Title 10, Title 10: Education and Culture

Sec. 10-15a. Discontinuance of kindergarten programs restricted. Section 10-15a is repealed. (February, 1965, P.A. 87; 1967, P.A. 288, S. 3.)

Sec. 10-15b. Access of parent or guardian to student's records. Inspection and subpoena of school or student records. (a) Either parent or legal guardian of a minor student shall, upon written request to a local or regional board of education and within a reasonable time, be enti…

Sec. 10-15c. Discrimination in public schools prohibited. School attendance by five-year-olds. (a) The public schools shall be open to all children five years of age and over who reach age five on or before the first day of September of any school year, and each such child shall …

Sec. 10-15d. Applicability of education statutes to the Unified School Districts and the Technical Education and Career System. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987, and annually thereafter, all provisions of the general statutes concerning education, except those provision…

Sec. 10-15e. Applicability of education statutes to incorporated or endowed high schools or academies. All provisions of the general statutes concerning teachers shall apply to teachers employed by incorporated or endowed high schools or academies approved under the provisions of…

Sec. 10-15f. Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONALOPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military famil…

Sec. 10-15g. Exemplary schools. The Department of Education may publicly recognize exemplary schools and promote the best practices used at such exemplary schools. (P.A. 12-116, S. 13.) History: P.A. 12-116 effective July 1, 2012.

Sec. 10-15h. Pilot program to incorporate common core state standards. (a) On or before July 1, 2013, the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut, shall develop a pilot pro…

Sec. 10-15i. Connecticut Achievement and Resource Equity in Schools Commission. (a) There is established the Connecticut Achievement and Resource Equity in Schools Commission to provide analysis and recommendations concerning state funding for education and resources needed to en…

Sec. 10-15j. Connecticut Remote Learning Commission. (a) As used in this section, “remote learning” means instruction by means of one or more Internet-based software platforms as part of a remote learning model. (b) The Department of Education shall establish the Connecticut Remo…

Sec. 10-15k. Plan re state-wide remote learning school. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Remote learning” means instruction by means of one or more Internet-based software platforms as part of a remote learning model; and (2) “Eligible student” means a student who resides in the…

Sec. 10-15l. Comprehensive audit re provision of remote learning during COVID-19 pandemic. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Remote learning” means instruction by means of one or more Internet-based software platforms as part of a remote learning model; and (2) “COVID-19” means t…

Sec. 10-15m. Purple Star School Program. (a) As used in this section, “military-connected student” means a student enrolled in a public school who (1) is a dependent of a current or former member of the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, or (2) was a dependent of a membe…

Sec. 10-15n. Family and community engagement in education council. (a) The Commissioner of Education shall convene a family and community engagement in education council. The council shall (1) advise the commissioner on issues and policies related to family and community engageme…

Sec. 10-16. Length of school year. Each school district shall provide in each school year no less than one hundred eighty days of actual school sessions for grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, nine hundred hours of actual school work for full-day kindergarten and grades one…

Sec. 10-16a. Silent meditation. Each local or regional board of education shall provide opportunity at the start of each school day to allow those students and teachers who wish to do so, the opportunity to observe such time in silent meditation. (P.A. 75-367, S. 2; P.A. 78-218, …

Sec. 10-16aa. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Competitive district grant account. There is established an account to be known as the competitive district grant account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account sha…

Sec. 10-16b. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Prescribed courses of study. (a) In the public schools the program of instruction offered shall include at least the following subject matter, as taught by legally qualified teachers, the arts; career educ…

Sec. 10-16c. State board to develop family life education curriculum guides. The State Board of Education shall, on or before September 1, 1980, develop curriculum guides to aid local and regional boards of education in developing family life education programs within the public …

Secs. 10-16cc and 10-16dd. Planning director for the coordinated system of early care and education and child development; plan; reports. Development of system for sharing information between preschool and school readiness programs and kindergarten. Sections 10-16cc and 10-16dd a…

Sec. 10-16d. Family life education programs not mandatory. Nothing in sections 10-16c to 10-16f, inclusive, shall be construed to require any local or regional board of education to develop or institute such family life education programs. (P.A. 79-463, S. 2.)

Sec. 10-16e. Students not required to participate in family life education programs. No student shall be required by any local or regional board of education to participate in any such family life program which may be offered within such public schools. A written notification to …

Sec. 10-16f. Family life programs to supplement required curriculum. Any such family life program instituted by any local or regional board of education shall be in addition to and not a substitute for any health, education, hygiene or similar curriculum requirements in effect on…

Secs. 10-16g to 10-16k. Increased student time on task; grants. Application for grants; selection criteria. Project evaluations; statement of expenditures. Assistance and information to school districts. Continuation of pilot program; report. Sections 10-16g to 10-16k, inclusive,…

Sec. 10-16l. Establishment of graduation date. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, a local or regional board of education may establish for any school year a firm graduation date for students in grade twelve which is no earlier than the one hundred eightieth da…

Sec. 10-16m. Extended-day kindergarten. Grants. Section 10-16m is repealed. (P.A. 87-357, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-360, S. 45, 63; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7, S. 21, 22.)

Sec. 10-16mm. Task force to address academic achievement gaps. Master plan. Progress reports. (a) There is established a task force to address the academic achievement gaps in Connecticut by considering effective approaches to closing the achievement gaps in elementary, middle an…

Sec. 10-16n. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Head Start and Early Head Start grant program. Grant allocation. Advisory committee. (a) The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall establish a competitive grant program to assist nonprofit agencies and local a…

Sec. 10-16nn. Interagency Council for Ending the Achievement Gap. (a) There is established an Interagency Council for Ending the Achievement Gap. The council shall consist of: (1) The Lieutenant Governor, or the Lieutenant Governor's designee, (2) the Commissioner of Education, o…

Sec. 10-16o. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Development of network of school readiness programs. The state shall encourage the development of a network of school readiness programs pursuant to sections 10-16p to 10-16r, inclusive, 10-16u and 17b-749a in…

Sec. 10-16oo. Model curricula and frameworks in mathematics for schools and districts identified as having academic achievement gaps. Not later than July 1, 2012, the Department of Education shall approve and make available model curricula and frameworks in mathematics for grades…

Sec. 10-16p. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Definitions. Lead agency for school readiness; standards. State financial assistance; eligibility. Unexpended funds. (a) As used in sections 10-16o to 10-16r, inclusive, 10-16u, 17b-749a and 17b-749c: (1) “Sch…

Sec. 10-16pp. Plan to provide instruction in financial literacy. Funds for implementation. Report. (a) The Department of Education, the Board of Regents for Higher Education, and the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut, in consultation with the Department of Banki…

Sec. 10-16q. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) School readiness program requirements. Per child cost limitation. Sliding fee scale. Waiver from schedule requirements. (a) Each school readiness program shall include: (1) A plan for collaboration with other …

Sec. 10-16qq. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2016, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall include cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction as part of the health and safety curriculu…

Sec. 10-16r. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Local school readiness councils; duties. Regional school readiness councils. (a) A town seeking to apply for a grant pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-16p or section 10-16u shall convene a local school …

Sec. 10-16rr. Preschool program accreditation. For the school year commencing July 1, 2017, and each school year thereafter, (1) the local or regional board of education or regional educational service center operating an interdistrict magnet school offering a preschool program, …

Sec. 10-16s. Interagency agreement on school readiness. Assessment measures. Section 10-16s is repealed, effective July 1, 2014. (P.A. 97-259, S. 6, 41; P.A. 99-230, S. 4, 10; P.A. 05-245, S. 3; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(b); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 19–21; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6, S…

Sec. 10-16ss. African-American and black studies and Puerto Rican and Latino studies instruction. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall include African-American and black studies and Puer…

Sec. 10-16t. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Participation by five-year-olds in school readiness programs. A local school readiness council may elect to reserve up to five per cent of the spaces in its school readiness programs for children who are five …

Sec. 10-16tt. Development of black and Latino studies course. Audit to ensure course being offered. Technical assistance. (a)(1) Not later than January 1, 2021, the State Board of Education shall review and approve the black and Latino studies course developed pursuant to subsect…

Sec. 10-16u. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Grants for school readiness programs in transitional school districts. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Commissioner of Early Childhood shall provide grants, withi…

Sec. 10-16uu. Black and Latino studies course to be offered in grades nine to twelve. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, a local or regional board of education may offer the black and Latino studies course, approved pursuant to section 10-16tt, in grades nine to twe…

Sec. 10-16v. After school committee established. Appointment of members. Reports and recommendations. Acceptance of funding. Reports to General Assembly. (a) The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, and the executive director of the…

Sec. 10-16vv. Native American studies instruction. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall include Native American studies as part of the social studies curriculum for the school district, …

Sec. 10-16w. Early learning and development standards; technical assistance and training. The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall provide, within available appropriations, technical assistance and training to early childhood providers to assist in the implementation of the earl…