of multiple series of bonds, notes or other obligations being refunded, the final maturity date of any such series last to occur. Such refunding bonds shall be authorized, and the proceeds thereof appropriated for the purposes permitted under this section, by resolution of the regional board of education and shall be issued in the same manner, and shall be subject to the same limitations and requirements, other than those requirements with respect to the manner of authorization of the bonds, as bonds issued pursuant to section 10-56, provided the provisions of section 10-56 regarding limitations on the date of the first maturity, or on the amount of any principal or on any principal and interest installments on any bonds, shall not apply to refunding bonds issued under this section that achieve net present value savings after comparing total debt service payable on the refunding bonds to the total debt service payable on the refunded bonds, after accounting for costs of issuance and underwriters' discount. Upon placement in escrow of the proceeds of such refunding bonds or other funds of the district in an amount sufficient, together with such investment earnings thereon as are to be retained in said escrow, to provide for the payment when due of the principal of and interest on the bonds, notes or other obligations to be paid, funded or refunded by such refunding bonds and other funds, such bonds, notes or other obligations shall cease to be included in computing the aggregate indebtedness of the district pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-56.(P.A. 93-158, S. 7, 11; P.A. 99-97, S. 4, 6; P.A. 07-87, S. 5.)History: P.A. 93-158 effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 99-97 added provision to clarify that regional school districts may include the redemption premium and the cost of issuance in the total amount refunded, effective June 3, 1999; P.A. 07-87 added exception to Sec. 10-56 for refunding bonds that achieve net present value savings, effective July 1, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 10-63a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63a - Vote for withdrawal of town or dissolution of district.

 (a) Any town which is a member of a regional school district may, pursuant to a vote of its legislative body, apply to the regional board of education to institute procedure for withdrawal from the district or, in the case of a district composed of two towns, dissolution of the district as hereinafter provided.(b) Any two or more towns which are members of a regional school district composed of three or more towns may, pursuant to a vote of the legislative bodies of the respective towns, apply to the regional board of education to institute procedure for the dissolution of the district as hereinafter provided.(1963, P.A. 389, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 411, S. 5; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 18.)History: 1965 act specified in Subsec. (a) that petition of town in two-town district results in dissolution of district and in Subsec. (b) that petition of two towns in three-or-more-town district results in dissolution of district; 1969 act substituted votes of legislative body or bodies for votes of town meeting or meetings.Cited. 169 C. 613.