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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-233k. - Notification of school officials of potentially dangerous students. Provision of educational records of children returning to school from residential centers.

(a) If the Department of Children and Families believes, in good faith, that there is a risk of imminent personal injury to the person or other individuals from a child in its custody who has been adjudicated a serious juvenile offender, the department shall notify the superintendent of schools for the school district in which such child may be returning to attend school or was attending prior to the adjudication of such determination, prior to the child's return. The superintendent of schools shall notify the principal at the school the child will be attending that the child is potentially dangerous. The principal may disclose such information only to special services staff or a consultant, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist or social worker, for the purpose of assessing the risk of danger posed by such child to himself, other students, school employees or school property and effectuating an appropriate modification of such child's educational plan or placement and for disciplinary reasons.
(b) The Department of Children and Families and the Judicial Department or the local or regional board of education shall provide to the superintendent of schools any educational records within their custody of a child seeking to enter or return to a school district from a juvenile residential center or any other residential placement prior to the child's entry or return. The agencies shall also require any contracting entity that holds custody of such records to provide them to the superintendent of schools prior to the child's entry or return. Receipt of the educational records shall not delay a child from enrolling in school. The superintendent of schools shall provide such information to the principal at the school the child will be attending. The principal shall disclose such information to appropriate staff as is necessary to the education or care of the child.
(P.A. 99-247, S. 4; P.A. 01-176; P.A. 18-31, S. 13; P.A. 21-104, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 01-176 added language requiring the provision of educational records of a child seeking to enter or return to a school district from a juvenile detention center, the Connecticut Juvenile Training School or any other residential placement prior to the child's entry or return (Revisor's note: The language added by P.A. 01-176 was designated editorially by the Revisors as Subsec. (b), and the existing provisions as Subsec. (a)); P.A. 18-31 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, and to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 21-104 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “detention” with “residential”, effective January 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-233l. - Expulsion and suspension of children in preschool programs.

(a) As used in this section, “preschool program provider” means a local or regional board of education, state or local charter school or interdistrict magnet school that offers a preschool program.
(b) (1) No preschool program provider shall expel any child enrolled in such provider's preschool program, except an expulsion hearing shall be conducted, in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (2) of this subsection, whenever there is reason to believe that any child enrolled in such preschool program was in possession of a firearm, as defined in 18 USC 921, as amended from time to time, on or off school grounds or at a preschool program-sponsored event. Such child shall be expelled for one calendar year if, at the expulsion hearing it is determined, that the child did so possess such a firearm. A preschool program provider may modify the period of expulsion for a child on a case-by-case basis.
(2) An expulsion hearing required under this subsection shall be conducted by (A) the program provider in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision, (B) a local or regional board of education, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-233d, if (i) the preschool program provider is a local or regional board of education, or (ii) the preschool program provider is a regional educational service center or a state or local charter school pursuant to an agreement between such preschool program provider and the board of education, or (C) an impartial hearing board established by the preschool program provider, provided (i) no employee of such preschool program provider shall be a member of the impartial hearing board, and (ii) the hearing board shall have the authority to conduct the expulsion hearing and render a final decision in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-176e to 4-180a, inclusive, and section 4-181a. Unless an emergency exists, no child shall be expelled under this subsection without a formal hearing held pursuant to sections 4-176e to 4-180a, inclusive, and section 4-181a, provided the notice required by section 4-177 and section 4-180 shall also be given to the parent or guardian of the child. If an emergency exists, such hearing shall be held as soon after the expulsion as possible. The notice shall include information concerning legal services provided free of charge or at a reduced rate that are available locally and how to access such services.
(c) No preschool program provider may authorize a suspension of a child enrolled in such provider's preschool program, unless the suspension is an in-school suspension.
(P.A. 15-96, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 15-96 effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-233m. - Memorandum of understanding re school resource officers.

Each local or regional board of education that assigns a school resource officer to any school under the jurisdiction of such board shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement agency regarding the role and responsibility of such school resource officer. Such memorandum of understanding shall include provisions addressing daily interactions between students and school personnel with school resource officers and shall include a graduated response model for student discipline. Any such memorandum of understanding entered into, extended, updated or amended on or after July 1, 2021, shall include a provision that requires all school resource officers to complete, while in the performance of their duties as school resource officers and during periods when such school resource officers are assigned to be at the school, any separate training specifically related to social-emotional learning and restorative practices provided to certified employees of the school pursuant to sections 10-148a and 10-220a. For the purposes of this section, “school resource officer” means a sworn police officer of a local law enforcement agency who has been assigned to a school pursuant to an agreement between the local or regional board of education and the chief of police of a local law enforcement agency.
(P.A. 15-168, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 342; P.A. 21-95, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 15-168 effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 replaced “may” with “shall” re inclusion of graduated response model for student discipline, deleted references to the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 21-95 added provision re inclusion of provision in memorandum of understanding requiring all school resource officers to complete separate training specifically related to social-emotional learning and restorative practices, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-233n. - Report re disaggregated school discipline data.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Student” means a person who is enrolled in a school under the jurisdiction of a local or regional board of education;
(2) “School property” means the real property comprising a public elementary or secondary school under the jurisdiction of a local or regional board of education;
(3) “School day” means the hours in which a school is open to students for regular classroom instruction, intramural or interscholastic athletics, or extracurricular activities;
(4) “School-sponsored event” means any school activity conducted on or off school property regardless of when such school activity is conducted; and
(5) “School-based arrest” means an arrest of a student for conduct of such student on school property or at a school-sponsored event.
(b) The Department of Education shall annually examine data relating to in-school suspensions, out-of-school suspensions, expulsions and school-based arrests that has been submitted as part of the strategic school profile report pursuant to section 10-220, and shall disaggregate such data by school, race, ethnicity, gender, age, students with disabilities, English language learners, as defined in section 10-76kk, students who are eligible for free or reduced priced lunch pursuant to federal law and regulations, and type of offense for which the school-based arrests were made and the number of arrests made annually at each school within the school district. The department shall annually submit a report to the State Board of Education regarding the examination and disaggregation of such data and make the report available on the department's Internet web site.
(P.A. 15-168, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 15-168 effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-233o. - Standards re alternative educational opportunities.

Not later than August 15, 2017, the State Board of Education shall adopt standards for the provision of an adequate alternative educational opportunity, offered pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-233d. Such standards shall include, but need not be limited to, the kind of instruction and number of hours to be provided to a student enrolled in an alternative educational opportunity.
(P.A. 17-220, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 17-220 effective July 11, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-234ee. - Written guidance re Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and laws relating to student data privacy.

The Department of Education, in consultation with the Commission for Educational Technology, shall provide written guidance to local and regional boards of education concerning the implementation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 USC 1232g, as amended from time to time, and the laws relating to student data privacy, set forth in sections 10-234aa to 10-234dd, inclusive, and section 10-234ff. Such written guidance shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) a plain language explanation of how such student data privacy laws are to be implemented, (2) information about the uniform student data privacy terms-of-service agreement addendum, described in section 10-234ff, and (3) how such addendum may be incorporated into contracts executed pursuant to section 10-234bb.
(P.A. 17-200, S. 3; P.A. 18-125, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 17-200 effective July 10, 2017; P.A. 18-125 added “, in consultation with the Commission for Educational Technology,”, replaced “guidance” with “written guidance”, replaced “provisions of” with “laws relating to student data privacy, set forth in”, added reference to Sec. 10-234ff, and added Subdivs. (1) to (3) re content of written guidance, effective July 1, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-234ff. - Uniform student data privacy terms-of-service agreement addendum.

The Commission for Educational Technology shall develop a uniform student data privacy terms-of-service agreement addendum that may be used in contracts entered into pursuant to section 10-234bb. The provisions of such addendum shall conform to the requirements for a contract described in said section. The commission shall make such addendum available on its Internet web site, or in any online registry maintained by the commission for contractors and operators, as those terms are defined in section 10-234aa, and local and regional boards of education.
(P.A. 18-125, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 18-125 effective June 7, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-234gg. - Report re use of certain Internet web sites, online services or mobile applications without a contract.

For the school year commencing July 1, 2018, and each school year thereafter, each local or regional board of education shall annually submit a report to the Commission for Educational Technology concerning the use of Internet web sites, online services or mobile applications without a contract pursuant to subsection (i) of section 10-234bb. Such report shall indicate whether or not any such Internet web sites, online services or mobile applications are being so used, and, if so, a list of all such Internet web sites, online services or mobile applications.
(P.A. 18-125, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 18-125 effective July 1, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-235a. - Immunity from liability of internship providers.

(a) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Internship” means supervised practical training of a student intern that is comprised of curriculum and workplace standards approved by the Department of Education and the Labor Department;
(2) “Internship provider” means a person, as defined in section 1-79, who provides an internship to a student intern pursuant to an agreement with (A) a local or regional board of education that operates an agricultural science and technology education center, and (B) the local or regional board of education otherwise responsible for educating such student intern if such board of education does not maintain an agricultural science and technology education center; and
(3) “Student intern” means a student enrolled in an agricultural science and technology education center participating in an internship offered or provided by an internship provider.
(b) No internship provider shall be liable to a student intern or a parent or guardian of a student intern for civil damages for any personal injury that results from acts or omissions of such internship provider offering or providing an internship to a student intern that may constitute ordinary negligence, provided such internship provider exercised reasonable care in the provision of the internship and was in compliance with any applicable safety and health standards established under any federal, state and local laws and regulations and any industry codes. The immunity provided in this subsection does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, reckless, wilful or wanton negligence.
(P.A. 15-215, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 15-215 effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-236. - Liability insurance.

Each such board of education, board of trustees, state agency or managing board may insure against the liability imposed upon it by sections 10-220 and 10-235 in any insurance company organized in this state or in any insurance company of another state authorized by law to write such insurance in this state, or may elect to act as self-insurer of such liability.
(1949 Rev., S. 1495; 1949, S. 952d; P.A. 84-460, S. 4, 16.)
History: P.A. 84-460 added reference to Sec. 10-220.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-236c. - Behavior intervention meetings for certain students.

For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, any teacher of record in a classroom may request a behavior intervention meeting with the crisis intervention team for the school, as described in section 10-236b, for any student whose behavior has caused a serious disruption to the instruction of other students, or caused self-harm or physical harm to such teacher or another student or staff member in such teacher's classroom. The crisis intervention team shall, upon the request of such teacher, convene a behavior intervention meeting regarding such student. The participants of such behavior intervention meeting shall identify resources and supports to address such student's social, emotional and instructional needs.
(P.A. 22-47, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 22-47 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-237. - School activity funds.

(a) Any local or regional board of education may establish and maintain in its custody a school activity fund through which it may handle (1) the finances of that part of the cost of the school lunch program not provided by town appropriations, (2) the finances of that part of the cost of driver education courses furnished by such board of education and not provided by town appropriations and (3) such funds of schools and school organizations as such board from time to time determines to be desirable, which funds may include amounts received as gifts or donations. Whenever a board of education establishes a school activity fund, it shall designate one of its members or some other person to serve as treasurer of such fund and shall fix his or her salary, which shall be paid from the regular town appropriation for school purposes. Such treasurer shall be bonded and shall keep separate accounts for each school lunch program, for each driver education program and for each school fund and each school organization fund included in the school activity fund and shall make expenditures from such fund in the manner and upon such authorizations as the board of education by regulation prescribes, provided the control of school funds and the funds of all school organizations shall remain in the name of the respective schools and organizations. The accounts of the school activity fund shall be considered town accounts and shall be audited by the town auditor in the same manner as all other town accounts.
(b) The accounts of any public school lunch program, whether maintained directly by the board of education or through an agent, shall be kept in accordance with regulations prescribed by the board of education and may include a petty cash fund on the imprest basis and shall be subject to the regular audit of town accounts as provided in section 7-392.
(c) Any local or regional board of education may receive and accept any donation or gift of personal property to be used for the educational benefit of students.
(1953, 1955, S. 953d; 1959, P.A. 672, S. 4; 1963, P.A. 493; P.A. 78-218, S. 169; P.A. 85-92, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-401, S. 14, 20.)
History: 1959 act added Subsec. (1)(b); 1963 act added to Subdiv. (c) provision regarding gifts and donations for scholarships and student loans: P.A. 78-218 substituted “local or regional” board of education for “town” board and included feminine personal pronoun; P.A. 85-92 replaced numeric Subsec. indicators with alphabetic indicators and alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators to conform with general practice throughout statutes, deleted reference in Subsec. (a) to school boards' power to manage gifts or donations “for purposes of scholarships or student loans” and added Subsec. (c) empowering boards of education to accept donations or gifts for students' “educational benefit”; P.A. 91-401 deleted reference to Sec. 7-392 in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-238. - Petition for hearing on questions relating to provision of education offered by the board of education.

The board of education of any municipality, upon written petition signed by one per cent of the electors of such municipality or fifty such electors, whichever is greater, the signatures thereon to be verified by the clerk of the municipality, shall hold a public hearing on any question relating to the provision of education offered by such board specified in such petition. Such hearing shall be held at a time and place to be designated by such board, not later than three weeks after receipt by the board of such petition.
(1953, S. 954d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 64; P.A. 21-95, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 21-95 added “relating to the provision of education offered by such board”, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-239. - Use of school facilities for other purposes.

(a) Any local or regional board of education may provide for the use of any room, hall, schoolhouse, school grounds or other school facility within its jurisdiction for nonprofit educational or community purposes whether or not school is in session.
(b) Any local or regional board of education may grant the temporary use of rooms, halls, school buildings or grounds or any other school facilities under its management or control for public, educational or other purposes or for the purpose of holding political discussions therein, at such time when the school is not in session and shall grant such use for any purpose of voting under the provisions of title 9 whether or not school is in session, in each case subject to such restrictions as the authority having control of such room or building, grounds or other school facility considers expedient.
(1949 Rev., S. 1492; 1959, P.A. 122; 1963, P.A. 155; P.A. 78-21, S. 1, 2.)
History: 1959 act applied provisions to use of school grounds or other school facilities; 1963 act added specific provision for use of schools as voting places; P.A. 78-21 divided section into Subsecs. (a) and (b), replaced requirements that two-thirds vote at any legal meeting required for use of school facilities for nonschool uses and that such use to be allowed only when not used for school purposes with provision that board of education makes decision and that use for nonprofit educational or community purposes may be allowed whether or not school is in session and deleted references to school districts, towns, cities and boroughs.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-239a. - Demonstration scholarship program. Short title. Legislative intent.

Sections 10-239a to 10-239h, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the Demonstration Scholarship Program Authorization Act of 1972. It is the intent of the legislature to enable up to six local or regional boards of education to participate in a demonstration program designed to develop and test the use of education scholarships for school children. The purpose of this demonstration scholarship program is to develop and test education scholarships as a way to improve the quality of education by making schools, both public and private, more responsive to the needs of children and parents, to provide greater parental choice, and to determine the extent to which the quality and delivery of educational services are affected by economic incentives. The demonstration scholarship program authorized by sections 10-239a to 10-239h, inclusive, shall aid students and shall not be used to support or to benefit any particular schools.
(1972, P.A. 122, S. 1; P.A. 78-218, S. 170.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” boards of education.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-239b. - Definitions.

As used in sections 10-239a to 10-239h, inclusive:
(1) “Demonstration area” means the area designated by the participating local or regional board of education for the purposes of a demonstration scholarship program defined in subsection (2) of this section, which area shall include a substantial number of needy or disadvantaged students;
(2) “Demonstration scholarship program” means a program for developing and testing the use of educational scholarships for all pupils eligible to attend public or private schools within the demonstration area, which scholarships shall be made available to the parents or legal guardians of a scholarship recipient in the form of a drawing right, negotiable certificate or other document which may not be redeemed except for educational purposes at schools fulfilling the requirements of subsection (a) of section 10-239e;
(3) “Demonstration board” means a board established by the local or regional board of education to conduct the demonstration scholarship program;
(4) “Contract” means the agreement entered into by the local or regional board of education and a federal governmental agency for the purpose of conducting a demonstration scholarship program.
(1972, P.A. 122, S. 2; P.A. 78-218, S. 171.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” boards of education.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-239c. - Contract with federal agency for funds.

The local or regional board of education may contract with a federal governmental agency for funds to establish a demonstration scholarship program to exist for a period of up to five years, such board to receive such state and local aid for any of its students as would otherwise be provided by law regardless of whether or not such students participate in a demonstration scholarship program, which funds may be expended under the demonstration scholarship program as the demonstration contract shall provide and within the demonstration area.
(1972, P.A. 122, S. 3; P.A. 78-218, S. 172.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” boards of education.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-239e. - Use of scholarships. Eligibility of schools.

(a) The demonstration board shall authorize the parents or legal guardian of scholarship recipients to use the demonstration scholarships at any public or private school in which the scholarship recipient is enrolled provided such public or private school: (1) Meets all educational, fiscal, health and safety standards required by law, (2) does not discriminate against the admission of students and the hiring of teachers on the basis of race, color or economic status and has filed a certificate with the State Board of Education that the school is in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, (3) in no case levies or requires any tuition, fee or charge above the value of the education scholarship, (4) is free from sectarian control or influence except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, (5) provides public access to all financial and administrative records and provides to the parent or guardian of each eligible child in the demonstration area comprehensive information, in written form, on the courses of study offered, curriculum, materials and textbooks, the qualifications of teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals, the minimum school day, the salary schedules, financial reports of money spent per pupil and such other information as may be required by the demonstration board, (6) provides periodic reports to the parents on the average progress of the pupils enrolled, (7) meets any additional requirements established for all participating schools by the demonstration board.
(b) In compliance with the constitutional guarantee of free exercise of religion, schools may be exempted from subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of this section if they meet all other requirements for eligibility.
(1972, P.A. 122, S. 5, 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-239f. - Collective bargaining by teachers.

Nothing contained in sections 10-239a to 10-239h, inclusive, shall be construed to interfere in any way with the rights of teachers of participating local or regional boards of education to organize and to bargain collectively regarding the terms and conditions of their employment. Teachers employed in the demonstration area shall be bound by the terms of such bargaining in the same way and to the same extent as if there were no demonstration area.
(1972, P.A. 122, S. 7; P.A. 78-218, S. 174.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” and “boards of education” for “school districts”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-239g. - Evaluation of quality of education and satisfaction with schools under program.

The demonstration board shall provide for a valid test for judging the quality of education and satisfaction with schools resulting from the demonstration scholarship program as compared to the present system of public and private schools. All evaluations done shall be reported in detail to the State Board of Education and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education.
(1972, P.A. 122, S. 8; P.A. 82-314, S. 56, 63.)
History: P.A. 82-314 changed official name of education committee.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-239h. - Liberal construction.

The provisions of sections 10-239a to 10-239h, inclusive shall be liberally construed, the legislature's intent being to enable up to six Connecticut school districts to participate in this demonstration scholarship program.
(1972, P.A. 122, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-239i. - Participation in the National Assessment of Educational Progress or other national or international assessment.

Each local and regional board of education, as may be designated by the Commissioner of Education, shall participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress or in any other national or international measure of student progress as may be determined by the commissioner.
(P.A. 90-324, S. 2, 13; P.A. 06-192, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 06-192 added provision re other national or international measure of progress as determined by commissioner, effective July 1, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-239j. - Disclosure of accreditation reports. Notification requirements.

(a) Within forty-five days of receipt of a New England Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation report for any public school, the local or regional board of education which has jurisdiction over such school shall publicly disclose the results of the report at a public meeting of the board of education and shall make the report available for inspection upon request.
(b) If the New England Association of Schools and Colleges places a school on probation or otherwise notifies the local or regional board of education or the superintendent of schools that a school in the district is at risk of losing its accreditation, the local or regional board of education shall notify the Department of Education of such placement or problems relating to accreditation and the department shall notify the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education of such placement or problems.
(P.A. 90-324, S. 5, 13; P.A. 98-252, S. 17, 80.)
History: P.A. 98-252 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re notification requirements, effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 171 - Town Management › Section 10-240. - Control of schools.

Each town shall through its board of education maintain the control of all the public schools within its limits and for this purpose shall be a school district and shall have all the powers and duties of school districts, except so far as such powers and duties are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(1949 Rev., S. 1497; P.A. 78-218, S. 175.)
History: P.A. 78-218 added phrase “through its board of education” to clarify how control of public schools maintained.
Purpose and effect of consolidation. 82 C. 586; 86 C. 594. Former act had effect of compelling consolidation in certain towns. 122 C. 42. Cited. 149 C. 600; 152 C. 568. Each town is designated as a school district, and has the same powers as a school district to take land for school purposes. 168 C. 135. Present system of financing public education embodied in section; towns have been delegated duty to raise revenue by taxation. 172 C. 615. Cited. 182 C. 253; 210 C. 531; 218 C. 1; 237 C. 169; 238 C. 1.
Cited. 6 CA 212.
Authority to unite schools. 16 CS 336. Section, insofar as it delegates to Canton the state's duty of operating and maintaining free public schools and raising taxes therefor, violates Art. I, Sec. 20 and Art. VIII, Sec. 1 of Connecticut Constitution; state's duty to provide education performed through towns, societies and districts; violative of Connecticut Constitution insofar as it purports to delegate duty of raising taxes to operate public education. 31 CS 377. Local board of education is acting as agent of the town, not as agent of the state, in suit to recover damages for faulty construction of school building and doctrine of sovereign immunity is not applicable. 40 CS 141.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 171 - Town Management › Section 10-241a. - Taking of site by eminent domain.

Any local or regional school district may take, by eminent domain, land which has been fixed upon as a site, or addition to a site, of a public school building, and which is necessary for such purpose or for outbuildings or convenient accommodations for its schools, upon paying to the owner just compensation, provided such taking is with the approval of the legislative body of the town, and in the case of regional school districts, subject to the provisions of section 10-49a, and in each case in accordance with the provisions of sections 8-129 to 8-133, inclusive. The board, committee or public officer empowered to acquire school sites in such school district shall perform all duties and have all rights prescribed for the redevelopment agency in said sections with respect to such taking. No school district or municipality shall take for school purposes the land of any ecclesiastical society, upon any part of which a church building has already been erected, without the consent of such ecclesiastical society, or any land devoted to or used for cemetery or burial purposes.
(1967, P.A. 720, S. 1; P.A. 78-218, S. 176; P.A. 93-353, S. 22, 52.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” school districts, “school building” for “schoolhouse” and “municipality” for “city or town”; P.A. 93-353 corrected an internal reference, effective July 1, 1993.
Town, after complying with section, could delegate its power to condemn to board of education which had authority to exercise it. 168 C. 135. Where voters approved land acquisition “for school purposes” and referendum question included “general purposes” and “open space”, and where evidence established site was to be used for school purposes, the taking was authorized by section and time limitation in Sec. 48-6 did not apply; “site...of a public building” is not limited to the footprint of the school building and related construction. 290 C. 668.
Where referendum question stated that some property proposed to be acquired by eminent domain for a school project would be used for open space and general government, provisions of Sec. 48-6 requiring commencement of compensation process within six months of referendum apply. 103 CA 369.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 171 - Town Management › Section 10-241b. - Cooperative agreements re administrative and central office functions.

Upon the approval of the legislative body of a municipality and the local board of education for such municipality, such legislative body and local board of education may enter into a cooperative agreement relating to the performance of administrative and central office functions for the municipality and the school district.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 153.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 171 - Town Management › Section 10-241c. - Local board of education to consult with municipality re joint purchasing of property insurance, casualty insurance and workers' compensation insurance.

Notwithstanding any special act, municipal charter or home rule ordinance, the legislative body of a municipality, or in the case of a municipality for which the legislative body is a town meeting or a representative town meeting, the board of selectmen, and the local board of education for such municipality shall consult when possible regarding the joint purchasing of property insurance, casualty insurance and workers' compensation insurance. For the purpose of this section, “municipality” means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 160; P.A. 19-32, S. 4.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 19-32 added provision re consultation with board of selectmen.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 171 - Town Management › Section 10-241d. - Local board of education consultation with municipality re goods and services. Cooperative agreements.

Any local board of education for a municipality, after going out to bid for a good or service and receiving submissions, shall consult with the legislative body of such municipality, or in the case of a municipality for which the legislative body is a town meeting or a representative town meeting, the board of selectmen, if such municipality provides or uses such good or service, and, if the equivalent level of such good or service is provided by such municipality or through a municipal contract for a lower cost than the lowest qualified bid submission received by such local board of education, such board of education shall consider a cooperative agreement with such municipality for the provision of such good or service. For purposes of this section, “good or service” includes, but is not limited to, portable classrooms, motor vehicles or materials and equipment, such as telephone systems, computers and copy machines.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 161; P.A. 19-32, S. 5.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 19-32 added provision re consultation with board of selectmen.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 171 - Town Management › Section 10-241e. - Local board of education consultation with municipality prior to purchase of payroll processing or accounts payable software system.

Each local board of education for a municipality shall consult with the legislative body of such municipality, or in the case of a municipality for which the legislative body is a town meeting or a representative town meeting, the board of selectmen, prior to purchasing payroll processing or accounts payable software systems to determine whether such systems may be purchased or shared on a regional basis.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 162; P.A. 19-32, S. 6.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 19-32 added provision re consultation with board of selectmen.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 171 - Town Management › Section 10-242. - Meetings.

The annual town meeting shall be the annual school district meeting and special meetings shall be called and held in the same manner as provided by law for special town meetings.
(1949 Rev., S. 1499, 1539.)
Cited. 9 CS 442. Town meeting not superior to board of education in business relating to public schools. 16 CS 339.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 171 - Town Management › Section 10-243. - Treasurer and clerk.

The town clerk and treasurer of each town shall have all the powers and duties, respectively, of the clerk and treasurer of a school district, except so far as such duties are rendered unnecessary by the provisions of this chapter.
(1949 Rev., S. 1505.)
Cited. 95 C. 202.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 171 - Town Management › Section 10-244a. - Employment of persons to provide security services in a public school while in possession of a firearm.

(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2013, and each school year thereafter, no municipality or local or regional board of education may employ or enter into an agreement, as described in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 53a-217b, with any person, other than a sworn member of an organized local police department or a retired police officer as provided in subsection (b) of this section, to provide security services in a public school if such person will possess a firearm, as defined in section 53a-3, while in the performance of his or her duties.
(b) A municipality or a local or regional board of education may employ or enter into an agreement with a retired police officer to provide security services in a public school if such retired police officer is a qualified retired law enforcement officer, as defined in 18 USC 926C, as amended from time to time. Such retired police officer shall receive annual training pursuant to section 7-294x and shall successfully complete annual firearms training provided by a certified firearms instructor that meets or exceeds the standards of the Police Officer Standards and Training Council or 18 USC 926C, as amended from time to time. Such retired police officer shall not be subject to the licensing requirements of part II of chapter 534.
(c) For the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, “retired police officer” means (1) a sworn member of an organized local police department who was certified by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council and retired or separated in good standing from such department or a sworn member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection who retired or separated in good standing from said division, (2) a sworn federal law enforcement agent who retired or separated in good standing from such federal law enforcement service and who meets or exceeds the standards of the Police Officer Standards and Training Council for certification in this state, or (3) a sworn officer of an organized police department in another state who was certified under standards that meet or exceed the standards of the Police Officer Standards and Training Council for certification in this state and who retired or separated in good standing from such department.
(P.A. 13-188, S. 1; P.A. 14-212, S. 19; 14-217, S. 254.)
History: P.A. 13-188 effective June 25, 2013; P.A. 14-212 amended Subsec. (c) to redefine “retired police officer” by designating existing language as Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re sworn federal law enforcement agent and adding Subdiv. (3) re sworn officer of an organized police department in another state, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 14-217 made identical changes as P.A. 14-212, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 171 - Town Management › Section 10-244b. - Notification re hiring of certain central office administrative personnel.

Prior to the start date for any person hired to fill a central office administrative personnel position (1) that provides an annual salary of one hundred thousand dollars or greater, and (2) for which the proposed or approved education budget does not provide funding for such central office administrative personnel position, the local board of education for a municipality shall notify the legislative body of such municipality regarding such hiring. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any such central office administrative personnel position that is paid for with funds received from a grant awarded to the local board of education or from any gift or donation made to the local board of education.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 155.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 171 - Town Management › Section 10-244c. - Filing of signed copy of contract for administrative personnel with town clerk. Posting of contract on Internet web site of town.

Any local board of education shall file forthwith a signed copy of any contract for administrative personnel with the town clerk, which town clerk shall post a copy of any such contract on the town's Internet web site. Any regional board of education shall file a copy of any such contract with the town clerk in each member town, which town clerk shall post a copy of any such contract on the town's Internet web site.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 157.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 171 - Town Management › Section 10-245. - Formation of school districts.

No new school district shall be formed except as provided by part III of chapter 164.
(1949 Rev., S. 1514; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 26.)
History: 1969 act replaced absolute prohibition of formation of new school districts with qualified prohibition–”except as provided by part III of chapter 164”.
Town's authority to reestablish school districts revoked. 4 CS 36.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 171 - Town Management › Section 10-247. - Management of permanent funds.

If any school district, formerly existing in a town in which the school districts have been or shall be abolished or consolidated, has received a permanent fund for the support of a school or schools in such district, the treasurer of the town shall have charge of it and keep a separate account thereof; and the income of such fund shall be held subject to the order of the board of education, which shall apply it for the benefit of the school or schools within or nearest to the limits of the district formerly existing, in such manner as to carry out, as nearly as possible, the intent of the grantor of such fund.
(1949 Rev., S. 1543; P.A. 78-218, S. 177.)
History: P.A. 78-218 deleted “town” in phrase “subject to the order of the town board of education”.
See Sec. 10-258 re administration of trust funds.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 171 - Town Management › Section 10-248. - Payment of school expenses.

The expenses of maintaining public schools in each town, which shall be incurred with the approval of the board of education, shall be paid by the town treasurer on orders drawn by said board, except so far as they may be met by the income from local school funds. Such orders may be signed by such persons on behalf of the board as the board by bylaw or special vote, certified by the secretary to the town treasurer, provides; and, in the absence of such bylaw or special direction, by the secretary.
(1949 Rev., S. 1544; P.A. 78-218, S. 178.)
History: P.A. 78-218 deleted “town” in phrase “with the approval of the town board of education”.
Cited 152 C. 568.