Title 10, Title 10: Education and Culture

Sec. 10-66. Regulations. The State Board of Education may adopt, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, such regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this part and to insure reasonable economy in the agricultural science and technology centers. (1955, S…

Sec. 10-66a. Establishment. A regional educational service center may be established in any regional state planning area designated in accordance with section 16a-4a upon approval by the State Board of Education of a plan of organization and operation submitted by four or more bo…

Sec. 10-66aa. Charter schools: Definitions. As used in this section and sections 10-66bb to 10-66uu, inclusive: (1) “Charter school” means a public, nonsectarian school which is (A) established under a charter granted pursuant to section 10-66bb, (B) organized as a nonprofit enti…

Sec. 10-66b. Operation and management. Board. The operation and management of any regional educational service center shall be the responsibility of the board of such center to be composed of at least one member from each participating board of education, selected by such board o…

Sec. 10-66bb. Application process and requirements. Initial certificate of approval for charter. Charter renewal. Probation. Revocation. Enrollment lottery; exceptions. (a)(1) On and after July 1, 1997, and prior to July 1, 2015, the State Board of Education may grant charters fo…

Sec. 10-66c. Powers of board of center. (a) A regional educational service center shall be a body corporate and politic. The board of a regional educational service center shall be a public educational authority acting on behalf of the state of Connecticut and shall have the powe…

Sec. 10-66cc. Strategic school profile report. Report on school's progress. (a) The governing council of a charter school shall submit annually, to the Commissioner of Education, a strategic school profile report as described in subsection (c) of section 10-220. (b) The governing…

Sec. 10-66d. Participation by boards of education and nonpublic schools. Each board of education and nonpublic school in the area served by a regional educational service center may determine the particular programs and services in which it wishes to participate in accordance wit…

Sec. 10-66dd. School professionals and persons holding charter school educator permits employed in charter schools. Charter schools subject to laws governing public schools; exceptions; waivers. Participation in the state teacher retirement system. (a) For purposes of this sectio…

Sec. 10-66e. Payment of expenses. The necessary administrative and overhead expenditures as determined by the board of the regional educational service center shall be shared jointly by the participating boards of education. In addition any participating board of education and no…

Sec. 10-66ee. Charter school funding. Special education students. Transportation. Contracts. Cooperative arrangements. (a) For the purposes of equalization aid under section 10-262h a student enrolled (1) in a local charter school shall be considered a student enrolled in the sch…

Sec. 10-66f. Participation in programs of other centers. Joint action by centers. No provision of this part shall limit a board of education from purchasing a program or service from another regional educational service center, provided such program or service is not available fr…

Sec. 10-66ff. Powers. Liability limited. Participation in Short-Term Investment Fund. (a) Each charter school may (1) sue and be sued, (2) purchase, receive, hold and convey real and personal property for school purposes, and (3) borrow money for such purposes. (b) The state, a l…

Sec. 10-66g. Budget and projected revenues statement. Annual audit. Each board of a regional educational service center shall submit a yearly budget and projected revenue statement to each member board of education and to the State Board of Education. The accounts and financial r…

Sec. 10-66gg. Report to General Assembly. Not later than January 1, 2012, and biennially thereafter, within available appropriations, the Commissioner of Education shall review and report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on the operation of such charter school…

Sec. 10-66h. Annual evaluation of programs and services. The board of a regional educational service center shall annually, following the close of the school year, furnish to each member board of education and the State Board of Education an evaluation of the programs and service…

Sec. 10-66hh. Program to assist charter schools with capital expenses. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Commissioner of Education shall establish, within available bond authorizations, a grant program to assist state charter schoo…

Sec. 10-66i. Applicability of statutes. Receipt of payments. All state statutes concerning education, including provisions for eligibility for state aid and the payment of grants in accordance with the provisions of sections 10-283, 10-286d, 10-287 and 10-288 with respect to bond…

Sec. 10-66ii. Report on best practices employed by charter schools. The Department of Education shall, annually, publish a report on all of the best practices reported by governing councils of charter schools pursuant to subdivision (5) of subsection (b) of section 10-66cc and di…

Sec. 10-66j. Regulations. Annual grants, proportional reduction. Support of regional efforts to recruit and retain minority educators. (a) The State Board of Education shall encourage the formation of a state-wide system of regional educational service centers and shall adopt reg…

Sec. 10-66jj. Bond authorization for program to assist charter schools with capital expenses. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time, to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in on…

Sec. 10-66k. Revocation of participation; effect on pledge for security of bonds. Existence of center and repayment of obligations. (a) Any participating member of a board of a regional educational service center may revoke such participation by giving notice to such board of its…

Sec. 10-66kk. Governing council. Internet posting of meeting schedules, agendas and minutes. Membership. (a) The governing council of each state charter school shall post on any Internet web site that the council operates the (1) schedule, (2) agenda, and (3) minutes of each meet…

Sec. 10-66l. Boards of education may join center within or outside area. Boards of education within an area may join any regional educational service center established therein. Boards of education outside the area in which the center is located may join the center upon approval …

Sec. 10-66ll. Random audits of charter schools. Annually, the Commissioner of Education shall randomly select one state charter school, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 10-66aa, to be subject to a comprehensive financial audit conducted by an independent auditor selected …

Sec. 10-66m. Other cooperative agreements not affected. No provisions of sections 10-66a to 10-66l, inclusive, shall be construed to affect cooperative arrangements by boards of education under section 10-76e or section 10-158a. (P.A. 78-295, S. 8, 9.)

Sec. 10-66mm. Regulations concerning management of charter schools. On or before July 1, 2011, the State Board of Education shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to (1) prohibit a charter school and any affiliated charter management organizatio…

Sec. 10-66n. Grants for identifying and disseminating information re exemplary classroom projects. (a) The Department of Education shall establish a grant program in each fiscal year in which funds are appropriated to identify and disseminate information regarding exemplary class…

Sec. 10-66nn. Grant to assist with start-up costs for new local charter school. Eligibility. Applications. Unexpended funds. Guidelines. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Education may award, within available appropri…

Sec. 10-66o. Provision of goods and services to boards of education. The Department of Education shall encourage the use of regional educational service centers as providers of goods and services for local and regional boards of education and may award special consideration to gr…

Sec. 10-66oo. Governing council. Training re responsibilities and best practices. Adoption of policies re antinepotism and conflict of interests. (a) On and after October 1, 2015, each member of a governing council of a state or local charter school shall complete training relate…

Sec. 10-66p. Allocation and expenditure of funds for professional development services, technical assistance and evaluation activities. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4-98, 4-212 to 4-219, inclusive, 4a-51 and 4a-57, the Commissioner of Education may allocate fund…

Sec. 10-66pp. Annual submission of certified audit statement and Internal Revenue Service form 990. Each charter management organization of a state or local charter school or, if there is no charter management organization associated with a state or local charter school, the gove…

Sec. 10-66q. Uniform regional school calendar. (a) Not later than April 1, 2014, each regional educational service center shall develop a uniform regional school calendar that may be adopted by each local or regional board of education in the area served by such regional educatio…

Sec. 10-66qq. Internet web site posting re reports, certified audit statements and forms. The Commissioner of Education shall post any reports, certified audit statements and forms submitted to the Department of Education pursuant to sections 10-66cc and 10-66pp on the department…

Sec. 10-66r. Regional model for provision of special education services re transportation, training and therapeutic services. (a) Each regional educational service center shall develop, in consultation with the Department of Education, a regional model for the provision of specia…

Sec. 10-66rr. Child abuse and neglect registry and criminal history records checks of governing council members, charter management organization members and contractors. On and after July 1, 2015, the State Board of Education shall require members of the governing council of a st…

Sec. 10-66s. Survey re special education services and programs. Not later than July 1, 2016, each regional educational service center shall conduct, in consultation with the Department of Education, a survey of special education services and programs provided in the region servic…

Sec. 10-66ss. Amendment to charter. (a) If a governing council of a state or local charter school plans to make a material change in the school's operations, such governing council of such charter school shall submit, in writing, a request to amend the school's charter to the Sta…

Sec. 10-66t. Survey re English language learner services and bilingual education programs. Section 10-66t is repealed, effective June 28, 2023. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 297; P.A. 23-150, S. 36.)

Sec. 10-66tt. Contract for whole school management services with a charter management organization. (a) The governing council of a state or local charter school may only enter into a contract for whole school management services with a charter management organization. (b) The gov…

Sec. 10-66u. Regional trauma coordinators. Responsibilities. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2024, each regional educational service center shall hire an individual to serve as the regional trauma coordinator for such center. Such individual shall have sig…

Sec. 10-66uu. Applicability of Freedom of Information Act to records and files related to administration of charter school by charter management organization. Each contract for whole school management services between the governing council of a state or local charter school and a…

Sec. 10-66v. Trauma-informed care training program. (a) The regional trauma coordinators employed by the regional educational service centers, described in section 10-66u, shall jointly develop and implement a trauma-informed care training program. Such training program shall uti…

Secs. 10-66w to 10-66z. Reserved for future use. PART IVb* CHARTER SCHOOLS *See Sec. 10-285h re pilot program for development of a state charter school.

Sec. 10-67. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 10-69 to 10-71a, inclusive, and 10-73a to 10-73c, inclusive: (1) “Adult” means any person seventeen years of age or older who is not enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school program or a student enrolled in …