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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221x. - Challenging curriculum policy.

(a) Not later than July 1, 2022, each local and regional board of education shall adopt a challenging curriculum policy. A challenging curriculum policy shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) criteria for the identification of students in grades eight and nine who may be eligible to take or enroll in an advanced course or program, as defined in section 10-221w, and (2) a provision requiring the creation of an academic plan, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Each local and regional board of education shall create an academic plan for each student identified under the criteria described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section. In creating an academic plan for a student, such plan shall be designed to enroll such student in one or more advanced course or programs and allow such student to earn college credit or result in career readiness. Each academic plan shall be aligned with (1) the courses or programs offered by the local or regional board of education, (2) such student's student success plan created pursuant to subsection (j) of section 10-221a, (3) the high school graduation requirements under section 10-221a, and (4) any other policies or standards adopted by the board relating to the eligibility for student enrollment in advanced courses or programs. A student, or the parent or guardian of a student, may decline to implement the provisions of an academic plan created for such student.
(c) A challenging curriculum policy adopted and implemented under this section shall be in accordance with guidance provided by the Department of Education.
(P.A. 21-199, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 21-199 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221y. - Standardized conversion of transferred credits. Application toward graduation requirements.

The Commissioners of Education and Children and Families shall develop a system for standardized conversion of credits transferred pursuant to section 10-220h. Such system shall enable a determination of whether credits apply toward requirements for graduation pursuant to section 10-221a not later than thirty days after a transfer of credits.
(P.A. 21-174, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 21-174 effective July 12, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222a. - Boards to have use of funds from repayment and insurance proceeds for school materials and from payment for custodial services for use of school facilities.

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 106, or any municipal charter or special act to the contrary, whenever any student, or the parent or guardian of any student, pays for lost, damaged or stolen textbooks, library materials, other materials or equipment, or whenever insurance proceeds are received for lost, damaged or stolen textbooks, library materials, other materials or equipment, an amount equal to the amount so paid or received, net of any costs the fiscal authority having budgetary responsibility or charged with making appropriations for the school district has incurred for the purpose of replacing or repairing such lost, damaged or stolen textbooks, library materials, other materials or equipment, shall be deemed to be appropriated to the board of education in addition to the funds appropriated by the town to such board for the fiscal year in which such payment is made or insurance proceeds received. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 106, or any municipal charter or special act to the contrary, whenever any outside group or individual makes payment for custodial costs for use of school facilities or otherwise for the use of school facilities an amount equal to the amount so paid or received, net of any costs the fiscal authority having budgetary responsibility or charged with making appropriations for the school district has incurred for the purpose of providing custodial services shall be deemed to be appropriated to the board of education in addition to the funds appropriated by the town to such board for the current fiscal year.
(P.A. 84-183, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-122, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-14, S. 1, 2; P.A. 94-245, S. 21, 46.)
History: P.A. 90-122 added repayment by parents or guardians of students and that the educational materials for which payment is received may be stolen and provided that insurance proceeds received for certain lost, damaged or stolen educational materials be deemed appropriated to the board of education; P.A. 93-14 added “equipment”, removed specification that the material be “educational” and replaced “current” fiscal year with fiscal year “in which such payment is made or insurance proceeds received”, effective April 21, 1993; P.A. 94-245 added provision for the use of funds received for payment for custodial services for the use of school facilities by outside groups and individuals, effective June 2, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222b. - Board to have use of funds from the Manville property damage settlement trust.

Section 10-222b is repealed, effective July 1, 2000.
(P.A. 90-122, S. 2, 3; P.A. 00-220, S. 42, 43.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222e. - Policy on evaluation and termination of athletic coaches.

(a) Any local or regional board of education that employs an athletic coach, as defined in section 10-149d, shall require the athletic director, as defined in section 10-149d, or the immediate supervisor of such coach to evaluate, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-149d, such coach on an annual basis and provide such coach with a copy of such evaluation.
(b) Any local or regional board of education acting directly, or through its duly authorized agent, that terminates or declines to renew the coaching contract of an athletic coach who has served in the same coaching position for three or more consecutive school years shall inform such coach of such decision no later than ninety days after the completion of the sport season covered by the contract. Such coach shall have an opportunity to appeal such decision to the local or regional board of education in a manner prescribed by such local or regional board of education. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a local or regional board of education from terminating the coaching contract of an athletic coach at any time (1) for reasons of moral misconduct, insubordination or a violation of the rules of the board of education, or (2) because a sport has been cancelled by the board of education.
(P.A. 04-243, S. 1; P.A. 13-41, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 04-243 effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 13-41 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing former provisions with provision re evaluation of athletic coach by athletic director and deleted former Subsec. (c) re definition of “athletic coach”, effective July 1, 2013.
See Sec. 10-151b re evaluation of teachers.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222f. - College informational forums.

Each local and regional board of education may require any high school under its jurisdiction that hosts an informational forum concerning college preparation or the college admission process to which parents and guardians of students are invited to provide such parents and guardians with information about the optional nature of some surveys and questions that accompany examinations taken for college admission. The information provided to parents and guardians shall include a warning that the release of personal identifying information, as defined in subsection (b) of section 53a-129a, may increase a student's vulnerability to identify theft.
(P.A. 07-241, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 07-241 effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222g. - Prevention and intervention strategy re bullying and teen dating violence.

For the purposes of section 10-222d, the term “prevention and intervention strategy” may include, but is not limited to, (1) implementation of a positive behavioral interventions and supports process or another evidence-based model approach for safe school climate or for the prevention of bullying and teen dating violence identified by the Department of Education, (2) school rules prohibiting bullying, teen dating violence, harassment and intimidation and establishing appropriate consequences for those who engage in such acts, (3) adequate adult supervision of outdoor areas, hallways, the lunchroom and other specific areas where bullying or teen dating violence is likely to occur, (4) inclusion of grade-appropriate bullying and teen dating violence education and prevention curricula in kindergarten through high school, (5) individual interventions with the bully, parents and school employees, and interventions with the bullied child, parents and school employees, (6) school-wide training related to safe school climate, (7) student peer training, education and support, (8) promotion of parent involvement in bullying prevention through individual or team participation in meetings, trainings and individual interventions, and (9) culturally competent school-based curriculum focusing on social-emotional learning, self-awareness and self-regulation. Funding for the school-based bullying intervention and school climate improvement strategy may originate from public, private, federal or philanthropic sources. For purposes of this section, “interventions with the bullied child” includes referrals to a school counselor, psychologist or other appropriate social or mental health service, and periodic follow-up by the safe school climate specialist with the bullied child.
(P.A. 08-160, S. 5; P.A. 11-232, S. 2; P.A. 14-172, S. 3; 14-234, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 08-160 effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 11-232 deleted former Subdivs. (2) and (3) re school survey and bullying prevention coordinating committee, redesignated existing Subdivs. (4) to (8) as Subdivs. (2) to (6), added “education and” in Subdiv. (4), replaced references to “school staff” with “school employees” in Subdiv. (5), added new Subdiv. (7) re student peer training, education and support and redesignated existing Subdiv. (9) as Subdiv. (8), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-172 added Subdiv. (9) re school-based curriculum, funding and definition of “interventions with the bullied child”, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 14-234 amended Subdivs. (1) to (4) by adding references to teen dating violence.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222i. - State-wide safe school climate resource network.

(a) The Department of Education, in consultation with the State Education Resource Center, established pursuant to section 10-357a, the Governor's Prevention Partnership, the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity and the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, shall establish, within available appropriations, a state-wide safe school climate resource network for the identification, prevention and education of school bullying and teen dating violence in the state. Such state-wide safe school climate resource network shall make available to all schools information, training opportunities and resource materials to improve the school climate to diminish bullying and teen dating violence.
(b) The department may seek federal, state and municipal funding and may accept private donations for the administration of the state-wide safe school climate resource network.
(P.A. 11-232, S. 4; P.A. 14-212, S. 17; 14-234, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 144; P.A. 19-117, S. 118.)
History: P.A. 11-232 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-212 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to Sec. 10-357a, effective June 13, 2014; P.A. 14-234 amended Subsec. (a) to add “the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence” and “teen dating violence”; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “Commission on Children” with “Commission on Women, Children and Seniors”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “Commission on Women, Children and Seniors” with “Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity”, effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222j. - Training re prevention, identification and response to school bullying, teen dating violence and youth suicide.

The Department of Education shall provide, within available appropriations, annual training to school employees, as defined in section 10-222d, except those school employees who hold professional certification pursuant to section 10-145b unless such school employee who holds professional certification is the district safe school climate coordinator, the safe school climate specialist or a member of the safe school climate committee, as described in section 10-222k, on the prevention, identification and response to school bullying and teen dating violence, as defined in section 10-222d, and the prevention of and response to youth suicide. Such training may include, but not be limited to, (1) developmentally appropriate strategies to prevent bullying and teen dating violence among students in school and outside of the school setting, (2) developmentally appropriate strategies for immediate and effective interventions to stop bullying and teen dating violence, (3) information regarding the interaction and relationship between students committing acts of bullying and teen dating violence, students against whom such acts of bullying and teen dating violence are directed and witnesses of such acts of bullying and teen dating violence, (4) research findings on bullying and teen dating violence, such as information about the types of students who have been shown to be at-risk for bullying and teen dating violence in the school setting, (5) information on the incidence and nature of cyberbullying, as defined in section 10-222d, (6) Internet safety issues as they relate to cyberbullying, or (7) information on the incidence of youth suicide, methods of identifying youths at risk of suicide and developmentally appropriate strategies for effective interventions to prevent youth suicide. Such training may be presented in person by mentors, offered in state-wide workshops or through on-line courses.
(P.A. 11-232, S. 6; P.A. 14-234, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 11-232 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-234 added provision re annual training for school employees on teen dating violence, revised provision re those school employees excepted from annual training requirements and added references to teen dating violence in Subdivs. (1) to (4).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222l. - Immunity of school employees, students, parents or guardians, individuals and boards of education from liability for certain actions relating to reporting, investigating and responding to school bullying and teen dating violence.

(a) No claim for damages shall be made against a school employee, as defined in section 10-222d, who reports, investigates and responds to bullying or teen dating violence, as defined in section 10-222d, in accordance with the provisions of the safe school climate plan, described in section 10-222d, if such school employee was acting in good faith in the discharge of his or her duties or within the scope of his or her employment. The immunity provided in this subsection does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, reckless, wilful or wanton misconduct.
(b) No claim for damages shall be made against a student, parent or guardian of a student or any other individual who reports an act of bullying or teen dating violence to a school employee, in accordance with the provisions of the safe school climate plan described in section 10-222d, if such individual was acting in good faith. The immunity provided in this subsection does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, reckless, wilful or wanton misconduct.
(c) No claim for damages shall be made against a local or regional board of education that implements the safe school climate plan, described in section 10-222d, and reports, investigates and responds to bullying or teen dating violence, as defined in section 10-222d, if such local or regional board of education was acting in good faith in the discharge of its duties. The immunity provided in this subsection does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, reckless, wilful or wanton misconduct.
(P.A. 11-232, S. 10; P.A. 14-234, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 11-232 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-234 added references to teen dating violence and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222m. - School security and safety plans. School security and safety committees.

(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall develop and implement a school security and safety plan for each school under the jurisdiction of such board. Such plans shall be based on the school security and safety plan standards developed by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, pursuant to section 10-222n. Each local and regional board of education shall annually review and update, if necessary, such plans.
(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall establish a school security and safety committee at each school under the jurisdiction of such board. The school security and safety committee shall be responsible for assisting in the development of the school security and safety plan for the school and administering such plan. Such school security and safety committee shall consist of a local police officer, a local first responder, a teacher and an administrator employed at the school, a mental health professional, as defined in section 10-76t, a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school and any other person the board of education deems necessary. Any parent or guardian serving as a member of a school security and safety committee shall not have access to any information reported to such committee, pursuant to subparagraph (c) of subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of section 10-222k.
(c) Each local and regional board of education shall annually submit the school security and safety plan for each school under the jurisdiction of such board, developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.
(P.A. 13-3, S. 87.)
History: P.A. 13-3 effective April 4, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222o. - Information re aggregate spending for education to be made available.

(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall annually make available on the Internet web site of such local or regional board of education the aggregate spending on salaries, employee benefits, instructional supplies, educational media supplies, instructional equipment, regular education tuition, special education tuition, purchased services and all other expenditure items, excluding debt service, for each school under the jurisdiction of such local or regional board of education.
(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, each regional educational service center shall annually make available on the Internet web site of such regional educational service center the aggregate spending on salaries, employee benefits, instructional supplies, educational media supplies, instructional equipment, regular education tuition, special education tuition, purchased services and all other expenditure items, excluding debt service, for each school under the jurisdiction of such regional educational service center.
(c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, the governing authority for each state charter school shall annually make available on the Internet web site of such governing authority the aggregate spending on salaries, employee benefits, instructional supplies, educational media supplies, instructional equipment, regular education tuition, special education tuition, purchased services and all other expenditure items, excluding debt service, for each state charter school under the jurisdiction of such governing authority.
(P.A. 13-247, S. 192.)
History: P.A. 13-247 effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222p. - Review of safe school climate plans by Department of Education. Approval or rejection.

(a) The Department of Education shall receive each safe school climate plan submitted pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-222d and review each such plan for compliance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 10-222d. Not later than thirty calendar days after receiving such plan, the department shall approve or reject such plan. If the department rejects a safe school climate plan, the department shall provide notice of such rejection and the reasons for such rejection to the local or regional board of education that submitted such plan. Such local or regional board of education shall redevelop and resubmit a safe school climate plan to the department for approval not later than thirty calendar days after receipt of notice of such rejection. Not later than thirty calendar days after receiving such resubmitted plan, the department shall approve or reject such plan. If the department rejects a resubmitted safe school climate plan, the department shall provide notice of such rejection to the local or regional board of education that resubmitted such plan. Not later than thirty calendar days after receiving notice of such rejection and the reasons for such rejection, such local or regional board of education shall adopt an appropriate model safe school climate plan, developed or recommended by the department pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 10-222h.
(b) The Department of Education shall make available on the department's Internet web site (1) each safe school climate plan that has been approved by the department, (2) a list of the school districts that have an approved safe school climate plan, and (3) a list of the school districts whose safe school climate plans have been rejected and that are in the process of resubmitting their safe school climate plans for approval by the department.
(P.A. 14-232, S. 3; P.A. 15-143, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 14-232 effective June 13, 2014; P.A. 15-143 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective June 30, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222r. - Publication of plain language explanation of rights and remedies.

Not later than June 30, 2021, each local and regional board of education shall publish on the Internet web site of such board the plain language explanation of the rights and remedies available under sections 10-4a and 10-4b provided pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-222q.
(P.A. 19-166, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 19-166 effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222s. - Provision of training materials re prevention of and intervention in discrimination and harassment against students.

Each local and regional board of education, in consultation with the Department of Education and the social and emotional learning and school climate advisory collaborative established pursuant to section 10-222q, shall provide on the Internet web site of the department training materials to school administrators regarding the prevention of and intervention in discrimination against and targeted harassment of students based on such students' (1) actual or perceived differentiating characteristics, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, socioeconomic status, academic status, physical appearance or mental, physical, developmental or sensory disability, or (2) association with individuals or groups who have or are perceived to have one or more of such characteristics. Such training materials may be developed in consultation with or provided by one or more organizations offering training on identifying, preventing and intervening in discrimination.
(P.A. 19-166, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 19-166 effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222t. - Administration of social-emotional learning assessment.

(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and each school year thereafter, the Department of Education may provide to and assist local and regional boards of education in administering a social-emotional learning assessment to students pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and each school year thereafter, a local or regional board of education may administer a social-emotional learning assessment to students. A board may use (1) the social-emotional learning assessment provided by the Department of Education pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or (2) another social-emotional learning assessment or mental health and resiliency screening.
(c) The parent or guardian of a student shall receive prior written notice of any social-emotional learning assessment or mental health and resiliency screening described in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section that is to be administered pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. No student shall complete such assessment or screening unless such parent or guardian provides permission that such student may complete such assessment or screening.
(P.A. 21-95, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 386.)
History: P.A. 21-95 effective July 1, 2021; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “shall, upon request,” with “may”, amended Subsec. (b) by making provisions applicable for each school year thereafter and replacing “shall” with “may”, deleted former Subsec. (c) re assessment for school year commencing July 1, 2022, redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c) and amended same by adding “described in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section”, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222u. - State-wide social-emotional support strategy.

(a) The Social Emotional Learning and School Climate Advisory Collaborative, established pursuant to section 10-222q, in consultation with the Department of Education, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Children and Families, the Office of Early Childhood and the Department of Public Health, shall design a state-wide social-emotional support strategy to provide support and assistance to local and regional boards of education for mental health, social-emotional support, behavioral support, trauma support and special education programs and services. The strategy shall include, but need not be limited to, recommendations regarding (1) training and recruiting mental health and social-emotional support staff and deploying them to school districts, (2) resources for school districts for the hiring of mental health and social-emotional support staff, (3) assisting boards in the development and implementation of comprehensive school counseling programs, in accordance with the guidelines adopted pursuant to section 10-203c, (4) building on existing school and community collaborations that support student mental health and well-being, such as community school models, family resource centers, health clinics, child care that is available from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and year-round use of school facilities, (5) developing or enhancing state, regional and local support networks for mental health and trauma support services through interagency agreements, local action plans and model programs, (6) improving the knowledge and skill of educators and other school personnel in order to develop social-emotional learning and restorative practices competencies and capacities, (7) creating opportunities for educators to collaborate, share support and problem solve through team planning time and professional learning communities, (8) providing resources for state-wide and local efforts to engage parents and families to support the development of student social and emotional growth at home and in the community, and (9) providing opportunities for families to discuss topics relating to social-emotional learning, restorative practices, resiliency and ways to ensure racial equity in schools.
(b) The collaborative may consult with the national Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 21-95, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 21-95 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222v. - Social-emotional learning standards for grades four to twelve.

Not later than October 1, 2022, the Department of Education shall develop student social-emotional learning standards for grades four to twelve, inclusive. Such standards shall be designed for a multitiered system of support that is culturally relevant and responsive, emphasizes school connectedness and includes restorative practices. Such standards shall be made available on the department's Internet web site. As used in this section, “social-emotional learning” means the process through which children and adults achieve emotional intelligence through the competencies of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making.
(P.A. 21-95, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 21-95 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222w. - Working group re bullying and safe school climate plans.

Not later than January 1, 2022, the Social Emotional Learning and School Climate Advisory Collaborative, established pursuant to section 10-222q, shall convene a working group to (1) review sections 10-222d to 10-222p, inclusive, relating to bullying and safe school climate plans, (2) make recommendations concerning (A) amendments to said sections 10-222d to 10-222p, inclusive, (B) the inclusion of restorative practices in safe school climate plans, and (C) state-wide adoption of the National School Climate Standards, and (3) provide technical assistance and support to local and regional boards of education in adopting and implementing the Connecticut Model School Climate Policy, policy number 5131.914. The Social Emotional Learning and School Climate Advisory Collaborative may consult with or include representatives from the national Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning as members of the working group in implementing the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 21-95, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 21-95 effective June 28, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-222x. - Inclusion of 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number on student identification cards.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, for the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall include on the student identification card distributed to each student in grades six to twelve, inclusive, the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number.
(b) If the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number has not been in operation for more than one year prior to the start of the school year commencing July 1, 2023, the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall commence and be applicable to the school years immediately following the date that the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline has been operational in the state for three hundred sixty-six days.
(P.A. 22-47, S. 28.)
History: P.A. 22-47 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-223. - Separate high school accounts.

Section 10-223 is repealed, effective June 3, 1996.
(1949 Rev., S. 1481; P.A. 78-218, S. 148; P.A. 96-161, S. 12, 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-223a. - Promotion and graduation policies. Basic skills necessary for graduation; assessment process.

(a) On or before July 1, 2000, each local and regional board of education shall review and revise its policies for promotion from grade to grade and for graduation in order to ensure that such policies foster student achievement, reduce the incidence of social promotion and meet the requirements of this section. On and after said date, such policies shall: (1) Include objective criteria for the promotion and graduation of students, (2) provide for the measuring of the progress of students against such criteria and the reporting of such information to parents and students, (3) include alternatives to promotion such as transition programs, and (4) provide for supplemental services, and such policies may require students who have substantial academic deficiencies that jeopardize their eligibility for promotion or graduation to attend after school programs, summer school or other programs offered by the school district that are designed to assist students in remedying such deficiencies.
(b) On or before September 1, 2002, each local and regional board of education shall specify the basic skills necessary for graduation for classes graduating in 2006, and for each graduating class thereafter, and include a process to assess a student's level of competency in such skills. The assessment criteria shall include, but not be exclusively based on, the results of the mastery examination, pursuant to section 10-14n, for students in grade ten or eleven. Each local and regional board of education shall identify a course of study for those students who have not successfully completed the assessment criteria to assist such students to reach a satisfactory level of competency prior to graduation.
(P.A. 99-288, S. 1, 6; P.A. 01-166; P.A. 13-207, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 99-288 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 01-166 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re basic skills necessary for graduation and assessment of competency; P.A. 13-207 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to tenth grade mastery examination with provision re results of mastery examination for students in grade ten or eleven and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-223b to 10-223d. - List of schools in need of improvement; process for improving school performance. Grants for schools in need of improvement. Identification of successful programs and methods.

Sections 10-223b to 10-223d, inclusive, are repealed, effective August 15, 2002.
(P.A. 99-288, S. 2, 6; P.A. 00-187, S. 1, 2, 75; 00-193, S. 2, 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 36, 54; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 110.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-223f. - Use of charter school student performance data in the calculation of accountability index scores for alliance districts.

(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, the Department of Education shall calculate the accountability index, as defined in section 10-223e, for an alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u, with data from each school under the jurisdiction of the board of education for such alliance district and data from any state or local charter school, as defined in section 10-66aa, located in such alliance district, provided the local board of education for such alliance district and the state or local charter school reach mutual agreement for the inclusion of the data from the state or local charter schools and the terms of such agreement are approved by the State Board of Education.
(b) Not later than October 1, 2014, the Department of Education shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, the district performance indices results, calculated in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 54; P.A. 12-116, S. 27; P.A. 13-206, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 333.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 12-116 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provisions re determination of academic performance, adding reference to the state-wide performance management and support plan and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-206 amended Subsec. (a) to replace provisions re pilot program for fiscal years 2008 to 2013 for the calculation of adequate yearly progress for purposes of the state-wide education accountability plan or the state-wide performance management and support plan for the Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven school districts with provisions re calculation of district performance index for alliance districts for the school year commencing July 1, 2013, and each school year thereafter, and to make provisions applicable to state and local charter schools, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “2013” with “2014”, and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “2013” with “2015”, replacing “district performance” with “accountability”, replacing “10-262u” with “10-223e” re definition of accountability index and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-223g. - On-line credit recovery program. On-line learning coordinator.

A local or regional board of education for a school district with a dropout rate of eight per cent or greater in the previous school year shall establish an on-line credit recovery program. Such program shall allow those students who are identified by certified personnel as in danger of failing to graduate to complete on-line coursework approved by the local or regional board of education for credit toward meeting the high school graduation requirement pursuant to section 10-221a. Each school in the school district shall designate, from among existing staff, an on-line learning coordinator who shall administer and coordinate the on-line credit recovery program pursuant to this section.
(P.A. 10-111, S. 28; P.A. 11-28, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 10-111 effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-28 made a technical change, effective June 3, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-223i. - Contracts between boards of education and not-for-profit educational management organizations. Operations report. Enrollment policies.

(a) The local or regional board of education for a school participating in the commissioner's network of schools, as described in section 10-223h, that is implementing a turnaround plan that assigns the management, administration or governance of such school to a not-for-profit educational management organization, as defined in section 10-223h, shall include in each contract with such approved not-for-profit educational management organization a requirement that such not-for-profit educational management organization annually submit to the Commissioner of Education, and make publicly available, a report on the operations of such school, including (1) the educational progress of students in such school, (2) the financial relationship between such approved not-for-profit educational management organization and the school, including a certified audit statement of all revenues from public and private sources and expenditures, (3) the time devoted by employees and consultants of such approved not-for-profit educational management organization to the school, (4) best practices used by such approved not-for-profit educational management organization at the school that contribute significantly to the academic success of students, (5) attrition rates for students and teachers, and (6) annual revenues and expenditures of such approved not-for-profit educational management organization for the school.
(b) The contract between a local or regional board of education for a school participating in the commissioner's network of schools and a not-for-profit educational management organization shall (1) state the specific services provided by such not-for-profit educational management organization and the fees charged by such not-for-profit educational management organization for such services, and (2) include provisions outlining the circumstances in which such board of education is permitted to terminate such contract with such not-for-profit educational management organization.
(c) Any not-for-profit educational management organization that is assigned the management, administration or governance of a school participating in the commissioner's network of schools shall continue the enrollment policies and practices of such school that were in effect prior to such participation in the commissioner's network of schools.
(d) The not-for-profit educational management organization that is assigned the management, administration or governance of a school participating in the commissioner's network of schools shall not be the employer of any person employed at such school.
(P.A. 12-116, S. 22; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 12-116 effective May 14, 2012; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “the principal, administrators and teachers” with “any person”, effective June 15, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-223k. - Department of Education to publish certain plans, rankings and formulas.

The Department of Education shall annually publish and make available on the department's Internet web site (1) the state-wide performance management and support plan, as described in subsection (b) of section 10-223e, (2) a list of schools ranked highest to lowest in accountability index scores, as defined in section 10-223e, (3) the formula and manner in which the accountability index was calculated for each school, and (4) the alternative versions of the formula used to calculate the accountability indices at grade levels other than elementary grade levels.
(P.A. 12-116, S. 88; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 332.)
History: P.A. 12-116 effective July 1, 2012; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 replaced “school performance” with “accountability” and added “as defined in section 10-223e” in Subdiv. (2), replaced “school performance” with “accountability” in Subdiv. (3), and replaced “school subject performance” with “accountability” in Subdiv. (4), effective July 1, 2015.
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-223m. - Adoption of policy to improve completion rates of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

Not later than July 1, 2022, each local and regional board of education shall adopt a policy to improve completion rates of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid by students enrolled in grade twelve in a high school under the jurisdiction of such board or an adult education program maintained by such board pursuant to section 10-69. A local or regional board of education may accept gifts, grants and donations, including in-kind donations, to implement the provisions of a policy adopted under this section.
(P.A. 21-199, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 21-199 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-223n. - Publication of completion rates of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

Not later than July 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Department of Education shall publish and make available on its Internet web site the student completion rate of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the graduating class for each high school and each school district. The department may exclude the completion data of certain subgroups of students for the purposes of publishing such data under this section if the career choices of the students in such subgroup are not relevant or applicable to the completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
(P.A. 21-199, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 21-199 effective July 1, 2021.