Title 10, Title 10: Education and Culture

Sec. 10-76k. (Formerly Sec. 10-76i). Development of experimental educational programs. (a) Any local or regional board of education or any other public or private nonprofit organization or agency, may prepare and develop experimental educational plans and submit them to the State…

Sec. 10-76kk. Disproportionate or inappropriate identification of minority students or multilingual learners requiring special education. Report. Study. (a) Any local or regional board of education identified by the Department of Education that disproportionately and inappropriat…

Sec. 10-76l. Annual evaluation of special education programs. Section 10-76l is repealed. (P.A. 75-521, S. 1, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 72; P.A. 81-420, S. 3, 4.)

Sec. 10-76ll. Bill of rights for parents of children receiving special education services. (a) As used in this section, “parent” means the parent or guardian of a child requiring special education or the surrogate parent appointed pursuant to section 10-94g or, in the case of a p…

Sec. 10-76m. Auditing of claims for special education assistance. Claims by local and regional boards of education for payment pursuant to section 10-76g shall be audited annually by certified public accountants to be retained by the State Board of Education, and certified copies…

Sec. 10-76mm. Development of individualized education program form. (a) The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Individualized Education Program Advisory Council established pursuant to section 10-76nn, shall develop a new individualized education program form tha…

Sec. 10-76n. Special Education Resource Center. The State Education Resource Center, established pursuant to section 10-357a, shall maintain the Special Education Resource Center, with federal funds granted to the state for the maintenance of said center under the provisions of t…

Sec. 10-76nn. Individualized Education Program Advisory Council. (a) There is established an Individualized Education Program Advisory Council that shall assist the Commissioner of Education in the development of a new individualized education program form that is easier for prac…

Sec. 10-76o. Special education at the Gilbert School, Norwich Free Academy and Woodstock Academy. The boards of trustees of the Gilbert School, Norwich Free Academy and Woodstock Academy shall provide for their students special education programs required to be provided by local …

Sec. 10-76oo. Digital individualized education program form software. Request for proposals and evaluation. Implementation; exception. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, the Department of Education shall (1) purchase, in accordance with the provis…

Sec. 10-76p. Reimbursement where state agency makes private placement. Section 10-76p is repealed. (P.A. 78-186, S. 1, 2; P.A. 79-128, S. 22, 36; P.A. 80-473, S. 2, 3; P.A. 81-420, S. 2, 4; 81-432, S. 9, 11.)

Sec. 10-76pp. Use of digital individualized education program form software by school districts. (a) The Department of Education shall provide a digital individualized education program form software at no cost to local and regional boards of education and the Technical Education…

Sec. 10-76q. Special education at technical education and career schools. (a) The Technical Education and Career System, established pursuant to section 10-95, shall: (1) Provide the professional services necessary to identify, in accordance with section 10-76a, children requirin…

Sec. 10-76qq. Term “emotional disability” to be used in lieu of “emotional disturbance”. On and after July 1, 2022, the term “emotional disability” shall be used in lieu of “emotional disturbance” by the Department of Education and local and regional boards of education for purpo…

Sec. 10-76r. Grant payment for certain special education placements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1983. Section 10-76r is repealed. (P.A. 82-311, S. 3, 4; P.A. 91-303, S. 21, 22.)

Sec. 10-76rr. Department to make available summaries of complaints filed and corrective actions required re provision of special education. On and after July 1, 2023, the Department of Education shall make available on the department's Internet web site summaries of the complaint…

Sec. 10-76s. Special education study committee. Section 10-76s is repealed. (P.A. 82-409, S. 1, 5; P.A. 89-30, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-18; P.A. 92-262, S. 41, 42.)

Sec. 10-76t. Definitions re primary mental health program. As used in sections 10-76u to 10-76x, inclusive, “department” means the Department of Education and “mental health professionals” include guidance counselors, school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists…

Sec. 10-76u. School-based primary mental health programs established. Grants to boards of education. (a) In each fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for purposes of the primary mental health program, the department shall establish a grant program for the purpose of provi…

Sec. 10-76v. Program components. Duties of mental health professionals. Parental consent required. (a) Early detection and prevention programs funded under the provisions of sections 10-76u to 10-76x, inclusive, shall include (1) a component for systematic early detection and scr…

Sec. 10-76w. Duties of department re primary mental health program. (a) The department shall: (1) Coordinate school-based early detection and prevention programs funded under sections 10-76u to 10-76x, inclusive; and (2) in conjunction with the Department of Children and Families…

Sec. 10-76ww. School-based diversion plan to reduce juvenile justice involvement among children with mental health needs. There shall be a school-based diversion plan developed pursuant to section 11 of public act 16-147*. (P.A. 18-31, S. 2.) *Note: Section 11 of public act 16-14…

Sec. 10-76x. Boards of education to contribute to program. Misuse of grants. Section 10-76x is repealed. (P.A. 84-518, S. 5, 7; P.A. 85-402, S. 4, 5; P.A. 91-323, S. 2, 3.)

Sec. 10-76xx. Notification of student identified as gifted and talented. Adoption of policy re equitable identification of gifted and talented students. (a) A local or regional board of education shall, upon the identification of a student as gifted and talented, provide electron…

Sec. 10-76y. Assistive devices. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, school districts, regional educational service centers, the Department of Aging and Disability Services, and all other state and local governmental agencies concerned with education may loa…

Sec. 10-76z. Mediation Services Coordinator, duties. List of special education mediators. Required training. Exemptions. (a) The Commissioner of Education shall employ a Mediation Services Coordinator within the Bureau of Special Education, which shall be a separate and distinct …

Secs. 10-77 to 10-91. Education of physically or mentally handicapped children, generally. Sections 10-77 to 10-91, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1395–1402; 1953, S. 932d(a)–(e); 1955, S. 926d–928d; 1957, P.A. 656, S. 1–7; 1959, P.A. 408, S. 8; 1961, P.A. 63, S. 1; 576,…

Secs. 10-91a to 10-91e. State-wide system of early intervention services: Definitions; regulations; termination; coordinating council; Medicaid reimbursement; limitation on use of funds; sliding scale for parental contributions; state right of recovery or indemnification against …

Sec. 10-91f. Costs of education of child placed in community residence or child-care facility. The party responsible under the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 10-76d for the costs of education and other services for a child shall not be relieved from su…

Sec. 10-91g. Audits of private providers of special education services. (a) As used in this section and sections 10-91h to 10-91l, inclusive, “private provider of special education services” means any private school or private agency or institution, including a group home, that r…

Sec. 10-91h. Boards of education to provide information for purpose of audits of private providers of special education services. Audits of boards of education. (a) Each local and regional board of education shall annually provide to the Auditors of Public Accounts (1) the number…

Sec. 10-91i. Private providers of special education services to submit to audits. Each private provider of special education services, as defined in section 10-91g, shall submit to an audit conducted by the Auditors of Public Accounts pursuant to section 10-91g and provide access…

Sec. 10-91j. Agreements and contracts between boards of education and private providers of special education services. (a) Any agreement entered into or amended on or after July 1, 2018, but prior to June 30, 2019, or any contract entered into or amended on or after July 1, 2019,…

Sec. 10-91k. Standards and process for the documentation of provision of special education services by private providers of special education services. The Department of Education shall develop standards and a process for the documentation of the provision of special education se…

Sec. 10-91l. Submission of operating budgets of private providers of special education services. Whenever any child is identified by a local or regional board of education as a child requiring special education and said board of education determines that the requirements for spec…

Sec. 10-91m. Private providers of special education services to notify boards of education of all complaints, resolutions or outcomes, corrective actions and programming or service changes for students resulting from such complaints. Any private provider of special education serv…

Sec. 10-92. Education at Newington Children's Hospital. Section 10-92 is repealed, effective July 1, 1998. (1949 Rev., S. 1403; June, 1949, S. 929d; P.A. 98-252, S. 79, 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 105, 121.)

Sec. 10-92a. Use of supplemental resources for children not eligible for special education. If a teacher determines that a child in his class who is not eligible for special education and related services has a communicative, motor skills or physical problem, the teacher shall ac…

Sec. 10-92b. Department to provide complete and accurate information re special education programs and services. The Department of Education shall provide, upon request, complete and accurate information regarding special education programs and services offered by the state, loca…

Secs. 10-93 to 10-94d. Statement of costs of educational program. Grant to Newington Children's Hospital. Out-of-state education of perceptually handicapped children. Program for socially and emotionally maladjusted children at Children's Center; personnel in teachers' retirement…

Sec. 10-94e. Exemption of career education program students from certain labor laws while working therein. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 558, 567 and 568, any student enrolled in a supervised, community based career education program which is approved by the Stat…

Sec. 10-94f. Definitions. As used in sections 10-94f to 10-94l, inclusive: (1) “Surrogate parent” means the person appointed by the Commissioner of Education as a child's advocate in the educational decision-making process in place of the child's parents or guardian and such pers…

Sec. 10-94g. Commissioner of Education to appoint surrogate parent. Procedure for objection to or extension of said appointment. (a)(1) When in the opinion of the Commissioner of Education or a designee of said commissioner, (A) a child may require special education, or a child w…

Sec. 10-94h. Duration of appointment as surrogate parent. Appointment of successor surrogate parent. Appointment of a surrogate parent shall be effective until the child reaches eighteen years of age, provided the Commissioner of Education, not less than thirty days prior to the …

Sec. 10-94i. Rights and liabilities of surrogate parents. The surrogate parent of any child appointed pursuant to section 10-94h shall have the same right of access as the natural parents or guardian to all records concerning the child, including, but not limited to, educational,…

Sec. 10-94j. Regulations re appointment of surrogate parents. The Commissioner of Education shall promulgate regulations establishing procedures to: (1) Determine whether a child is in need of a surrogate parent; (2) report to the commissioner when a child may require a surrogate…