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CT Gen Stat § 10-63b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63b - Committee to study issues relating to withdrawal or dissolution.

 Within thirty days of receipt of an application pursuant to section 10-63a the regional board of education shall call for the appointment of a committee to study issues relating to withdrawal or dissolution. The committee shall consist of the following: One member of the board of education of each town within the district, to be selected by each such board, if any, or if none, an elector to be elected by the legislative body in such town; one member of the board of finance or comparable fiscal body of each town within the district to be selected by each such board or body; two members of the regional board of education, to be selected by such board, no more than one of whom may be a resident of a town making the application for the appointment of the committee; one member to be appointed by the Commissioner of Education, who shall not be a resident of any town within the district; the State Treasurer or the Treasurer's designee, and one member to be appointed by the regional board of education, who shall be an expert in municipal bonding and financing and who shall not be a resident of any town within the district. The members shall receive no compensation for their services, but their expenses and those incurred by the regional board in connection with withdrawal or dissolution procedures shall be paid by the towns applying for withdrawal or dissolution. The appointee of the Commissioner of Education shall call the first meeting of the committee, and the committee shall organize and function in accordance with section 10-41.(1963, P.A. 389, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 19; P.A. 78-218, S. 39; P.A. 96-244, S. 6, 63; P.A. 98-56, S. 1, 5.)History: 1969 act deleted reference to state board's role in determining if action proposed would be detrimental to children of district, added provision for representation of town by elector if there is no board of education, made appointee of state board responsible for calling meeting and provided for committee's organization and functioning and made other technical changes to simplify language of provisions generally; P.A. 78-218 made technical changes; P.A. 96-244 substituted “Commissioner” for “State Board” of Education, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 98-56 changed duties of the committee from determining whether and under what conditions withdrawal or dissolution shall take place to studying issues relating to withdrawal or dissolution, effective January 1, 1999.
CT Gen Stat § 10-63c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63c - Report of committee.

 Within one year after its appointment, the committee shall prepare a written report that includes: (1) Its recommendation concerning the advisability of a withdrawal or dissolution; (2) a determination of the value of the net assets of the regional district; (3) an apportionment of the net assets to each member town on the basis of the ratio which the total average daily membership of such town since its membership in the regional district bears to the total average daily membership reported to the State Board of Education by the regional board of education up to and including the last such report; (4) a plan for settlement of any obligations and the transfer of property from the regional school district to the member town school districts; (5) a timetable for the orderly withdrawal or dissolution of the regional district and establishment of local boards of education if none exist; (6) the question to be determined by the referenda; and (7) such other matters as the committee deems necessary. The provisions of sections 10-43 and 10-45, except as provided below, shall apply to the procedures for submission of the plan to the State Board of Education, action by such board, presentation of such plan to the member towns, action by such towns and the dissolution of the committee. The establishment of any new local board of education shall be in accordance with chapter 146. Upon an affirmative vote in each member town, or, in the case of a regional school district that does not have a high school, any of the member towns, the regional board of education and member towns shall cooperatively implement the plan for dissolution or withdrawal of a member town.(1963, P.A. 389, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 20; P.A. 78-218, S. 40; P.A. 98-56, S. 2, 5.)History: 1969 act substituted for former provisions concerning plan of withdrawal or dissolution new provisions for written report of recommendations in favor of or against withdrawal or dissolution and replaced former provisions for procedure on withdrawal plan with new provisions for withdrawal procedure; P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” boards of education; P.A. 98-56 amended Subsec. (c) to require the committee to include information on all the topics even if the committee does not recommend withdrawal or dissolution, made the recommendation one topic for inclusion in the report, renumbered the topics to be included, and added the provision re affirmative vote in a regional school district without a high school, effective January 1, 1999.
CT Gen Stat § 10-63f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63f - Obligations not affected by action.

 Such withdrawal or dissolution shall not impair the obligation of the withdrawing town or the district to the holders of any bonds or other outstanding indebtedness issued prior to withdrawal or dissolution under authority of this part, including any responsibilities or financial obligations related to a school building project pursuant to chapter 173. The regional board of education and the board of education of the town or towns involved may make agreements for the payment of money to or from the district and said towns in accordance with the final plan of withdrawal, except any such agreement or final plan of withdrawal shall not relieve a withdrawing town from its responsibilities or financial obligations related to a school building project pursuant to chapter 173.(1963, P.A. 389, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 65.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 added provisions re responsibilities or financial obligations related to school building projects, effective October 31, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 10-63g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63g - Withdrawal and dissolution restricted.

 (a) No town shall be permitted to withdraw from a regional school district and no district shall be dissolved except in accordance with the provisions of sections 10-63a to 10-63f, inclusive, and no application for withdrawal or dissolution shall be made within three years after the formation of the district.(b) No town which has voted to apply for the institution of withdrawal or dissolution procedure as provided in sections 10-63a to 10-63f, inclusive, may again so apply within three years after the date of its last application.(1963, P.A. 389, S. 7, 8.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-63h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63h - Applicability to existing regional school districts.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special act or compact adopted by referenda to establish a regional school district, the provisions of this part shall apply to the regional school districts in existence on June 24, 1969, except as provided below.(a) Nothing in this part shall be construed to require an existing regional school district to change the composition of the membership of its board of education or their terms of office or as prohibiting the selection of members of such boards by appointment.(b) If the board consists of nine members, three from each member town, such members may be elected on a rotating basis each year for terms of three years. If any adjustments are necessary to achieve this system, the regional school district shall use the procedures provided in section 10-47c to make the necessary changes, provided the term of office of no incumbent shall be shortened.(c) Any such school district may change the representation of the member towns on the regional board or change the term of office of such members to four years in accordance with the procedures provided in section 10-47c. If the latter change is made, the member towns may elect their representatives on the regional board of education in accordance with subsection (b) or (c) of section 10-46 as determined by the legislative body of each town.(1969, P.A. 698, S. 21; P.A. 86-333, S. 28, 32.)History: P.A. 86-333 added the provision to Subsec. (a) that nothing be construed as prohibiting the selection of members by appointment.
CT Gen Stat § 10-63i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63i - Regional school district established before June 24, 1969.

 Any referenda establishing a regional school district before June 24, 1969, which by the terms of the question presented in such referenda established a regional school district to provide educational programs for kindergarten through grade twelve, shall be deemed to have empowered such district to provide for the member towns any program under the general supervision and control of the State Board of Education. In such cases, the town board of education in each member town is dissolved when the regional board of education assumes the direction of all such programs in the member towns, but in no case later than two years from the date of the referenda establishing such regional school district.(1969, P.A. 698, S. 22.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-63j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63j - “Representation”, defined.

 Representation as used in subsection (a) of section 10-46 and in sections 10-63j to 10-63t, inclusive, means the composition of the regional board of education, the number and manner of election of its members from the several towns constituting a regional school district and the voting power of each member of the regional board of education.(P.A. 75-644, S. 1, 14; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 41.)History: 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 Subsec. (a) re notification as to whether representation on regional board is consistent with U.S. constitutional standards.
CT Gen Stat § 10-63k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63k - Regional school reapportionment committee.

 (a) If the Commissioner of Education notifies in writing a regional board of education and the chief executive officer of each town within a regional school district that representation on the regional board of education is not consistent with federal constitutional standards, the legislative body of each participating town of a regional school district so notified shall, within thirty days of the receipt of such written notice from the commissioner, appoint a regional school reapportionment committee in the same manner as provided for in section 10-40 relating to the appointment of a regional school study committee. The town clerk of each town shall immediately give notice of the appointments made to the Commissioner of Education. Within ten days of receipt of the last of such notices, the Commissioner of Education shall appoint a consultant to such committee. The consultant shall call the first meeting of the regional school reapportionment committee within seven days after such appointment.(b) The regional school reapportionment committee shall organize, proceed, and operate in accordance with the provisions of section 10-41. It shall receive funds, be reimbursed for expenses, and dispose of unencumbered balances remaining in the treasury of the committee in accordance with the provisions of section 10-42.(P.A. 75-644, S. 2, 14; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 587, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 42; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 96-244, S. 7, 63.)History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218 made technical changes; P.A. 96-244 substituted “Commissioner” for “State Board” of Education in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1996.Cited. 169 C. 613.
CT Gen Stat § 10-63l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63l - Powers of regional school reapportionment committee.

 (a) The power, function, and responsibility of the regional school reapportionment committee shall be to determine and recommend a plan of representation on the regional board of education consistent with federal constitutional standards. Among the alternatives it may consider and include in its recommendation are the following: (1) The number of members on the regional board from each participating town shall be determined in the proportion, within permissible deviant limits consistent with federal constitutional standards, that the population of each town bears to the population of the entire regional school district; (2) the regional school board shall be elected at large by the voters of the entire regional school district; (3) the voting power of the members from each town on the regional school board shall be weighted in the proportion, within permissible deviant limits consistent with federal constitutional standards, that the population of each town bears to the population of the entire regional school district; (4) such other method of representation or of distribution of voting power that is consistent with federal constitutional standards, provided, in the case of any such method which determines the number of members on the regional school board from each participating town, or the voting power of such members, in accordance with the proportion that the population of such town bears to the population of the entire regional school district or to the population of any other town in such district, the population of any such town shall not include the patients of any state institution located in such town.(b) The regional school reapportionment committee shall submit its recommended plan of representation in writing to the State Board of Education within three months after its first organizational meeting.(P.A. 75-644, S. 3, 14; P.A. 76-397, S. 1, 2.)History: P.A. 76-397 excluded consideration of patients in state institutions as part of town's population in formulas for determining representation on board.
CT Gen Stat § 10-63m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63m - Approval or rejection of plan recommended by regional school reapportionment committee.

 (a) Upon receipt of a recommended plan of representation from a regional school reapportionment committee, the State Board of Education shall examine same and within thirty days of receipt either approve or reject said plan, and so notify the regional school reapportionment committee.(b) If the State Board of Education rejects the recommended plan of representation, it shall return it to the regional school reapportionment committee and shall in a written report advise the committee of the reasons for rejection, and suggest modifications to make the plan consistent with federal constitutional standards. The committee shall, within twenty days after receiving the plan back from the State Board of Education with the report, revise the plan and resubmit it to the Board of Education. If the regional school reapportionment committee refuses to revise the plan, or if it submits to the State Board of Education a plan which the board determines is not consistent with federal constitutional standards, then the provisions of section 10-63s shall apply.(c) If the State Board of Education approves the plan of representation submitted by the regional school reapportionment committee, it shall certify to the town clerk in each town of the regional school district that the recommended plan has been approved and the State Board of Education shall send a copy of such certification to the regional school reapportionment committee. The town clerk shall make available copies of the certification to the public, and publish notice of it and the approved plan in a newspaper having general circulation in the town. The regional school reapportionment committee shall hold a public meeting in each town of the regional school district to present the approved plan of representation.(P.A. 75-644, S. 4, 14.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-63n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63n - Referendum for regional school reapportionment. Establishment of plan.

 (a) Upon receipt of a copy of the certificate of approval of the plan, the regional school reapportionment committee shall set the date upon which referenda shall be held on the same date in each town in the regional school district.(b) The referenda shall be held in accordance with the provisions of section 10-45, except that the question on the voting tabulator ballot shall be “Shall representation on the regional school board be established in accordance with the plan approved by the State Board of Education on .... (date)?” and the ballot used shall conform with the provisions of section 9-250.(c) If the majority of the votes in each of the towns in the regional school district is affirmative, the plan of representation is established.(d) If the majority vote of one or more towns is negative, the provisions of subsection (c) of said section 10-45 shall apply. If the majority of votes cast in each town on a second referendum is affirmative, the plan of representation is established.(P.A. 75-644, S. 5, 14; P.A. 86-170, S. 9, 13; P.A. 11-20, S. 1.)History: P.A. 86-170 required that designation on ballot label be in form of question; pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “machine” and “ballot label” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “tabulator” and “ballot”, respectively, in Subsec. (b), effective May 24, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 10-63o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63o - Execution of reapportionment plan.

 A plan of representation established as provided for in subsection (a) of section 10-46 and sections 10-63j to 10-63t, inclusive, shall be effective seven days after the referenda resulting in an affirmative majority vote in each of the participating towns. If the plan of representation requires a reduction in the number of members on a regional board of education from a participating town, a determination of the order in which the terms of members from such town shall be terminated shall be made on the basis of the length of the unexpired portion of their terms, with the terms of members having the shortest unexpired portions being terminated first until the number of members from the town complies with the plan. If two or more members of a town have the same unexpired portions of their terms, then within seven days after the date the plan is established, and under the supervision of the other members of the regional board, the member or members whose term or terms shall terminate shall be determined by lot. If the plan requires that additional members on the regional board of education be added from a town within the regional school district, the legislative body of the town shall fill the vacancies by appointment. A new member of the board so appointed by the legislative body of a town shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified at the next town election. The remaining members on a regional board of education whose terms are not affected by the plan of representation shall serve the unexpired portions of the terms for which they have been elected. Questions as to the terms of office of members on a regional board of education shall be determined by the regional board in accordance with the principles established in section 10-46.(P.A. 75-644, S. 6, 14; P.A. 78-218, S. 43.)History: P.A. 78-218 substituted Sec. 10-63t for reference to repealed Sec. 10-63u.
CT Gen Stat § 10-63p (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63p - Time limits for reapportionment. Right to compel compliance.

 The time limits provided for in subsection (a) of section 10-46 and sections 10-63j to 10-63t, inclusive, may be extended by the State Board of Education for good cause. The failure to meet a time limit herein provided shall not in and of itself invalidate action taken after said time limit. Any resident of a regional school district shall have the right, power, and legal standing, to seek appropriate relief from a court having jurisdiction to compel compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 10-46 and sections 10-63j to 10-63t, inclusive.(P.A. 75-644, S. 7, 14; P.A. 85-613, S. 92, 154.)History: P.A. 85-613 made technical changes, substituting references to Sec. 10-63t for references to Sec. 10-63u.
CT Gen Stat § 10-63q (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63q - Notification as to constitutionality of regional board representation following decennial census.

 The Commissioner of Education shall on or before the first day of May next following the completion of the decennial census of the United States, notify in writing each regional board of education and the chief executive officer of each town within a regional school district of whether or not on that date representation on the regional board of education is consistent with federal constitutional standards. If the commissioner notifies a regional board of education and the chief executive officer of the towns within a regional school district that representation on the regional board of education is not consistent with federal constitutional standards, then a regional school reapportionment committee shall be appointed and a plan of representation established as provided for in subsection (a) of section 10-46 and sections 10-63j to 10-63t, inclusive.(P.A. 75-644, S. 8, 14; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 44; 78-303, S. 85, 136.)History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218 substituted Sec. 10-63t for reference to repealed Sec. 10-63u.
CT Gen Stat § 10-63r (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities|Section 10-63r - Establishment of new plan of representation permitted after initial reapportionment.

 After a plan of representation has been established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-46 and sections 10-63j to 10-63t, inclusive, the legislative bodies of the towns in a regional school district may appoint a regional school reapportionment committee in accordance with the provisions of said sections and a new plan of representation on the regional school board of education may be established in accordance with the provisions of said sections.(P.A. 75-644, S. 9, 14; P.A. 85-613, S. 93, 154.)History: P.A. 85-613 made technical change, substituting reference to Sec. 10-63t for reference to Sec. 10-63u.