Title 10 — Title 10: Education and Culture

Secs. 10-266n and 10-266o. Phase-in of transportation grants. Hold-harmless for transportation grants. Sections 10-266n and 10-266o are repealed. (P.A. 79-128, S. 24, 25, 36; P.A. 80-483, S. 45, 186; P.A. 82-91, S. 4, 38; 82-301, S. 4, 5; P.A. 86-71, S. 10, 11.)

Sec. 10-266p. Priority school district grant program. (a) The State Board of Education shall administer a priority school district grant program to assist certain school districts to improve student achievement and enhance educational opportunities. The priority school district g…

Sec. 10-266q. Proposals and plans for expenditure of grant. (a) On or before September fifteenth of each fiscal year in which payment is to be made, the State Board of Education shall authorize grant awards. A grant award shall be authorized only after (1) a proposal for such gra…

Sec. 10-266r. Evaluation of program. Financial statement of expenditures. (a) The State Board of Education shall prepare an evaluation of the priority school district grant program not later than July 1, 2020, and annually thereafter. (b) Each school district participating in the…

Sec. 10-266s. Interdistrict leadership grant program. Section 10-266s is repealed, effective July 1, 1998. (P.A. 88-252, S. 2, 6; P.A. 90-339, S. 3, 6; P.A. 98-252, S. 79, 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 105, 121.)

Sec. 10-266t. Grants for extended school building hours for academic enrichment and support and recreation programs. (a) The Commissioner of Education shall award grants annually, in accordance with this section and section 10-266u, to local and regional boards of education ident…

Sec. 10-266u. Retention of funds by the department. Grant to supplement existing programs. Reports. Audits. (a) The Department of Education shall retain up to two and one-half per cent of the amount appropriated for purposes of section 10-266t for state-wide technical assistance,…

Sec. 10-266v. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 10-266w. School breakfast grant program. (a) For each fiscal year, each local and regional board of education having at least one school building designated as a severe need school shall be eligible to receive a grant to assist in providing school breakfasts to all students …

Sec. 10-266x. Development of innovative programs for educational improvement. (a) Within the limits of available appropriations, the Commissioner of Education shall establish a program to encourage local and regional boards of education to develop innovative programs for educatio…

Sec. 10-266y. Competitive grant program for certain high school projects. The Department of Education shall establish, within available appropriations, a competitive grant program for high school projects that involve one or more of the following topics: Computers, engineering, m…

Sec. 10-266z. Reserved for future use.

Secs. 10-267 to 10-273. State aid for purchase of nonprint learning materials, media equipment and books. “Average annual receipts from taxation” defined. Statement by town treasurer. Transportation grants for elementary school and kindergarten pupils, generally. Sections 10-267 …

Sec. 10-273a. Reimbursement for transportation to and from elementary and secondary schools. Any town transporting children to and from any public elementary school, including kindergartens, or to and from any public secondary school within said town shall be reimbursed for the c…

Secs. 10-273b to 10-276. Reimbursement for sidewalk construction. Definition of “high school” for purpose of transportation grants. Statement by town treasurer. Certificate by Tax Commissioner for high school transportation grant. Sections 10-273b to 10-276, inclusive, are repeal…

Sec. 10-276a. Priority school district phase-out grants. Reduced grants for first year of eligibility for priority school district grants. (a) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, if a school district that received a priority school district grant pursuant to sub…

Sec. 10-276b. Diverse learning environment for state-funded interdistrict programs. The Department of Education shall ensure that all interdistrict educational programs and activities receiving state funding are conducted in a manner that promotes a diverse learning environment. …

Sec. 10-277. Reimbursement for transportation of high school pupils from towns or regional school districts not maintaining high schools. Transportation to nonpublic schools. (a) For the purposes of this section, “high school” means any public high school or public junior high sc…

Secs. 10-278 to 10-280. Reimbursements: Classification for; fixed in amount received for school year ended June 30, 1938. Sections 10-278 to 10-280, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1572–1574; 1969, P.A. 672, S. 2.)

Sec. 10-280a. Transportation for pupils in nonprofit private schools outside school district. Any local or regional board of education may provide transportation to a student attending an elementary or secondary nonpublic school, not conducted for profit and approved by the State…

Sec. 10-280b. Policy for parental notification re age range of nonpublic school students riding the same school bus. The supervisory agent for each nonpublic school that receives transportation services provided by the local or regional board of education in which such nonpublic …

Sec. 10-280c. Nonpublic school transportation services pilot program. (a) For the school years commencing July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2026, inclusive, the local or regional boards of education for each town located within twelve miles of the school districts of West Hartford, New Ha…

Sec. 10-281. Transportation for pupils in nonprofit private schools within school district. (a) Any municipality or school district shall provide, for its children enrolled in any grade, from kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, attending nonpublic nonprofit schools therein, the sa…

Secs. 10-281a to 10-281gg. Reimbursement grants for parental equivalent instruction costs. Sections 10-281a to 10-281gg, inclusive, are repealed. (1969, P.A. 791, S. 1–27; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 20, 131; 1972, P.A. 104, S. 1 –13; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 211.)

Sec. 10-282. Definitions. As used in this chapter, section 10-65 and section 10-76e: (1) “Elementary school building” means any public school building designed to house any combination of grades below grade seven or children requiring special education who are described in subdiv…

Sec. 10-283. Applications for grants for school building projects. (a)(1) Each town or regional school district shall be eligible to apply for and accept grants for a school building project as provided in this chapter. Any town desiring a grant for a public school building proje…

Sec. 10-283a. Committee from General Assembly to review listing of eligible projects. The listing of eligible school building projects submitted pursuant to section 10-283 shall be reviewed by a committee consisting of the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing co…

Sec. 10-283b. School building projects for the Technical Education and Career System. (a) On and after July 1, 2011, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall include school building projects for the Technical Education and Career System on the list developed pursuant to …

Sec. 10-283c. Consolidated school construction grant application for multiple projects in a distressed municipality. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the regulations adopted under this chapter, a local board of education in a town that is a distressed municipality…

Sec. 10-283d. Federal funds as part of local share for school building projects. A town may use any federal funds received by such town to finance a school building project pursuant to this chapter, and such federal funds shall be deemed to be part or all of the town's local shar…

Sec. 10-284. Approval or disapproval of applications by Commissioner of Administrative Services. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall have authority to receive and review applications for state grants under this chapter, and to approve any such application, or to…

Sec. 10-285. Acceptance or rejection of allotment. Section 10-285 is repealed. (November, 1949, 1951, 1953, S. 982d; 1957, P.A. 593, S. 4; P.A. 73-77.)

Sec. 10-285a. Percentage determination for school building project grants. (a)(1) The percentage of school building project grant money a local board of education may be eligible to receive, under the provisions of section 10-286, shall be assigned by the Commissioner of Administ…

Sec. 10-285b. School building project grants to incorporated or endowed high schools and academies. (a)(1) Any incorporated or endowed high school or academy approved by the State Board of Education, pursuant to section 10-34, may apply and be eligible to subsequently be consider…

Sec. 10-285c. Title reversion to the state. For school building projects approved by the General Assembly after July 1, 1993, if state reimbursement pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or any special act, for the acquisition, purchase or construction of a building was for …

Sec. 10-285d. Projects related to full-day kindergarten programs or reduction in class size. In order to be eligible for the percentage increase pursuant to subsection (h) of section 10-285a: (1) The project shall be (A) included in a plan developed pursuant to section 10-265f, a…

Sec. 10-285e. Reimbursement for lease costs. Renovation project requirements. (a) The Department of Administrative Services shall include reimbursement for reasonable lease costs that are determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services to be required as part of a school…

Sec. 10-285f. Design-build projects: Pilot program. Section 10-285f is repealed, effective July 1, 2024. (May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-2, S. 12; P.A. 06-158, S. 11; P.A. 24-151, S. 210.)

Sec. 10-285g. Acoustical standards. Waiver. Section 10-285g is repealed, effective July 1, 2022. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-6, S. 20; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 22-118, S. 514.)

Sec. 10-285h. Projects for charter schools: Pilot program. Section 10-285h is repealed, effective July 1, 2024. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-6, S. 39; P.A. 24-151, S. 210.)

Sec. 10-286. Computation of school building project grants. (a) The amount of the grant approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services under the provisions of this chapter for any completed school building project shall be computed as follows: (1) For the fiscal year end…

Sec. 10-286a. Grants for occupational training facilities. Section 10-286a is repealed. (February, 1965, P.A. 361, S. 8; 1967, P.A. 588, S. 6; P.A. 82-22, S. 3, 4.)

Sec. 10-286b. Adjustment of grants approved prior to July 1, 1967. Formula for regional school districts. Section 10-286b is repealed, effective July 1, 1996. (1967, P.A. 588, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 617, S. 1; P.A. 78-218, S. 194; P.A. 96-244, S. 62, 63.)

Sec. 10-286c. Establishment of criteria for building grants. Section 10-286c is repealed. (1967, P.A. 588, S. 5; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 27.)

Sec. 10-286d. Site-acquisition grant. (a) Any grant for a completed school building project approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services under the provisions of sections 10-282 and 10-286 shall include an amount equal to the percentage determined in section 10-285a of …

Sec. 10-286e. Audits. (a) If the Department of Administrative Services does not complete an audit of a school building project during the two-year period from the date the department issues final payment for such project, the department shall conduct a limited scope audit of such…

Sec. 10-286f. Professional or consulting fees. No increase due to increased prices for construction materials. Any professional or consulting fee that is calculated as a proportion of total project costs for any school building project for which state assistance is provided in ac…

Sec. 10-286g. Waiver of audit deficiencies. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may waive any audit deficiencies found during an audit of a school building project conducted pursuant to this chapter if the Commissioner of Ad…

Sec. 10-286h. School building project grants for diversity schools. (a)(1) The Department of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall provide a school building project grant in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for a diversity …

Sec. 10-287. Installment payments of school building project grants. Construction contracts subject to bid. Construction management services. Withholding of state grant payments; conditions. Submission of final grant application and notice of project completion. (a) A grant for a…