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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183r. - Funding of system. Payment of administration expenses, benefit costs and professional fees for administration of health benefit plans.

The system shall be funded as follows:
(1) Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this section, all expenses of the administration of the system, exclusive of payment of benefits, shall be paid for out of amounts appropriated by the General Assembly on certifications and recommendations submitted by the board.
(2) The cost of all benefits payable from the system shall be paid out of the retirement fund which shall consist of contributions paid by members, appropriations by the General Assembly based upon certifications and recommendations submitted by the board, the proceeds of bonds held by the system under section 10-183m, the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to section 10-183qq and earnings of the system.
(3) Professional fees associated with the administration of the health benefit plans offered pursuant to section 10-183t may be paid for out of the retired teachers' health insurance premium account established pursuant to said section 10-183t.
(P.A. 78-208, S. 17, 35; P.A. 79-436, S. 2, 6; P.A. 07-186, S. 11; P.A. 10-57, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 98.)
History: P.A. 79-436 substituted “certifications” and “recommendations” for “estimates”; P.A. 07-186 amended Subdiv. (2) to include proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to Sec. 10-183qq as a source of revenue for retirement fund from which cost of all benefits of system are paid, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 10-57 added Subdiv. (3) re payment of professional fees associated with administration of health benefit plans, effective May 18, 2010; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 made a technical change in Subdiv. (1) and amended Subdiv. (3) by eliminating cap on professional fees for administration of health benefit plans that may be paid out of retired teachers' health insurance premium account, effective July 1, 2015.
Basis for ascertainment of payments into annuity fund is amount teacher is entitled to receive from employer. 116 C. 505.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183rr. - No credit for improperly certified teacher.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (28) of section 10-183b concerning the requirement that a teacher hold a certificate for the position in which the person is employed, any teacher who possesses a certificate or permit issued by the State Board of Education and is notified on or after December 1, 2003, by the Department of Education that such teacher is not properly certified for the position in which the teacher is employed or has been employed, such teacher shall receive no further credit in the teachers' retirement system for employment in such position until the teacher becomes properly certified for such position. The Teachers' Retirement Board shall not rescind any credited service to such teacher for such employment and shall restore any such credit to such teacher if rescinded prior to May 27, 2008.
(P.A. 08-112, S. 3; P.A. 22-118, S. 192.)
History: P.A. 08-112 effective May 27, 2008; P.A. 22-118 replaced reference to Sec. 10-183b(26) with reference to Sec. 10-183b(28), effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183s. - Reimbursement of municipalities.

Any municipality exempted from the provisions of this chapter shall be reimbursed in July of each year for retirement benefits paid by the municipality to a teacher retired by the municipality. The employer of the retired teacher shall certify under oath to the board the amount of the retirement benefit. The amount of the reimbursement shall be determined by the board.
(P.A. 78-208, S. 18, 35.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183ss. - Electronic direct deposit of pension payments.

Unless otherwise requested by the recipient, any pension payment made under section 10-183c shall be made by electronic direct deposit to the recipient's account in a bank, Connecticut credit union or federal credit union that has agreed to accept such payment.
(P.A. 11-48, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 11-48 effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183u. - Participation in hospital insurance benefits under Social Security Act.

Section 10-183u is repealed.
(P.A. 78-208, S. 20, 35; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 86-1, S. 54, 58.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183uu. - Teachers' Retirement Board data. Interagency agreement between Secretary of Office of Policy and Management and state agency.

(a) If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management enters into a contract with an actuarial consulting firm or actuarial software service provider, the Teachers' Retirement Board shall promptly provide, in the form and format specified by the secretary, any data requested by the secretary during the term of such contract.
(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management may, by interagency agreement, share actuarial data, analyses or software services with any other state agency, including, but not limited to, the office of the State Treasurer, the office of the State Comptroller and the Office of Fiscal Analysis.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 145; P.A. 21-40, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019; P.A. 21-40 made a technical change in Subsec. (a).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183ww. - Credited interest percentage and return assumption. Revised actuarial valuation and certification to General Assembly.

(a) Not later than fourteen business days after the last action necessary to make effective a state budget act for the biennium ending June 30, 2021, subject to the approval of the Teachers' Retirement Board, the credited interest percentage for member accounts, except voluntary accounts containing only those contributions made pursuant to section 10-183i shall be not more than four per cent per annum and the return assumption shall be six and nine-tenths per cent per annum. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10-183vv, 12-801, 12-806 and 12-812, if the board fails to revise such percentage and adopt such return assumption: (1) No moneys shall be deposited in the Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Fund Bonds Special Capital Reserve Fund, established in section 10-183vv; (2) the Treasurer's duties and obligations under section 10-183vv shall terminate; and (3) the pledges made in section 10-183vv shall not be in effect.
(b) If the board revises such percentage and adopts such return assumption in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the board shall, on or before July 1, 2019, and notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 10-183z: (1) Request a revised actuarial valuation for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, based on changes to the benefit program, amortization period and the systematic program of annual payments applied to determine the amortization of unfunded liabilities of the Connecticut teachers' retirement system as provided in subdivision (2) of section 10-183b and section 10-183z; and (2) certify to the General Assembly for such fiscal years the amount necessary, based on such revised actuarial valuation, to maintain the Teachers' Retirement Fund on an actuarial reserve basis.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 89; P.A. 22-118, S. 189.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective June 26, 2019; P.A. 22-118 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re exception for voluntary accounts containing only contributions made pursuant to Sec. 10-183i, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183x. - Benefits under prior law preserved.

(a) All persons receiving benefits from the system on June 30, 1978, and all persons who subsequently become entitled to receive benefits as beneficiaries of persons receiving such benefits on said date shall receive those benefits to which they are entitled under the provisions of chapter 167, in effect on June 30, 1978.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, all persons receiving retirement benefits from said system on June 30, 1978, shall be eligible for an annual cost-of-living allowance in accordance with the provisions of subsection (j) of section 10-183g.
(c) Any additional credited service purchased by June 30, 1978 or being purchased on that date, provided the purchase is completed in accordance with the terms of the purchase, shall be deemed to be additional credited service purchased in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(P.A. 78-208, S. 33, 35; 78-228, S. 7, 8.)
History: P.A. 78-228 made no substantive change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183xx. - Rollover accounts for members who submit retirement application: Distributions. Polices and procedures. Restrictions.

(a) The Teachers' Retirement Board shall establish a rollover account for each active, inactive and disabled member who submits a formal application of retirement, as defined in section 10-183b. Any such member may make rollover contributions of any pretax assets maintained in an eligible retirement plan to such rollover account at any time within two months prior to such member's retirement date, as designated in such application. The board shall not accept any such rollover contribution after a member's retirement date. For purposes of this section, “eligible retirement plan” means an eligible retirement plan as defined in Section 402(c)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time.
(b) Commencing with retirements effective September 1, 2021, or later, any amount in a retired member's rollover account shall be distributed to such member in the form of an actuarially equivalent annuity for life, using the annuity rates adopted by the board for the selected retirement date and under the terms and conditions of the payment plan option the member selected on his or her formal application of retirement, as defined in section 10-183b. If such member dies prior to the date of his or her retirement, the accumulated rollover funds shall be distributed under the terms and conditions of the payment plan option the member elected on such application.
(c) The board shall adopt policies and procedures regarding the prudent and efficient operation of rollover accounts established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, which shall include, but need not be limited to, application and payment procedures for such accounts.
(d) The funds in a member's rollover account shall be used only for distributions in accordance with subsection (b) of this section. The funds in such account may not be applied toward the purchase of additional credited service pursuant to section 10-183e. No interest shall be applied to any funds contained in a member's rollover account.
(e) Rollover contributions made in accordance with this section shall not be treated as contributions, as defined in section 10-183b, and the board shall not subject such contributions to the limitations imposed under Section 415(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time.
(P.A. 21-186, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 21-186 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183y. - Appeal to board for reconsideration.

Any member may appeal to the Teachers' Retirement Board for reconsideration of a decision of the board affecting such member. Such member shall submit with such appeal a written statement identifying the section of the general statutes that provides for the benefit to which such member claims he or she was entitled and denied and received a written denial for such request. Such appeal shall be made within ninety days of the date of issuance of written notice of such decision. The board shall meet to review such member's records and, if requested in writing, allow such member to appear at such meeting. The board shall render a written decision within sixty days of receipt of such request for reconsideration.
(P.A. 79-401; P.A. 80-298; P.A. 21-186, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 80-298 required that appeal be made within 90 days of written notice of decision; P.A. 21-186 added provision requiring statement identifying section of the general statutes providing benefit for which member claims entitlement, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-184a. - Special education programs or services for children educated in a home or private school.

(a) The provisions of sections 10-76a to 10-76h, inclusive, shall not be construed to require any local, regional or state board of education to provide special education programs or services for any child whose parent or guardian has chosen to educate such child in a home or private school in accordance with the provisions of section 10-184 and who refuses to consent to such programs or services.
(b) If any such board of education provides special education programs or services for any child whose parent or guardian has chosen to educate such child in a private school in accordance with the provisions of section 10-184, such programs or services shall be in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 USC 1400 et seq., as amended from time to time.
(P.A. 94-245, S. 43, 46; P.A. 12-173, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 94-245 effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 12-173 designated existing language as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re special education programs or services provided to child in private school to be in compliance with Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, effective June 15, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-184b. - Waiver provisions not applicable to equivalent instruction authority of parents.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or public or special act granting the Commissioner of Education the authority to waive provisions of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Education shall not limit the authority of parents or guardians to provide for equivalent instruction pursuant to section 10-184.
(P.A. 94-245, S. 44, 46.)
History: P.A. 94-245 effective July 1, 1994.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-185. - Penalty.

Each day's failure on the part of a person to comply with any provision of section 10-184 shall be a distinct offense, punishable by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars. Said penalty shall not be incurred when it appears that the child is destitute of clothing suitable for attending school and the parent or person having control of such child is unable to provide such clothing. All offenses concerning the same child shall be charged in separate counts in one complaint. When a complaint contains more than one count, the court may give sentence on one or more counts and suspend sentence on the remaining counts. If, at the end of twelve weeks from the date of the sentence, it appears that the child concerned has attended school regularly during that time, judgment on such remaining counts shall not be executed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1446; P.A. 78-218, S. 117; P.A. 90-240, S. 4, 6; 90-325, S. 19, 32.)
History: P.A. 78-218 deleted provision excluding from penalty parents or those in charge of children whose mental or physical condition renders instruction inexpedient or impracticable; P.A. 90-240 increased the penalty for failure to comply with Sec. 10-184 from $5 a week to $25 a day; P.A. 90-325 changed effective date of P.A. 90-240 from July 1, 1990, to July 1, 1991.
Cited. 193 C. 93.
Cited. 36 CS 357.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-187. - Appeal from finding of hearing board.

Any parent or guardian or emancipated minor or a pupil eighteen years of age or older or local or regional board of education aggrieved by the finding of the hearing board established by the State Board of Education rendered under the provisions of section 10-186 may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal shall be in the judicial district within which such board is situated.
(1949 Rev., S. 1448; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 19; P.A. 74-183, S. 188, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 164, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 9, 125; P.A. 78-218, S. 119; 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 79-292, S. 2, 3; P.A. 80-175, S. 3, 5.)
History: 1971 act substituted court of common pleas for superior court; P.A. 74-183 included reference to judicial districts; P.A. 76-436 substituted superior court for court of common pleas, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 made appeals subject to provisions of Sec. 4-183 except that venue is in county or judicial district within which town is located; P.A. 78-218 replaced “town” with “local or regional board of education”; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; P.A. 79-292 changed section to refer to findings of hearing board rather than state board of education; P.A. 80-175 allowed appeal to be taken by emancipated minor or pupil 18 or older.
Cited. 148 C. 238.
Cited. 19 CA 428; 34 CA 567.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-188. - Private schools and instruction.

Attendance of children at a school other than a public school shall not be regarded as compliance with the laws of the state requiring parents and other persons having control of children to cause them to attend school, unless the teachers or persons having control of such school file with the Commissioner of Education student attendance reports at such times and in such forms as the commissioner prescribes, and make such reports and returns concerning the school under their charge to the Commissioner of Education as are required from boards of education concerning the public schools, except that no report concerning finances shall be required. The Commissioner of Education shall furnish to the teachers or persons having charge of any school such forms as may be necessary for compliance with the provisions of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 1449; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 88-360, S. 22, 63.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 88-360 substituted the filing of student attendance reports with the commissioner of education for the keeping of a register of attendance open to the inspection of the commissioner and agents of the state board of education and provided that the commissioner furnish forms rather than registers and blanks for returns, upon request.
Cited. 147 C. 374; 149 C. 720.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-189 to 10-192. - Leaving certificate. Educationally retarded children, exception. Physical examination. Employer's duty upon receiving leaving certificate.

Sections 10-189 to 10-192, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1450–1453; 1955, S. 942d; P.A. 76-436, S. 472, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 120, 121; P.A. 83-202, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-333, S. 31, 32.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-193. - Certificate of age for minors in certain occupations.

(a) The superintendent of schools of any local or regional board of education, or an agent designated by such superintendent, or the supervisory agent of a nonpublic school shall, upon application and in accordance with procedures established by the State Board of Education, furnish, to any person desiring to employ a minor under the age of eighteen years (1) in any manufacturing, mechanical or theatrical industry, restaurant or public dining room, or in any bowling alley, shoe-shining establishment or barber shop, a certificate showing that such minor is sixteen years of age or older, (2) in any mercantile establishment, a certificate showing that such minor is fifteen years of age or older, and (3) at any municipal or private golf course, a certificate showing that such minor is fourteen years of age or older.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to apply to any person desiring to employ a minor through a youth development program of a regional workforce development board.
(c) The State Board of Education shall establish procedures governing the issuance of such certificates.
(1949 Rev., S. 1454; 1957, P.A. 101; P.A. 78-218, S. 122; P.A. 85-308, S. 1, 3; P.A. 88-360, S. 51, 63; P.A. 06-139, S. 9; P.A. 17-68, S. 18; P.A. 19-117, S. 97.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town”, “board of education” for “school district” and appropriate nouns for personal pronouns; P.A. 85-308 deleted former Subsec. (b) concerning certificates showing age of persons over age 18 and under age 21 issued to certain prospective employers, relettering former Subsec. (c) accordingly; P.A. 88-360 in Subsec. (a) added Subdiv. designations, substituted “sixteen years of age or older” for “more than sixteen years of age” and substituted 15 for 16 years of age or older as the age which the certificate must show for a minor under eighteen who is to be employed in a mercantile establishment; P.A. 06-139 added Subsec. (a)(3) requiring certificate showing minor is 14 years of age or older be furnished to person desiring to employ minor at municipal or private golf course, effective June 6, 2006; P.A. 17-68 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “or the supervisory agent of a nonpublic school”, and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 19-117 added new Subsec. (b) re regional workforce development board and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2019.
See Sec. 31-23 re prohibition against employment of minors in certain occupations.
Minor employed in violation of statute not barred from recovery under workmen's compensation act. 111 C. 229.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-194. - Penalty.

(a) Any person, whether acting for himself or herself or as agent for another, who employs any minor under the age of eighteen years at any occupation described in subsection (a) of section 10-193 without having obtained a certificate as provided therein shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to apply to any person desiring to employ a minor under the age of eighteen years through a youth development program of a regional workforce development board.
(1949 Rev., S. 1455; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 123; P.A. 85-308, S. 2, 3; P.A. 86-333, S. 9, 32; P.A. 19-117, S. 98.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218 included feminine personal pronoun in reference to persons acting “for himself or herself or as agent for another”; P.A. 85-308 deleted internal reference to obsolete provision in Sec. 10-193; P.A. 86-333 deleted fines for failing to have, keep on file, or show upon request a leaving certificate when a child under 16 years of age is employed and for employing such a child who does not have such a certificate; P.A. 19-117 designated existing provisions re fine for person who employs minor without having obtained certificate as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re Subsec. (a) not to be construed to apply to person desiring to employ minor through youth development program of regional workforce development board, effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-195. - Evidence of age.

Upon the trial of any person who has wilfully employed or has had in his or her employment or under his or her charge any child in violation of the provisions of this chapter and of any parent or guardian who has permitted any such child to be so employed, a certificate of the age of such child, made as provided in section 10-193, shall be conclusive evidence of his or her age.
(1949 Rev., S. 1456; P.A. 78-218, S. 124; P.A. 86-333, S. 10, 32.)
History: P.A. 78-218 amended section to include feminine personal pronouns; P.A. 86-333 deleted reference to Sec. 10-189 repealed elsewhere in that public act.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-197. - Penalty for employment of child under fourteen.

Any person who employs a child under fourteen years of age during the hours while the school which such child should attend is in session, and any person who authorizes or permits on premises under his or her control any such child to be so employed, shall be fined not more than twenty dollars for each week in which such child is so employed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1458; P.A. 78-218, S. 125.)
History: P.A. 78-218 amended section to include feminine personal pronoun.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-198. - False statement as to age.

Any parent or other person having control of a child, who makes any false statement concerning the age of such child with intent to deceive any registrar of vital statistics or the teacher of any school, or instructs a child to make any such false statement, shall be fined not more than twenty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 1459.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-198b. - State Board of Education to define “excused absence”, “unexcused absence” and “disciplinary absence”.

The State Board of Education shall define “excused absence”, “unexcused absence” and “disciplinary absence” for use by local and regional boards of education for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of section 10-198a, reporting truancy, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-220, and calculating the district chronic absenteeism rate and the school chronic absenteeism rate pursuant to section 10-198c. On or before July 1, 2021, the State Board of Education shall amend the definitions of “excused absence” and “unexcused absence” to exclude a student's engagement in (1) virtual classes, (2) virtual meetings, (3) activities on time-logged electronic systems, and (4) the completion and submission of assignments, if such engagement accounts for not less than one-half of the school day during remote learning authorized pursuant to section 10-4w. 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.
(P.A. 11-136, S. 18; P.A. 15-255, S. 5; P.A. 21-46, S. 18; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 393.)
History: P.A. 11-136 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 15-225 added requirement that State Board of Education define “disciplinary absence”, added provision re calculating district and school chronic absenteeism rates and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 21-46 deleted “on or before July 1, 2012, the” and reference to on or before January 1, 2016 and made conforming changes, added provision re State Board of Education amending definitions of “excused absence” and “unexcused absence” to exclude certain student engagement and added definition of “virtual learning”, effective June 16, 2021; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 replaced “virtual learning” with “remote learning” and redefined “virtual learning” as “remote learning” and replaced “an in-person or” with “a” in the definition, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-198d. - Chronic absenteeism prevention and intervention plan.

(a) Not later than January 1, 2016, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Interagency Council for Ending the Achievement Gap established pursuant to section 10-16nn, shall develop a chronic absenteeism prevention and intervention plan for use by local and regional boards of education to reduce chronic absenteeism in the school district.
(b) (1) The chronic absenteeism prevention and intervention plan shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: (A) Information that describes (i) chronic absenteeism, including, but not limited to, the definition of a chronically absent child under section 10-198c, and the causes of chronic absenteeism, such as poverty, violence, poor health and lack of access to transportation, (ii) the effect of chronic absenteeism on a student's academic performance, and (iii) how family and school partnerships with community resources, including, but not limited to, family resource centers and youth service bureaus, can reduce chronic absenteeism and improve student attendance, and (B) a means of collecting and analyzing data relating to student attendance, truancy and chronic absenteeism for the purpose of (i) disaggregating such data by school district, school, grade and subgroups, such as race, ethnicity, gender, eligibility for free or reduced priced lunches, students whose primary language is not English and students with disabilities, and (ii) assisting local and regional boards of education in (I) tracking chronic absenteeism over multiple years and for the current school year, (II) developing indicators to identify students who are at risk of being chronically absent children, (III) monitoring students' attendance over time, and (IV) making adjustments to interventions as they are being implemented.
(2) The chronic absenteeism prevention and intervention plan may include, but need not be limited to, the following: (A) A research-based and data-driven mentorship model that addresses and attempts to reduce chronic absenteeism through the use of mentors, such as students, teachers, administrators, intramural and interscholastic athletic coaches, school resource officers and community partners, and (B) incentives and rewards that recognize schools and students that improve attendance and reduce the school chronic absenteeism rate.
(P.A. 15-225, S. 3; P.A. 18-182, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 15-225 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 18-182 amended Subsec. (b)(1)(B)(i) by adding “and students with disabilities” and making conforming changes, effective July 1, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-198e. - Truancy intervention models.

(a) The Department of Education shall identify effective truancy intervention models for implementation by local and regional boards of education pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-198a, including intervention models that address the needs of students with disabilities. Not later than August 15, 2018, a listing of such approved models shall be available for implementation by local and regional boards of education pursuant to said subsection (b).
(b) Not later than September 1, 2023, the Department of Education shall develop and make available for implementation by local and regional boards of education described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (5) of subsection (b) of section 10-198a, a truancy intervention model that accounts for mental and behavioral health.
(c) Not later than September 1, 2023, the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Children and Families, shall issue guidance to local and regional boards of education on best practices relating to intervention in certain behavioral health situations and when it is appropriate to contact the 2-1-1 Infoline program or use alternative interventions.
(P.A. 16-147, S. 9; P.A. 18-182, S. 4; P.A. 22-47, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 16-147 effective June 10, 2016; P.A. 18-182 added “, including intervention models that address the needs of students with disabilities” and replaced “2017” with “2018”, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 22-47 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), added Subsec. (b) re Department of Education to develop and make available truancy intervention model that accounts for mental and behavioral health, and added Subsec. (c) re department to issue guidance to boards of education on best practices relating to intervention in certain behavioral health situations and when to contact 2-1-1 Infoline program or use alternative interventions, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-198f. - Mental health wellness days.

(a) As used in this section and section 10-198b, “mental health wellness day” describes a school day during which a student attends to such student's emotional and psychological well-being in lieu of attending school.
(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and each school year thereafter, a local or regional board of education shall permit any student enrolled in grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, to take two mental health wellness days during the school year, during which day such student shall not be required to attend school. No student shall take mental health wellness days during consecutive school days.
(P.A. 21-46, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 21-46 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-199. - Attendance officers. Duties.

Any local or regional board of education may appoint one or more persons, who shall be authorized to prosecute for violations of the laws relating to attendance of children and their employment. All warrants issued upon such prosecutions shall be returnable before any court having jurisdiction. Each attendance officer shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his or her duties and shall be under the direction of the principal or superintendent of schools of the board of education by which he or she is employed. He shall investigate the absence of pupils from or the irregular attendance of pupils at school, cause such pupils as are absent or irregular in attendance to attend school regularly and present cases requiring prosecution for violation of the school laws to prosecuting officers.
(1949 Rev., S. 1460; P.A. 78-218, S. 126.)
History: P.A. 78-218 deleted reference to supervising agents and to town boards of education, specified applicability of section to local and regional boards and included feminine personal pronouns.
See Sec. 10-225 re salaries.
Cited. 193 C. 93.
Cited. 36 CS 357.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-200. - Habitual truants.

Each city and town may adopt ordinances concerning habitual truants from school and children between the ages of five and eighteen years wandering about its streets or public places, having no lawful occupation and not attending school, and may make such ordinances respecting such children as shall conduce to their welfare and to public order, imposing penalties, not exceeding twenty dollars, for any one breach thereof. The police in any town, city or borough, bailiffs and constables in their respective precincts shall arrest all such children found anywhere beyond the proper control of their parents or guardians, during the usual school hours of the school terms, and may stop any child under eighteen years of age during such hours and ascertain whether such child is a truant from school, and, if such child is, shall send such child to school. For purposes of this section, “habitual truant” means a child age five to eighteen, inclusive, who is enrolled in a public or private school and has twenty unexcused absences within a school year.
(1949 Rev., S. 1461; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 61; P.A. 78-218, S. 127; P.A. 95-304, S. 3, 9; P.A. 98-243, S. 18, 25; P.A. 00-99, S. 38, 154; 00-157, S. 6, 8; P.A. 01-195, S. 77, 181.)
History: P.A. 78-218 replaced masculine personal pronouns with “such child”; P.A. 95-304 added new definition of “habitual truant”, formerly defined in Sec. 10-198a, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-243 lowered the age from 7 to 5, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 00-157 changed the age from 16 to 18 in three places, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001.
Cited. 36 CS 357.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-201. - Fees for arresting truants.

Officers other than policemen of cities shall receive for making the arrests required by section 10-200 such fees, not exceeding the fees allowed by law for making other arrests, as may be allowed by the selectmen of the town in which such arrests are made; but unless a warrant was issued by a judge of the Superior Court the officer shall, before receiving a fee, present to the selectmen of the town a written statement showing the name of each child arrested, the day on which the arrest was made and, if the child was returned to school, the name or number of the school to which such child was so returned.
(1949 Rev., S. 1462; P.A. 76-436, S. 652, 681; P.A. 78-218, S. 128.)
History: P.A. 76-436 substituted superior court for juvenile court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-218 substituted “a fee” for “his fees” and replaced masculine personal pronoun with “such child”.
Cited. 36 CS 357.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-202. - Warrant and hearing.

In all cases arising under the provisions of sections 10-200 and 10-201 a proper warrant shall be issued by a judge of the Superior Court in the jurisdiction where such arrest is made; and the parent or guardian of such child, shall be notified, if such parent or guardian can be found, of the day and time of hearing.
(1949 Rev., S. 1463; P.A. 74-76; P.A. 76-436, S. 653, 681.)
History: P.A. 74-76 substituted “parent” for “father, if living, or if not, the mother”; P.A. 76-436 substituted superior court for juvenile court, effective July 1, 1978.
Cited. 36 CS 357.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-202a to 10-202d. - Dropout prevention pilot program; establishment. Attendance plan. Testing; inventory of skills and interests. Programs and services; assistance; report.

Sections 10-202a to 10-202d, inclusive, are repealed.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 86-1, S. 49–52, 58; P.A. 88-136, S. 36, 37.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 168 - School Attendance and Employment of Children › Section 10-202e. - Policy on dropout prevention.

The State Board of Education shall adopt a state policy on dropout prevention. The policy shall include, but not be limited to, the encouragement of: (1) The local identification of students in grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, who are at risk of dropping out of school; (2) the development, expansion and coordination of local services to such students; and (3) the coordination of dropout prevention programs administered by state agencies.
(P.A. 87-423, S. 1, 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-203. - Compliance with public health statutes and regulations.

Each local and regional board of education shall maintain the facilities under its jurisdiction in accordance with the applicable public health statutes and regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Public Health.
(1949 Rev., S. 1464; 1955, S. 943d; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 129; P.A. 88-136, S. 9, 37; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-244, S. 15, 63.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of health services for state department of health, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218 substituted “school district” for “town” in provision describing location of schoolhouses needing sanitary improvements and specified that local and regional boards may make complaint to health services department, deleting reference to town boards; P.A. 88-136 deleted reference to schoolhouse privies; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-244 rewrote the section to remove specific requirements and replace them with the requirement to comply with applicable public health statutes and regulations, effective July 1, 1996.
See Sec. 19a-37b for regulations establishing acceptable levels of radon in schools.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-203a. - Guidelines re physical health needs of students. Optional adoption of plans by local and regional boards of education.

(a) Not later than January 1, 2007, the Department of Education shall (1) develop guidelines for addressing the physical health needs of students in a comprehensive manner that coordinates services, including services provided by municipal parks and recreation departments, and (2) make available to each local and regional board of education a copy of the guidelines. The department shall develop the guidelines after consultation with (A) the chairpersons and ranking members of (i) the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, and (ii) the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, (B) at least one state-wide nonprofit organization with expertise in child wellness or physical exercise, and (C) the Connecticut Recreation and Parks Association. The guidelines shall not be deemed to be regulations, as defined in section 4-166. Local and regional boards of education may establish and implement plans based on the guidelines in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(b) The guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) Plans for engaging students in daily physical exercise during regular school hours and strategies for engaging students in daily physical exercise before and after regular school hours in coordination with municipal parks and recreation departments, (2) strategies for coordinating school-based health education, programs and services, (3) procedures for assessing the need for community-based services such as services provided by school-based health clinics, municipal parks and recreation departments, family resource centers and after-school programs, and (4) procedures for maximizing monetary and other resources from local, state and federal sources to address the physical health needs of students.
(c) Not later than April 1, 2007, each local and regional board of education may (1) establish a comprehensive and coordinated plan to address the physical health needs of students, and (2) base its plan on the guidelines developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The board may implement such plan for the 2007-2008 school year and may have a plan in place for each school year thereafter.
(P.A. 06-44, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 06-44 effective May 8, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-203b. - Health Services Program Information Survey.

For the school year commencing July 1, 2017, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall complete the Health Services Program Information Survey and submit the survey to the Department of Education, in a form and manner prescribed by the department.
(P.A. 17-68, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 17-68 effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-203c. - Guidelines re comprehensive school counseling program.

Not later than July 1, 2020, the State Board of Education, in collaboration with a state-wide association that represents school counselors, shall adopt guidelines for a comprehensive school counseling program. Such guidelines shall ensure that all students have access to a comprehensive school counseling program that provides academic, social-emotional and post-secondary and career readiness programming by a certified school counselor with adequate training. The state board shall make the guidelines available to local and regional boards of education and published on the Internet web site of the Department of Education.
(P.A. 19-63, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 19-63 effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-204. - Vaccination.

Section 10-204 is repealed, effective July 1, 1998.
(1949 Rev., S. 1465; 1967, P.A. 288, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 35; P.A. 78-218, S. 130; 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 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-204d. - Continuation of exemption from immunization requirements on religious grounds upon transfer to another school.

Any person who is exempt from the immunization requirements set forth in section 10-204a on religious grounds shall continue to be exempt from such requirements on religious grounds if such student transfers from one public or private school in the state to another public or private school in the state under the jurisdiction of either the same or a different local or regional board of education, or similar body governing a nonpublic school or schools.
(P.A. 21-6, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 21-6 effective April 28, 2021.