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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program › Section 9-716. - Report on status of Citizens' Election Fund. Determination of fund sufficiency. Reserve account.

(a) Not later than June 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall issue a report on the status of the Citizens' Election Fund during the previous calendar year. Such report shall include the amount of moneys deposited in the fund, the sources of moneys received by category, the number of contributions, the number of contributors, the amount of moneys expended by category, the recipients of moneys distributed from the fund and an accounting of the costs incurred by the commission in administering the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Not later than January first in any year in which a state election is to be held, the commission shall determine whether the amount of moneys in the fund is sufficient to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The commission shall issue a report on said determination.
(c) The commission shall establish a reserve account in the fund. The first twenty-five thousand dollars deposited in the fund during any year shall be placed in said account. The commission shall use moneys in the reserve account only during the seven days preceding a primary or an election for payments of grants pursuant to the provisions of this chapter if the fund is otherwise insufficient for the purposes of making such payments.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 17; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 6; P.A. 14-78, S. 2.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting former Subdiv. (2) re funding pursuant to Sec. 9-714 and made technical changes throughout, effective August 13, 2010; P.A. 14-78 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provisions re recalculation of payments if amount of moneys in fund is determined to be insufficient and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing provision re reduced payments with provision re payment of grants from moneys in reserve account if fund is otherwise insufficient, effective June 3, 2014, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program › Section 9-719. - Grant amounts and expenditures: Analysis; report.

(a) After each general election, the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall compile and analyze the following:
(1) The amount of grants made during the election cycle from the Citizens' Election Fund established under section 9-701;
(2) The amount of expenditures reported by each candidate participating in the Citizens' Election Program established under section 9-702 and by each candidate not participating in the program during the election cycle;
(3) The amount of money returned to the Citizens' Election Fund during the election cycle by each candidate;
(4) The overall and average amounts of spending for each election contest for each office during the election cycle; and
(5) The amount of independent expenditures for each election contest for each office during the election cycle.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2012, and biennially thereafter, the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall report its analysis conducted under subsection (a) of this section and any recommendations for adjustments to grant amounts under the Citizens' Election Program to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to elections in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.
(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1, S. 14.)
History: July Sp. Sess. P.A. 10-1 effective August 13, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program › Section 9-750. - Portion of revenues from tax under chapter 208 to be deposited in Citizens' Election Fund if insufficiency in fund. Deduction from amount deposited.

(a) If, (1) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, or any fiscal year thereafter, the amount of funds available under section 3-69a for deposit in the Citizens' Election Fund established in section 9-701 is less than the amount of funds required under said section 3-69a to be deposited in said fund, resulting in an insufficiency in the amount of the deposit, or (2) during an election cycle the amount of funds in the Citizens' Election Fund is less than the amount of funds required to provide grants to each qualified candidate committee pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, resulting in an insufficiency in said fund, a portion of the revenues from the tax imposed under chapter 208, equal to the amount of any insufficiency described in subdivision (1) or (2) of this section, shall be deposited in said fund to allow for the payment of grants pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3-69a, if funds are deposited into the Citizens' Election Fund pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, the aggregate amount of any such deposits shall be deducted from the amount deposited into said fund under section 3-69a for the following fiscal year.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 52; P.A 14-78, S. 1.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective January 1, 2006; P.A. 14-78 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to designate existing language re deposit from funds available under Sec. 3-69a as Subdiv. (1) and add provision re insufficiency therein, add Subdiv. (2) re insufficiency during an election cycle and add language re deposits to allow for payment of grants, and added Subsec. (b) re deduction from deposit amount for the following fiscal year, effective June 3, 2014, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 157 - Citizens' Election Program › Section 9-751. - Contributions to Citizens' Election Fund.

Any person, business entity, organization, party committee or political committee, as such terms are defined in section 9-601, may contribute to the Citizens' Election Fund established in section 9-701. Any such contribution shall be made by check or money order. The State Elections Enforcement Commission shall immediately transmit all contributions received pursuant to this section to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Citizens' Election Fund.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 53.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective January 1, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 9 - Elections › Chapter 158 - Public Financing for Municipal Elections › Section 9-760. - Pilot program for public financing of campaigns of candidates for certain municipal offices.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-192a, the State Elections Enforcement Commission shall establish a pilot program for the public financing of campaigns of candidates for the municipal offices of chief executive officer, municipal clerk and legislative body member, who agree to limit campaign fund-raising and expenditures, at a municipal election in not more than three municipalities. The commission shall establish an application procedure for the program and criteria for the selection of municipalities. The commission shall not select a municipality to participate in the program unless the legislative body of the municipality or, in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting, the board of selectmen, consents to such participation. Each municipality selected to participate shall submit an implementation plan to the commission, for its approval. Public financing under said program shall not be deemed to be public funds for the purposes of subsection (d) of section 9-610. A candidate for any such municipal office who decides not to participate in such program shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 155.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5, S. 48.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-5 effective December 31, 2006, and applicable to elections held on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-2. - Officers. Secretaries. Agents. Employees. “Secretary to the State Board of Education” deemed to mean “Commissioner of Education”.

(a) The Governor shall select one of the members of the State Board of Education to serve as chairperson. Said board shall appoint such committees as may be convenient or necessary in the transaction of its business. The Commissioner of Education shall serve as secretary to the board and said commissioner may appoint an assistant secretary, provided neither of them shall be members of the board. The commissioner shall record all acts of the board and certify the same to all concerned and shall be the custodian of its records and papers; shall prepare such routine business for presentation to said board as may be necessary or advisable; shall compile and publish, under the direction of said board, all regulations and acts which may be required and shall perform such duties as the board prescribes. Said board may appoint, and may prescribe the duties of, such subordinates, agents and employees as it finds necessary in the conduct of its business.
(b) Whenever the term the secretary to the State Board of Education occurs or is referred to in the general statutes, it shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Commissioner of Education.
(1949 Rev., S. 1333; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 2, 3, 212.)
History: P.A. 77-614 provided for selection of chairman by governor rather than by board itself, provided that commissioner of education serve as secretary and have power to appoint assistant secretary and that neither be considered a member, replacing provision for appointment of secretary and assistant by board itself and added Subsec. (b); P.A. 78-218 substituted “chairperson” for “chairman” and deleted provision concerning appointment of agent to “secure the observance of the laws relating to the instruction of children”.
Cited. 152 C. 568; 184 C. 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-2a. - Student Advisory Council on Education.

(a) The Commissioner of Education shall appoint a state Student Advisory Council on Education. The commissioner shall ensure that the membership of the council (1) includes male and female students, (2) is racially, ethnically and economically diverse, (3) includes students from each Congressional district in the state, and (4) includes students who have disabilities.
(b) The council shall submit to the Governor a list of five candidates for appointment as student members to the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-1. Such candidates shall meet the criteria established pursuant to said section 10-1 for student membership on the state board.
(P.A. 98-84, S. 2, 3.)
History: P.A. 98-84 effective May 4, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-3. - Prosecuting agents to enforce school laws.

Section 10-3 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1334; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 92; February, 1965, P.A. 112, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-3a. - Department of Education. Commissioner. Organization of bureaus, divisions and other units. Regulations. Advisory boards.

(a) There shall be a Department of Education which shall serve as the administrative arm of the State Board of Education. The department shall be under the direction of the Commissioner of Education, whose appointment shall be recommended to the Governor by the State Board of Education for a term of four years to be coterminous with the term of the Governor. Such appointment shall be in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-7, inclusive. The Commissioner of Education shall be the administrative officer of the department and shall administer, coordinate and supervise the activities of the department in accordance with the policies established by the board.
(b) The State Board of Education shall organize the Department of Education into such bureaus, divisions and other units as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the department, and may, from time to time, create, abolish, transfer or consolidate within the department any bureau, division or other unit as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of said board. Upon such organization or reorganization the board shall adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54. The board may create such advisory boards as it deems necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the department.
(P.A. 77-614, S. 299, 300, 610; P.A. 07-114, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 07-114 amended Subsec. (a) to make appointment of commissioner gubernatorial with recommendation by State Board of Education and to add reference to Secs. 4-5 to 4-7, inclusive.
Cited. 198 C. 445; 210 C. 286.
Cited. 39 CS 443.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-3b. - Annual report to the General Assembly re State Education Resource Center.

Section 10-3b is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 13-286, S. 3; P.A. 21-144, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-3d. - Designated employee responsible for providing information and assistance re dyslexia.

The Commissioner of Education shall designate an employee of the Department of Education to be responsible for providing information and assistance to local and regional boards of education and the parents or guardians of students relating to the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy interventions for, students with dyslexia. For purposes of this section, “dyslexia” has the same meaning as provided in the Department of Education IEP Manual and Forms, revised January 2015, as amended from time to time.
(P.A. 15-97, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 15-97 effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-3e. - Designated employee responsible for providing information and assistance re gifted and talented students.

The Commissioner of Education shall designate an employee of the Department of Education, preferably an employee who has experience working with gifted and talented students, to be responsible for providing information and assistance to local and regional boards of education and the parents or guardians of students. Such information and assistance shall relate to awareness about, identification of and the provision of services to, gifted and talented students.
(P.A. 17-82, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 17-82 effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4a. - Educational interests of state identified.

For purposes of sections 10-4, 10-4b and 10-220, the educational interests of the state shall include, but not be limited to, the concern of the state that (1) each child shall have for the period prescribed in the general statutes equal opportunity to receive a suitable program of educational experiences; (2) each school district shall finance at a reasonable level at least equal to the minimum budget requirement pursuant to the provisions of section 10-262j an educational program designed to achieve this end; (3) in order to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation, each school district shall provide educational opportunities for its students to interact with students and teachers from other racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds and may provide such opportunities with students from other communities; and (4) the mandates in the general statutes pertaining to education within the jurisdiction of the State Board of Education be implemented.
(1969, P.A. 690, S. 1; P.A. 79-128, S. 10, 36; P.A. 89-124, S. 7, 13; P.A. 97-290, S. 1, 29; P.A. 12-120, S. 14; P.A. 15-99, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 79-128 required financing of educational program “at least equal to the minimum expenditure requirement pursuant to the provisions of section 10-262e”; P.A. 89-124 substituted a reference to Sec. 10-262j for a reference to Sec. 10-262e which was repealed by Sec. 12 of the act; P.A. 97-290 added new Subdiv. (3) re reduction in racial, ethnic and economic isolation, redesignated former Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4) and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 12-120 amended Subdiv. (2) by replacing “expenditure” with “budget” and replacing “10-262j” with “10-262i”, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 15-99 amended Subdiv. (2) by replacing “10-262i” with “10-262j”, effective July 1, 2015.
State's interest in educational equality recognized; present system of school financing, relying principally on local property taxes, violates this principle and is unconstitutional. 172 C. 615. Cited. 179 C. 694; 187 C. 187; 195 C. 24; 226 C. 704; 228 C. 699; 238 C. 1.
Cited. 44 CA 179.
Cited. 29 CS 397; 36 CS 293.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4c. - State board to monitor state grants to local and regional boards.

Section 10-4c is repealed, effective June 3, 1996.
(P.A. 78-207; P.A. 82-314, S. 45, 63; P.A. 92-170, S. 6, 26; P.A. 93-353, S. 33, 52; P.A. 96-161, S. 12, 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4d. - Advisory committee on educational equity.

Section 10-4d is repealed.
(P.A. 80-455, S. 1–3; P.A. 87-4, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-303, S. 17, 22; P.A. 92-143, S. 3, 4; 92-262, S. 41, 42.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4e. - Coordination and planning for educational technology.

Section 10-4e is repealed, effective July 1, 2000.
(P.A. 82-266, S. 1, 2; P.A. 83-587, S. 12, 96; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 91-30, S. 2, 4; P.A. 92-146, S. 3, 5; P.A. 93-353, S. 24, 52; P.A. 94-245, S. 30, 46; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; 96-244, S. 42, 63; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-9, S. 21, 50; P.A. 98-252, S. 53, 80; P.A. 00-187, S. 74, 75.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4f. - State Board of Education. Copyright authority.

The State Board of Education shall have the authority to obtain, in the name of the Secretary of the State for the benefit of the people of the state, patents, trademarks and copyrights for inventions, discoveries and literary, artistic, musical or other products of authorship and to file and prosecute patent, trademark and copyright applications. Any net proceeds that may be derived from the assignment, grant, license or other disposal of said patents, trademarks or copyrights shall be deposited to the resources of the General Fund.
(P.A. 84-191, S. 1, 2.)
Cited. 226 C. 704.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4g. - Parental and community involvement in schools; model program; school-based teams.

(a) The State Board of Education shall develop and distribute to all local and regional boards of education a model program to encourage the participation of parents and the community in the local or regional educational system. The model program shall include, but not be limited to, the establishment of school-based teams with representatives of parents, students, teachers, administrators, local or regional boards of education and community groups and organizations assembled to: (1) Foster model agreements between parents and their children with the cooperation of the school, such agreements to cover goals and objectives for the student for the school year; (2) adopt agreements to foster cooperation and improve communication between such representatives regarding matters such as academic rights and responsibilities, codes of social conduct and disciplinary policies; and (3) develop agreements to encourage community residents to take an active role in improving the school and to become school volunteers. The model program developed by the state board shall provide model agreements for the use of school-based teams in the development of their own local or regional agreements.
(b) The State Board of Education shall develop a program to encourage local and regional boards of education to develop and implement plans to involve parents of students in the educational process in that district and to increase community involvement in the schools. The local programs shall include, but not be limited to, providing regular contact with all parents, including opportunities for parents to meet with their children's instructors for the purpose of reviewing the curriculum of their child's program, and developing strategies for parents to actively assist in the educational process. Such local programs shall also include the development of written materials designed to familiarize parents with their child's curriculum and to detail specific activities parents and students may undertake together to enrich the child's education experience and development. The State Board of Education shall develop such program on or before July 1, 1998, and shall immediately distribute the materials explaining the program to all local and regional boards of education.
(P.A. 84-209, S. 1, 2; P.A. 97-290, S. 6, 29.)
History: P.A. 97-290 expanded the model program to include community participation, substituted school-based teams for local or regional panels, added provisions in Subsec. (a) re agreements to improve communication and to encourage community residents to take an active role, amended Subsec. (b) to require local programs to provide regular contact with parents, to require the State Board of Education to develop the model program on or before July 1, 1998, and to delete provisions re submission of plans to the State Board of Education, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997.
Cited. 226 C. 704.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4l. - Advisory committee on school district reporting requirements.

Section 10-4l is repealed, effective July 1, 1996.
(P.A. 91-220, S. 4, 8; P.A. 92-170, S. 1, 26; P.A. 96-244, S. 62, 63.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4m. - Commission on Educational Excellence.

Section 10-4m is repealed, effective July 1, 1998.
(P.A. 92-143, S. 1, 4, P.A. 98-252, S. 79, 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 105, 121.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4n. - Committee on Educational Equity and Excellence.

Section 10-4n is repealed, effective June 12, 2008.
(P.A. 92-143, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-353, S. 1, 52; P.A. 94-245, S. 37, 46; P.A. 08-153, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4q. - Grants to alliance districts for curricula, training and related textbooks and materials.

The Commissioner of Education, with the assistance of the State Education Resource Center, established pursuant to section 10-357a, may provide grants to local and regional boards of education for school districts designated as alliance districts, pursuant to section 10-262u. Such grants shall be for the creation and acquisition of new curricula, training in the use of such curricula and related supporting textbooks and other materials. Such local and regional boards of education may use such grants only for curricula, training and related textbooks and materials that have been authorized by the commissioner. Such local and regional boards of education shall apply for grants pursuant to this section at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes, and the commissioner shall determine the amount of the grant awards.
(P.A. 05-245, S. 24; P.A. 11-85, S. 9; P.A. 12-116, S. 44; P.A. 13-286, S. 2; P.A. 14-212, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 05-245 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 11-85 amended Subsec. (c) by designating existing language as Subpara. (A) and adding Subpara. (B) re professional development activities for teachers in Subdiv. (2), redesignating existing Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (6), and adding new Subdiv. (4) re strategies for students who are in danger of failing and Subdiv. (5) re culturally relevant methods for educating students whose primary language is not English, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-116 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “continuing education” with “professional development”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-286 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdivs. (1) and (2) re center subject to competitive bidding requirements and audits and adding provisions re center considered a public agency for purposes of Ch. 14 and considered a state agency for purposes of Ch. 55a, effective July 12, 2013; P.A. 14-212 deleted former Subsecs. (a) re State Education Resource Center and (c) re Connecticut School Reform Resource Center, deleted Subsec. (b) designator, added reference to Sec. 10-357a, replaced reference to school districts identified as in need of improvement with reference to school districts designated as alliance districts and made technical and conforming changes, effective June 13, 2014 (Revisor's note: A reference to “this subsection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “this section” for accuracy).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4r. - Recommendations re definition of attendance region for Technical Education and Career System.

Section 10-4r is repealed, effective July 1, 2022.
(P.A. 10-76, S. 9; P.A. 12-116, S. 76; P.A. 17-237, S. 39; P.A. 22-118, S. 514.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4s. - Reports and evaluations re school governance councils and reconstituted schools.

(a) On or before December 1, 2011, and biennially thereafter, the Department of Education shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education on the number of school governance councils established pursuant to section 10-223j.
(b) On or before December 1, 2013, and biennially thereafter, the department shall include in the report described in subsection (a) of this section an evaluation of the establishment and effectiveness of the school governance councils established pursuant to section 10-223j.
(c) On or before December 1, 2015, and biennially thereafter, the department shall include in the report described in subsection (a) of this section: (1) The number of school governance councils that have recommended reconstitution pursuant to section 10-223j; (2) the number of such school governance councils that have initiated reconstitution pursuant to section 10-223j, and the reconstitution models adopted; and (3) recommendations whether to continue to allow school governance councils to recommend reconstitution pursuant to section 10-223j.
(d) On or before December 1, 2017, and biennially thereafter, the department shall include in the report described in subsection (a) of this section an evaluation of those schools that have reconstituted pursuant to section 10-223j. Such evaluation shall determine whether such schools have demonstrated progress with regard to the following indicators: (1) The reconstitution model adopted by the school; (2) the length of the school day and school year; (3) the number and type of disciplinary incidents; (4) the number of truants; (5) the dropout rate; (6) the student attendance rate; (7) the average scale scores on the state-wide mastery examination pursuant to section 10-14n; (8) for high schools, the number and percentage of students completing advanced placement coursework; (9) the teacher attendance rate; and (10) the existence and size of the parent-teacher organization for the school.
(P.A. 10-111, S. 22; P.A. 11-135, S. 6; P.A. 12-116, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 10-111 effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-135 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing former provisions with language re report on the number of school governance councils established, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing former provisions with language re evaluation of establishment and effectiveness of school governance councils, amended Subsec. (c) by replacing former provisions with language re reconstitution recommended and initiated by school governance councils and added Subsec. (d) re evaluation of reconstituted schools, effective July 8, 2011; P.A. 12-116 replaced references to Sec. 10-223e(g) with references to Sec. 10-223j, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4t. - Reports and evaluations re school governance councils.

Section 10-4t is repealed, effective July 8, 2011.
(P.A. 10-111, S. 23; P.A. 11-28, S. 2; 11-135, S. 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4u. - Parent Trust Fund.

There is established a Parent Trust Fund, the resources of which shall be used by the Commissioner of Education to fund programs aimed at improving the health, safety and education of children by training parents in civic leadership skills and supporting increased, sustained, quality parental engagement in community affairs. The commissioner may accept on behalf of the fund any federal funds or private grants or gifts made for purposes of this section. The fund may receive state funds. The commissioner shall use such funds to make grants to programs for purposes described in this section.
(P.A. 10-111, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 10-111 effective May 26, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-4w. - Standards re remote learning. Authorization of remote learning for grades nine to twelve.

(a) As used in this section, “remote learning” means instruction by means of one or more Internet-based software platforms as part of a remote learning model.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Education shall develop, and update as necessary, standards for remote learning. The standards shall not be deemed to be regulations, as defined in section 4-166.
(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, a local or regional board of education may authorize remote learning to students in grades nine to twelve, inclusive, provided such board (1) provides such instruction in compliance with the standards developed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and (2) adopts a policy regarding the requirements for student attendance during remote learning, which shall (A) be in compliance with the Department of Education's guidance on student attendance during remote learning, and (B) count the attendance of any student who spends not less than one-half of the school day during such instruction engaged in (i) virtual classes, (ii) virtual meetings, (iii) activities on time-logged electronic systems, and (iv) the completion and submission of assignments.
(P.A. 21-46, S. 16; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 391.)
History: P.A. 21-46 effective June 16, 2021; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 redefined in Subsec. (a) “virtual learning” as “remote learning” and replaced “an in-person or” with “a” in the definition, and replaced references to “virtual learning” with “remote learning” throughout, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-5a. - Educational technology and high school graduation requirements.

The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, assist and encourage local and regional boards of education to use and integrate educational technology in the courses required for high school graduation pursuant to section 10-221a in order to promote proficiency in the use of educational technology by each student who graduates from high school.
(P.A. 96-244, S. 51, 63; P.A. 03-76, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 96-244, S. 51 effective June 6, 1996; P.A. 03-76 made a technical change, effective June 3, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-5b. - Department of Education web site.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Department of Education may develop and maintain a web site without the aid of the Department of Administrative Services.
(P.A. 06-192, S. 7; P.A. 11-51, S. 76.)
History: P.A. 06-192 effective June 7, 2006; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Information Technology” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-5c. - Academic advancement program.

Section 10-5c is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 10-111, S. 17; P.A. 13-247, S. 188; P.A. 15-215, S. 7; P.A. 21-144, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-5d. - Technical assistance for implementation of high school graduation requirements. Report.

(a) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, and June 30, 2013, inclusive, the Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, provide technical assistance to any local or regional board of education that begins implementation of the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of section 10-221a.
(b) On or before November 1, 2013, and biennially thereafter, each local or regional board of education receiving technical assistance from the department pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall report to the department on the status of the school district's implementation of the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of section 10-221a.
(c) On or before February 1, 2014, and biennially thereafter, the department shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education on the status of implementation of the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of section 10-221a by local and regional boards of education in the state. Such report shall include, (1) an explanation of any existing state and federal funds currently available to assist in such implementation, (2) recommendations regarding the appropriation of additional state funds to support local and regional boards of education in the implementation of subsections (c) and (d) of said section 10-221a, and (3) recommendations for any statutory changes that would facilitate implementation of subsections (c) and (d) of said section 10-221a by local and regional boards of education.
(P.A. 10-111, S. 18; P.A. 11-135, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 10-111 effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-135 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2018” with “June 30, 2012, and June 30, 2013”, deleting references to grants, adding language re technical assistance and making conforming changes, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “2012” with “2013”, replacing “seeking grant” with “receiving technical” and deleting provision re explanation why funds are necessary for next biennium, and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “2013” with “2014”, effective July 8, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-5e. - Development or approval of end of the school year examinations.

Section 10-5e is repealed, effective July 1, 2017.
(P.A. 10-111, S. 19; P.A. 11-135, S. 4; P.A. 17-42, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-7v. - Digital Citizenship, Internet Safety and Media Literacy Advisory Council.

There is established a Digital Citizenship, Internet Safety and Media Literacy Advisory Council within the Department of Education. The council shall consist of teachers, librarians, representatives from parent-teacher organizations and persons with expertise in digital citizenship, Internet safety and media literacy, as appointed by the Commissioner of Education. The council shall provide recommendations to the State Board of Education regarding (1) best practices relating to instruction in digital citizenship, Internet safety and media literacy, and (2) methods of instructing students to safely, ethically, responsibly and effectively use media and technology resources. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2-15, no member of the council shall receive mileage reimbursement or a transportation allowance for traveling to a meeting of the council.
(P.A. 17-67, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 17-67 effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-8. - Licensing of private schools for trade instruction and special occupational training.

Section 10-8 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1343; February, 1965, P.A. 475, S. 1; P.A. 79-380, S. 16.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-8a. - Adoption of regulations to exempt educational institutions from licensing requirements by Department of Children and Families.

The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 in order to determine which educational institutions shall be exempt from the requirements of sections 17a-146 and 17a-152.
(P.A. 78-108, S. 3, 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-8b. - Teacher shortages.

(a) The Commissioner of Education shall annually, by December first, determine subject and geographic areas in which a teacher shortage exists and shall certify such shortages to the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority for purposes of section 8-265pp. In determining teacher shortages, the commissioner shall consider the following: (1) The number of teacher vacancies in a particular subject or geographic area; (2) the number of new certificates in such areas issued by the Department of Education during the preceding year; and (3) the number and types of classes being taught by persons whose training is not specific to the field in which they are teaching.
(b) The Department of Education shall annually, by March first, electronically distribute to the president of every institution of higher education in this state offering a teacher preparatory program information concerning teacher shortage areas, determined pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, for at least the prior five years.
(P.A. 00-187, S. 25, 75; P.A. 11-133, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 00-187 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 11-133 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) requiring Department of Education to electronically distribute, on an annual basis, information re teacher shortage areas to every institution of higher education in the state offering a teacher preparatory program, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-8c. - Accelerated cross endorsement. Former teacher certification.

The Department of Education, in cooperation with the Office of Higher Education, shall, within available appropriations, (1) establish an accelerated cross endorsement process for each subject shortage area pursuant to section 10-8b to allow certified teachers to add a new endorsement to their certificates, and (2) establish a program for formerly certified teachers to regain certification.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 7, 54; P.A. 11-48, S. 285; P.A. 13-240, S. 5.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 effective July 1, 2001; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Department of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-240 replaced “Board of Regents for Higher Education” with “Office of Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-9. - Bequests for educational purposes.

(a) The State Treasurer may receive in the name of the state any money or property given or bequeathed to the state, to the Board of Regents for Higher Education or to any of the constituent units for educational purposes, and may expend the same or any income therefrom according to the terms of the gift or bequest. Such money or property shall be invested by the Treasurer in accordance with the provisions of section 3-31a.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the State Board of Education may receive in the name of the state any money or property given or bequeathed to the State Board of Education. Said board shall transfer any such money to the State Treasurer who shall invest the money in accordance with the provisions of section 3-31a. Said board may use any such property for educational purposes.
(1949 Rev., S. 1344; February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 15; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 78-236, S. 4, 20; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 86-333, S. 2, 32; P.A. 11-48, S. 276; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 17-237, S. 40; P.A. 22-118, S. 271.)
History: 1965 act included reference to money or property given or bequeathed to commission for higher education or its constituent units; P.A. 77-573 substituted board of higher education for commission for higher education; P.A. 78-236 substituted Sec. 3-31a for reference to repealed Sec. 3-27; P.A. 82-218 replaced board of higher education with board of governors pursuant to reorganization of higher education system, effective March 1, 1983; P.A. 84-241 added “of higher education” to board of governors' title; P.A. 86-333 added the designation Subsec. (a), deleted the provision that the state treasurer may receive money or property given or bequeathed to the state board of education and added Subsec. (b) providing for the receipt and transfer of money and receipt and use of property; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “Board of Governors of Higher Education” with “Board of Regents for Higher Education” and make a conforming change, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “regional vocational-technical schools” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high schools” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “technical high schools” with “technical education and career schools”, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “or to any of the technical education and career schools”, effective July 1, 2022.
No authority under section to authorize the turning over of funds of The Wheeler School and Library to State Board of Education. 15 CS 427.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-9a. - Misuse of state funds or resources. Civil action by department.

(a) The Department of Education may institute a civil action in the Superior Court, or in the United States District Court, where applicable, against any person, firm, corporation, business or combination thereof, including a charter management organization, it believes, or has reason to believe, has misused state funds or has engaged in the misuse of state resources, to enjoin said parties from continuing such conduct within this state and to seek repayment of such funds, as well as damages, on behalf of the state. In such actions the department shall be represented by the Attorney General.
(b) Upon the institution of such civil action, the Attorney General shall have the right to take the deposition of any witness the Attorney General believes, or has reason to believe, has information relative to the prosecution of such action, upon application made to the Superior Court, notwithstanding the provisions of other statutes limiting depositions. The Attorney General shall also have the right to take such depositions in other states and to utilize the laws of such other states relative to the taking of depositions where allowed by the laws of such states.
(c) In any case where the misuse of state funds or resources or damages referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be proven by a fair preponderance of the evidence, the court shall order repayment by any or all defendants of said damages through the Department of Education.
(d) The court shall also have the right, in its discretion, to assess treble damages against said defendants.
(P.A. 21-144, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 21-144 effective July 7, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-10b. - Inclusion of state-assigned student identifier on all official student documents.

Each local and regional board of education shall include a student's state-assigned student identifier on all official student documents for each student under the jurisdiction of such board of education. For purposes of this section, “official student document” includes, but is not limited to, transcripts, report cards, attendance records, disciplinary reports and student withdrawal forms.
(P.A. 11-70, S. 15; P.A. 13-122, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 11-70 effective August 31, 2011; P.A. 13-122 replaced former provisions with provisions requiring that state-assigned student identifier be included on all official student documents and re definition of “official student document”, effective July 1, 2013.