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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 17h - Programs of Bilingual Education (Revised) › Section 10-17h-3 - Preliminary assessment of dominant language

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
The
			 Preliminary Assessment.
On or before February 1, 1978 and each October 1
			 thereafter, each board of education shall make a preliminary assessment of the
			 dominant language of each child enrolled in the public schools in the district,
			 provided that each child placed in a required program of bilingual education in
			 accordance with section
			 10-17h-7
			 as of October 1 in any year shall be considered dominant in a language other
			 than English for purposes of this section. Such assessment shall be made by
			 school.
(b)
Methods.
The board of education shall use one of the following methods in the
			 preliminary assessment of the dominant language of each child who is enrolled
			 in grades kindergarten to three, inclusive:
(1) personal contacts with the persons with
			 whom the child lives by individuals who are fluent in the presumed dominant
			 language of the child; or
(2)
			 questionnaires which are written in English and in the presumed dominant
			 language of the child to be completed by the persons with whom the child lives.
As an alternative to the methods listed in this subsection, the
				board of education may conduct personal interviews with children who are
				enrolled in grades 4 to 12, inclusive, to make the preliminary assessment of
				the child's dominant language. If the board of education is unable to perform a
				preliminary assessment of a child's dominant language in the manner prescribed
				in this subsection, the board of education may make such assessment from the
				student's school records.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 17h - Programs of Bilingual Education (Revised) › Section 10-17h-4 - Final determination of dominant language

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
The Final Determination.
If on or before February 1,1978 and each
			 October 1 thereafter, (1) the preliminary assessment in accordance with section
			 10-17h-3
			 indicates there are in a school twenty or more children whose dominant language
			 is any single language other than English, or (2) if the sum of the number of
			 children indicated by the preliminary assessment and the number of children for
			 whom the board of education could reasonably conclude that an inaccurate
			 preliminary assessment was conducted is twenty or more, then the board of
			 education shall make a final determination of the dominant language of such
			 children. However, each child placed in a required program of bilingual
			 education in accordance with section
			 10-17h-7
			 as of October 1 in any year shall be considered to be dominant in a language
			 other than English for purposes of this section.
(b)
Methods.
The board of
			 education shall make a final determination of a child's dominant language by
			 either of the following methods:
(1) applying
			 a measure of dominance based upon the administration of equivalent tests in the
			 language ascertained from the preliminary assessment of the child's dominant
			 language and in English; or
(2)
			 conducting formal observations of the child in unstructured situations with his
			 or her peers by a teacher, or other person, trained to conduct such
			 observations. Such a person shall be proficient in the presumed dominant
			 language of the child and in English.
The State Board of Education shall issue supplemental
				guidelines to boards of education which shall include standards for tests,
				formal observations and training persons to perform observations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 17h - Programs of Bilingual Education (Revised) › Section 10-17h-5 - Determination of English language proficiency

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
English Proficiency Determination.
If on or before February 1,
			 1978 and each October 1 thereafter, it is ascertained in accordance with
			 section
			 10-17h-4
			 that in any public school there are twenty or more children whose dominant
			 language is any single language other than English, the board of education
			 shall determine the English proficiency of such children. However, each child
			 placed in a required program of bilingual education in accordance with section
			 10-17h-7
			 as of October 1 in any year shall be considered to have limited proficiency in
			 English for the purposes of this section.
(b)
Testing English Proficiency.
The board of education shall use all of the following indicators to determine a
			 child's English proficiency:
(1) standardized
			 English language proficiency tests;
(2) academic grades or other periodic
			 indicators of achievement received by each child in classes taught in English;
			 and
(3) a personal interview with
			 the child conducted in English by a person trained to conduct such an
			 interview.
The State Board of Education shall issue supplemental
				guidelines to boards of education which shall include criteria for selecting
				standardized English language proficiency tests, a list of approved tests,
				standards for personal interviews and standards for training persons to conduct
				such interviews.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 17h - Programs of Bilingual Education (Revised) › Section 10-17h-6 - Filing data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Filing Dominant Language
			 Data.
On or before February 17, 1978 and each October 15 thereafter,
			 each board of education shall file with the Secretary the number of children by
			 school and by language whose dominant language is other than English and the
			 number of children by school whose dominant language is English, as assessed in
			 accordance with sections
			 10-17h-3
			 and
			 10-17h-4.
(b)
Filing Limited English Proficiency
			 Data.
On or before February 17, 1978 and each November 1 thereafter,
			 each board of education which has identified twenty or more children in any
			 public school in the district whose dominant language is any single language
			 other than English shall file with the Secretary the number of such children by
			 school and by language, as determined in accordance with section
			 10-17h-5,
			 whose proficiency in English is limited.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 17h - Programs of Bilingual Education (Revised) › Section 10-17h-7 - Bilingual education requirement

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
When a
			 Program Must Be Provided.
If on February 1, 1978 or any November 1
			 thereafter there are in any public school within a local or regional school
			 district twenty or more children who are classified dominant in any single
			 language other than English and whose proficiency in English is limited, the
			 board of education of such school district shall provide a program of bilingual
			 education in accordance with section
			 10-17h-11
			 for such eligible children for the following school year.
(b)
Notification.
(1) Before a child is placed in a required
			 program of bilingual education, the board of education shall fully inform the
			 parents, guardians or others with whom the child lives about the
			 program.
(2) In addition to the
			 notification in subparagraph (1) of this subsection, the board of education
			 shall send to each parent, guardian or other person with whom the child lives,
			 a written notice stating:
a) that the child
			 has been classified as dominant in a language other than English and of limited
			 English proficiency,
b) the
			 language in which the child is dominant, and
c) that the board of education intends to
			 place the child in a required program of bilingual education. This notification
			 shall be mailed or delivered to the parent, guardian or other person with whom
			 the child lives at least sixty (60) days before a child is placed in a required
			 program of bilingual education. If the circumstances of a particular case
			 dictate a shorter period of time, reasonable notification shall be provided as
			 indicated herein.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 17h - Programs of Bilingual Education (Revised) › Section 10-17h-8 - Bilingual education grants

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Grant
			 Applications.
Each board of education which is required in accordance
			 with section
			 10-17h-7(a)
			 of these regulations to provide a program of bilingual education may apply with
			 the Secretary for the following grants:
(1) a
			 grant for the 1977/1978 school year for planning and developing a required
			 program, which grant may also be used for operating an existing program of
			 bilingual education; and
(2) a
			 grant for any school year thereafter for the purpose of implementing a required
			 program of bilingual education.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 17h - Programs of Bilingual Education (Revised) › Section 10-17h-9 - Student transfers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Placing
			 Transfers.
A board of education may place in a required program of
			 bilingual education any child whose dominant language is the language of the
			 program and whose English proficiency is limited, but who was not identified
			 and included in the total of that school district's eligible children which was
			 used to determine the amount of the bilingual education grant that the district
			 received. However, the board of education shall not receive bilingual education
			 funding for the programs for such children until the school year following the
			 first time such children shall have been counted as eligible
			 children.
(b)
Transfer within
			 a District.
If a child who was last placed in a required program of
			 bilingual education is enrolled in another school within the same school
			 district, which school has or will have a required program of bilingual
			 education in the child's dominant language, the board of education shall offer
			 the child the required program of bilingual education immediately or as soon as
			 it has been implemented in the school where the child is newly
			 enrolled.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 17h - Programs of Bilingual Education (Revised) › Section 10-17h-10 - Continuing placement

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Annual
			 Review.
The proficiency in English of each child placed in a required
			 program of bilingual education shall be reviewed annually. Whenever this annual
			 review indicates that the child may have become proficient in English for the
			 purposes of these regulations, the board of education shall determine in
			 accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of this section whether the child shall
			 remain in the required program of bilingual education.
(b)
Measurements of Increased English
			 Proficiency.
For the purpose of deciding whether a child shall remain in
			 a required program, the board of education shall use all of the following
			 indicators of proficiency in English:
(1) a
			 standardized English language proficiency test;
(2) the academic grades or, where grades are
			 not given, other periodic indicators of achievement received by the child for
			 classes taught in English while he or she has been enrolled in a required
			 program of bilingual education; and
(3) a personal interview conducted in English
			 by a person who has been trained to conduct such an interview.
The State Board of Education shall issue supplemental
				guidelines to boards of education which will include criteria for selecting
				standardized English language proficiency tests, a list of approved tests,
				standards for personal interviews and standards for training persons to conduct
				such interviews.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 17h - Programs of Bilingual Education (Revised) › Section 10-17h-11 - Characteristics of required programs of bilingual education

Current through July 10, 2024
A required program of bilingual education shall have, but need
				not be limited to, the following characteristics.
(a) The curricular content and practices
			 shall be designed to bring children who are dominant in a language other than
			 English to the same educational performance level that is expected of English
			 dominant children.
(b) Bilingual
			 program goals and objectives shall include, but shall not be limited to, goals
			 and objectives which are similar to those established for the regular school
			 program.
(c) Children shall receive
			 appropriate instruction designed to establish and increase proficiency in
			 English.
(d) Subject matter
			 instruction shall be offered using the dominant language of the children as the
			 medium of instruction but otherwise comparable to the regular school
			 program.
(e) There shall be
			 opportunities for children who are dominant in a language other than English to
			 be integrated with English dominant children, particularly in activities which
			 do not require a high proficiency in English.
(f) Children in a required bilingual program
			 at the secondary level shall be made aware of and permitted to enroll in
			 courses in the regular school program for which they are qualified.
(g) Instructional personnel shall be familiar
			 with the dominant language and sensitive to the cultural background of the
			 children they are teaching. In addition, those who teach subject matter courses
			 in the children's dominant language shall be proficient in that
			 language.
(h) Children in required
			 programs of bilingual education shall be offered all educational programs in
			 the regular school program, including, but not limited to, programs for
			 exceptional children, as defined in accordance with section
			 10-76a of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 17h - Programs of Bilingual Education (Revised) › Section 10-17h-12 - Annual progress report

Current through July 10, 2024
On or before July 1, 1979 and each July 1 thereafter each board
				of education receiving funds pursuant to Public Act 77-588 shall file an annual
				progress report with the Secretary. The report shall include the
				following:
(a)
Measures of
			 Increased and Broadened Educational Opportunities for Eligible Children.
The board of education may measure increased educational opportunities by
			 noting changes in the environment of the child or by gathering related
			 statistical data which, by reasonable inference, can give evidence of the
			 degree of achievement of the characteristics of required programs of bilingual
			 education in accordance with section
			 10-17h-11
			 of these regulations. Included may be changes that have taken place in the
			 staff, the facilities and equipment use, and statistical counts such as absence
			 and dropout rates.
(b)
A
			 Program Evaluation.
The board of education shall evaluate the
			 educational effectiveness of the required program of bilingual education in
			 meeting the characteristics in accordance with section
			 10-17h-11,
			 and the measures of the accomplishment of the goals and objectives indicated in
			 the most recent approved description filed with the Secretary in accordance
			 with section
			 10-17h-8(g).
			 Included shall be counts of the number of children entering and leaving the
			 required program, an accounting of the number of years children have remained
			 in the program, and results of followup studies on the educational success of
			 children who have been placed subsequently in the regular school program. The
			 State Board of Education shall issue supplemental guidelines which will include
			 criteria for designing a program evaluation.
(c)
A Certification by the Board of
			 Education.
The superintendent of schools shall sign an affidavit
			 attesting that funds were expended solely for the purposes of Public Act
			 77-588. The board of education shall at its own expense, provide for an audit
			 acceptable to the State Board of Education in accordance with section
			 7-396a
			 of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 17h - Programs of Bilingual Education (Revised) › Section 10-17h-14 - Right to a review and heading

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A parent,
			 guardian, a child's attorney, or other person responsible for a child may
			 request the board of education for a review of:
(1) the determination that the child is
			 dominant in a language other than English;
(2) the identification of the dominant
			 language;
(3) the placement of the
			 child in the required program of bilingual education designated by the board of
			 education;
(4) the determination
			 that the child is proficient in English;
(5) the removal of the child from a required
			 program of bilingual education; and
(6) the failure of the board of education to
			 evaluate the child and the failure of the board of education to classify the
			 child as dominant in a language other than English.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 19m - The Youth Service Bureau Grant Program › Section 10-19m-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 10-19m-1 to
				10-19m-10,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
a) "Bureau" means Youth Service
			 Bureau.
b) "Commissioner" means
			 Commissioner of Education.
c)
			 "Department" means the Department of Education.
d) "Justice System" means police, courts,
			 probation or correctional agencies.
e) "Youth" means any person from birth to
			 eighteen (18) years of age.
f)
			 "Youth Service Bureau" means an agency operated directly by one or more
			 municipalities or a private agency designated to act as an agent of one or more
			 municipalities for the purpose of evaluation, planning, coordination and
			 implementation of prevention, intervention and treatment services for
			 delinquent, pre-delinquent, pregnant, parenting and troubled youth, and for the
			 provision of opportunities for youth to develop positively and to function as
			 responsible members of their communities.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 19m - The Youth Service Bureau Grant Program › Section 10-19m-2 - Minimum standards and criteria to qualify for state cost sharing grants

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A Bureau shall be responsible to the
			 chief elected official of the municipality or of the sponsoring municipality if
			 the Bureau serves more than one municipality or his duly authorized
			 representative.
(b) A Bureau shall
			 have an Advisory Board of no less than seven members, who shall be appointed by
			 and responsible to the chief elected official of the municipality or his duly
			 authorized designee or as otherwise provided in the municipal charter. This
			 Board shall advise and make recommendations on overall policy and program
			 direction for the Bureau.
(1) The Advisory
			 Board shall be comprised of representatives from public agencies with statutory
			 responsibility for youth and private sector organizations representing
			 community social institutions. These representatives shall include at least one
			 member who is under 21 years of age at the time of appointment, one member who
			 is a representative of the school system, one member who is a representative of
			 the police department, and one member who is a representative of a private
			 youth serving agency. The youth and police representatives may be liaison,
			 non-voting members of the Board if such representatives are not electors in the
			 town. At least one-third of the total membership shall be individuals who are
			 interested in youth services and who receive less than fifty percent of their
			 income by delivering services to youth.
(2) The Advisory Board of a Bureau involving
			 two or more municipalities shall have at least one duly appointed
			 representative from each municipality.
(3) Upon the request of the chief elected
			 official of the municipality, the Department may waive the size and composition
			 requirements for an Advisory Board if the composition of the commission is
			 established by a municipal charter or, in the case of a private agency
			 designated to act as the youth service bureau, if the board of directors
			 established by the by-laws of agency provides comparable citizen
			 representation. Additionally, the Department may waive the requirement of the
			 composition of the Advisory Board when one or more of the agencies mentioned in
			 subsection (b)(1) of this section do not exist.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 19m - The Youth Service Bureau Grant Program › Section 10-19m-4 - Application for funding

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) For the purpose
			 of receiving state funding to establish, expand, or operate a Bureau under
			 Sections
			 10-19m
			 to
			 10-19o,
			 inclusive, of the General Statutes, a municipality shall submit an application
			 to the Department. Applications shall be submitted in a format and according to
			 instructions issued by the Department.
(b) One municipality shall be designated as
			 the sponsor for purposes of administrative and fiscal accountability if the
			 Bureau serves more than one town. Written assurances binding participating
			 municipalities to the terms of the grant proposal shall be included in the
			 application.
(c) An application
			 shall include assurances, including all supporting narrative statements,
			 program descriptions and documentation, that the Bureau designated by the
			 municipality is, or within the period of award will be, in full compliance with
			 the standards set forth in Sections
			 10-19m
			 to
			 10-19p,
			 inclusive, of the General Statutes and in Sections
			 10-19m-1
			 to
			 10-19m-10,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(1) Such information shall demonstrate that
			 the Bureau is performing or will perform the following functions:
			 administration; research; resource development; community involvement; youth
			 advocacy; and data collection, including records management, evaluation and
			 reporting.
(2) Such information
			 shall demonstrate that the direct services the Bureau is providing, or will
			 provide, address the needs of youth designated in Section
			 10-19m-2(d)
			 of Sections
			 10-19m-1
			 to
			 10-19m-10,
			 inclusive.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 19m - The Youth Service Bureau Grant Program › Section 10-19m-5 - Budget amendments

Current through July 10, 2024
Budget amendments to approved Bureau applications shall be
				submitted to the Department prior to implementation. The Department may
				disallow an amendment which would result in improper local match, noncompliance
				with minimum standards or where the Commissioner determines that a proposed
				expenditure is unsupportable.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 19m - The Youth Service Bureau Grant Program › Section 10-19m-6 - Cost sharing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Department
			 shall share in the costs of each Bureau which has been awarded a grant pursuant
			 to Sections
			 10-19m
			 to
			 10-19p,
			 inclusive, of the General Statutes, at the rate of no more than fifty (50)
			 percent of the actual fiscal year cost, or the maximum dollar amounts set for
			 state grants under Sections
			 10-19m
			 to
			 10-19p,
			 inclusive, of the General Statutes, whichever is less. Costs that will be
			 shared by the Department include:
(1) Salaries
			 and related costs for the director and other employees who perform
			 administrative functions, as well as the salaries and related costs of
			 employees who provide direct services.
(2) Operating expenses directly related to
			 the operation of the administrative unit or direct services, including rent or
			 lease cost for office or other necessary space, consumable supplies, equipment
			 maintenance and repair, communications, copying, utilities, heat, custodial
			 services, essential travel and training, and other services which directly and
			 specifically support the operation of the administrative unit and direct
			 services.
(3) Costs of contractual
			 services for the necessary functions of the administrative unit or direct
			 services.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 19m - The Youth Service Bureau Grant Program › Section 10-19m-7 - Financial records

Current through July 10, 2024
A complete and separate accounting of state funds and funds
				used as local match shall be maintained by the applicant. This accounting shall
				be subject to audit for three years following the end of the period of award.
				Up to three interim statements of expenditures and income shall be submitted to
				the Department on forms it provides and at the times it
				determines.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 19m - The Youth Service Bureau Grant Program › Section 10-19m-8 - Inspection and examination

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The records and
			 facilities of a Bureau approved for state aid by the Department shall be
			 available to and open for examination or inspection by any duly authorized
			 representative of the Department.
(b) If, after inspection and examination, the
			 Department finds that a Bureau receiving funds pursuant to this Section is not
			 being maintained in substantial compliance with law, or with Sections
			 10-19m-1
			 to
			 10-19m-10,
			 inclusive, the Department shall give notice of its findings to the chief
			 elected official of the municipality and to the Bureau Director. Unless
			 deficiencies are corrected to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, state funds
			 for the maintenance and operation of the Bureau may be discontinued commencing
			 90 days after receipt of the notice, at the discretion of the
			 Commissioner.
(c) If given notice
			 that funding is in jeopardy, a Bureau may, within 30 days of receipt of said
			 notice, correct deficiencies and request a reinspection, which will be
			 scheduled within 60 days of said request. Each funded Bureau shall have the
			 right, without prejudice, to bring to the attention of the Department any
			 alleged misapplication or capricious enforcement of regulations by any
			 departmental representative, or any substantial difference of opinion, as may
			 occur between the Bureau and any departmental representative concerning the
			 proper application of Sections
			 10-19m-1
			 to
			 10-19m-10,
			 inclusive. The Commissioner, or his designee, shall act as final arbiter of any
			 such dispute.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 19m - The Youth Service Bureau Grant Program › Section 10-19m-9 - Renewal

Current through July 10, 2024
An application for continued state funding shall be submitted
				each year. Contingent on the availability of funds and based on an evaluation
				as to whether an existing Bureau is meeting minimum standards, effectively
				providing programs and services, and is in compliance with the goals of
				Sections
				10-19m
				to
				10-19p,
				inclusive, of the General Statutes, and the requirements of Sections
				10-19m-1
				to
				10-19m-10,
				inclusive, the Bureau may be considered for refunding.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 64 - Operating Vocational Agriculture Programs › Section 10-64-2 - Full-year program

Current through July 10, 2024
The program shall operate on a full-year basis to allow for
				occupational instruction and the supervision of student occupational experience
				programs. The staff shall be employed in such a manner as to ensure proper
				coverage of the twelve-month program.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 65 - Operating Vocational Agriculture Programs-Procedure › Section 10-65-1 - Budget

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Budgets for the operation of regional
			 vocational agriculture center shall be submitted to the State Department of
			 Education, annually prior to implementation of such budget. When a greater than
			 5% budget change is indicated, notification of deviations and/or modifications
			 of the budget shall be forwarded to the State Department of
			 Education.
(b) Travel to
			 out-of-state activities shall be approved by the State Department of Education
			 prior to attendance at those activities.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 65 - Operating Vocational Agriculture Programs-Procedure › Section 10-65-3 - Out-of-school youth and adults

Current through July 10, 2024
Provisions shall be made for the upgrading and retraining of
				out-of-school youth and adults who are established or about to become
				established in agriculture or related occupations. On-the-job supervision shall
				be an integral part of the adult instructional program.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 65 - Operating Vocational Agriculture Programs-Procedure › Section 10-65-4 - Staffing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The program should maintain a total staff
			 to student ratio of one certified staff member for not more than 35 full-time
			 students (or equivalent of part-time students). This does not establish an
			 individual class size, except that laboratory situations should not exceed a
			 15/1 student-teacher ratio in order to ensure a safe educational
			 experience.
(b) Supportive staff
			 such as clerical, custodial, and teacher substitute shall be provided to ensure
			 that the professional staff will be free to carry on the purposes of the
			 program and to ensure desirable standards of health and safety.
(c) A certified staff member shall be
			 designated as administrator at each regional vocational agriculture center
			 (department chairperson, head teacher, director, or other appropriate
			 title).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 65 - Operating Vocational Agriculture Programs-Procedure › Section 10-65-6 - Admission and retention

Current through July 10, 2024
Admission and retention policies for vocational agriculture
				programs at the secondary school level.
(a) Applicants shall have successfully
			 completed at least the eighth grade for ninth grade admission. (Students may
			 apply for transfer into the program beyond ninth grade. Admittance shall be
			 determined on an individual basis.)
(b) Applicants shall indicate an interest in
			 agriculture as a career and shall agree to participate in a supervised,
			 occupational experience program.
(c) The vocational agriculture staff shall
			 have the responsibility to recommend students for acceptance into the
			 vocational agriculture program.
(d)
			 Any student denied admission to a program of vocational agriculture or who is
			 about to be dismissed from such a program shall be given an opportunity to
			 request an informal review of his/her case before a Review Committee at a
			 Regional Vocational Agriculture Center.
The Review Committee shall be composed of at least, but not
				limited to the following representation: a member of the vocational agriculture
				staff, an administrator from the school where the vocational agriculture
				program operates, a member of the operating board of education or their
				administrative representative, a member of the sending board of education or
				their administrative representative and a member of the regional vocational
				agriculture consulting committee. Such student may make a request in writing,
				to the proper vocational agriculture center, addressed to the administrator
				responsible for such center, for a review of his or her case.
Any such request shall be made within 15 days of such action.
				The said committee shall conduct such review within 20 days of receipt of such
				request. The committee through the operating board of education shall within 10
				days of such review, notify, in writing, the student, and the sending board of
				education of its decision. This decision shall be final and binding upon all
				parties.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 65 - Operating Vocational Agriculture Programs-Procedure › Section 10-65-7 - Occupational experience

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Vocational
			 agriculture students at all grade levels shall have a planned, supervised,
			 occupational-experience program in agriculture which relates to the student's
			 goals and abilities. The program shall be in addition to regularly scheduled
			 class activities.
(b) Tenth,
			 eleventh, and twelfth grade vocational agriculture classes shall be scheduled
			 no less than 320 minutes per week. Time must be blocked to allow for
			 laboratory, shop, and field work.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 66j - Standards for the Review and Approval of Regional Educational Service Centers › Section 10-66j-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Board" means State Board of
			 Education.
(b) "Pupil Population"
			 means the average daily membership, as determined in accordance with section
			 10-261 of
			 the General Statutes, of the local or regional boards of education, within the
			 geographic area, for the full school year prior to an application for approval
			 as a regional educational service center in accordance with the regulations
			 herein.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 66j - Standards for the Review and Approval of Regional Educational Service Centers › Section 10-66j-3 - Geographic areas

Current through July 10, 2024
The Board shall establish broadly defined geographic areas of
				the state, in which may be established regional educational service centers.
				These geographic areas shall be designated as follows:
(a)
Northwest Region
(b)
Southwest Region
(c)
North Central
			 Region
(d)
South
			 Central Region
(e)
Northeast Region
(f)
Southeast Region
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 66j - Standards for the Review and Approval of Regional Educational Service Centers › Section 10-66j-4 - Initial approval

Current through July 10, 2024
Regional educational service centers may be established in said
				geographic areas upon approval by the Board of plans of organization and
				operation.
(a)
Application,
			 Conditions and Duration.
(1)
			 Applications for initial approval as a regional educational service center
			 shall consist of a plan of organization and operation, as delineated in
			 subsection (c) of this section, submitted to the Board in such manner and form
			 as required by the Board;
(2) Any
			 applicant meeting the conditions for approval, as stated in subsections (a)
			 through (c) of this section, shall be approved by the Board for its first
			 triennial period. The applicant shall be notified of said Board's decision, in
			 writing, within forty-five (45) calendar days of receipt of said
			 application;
(3) All applications
			 for approval as a regional educational service center, shall be submitted no
			 earlier than the September 1st and no later than the November 1st of any given
			 year.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 66j - Standards for the Review and Approval of Regional Educational Service Centers › Section 10-66j-6 - Continued approval

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The board of
			 each approved regional educational service center shall submit, by October 1 of
			 each year, to its member local or regional boards of education and the Board,
			 an annual report in such form and manner as the board shall require.
(b) The Board shall evaluate triennially the
			 programs and services of a regional educational service center for the purpose
			 of such regional educational service center's continued approval.
(c) The board may establish such fiscal
			 reporting requirements, including statements of expenditure and indirect cost
			 determination, as it shall deem necessary to the continued approval of the
			 regional educational service centers.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 66j - Standards for the Review and Approval of Regional Educational Service Centers › Section 10-66j-7 - Review

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If the Board does not approve an
			 applicant, for either initial or continued approval, it shall notify such
			 applicant, in writing, via certified mail with a return receipt, of its
			 decision. Such notice shall state the rationale, in accordance with the
			 authorizing statute and these regulations for not approving the
			 applicant.
(b) An applicant which
			 is denied either initial or continued approval may petition the board for a
			 review of the decision within thirty days of receiving notice of the decision.
			 The board shall conduct a review and issue a decision within sixty days of the
			 request. The review shall be informal and its scope and procedures shall be
			 determined by the board.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 66mm - Operation of a Charter School › Section 10-66mm-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 10-66mm-1 to
				10-66mm-7,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Affiliated" means being united,
			 connected, allied, associated, or attached in any manner.
(2) "Charter management organization" has the
			 same meaning as provided in Section
			 10-66aa
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(3) "Charter school" has the same meaning as
			 provided in Section
			 10-66aa
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(4) "Governing board" means governing council
			 of a charter school and any committee established by two or more governing
			 councils pursuant to Section
			 10-66ee
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes as a result of cooperative
			 arrangements.
(5) "Related party"
			 means being affiliated, principal owner or manager, spouse, child, parent or
			 sibling of one or more of the transacting parties and includes any other
			 parties that have significant influence over the management or operating
			 policies or have an ownership interest in one or more of the transacting
			 parties.
(6) "Transfer" means any
			 act that passes an interest or control of any unsecured, noninterest bearing
			 state or federal funds between charter schools and from a charter school to a
			 charter management organization.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 66mm - Operation of a Charter School › Section 10-66mm-2 - Disclosure of board members and management personnel

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
			 A charter school shall disclose to the Commissioner of Education the name,
			 position and address of any person who sits as a member on the governing board
			 of a charter school including, but not limited to, a contractor, employee or
			 volunteer. The Commissioner of Education shall prescribe the format for the
			 disclosure of information. The charter school shall disclose the information
			 not later than fourteen days from the appointment, designation or election of
			 the person to the governing board.
(b) A charter management organization
			 affiliated with a charter school shall disclose to the Commissioner of
			 Education the name, position and address of any person who sits as a member on
			 the governing board of a charter school including, but not limited to, a
			 contractor, employee or volunteer. The Commissioner of Education shall
			 prescribe the format for the disclosure of information and the disclosure shall
			 be made not later than fourteen days from the appointment, designation or
			 election to the governing board.
(c) A charter school and charter management
			 organization shall disclose to the Commissioner of Education the name,
			 position, duties of the position and address of any person they share in a
			 management position including, but not limited to, a contractor, employee or
			 volunteer. The Commissioner of Education shall prescribe the format for the
			 disclosure of information and the disclosure shall be made not later than
			 fourteen days from the first day of shared service.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 66mm - Operation of a Charter School › Section 10-66mm-3 - Prohibition of sharing board members

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A charter
			 school shall not share board members with other charter schools in any manner
			 allowing such board members to participate in any offices or activities of the
			 governing board.
(b) A charter
			 school shall not share board members with any affiliated charter management
			 organization in any manner allowing such board members to participate in the
			 offices or activities of the charter management organization.
(c) An affiliated charter management
			 organization operating a charter school shall not share board members with
			 other charter schools or affiliated charter management organizations in any
			 manner allowing such members to participate in the offices or activities of the
			 charter school or the charter management organization.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 66mm - Operation of a Charter School › Section 10-66mm-4 - Prohibition of transfer of state and federal funds

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A
			 charter school shall not enter into any agreement whatsoever resulting in the
			 transfer of any unsecured, noninterest bearing state or federal funds to
			 another charter school.
(b) A
			 charter school shall not enter into any agreement whatsoever resulting in the
			 transfer of any unsecured, noninterest bearing state or federal funds to any
			 charter management organization.
(c) A charter school that has entered into a
			 cooperative arrangement pursuant to Section
			 10-66ee
			 of the Connecticut General Statues may make payments in a timely manner to
			 another charter school or a charter management organization for reasonable and
			 necessary costs and expenses expressed in the cooperative
			 arrangement.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 66mm - Operation of a Charter School › Section 10-66mm-5 - Direct and indirect costs

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Allowable
			 direct costs incurred by a charter school or an affiliated charter management
			 organization means those costs specifically identified with or charged to the
			 operation of a particular project, program or activity of the charter school or
			 charter management organization. The allowable direct costs incurred shall be
			 reasonable and necessary to the operation of such project, program or
			 activity.
(b) Allowable indirect
			 costs incurred by a charter school or affiliated charter management
			 organization means those costs identified with or charged to the operation of
			 common or joint activity but cannot be identified with or charged directly to a
			 specific final cost objective of the project, program or activity of the
			 charter school or charter management organization. The allowable indirect costs
			 incurred shall be reasonable and necessary to the operation of such project,
			 program or activity.
(c) Related
			 party transactions shall be documented by a charter school or charter
			 management organization. Such transactions shall be allowable if the costs
			 incurred are (1) limited to the actual cost of goods or services; (2)
			 applicable, appropriate and necessary to the transaction; and (3) do not exceed
			 the fair market rate or value that a prudent person in a non-related party
			 transaction would incur under the circumstances prevailing at the
			 time.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 66mm - Operation of a Charter School › Section 10-66mm-6 - Calculation of per pupil service fees

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The method used
			 to calculate an affiliated charter management organization's per pupil service
			 fee shall be defined in the agreement between the charter school and the
			 charter management organization. Any per pupil fee shall be based upon the
			 number of students enrolled and attending the charter school as of October 1st
			 of the current school year.
(b)
			 Related parties shall not include mark-ups, profits or rates of return in their
			 calculation of fees under subsection (a) of this section.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 66mm - Operation of a Charter School › Section 10-66mm-7 - Collection of private donations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A charter
			 management organization may collect private donations for distribution to
			 charter schools.
(b) A charter
			 management organization shall keep records of all donations received, accepted
			 and disbursed to charter schools.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 76 - Children Requiring Special Education › Section 10-76a - Definitions › Section 10-76a-1 - General definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 10-76a-1,
				  10-76a-2,
				  10-76b-1 to
				  10-76b-4,
				  inclusive, and 10-76d-1 to 10-76d-19, inclusive, the following words shall have
				  the following meanings:
(1) "Board of
				education" or "board" means a public body or public agency responsible for the
				education of children. This term shall include, but not be limited to, local or
				regional boards of education, the technical high school system, the unified
				school districts established pursuant to sections
				17a-37,
				17a-240 and
				18-99a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes or systems as administered through state
				agencies, including but not limited to the Department of Mental Health and
				Addiction Services pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection (e) of section
				10-76d
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(2) "Child" means any person under twenty-one
				years of age.
(3) "A child
				requiring special education" means
(A) a child
				with a disability; or
(B) a child
				who has extraordinary learning ability or outstanding talent in the creative
				arts, the development of which requires programs or services beyond the level
				of those ordinarily provided in general education but which may be provided
				through special education as part of the public school
				program.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 76 - Children Requiring Special Education › Section 10-76a - Definitions › Section 10-76a-2 - Definitions and exceptionalities

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections
				  10-76a-1,
				  10-76a-2,
				  10-76b-1 to
				  10-76b-4,
				  inclusive, and 10-76d-1 to 10-76d-19, inclusive, of the Regulations of
				  Connecticut State Agencies, the following words shall have the following
				  meanings:
(1) "Extraordinary learning
				ability" means a child identified by the planning and placement team as gifted
				and talented on the basis of either performance on relevant standardized
				measuring instruments, or demonstrated or potential achievement or intellectual
				creativity, or both.
(2) "Gifted
				and talented"' means a child identified by the planning and placement team as
				(A) possessing demonstrated or potential abilities that give evidence of very
				superior intellectual, creative or specific academic capability and (B) needing
				differentiated instruction or services beyond those being provided in the
				general education program in order to realize the child's intellectual,
				creative or specific academic potential. The term shall include children with
				extraordinary learning ability and children with outstanding talent in the
				creative arts.
(3) "Outstanding
				talent in the creative arts" means a child identified by the planning and
				placement team as gifted and talented on the basis of demonstrated or potential
				achievement in music, the visual arts or the performing arts.