Title 10 — Title 10: Education and Culture

Sec. 10-203. Compliance with public health statutes and regulations. Each local and regional board of education shall maintain the facilities under its jurisdiction in accordance with the applicable public health statutes and regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Public Heal…

Sec. 10-203a. Guidelines re physical health needs of students. Optional adoption of plans by local and regional boards of education. (a) Not later than January 1, 2007, the Department of Education shall (1) develop guidelines for addressing the physical health needs of students i…

Sec. 10-203b. Health Services Program Information Survey. For the school year commencing July 1, 2017, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall complete the Health Services Program Information Survey and submit the survey to the Department…

Sec. 10-203c. Guidelines re comprehensive school counseling program. Not later than July 1, 2020, the State Board of Education, in collaboration with a state-wide association that represents school counselors, shall adopt guidelines for a comprehensive school counseling program. …

Sec. 10-204. Vaccination. Section 10-204 is repealed, effective July 1, 1998. (1949 Rev., S. 1465; 1967, P.A. 288, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 35; P.A. 78-218, S. 130; P.A. 98-252, S. 79, 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 105, 121.)

Sec. 10-204a. Required immunizations. Temporary waiver. (a) Each local or regional board of education, or similar body governing a nonpublic school or schools, shall require each child to be protected by adequate immunization against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis,…

Sec. 10-204b. Rubella immunization. Section 10-204b is repealed. (1971, P.A. 296; P.A. 77-52, S. 2.)

Sec. 10-204c. Immunity from liability. No municipality, district health department or local or regional board of education which causes an immunization required by state law to be administered shall be liable for civil damages resulting from an adverse reaction to a nondefective …

Sec. 10-204d. Continuation of exemption from immunization requirements on religious grounds upon transfer to another school. Any student who is exempt from the immunization requirements set forth in section 10-204a on religious grounds shall continue to be exempt from such requir…

Sec. 10-205. Appointment of school medical advisors. Each local or regional board of education of any town having a population of ten thousand or more shall, and each local or regional board of education of any town having a population of fewer than ten thousand may, appoint one …

Sec. 10-206. Health assessments. (a) Each local or regional board of education shall require each pupil enrolled in the public schools to have health assessments pursuant to the provisions of this section. Such assessments shall be conducted by (1) a legally qualified practitione…

Sec. 10-206a. Free health assessments. Each local or regional board of education shall provide for health assessments pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-206 without charge to all pupils whose parents or guardians meet the eligibility requirements for free and reduced price …

Sec. 10-206b. Tests for lead levels in Head Start programs. Each director of a Head Start program shall require each child attending such program to be tested for lead levels in his blood after consultation with the school medical advisor and the local health department or in the…

Sec. 10-206c. Annual report on whether pupil has health insurance. Each local or regional board of education shall require each pupil enrolled in the schools under its jurisdiction to annually report whether the pupil has health insurance. The Commissioner of Social Services, or …

Sec. 10-206d. Oral health assessments. (a) Each local or regional board of education shall request that each child enrolled in the public schools submit to an oral health assessment pursuant to the provisions of this section. Such oral health assessment shall be conducted by (1) …

Sec. 10-206e. School-based Medicaid coverage. State plan amendment to expand coverage to all Medicaid-enrolled students. Required guidance, reporting. (a) As used in this section, “local educational agency” or “LEA” has the same meaning as provided in 20 USC 1401, as amended from…

Sec. 10-206f. Interagency coalition to expand access to Medicaid-covered school health services. Membership. Reporting. (a) There is established an interagency coalition to coordinate and make recommendations concerning maximizing federal funding for Medicaid-eligible health care…

Sec. 10-206g. Medicaid coverage for health services provided in office of school nurse. To the extent permissible under federal law, and subject to federal approval and within available funding specifically appropriated for this purpose, the Commissioner of Social Services shall …

Sec. 10-207. Duties of medical advisors. (a) Each school medical advisor shall work with the local or regional board of education that appointed such school medical advisor and the board of health or health department for the school district under the jurisdiction of such board t…

Sec. 10-208. Exemption from examination or treatment. No provision of section 10-206 or 10-214 shall be construed to require any pupil to undergo a physical or medical examination or treatment, or to be compelled to receive medical instruction, if the parent or legal guardian of …

Sec. 10-208a. Physical activity of student restricted; boards to honor notice. Each local and regional board of education shall honor written notice submitted by a licensed practitioner which places physical restrictions upon any pupil enrolled in the public schools of such board…

Sec. 10-209. Records not to be public. Provision of reports to schools. (a) No record of any medical examination made or filed under the provisions of sections 10-205, 10-206, 10-207 and 10-214, psychological examination made under the supervision or at the request of a board of …

Sec. 10-210. Notice of disease to be given parent or guardian. Subject to the provisions of section 19a-216 notice of any disease or defect from which any child is found by such school medical advisor to be suffering shall be given to the parent or guardian of such child, with su…

Sec. 10-211. Notice to state board. Section 10-211 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1472; 1963, P.A. 300.)

Sec. 10-211a. Peer-to-peer mental health support program; development; training. (a) As used in this section and section 10-211b, “designated staff member” means a teacher, school administrator, school counselor, psychologist, social worker, nurse, physician or school paraeducato…

Sec. 10-211b. Peer-to-peer mental health support program; administration; selection of designated staff members to complete training. For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each school year thereafter, any local or regional board of education, in collaboration with the …

Sec. 10-211c. Peer-to-peer mental health support program; administration by local health departments, district departments of health, youth services bureaus, municipal social services agencies and other youth-serving organizations. On and after July 1, 2023, any local health depa…

Sec. 10-211d. Family care coordinator. For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall hire or designate an existing employee to serve as the family care coordinator for the school district. The family…

Sec. 10-211e. Annual notice re Get Outside and Play for Children's Mental Health Day. For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, the Department of Education shall provide annual notice to local and regional boards of education about Get Outside …

Sec. 10-211f. Provision of professional development programs or activities for school nurses and nurse practitioners. For the school year commencing July 1, 2024, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall annually approve and provide profes…

Sec. 10-212. School nurses and nurse practitioners. Administration of medications by parents or guardians on school grounds. Criminal history records checks. Professional development requirements. (a) Each local or regional board of education shall appoint one or more school nurs…

Sec. 10-212a. Administration of medications in schools, at athletic events and to children in school readiness programs. (a)(1) A school nurse or, in the absence of such nurse, any other nurse licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 378, including a nurse employed by, or p…

Sec. 10-212b. Policies prohibiting the recommendation of psychotropic drugs by school personnel. (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “psychotropic drugs” means prescription medications for behavioral or social-emotional concerns, such as attentional deficits, impulsivity, anxie…

Sec. 10-212c. Life-threatening food allergies and glycogen storage disease: Guidelines; district plans. (a)(1) Not later than July 1, 2012, the Department of Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health, shall develop guidelines for the management of students wi…

Sec. 10-212d. Availability of automatic external defibrillators in schools. Emergency action response plans for life-threatening emergencies. (a) On and after July 1, 2010, subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, each local and regional board of education sha…

Sec. 10-212e. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Immunity from actions relating to the provision of food or dietary supplements on school grounds by a parent, guardian or designee to a student with glycogen storage disease. No claim for damages shall be…

Sec. 10-212f. School Nurse Advisory Council. Reports. (a) The Commissioner of Education shall establish a School Nurse Advisory Council consisting of the following members: (1) One representative from each state-wide bargaining representative organization that represents school n…

Sec. 10-212g. Training program re emergency first aid to students who experience allergic reactions. Not later than December 31, 2014, the Departments of Education and Public Health shall jointly develop, in consultation with the School Nurse Advisory Council, established pursuan…

Sec. 10-212h. Self-application of sunscreen by students. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-212a, any student who is six years of age or older may possess and self-apply an over-the-counter sunscreen product while in school prior to engaging in any outdoor activity,…

Sec. 10-212i. Emergency action plans for serious and life-threatening sports-related injuries during interscholastic and intramural athletic events. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education and su…

Sec. 10-212j. Posting and distribution of document re behavioral and mental health evaluation and treatment resources. (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, each local and regional board of education shall make available on such board's Internet web site the document developed by t…

Sec. 10-212k. Provision of free menstrual products to students in grades three to twelve. On and after September 1, 2024, each local and regional board of education shall provide free menstrual products, as defined in section 18-69e, in women's restrooms, all-gender restrooms and…

Sec. 10-212l. Mental health plan for student athletes; development. Not later than July 1, 2023, the Department of Education, in collaboration with the governing authority for intramural and interscholastic athletics, shall develop a mental health plan for student athletes to rai…

Sec. 10-212m. Mental health plan for student athletes; implementation. For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall implement the mental health plan for student athletes, developed pursuant to secti…

Sec. 10-212n. Suicide risk assessments. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Department of Education shall provide to each local and regional board of education a list of recommended assessments for determining the suicide risk of students who exhibit mental health distress, have …

Sec. 10-213. Dental hygienists. A local or regional board of education may appoint and prescribe the functions and duties of one or more licensed dental hygienists. (1949 Rev., S. 1474; P.A. 78-218, S. 137; P.A. 80-440, S. 3, 10.) History: P.A. 78-218 specified applicability to l…

Sec. 10-214. Vision, audiometric and postural screenings: When required; notification of parents re defects; record of results. (a) Each local or regional board of education shall provide annually to each pupil in kindergarten and grades one and three to five, inclusive, a vision…

Sec. 10-214a. Eye-protective devices. The State Board of Education shall make regulations concerning the use of appliances and devices for eye protection in the laboratories and workshops of all public and private elementary and secondary schools, including regional vocational te…

Sec. 10-214b. Compliance report by local or regional board of education. Section 10-214b is repealed, effective June 3, 1996. (P.A. 80-440, S. 9, 10; P.A. 88-136, S. 10, 37; 88-364, S. 16, 123; P.A. 96-161, S. 12, 13.)

Sec. 10-215. Lunches, breakfasts and other feeding programs for public school children and employees. Collection of unpaid charges. Acceptance of gifts, donations or grants. (a) Any local or regional board of education may establish and operate a school lunch program for public s…