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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-215k. - Submission of report re nonimplementation of Community Eligibility Provision.

Not later than December 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, any local or regional board of education that participates in the National School Lunch Program, in which at least one school under the jurisdiction of such board qualifies for the maximum federal reimbursement for all school meals served under the federal Community Eligibility Provision, but does not implement the Community Eligibility Provision, shall submit a report to the Department of Education that notifies the department that such board is not implementing the Community Eligibility Provision and the reasons for why such board is not implementing the Community Eligibility Provision. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the specific impediments to implementing the Community Eligibility Provision, any actions that are needed to remove those impediments and a plan for implementation of the Community Eligibility Provision during the following school year, if possible. As used in this section, “Community Eligibility Provision” means the federal meal reimbursement program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture, as set forth in 7 CFR 245.9, as amended from time to time.
(P.A. 21-199, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 21-199 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-216. - Payment of expenses.

The expenses incurred under the provisions of this chapter, except the expenses of school lunch programs, shall be paid in the same manner as are the ordinary expenses for the support of schools in the several towns and school districts.
(1949 Rev., S. 1477; 1953, S. 946d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-217c. - Definitions.

As used in sections 10-217d to 10-217g, inclusive:
(1) “Art or craft material” means any raw or processed material or manufactured product marketed or represented by the manufacturer as suitable for use in any phase of the creation of any work of visual or graphic art of any medium which (A) contains a carcinogenic substance, as defined in section 19a-329, or is a potential human carcinogen, as defined in this section, or contains a toxic substance which has been identified as an air contaminant under the Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 29, Chapter XVII, Subpart Z, Section 1910.1000, (B) is in a form that would expose users to the carcinogen, potential human carcinogen or toxic substance through ingestion, inhalation or absorption and (C) is used in a public primary or secondary school;
(2) “Medium” includes, but is not limited to, paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, enamels, jewelry, stained glass, plastic sculpture, photographs, and leather and textile goods;
(3) “Package insert” means a display or written, printed or graphic matter upon a leaflet or suitable material accompanying the art or craft material; and
(4) “Potential human carcinogen” means any substance which does not meet the definition of human carcinogen, but for which there exists sufficient evidence of carcinogenity in animals, as determined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer or the National Toxicology Program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
(P.A. 88-308, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-217d. - Warning labels.

(a) On and after June 1, 1989, no person shall distribute, sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale for use in a public primary or secondary school any art or craft material unless such material bears a conspicuous label that says “WARNING” and includes, but is not limited to, the following information: (1) The name of each toxic substance, carcinogen or potential carcinogen contained in the material, including generic or chemical name, (2) the chronic and acute effects of exposure to such toxic substance, carcinogen or potential carcinogen and the symptoms of effect of such exposure, to the extent such information is available from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the United States Occupational Health and Safety Administration, the International Agency for Research on Cancer or the National Toxicology Program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and (3) a statement of safe use and storage for such art or craft material.
(b) The label shall be placed on the outside container or on a package insert which is easily legible.
(c) An art or craft material shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of this section if the art or craft material complies with labeling standard D4236 of the American Society for Testing and Materials, as revised, unless the Commissioner of Consumer Protection determines that the label on the art or craft material does not properly warn of the dangers inherent in the use of the art or craft material.
(P.A. 88-308, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 2003 a reference in Subsec. (a) to “United States Department of Health” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “United States Department of Health and Human Services” for accuracy); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-217e. - Purchase of art or craft materials by local or regional school districts.

On and after June 1, 1989, no art or craft material may be ordered or purchased by any local or regional school district for use by students in kindergarten through grade twelve, inclusive, unless such art or craft material bears a label that meets the requirements of section 10-217d. Any art or craft material ordered or purchased before said date, which does not bear the label required under section 10-217d, may be used by students in kindergarten through grade twelve, inclusive.
(P.A. 88-308, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-217f. - Availability of lists of carcinogenic substances, potential human carcinogens and certain toxic substances.

The Commissioner of Education shall make available to each local or regional school district a list of carcinogenic substances as defined in section 19a-329, potential human carcinogens as determined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the National Toxicology Program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and toxic substances which have been identified as an air contaminant under the Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 29, Chapter XVII, Subpart 2, Section 1910.1000.
(P.A. 88-308, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-217g. - Exemptions.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10-217d and 10-217e, if the Commissioner of Consumer Protection determines that a carcinogen, potential human carcinogen or toxic substance contained in any art or craft material cannot be ingested, inhaled or otherwise absorbed into the body during any reasonably foreseeable use of the material so as to pose adverse health effects, said commissioner may exempt such art or craft material from the provisions of said sections 10-217d and 10-217e.
(P.A. 88-308, S. 5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-217h. - Connecticut School Health Survey; administration.

(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and biennially thereafter, the Department of Public Health shall administer the Connecticut School Health Survey to students in grades nine to twelve, inclusive, provided the department receives funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for such purpose. The survey shall be based on the Youth Risk Behavior Survey developed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The department shall provide guidelines to the local or regional board of education regarding the administration of the survey to those high schools selected at random by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Such local or regional board of education shall administer the survey to each high school selected to participate in the survey in accordance with the guidelines provided by the department, including, but not limited to, (1) the survey protocol as required by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (2) the requirement to provide parents the opportunity to exclude their children from the survey by denying permission in writing, on a form prescribed by the department, (3) the requirement for the survey to be anonymous and administered in a manner designed to protect student privacy, (4) the timeframe for completion of the survey, and (5) the process by which the results of such survey are to be submitted to the department.
(b) The department, in consultation with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Education and any other agency or public interest group the department deems necessary, may develop additional survey questions to be included as part of the Connecticut School Health Survey that are relevant to the health concerns of high school students in the state.
(P.A. 22-87, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 22-87 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-217i. - Connecticut School Health Survey; questions re risk of youths becoming victims of sexual assault or misconduct by an adult.

Not later than October 1, 2022, the Child Advocate, in consultation with the Department of Public Health and the Department of Children and Families, shall develop and update, as necessary, questions designed to assess the risk of youths becoming victims of sexual assault or misconduct by an adult. Such questions shall be included as part of the Connecticut School Health Survey administered pursuant to section 10-217h.
(P.A. 22-87, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 22-87 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 169 - School Health and Sanitation › Section 10-217j. - Connecticut School Health Survey; policy and forms re notice.

Not later than January 1, 2023, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, shall develop for use by a local or regional board of education (1) a uniform policy concerning timely notification to the parents or guardians of students in grades nine to twelve, inclusive, about the Connecticut School Health Survey not later than twenty-one calendar days prior to the date such board will be administering the survey at a high school governed by such board, and (2) a form to be distributed to parents or guardians for the purposes of the notification required pursuant to subdivision (1) of this section that includes, but is not limited to, (A) an explanation of the Connecticut School Health Survey and how a parent or guardian may opt out of such survey being administered to his or her child, and (B) the Internet link to the survey that will be administered.
(P.A. 22-87, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 22-87 effective May 24, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-218. - Officers. Meetings.

Each board of education shall, not later than one month after the date on which the newly elected members take office, elect from its number a chairperson and elect a secretary of such board and may prescribe their duties. The votes of each member of such board cast in such election shall be reduced to writing and made available for public inspection within forty-eight hours, excluding Saturday, Sunday or legal holidays, and shall also be recorded in the minutes of the meeting at which taken, which minutes shall be available for public inspection at all reasonable times. If such officers are not chosen after one month because of a tie vote of the members, the town council or, if there is no town council, the selectmen of the town shall choose such officers from the membership of the board. The chairperson of the board of education or, in case of such chairperson's absence or inability to act, the secretary shall call a meeting of the board at least once in six months and whenever such chairperson deems it necessary or is requested in writing so to do by three of its members. If no meeting is called within fourteen days after such a request has been made, one may be called by any three members by giving the usual written notice to the other members.
(1949 Rev., S. 1478; 1957, P.A. 165, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 202, S. 1; P.A. 78-136; 78-218, S. 142.)
History: 1965 act required election of board officers not later than one month after “date on which the newly elected members take office” rather than one month after the “annual or biennial election, as the case may be”; P.A. 78-136 deleted requirement that election of officers be “by ballot” but required that vote tally be put in writing, be made available for public inspection and be recorded in minutes; P.A. 78-218 substituted “chairperson” for “chairman” and also for masculine personal pronouns formerly used in section.
See Sec. 10-225 re salary of board secretary.
Town's power under former statute to pay school committeemen, not acting as school visitors, is limited to the secretary and treasurer of the school committee. 103 C. 424. Cited. 182 C. 93.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-219. - Procedure for filling vacancy on local board of education.

If a vacancy occurs in the office of any member of the local board of education, unless otherwise provided by charter or special act, such vacancy shall be filled by the remaining members of said board until the next regular town election, at which election a successor shall be elected for the unexpired portion of the term, the official ballot specifying the vacancy to be filled.
(1949 Rev., S. 1500, 1502; 1953, S. 950d; 1967, P.A. 173; P.A. 81-257, S. 2, 10.)
History: 1967 act added qualifying phrase “unless otherwise provided by charter or special act”; P.A. 81-257 made filling of vacancy mandatory rather than optional unless otherwise provided by charter or special act by substituting “shall” for “may”.
See Sec. 9-1 for applicable definitions.
Term “appointment” in Sec. 1-18a(e)(1) interpreted to include filling a vacancy as used in this section. 213 C. 216.
“Filling a vacancy” as used in section is an “appointment” within meaning of Sec. 1-18a(e)(1). 41 CS 267.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-220c. - Transportation of children over private roads. Immunity from liability.

(a) Each town, or local or regional board of education may when providing for the transportation of children to and from school or school activities, in accordance with the provisions of sections 10-47 or 10-220, authorize the operator of any vehicle owned, leased or hired by or operated under contract with such town, local or regional board of education to travel on any private road, provided the owner or owners thereof consent to such travel and such roads have been constructed and are maintained in accordance with the standards for the construction and maintenance of similar roads of the municipality wherein such private road lies, as determined by the chief executive officer of such municipality or his designee.
(b) No town, or local or regional board of education or member thereof nor the school bus owner or operator authorized thereby shall be liable to any person for personal injuries received while being transported to or from school or school activities on a private road in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, provided the proximate cause of such injuries was the negligent construction or maintenance of such private road.
(P.A. 78-201.)
Cited. 239 C. 769.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-220f. - Safety committee.

Each local and regional board of education may establish a school district safety committee to increase staff and student awareness of safety and health issues and to review the adequacy of emergency response procedures at each school. Parents and high school students shall be included in the membership of such committees.
(P.A. 98-252, S. 67, 80.)
History: P.A. 98-252 effective July 1, 1998.
See Sec. 10-231f re authority of safety committees to address indoor air quality issues.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-220g. - Policy on calculation of students' grade point averages.

Each local and regional board of education shall establish, and update as necessary, a written policy concerning the manner in which students' grade point averages are calculated, including whether such grade point average is weighted or not weighted. The policy shall provide that parents and students are advised as to whether a grade in an honors class, advanced placement class, International Baccalaureate program, Cambridge International program, dual enrollment, dual credit or early college is or is not given added weight for purposes of calculating grade point average and determining class rank.
(P.A. 99-81; P.A. 21-199, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 21-199 added “, and update as necessary”, replaced “weighted grading for honors and advanced placement classes” with “the manner in which students' grade point averages are calculated, including whether such grade point average is weighted or not weighted”, added “, International Baccalaureate program, Cambridge International program, dual enrollment, dual credit or early college” and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-220i. - Transportation of students carrying cartridge injectors.

No local or regional board of education shall deny a student access to school transportation solely due to such student's need to carry a cartridge injector while traveling on a vehicle used for school transportation. For purposes of this section, “cartridge injector” means an automatic prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment used to deliver epinephrine in a standard dose for emergency first aid response to allergic reactions.
(P.A. 03-211, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 03-211 effective July 1, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-220j. - Blood glucose self-testing by children. Guidelines.

(a) No local or regional board of education may prohibit blood glucose self-testing by children with diabetes who have a written order from a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse stating the need and the capability of such child to conduct self-testing. No local or regional board of education may restrict the time and location of blood glucose self-testing by a child with diabetes on school grounds who has written authorization from a parent or guardian and a written order from a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse stating that such child is capable of conducting self-testing on school grounds.
(b) The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall develop guidelines for policies and practices with respect to blood glucose self-testing by children pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Such guidelines shall not be construed as regulations within the scope of chapter 54.
(P.A. 03-211, S. 7; P.A. 12-198, S. 1; P.A. 16-39, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 03-211 effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 12-198 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to advanced practice registered nurse and adding prohibition re restricting time and location of blood glucose self-testing on school grounds, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 16-39 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to advanced practice registered nurse.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-220k. - Disclosure of educational records re student confined in residential facility.

In the case of a student confined pursuant to court order to a state-operated residential facility or community residential facility, the local or regional board of education of the town where the student attends school or the charter school that the student attends shall, upon request of the residential facility, disclose the student's educational records to personnel at such facility. Records disclosed pursuant to this section shall be used for the sole purpose of providing the student with educational services. Such disclosure shall be made pursuant to the provisions of 34 CFR 99.38 without the prior written consent of the student's parent or guardian. If the student's parent or guardian did not give prior written consent for the disclosure of such records, the local or regional board of education or the charter school shall send notification of such disclosure to the parent or guardian at the same time that it discloses the records. The student's educational records may not be further disclosed without a court order or the written consent of the student's parent or guardian.
(P.A. 11-57, S. 20; P.A. 21-104, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 21-104 replaced “detention” with “residential”, effective January 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-220m. - Review of transportation arrangements of special needs students.

Not later than January 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall review the transportation arrangements of their special needs students, both in and out of district, and make the appropriate changes to ensure the safe transportation of the students, which may involve placing school bus monitors or cameras on the vehicles used for such transportation.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 226.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective June 30, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-220p. - Materials provided to students when discussing career options.

Guidance counselors and school counselors may provide materials concerning manufacturing, military and law enforcement careers when discussing career options with students.
(P.A. 19-58, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 19-58 effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-220q. - Calculation of grade point average and determination of class rank percentile for Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program.

(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, for the purpose of qualifying a student for the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program, established pursuant to section 10a-11h, each local and regional board of education shall (1) calculate a grade point average using the standardized method established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-11h, for each student who completes eleventh grade, and (2) determine whether such student's class rank percentile is above or below the minimum established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-11h. Each local and regional board of education shall share a student's grade point average and whether such student is above or below the minimum class rank percentile with (A) the student, (B) the student's parent or guardian, (C) the Department of Education, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, and (D) upon the student's request, a participating institution for the purposes of applying to such participating institution under the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a local or regional board of education to publish or provide a class ranking for any student or to publish on a student's transcript the grade point average calculated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or whether such student is above or below the minimum class rank percentile established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-11h.
(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board education shall notify each student enrolled in his or her final year of high school, and the parent or guardian of such student, whether such student may be admitted to at least one participating institution under the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program based on the academic threshold established by such institution pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-11h.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 258.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221b. - Boards of education to establish written uniform policy re treatment of recruiters.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all public high schools and any private high school which receives state funds shall, subject to the provisions of subdivision (11) of subsection (b) of section 1-210, provide the same directory information and on-campus recruiting opportunities to representatives of the armed forces of the United States of America and state armed services as are offered to nonmilitary recruiters or commercial concerns. Local and regional boards of education and the governing board of any such private high school shall establish a written uniform policy for the treatment of all recruiters, including commercial, nonmilitary and military concerns and recruiters representing institutions of higher education.
(P.A. 84-87, S. 1, 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221c. - Development of policy for reporting complaints re school transportation safety. Reporting of accidents at school bus stops.

(a) The superintendent of schools of each local or regional school district and the supervisory agent of each nonpublic school shall develop and implement a policy for the reporting of all complaints relative to school transportation safety, and shall cause to be maintained a written record of all such complaints received. Each such superintendent of schools and each such supervisory agent shall, annually, within thirty days after the end of the school year, provide the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles with a copy of the written record of complaints received for the previous twelve-month period.
(b) The superintendent of schools of each local or regional school district and the supervisory agent of each nonpublic school shall make a written report of the circumstances of any accident within his jurisdiction and knowledge, involving a motor vehicle and any pedestrian who is a student, which occurs at a designated school bus stop or in the immediate vicinity thereof, to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles within ten days thereafter on a form prescribed by the commissioner.
(P.A. 89-320, S. 9, 12; P.A. 90-112, S. 8, 14.)
History: P.A. 90-112 added Subsec. (b), requiring superintendent and supervisory agent to make written report of circumstances of accidents involving motor vehicles and student pedestrians at or near bus stops to motor vehicles commissioner.
See Sec. 14-275 et seq. re Motor Vehicles Commissioner's powers and duties re school buses.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221e. - Intradistrict student assignment programs.

Local and regional boards of education may develop intradistrict student assignment programs. Under such programs parents may select the public school which their child will attend provided the school is in the school district in which the child resides. Boards of education may provide transportation services to students participating in the program.
(P.A. 96-213, S. 1, 5.)
History: P.A. 96-213 effective July 1, 1996.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221f. - School uniforms.

A local or regional board of education may specify a school uniform for students in schools under its jurisdiction.
(P.A. 96-101, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 96-101 effective May 8, 1996.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221g. - Instructional time and facility usage assessment.

Each local and regional board of education shall conduct an instructional time and facility usage assessment in order to maximize student learning and community use of facilities. For purposes of such audit, the superintendent of schools of each school district shall meet regularly with representatives from the public library and the recreation department in the town or towns that comprise the school district to coordinate the availability of facilities.
(P.A. 97-290, S. 11, 29.)
History: P.A. 97-290 effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221h and 10-221i. - Plan to improve reading skills. Technical assistance; standard of reading competency.

Sections 10-221h and 10-221i are repealed, effective July 1, 2012.
(P.A. 97-290, S. 23, 29; P.A. 98-243, S. 1, 2, 25; P.A. 12-116, S. 97.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221j. - Early Reading Success Panel.

The Department of Education shall convene an Early Reading Success Panel composed of elementary school teachers, school administrators, national experts in the field of reading research and early childhood and higher education experts knowledgeable in the field of reading research. The panel shall review research on how reading is learned and on the knowledge and skills necessary for teachers to deliver effective reading instruction by July 1, 2000.
(P.A. 99-227, S. 1, 6.)
History: P.A. 99-227 effective July 1, 1999.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221k. - Assessments by priority school districts of need related to goal of reading success.

Each local or regional board of education for a priority school district pursuant to section 10-266p shall conduct an assessment of its institutional and teacher need related to the attainment of the goal of reading success for children in its schools. The assessment shall include need in the areas of teacher training, assessment tools, curriculum, library books and other forms of technical assistance. The local or regional board of education shall report on the results of such assessment to the Department of Education, in such form as the Commissioner of Education prescribes, by July 1, 2000.
(P.A. 99-227, S. 2, 6.)
History: P.A. 99-227 effective July 1, 1999.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221l. - State-Wide Early Reading Success Institute.

The Department of Education shall develop, within available appropriations, a State-Wide Early Reading Success Institute for educators based on the review completed by the Early Reading Success Panel pursuant to section 10-221j and the assessments conducted pursuant to section 10-221k. The institute shall commence operation in the 2000-2001 school year. The institute shall use a training curriculum that incorporates comprehensive instruction in reading as determined by the Early Reading Success Panel pursuant to section 10-221j, to include, but not be limited to: (1) Instructional strategies that can be adapted for each student's needs; (2) early screening and ongoing assessment to determine which individual students need additional instruction; (3) teaching of oral language competencies, including phonological awareness, vocabulary, listening comprehension and grammatical skills; (4) systematic teaching of word identification skills including phonics instruction and instruction in phonemic awareness; and (5) teaching of comprehension competencies, including the use of context to infer meaning.
(P.A. 99-227, S. 3, 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 17, 54; P.A. 03-76, S. 46.)
History: P.A. 99-227 effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 added requirements re training curriculum used by the institute, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-76 made a technical change, effective June 3, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221m. - Development and implementation of in-service reading instruction training program by priority school districts.

(a) On or before July 1, 2001, each local or regional board of education for a priority school district pursuant to section 10-266p shall develop and implement a three-year in-service reading instruction training plan for the professional development of the district's school librarians, elementary school principals and not less than seventy per cent of its teachers in grades kindergarten to three, inclusive, provided spaces are available at the State-Wide Early Reading Success Institute for such training.
(b) On or before October 1, 2001, each local or regional board of education for a priority school district shall revise the plan developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and implement such revised plan. The revised plan shall provide for a five-year school-based in-service reading instruction training program for the professional development of each elementary school's librarian, principal, reading specialist, special education teachers, speech and language specialists and classroom teachers in grades kindergarten to three, inclusive. Such plan shall (1) utilize the school-based training model developed by the State-Wide Early Reading Success Institute pursuant to section 10-221
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, and (2) require the board of education to appoint a new or existing employee to serve as a school-based content specialist coordinator. The local or regional board of education may use funds received by the school district pursuant to section 10-265f for teacher training based on the plan.
(P.A. 99-227, S. 4, 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 18, 54.)
History: P.A. 99-227 effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 divided existing provisions into Subsecs. (a) and (b) and in Subsec. (b) added requirements re development and implementation of revised plan that provides for five-year school-based in-service reading instruction training program for specified personnel, re use of a school-based training model and re appointment of a new or existing employee as a school-based content specialist coordinator, effective July 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221n. - Independent evaluation.

The Department of Education shall contract, within available appropriations, for an independent evaluation of the early reading success teacher training and curriculum modules as delineated in sections 10-221j to 10-221m, inclusive.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1, S. 20, 54.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-1 effective July 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221p. - Boards to make available for purchase nutritious and low-fat foods.

Each local and regional board of education and governing authority for each state charter school, interdistrict magnet school and endowed academy approved pursuant to section 10-34, shall make available in the schools under its jurisdiction for purchase by students enrolled in such schools nutritious and low-fat foods, which shall include, but shall not be limited to, low-fat dairy products and fresh or dried fruit at all times when food is available for purchase by students in such schools during the regular school day.
(P.A. 04-224, S. 2; P.A. 06-63, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 04-224 effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 06-63 added reference to governing authority of each state charter school, interdistrict magnet school and endowed academy, changed the reference to “nutritious, low-fat foods” to “nutritious and low-fat foods”, and deleted language re drinks, including low-fat milk, natural fruit juices and water, effective July 1, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221q. - Sale of beverages.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, each local and regional board of education and the governing authority for each state charter school, interdistrict magnet school and endowed academy approved pursuant to section 10-34, shall permit at schools under its jurisdiction the sale of only the following beverages to students from any source, including, but not limited to, school stores, vending machines, school cafeterias, and any fund-raising activities on school premises, whether or not school sponsored: (1) Milk that may be flavored but contain no artificial sweeteners and no more than four grams of sugar per ounce, (2) nondairy milks such as soy or rice milk, which may be flavored but contain no artificial sweeteners, no more than four grams of sugar per ounce, no more than thirty-five per cent of calories from fat per portion and no more than ten per cent of calories from saturated fat per portion, (3) one hundred per cent fruit juice, vegetable juice or combination of such juices, containing no added sugars, sweeteners or artificial sweeteners, (4) beverages that contain only water and fruit or vegetable juice and have no added sugars, sweeteners or artificial sweeteners, and (5) water, which may be flavored but contain no added sugars, sweeteners, artificial sweeteners or caffeine. Portion sizes of beverages, other than water as described in subdivision (5) of this subsection, that are offered for sale pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed twelve ounces.
(b) Each such board of education or governing authority may permit at schools under its jurisdiction, the sale to students of beverages that are not listed in subsection (a) of this section, 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 beverages are not sold from a vending machine or school store.
(P.A. 06-63, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 06-63 effective July 1, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221r. - Advanced placement course program. Guidelines.

(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2011, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall provide an advanced placement course program. For purposes of this section, “advanced placement course program” means a program approved by the State Board of Education that provides college or university-level instruction as part of a course for which credit is earned at the high school level.
(b) The State Board of Education shall develop guidelines to aid local and regional boards of education in training teachers for teaching advanced placement courses to a diverse student body.
(P.A. 10-111, S. 31; P.A. 11-136, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 10-111 effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-136 amended Subsec. (a) by redefining “advanced placement course program”, effective July 8, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221s. - Posting of Careline telephone number in schools. Investigations of child abuse and neglect. Disciplinary action.

(a) Each local and regional board of education shall post the telephone number for the Careline operated by the Department of Children and Families, pursuant to section 17a-103a, and the Internet web site address that provides information about the Careline in a conspicuous location frequented by students in each school under the jurisdiction of the board. Such posting shall be in various languages that are the most appropriate for the students enrolled in the school.
(b) A local or regional board of education shall permit and give priority to any investigation conducted by the Commissioner of Children and Families or the appropriate local law enforcement agency that a child has been abused or neglected pursuant to sections 17a-101a to 17a-101d, inclusive, and section 17a-103. Such board of education shall conduct its own investigation and take any disciplinary action, in accordance with the provisions of section 17a-101i, upon notice from the commissioner or the appropriate local law enforcement agency that such board's investigation will not interfere with the investigation of the commissioner or such local law enforcement agency.
(P.A. 11-93, S. 13; P.A. 16-188, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 11-93 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 16-188 designated existing provisions re investigations of abuse and neglect as Subsec. (b) and added Subsec. (a) re posting of telephone number and Internet web site address of Careline in schools, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221t. - Alignment of common core standards with college level programs.

Each local and regional board of education, in collaboration with the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut, shall develop a plan to align Connecticut's common core state standards with college level programs at Connecticut public institutions of higher education not later than one year after Connecticut first implements said standards.
(June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 224.)
History: June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221u. - Boards to adopt policies addressing the use of physical activity as discipline.

Not later than October 1, 2013, each local and regional board of education shall adopt a policy, as the board deems appropriate, concerning the issue regarding any school employee being involved in requiring any student enrolled in grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, to engage in physical activity as a form of discipline during the regular school day. For purposes of this section, “school employee” means (1) a teacher, substitute teacher, school administrator, school superintendent, guidance counselor, school counselor, psychologist, social worker, nurse, physician, school paraprofessional or coach employed by a local or regional board of education or working in a public elementary, middle or high school; or (2) any other individual who, in the performance of his or her duties, has regular contact with students and who provides services to or on behalf of students enrolled in a public elementary, middle or high school, pursuant to a contract with the local or regional board of education.
(P.A. 13-173, S. 3; P.A. 18-15, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 13-173 effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 18-15 added “school counselor”, effective July 1, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221v. - Confidential rapid response team re suspected abuse or neglect.

Not later than January 1, 2016, each local and regional board of education shall establish a confidential rapid response team to coordinate with the Department of Children and Families to (1) ensure prompt reporting of suspected abuse or neglect, as described in section 46b-120, or sexual assault pursuant to the provisions of section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or 53a-73a against a victim, as described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 17a-101a, and (2) provide immediate access to information and individuals relevant to the department's investigation. The confidential rapid response team shall consist of a teacher and the superintendent employed by the board of education, a local police officer and any other person the board of education deems appropriate. The department, along with the multidisciplinary team established pursuant to section 17a-106a, shall take immediate action to investigate and address each report of child abuse or neglect reported in any school.
(P.A. 15-205, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 15-205 effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 170 - Boards of Education › Section 10-221w. - Policy re eligibility criteria for enrollment in advanced course or program.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Advanced course or program” means an honors class, advanced placement class, International Baccalaureate program, Cambridge International program, dual enrollment, dual credit, early college or any other advanced or accelerated course or program offered by a local or regional board of education in grades nine to twelve, inclusive; and
(2) “Prior academic performance” means the course or courses that a student has taken, the grades received for such course or courses and a student's grade point average.
(b) Not later than July 1, 2022, each local and regional board of education shall adopt a policy, or revise an existing policy, concerning the eligibility criteria for student enrollment in an advanced course or program. Such policy shall provide for multiple methods by which a student may satisfy the eligibility criteria for enrollment in an advanced course or program, including, but not limited to, recommendations from teachers, administrators, school counselors or other school personnel. Such eligibility criteria shall not be based exclusively on a student's prior academic performance and that any use of a student's prior academic performance shall rely on evidence-based indicators of how a student will perform in an advanced course or program.
(c) Any policy adopted or revised and implemented under this section shall be in accordance with guidance provided by the Department of Education.
(P.A. 21-199, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 21-199 effective July 1, 2021.