Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 8a - Exemption of Educational Institutions from Licensing Requirements by the Department of Children and Youth Services › Section 10-8a-3 - Application for non-exempt facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No residental
			 facility shall begin or continue operation as an institution exempt from the
			 requirements of Sections 17-48 and 17-51 of the General Statutes until a
			 Certificate of Exemption or a Certificate of Conditional Exemption is obtained
			 from the State Board of Education. Application for a Certificate of Exemption
			 by a facility in operation on or prior to the effective date of these
			 regulations shall be made not more than sixty days following the effective date
			 of these regulations. Application for a Certificate of Exemption by a facility
			 not in operation on or prior to the effective date of these regulations shall
			 be made not less than one hundred and fifty days prior to the date on which the
			 facility is to commence operation. Application shall be made on such forms as
			 the Commissioner shall prescribe.
(b) Application for a Certificate of
			 Exemption is to include but not be limited to the following information:
(1) the name and mailing address of the
			 facility;
(2) a list of addresses
			 for each building or site on which the facility is or shall be
			 located;
(3) a description of the
			 facility's administration including:
(A) the
			 names and addresses of all members of the Board of Directors or other governing
			 body;
(B) a table or organization
			 of the facility's internal operation;
(C) a list of each administrator by name,
			 role, educational background and training;
(4) a description of the facility's financial
			 management including:
(A) the names and
			 addresses of all owners and officers of the facility and of the property on
			 which any part of the facility is located;
(B) a copy of the applicant's current
			 certificate of incorporation;
(C) a
			 description of the facility's budgetary and accounting process;
(D) a list of the amount and types of federal
			 and/or state aid received or anticipated;
(E) a description of all insurance plans in
			 effect or planned for the facility;
(F) a copy of an audit from the preceeding
			 year conducted by a certified public accountant for each facility in operation
			 for at least one year;
(5) copies of all current certificates of
			 local and/or state health, safety, sanitation, fire, zoning and building code
			 approvals;
(6) a description of
			 dormitory facilities including:
(A) the number
			 of students per room and the age range of students per room;
(B) the program of supervision and
			 security;
(7) a copy of
			 contingency plans for the emergency placement of students including but not
			 limited to the return of students to their families upon the summary suspension
			 of a Certificate of Exemption or a Certificate of Conditional
			 Exemption;
(8) a statement
			 describing any pending legal action which in any way is related to the facility
			 or its property;
(9) the following
			 disclosure information shall be provided when applicable:
(A) if any member of a facility's Board of
			 Directors or other governing body is an employee of a town or regional board of
			 education or a state agency which places handicapped children, list the name of
			 each such individual, his/her role on the Board of Directors, and his/her
			 affiliation in any of the above-named agencies;
(B) if an employee of a town or regional
			 board of education or a state agency which places handicapped children has a
			 financial interest or any other interest in the ownership or management of the
			 facility, list the name of each such individual, his/her school district,
			 his/her role in the ownership or management of the facility, and his/her
			 affiliation in any of the above-named agencies;
(C) if a facility has enrolled any student(s)
			 from the local, regional or state agency in which the individual(s) named above
			 is employed, state the number of such students enrolled and the name of the
			 district which placed each student;
(10) a description of all instructional
			 services, support or related services, and extra-curricular
			 activities;
(11) a list of names,
			 titles, educational background and training of persons assigned or expected to
			 be assigned to the educational program;
(12) a description of the student body
			 including:
(A) the number of students enrolled
			 in the educational program and the number of students enrolled in the
			 residential program or the anticipated numbers of such students;
(B) the student age range for
			 admission.
(C) The Commissioner
			 shall review all applications and may require of the applicant additional
			 information as necessary.