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CT Gen Stat § 10-415. (Formerly Sec. 10-320h) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184b - Department of Economic and Community Development: Culture and Tourism|Section 10-415. (Formerly Sec. 10-320h) - Federal contracts and assistance. Gifts, devises and bequests.

 (a) In making any grants-in-aid or providing any plaques or markers or making any direct expenditures for purposes of acquisition, relocation, restoration, maintenance or operation under sections 10-410 to 10-414, inclusive, and this section, the department shall utilize any programs of the federal government in concert with its actions so as to reduce the amount of state or local expenditures hereunder. The state, acting through the department, and any municipality may receive from the federal government any financial or technical assistance which may be available to it for the purpose of acquisition, historic preservation or operation of historic structures or landmarks and may also receive from any source gifts, devises, bequests or legacies.(b) The department may enter into and carry out contracts with the federal government or any agency thereof under which said government or agency grants financial or other assistance to the department to further the purposes of sections 10-409 to 10-416, inclusive. The department may agree to and comply with any reasonable conditions not inconsistent with state law which are imposed on such grants. The department may further enter into and carry out contracts with municipalities or their agencies and with any private party to disburse federal funds to further the purpose of sections 10-409 to 10-416, inclusive.(1967, P.A. 521, S. 8; P.A. 75-371, S. 7, 9, 10; P.A. 76-435, S. 45, 46, 82; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 229; P.A. 11-48, S. 119.)History: P.A. 75-371 deleted reference to federal assistance for relocation, restoration and maintenance of structures or landmarks and added Subsec. (b) re contracts with federal government; P.A. 76-435 made technical changes; Sec. 10-321f transferred to Sec. 10-320h in 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “this chapter” with “sections 10-320b to 10-320j, inclusive”, effective August 20, 2003; Sec. 10-320h transferred to Sec. 10-415 in 2005; P.A. 11-48 replaced “commission” with “department”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 10-417. (Formerly Sec. 32-86a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184b - Department of Economic and Community Development: Culture and Tourism|Section 10-417. (Formerly Sec. 32-86a) - Commission powers and duties re digital media and motion picture activities.

 Section 10-417 is repealed, effective September 9, 2009.(P.A. 94-137, S. 2, 9; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 231; P.A. 04-205, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30; P.A. 06-172, S. 3; P.A. 07-217, S. 49; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 512.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-418 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184b - Department of Economic and Community Development: Culture and Tourism|Section 10-418 - Requests by state agencies for proposals for digital media or motion picture activity.

 Section 10-418 is repealed, effective September 9, 2009.(P.A. 06-172, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 512.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-500a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood|Section 10-500a - Authority of office re licensing matters.

 The Commissioner of Early Childhood may enter into stipulations, agreements, memoranda of understanding, interim consent orders or consent orders relating to licensing matters under chapters 368a and 368r with:(1) Any person, group of persons, association, organization, corporation, institution or agency, public or private, (A) maintaining (i) a licensed child care center or group child care home, pursuant to section 19a-80, or (ii) a licensed family child care home, pursuant to section 19a-87b, or (B) applying for a license for (i) a child care center or group home, pursuant to section 19a-80, or (ii) a family child care home, pursuant to section 19a-87b;(2) Any person who (A) establishes, conducts or maintains a licensed youth camp, pursuant to section 19a-421, or (B) is applying for a license for a youth camp, pursuant to section 19a-421;(3) Any person acting or seeking to act as an assistant or substitute staff member in a family child care home, pursuant to subsection (b) of section 19a-87b;(4) Any person or entity who is the subject of an investigation or disciplinary action pursuant to section 19a-80f, 19a-84, 19a-87a, 19a-87e, 19a-423 or 19a-429 while holding a license issued by the Office of Early Childhood; or(5) Any party in a contested case in which the office is a party.(P.A. 16-100, S. 7.)History: P.A. 16-100 effective June 2, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 10-501 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood|Section 10-501 - Early childhood information system.

 (a) The Office of Early Childhood shall develop and implement an early childhood information system. Such early childhood information system shall facilitate and encourage the sharing of data between and among early childhood service providers by tracking (1) the health, safety and school readiness of all young children receiving early care and education services from (A) any local or regional board of education, including children enrolled in a preschool program under the Connecticut Smart Start competitive grant program, pursuant to section 10-506, (B) any school readiness program, as defined in section 10-16p, or (C) any program receiving public funding, in a manner similar to the system described in section 10-10a, (2) the characteristics of the existing and potential workforce serving such children, (3) the characteristics of such programs serving such children, and (4) data collected from the preschool experience survey, described in section 10-515.(b) Any local or regional board of education, school readiness program, or any child care center as described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 19a-77, and licensed by the Department of Public Health or the Office of Early Childhood, shall ensure that all children and all staff in a school under the jurisdiction of such board, program or center are entered into the early childhood information system.(P.A. 14-39, S. 7; 14-41, S. 2; P.A. 15-134, S. 7; 15-143, S. 13; 15-227, S. 25.)History: P.A. 14-39 effective May 28, 2014; P.A. 14-41 amended Subsec. (a)(1)(A) by adding provision re children enrolled in a preschool program under Connecticut Smart Start competitive grant program, effective May 28, 2014; P.A. 15-134 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by deleting “if any”, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 15-143 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(1)(B), effective June 30, 2015; pursuant to P.A. 15-227, “child day care center” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “child care center” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 10-502. (Formerly Sec. 10-16bb) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood|Section 10-502. (Formerly Sec. 10-16bb) - Collaboration with local and regional early childhood councils.

 The Office of Early Childhood shall collaborate with and may, within available appropriations, provide funding to local and regional early childhood councils for the implementation of early care and education and child development programs at the local level. Such early childhood councils shall: (1) Develop and implement a comprehensive plan for an early childhood system for the community served by such early childhood council, (2) develop policy and program planning, (3) encourage community participation by emphasizing substantial parental involvement, (4) collect, analyze and evaluate data with a focus on program and service outcomes, (5) allocate resources, and (6) perform any other functions that will assist in the provision of early childhood programs and services. Such early childhood councils may enter into memoranda of agreement with the local or regional school readiness council, described in section 10-16r, of the town or region served by such early childhood council to perform the duties and functions of a school readiness council, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-16r, or if no such local or regional school readiness council exists for the town or region of such early childhood council, perform the duties and functions of a school readiness council, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-16r.(P.A. 11-181, S. 2; P.A. 12-116, S. 3; P.A. 14-39, S. 6; P.A. 15-134, S. 3.)History: P.A. 11-181 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-116 amended Subsec. (b)(10) by replacing “create, implement and maintain a” with “incorporate the” and adding “developed by the Department of Education”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 14-39 deleted former Subsecs. (a), (b) and (d) re coordinated system of early care and education and child development, system functions and memoranda of agreement with and acceptance of donations from nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, deleted Subsec. (c) designator, replaced “The coordinated system of early care and education and child development” with “The Office of Early Childhood”, replaced “to implement the coordinated system of” with “in the implementation of”, added “programs” re child development and made a technical change, effective May 28, 2014; Sec. 10-16bb transferred to Sec. 10-502 in 2015; P.A. 15-134 added “and may, within available appropriations, provide funding to” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 10-503 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood|Section 10-503 - Early childhood accountability plan. Report cards. Report.

 (a) Not later than December 31, 2015, the Office of Early Childhood shall develop, in consultation with the Early Childhood Cabinet, established pursuant to section 10-16z, an early childhood accountability plan. Such plan shall (1) identify and define appropriate population indicators and program and system performance measures of the health, safety and readiness of children to enter kindergarten, and early school success of children, and shall identify any new or improved data required for such purposes; and (2) include aggregate information on the characteristics of children and programs tracked by the early childhood information system, developed pursuant to section 10-501, including, but not limited to, family income, whether the families of such children receive assistance through temporary assistance for needy families, pursuant to section 17b-112, or a similar program, and the communities in which such children reside using a performance measurement accountability framework.(b) Not later than July 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the office shall develop report cards containing the indicators and performance measures identified in the early childhood accountability plan.(c) Not later than January 15, 2016, the Office of Early Childhood shall (1) submit the early childhood accountability plan, and (2) annually report on the results of such plan and report cards to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and appropriations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.(P.A. 14-39, S. 8.)History: P.A. 14-39 effective May 28, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 10-504 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood|Section 10-504 - Child care development block grant administered by the Office of Early Childhood.

 The Office of Early Childhood is designated as the state agency for the administration of the child care development block grant pursuant to the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.(P.A. 14-39, S. 20.)History: P.A. 14-39 effective July 1, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 10-505 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood|Section 10-505 - Grant program for costs associated with classroom start-up and new spaces in certain school readiness programs.

 (a) For purposes of this section:(1) “Eligible town” means a town in which a priority school, as defined in section 10-16p, is located or a town ranked one to fifty when all towns are ranked in ascending order according to town wealth, as defined in subdivision (26) of section 10-262f, whose school district is not a priority school district pursuant to section 10-266p;(2) “Eligible regional school readiness council” means a regional school readiness council, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-16r, for a region in which a priority school is located;(3) “Eligible children” means children (A) three and four years of age and children five years of age who are not eligible to enroll in school pursuant to section 10-15c, or who are eligible to enroll in school and will attend a school readiness program pursuant to section 10-16t, and (B) who reside (i) in an area served by a priority school or a former priority school, as described in subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of section 10-16p, (ii) in a town ranked one to fifty when all towns are ranked in ascending order according to town wealth, as defined in subdivision (26) of section 10-262f, whose school district is not a priority school district pursuant to section 10-266p, (iii) in a town formerly a town described in clause (ii) of this subparagraph, as provided for in subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of section 10-16p, or (iv) in a town designated as an alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u, whose school district is not a priority school district pursuant to section 10-266p;(4) “School readiness program” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-16p;(5) “Priority school” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-16p;(6) “Accredited” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-16p; and(7) “Seeking accreditation” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-16p.(b) The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall establish a grant program for eligible towns and eligible regional school readiness councils for (1) start-up of school readiness classrooms, and (2) providing spaces to all eligible children in accredited school readiness programs and school readiness programs seeking accreditation. An eligible town or eligible regional school readiness council may apply for such grant to the commissioner, at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes.(P.A. 14-39, S. 85.)History: P.A. 14-39 effective July 1, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 10-507 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood|Section 10-507 - Smart start competitive capital grant account. Smart start competitive operating grant account.

 (a) There is established an account to be known as the “smart start competitive capital grant account” which shall be a capital projects fund. The account shall contain the amounts authorized by the State Bond Commission in accordance with section 10-508 and any other moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Office of Early Childhood for the purposes of the Connecticut Smart Start competitive grant program established pursuant to section 10-506.(b) There is established an account to be known as the “smart start competitive operating grant account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Office of Early Childhood for the purposes of the Connecticut Smart Start competitive grant program established pursuant to section 10-506.(P.A. 14-98, S. 24; P.A. 15-227, S. 11; P.A. 16-163, S. 18; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 664; P.A. 18-81, S. 61.)History: P.A. 14-98 effective May 22, 2014; P.A. 15-227 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by replacing “smart start competitive grant account” with “smart start competitive capital grant account”, replacing “separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund” with “capital projects fund”, replacing “by subsection (a) of section 10-501” with “pursuant to” and deleting reference to section 3 of public act 14-41, and added Subsec. (b) re smart start competitive operating grant account, effective July 7, 2015; P.A. 16-163 replaced “Smart Start” with “Connecticut Smart Start”, effective June 9, 2016; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “subdivision (4) of”, effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-81 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Sec. 4-28e(c), effective May 15, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 10-509 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood|Section 10-509 - Expenditure of certain funds for early care and education and child development programs.

 (a) As used in this subsection, “early care and education and childhood development programs” includes the child care subsidy program, established pursuant to section 17b-749, the school readiness program, as defined in section 10-16p, the supplemental quality enhancement grant program, established pursuant to section 17b-749c, the Nurturing Families Network, established pursuant to section 17b-751b, and the program for state financial assistance for neighborhood facilities, including child care centers, pursuant to section 8-210.(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Commissioner of Early Childhood may expend in any year an amount not to exceed two per cent of the total amount appropriated to the office for early care and education and child development programs for the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to section 10-500, including, but not limited to, piloting innovative and results-driven service delivery, program evaluation and improvement, funding and procurement models that are performance-driven and results-accountable, interagency coordination and collaboration and evaluative tools and infrastructure, provided if the total amount of such two per cent exceeds one million dollars, all funds in excess of one million dollars shall be used for service delivery. The commissioner may not expend any funds under this section for administrative or other overhead costs of the Office of Early Childhood. The commissioner may develop policies and procedures to implement the provisions of this section.(c) Not later than January first of each year, the office shall submit a report relating to how the commissioner has expended funds pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) the results of any program evaluations conducted by the office, (2) an assessment of the relationship between the cost and the value of the service delivery outcomes achieved, and (3) any policies and procedures developed by the commissioner to implement the provisions of this section.(P.A. 18-184, S. 2.)History: P.A. 18-184 effective July 1, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 10-514 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood|Section 10-514 - Creation of document re developmental milestones. Posting of ­document.

 (a) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Office of Early Childhood shall create a one-page document that (1) lists important developmental milestones experienced by children ages birth to five years, and (2) contains notice that any parent or guardian who is concerned that such parent or guardian's child has not met one or more such developmental milestones may access the Office of Early Childhood Child Development Infoline for information concerning appropriate services. The office shall make such document available on its Internet web site.(b) On and after February 1, 2020, each operator of a child care center, group child care home or family child care home, as described in section 19a-77, shall post a copy of the document developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section in a conspicuous place on the premises of such child care center, group child care home or family child care home.(P.A. 19-106, S. 1.)History: P.A. 19-106 effective July 1, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 10-515 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood|Section 10-515 - Preschool experience survey.

 On or before March 1, 2015, the Commissioner of Early Childhood, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall develop a preschool experience survey that shall be included in kindergarten registration materials provided by local and regional boards of education to parents or guardians of children enrolling in kindergarten pursuant to section 10-184. The board shall use such survey to collect information regarding (1) whether the child enrolling in kindergarten has participated in a preschool program, and (2) (A) if such child has participated in a preschool program, the nature, length and setting of such preschool program, or (B) if the child has not participated in a preschool program, the reasons why such child did not participate in a preschool program, including, but not limited to, financial difficulty, lack of transportation, parental choice regarding enrollment, limitations related to the hours of operation of available preschool programs and any other barriers to participation in a preschool program. A local or regional board of education shall not require any parent or guardian of such child to complete such survey as a condition of such child's enrollment in kindergarten.(P.A. 14-39, S. 86; P.A. 15-134, S. 6.)History: P.A. 14-39 effective May 28, 2014; P.A. 15-134 replaced “may” with “shall” re development of survey, effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 10-516 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood|Section 10-516 - Competitive grants for alliance school districts.

 The Office of Early Childhood, in collaboration with the State Department of Education, may offer from funds which may originate from public, private, federal or philanthropic sources, a competitive grant for up to three alliance school districts to develop and implement a strategy to promote the social and emotional well-being and health of preschool children from age three to children in third grade, with a focus on instructional tools and family engagement. Up to five per cent of the grant funds provided under this section for any fiscal year may be used to pay for administrative costs.(P.A. 14-172, S. 4.)History: P.A. 14-172 effective July 1, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 10-520 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood|Section 10-520 - Trend analysis of certain bachelor's degree programs in early childhood education or child development.

 Section 10-520 is repealed, effective July 12, 2019.(P.A. 15-134, S. 1; P.A. 16-163, S. 17; P.A. 19-34, S. 2; 19-121, S. 15.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-520a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 184c - Office of Early Childhood|Section 10-520a - Report re staff qualifications requirement compliance.

 Not later than January first, annually, the Office of Early Childhood shall submit a report regarding the status of school readiness program providers' compliance with the staff qualifications requirement, described in subsection (b) of section 10-16p, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.(P.A. 15-134, S. 5; P.A. 19-121, S. 8.)History: P.A. 15-134 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 19-121 replaced “July” with “January”, effective July 12, 2019.