Title 10 — Title 10: Education and Culture

Sec. 10-249. Enumeration of children of compulsory school age in school districts and by state departments having jurisdiction over such children. (a) The board of education of each local and regional school district shall annually determine by age the number of children of compu…

Sec. 10-250. Report showing number of children. Annually, not later than June fifteenth, the superintendent of schools for each local or regional school district shall file with the Commissioner of Education a report, on a form prescribed by said commissioner, showing the number …

Sec. 10-251. Penalty for refusing to give age of child. Any person having control of a child under twenty-one years of age who wilfully refuses to give the name and age of such child, and such information concerning the school attendance of such child as this chapter requires, sh…

Sec. 10-252. Children in state receiving homes. Employment of teachers. Section 10-252 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1549; 1955, S. 965d; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 181; P.A. 80-483, S. 43, 186; P.A. 81-257, S. 7, 10; P.A. 84-255, S. 20, 21.)

Sec. 10-252a. Choice program grants. (a) As used in this section, sections 10-65, 10-252b and 10-264l: (1) “Choice program” means (A) an interdistrict magnet school program, or (B) a regional agricultural science and technology center. (2) “Foundation” has the same meaning as pro…

Sec. 10-252b. Calculation of estimates for certain grant amounts. (a) Not later than June 30, 2024, the Department of Education shall calculate an estimated amount of each grant under section 10-252a for the next fiscal year using data collected during the current fiscal year, an…

Sec. 10-253. School privileges for children in certain placements, nonresident children, children in temporary shelters, homeless children and children in juvenile residential centers. Liaison to facilitate transitions between school districts and juvenile and criminal justice sy…

Sec. 10-253a. Reentry coordinators. Transfer of records of children in juvenile justice facilities. Exception for smaller districts. Not later than August 1, 2021, the Department of Education shall assemble a list of persons who may perform the function of reentry coordinator. Th…

Sec. 10-254. Fraud. Any member of a board of education who fraudulently makes or joins in making any false certificate, by reason of which money is drawn from the state treasury, shall be fined not more than sixty dollars. (1949 Rev., S. 1551.)

Sec. 10-255. Waiver of forfeiture. Section 10-255 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1552; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 183; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 84-255, S. 20, 21.)

Sec. 10-256. Misapplication of school money. If any money appropriated to the use of schools is applied by a town or school district to any other purpose, such town or school district shall forfeit the amount thereof to the state and the Comptroller shall sue for the same on beha…

Sec. 10-257. Income of town deposit fund. Section 10-257 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1554; P.A. 82-239, S. 6, 7.)

Secs. 10-257a to 10-257g. Definitions. Minimum salaries for teachers; grants; calculations; contract negotiations. Salary aid grants, calculations; aid eligibility factor. General education aid grants; calculations. Eligibility. Teacher-pupil ratio aid grants; calculations. Grant…

Sec. 10-257h. Data to be transmitted. (a) The executive secretary of the Teachers' Retirement Board shall, not later than October 1, 1987, and October first of every succeeding year, transmit to the Commissioner of Education a certified copy of the following data for each teacher…

Sec. 10-257i. Educational roundtable committee. Section 10-257i is repealed. (May Sp. Sess. P.A. 86-1, S. 53, 58; P.A. 87-499, S. 33, 34.)

Sec. 10-258. Trust funds. If any town has received a permanent fund for the support of a school or schools, the town treasurer shall have charge of it and keep a separate account thereof; and the income of such fund shall be held subject to the order of the board of education, wh…

Sec. 10-259. Fiscal and school year defined. The fiscal and school year shall commence July first and end June thirtieth. (1949 Rev., S. 1558.)

Sec. 10-260. State aid to towns. Section 10-260 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1576; June, 1955, S. 971d; P.A. 78-218, S. 211.)

Sec. 10-260a. Auditing of state grants for public education. Review of procedures manual. (a) In accomplishment of their duties as set forth in section 2-90 and in accordance with the authority granted under chapter 111 the Auditors of Public Accounts shall, as often as they deem…

Sec. 10-260b. Education Mandate Review Advisory Council. (a) There is established the Education Mandate Review Advisory Council. The council shall advise and provide annual reports to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to ed…

Sec. 10-261. Definitions. (a) Whenever used in this section and section 10-263: (1) “Public schools” means nursery schools, kindergartens and grades one to twelve, inclusive; (2) “Average daily membership” means the number of all pupils of the local or regional board of education…

Sec. 10-261a. Equalized net grand lists for purposes of educational equalization grants. (a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall, on the basis of data provided by each town in the state in accordance with section 10-261b, determine annually for each town t…

Sec. 10-261b. Data re transfers of real property for preparation of equalized net grand lists. (a) The town clerk and assessor or board of assessors in each town shall, no later than the last day of each month, submit to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management all re…

Secs. 10-262 to 10-262e. Amounts payable to towns per pupil in average daily membership; additional payment for increase in enrollment. Pro rata distribution of federal funds among towns. Educational equalization grants; calculations; effect of changes in data elements. Equalized…

Sec. 10-262f. Definitions. Whenever used in this section and sections 10-262h to 10-262j, inclusive: (1) “Adjusted equalized net grand list” means the equalized net grand list of a town multiplied by its income adjustment factor. (2) “Base aid ratio” means for the fiscal year end…

Sec. 10-262g. Base aid. Section 10-262g is repealed, effective July 1, 1998. (P.A. 88-358, S. 5, 9; P.A. 98-252, S. 79, 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 105, 121.)

Sec. 10-262h. Equalization aid grants. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, each town maintaining public schools according to law shall be entitled to an equalization aid grant as follows: (1) Any town designated as an alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u, sh…

Sec. 10-262i. Equalization aid grant payments. Expenditures for educational purposes only. Prohibition against supplanting local funding. Aid increase. Aid reduction. Equalization aid grant amount for the previous fiscal year. Penalty. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990…

Sec. 10-262j. Minimum budget requirement. (a) Except as otherwise provided under the provisions of subsections (b) to (h), inclusive, of this section, for any fiscal year, the budgeted appropriation for education shall be not less than the budgeted appropriation for education for…

Sec. 10-262k. Grants for compensatory education programs. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the board of education which has jurisdiction over the schools in any town (1) with a total population, as defined in subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of section 10-2…

Sec. 10-262l. Grants for improvement in student achievement. (a) Each local and regional board of education, within available appropriations, shall be eligible to receive a state grant of funds as a reward for demonstrating improvement in district-wide student achievement on the …

Sec. 10-262m. Grants for high level of foster care placements in a school district. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, each school district in which two per cent or more of the average daily membership, as defined in section 10-261, of the …

Sec. 10-262n. Grants to improve the use of technology in schools. (a) The Department of Education shall administer, within available appropriations, a program to assist local and regional school districts to improve the use of information technology in their schools. Under the pr…

Sec. 10-262o. Grant program for teacher technology training programs. The Department of Education shall establish, within available appropriations, a competitive grant program to fund innovative teacher training programs on the integration of technology into the public school cur…

Sec. 10-262p. Computer technology competency standards for students. Report on the status of educational technology in the public schools. (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt grade kindergarten to grade twelve, inclusive, computer technology competency standards for stud…

Sec. 10-262q. Centralized web-based site for educators. The Department of Education shall develop and maintain, within available appropriations, a centralized web-based site for use by educators in posting and sharing suggested grade-specific or topic-specific lesson plans, curri…

Sec. 10-262r. Computer-assisted writing, instruction and testing. Pilot program. Section 10-262r is repealed, effective April 1, 2009. (P.A. 05-245, S. 39; P.A. 06-196, S. 65; P.A. 08-170, S. 16; P.A. 09-2, S. 27.)

Sec. 10-262s. Authority of Commissioner of Education to transfer funds appropriated for Sheff settlement to certain grant programs and voluntary interdistrict programs. (a) The Commissioner of Education may, to assist the state in meeting its obligations pursuant to the decision …

Sec. 10-262t. Grants to support plans that implement cost-saving strategies. The Commissioner of Education may provide, within available appropriations, grants for technical assistance and regional cooperation to support any local or regional board of education that develops a pl…

Sec. 10-262u. Alliance districts. (a) As used in this section and section 10-262i: (1) “Alliance district” means a school district for a town that (A) is among the towns with the thirty-three lowest accountability index scores, as calculated by the Department of Education, or (B)…

Sec. 10-262v. Publication of alliance district improvement plans. The Department of Education shall publish on its Internet web site the improvement plan submitted pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-262u for each local or regional board of education for a town designated as…

Sec. 10-262w. Report re effectiveness of alliance district program. Recommendations re reforming program. (a) The Commissioner of Education shall develop a report of the effectiveness of the alliance district program, described in section 10-262u, and recommendations for reformin…

Sec. 10-262x. Notice to towns of estimated equalization aid grants. Not later than December 31, 2024, and each December thirty-first thereafter, the Department of Education shall calculate an estimated amount that each town may receive under the provisions of section 10-262h, for…

Sec. 10-263. Withholding of payments; adjustments for underpayments and overpayments of grants. (a) The State Board of Education may withhold from the total sum which is paid from the State Treasury an amount which it determines to be equitable from any town or school district wh…

Secs. 10-263a and 10-263b. Payment to towns not on uniform fiscal year. Amounts in average daily membership payable to the Department of Correction. Sections 10-263a and 10-263b are repealed. (P.A. 75-1, S. 1, 2; 75-481, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-81, S. 1, 2; P.A. 79-128, S. 35, 36; 79-63…

Sec. 10-263c. Transitional school district grant program. (a) The State Board of Education, within available appropriations, shall administer a transitional school district grant program in accordance with this section. Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of section 10-26…

Sec. 10-263d. Transitional school district phase-out grants. Reduced grants for first year of eligibility for transitional school district grants. (a) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, if a school district that received a transitional school district grant pur…

Sec. 10-263e. Safe learning grant program. (a) The Department of Education shall establish, within available appropriations, a competitive safe learning grant program to assist school districts in (1) developing a school environment where children learn in safety without fear of …

Sec. 10-264. Temporary additional payment. Obsolete. (1957, P.A. 642, S. 1.)

Secs. 10-264a to 10-264d. Promotion of educational quality and diversity: Definitions. Local assessment. Regional plans. Withholding of funds. Sections 10-264a to 10-264d, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 1998. (P.A. 93-263, S. 1–4, 14; P.A. 95-226, S. 19, 30; P.A. 98-2…