Title 10 — Title 10: Education and Culture

Sec. 10-222. Appropriations and budget. Each local board of education shall prepare an itemized estimate of the cost of maintenance of public schools for the ensuing year and shall submit such estimate to the board of finance in each town or city having a board of finance, to the…

Sec. 10-222a. Boards to have use of funds from repayment and insurance proceeds for school materials and from payment for custodial services for use of school facilities. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 106, or any municipal charter or special act to the contrary, whene…

Sec. 10-222aa. School climate. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 10-222bb to 10-222jj, inclusive: (1) “School climate” means the quality and character of the school life, with a particular focus on the quality of the relationships within the school community, and …

Sec. 10-222b. Board to have use of funds from the Manville property damage settlement trust. Section 10-222b is repealed, effective July 1, 2000. (P.A. 90-122, S. 2, 3; P.A. 00-220, S. 42, 43.)

Sec. 10-222bb. Connecticut school climate standards and uniform bullying complaint form. The Social and Emotional Learning and School Climate Advisory Collaborative, established pursuant to section 10-222q, shall convene a subcommittee of said collaborative to (1) not later than …

Sec. 10-222c. Hiring policy. Applicant's employment history; requirement to disclose and check upon. Immunity from civil and criminal liability. (a) No local or regional board of education, governing council of a state or local charter school, interdistrict magnet school operator…

Sec. 10-222cc. Adoption and implementation of Connecticut school climate standards. (a) For the school years commencing July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024, each local and regional board of education may adopt and implement the Connecticut school climate policy in accordance with the …

Sec. 10-222d. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Safe school climate plans. Definitions. School climate assessments. (a) As used in this section, sections 10-222g to 10-222i, inclusive, section 10-222k, section 10-222q and section 2 of public act 19-166*: (…

Sec. 10-222dd. School climate coordinator appointment and duties. For the school year commencing July 1, 2025, and each school year thereafter, the superintendent of schools for each school district, or an administrator appointed by the superintendent, shall serve as the school c…

Sec. 10-222e. Policy on evaluation and termination of athletic coaches. (a) Any local or regional board of education that employs an athletic coach, as defined in section 10-149d, shall require the athletic director, as defined in section 10-149d, or the immediate supervisor of s…

Sec. 10-222ee. School climate specialist designation and duties. For the school year commencing July 1, 2025, and each school year thereafter, the principal of each school, or a school employee who holds professional certification pursuant to section 10-145, is trained in school …

Sec. 10-222f. College informational forums. Each local and regional board of education may require any high school under its jurisdiction that hosts an informational forum concerning college preparation or the college admission process to which parents and guardians of students a…

Sec. 10-222ff. School climate committee membership and duties. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2025, and each school year thereafter, each school climate specialist, as described in section 10-222ee, shall appoint members to the school climate committee who are raciall…

Sec. 10-222g. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Prevention and intervention strategy re bullying and teen dating violence. For the purposes of section 10-222d, the term “prevention and intervention strategy” may include, but is not limited to, (1) implemen…

Sec. 10-222gg. School climate survey. For the school year commencing July 1, 2025, and biennially thereafter, the school climate committee, as described in section 10-222ff, for each school shall administer a school climate survey to students, school employees and families of stu…

Sec. 10-222h. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Analysis of school districts' efforts re prevention of and response to bullying in schools. School climate assessment instruments. (a) The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, (1) d…

Sec. 10-222hh. School climate improvement plan. Protocols and supports. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2025, and each school year thereafter, the school climate specialist, as described in section 10-222ee, for each school, in collaboration with the school climate coo…

Sec. 10-222i. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) State-wide safe school climate resource network. (a) The Department of Education, in consultation with the State Education Resource Center, established pursuant to section 10-357a, the Governor's Prevention P…

Sec. 10-222ii. Resources and training re social and emotional learning, school climate and interventions. For the school year commencing July 1, 2024, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall provide resources and training regarding social…

Sec. 10-222j. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Training re prevention, identification and response to school bullying, teen dating violence and youth suicide. The Department of Education shall provide, within available appropriations, annual training …

Sec. 10-222jj. Restorative practices response policy. For the school year commencing July 1, 2025, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall adopt a restorative practices response policy to be implemented by school employees for incidents o…

Sec. 10-222k. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) District safe school climate coordinator. Safe school climate specialist. Safe school climate committee. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2012, and each school year thereafter, the superintendent of…

Sec. 10-222kk. Director of School Climate Improvement. The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, appoint a director of school climate improvement to serve as the state-wide social and emotional learning and school climate expert. The director of school c…

Sec. 10-222l. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Immunity of school employees, students, parents or guardians, individuals and boards of education from liability for certain actions relating to reporting, investigating and responding to school bullying …

Sec. 10-222m. *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (b) and effective date.) School security and safety plans. School security and safety committees. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board o…

Sec. 10-222n. *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (a) and effective date.) School security and safety plan standards. *(a) Not later than January 1, 2014, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Department of Educati…

Sec. 10-222o. Information re aggregate spending for education to be made available. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall annually make available on the Internet web site of such local or re…

Sec. 10-222p. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Review of safe school climate plans by Department of Education. Approval or rejection. (a) The Department of Education shall receive each safe school climate plan submitted pursuant to subsection (c) of secti…

Sec. 10-222q. *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (a) and effective date.) Social and Emotional Learning and School Climate Advisory Collaborative. Duties. *(a) There is established a social and emotional learning and school climate advisory collaborative. The …

Sec. 10-222r. Publication of plain language explanation of rights and remedies. Not later than June 30, 2021, each local and regional board of education shall publish on the Internet web site of such board the plain language explanation of the rights and remedies available under …

Sec. 10-222s. Provision of training materials re prevention of and intervention in discrimination and harassment against students. Each local and regional board of education, in consultation with the Department of Education and the social and emotional learning and school climate…

Sec. 10-222t. Administration of social-emotional learning assessment. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and each school year thereafter, the Department of Education may provide to and assist local and regional boards of education in administering a social-emotional…

Sec. 10-222u. State-wide social-emotional support strategy. (a) The Social Emotional Learning and School Climate Advisory Collaborative, established pursuant to section 10-222q, in consultation with the Department of Education, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Servic…

Sec. 10-222v. Social-emotional learning standards for grades four to twelve. Not later than October 1, 2022, the Department of Education shall develop student social-emotional learning standards for grades four to twelve, inclusive. Such standards shall be designed for a multitie…

Sec. 10-222w. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Working group re bullying and safe school climate plans. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Social Emotional Learning and School Climate Advisory Collaborative, established pursuant to section 10-222q, s…

Sec. 10-222x. Inclusion of 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number on student identification cards. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, for the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional …

Sec. 10-222y. Implementation of Title IX compliance toolkit by boards of education. For the school year commencing July 1, 2025, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall implement the Title IX compliance toolkit, identified or developed pu…

Sec. 10-222z. Title IX compliance report. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2026, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall submit a Title IX compliance report to the Department of Education, in such form and manner as prescribed b…

Sec. 10-223. Separate high school accounts. Section 10-223 is repealed, effective June 3, 1996. (1949 Rev., S. 1481; P.A. 78-218, S. 148; P.A. 96-161, S. 12, 13.)

Sec. 10-223a. Promotion and graduation policies. Basic skills necessary for graduation; assessment process. (a) On or before July 1, 2000, each local and regional board of education shall review and revise its policies for promotion from grade to grade and for graduation in order…

Secs. 10-223b to 10-223d. List of schools in need of improvement; process for improving school performance. Grants for schools in need of improvement. Identification of successful programs and methods. Sections 10-223b to 10-223d, inclusive, are repealed, effective August 15, 200…

Sec. 10-223e. State-wide education accountability plan. State-wide performance management and support plan. Actions. Study of academic achievement. Reconstitution of boards of education. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Accountability index” means the score resulting from multip…

Sec. 10-223f. Use of charter school student performance data in the calculation of accountability index scores for alliance districts. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, the Department of Education shall calculate the accountability …

Sec. 10-223g. On-line credit recovery program. On-line learning coordinator. A local or regional board of education for a school district with a dropout rate of eight per cent or greater in the previous school year shall establish an on-line credit recovery program. Such program …

Sec. 10-223h. Commissioner's network of schools. Turnaround committees. Operations and instructional audit. Turnaround plans. Reports. (a) The Commissioner of Education shall establish, within available appropriations, a commissioner's network of schools to improve student academ…

Sec. 10-223i. Contracts between boards of education and not-for-profit educational management organizations. Operations report. Enrollment policies. (a) The local or regional board of education for a school participating in the commissioner's network of schools, as described in s…

Sec. 10-223j. School governance councils. (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (4) of this subsection, on and after July 1, 2012, the local or regional board of education for a school that has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection…

Sec. 10-223k. Department of Education to publish certain plans, rankings and formulas. The Department of Education shall annually publish and make available on the department's Internet web site (1) the state-wide performance management and support plan, as described in subsectio…

Sec. 10-223l. Model school district responsibilities agreement. (a) Not later than January 1, 2018, the Department of Education may develop a model school district responsibilities agreement. In developing such model agreement, the department may consider any existing school dist…

Sec. 10-223m. Adoption of policy to improve completion rates of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Not later than July 1, 2022, each local and regional board of education shall adopt a policy to improve completion rates of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid b…