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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-205. - Appointment of school medical advisors.

Each local or regional board of education of any town having a population of ten thousand or more shall, and each local or regional board of education of any town having a population of fewer than ten thousand may, appoint one or more legally qualified practitioners of medicine as school medical advisors. The advisor or advisors shall be assigned to the public school or schools within the limits of the school district. The boards shall provide such medical advisors with adequate facilities to conduct health examinations of individual pupils and to discharge such duties as may be prescribed by such board. In towns in which the board of health or department of health is maintaining such service substantially as required in connection with the school program of health supervision and other duties performed by school medical advisors, the board of health or department of health shall appoint and assign, with the consent of the local or regional board of education, such advisors. The board of education, with the approval of the director of health and with the consent of the chief executive officer of the town, may designate such town's director of health, as provided under section 19a-200, or other town medical officers as the chief medical advisor for its public schools. Two or more boards of education may unite in the hiring and appointing of school medical advisors under arrangements for the payment of the expenses thereof and the performance of duties agreed upon by their boards of education. Each local or regional board of education shall prescribe the functions and duties of the school medical advisor in order that the program of health protection and health supervision, as outlined by such board and pursuant to the general statutes, shall be carried out.
(1949 Rev., S. 1466; 1972, P.A. 239, S. 1; P.A. 80-440, S. 1, 10.)
History: 1972 act added provisions concerning town director of health serving as chief medical advisor for schools; P.A. 80-440 substituted local or regional board of education for town and town board references, made designation of director of health contingent upon board's decision with director's approval and chief executive officer's consent rather than contingent upon chief executive officer's decision after consultation with board, made health programs not subject to approval by state board of education and deleted provision concerning consultation between director and town board re functions and duties of medical advisors.
Cited. 115 C. 160; 152 C. 568.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-206a. - Free health assessments.

Each local or regional board of education shall provide for health assessments pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-206 without charge to all pupils whose parents or guardians meet the eligibility requirements for free and reduced price meals under the National School Lunch Program or for free milk under the special milk program. To meet its obligations pursuant to this section, a board of education may utilize existing community resources and services.
(P.A. 80-440, S. 6, 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-206b. - Tests for lead levels in Head Start programs.

Each director of a Head Start program shall require each child attending such program to be tested for lead levels in his blood after consultation with the school medical advisor and the local health department or in the case of a regional board of education, each local health department, that such tests are necessary.
(P.A. 91-327, S. 7, 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-206c. - Annual report on whether pupil has health insurance.

Each local or regional board of education shall require each pupil enrolled in the schools under its jurisdiction to annually report whether the pupil has health insurance. The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee, shall provide information to each local or regional board of education on state-sponsored health insurance programs for children, including application assistance for such programs. Each local or regional board of education shall provide such information to the parent or guardian of each pupil identified as uninsured.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 119.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 replaced “pupil's parent or guardian” with “parent or guardian of each pupil identified as uninsured”, effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-207. - Duties of medical advisors.

(a) Each school medical advisor shall work with the local or regional board of education that appointed such school medical advisor and the board of health or health department for the school district under the jurisdiction of such board to (1) plan and administer the health program for each school, (2) advise on the provision of school health services, (3) provide consultation on the school health environment, and (4) perform any other duties that may be agreed on by the school medical advisor and the local or regional board of education that appointed such school medical advisor.
(b) With the approval of the local or regional board of education, the school medical advisor may establish a diagnostic and treatment program for health and dental services to pupils, provided no costs incurred for such health service shall be charged to the local or regional board of education without approval of such board.
(1949 Rev., S. 1468; 1955, S. 944d; P.A. 77-296; P.A. 78-218, S. 133; 78-303, S. 56, 136; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 12-120, S. 25; 12-198, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 77-296 added Subsec. (b) re establishment of diagnostic and treatment programs; P.A. 78-218 replaced personal pronouns with references to “such medical advisor”; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of health services for public health council; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner 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. 12-120 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing former provisions re duties of school medical advisor with provisions re school medical advisor working with appointing board of education and board of health or health department for school district to perform duties in Subdivs. (1) to (4), effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 12-198 made identical changes as P.A. 12-120, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-208. - Exemption from examination or treatment.

No provision of section 10-206 or 10-214 shall be construed to require any pupil to undergo a physical or medical examination or treatment, or to be compelled to receive medical instruction, if the parent or legal guardian of such pupil or the pupil, if such pupil is an emancipated minor or is eighteen years of age or older, in writing, notifies the teacher or principal or other person in charge of such pupil that such parent or guardian or pupil objects, on religious grounds, to such physical or medical examination or treatment or medical instruction.
(1949 Rev., S. 1469; P.A. 78-218, S. 134; P.A. 80-175, S. 4, 5; 80-440, S. 5, 10.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “such parent or guardian” for “he”; P.A. 80-175 gave emancipated minors and pupils 18 or older same rights as parents or guardians under provisions of section; P.A. 80-440 substituted “section 10-206 or 10-214” for “sections 10-205 to 10-207, inclusive”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-208a. - Physical activity of student restricted; boards to honor notice.

Each local and regional board of education shall honor written notice submitted by a licensed practitioner which places physical restrictions upon any pupil enrolled in the public schools of such board of education. For purposes of this section, licensed practitioner means any person who is licensed to practice under chapter 370, 372, 373 or 375 or section 20-94a.
(P.A. 84-177, S. 1, 2; P.A. 99-102, S. 12; P.A. 03-211, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 99-102 deleted obsolete reference to chapter 371; P.A. 03-211 eliminated reference to the healing arts and added reference to Sec. 20-94a in definition of licensed practitioner, effective July 1, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-209. - Records not to be public. Provision of reports to schools.

(a) No record of any medical examination made or filed under the provisions of sections 10-205, 10-206, 10-207 and 10-214, psychological examination made under the supervision or at the request of a board of education, or oral health assessment conducted under section 10-206d shall be open to public inspection.
(b) Each health care provider, as defined in section 19a-7h, who has provided immunizations pursuant to section 10-204a, each health care provider as described in section 10-206 who has provided health assessments pursuant to section 10-206 and each dentist, dental hygienist, legally qualified practitioner of medicine, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse who has provided an oral health assessment pursuant to section 10-206d, to a child who is seeking to enroll in a public school in this state shall provide reports of such immunizations, health assessments and oral health assessments to the designated representative of the local or regional school district governing the school in which the child seeks to enroll. Such health care providers shall also report the results of health assessments required pursuant to section 10-206 and report on immunizations provided pursuant to section 10-204a to such representative for each child enrolled in such public school. Such dentists, dental hygienists, legally qualified practitioners of medicine, physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses shall also report the results of oral health assessments performed under section 10-206d to such representative for each child enrolled in such public school. Each local and regional board of education shall annually designate a representative to receive such reports from health care providers.
(1949 Rev., S. 1470; 1963, P.A. 545; P.A. 80-440, S. 8, 10; P.A. 03-211, S. 9; P.A. 18-168, S. 81.)
History: 1963 act added psychological examinations; P.A. 80-440 substituted “sections 10-205, 10-206, 10-207 and 10-214” for “sections 10-205 to 10-207, inclusive”; P.A. 03-211 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re provision of reports to schools, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 18-168 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to oral health assessments, and amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to dentists, dental hygienists, legally qualified practitioners of medicine, physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses who provided oral health assessment, and adding provision re reporting results of such assessment, effective July 1, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-210. - Notice of disease to be given parent or guardian.

Subject to the provisions of section 19a-216 notice of any disease or defect from which any child is found by such school medical advisor to be suffering shall be given to the parent or guardian of such child, with such advice or order relating thereto as such medical advisor deems advisable, and such parent or guardian shall cause such child to be treated by a reputable physician for such disease or defects. When any child shows symptoms of any communicable disease, notice shall also be given to the director of health or board of health and such child shall be excluded from attendance at such school and not permitted to return without a permit from the town, city or borough director of health.
(1949 Rev., S. 1471; P.A. 78-218, S. 135.)
History: P.A. 78-218 made notice provision subject to Sec. 19-89a.
Cited. 41 CS 31.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-211a. - Peer-to-peer mental health support program; development; training.

(a) As used in this section and section 10-211b, “designated staff member” means a teacher, school administrator, school counselor, school counselor, psychologist, social worker, nurse, physician or school paraeducator employed by a local or regional board of education or working in a public middle school or high school.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the Department of Children and Families shall, in collaboration with the Department of Education, develop a peer-to-peer mental health support program that provides services to aid students in grades six to twelve, inclusive, in problem solving, decision making, conflict resolution and stress management. Such program shall be made available to local and regional boards of education, local health departments, district departments of health, youth services bureaus established pursuant to section 10-19m, municipal social service agencies and other youth-serving organizations approved by the Department of Children and Families. In developing such program, the department shall utilize best practices and may use existing models of peer-to-peer counseling.
(c) On and after January 1, 2023, the Department of Children and Families shall, in collaboration with the Department of Education, provide training to (1) designated staff members selected by the superintendent of schools pursuant to section 10-211b, and (2) employees of local health departments, district departments of health, youth service bureaus established pursuant to section 10-19m, municipal social service agencies and other youth-serving organizations selected pursuant to section 10-211b, on how to implement the peer-to-peer mental health support program and provide instruction, guidance and supervision to students participating in such program.
(P.A. 22-47, S. 34.)
History: P.A. 22-47 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-211b. - Peer-to-peer mental health support program; administration; selection of designated staff members to complete training.

For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each school year thereafter, any local or regional board of education, in collaboration with the Departments of Children and Families and Education, may administer the peer-to-peer mental health support program developed pursuant to section 10-211a. The superintendent of schools for the local or regional school district administering such program shall select one or more designated staff members to complete the training described in section 10-211a. Such program shall be provided to participating students in grades six to twelve, inclusive.
(P.A. 22-47, S. 35.)
History: P.A. 22-47 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-211c. - Peer-to-peer mental health support program; administration by local health departments, district departments of health, youth services bureaus, municipal social services agencies and other youth-serving organizations.

On and after July 1, 2023, any local health department, district department of health, youth service bureau established pursuant to section 10-19m, municipal social service agency or other youth-serving organization approved by the Department of Children and Families, in collaboration with the Department of Education, may administer the peer-to-peer mental health support program developed pursuant to section 10-211a. The entity administering the program shall select one or more employees to complete the training described in section 10-211a. The program shall be provided to participating students in grades six to twelve, inclusive.
(P.A. 22-47, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 22-47 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-211d. - Family care coordinator.

For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall hire or designate an existing employee to serve as the family care coordinator for the school district. The family care coordinator shall work with school social workers, school psychologists and school counselors in the schools under the jurisdiction of the board. The family care coordinator shall serve as a liaison for the school system with mental health service providers for the purposes of providing students with access to mental health resources within the community bringing mental health services to students inside of the school.
(P.A. 22-81, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 22-81 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-211e. - Annual notice re Get Outside and Play for Children's Mental Health Day.

For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, the Department of Education shall provide annual notice to local and regional boards of education about Get Outside and Play for Children's Mental Health Day, as proclaimed pursuant to subdivision (106) of subsection (a) of section 10-29a, and include with such notice any suggestions or materials for suitable exercises that may be held in observance of such day.
(P.A. 22-81, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 22-81 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-212. - School nurses and nurse practitioners. Administration of medications by parents or guardians on school grounds. Criminal history records checks.

(a) Each local or regional board of education shall appoint one or more school nurses or nurse practitioners. Such school nurses and nurse practitioners appointed by such boards shall be qualified pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 by the State Board of Education in consultation with the Department of Public Health. Such school nurses may also act as visiting nurses in the town, may visit the homes of pupils in the public schools and shall assist in executing the orders of the school medical advisor, if there is any in such town, and perform such other duties as are required by such board.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulation of Connecticut state agencies, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the administering of medications by parents or guardians to their own children on school grounds.
(c) School nurses and nurse practitioners appointed by or under contract with any local or regional board of education and any nurse provided to a nonpublic school under the provisions of section 10-217a shall submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with the provisions of section 29-17a.
(1949 Rev., S. 1473; P.A. 78-218, S. 136; P.A. 80-440, S. 2, 10; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 11, 58; P.A. 03-211, S. 3; P.A. 04-181, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 78-218 specified applicability of section to local and regional boards of education; P.A. 80-440 made appointment of school nurses mandatory rather than optional and required them to be “qualified pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54” by state board of education with advice of health services department; 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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re administration of medications by parents or guardians on school grounds, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-211 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting requirement that the State Board of Education adopt regulations in consultation with the Department of Public Health for requirement that regulations be adopted with technical advice and assistance of the Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 04-181 added Subsec. (c) re criminal history records checks, effective June 1, 2004.
Cited. 152 C. 568.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-212b. - Policies prohibiting the recommendation of psychotropic drugs by school personnel.

(a) For purposes of this section, (1) “psychotropic drugs” means prescription medications for behavioral or social-emotional concerns, such as attentional deficits, impulsivity, anxiety, depression and thought disorders, and includes, but is not limited to, stimulant medication and antidepressants, and (2) “school health or mental health personnel” means school nurses or nurse practitioners appointed pursuant to section 10-212, school medical advisors appointed pursuant to section 10-205, school psychologists, school social workers, school counselors and such other school personnel who have been identified as the person responsible for communication with a parent or guardian about a child's need for medical evaluation pursuant to a policy adopted by a local or regional board of education as required by subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Each local and regional board of education shall adopt and implement policies prohibiting any school personnel from recommending the use of psychotropic drugs for any child. Such policies shall set forth procedures (1) for communication between school health or mental health personnel and other school personnel about a child who may require a recommendation for a medical evaluation, (2) establishing the method in which school health or mental health personnel communicate a recommendation to a parent or guardian that such child be evaluated by an appropriate medical practitioner, and (3) for obtaining proper consent from a parent or guardian of a child for the school health or mental health personnel to communicate about such child with a medical practitioner outside the school who is not a school employee. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit (A) school health or mental health personnel from recommending that a child be evaluated by an appropriate medical practitioner, (B) school personnel from consulting with such practitioner with the consent of the parents or guardian of such child, (C) the planning and placement team from recommending a medical evaluation as part of an initial evaluation or reevaluation, as needed to determine a child's (i) eligibility for special education and related services, or (ii) educational needs for an individualized education program.
(P.A. 01-124, S. 1; P.A. 03-211, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 03-211 added new Subsec. (a) defining “psychotropic drugs” and “school health or mental health personnel”, designated existing provisions as Subsec. (b) and amended same to add procedures to be included in policies and provisions re planning and placement team, substitute “school health or mental health personnel” for “school medical staff” and make technical changes, effective July 1, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-212d. - Availability of automatic external defibrillators in schools. Emergency action response plans for life-threatening emergencies.

(a) On and after July 1, 2010, subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, each local and regional board of education shall have at each school under the board's jurisdiction: (1) An automatic external defibrillator; and (2) school personnel trained in the operation of such automatic external defibrillator and the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The automatic external defibrillator and school personnel trained in the operation of an automatic external defibrillator and the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall be accessible during the school's normal operational hours, during school-sponsored athletic practices and athletic events taking place on school grounds and during school sponsored events not occurring during the normal operational hours of the school.
(b) Not later than July 1, 2010, each school shall develop an emergency action response plan that addresses the appropriate use of school personnel to respond to incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency while on school grounds.
(c) Not later than July 1, 2010, each school with an athletic department or organized athletic program shall develop an emergency action response plan that addresses the appropriate use of school personnel to respond to incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency while attending or participating in an athletic practice or event while on school grounds.
(d) A local or regional board of education shall not be required to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section if federal, state or private funding is not available to such local and regional board of education to purchase an automatic external defibrillator and pay for the training of school personnel described in said subsection (a). A local and regional board of education may accept a donation of an automatic external defibrillator that meets the standards established by the United States Food and Drug Administration and is in compliance with the device manufacturer's maintenance schedule. A local and regional board of education may accept gifts, grants and donations, including in-kind donations designated for the purchase of an automatic external defibrillator and for the costs incurred to inspect and maintain such device and train staff in the use of such device.
(P.A. 09-94, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 09-94 effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-212e. - Immunity from actions relating to the provision of food or dietary supplements on school grounds by a parent, guardian or designee to a student with glycogen storage disease.

No claim for damages shall be made against a town, local or regional board of education or school employee, as defined in section 10-222d, for any injury or damage resulting from the provision of food or dietary supplements by a parent or guardian, or a person designated by such parent or guardian, on school grounds to a student with glycogen storage disease under an individualized health care and glycogen storage disease action plan, pursuant to section 10-212c.
(P.A. 12-198, S. 7; P.A. 13-31, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 12-198 effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-31 made technical changes, effective May 28, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-212g. - Training program re emergency first aid to students who experience allergic reactions.

Not later than December 31, 2014, the Departments of Education and Public Health shall jointly develop, in consultation with the School Nurse Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 10-212f, an annual training program regarding emergency first aid to students who experience allergic reactions. Such annual training program shall include instruction in (1) cardiopulmonary resuscitation, (2) first aid, (3) food allergies, (4) the signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis, (5) prevention and risk-reduction strategies regarding allergic reactions, (6) emergency management and administration of epinephrine, (7) follow-up and reporting procedures after a student has experienced an allergic reaction, (8) carrying out the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of section 10-212a, and (9) any other relevant issues and topics related to emergency first aid to students who experience allergic reactions. The Department of Education shall make such annual training program available to local and regional boards of education.
(P.A. 14-176, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 14-176 effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-212h. - Self-application of sunscreen by students.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-212a, any student who is six years of age or older may possess and self-apply an over-the-counter sunscreen product while in school prior to engaging in any outdoor activity, provided a written authorization signed by the student's parent or guardian is submitted to the school nurse.
(b) Each local and regional board of education may adopt policies and procedures determined to be necessary by such board to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. If and when a board adopts such policies and procedures, the self-application of over-the-counter sunscreen products by students in each school under the jurisdiction of the board shall be in accordance with such policies and procedures.
(P.A. 19-60, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 19-60 effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-212j. - Posting and distribution of document re behavioral and mental health evaluation and treatment resources.

(a) Not later than January 1, 2022, each local and regional board of education shall make available on such board's Internet web site the document developed by the Department of Children and Families pursuant to subsection (a) of section 17a-22r, concerning behavioral and mental health evaluation and treatment resources available to children in the mental health region in which such board is located.
(b) On and after January 1, 2022, each local and regional board of education shall distribute the document described in subsection (a) of this section (1) to any student taking a course in health and safety, and (2) at least semiannually, in September and May, to the parents and guardians of each student in the school district.
(P.A. 21-116, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 21-116 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-212k. - Provision of free menstrual products to students in grades three to twelve.

On and after September 1, 2023, each local and regional board of education shall provide free menstrual products, as defined in section 18-69e, in women's restrooms, all-gender restrooms and at least one men's restroom, which restrooms are accessible to students in grades three to twelve, inclusive, in each school under the jurisdiction of such boards and in a manner that does not stigmatize any student seeking such products, pursuant to guidelines established by the Commissioner of Public Health under section 19a-131l. To carry out the provisions of this section, the local and regional boards of education may (1) accept donations of menstrual products and grants from any source for the purpose of purchasing such products, and (2) partner with a nonprofit or community-based organization.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 84.)
History: P.A. 22-118 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-212l. - Mental health plan for student athletes; development.

Not later than July 1, 2023, the Department of Education, in collaboration with the governing authority for intramural and interscholastic athletics, shall develop a mental health plan for student athletes to raise awareness of mental health resources available to student athletes. Such plan shall be made available to local and regional boards of education and implemented in accordance with the provisions of section 10-212m. Such plan shall include, but need not be limited to, provisions relating to (1) access to the mental health services team for the school district, (2) screening and recognizing appropriate referrals for student athletes, (3) communication among members of the mental health services team, (4) the management of administration of student athlete medications, (5) crisis intervention services, (6) the mitigation of risk to student athletes, and (7) transition care for those student athletes leaving intramural or interscholastic athletics by means of graduation, dismissal or suspension. The department shall make such plan available on its Internet web site and provide technical assistance to local and regional boards of education in the implementation of the plan.
(P.A. 22-81, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 22-81 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-212m. - Mental health plan for student athletes; implementation.

For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall implement the mental health plan for student athletes, developed pursuant to section 10-212l, for the school district.
(P.A. 22-81, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 22-81 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-213. - Dental hygienists.

A local or regional board of education may appoint and prescribe the functions and duties of one or more licensed dental hygienists.
(1949 Rev., S. 1474; P.A. 78-218, S. 137; P.A. 80-440, S. 3, 10.)
History: P.A. 78-218 specified applicability to local and regional boards of education and referred to schools of local or regional board rather than schools “in such town”; P.A. 80-440 replaced previous provisions with simple statement that school board may appoint dental hygienists and prescribe their functions and duties.
Cited. 152 C. 568.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-214a. - Eye-protective devices.

The State Board of Education shall make regulations concerning the use of appliances and devices for eye protection in the laboratories and workshops of all public and private elementary and secondary schools, including regional vocational technical schools. Such regulations shall prescribe the kind and construction of such appliances and devices and the times during which they shall be used. The board, or equivalent supervisory body, which is responsible for the administration of any such school shall be responsible for compliance with said regulations.
(1967, P.A. 572, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-214b. - Compliance report by local or regional board of education.

Section 10-214b is repealed, effective June 3, 1996.
(P.A. 80-440, S. 9, 10; P.A. 88-136, S. 10, 37; 88-364, S. 16, 123; P.A. 96-161, S. 12, 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-215a. - Nonpublic school and nonprofit agency participation in feeding programs.

Nonpublic schools and nonprofit agencies may participate in the school breakfast, lunch and other feeding programs provided in sections 10-215 to 10-215b under such regulations as may be promulgated by the State Board of Education in conformance with said sections and under the federal laws governing said programs, except that such schools, other than the endowed academies approved pursuant to section 10-34, and agencies shall not be eligible for the funding described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-215b.
(1971, P.A. 702, S. 2; P.A. 81-208, S. 2; P.A. 92-170, S. 14, 26; P.A. 06-63, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 81-208 allowed nonprofit agencies to participate in school breakfast, lunch and other feeding programs; P.A. 92-170 made a technical change; P.A. 06-63 added exception for funding described in Sec. 10-215b(a)(2), effective July 1, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-215c. - Annual report.

Section 10-215c is repealed.
(1971, P.A. 702, S. 6; P.A. 73-310; P.A. 78-218, S. 141; P.A. 82-314, S. 54, 63; P.A. 92-170, S. 25, 26.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-215d. - Regulations re nutrition standards for school breakfasts and lunches. Facilitation of purchases from local farmers.

(a) Not later than July 1, 1991, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, the School Food Service Association and the Connecticut Dietetic Association, shall, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54, adopt regulations concerning nutrition standards for breakfasts and lunches provided to students by local and regional boards of education.
(b) Not later than October 1, 2017, the regulations described in subsection (a) of this section shall be amended, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to facilitate purchases from local farmers by local and regional boards of education, in furtherance of the state's farm to school program established in section 22-38d.
(P.A. 90-27, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 16-37, S. 1.)
History: 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. 16-37 designated existing provisions re adoption of regulations as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re amendment of regulations to facilitate purchases from local farmers in furtherance of state's farm to school program, effective May 27, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-215e. - Nutrition standards for food that is not part of lunch or breakfast program.

Not later than August 1, 2006, and January first of each year thereafter, the Department of Education shall publish a set of nutrition standards for food items offered for sale to students at schools. Such standards shall not apply to food sold as part of the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program unless such items are purchased separately from a school lunch or breakfast that is reimbursable under such program.
(P.A. 06-63, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 06-63 effective July 1, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-215f. - Certification that food meets nutrition standards.

(a) Each local and regional board of education, the Technical Education and Career System, and the governing authority for each state charter school, interdistrict magnet school and endowed academy approved pursuant to section 10-34 that participates in the National School Lunch Program shall certify in its annual application to the Department of Education for school lunch funding whether, during the school year for which such application is submitted, all food items made available for sale to students in schools under its jurisdiction and not exempted from the nutrition standards published by the Department of Education pursuant to section 10-215e will meet said standards. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, such certification shall include food not exempted from said nutrition standards and offered for sale to students at all times, and from all sources, including, but not limited to, school stores, vending machines, school cafeterias, and any fundraising activities on school premises, whether or not school sponsored.
(b) Each board of education, the Technical Education and Career System and each governing authority that certifies pursuant to this section compliance with the department's nutrition standards for food may exclude from such certification the sale to students of food items that do not meet such standards, provided (1) such sale is in connection with an event occurring after the end of the regular school day or on the weekend, (2) such sale is at the location of such event, and (3) such food is not sold from a vending machine or school store.
(P.A. 06-63, S. 3; P.A. 12-116, S. 85; P.A. 17-237, S. 73.)
History: P.A. 06-63 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 12-116 replaced “regional vocational-technical school system” with “technical high school system”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 replaced “technical high school system” with “Technical Education and Career System”, effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-215g. - In-classroom school breakfast pilot program.

(a) There is established an in-classroom school breakfast pilot program. The Department of Education may, within available appropriations, maintain a competitive grant program for the purpose of assisting up to ten severe need schools, as defined in section 10-266w, to establish or expand in-classroom school breakfast programs.
(b) Applicants for grants provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall apply annually to the Commissioner of Education at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes. In determining whether to award an applicant a grant for an in-classroom school breakfast program, the commissioner shall consider, at a minimum, the following factors: (1) The specific objectives and description of the proposed program, (2) the cost of the proposed program, (3) the number of children who will benefit from the proposed program, and (4) whether the proposed program is likely to increase the number of students receiving nutritious breakfasts.
(P.A. 06-135, S. 20; P.A. 12-120, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 06-135 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 12-120 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “by federal law governing school nutrition programs” with “in section 10-266w” and adding “or expand” re breakfast programs, effective June 15, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-215h. - Child nutrition outreach program.

(a) The Department of Education shall administer, within available appropriations, a child nutrition outreach program to increase (1) participation in the federal School Breakfast Program, federal Summer Food Service Program and federal Child and Adult Care Food Program; and (2) federal reimbursement for such programs.
(b) The child nutrition outreach program shall:
(1) Encourage schools to (A) participate in the federal School Breakfast Program; (B) employ innovative breakfast service methods where students eat their breakfast in their classrooms or elsewhere after school starts, rather than only before school and only in the cafeteria; and (C) apply to the in-classroom breakfast grant program pursuant to section 10-215g;
(2) (A) Encourage local and regional school districts to sponsor Summer Food Service Program sites; (B) recruit other sponsors of such sites; and (C) make grants to site sponsors to assist them in increasing child participation;
(3) Encourage child care centers, group child care homes and family child care homes, as such terms are described in section 19a-77, to participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program; and
(4) Publicize the availability of federally funded child nutrition programs throughout the state.
(P.A. 10-133, S. 6; P.A. 16-163, S. 28.)
History: P.A. 10-133 effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 16-163 amended Subsec. (b)(3) by replacing “day care centers” with “child care centers, group child care homes and family child care homes, as such terms are described in section 19a-77,”, effective June 9, 2016.
See Sec. 4-165c re immunity of the state and its officials, employees and agents.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-215i. - Information and notice re supplemental nutrition assistance program.

(a) Not later than October 1, 2015, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Social Services, shall provide information about the supplemental nutrition assistance program pursuant to the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to local and regional boards of education. Such information shall include, (1) information about how to qualify for the program, (2) where to obtain applications, and (3) where to get help completing applications.
(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall use the information about the supplemental nutrition assistance program pursuant to the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, provided by the department pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, to provide notice to the parents or guardians of students about said supplemental nutrition assistance program.
(P.A. 15-215, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 15-215 effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-215j. - School nutrition program bids by food service management companies. Consistency with farm to school program. Preference in award of contract.

Any bid submitted by a food service management company in response to a request for proposals or bid solicitation by a local or regional board of education that is posted to the State Contracting Portal and that relates to such local or regional board of education's school nutrition program shall include information detailing the consistency of such bid with the state's farm to school program, established in section 22-38d and the ways in which such bid facilitates the purchase of products from local farmers by the local or regional board of education, as described in section 22-38d. In the award of any such contract, in accordance with any other statute, regulation or rule concerning such award, all other factors being equal, preference shall be given to the proposal or bid that facilitates such purchase of products from local farmers by the local or regional board of education, as described in section 22-38d.
(P.A. 16-37, S. 2.)