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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-224. - Duties of the secretary.

The secretary of the board of education shall keep a record of all its proceedings in a book which such secretary shall provide for that purpose at the expense of the town and shall submit to the town at its annual meetings a report of the doings of the board. The report of the secretary and of the superintendent of schools shall be printed with the reports of the town officers. The superintendent of schools shall report to the Commissioner of Education such returns and statistics respecting the schools of the town as the commissioner requests.
(1949 Rev., S. 1482; P.A. 77-167, S. 1, 3; 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 149; P.A. 90-325, S. 8, 32.)
History: P.A. 77-167 deleted requirement that two copies of report be sent to secretary of the state board on or before October fifteenth and replaced it with more general requirement that report to secretary consist of “such returns and statistics ... as said board requests”; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218 deleted references to supervising agents and replaced “he” with “such secretary”; P.A. 90-325 provided that the returns and statistics reported by the superintendent be as requested by the commissioner of education, rather than the board of education.
Mandamus does not lie to compel secretary to insert in minutes acts of board of which he has no knowledge. 97 C. 434.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-225. - Salaries of secretary and attendance officers.

The salaries and compensation of the secretary of the board of education and of the attendance officers may be fixed by the town, as provided in section 7-460, but, until the town acts, the board of education shall fix such salary or compensation; provided no member of the board of education shall receive any compensation for services rendered as such member, but such member may be paid necessary expenses when performing a duty delegated by said board.
(1949 Rev., S. 1483; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 63; P.A. 78-218, S. 150.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “such member” for “he” and deleted “his” in phrase “his necessary expenses”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-226. - Reports to Commissioner of Education.

Each local and regional board of education shall annually, before the first of October, return to the Commissioner of Education the name and the address of employment and contractual annual salary, or the equivalent thereof, of each teacher, principal and superintendent or other certified person which it employs. Each local and regional board of education shall submit to the Commissioner of Education, within seven days after receipt of notice of the decision to accept a contract offer for employment as a new superintendent, the name and address of the person accepting such offer.
(1949 Rev., S. 1484; February, 1965, P.A. 282, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 90, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 151; P.A. 83-116, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-54, S. 2, 3.)
History: 1965 act changed deadline for reporting information re board members to secretary of state board from “annually before the fifteenth of October” to “within thirty days of the date of election” of the members but kept October fifteenth deadline for reporting information re teachers, principals and superintendents; 1971 act changed report date for teacher, principal and superintendent information to October first and required inclusion in report of data concerning “other certified” personnel; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” boards of education, deleted references to school districts and substituted “which it employs” for “employed in the public schools within its town or district”; P.A. 83-116 deleted requirement that boards of education report to commissioner of education names and addresses of their members; P.A. 85-54 added requirement that hiring board notify commissioner of name and address of person accepting offer of contract.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-226a. - Documentation of pupils and teachers of racial minorities and pupils eligible for free or reduced price lunches.

(a) Each local or regional board of education shall annually submit to the State Board of Education at such time and in such manner as the state board may prescribe such data as the state board may require in order to determine the total number of pupils and teachers of racial minorities and pupils eligible for free or reduced price lunches in the schools under the jurisdiction of each local or regional board and, in such cases as the state board shall determine, the number of pupils and teachers of racial minorities and pupils eligible for free and reduced price lunches in each school and in each grade.
(b) As used in sections 10-226a to 10-226e, inclusive, “pupils and teachers of racial minorities” means those whose race is defined as other than white, or whose ethnicity is defined as Hispanic or Latino by the federal Office of Management and Budget for use by the Bureau of Census of the United States Department of Commerce.
(1969, P.A. 773, S. 1; P.A. 74-149; P.A. 78-218, S. 152; P.A. 98-252, S. 40, 80; P.A. 03-174, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 74-149 redefined “pupils of racial minorities” by deleting clause “and whose color, appearance ... are distinguishable from persons whose ancestry is totally Caucasian”; P.A. 78-218 specified “local and regional” boards rather than “town boards”; P.A. 98-252 amended Subsec. (a) to add teachers of racial minorities and pupils eligible for free or reduced price lunches and amended Subsec. (b) to add teachers and to change the definition of racial minorities to the definition for other than white used by the Bureau of Census of the United States Department of Commerce, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 03-174 amended Subsec. (b) by substituting “race” for “racial ancestry” and by adding provision re ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino, effective, July 1, 2003.
Cited. 238 C. 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-226b. - Existence of racial imbalance.

(a) Whenever the State Board of Education finds that racial imbalance exists in a public school, it shall notify in writing the board of education having jurisdiction over said school that such finding has been made.
(b) As used in sections 10-226a to 10-226e, inclusive, “racial imbalance” means a condition wherein the proportion of pupils of racial minorities in all of the grades of a public school of the secondary level or below taken together substantially exceeds or falls substantially short of the proportion of such public school pupils in all of the same grades of the school district in which said school is situated taken together.
(1969, P.A. 773, S. 2.)
Cited. 21 CA 67.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-226c. - Plan to correct imbalance.

(a) Any board of education receiving notification of the existence of racial imbalance as specified in section 10-226b shall forthwith prepare a plan to correct such imbalance and file a copy of said plan with the State Board of Education. Said plan may be limited to addressing the imbalance existing at any school and need not result in a district-wide plan or district-wide pupil reassignment. A school district may request an extension of time in cases in which the number of students causing said imbalance is fewer than five students at a school.
(b) Any plan submitted by the board of education of any town under sections 10-226a to 10-226e, inclusive, shall include any proposed changes in existing school attendance districts, the location of proposed school building sites as related to the problem, any proposed additions to existing school buildings and all other means proposed for the correction of said racial imbalance. The plan shall include projections of the expected racial composition of all public schools in the district. The plan may include provision for cooperation with other school districts to assist in the correction of racial imbalance.
(1969, P.A. 773, S. 3, 4; P.A. 98-252, S. 41, 80.)
History: P.A. 98-252 amended Subsec. (a) to allow the plan to address imbalance existing at any school and not require a district-wide plan or pupil reassignment and to provide for extensions of time under specified circumstances, and amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-226d. - Approval of plan by state board.

Upon receipt of any plan required under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 10-226c, the State Board of Education shall review said plan. If it determines that the plan is satisfactory, it shall approve the plan and shall provide to the board of education such assistance and services as may be available. The board of education shall submit annual reports on the implementation of the approved plan, as the State Board of Education may require.
(1969, P.A. 773, S. 5; P.A. 98-252, S. 42, 80.)
History: P.A. 98-252 substituted annual reports for quarterly reports, effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-226e. - Regulations.

The State Board of Education shall have the authority to establish regulations for the operation of sections 10-226a to 10-226e, inclusive, including times and procedures for reports to said board, and the criteria for approval of plans to correct racial imbalance and fix standards for determination as to racial imbalance. Such regulations shall include voluntary enrollment plans approved by the State Board of Education as an alternative to mandatory pupil reassignment, allowance for diverse schools existing in school districts with minority enrollments of fifty per cent or more and require equitable allocation of resources within any cited school districts.
(1969, P.A. 773, S. 6; P.A. 86-78, S. 1, 2; P.A. 98-252, S. 43, 80.)
History: P.A. 86-78 added provisions for alternative regulations for school districts with minority student enrollments of 70% or more; P.A. 98-252 deleted language allowing regulations to include separate times and procedures for reports, criteria for plan approvals and standards for racial imbalance determinations for school districts with minority student enrollments of 70% or more and substituted requirement for regulations to include voluntary enrollment plans as an alternative for mandatory pupil reassignment, allowance for diverse schools existing in school districts with minority enrollment of 50% or more and a requirement for equitable allocation of resources within cited school districts, effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-226f. - Coordinator of intergroup relations.

The State Board of Education shall select one of its employees to assume responsibility, in addition to whatever other duties said board may prescribe, as coordinator of intergroup relations, and shall prescribe duties for such coordinator and for any other of its employees as may be necessary to carry out effectively the purposes of subsection (a) of section 10-145a, this section and section 10-226g.
(P.A. 75-372, S. 1; P.A. 78-218, S. 153; P.A. 81-472, S. 124, 159; P.A. 82-314, S. 55, 63; P.A. 92-170, S. 11, 26; P.A. 17-14, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 78-218 deleted obsolete reference to July 1, 1975, as date for selection of coordinator of intergroup relations and changed from February first to February fifteenth the deadline for progress reports on intergroup relations programs P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 82-314 changed official name of education committee; P.A. 92-170 removed a requirement that state board report to the education committee of the general assembly on programs in intergroup relations; P.A. 17-14 replaced reference to Sec. 10-145a(b) with reference to Sec. 10-145a(a), effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-226g. - Intergroup relations training for teachers.

Each regional and local board of education may, in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the State Board of Education, provide a program in intergroup relations training for all teachers employed in the public schools of the district. In addition, each such board may select one of its employees to assume responsibility as coordinator of intergroup relations. No regulation of the State Board of Education shall require a local or regional board of education to hire new personnel to carry out the purposes of subsection (a) of section 10-145a, section 10-226f and this section. Each such coordinator shall, utilizing local resources to the extent available, with the assistance of the coordinator of intergroup relations for the State Board of Education: (1) Provide for the conduct of workshops and training programs in intergroup relations for all teachers in each school; (2) evaluate, and recommend the use of, textbooks and curricula material concerning racial and cultural minorities; and (3) introduce and implement programs of intergroup relations in such schools.
(P.A. 75-372, S. 2; P.A. 78-218, S. 154; P.A. 81-472, S. 125, 159; P.A. 17-14, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 78-218 specified applicability to regional and local boards, deleted reference to town boards and school districts and deleted obsolete reference to December 1, 1975, as deadline for provision of teacher training program in intergroup relations; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 17-14 replaced reference to Sec. 10-145a(b) with reference to Sec. 10-145a(a), effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-226h. - Programs and methods to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation.

(a) A local or regional board of education for purposes of subdivision (3) of section 10-4a, may offer such programs or use such methods as: (1) Interdistrict magnet school programs; (2) charter schools; (3) interdistrict after-school, Saturday and summer programs and sister-school projects; (4) intradistrict and interdistrict public school choice programs; (5) interdistrict school building projects; (6) interdistrict program collaboratives for students and staff; (7) distance learning through the use of technology; and (8) any other experience that increases awareness of the diversity of individuals and cultures.
(b) Each local and regional board of education shall report by October 1, 2012, and biennially thereafter, to the Commissioner of Education on the programs and activities undertaken in its school district to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation, including (1) information on the number and duration of such programs and activities and the number of students and staff involved, and (2) evidence of the progress over time in the reduction of racial, ethnic and economic isolation.
(c) The Commissioner of Education shall report, by January 1, 1999, and biennially thereafter, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Governor and the General Assembly on activities and programs designed to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation. The report shall include statistics on any growth in such programs or expansion of such activities over time, an analysis of the success of such programs and activities in reducing racial, ethnic and economic isolation, a recommendation for any statutory changes that would assist in the expansion of such programs and activities and the sufficiency of the annual grant pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10-266aa and whether additional financial incentives would improve the program established pursuant to section 10-266aa.
(P.A. 97-290, S. 2, 29; P.A. 98-252, S. 14, 80; P.A. 00-220, S. 11, 43; P.A. 11-179, S. 3; P.A. 12-59, S. 1; 12-120, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 97-290 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-252 deleted Subsec. (a)(7) re minority staff recruitment and renumbered the remaining Subdivs., effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 00-220 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to change the reporting dates and amended Subsec. (d) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 11-179 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “July 1, 2000” with “October 1, 2011” and replacing “regional educational service center for its area” with “Commissioner of Education”, deleted former Subsec. (c) re biennial report to commissioner and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (c), effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 12-59 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective May 31, 2012; P.A. 12-120 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “2011” with “2012” re report date, effective July 1, 2012.
See Sec. 10-220(a) re required development and implementation of plan for minority staff recruitment.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-228. - Free textbooks, supplies, material and equipment.

Each local and regional board of education shall purchase such books, either as regular texts, as supplementary books or as library books, and such supplies, material and equipment, as it deems necessary to meet the needs of instruction in its schools. In day and evening schools of elementary and secondary grades, all books and equipment, including, but not limited to, assistive devices, shall be loaned and materials and supplies furnished to all pupils free of charge, subject to such rules and regulations as to their care and use as the board of education prescribes. For purposes of this section “assistive device” means assistive device, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10-76y.
(1949 Rev., S. 1486; 1971, P.A. 186; P.A. 78-218, S. 156; P.A. 05-257, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to towns with references to school districts, deleted reference to district committees and made specific mention of library books, material and equipment; P.A. 78-218 specified local and regional boards and deleted references to school districts; P.A. 05-257 added language re assistive devices, effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-228a. - Free textbook loans to pupils attending nonpublic schools.

Each local and regional board of education may, at the request of any nonpublic elementary or secondary school pupil, including a kindergarten pupil, residing in and attending a nonpublic school in such district, or at the request of the parent or guardian of such pupil, or at the request of an administrator at the nonpublic school, on behalf of the pupil, arrange for a loan of nonreligious textbooks available to the local or regional board of education from a book distributor used by such board to such pupil, free of charge, provided the loan of any such textbook shall be requested for not less than one semester's use.
(P.A. 75-397; P.A. 78-218, S. 157; P.A. 07-190, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 78-218 specified local and regional boards and deleted reference to school districts; P.A. 07-190 added provisions re request of nonpublic school administrator on behalf of pupil and requiring that books be nonreligious and be available to board of education by distributor used by board, effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-229. - Change of textbooks.

(a) No board of education shall change any textbooks used in the public schools except by a two-thirds vote of all the members of the board, notice of such intended change having been previously given at a meeting of such board held at least one week previous to the vote upon such change.
(b) If a board of education does change its textbooks pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, such board of education may donate the used textbooks to another board of education.
(1949 Rev., S. 1487; P.A. 78-218, S. 158; P.A. 95-259, S. 18, 32.)
History: P.A. 78-218 deleted phrase “of any town” with reference to boards of education; P.A. 95-259 added Subsec. (b) re donation of books, effective July 6, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-230. - Flags in schoolrooms and schools. Policy on the reciting of the “Pledge of Allegiance”.

(a) Each local and regional board of education shall provide a United States flag for each schoolroom and shall cause such flag to be displayed therein during each day school is in session. Each such board shall also provide each school with a United States flag of silk or bunting, not less than four feet in length, and a suitable flagstaff or other arrangement whereby such flag may be displayed on the schoolhouse grounds each school day when the weather will permit and on the inside of the schoolhouse on other school days, and renew such flag and apparatus when necessary. If any board of education fails to provide either of the flags or the apparatus as required in this section or to renew any such flag or apparatus when necessary for a period of thirty days after the reception by it of written notice from the State Board of Education that such schoolhouse is not provided with such flag or apparatus or that such flag or apparatus should be renewed, each member of such board of education who has so received notice shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars.
(b) The chief executive officer of any municipality is authorized to direct the board of education to display at half-staff all flags at all schools and other buildings administered by said board when flags are being displayed at half-staff on other buildings of the municipality.
(c) Each local and regional board of education shall develop a policy to ensure that time is available each school day for students in the schools under its jurisdiction to recite the “Pledge of Allegiance”. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to require any person to recite the “Pledge of Allegiance”.
(1949 Rev., S. 1488, 1489; 1969, P.A. 394; P.A. 78-218, S. 159; P.A. 02-119, S. 2.)
History: 1969 act added Subsec. (b) re display of flags at half-mast; P.A. 78-218 specified local and regional boards rather than town boards in Subsec. (a) and simply referred to “school” rather than “schoolhouse in which a school is maintained within such town” and substituted “municipality” for “city or town” in Subsec. (b); P.A. 02-119 added Subsec. (c) re the reciting of the “Pledge of Allegiance”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-230a. - Employment of instructors of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs.

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 166 relating to professional certification, a local or regional board of education may employ any person certified by the United States armed forces to be an instructor or assistant instructor of a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program to serve as an instructor or assistant instructor of a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program in a school, except that if such certified person is unavailable, a local or regional board of education may employ any person enrolled in a program of certification to be an instructor or assistant instructor of a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program administered by the United States armed forces.
(P.A. 11-179, S. 10; P.A. 15-215, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 11-179 effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 15-215 added exception re employment of person enrolled in program of certification, effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-230b. - Exemplary veterans education program distinction.

The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall award, upon receipt of a request, an exemplary veterans education program distinction to those local and regional boards of education that offer a program that provides students with opportunities to learn about the contributions of veterans, as defined in section 27-103, or collaborate with local veterans organizations. Such opportunities may include, but need not be limited to, classes, extracurricular activities, presentations or symposiums. A local or regional board of education may submit, at such time and in such manner as the state board prescribes, a request for such distinction by providing details about such board's program to the state board. The state board shall make information about the distinction available on the Department of Education's Internet web site.
(P.A. 16-188, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 16-188 effective July 1, 2016 (Revisor's note: A reference to “Department of Veterans' Affairs” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Veterans Affairs” to conform with changes made by P.A. 16-167).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-231. - Fire drills. Crisis response drills.

(a) Each local and regional board of education shall provide for a fire drill to be held in the schools of such board not later than thirty days after the first day of each school year and at least once each month thereafter, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Each such board shall substitute a crisis response drill for a fire drill once every three months and shall develop the format of such crisis response drill in consultation with the appropriate local law enforcement agency. A representative of such agency may supervise and participate in any such crisis response drill.
(1949 Rev., S. 1490; P.A. 78-218, S. 160; P.A. 00-220, S. 12, 43; P.A. 09-131, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 78-218 specified local and regional boards of education and deleted references to towns; P.A. 00-220 added provision re crisis response drill, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 09-131 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), amended same to add requirement re fire drill to be held not later than 30 days after first day of school and make conforming changes, and added Subsec. (b) re crisis response drills.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-231a. - Pesticide applications at schools: Definitions.

As used in sections 10-231b to 10-231d, inclusive, (1) “pesticide” means a fungicide used on plants, an insecticide, a herbicide or a rodenticide, but does not mean a sanitizer, disinfectant, antimicrobial agent or pesticide bait, (2) “lawn care pesticide” means a pesticide registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and labeled pursuant to the federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act for use in lawn, garden and ornamental sites or areas. “Lawn care pesticide” does not include (A) a microbial pesticide or biochemical pesticide that is registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, (B) a horticultural soap or oil that is registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and does not contain any synthetic pesticide or synergist, or (C) a pesticide classified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as an exempt material pursuant to 40 CFR 152.25, as amended from time to time, (3) “integrated pest management” means use of all available pest control techniques, including judicious use of pesticides, when warranted, to maintain a pest population at or below an acceptable level, while decreasing the use of pesticides, (4) “microbial pesticide” means a pesticide that consists of a microorganism as the active ingredient, and (5) “biochemical pesticide” means a naturally occurring substance that controls pests by nontoxic mechanisms.
(P.A. 99-165, S. 1, 6; P.A. 05-252, S. 2; P.A. 06-14, S. 1; 06-196, S. 223; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 438.)
History: P.A. 99-165 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 05-252 added subdivision designators and definitions of “lawn care pesticide” and “integrated pest management”, effective January 1, 2006; P.A. 06-14 made a technical change; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes, effective June 7, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 deleted reference to Sec. 19a-79a, redefined “lawn care pesticide” in Subdiv. (2) and added definition of “microbial pesticide” as Subdiv. (4) and “biochemical pesticide” as Subdiv. (5), effective June 30, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-231e. - Maintenance of heating, ventilation and air conditioning system.

(a) For purposes of this section “Standard 62” means the American Society of Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Engineers Standard 62 entitled “Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality”, as referenced by the State Building Code adopted under section 29-252.
(b) Each local or regional board of education shall ensure that its heating, ventilation and air conditioning system is (1) maintained and operated in accordance with the prevailing maintenance standards, such as Standard 62, at the time of installation or renovation of such system, and (2) operated continuously during the hours in which students or school personnel occupy school facilities, except (A) during scheduled maintenance and emergency repairs, and (B) during periods for which school officials can demonstrate to the local or regional board of education's satisfaction that the quantity of outdoor air supplied by an air supply system that is not mechanically driven meets the Standard 62 requirements for air changes per hour.
(c) Each local or regional board of education shall maintain records of the maintenance of its heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems for a period of not less than five years.
(P.A. 03-220, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 03-220 effective July 1, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-231f. - Indoor air quality committee.

Each local and regional board of education may establish an indoor air quality committee for each school district or facility to increase staff and student awareness of facets of the environment that affect the health of the occupants of school facilities including, but not limited to, air quality, water quality and the presence of radon. Such committee shall include, but not be limited to, at least one administrator, one maintenance staff member, one teacher, one school health staff member, one parent of a student and two members-at-large from the school district. No local or regional board of education, superintendent or school administrator may prohibit a school safety committee established pursuant to section 10-220f from addressing indoor air quality issues that affect the health of occupants of school facilities.
(P.A. 03-220, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 03-220 effective July 1, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-232. - Restrictions on employment of members of board of education.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act to the contrary, no member of the board of education shall be employed for compensation by the board of which he or she is a member in any position in the school system. If any member of such board is employed contrary to the provisions of this section, the office to which he or she was elected or appointed shall become vacant. No provision of this section shall be construed to prohibit any member of a board of education from serving as a member of any school building committee established by a town or regional school district to undertake a school building project as defined in section 10-282.
(1949 Rev., S. 1493; 1953, S. 948d; 1963, P.A. 303; February, 1965, P.A. 281, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 154; P.A. 78-218, S. 161.)
History: 1963 act clarified that prohibition relates to employment as teacher or janitor “by” town rather than “in” town; 1965 act prohibited construction of statute to prevent school board member from serving on school building committee; 1967 act added “Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act to the contrary” and prohibited employment of board member, whether appointed or elected, “in any position in the school system”, replacing provisions prohibiting employment as teacher or school janitor; P.A. 78-218 added feminine personal pronouns.
Cited. 152 C. 568; 182 C. 253.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-232b. - Criminal history and child abuse and neglect registry records checks of students in teacher preparation programs. Fee waiver.

(a) Each eligible school operator and nongovernmental school operator shall require each student who is enrolled in a teacher preparation program, as defined in section 10-10a, and completing his or her student teaching experience with such eligible school operator or nongovernmental school operator, to (1) state, in writing, whether such student has ever been convicted of a crime or whether criminal charges are pending against such applicant at the time of such application and, if charges are pending, to state the charges and the court in which such charges are pending, (2) submit to a records check of the Department of Children and Families child abuse and neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k, before such student begins such student teaching experience, and (3) on and after July 1, 2019, submit to state and national criminal history records checks within sixty days from the date such student begins to perform such student teaching experience. The criminal history records checks required by this section shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a.
(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall waive the fee for a criminal history records check required under this section.
(P.A. 19-91, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 19-91 effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-232c. - Criminal history and child abuse and neglect registry records checks of persons who will perform service involving direct contact with students.

Each eligible school operator or nongovernmental school operator may require any person who will perform a service involving direct contact with students to (1) state, in writing, whether such person has ever been convicted of a crime or whether criminal charges are pending against such applicant at the time of such application and, if charges are pending, to state the charges and the court in which such charges are pending, (2) submit to a records check of the Department of Children and Families child abuse and neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k, before such person performs a service involving direct contact with students, and (3) on and after July 1, 2019, submit to state and national criminal history records checks in accordance with section 29-17a and the National Child Protection Act of 1993, P.L. 103-209, as amended from time to time.
(P.A. 19-91, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 19-91 effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-232d. - Criminal history and child abuse and neglect registry records checks of certified school personnel. Denial of application for and revocation of certification.

(a) The State Board of Education shall submit, periodically, to the State Police Bureau of Identification a database providing identification information of each applicant to the board for an initial issuance of certificate, authorization or permit pursuant to sections 10-144o to 10-149, inclusive. The State Police Bureau of Identification shall conduct a state criminal history records check in accordance with section 29-17a against such database and notify the State Board of Education of any such applicant who has a criminal conviction. The State Board of Education shall not issue a certificate, authorization or permit until the board receives and evaluates the results of such check and may deny an application in accordance with the provisions of subsection (i) of section 10-145b.
(b) The State Board of Education shall submit, periodically, to the State Police Bureau of Identification a database providing identification information of each person who holds a certificate, authorization or permit. The State Police Bureau of Identification shall conduct a state criminal history records check in accordance with section 29-17a against such database and shall notify the State Board of Education of any such person who has a criminal conviction. The State Board of Education may revoke the certificate, authorization or permit of such person in accordance with the provisions of subsection (i) of section 10-145b.
(c) The State Board of Education shall require each applicant seeking an initial issuance or renewal of a certificate, authorization or permit pursuant to sections 10-144o to 10-149, inclusive, to submit to a records check of the Department of Children and Families child abuse and neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k. If notification is received that the applicant is listed as a perpetrator of abuse or neglect on the Department of Children and Families child abuse and neglect registry, the board shall deny an application for the certificate, authorization or permit in accordance with the provisions of subsection (i) of section 10-145b, or may revoke the certificate, authorization or permit in accordance with the provisions of said subsection (i).
(P.A. 19-91, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 19-91 effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-233b. - Removal of pupils from class.

(a) Any local or regional board of education may authorize teachers in its employ to remove a pupil from class when such pupil deliberately causes a serious disruption of the educational process within the classroom, provided no pupil shall be removed from class more than six times in any school year nor more than twice in one week unless such pupil is referred to the building principal or such principal's designee and granted an informal hearing in accordance with the provisions of section 10-233c.
(b) Whenever any teacher removes a pupil from the classroom, such teacher shall send such pupil to a designated area and shall immediately inform the building principal or such principal's designee as to the name of the pupil against whom such disciplinary action was taken and the reason therefor.
(P.A. 75-609, S. 2; P.A. 78-218, S. 163; P.A. 84-255, S. 11, 21.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” boards of education, deleted references to school boards and school districts and replaced masculine personal pronouns with appropriate nouns; P.A. 84-255 amended Subsec. (a) to clarify that removal of a pupil from the classroom may only occur six times per “school” year.
Cited. 193 C. 93.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-233e. - Notice as to disciplinary policies and action.

Each local or regional board of education shall inform all pupils within its jurisdiction and their parents, guardians and surrogate parents, if appointed pursuant to section 10-94g, at least annually, of the board policies governing student conduct and school discipline. Each board shall further provide an effective means of notifying the parents, guardian or surrogate parent, if appointed, of any minor pupil against whom the disciplinary action authorized by the provisions of this section and sections 10-233a to 10-233d, inclusive, has been taken. Such notice shall be given within twenty-four hours of the time such pupil has been excluded.
(P.A. 75-609, S. 5; P.A. 78-218, S. 166; P.A. 94-221, S. 6; P.A. 00-48, S. 8, 12.)
History: P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” board of education; P.A. 94-221 required that parents and guardians as well as students be informed of school policies on conduct and expanded the matters to be covered to include school discipline; P.A. 00-48 added provisions re surrogate parents, effective July 1, 2000.
Cited. 193 C. 93.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-233f. - In-school suspension of pupils. Reassignment.

(a) Any local or regional board of education may authorize the administration of schools under its direction to impose an in-school suspension on any pupil whose conduct endangers persons or property or is seriously disruptive of the educational process, or is violative of a publicized policy of such board. No pupil shall be placed in in-school suspension without an informal hearing before the building principal or such principal's designee at which such pupil shall be informed of the reasons for the disciplinary action and given an opportunity to explain the situation, provided no pupil shall be placed in in-school suspension more than fifteen times or a total of fifty days in one school year, whichever results in fewer days of exclusion.
(b) A local or regional board of education may reassign a pupil to a regular classroom program in a different school in the school district and such reassignment shall not constitute a suspension pursuant to section 10-233c, or an expulsion pursuant to section 10-233d.
(P.A. 79-236, S. 2; P.A. 80-233, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-546, S. 26, 173; P.A. 95-304, S. 6, 9.)
History: P.A. 80-233 allowed in-school suspensions for conduct which “is violative of a publicized policy” of the board of education as well as for conduct which endangers persons or property or which disrupts the educational process as previously provided; P.A. 84-546 made technical change substituting “pupil” for “student”; P.A. 95-304 added Subsec. (b) re reassignment, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 193 C. 93.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-233g. - Reports of principals to police authority concerning physical assaults upon school employees by students.

(a) Where there is a physical assault made by a student upon a teacher or other school employee on school property or in performance of school duties and such teacher or employee files a written report with the school principal based upon such assault, the school building principal shall report such physical assault to the local police authority.
(b) No school administrator shall interfere with the right of a teacher or other employee of a board of education to file a complaint with the local police authority in cases of threats of physical violence and in cases of physical assaults by a student against such teacher or employee.
(P.A. 79-464; P.A. 83-44, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-353, S. 32, 52.)
History: P.A. 83-44 amended Subsec. (a) to require filing of reports annually rather than semiannually; P.A. 93-353 deleted Subsec. (a) requiring each local or regional board of education to submit an annual report to the state board of education re school violence and Subsec. (d) requiring the state board of education to adopt regulations for such reports, relettering Subsecs. (b) and (c) as (a) and (b), effective July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-233i. - Students placed on probation by a court.

A student placed on probation by a court may return to school on a conditional basis, within the limits prescribed by the court, provided the court has requested, from the superintendent of schools of the school district in which the student resides, and considered (1) information on the student's school attendance, adjustment and behavior and (2) any recommendations for conditions for disposition or sentencing. Superintendents of schools shall provide such information to the court in a timely manner.
(P.A. 94-221, S. 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-233j. - Student possession and use of telecommunication devices.

(a) No student in a public school in the state shall possess or use a remotely activated paging device unless such student obtains the written permission of the school principal for such possession and use. The principal shall grant such permission only if the student or his parent or guardian establishes to the satisfaction of the principal that a reasonable basis exists for the possession and use of the device.
(b) A local or regional board of education may restrict the student possession or use of cellular mobile telephones in the schools under its jurisdiction. In determining whether to restrict such possession or use, the local or regional board of education shall consider the special needs of parents and students.
(P.A. 95-304, S. 8, 9; P.A. 96-108, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 95-304 effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-108 designated the existing Sec. Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re cellular mobile telephones, effective July 1, 1996.