Title 10, Title 10: Education and Culture

Sec. 10-17. English language to be medium of instruction. Exception. The medium of instruction and administration in all public and private elementary schools shall be the English language, except that instruction as provided in sections 10-17a and 10-17f may be given in any lang…

Sec. 10-17a. Establishment of bilingual and bicultural program. Any local or regional board of education may establish at any level of instruction a bilingual and bicultural program of study involving a culture in which a language other than English is predominantly spoken, provi…

Secs. 10-17b and 10-17c. Instruction bilingually and biculturally; procedures, materials and equipment; purpose. Advice and assistance of state board; evaluation of programs. Sections 10-17b and 10-17c are repealed. (1971, P.A. 432, S. 3, 4, 6; P.A. 73-317; P.A. 78-218, S. 15, 16…

Sec. 10-17d. Application for and receipt of federal funds. Subject to the regulations adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-11, each local or regional board of education shall have the power to apply for and to receive federal funds made available directl…

Sec. 10-17e. Definitions. Whenever used in sections 10-17 and 10-17d to 10-17g, inclusive: (1) “Eligible students” means students enrolled in public schools in grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, whose dominant language is other than English and whose proficiency in English…

Sec. 10-17f. Duties of boards of education regarding bilingual education programs. Development of state English mastery standard. Regulations. (a) Annually, the board of education for each local and regional school district shall ascertain, in accordance with regulations adopted …

Sec. 10-17g. Grants for the provision of programs of bilingual education. Annual evaluation report. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, the board of education for each local and regional school district that is required to provide a program …

Sec. 10-17h. Planning, development or operation of initially required bilingual program. Section 10-17h is repealed. (P.A. 77-588, S. 6, 7; P. A. 79-631, S. 109, 111.)

Sec. 10-17i. Encouragement of increased language instruction. Proficiency in language recognized on permanent record. (a) The Department of Education shall assist and encourage local and regional boards of education to institute two-way language programs and provide early second …

Sec. 10-17j. Request to commissioner to use certified English as a second language teacher in place of bilingual education teacher in cases of teacher shortage. Teacher exchange programs. (a) If a local or regional board of education is not able to hire a sufficient number of cer…

Sec. 10-17k. Standards re extension of bilingual education program for eligible student. Not later than July 1, 2016, the Department of Education, in consultation with public institutions of higher education, persons with expertise in bilingual education programming and bilingual…

Sec. 10-17l. Department to provide information re research-based practices to involve parents in language acquisition process and native language accommodations for mastery examination. Not later than July 1, 2016, the Department of Education shall provide information to local an…

Sec. 10-17m. Report re academic progress of bilingual education students and quality of bilingual education programs. The Department of Education shall annually collect and disaggregate student data on the mastery examination, conducted pursuant to section 10-14n, for students in…

Sec. 10-17n. English language learner pilot program. Section 10-17n is repealed, effective June 28, 2023. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 294; P.A. 23-150, S. 36.)

Sec. 10-17o. Bill of rights for parents or guardians of students who are multilingual leaners. (a) The State Board of Education shall draft a written bill of rights for parents or guardians of students who are multilingual learners to guarantee that the rights of such parents and…

Sec. 10-18. Courses in United States history, government and duties and responsibilities of citizenship. (a)(1) All high, preparatory, secondary and elementary schools, public or private, whose property is exempt from taxation, shall provide a program of United States history, in…

Sec. 10-18a. Contents of textbooks and other general instructional materials. Except where a legitimate educational purpose will otherwise be served, each local or regional board of education shall, in selecting textbooks and other general instructional materials select those whi…

Sec. 10-18b. Development of guides for firearm safety programs. The State Board of Education, within available appropriations, shall develop guides to aid local and regional boards of education in developing firearm safety programs for students in grades kindergarten to twelve, i…

Sec. 10-18c. Firearm safety programs. Exemption from participation. (a) Any local or regional board of education may offer firearm safety programs to students in grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, in the public schools under its jurisdiction. (b) No student shall be requir…

Sec. 10-18d. Animal dissection. Students to be excused from participation or observation. (a) A local or regional school district shall excuse any student from participating in, or observing, the dissection of any animal as part of classroom instruction, provided the parent or gu…

Sec. 10-18e. Uniform standards and curriculum for career technical education programs. For the school year commencing July 1, 2018, and each school year thereafter, the Department of Education shall develop, and update as necessary, uniform standards and curriculum for all career…

Sec. 10-18f. Holocaust and genocide education and awareness curriculum. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2018, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall include Holocaust and genocide education and awareness as part of the social …

Sec. 10-18g. Instuctional materials re Safe Haven Act. The Department of Children and Families shall provide instructional materials relating to the Safe Haven Act, sections 17a-57 to 17a-61, inclusive, to (1) a local or regional board of education, upon request of such board, an…

Sec. 10-19. Teaching about alcohol, nicotine or tobacco, drugs and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Training of personnel. (a) The knowledge, skills and attitudes required to understand and avoid the effects of alcohol, of nicotine or tobacco and of drugs, as defined in secti…

Sec. 10-19a. Superintendent to designate substance abuse prevention team. Training of team members. Section 10-19a is repealed, effective July 1, 1996. (P.A. 87-457, S. 1, 5; P.A. 96-244, S. 62, 63.)

Sec. 10-19b. Advisory councils on drug abuse prevention. Advisory councils on drug abuse education and prevention established by municipalities pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 4126 of the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 may serve as a resource for public schoo…

Sec. 10-19c. Program for careers in information technology. Section 10-19c is repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (P.A. 01-193, S. 3, 9; P.A. 11-48, S. 303.)

Sec. 10-19d. High school mathematics and science challenge pilot program. The Department of Education shall establish, within available appropriations, a high school mathematics and science challenge pilot program, which uses performance results on the mathematics and science com…

Sec. 10-19e. “Future Scholars” pilot matching grant program. The Department of Education shall establish, within available appropriations, a “Future Scholars” pilot matching grant program for public schools participating in externally funded programs that provide supplemental mat…

Sec. 10-19m. (Formerly Sec. 17a-39). Youth service bureaus. Report. Regulations. (a) For the purposes of this section, “youth” means a person from birth to eighteen years of age. Any one or more municipalities or any one or more private youth-serving organizations, designated to …

Sec. 10-19n. (Formerly Sec. 17a-40). State aid for establishment and expansion of youth service bureaus. To assist municipalities and private youth-serving organizations designated to act as agents for such municipalities in establishing, maintaining or expanding such youth servi…

Sec. 10-19o. (Formerly Sec. 17a-40a). Youth service bureau grant program. (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall establish a program to provide grants to youth service bureaus in accordance with this section. Only youth service bureaus which (1) were eligible to rece…

Sec. 10-19p. (Formerly Sec. 17a-41). Assistance to youth service bureaus. The Department of Children and Families shall provide grant management services, program monitoring, program evaluation and technical assistance to such state-aided youth service bureaus, and the Commission…

Sec. 10-19q. Enhancement grant program for youth service bureaus. (a) The Department of Children and Families shall administer, within available appropriations, an enhancement grant program for youth service bureaus. The department shall annually award grants in the amounts of: (…

Sec. 10-19r. Department of Children and Families. Youth service bureau grant program and enhancement grant program. Successor department. The Department of Children and Families shall constitute a successor department, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e an…

Sec. 10-19s. Memorandum of understanding between boards of education and youth service bureaus re sharing of educational records. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Education records” has the same meaning as provided in 34 CFR 99.3, as amended from time to time; and (2) “Youth ser…

Sec. 10-20. Comptroller may withhold school money. Section 10-20 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1359; 1963, P.A. 361.)

Sec. 10-20a. Connecticut career certificate programs. (a) Local and regional boards of education, the Technical Education and Career System, postsecondary institutions and regional educational service centers, may (1) in consultation with regional workforce development boards est…

Sec. 10-20b. Connecticut career certificate. Compliance with state and federal laws and regulations. Student and employer requirements. Compensation. (a) Except for the provisions of chapter 567, all state and federal laws and regulations relating to employment, apprenticeship an…

Sec. 10-20c. Issuance of Connecticut career certification. Credit for program. (a) The Commissioner of Education and the Labor Commissioner shall jointly issue a Connecticut career certificate to students who successfully complete a program established pursuant to section 10-20a …

Sec. 10-20d. Grants for support of Connecticut career certificate programs. (a) The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner and the Commissioners of Economic and Community Development and Higher Education, shall, within the limits of available appro…

Sec. 10-20e. Awarding of grants. Each state agency which provides a grant to create jobs or provide job training shall, to the maximum extent feasible, give priority in awarding such grants to employers which establish programs leading to a Connecticut career certificate pursuant…

Sec. 10-20f. Retention of appropriated funds, when. The Department of Education may retain up to one per cent of the amount appropriated for programs established pursuant to section 10-20a for purposes of administration and coordination, technical assistance, information dissemin…

Sec. 10-21. Vocational guidance. Section 10-21 is repealed, effective July 1, 1996. (1949 Rev., S. 1360; P.A. 78-218, S. 22; P.A. 96-244, S. 62, 63.)

Sec. 10-21a. Accredited courses offered by employers. Any employer may, with the cooperation and approval of the board of education of the local or regional school district in which such employer's business is located, offer accredited high school courses or, with the cooperation…

Sec. 10-21b. Programs offered jointly by boards of education and business firms; neighborhood assistance. Local and regional boards of education are authorized to enter into agreements with business firms, as defined in section 12-631, to develop for implementation, programs to b…