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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 214a - Use of Eye Protective Devices in Schools › Section 10-214a-1 - Protective devices required

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person who is working, teaching, observing, supervising,
				assisting in or engaging in any work, activity or study in a public or private
				elementary or secondary school laboratory or workshop where the process used
				tends to damage the eyes or where protective devices can reduce the risk of
				injury to the eyes concomitant with such activity shall wear an eye protective
				device of industrial quality in the manner in which such device was intended to
				be worn. For the purposes of sections 10-214a-1 to
				10-214a-3,
				inclusive, "workshop" and "laboratory" shall include any room or area used to
				teach or practice industrial arts, vocational and technical education, science,
				arts and crafts, or any similar skill, activity or subject. The following list
				of sources of danger to the eyes and the type of protection required to be worn
				in each case is exemplary, not exclusive:
Source of Danger to the
						  Eyes
Type of Protection Required
(a) Caustic or explosive chemicals
Clear goggles, splash proof
(b) Explosives, solids or gases
Clear goggles
(c) Dust producing operations
Clear goggles, splash proof
(d) Electric arc welding
Welding helmet
(e) Oxy-acetylene welding
Colored goggles or welding helmet
(f) Hot liquids and gases
Clear goggles, splash proof
(g) Hot solids
Clear or colored goggles, or spectacles
(h) Molten metals
Clear or colored goggles
(i) Heat treatment or tempering of
						  metals
Clear or colored goggles
(j) Glare operations
Colored spectacles or goggles, or welding
						  helmet
(k) Shaping of solid materials; Chipping, cutting,
						  grinding, milling, sawing, stamping
Clear goggles or spectacles
(l) Repairing or servicing of vehicles when hazard is
						  foreseeable
Clear goggles or spectacles
(m) Spraying and dusting
Clear goggles, splash proof
(n) Other similar activity being conducted in the
						  instructional program which risks damage to the eyes
Proper eye protective device
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 214a - Use of Eye Protective Devices in Schools › Section 10-214a-2 - Design and construction of device

Current through July 10, 2024
Any eye protective device used in such school workshops or
				laboratories shall be designed and constructed to resist impact, provide
				protection against the particular hazard for which it is intended, fit snugly
				without interfering with the movements of the user and be durable, cleanable,
				and capable of frequent disinfection by the method prescribed for such device
				by the school medical adviser. All materials used in such eye protective
				devices shall be mechanically strong and lightweight, nonirritating to
				perspiring skin and capable of withstanding washing in detergents and warm
				water, rinsing to remove all traces of detergent and disinfection by methods
				prescribed by the school medical adviser without visible deterioration or
				discoloration. Metals used in such devices shall be inherently corrosion
				resistant. Plastics so used shall be nonflammable and shall not absorb more
				than five per cent of their weight in water.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 214a - Use of Eye Protective Devices in Schools › Section 10-214a-3 - Duty of school governing board

Current through July 10, 2024
The governing board or body of each public and private
				elementary and secondary school in the state shall require the use of
				appropriate eye protective devices in each laboratory and workshop by any
				person in such areas during any activity risking damage to the eyes. Such
				boards shall enforce such rules and the regulations in sections
				10-214a-1
				to 10-214a-3, inclusive, shall provide safety instructions in eye safety
				practices and the use of eye safety devices appropriate to the activity engaged
				in, and shall post warnings and instructions in laboratories and workshops
				which include the list of hazards and protection required set forth in section
				10-214a-1.
				Such boards shall make and enforce rules for the maintenance of all eye
				protective devices in clean, safe condition and shall replace any such
				protector which becomes irritating to the skin.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 215b - Child Feeding Programs › Section 10-215b-1 - Competitive foods

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No school food
			 authority shall permit the sale or dispensing to students of extra food items
			 anywhere on the school premises from thirty minutes prior to the start of any
			 state or federally subsidized milk or food service program until thirty minutes
			 after any such program.
(b) "Extra
			 food items" means tea, coffee, soft drinks and candy.
(c) "School food authority" means the
			 governing body which has the legal authority to operate one or more school
			 feeding programs and receive state or federal subsidies for the operation of
			 any such program.
(d) The
			 provisions of this section shall not apply to the department of
			 corrections.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 215b - Child Feeding Programs › Section 10-215b-23 - Income from the sale of food items

Current through July 10, 2024
The income from the sale to students of food items, anywhere on
				the school premises from thirty minutes prior to the start of any state or
				federally subsidized milk or food service program until thirty minutes after
				any such program, shall accrue to the school food authority for the benefit of
				state or federally subsidized milk or food service programs.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 215d - Nutrition Standards for Breakfasts and Lunches › Section 10-215d-1 - Nutrition standards for breakfasts and lunches

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any
			 local or regional board of education which serves breakfast or lunch to
			 students shall offer students the meals described in subsections (b) and (c) of
			 this section of these regulations. The composition of such meals, unless
			 otherwise provided in these regulations, shall comply with the school breakfast
			 provisions of the Child Nutrition Action of 1966 (
			 42 U.S.C.
			 1773,
			 1779 ) and the
			 National School Lunch Act (
			 42 U.S.C.
			 1751, et. seq.) and any regulations
			 promulgated thereunder, as from time to time amended. Foods available at
			 schools during breakfast or lunch shall make a significant contribution to the
			 development of healthy eating habits. Foods of minimal nutritional value, as
			 defined under said federal laws governing school meal programs, shall not be
			 sold during breakfast and lunch periods.
(b) A school breakfast shall be offered and
			 priced as a unit and shall consist of the following:
(1) Eight ounces of one percent fluid lowfat
			 or fluid skim milk;
(2) A one-half
			 cup serving of fruit or vegetable of which at least one serving per week shall
			 be a fresh fruit or vegetable; and,
(3) Two servings from one of the following
			 subparagraphs or one serving from each such subparagraph:
(A) A twenty-five gram serving of bread or
			 the minimum serving size of a bread alternate, of which at least three servings
			 per week shall be whole grain or at a minimum thirty percent whole
			 grain.
(B) One ounce of meat or the
			 minimum serving size of a meat alternate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-3 - Formation and responsibilities of the district committee

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
			 The district committee shall be composed of certified professional employees
			 employed in positions requiring a certificate issued by the Board, including,
			 but not limited to, a member from the teachers' and administrators' exclusive
			 bargaining representatives, provided a majority of the members of the district
			 committee shall be classroom teachers. The members of the district committee
			 shall be representative of the elementary, middle, and secondary school levels,
			 as applicable.
(b) The employing
			 agent and the district facilitator shall determine the size of the district
			 committee with consideration being given to the number of classroom teachers
			 employed by the board of education and the anticipated numbers of student
			 teachers and beginning teachers.
(c) A fair and equitable process for
			 selecting district committee members shall be established by the board of
			 education and the teachers' unit and administrators' unit exclusive bargaining
			 representatives, as applicable, provided, however, that the provisions of
			 Sections
			 10-153a
			 through
			 10-153n,
			 inclusive, of the General Statutes shall not be applicable to the establishment
			 of such process.
(d) The district
			 committee shall adopt written procedures which shall include, but not be
			 limited to, rotation of district committee members, the application process and
			 the selection process for cooperating teachers and mentors, criteria for
			 selecting mentors, cooperating teachers, and teacher assessors, procedures for
			 dissolving placements, and removal for good cause of teachers from the eligible
			 pool.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-4 - Selection of cooperating teachers, mentors, and assessors

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
			 Individuals who are employed by a board of education and apply to become
			 cooperating teachers, mentors, and teacher assessors shall present evidence to
			 the district committee of meeting the following prerequisites:
(1) possession of a professional educator
			 certificate or a provisional certificate and a minimum of three years of
			 teaching experience;
(2) employment
			 by the board of education for at least one school year if applying to become a
			 cooperating teacher or mentor;
(3)
			 demonstration of effective teaching practice as defined by the Connecticut
			 Teaching Competencies or their equivalent;
(4) ability to work cooperatively as team
			 members to aid the professional growth of student teachers and beginning
			 teachers;
(5) professional
			 commitment to improving the induction of student teachers and beginning
			 teachers into the teaching profession;
(6) ability to relate effectively to adult
			 learners;
(7) ability to be
			 reflective and articulate about the craft of teaching; and,
(8) such other criteria as may be deemed
			 necessary by the district committee.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-5 - Training of cooperating teachers, mentors, and assessors

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
			 The Department shall provide:
(1) training
			 programs for cooperating teachers, mentors, and assessors;
(2) lists of district personnel eligible to
			 serve as cooperating teachers, mentors, and assessors to district facilitators
			 annually;
(3) access to lists of
			 cooperating teachers to the appropriate administrative officials of teacher
			 preparation programs annually;
(4)
			 training for beginning teachers; and,
(5) technical assistance to district
			 facilitators.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-6 - Responsibilities of cooperating teachers and mentors

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A
			 teacher shall successfully complete a training program in order to serve in the
			 role of cooperating teacher or mentor.
(b) Cooperating teachers and mentors are
			 expected to be available to accept placements for a minimum of two years
			 following successful completion or training.
(c) The cooperating teacher or cooperating
			 teacher team's responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to, the
			 following:
(1) providing daily supervision of
			 the student teacher;
(2) providing
			 support for the development of the student teacher's knowledge and
			 instructional skills, as defined by the Connecticut Teaching Competencies;
			 and,
(3) assisting the college or
			 university in its evaluation of the student teacher in meeting the requirements
			 of the student teaching component of the teacher preparation program.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-7 - Placement conditions for cooperating teachers and mentors

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Beginning teachers shall be placed with
			 mentors under the following conditions:
(1)
			 each beginning teacher will be placed with a mentor or a mentor team;
(2) placement of a beginning teacher with a
			 mentor or mentor team shall be made as soon as possible after a beginning
			 teacher is assigned to a school building, but in no event, later than ten
			 school days after the beginning teacher has been so assigned;
(3) beginning teachers shall not be placed
			 with mentors who will evaluate such beginning teachers pursuant to Section
			 10-151b
			 of the General Statutes;
(4) the
			 district facilitator, at such time and in such manner as the Commissioner shall
			 prescribe, shall provide lists of trained mentors to school administrators to
			 enable such school administrators to match mentors with beginning teachers;
			 and,
(5) a mentor and a beginning
			 teacher, in collaboration with the school administrator, may discontinue a
			 placement following a local review and approval under written procedures
			 developed by the district committee.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-8 - Exceptions to placement procedures for cooperating teachers and mentors

Current through July 10, 2024
The Commissioner, or the Commissioner's designee, may grant
				exceptions to Section
				10-220a-7
				upon timely petition by the employing agent and a showing of good
				cause.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-9 - Participation in the assessment component of the beginning educator program

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Beginning teachers shall participate in
			 the beginning educator assessment program as made available by the
			 Board.
(b) Beginning teachers are
			 required to achieve a satisfactory evaluation on the assessment in order to be
			 eligible for a provisional educator certificate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-10 - Assessment of beginning teachers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The assessment
			 of each beginning teacher shall be based upon, but not be limited to, data
			 obtained from on-site observations conducted by assessors using the assessment
			 instrument provided.
(b) Each
			 beginning teacher shall be observed by assessors, at least one of whom shall be
			 a certified teacher employed by a board of education.
(c) Assessors may include, but are not
			 limited to:
(1) professional employees who
			 are currently or have been previously employed in positions requiring a
			 certificate issued by the Board; and,
(2) higher education faculty.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-11 - Assessment results and reporting

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A formative
			 report, which is a feedback report documenting the results of one or more
			 assessments, shall be provided to each beginning teacher prior to the issuance
			 of a composite report.
(b) A
			 composite report, which includes the combined results of the assessments and
			 the standard of performance, shall be provided by the Department to the
			 beginning teacher and the employing agent.
(c) A beginning teacher's standard of
			 performance, as determined by the Board, on the composite report shall be
			 categorized as one of the following:
(1) a
			 standard of acceptable performance evidencing that the beginning teacher has
			 demonstrated teaching competency required for provisional educator certificate
			 eligibility;
(2) a standard of
			 conditional performance evidencing that the beginning teacher has demonstrated
			 teaching competency sufficient for an extension of the assessment period, but
			 not sufficient for provisional educator certificate eligibility; or,
(3) a standard of unacceptable performance
			 evidencing that the beginning teacher has not demonstrated teaching competency
			 requisite for provisional educator certificate eligibility or for an extension
			 of the assessment period.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-12 - Eligibility for extension of assessment period

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 Commissioner, or the Commissioner's designee, may grant a one-time extension of
			 the assessment period for one year upon a showing of good cause. Good cause
			 shall be established as follows:
(1) if the
			 assessors determine on the basis of the composite report that the beginning
			 teacher has met a standard of conditional performance, said determination shall
			 constitute a request for such extension; or,
(2) if the assessors determine on the basis
			 of the composite report that the beginning teacher has met a standard of
			 unacceptable performance, and, within 30 days of receipt of the composite
			 report, the employing agent requests in writing to the Commissioner such
			 extension with supporting reasons and documentation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-15 - Responsibilities of assessors

Current through July 10, 2024
Assessors' responsibilities shall include, but not be limited
				to, the following:
(1) using the
			 assessment instrument to conduct assessments of beginning teachers;
(2) in the course of their duties, informing
			 the Department about any potential conflicts of interest which would impair
			 their ability to assess objectively the performance of a beginning
			 teacher;
(3) except as required in
			 the performance of their duties as assessors, maintaining strict
			 confidentiality concerning their observations of beginning teachers;
(4) following each assessment observation,
			 submitting documentation according to timelines determined by the Department;
			 and,
(5) following successful
			 completion of training, participating as an assessor for a minimum of two
			 years.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-16 - Special program for alternate route beginning teachers and holders of a durational shortage area permit

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each alternate
			 route beginning teacher and holder of a durational shortage area permit in
			 order to be eligible for a provisional educator certificate shall successfully
			 complete a specially designed beginning educator program, as made available by
			 the Department, which includes, but is not limited to:
(1) the assignment of a mentor or mentor team
			 for not less than two years;
(2) a
			 training program designed especially for alternate route beginning teachers and
			 holders of a durational shortage area permit, as may be provided by the
			 Department, which supplements the Institute for Effective Teaching program
			 successfully completed by the alternate route beginning teacher of the planned
			 program leading towards certification in the field for which the durational
			 shortage area permit was issued.
(3) an assessment program for up to two
			 years; and,
(4) a special plan of
			 supervision for alternate route beginning teachers and holders of a durational
			 shortage area permit provided and attested to by the employing agent.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-17 - Compensation for assessors and school districts

Current through July 10, 2024
Compensation for assessors and school districts shall be paid
				by the Department within available program appropriations based on the
				following:
(1) for assessors employed
			 by a board of education, a stipend, which shall not exceed actual assessment
			 expense reimbursement;
(2) for
			 assessors not employed by a board of education, a stipend which shall be a per
			 diem rate as determined by the department; and,
(3) funds shall be paid directly to school
			 districts for the provision of substitute teachers when cooperating teachers,
			 teacher mentors, beginning teachers, and assessors are released from regular
			 classroom responsibilities and for the provision of professional development
			 activities for cooperating and student teachers, teacher mentors, assessors and
			 beginning teachers.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-18 - Released time for mentors, beginning teachers, and assessors

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) From the date of placement, mentors or
			 mentor teams and their beginning teachers shall receive annually not less than
			 the equivalent of four school days of released time per beginning teacher
			 consisting of no less than eight meetings for planning, demonstration,
			 observation and feedback on teaching, except that a mentor or mentor team
			 supporting an alternate route beginning teacher shall receive annually not less
			 than the equivalent of five school days of released time consisting of no less
			 than ten meetings.
(b) Assessor
			 candidates and assessors shall be provided with released time for the purpose
			 of attending initial and continuing assessor training and conducting
			 assessments. Released time for conducting assessments shall not exceed six
			 school days in each school year without the approval of the employing
			 agent.
(c) The Department shall
			 reimburse each board of education for the expense of substitutes who are needed
			 as a result of assessors being released pursuant to these regulations at a rate
			 which shall not exceed a daily rate to be set annually by the
			 Department.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 220a - Cooperating Teacher and Beginning Educator Support and Assessment Programs › Section 10-220a-19 - Exceptions to assessment procedures for beginning teachers

Current through July 10, 2024
The Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee may waive the
				requirements of subsection (b) of section
				10-220a-9
				for an individual upon a determination that such assessment is not valid for
				the individual's current teaching assignment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 226e - Regulations to Implement the Racial Imbalance Law › Section 10-226e-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 10-226e-1 to
				10-226e-8,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Pupil" means an individual for whom
			 instruction is provided in a public elementary and secondary school under the
			 jurisdiction of a local or regional board of education.
(2) "School" means any public elementary or
			 secondary school under the jurisdiction of a local or regional board of
			 education, excluding a unique school.
(3) "Board of education" means the board of
			 education of a local or regional school district.
(4) "Grade" means that portion of a school
			 program which represents the work of one regular school term, identified either
			 as kindergarten, grade one, grade two, etc., or in an ungraded school program,
			 identified on the basis of educational need.
(5) "School district" means a school system
			 under the jurisdiction of a local or regional board of education.
(6) "Jurisdiction" means the authority
			 granted local and regional boards of education by statute to exercise control
			 and supervision of pupils, schools and school districts.
(7) "Plan" means that document submitted by a
			 board of education in compliance with Section
			 10-226c
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(8) "Racial minorities" means those groups
			 listed under subsection (b) of Section
			 10-226a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(9) "Diverse school" means a school, within a
			 school district having a minority school population of fifty percent or more;
			 which school has a minority population of at least twenty-five percent, but
			 less than seventy five percent.
(10) "Unique school" means an interdistrict
			 or intradistrict magnet, local or state charter, lighthouse, regional
			 vocational agriculture, regional vocational-technical, alternative, or special
			 education school or other school designated by the Commissioner which offers
			 specialized programs or provides for the voluntary enrollment of
			 students.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 226e - Regulations to Implement the Racial Imbalance Law › Section 10-226e-2 - School reports

Current through July 10, 2024
Each board of education shall annually submit, in such manner
				and at such time as specified by the Commissioner of Education, information on
				the racial composition of each school by grade, the racial composition of the
				teaching staff of each school, and the number of pupils in each elementary
				school who are eligible to receive free or reduced price lunches pursuant to
				federal law and regulation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 226e - Regulations to Implement the Racial Imbalance Law › Section 10-226e-3 - Determination of racial imbalance

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Reports
			 submitted pursuant to Section
			 10-226e-2 of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies will be reviewed annually by the
			 State Department of Education. The proportion of pupils of racial minorities in
			 each school will be compared to the proportion of pupils of racial minorities
			 in comparable grades in the school district as a whole, as follows:
(1) Proportion for the school. The total
			 number of pupils of racial minorities in the school, as reported pursuant to
			 Section
			 10-226e-2 of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall be divided by the total number
			 of pupils in the school. The resulting percentage shall be the Proportion for
			 the School.
(2) Comparable
			 proportion for the school district. For all grades of a given school, the total
			 number of pupils of racial minorities enrolled in the same grades throughout
			 the school district shall be divided by the district-wide total pupil
			 enrollment in such grades. The resulting percentage shall be the Comparable
			 Proportion for the School District for such school.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 226e - Regulations to Implement the Racial Imbalance Law › Section 10-226e-4 - Determination of impending racial imbalance

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any school not
			 previously cited for racial imbalance, in which the Proportion for the School
			 falls outside a range of from 15 percentage points less to 15 percentage points
			 more than the Comparable Proportion for the School District, shall be deemed to
			 have impending racial imbalance.
(b) The State Board of Education shall
			 notify, in writing, a board of education having jurisdiction of a school
			 district which includes one or more schools with impending racial
			 imbalance.
(c) Any board of
			 education notified pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may be required
			 to provide the Commissioner of Education with information concerning student
			 building assignments, interdistrict educational activities and other evidence
			 of addressing issues of racial, ethnic and economic isolation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 226e - Regulations to Implement the Racial Imbalance Law › Section 10-226e-5 - Plans

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any board of education which has received
			 notification from the State Board of Education pursuant to Section
			 10-226e-3
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall submit to the State
			 Board of Education a plan to correct racial imbalance in the school which has
			 been determined to be racially imbalanced. All plans shall be subject to the
			 requirements of this section; provided, however, that any school district so
			 notified, which has a minority student enrollment of fifty percent or more may,
			 in lieu of filing a plan, demonstrate that such racially imbalanced school is a
			 diverse school.
(b)
Preparation of the plan.
(1) Upon
			 notification of a determination of racial imbalance, the board of education
			 shall prepare a policy statement addressing racial imbalance in the school
			 district.
(2) The board of
			 education may, in writing, request technical assistance from the Commissioner
			 of Education for the development of a plan. The Commissioner shall, within the
			 limits of available resources, provide such assistance.
(3) The board of education shall conduct a
			 public hearing on its plan prior to submission to the State Board of Education.
			 Adequate notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published and a
			 complete record of such hearing shall be kept.
(4) A plan shall be submitted to the State
			 Board of Education within 120 days following receipt of notification of a
			 determination of racial imbalance, except that a school district may request an
			 extension of time, not to exceed ninety days, if the number of students causing
			 said imbalance in any school is fewer than five.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 226e - Regulations to Implement the Racial Imbalance Law › Section 10-226e-6 - Approval of plans

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon receipt of
			 a plan pursuant to Section
			 10-226e-5 of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the State Board of Education shall
			 determine whether the plan complies with the requirements of said section and
			 shall (1) approve, (2) conditionally approve, or (3) disapprove such plan,
			 within 60 days.
(b) If the State
			 Board of Education approves the plan, said Board shall promptly notify the
			 board of education submitting the plan, which board shall implement the plan in
			 accordance with the timetable indicated in such plan.
(c) If the State Board of Education
			 conditionally approves the plan, said board shall promptly give written notice
			 to the board of education submitting the plan. Such notice shall specify the
			 portions of the plan requiring revision and the date for submission of such
			 revisions. Those portions of the plan which do not require revision shall be
			 implemented by the board of education in accordance with the timetable
			 indicated in such plan.
(d) If the
			 State Board of Education disapproves the plan, said board shall promptly notify
			 the board of education submitting the plan. Such notice shall specify the
			 reasons for disapproval and the date for resubmission of the plan.
(e) Upon receipt of a revised plan or portion
			 thereof, the State Board of Education shall (1) approve, (2) conditionally
			 approve, or (3) disapprove such revised plan or portion thereof in accordance
			 with the provisions of subsections (b), (c ), and (d) of this Section within 30
			 days following receipt of such revised plan or portion thereof.
(f) If a board of education submits a plan or
			 a revision to such a plan which is not approved by the State Board of Education
			 within one year of notification to the board of education of the existence of
			 racial imbalance pursuant to Section
			 10-226e-3
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies or a board of education fails
			 to submit a plan or revision within the required time limits, the State Board
			 of Education may undertake such other actions as may be authorized by law to
			 cause the board of education to be in compliance with the provisions of
			 Sections
			 10-226a
			 to
			 10-226e,
			 inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes and Sections
			 10-226e-1
			 to
			 10-226e-8,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 226e - Regulations to Implement the Racial Imbalance Law › Section 10-226e-7 - Review of plan implementation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All approved
			 and conditionally approved plans shall be subject to continuing review and
			 evaluation by the State Board of Education. If the State Board of Education
			 finds that the status of the plan is not in conformity with the timetable
			 indicated in such plan, said board shall investigate the reasons for such
			 discrepancy. If the State Board of Education finds that the board of education
			 has failed to take substantial steps to implement the plan in accordance with
			 the timetable therein, the State Board of Education shall notify the board of
			 education of non-compliance with the provisions of Section
			 10-226a
			 to
			 10-226e,
			 inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes and Sections
			 10-226e-1
			 to
			 10-226e-8,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and may undertake
			 such other actions as may be authorized by law to cause the board of education
			 to be in compliance.
(b) A board of
			 education may submit proposed amendment to an approved or conditionally
			 approved plan. Such proposed amendment shall not take effect until after review
			 and approval by the State Board of Education. Such proposed amendment shall be
			 accompanied by written materials documenting the reasons for the
			 amendment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 226e - Regulations to Implement the Racial Imbalance Law › Section 10-226e-8 - Review of the decision of the State Board of Education

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
			 Upon notification of disapproval of a plan, a board of education may file
			 written notice with the Commissioner of Education requesting a review of such
			 disapproval. Such request shall be submitted within 30 days following receipt
			 of notification by the State Board of Education of such disapproval.
(b) Within 30 days following receipt of a
			 request for review, a hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions
			 of Chapter 54 of the General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 226e - Regulations to Implement the Racial Imbalance Law › Section 10-226e-9 - Unique schools requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Unique schools
			 shall provide data in the same manner as required of all other schools pursuant
			 to Section
			 10-226e-2 of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) Unique schools shall report to the
			 Commissioner on all activities undertaken to provide educational opportunities
			 for students to interact with students and teachers from other racial, ethnic
			 and economic backgrounds.
(c) The
			 Commissioner may require the responsible authority of any unique school to
			 appear before him to respond to inquiries concerning the racial, ethnic or
			 economic diversity of students or teaching staff and the educational
			 opportunities provided for students to interact with students and teachers from
			 other racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 261b - Penalties and the Waiver of Penalties for Failure to Comply With Certain State Reporting Requirements › Section 10-261b-1 - Penalty forfeit

Current through July 10, 2024
In the event the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
				Management determines that a municipality is required to forfeit the amount
				specified as a penalty for failure to comply with the provisions of Section
				10-261b
				of the General Statutes, he shall cause to be sent to the chief executive
				officer a notification of the penalty amount due and a request for its prompt
				payment. The forfeit shall be required to be in the form of a bank check,
				certified check or money order made payable to the Treasurer of the State of
				Connecticut and forwarded to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
				Management.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 261b - Penalties and the Waiver of Penalties for Failure to Comply With Certain State Reporting Requirements › Section 10-261b-2 - Penalty waiver procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The penalty
			 pursuant to Section
			 10-261b
			 of the General Statutes, may be waived by the Secretary of the Office of Policy
			 and Management provided he receives a written application for waiver within
			 thirty business days of the filing date of the report for which the penalty
			 waiver is sought. Such application, which shall set forth the reason for the
			 waiver request, shall be signed by the officials responsible for filing the
			 required data and co-signed by the chief executive officer of the municipality.
			 It must be established to the Secretary's satisfaction that the failure to file
			 in a timely manner and in the form required, was due to reasonable cause and
			 was not intentional or due to neglect. Examples of reasonable cause shall
			 include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) An Act of God;
(2) A vacancy in the position of the official
			 responsible for filing the required data. Such vacancy, which may be due to
			 death, serious illness or resignation, must have occurred within sixty days of
			 the filing date;
(3) Failure
			 regarding delivery of the required data, provided it is established to the
			 Secretary's satisfaction that a reasonable attempt to make timely delivery has
			 been made;
(4) Administrative or
			 technical problems encountered with regard to the filing of such data,
			 including but not limited to:
(A) Adoption of
			 a computer system, or conversion to an alternate computer system, wherein
			 serious problems concerning retrieval of the data to be submitted were not
			 resolved prior to the filing date. It must be established to the Secretary's
			 satisfaction that attempts to resolve such problems were undertaken within a
			 reasonable period of time prior to such date;
(B) Failure on the part of the municipality
			 to receive from the Secretary at least thirty days prior to the filing date,
			 the form(s) necessary for submitting the required data.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 287c - School Construction Grants › Section 10-287c-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 10-287c-1 to
				10-287c-21, inclusive:
(1) "Applicant" means any local or regional
			 board of education, regional educational service center, or incorporated or
			 endowed high school or academy eligible for a school construction grant
			 commitment pursuant to section
			 10-285b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of
			 the department of Construction Services;
(3) "Department" means the department of
			 Construction Services;
(4)
			 "Educational Specifications" means a description of the general nature and
			 purpose of the proposed school building project, which may include the
			 applicant's long range educational plan and the relationship of the proposed
			 project to such plan; enrollment data and proposed project capacity; the nature
			 and organization of the educational program; support facilities; space needs;
			 accommodation for educational technology; specialized equipment; and site
			 needs, and any other supporting documents deemed necessary by the
			 commissioner;
(5) "Filing" means
			 receipt;
(6) "Final grant payment"
			 means the grant payment for a school construction project after which no
			 further amount, other than an interest subsidy grant, is due the applicant, and
			 its date shall be the date on which the check for such payment is issued or
			 electronic transfer of funds is made;
(7) "Interest grant" means a grant for the
			 state's share of interest costs on bonds or serial notes, or short term notes
			 issued by a municipality to permanently finance the cost of a school building
			 project;
(8) "Legislative body"
			 means the board of education of a regional school district, the governing board
			 of a regional educational service center or incorporated or endowed high school
			 or academy eligible for a school construction grant commitment pursuant to said
			 section
			 10-285b,
			 or the governing body of any municipality;
(9) "Limited eligible projects" means those
			 projects eligible for a reimbursement percentage other than the percentage
			 described in Section
			 10-285a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(10) "Permanently financed" means financed
			 from the proceeds of serial notes or bonds, energy conservation lease purchase
			 agreements, as defined in section
			 10-282 of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes or other long-term debt instruments deemed
			 acceptable or equivalent by the commissioner;
(11) "Project costs" means the aggregate of
			 the costs properly chargeable to a project, as determined by the department,
			 except interest on temporary borrowings;
(12) "Short term notes" means the method of
			 funding of school construction projects as described in Section
			 10-289a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(13) "Temporary borrowing" means amounts
			 borrowed in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of serial notes or
			 bonds.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 287c - School Construction Grants › Section 10-287c-3 - Commitments for grants (Reference: Section 10-287a)

Current through July 10, 2024
A commitment for a grant under section
				10-287a
				will be made by the Commissioner of Education, subject to the approval of the
				state bond commission, at such time or times during the development of a
				project and in such manner as the Commissioner of Education shall
				prescribe.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 287c - School Construction Grants › Section 10-287c-4 - Commitment limitations (reference: Section 10-287a)

Current through July 10, 2024
No commitment for a grant under section
				10-287a
				shall be made until the Commissioner of Education shall have received
				assurances from the applicant (1) that the application for the grant and the
				acceptance thereof have been duly authorized, (2) that all proceeds of the
				grant will be used to meet project costs, or, to the extent provided for such
				purpose, site acquisition costs, (3) that records will be maintained which will
				fully disclose all project and site acquisition costs and the amount, source
				and disposition of all funds received for the payment thereof and such other
				records as the Commissioner of Education shall prescribe to facilitate an
				effective audit; such records to be maintained for a period of three years
				following final payment of the grant under section
				10-287a
				or such other period as the Commissioner of Education shall prescribe, and (4)
				that the Commissioner of Education or any duly authorized representatives shall
				have access, for the purpose of audit and examination, to any books, documents,
				papers and records of the applicant that are pertinent to the grant and that
				the applicant shall submit to the Commissioner of Education such documents and
				information as the Commissioner of Education may require in connection with the
				project.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 287c - School Construction Grants › Section 10-287c-5 - Payment of school construction grants (Reference: Section 10-287a)

Current through July 10, 2024
Grant payments pursuant to Section
				10-287a
				shall be made as follows:
(a) With
			 respect to a project which has been completed, it shall be made forthwith upon
			 a determination by the Commissioner of Education of the project costs, and, if
			 the grant is made in part to meet site acquisition costs, of the site
			 acquisition costs.
(b) Advances
			 against a grant with respect to a project not completed may be made at such
			 time or times as the Commissioner of Education shall determine but in no event
			 at earlier times or in greater amounts than as follows:
(1) thirty percent of the estimated grant
			 amount when thirty percent of the project construction has been
			 completed;
(2) thirty percent of the
			 estimated grant amount when sixty percent of the project construction has been
			 completed; and
(3) thirty percent
			 of the estimated grant amount when ninety percent of the project construction
			 has been completed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 287c - School Construction Grants › Section 10-287c-6 - Bond interest subsidy grants (Reference: Section 10-287g)

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The amount of a bond issue eligible for
			 an interest subsidy grant pursuant to Section 10-287g shall be the total of
			 eligible project costs, not including site acquisition costs, less those
			 project costs permanently financed by means other than the sale of serial notes
			 or bonds, less any state grants made under Chapter 173 to defray project
			 costs.
(b) Bond interest subsidy
			 grants under section 10-287g shall be equal to the difference between four
			 percent per annum and the lower of six percent per annum or the net interest
			 cost rate on the eligible amount of bonds issued for the project involved,
			 provided such bonds are sold at public sale.
(c) Bond interest subsidy grants under
			 section 10-287g shall be paid semiannually over the period of the maturity
			 dates of the bond issue. Payments will be certified to the state comptroller on
			 or before the first of the month immediately preceding the month in which the
			 corresponding interest payment falls due, and will be proportioned to such
			 payments according to the eligible amount of such bond issue.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 287c - School Construction Grants › Section 10-287c-7 - Portable, relocatable or demountable buildings

Current through July 10, 2024
Where a town or district undertakes to acquire a school
				facility consisting of one or more portable, relocatable or demountable
				buildings for which a state grant application is to be made pursuant to chapter
				173, all requirements of chapter 173 and these regulations shall be
				applicable.