Title 10, Title 10: Education and Culture

Sec. 10-21h. Preliteracy course for bachelor's degree program with concentration in early childhood education. Not later than July 1, 2013, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Board of Regents for Higher Education, shall design and approve a preliteracy course t…

Sec. 10-21i. Red Ribbon PASS Program. The Department of Education shall establish a Red Ribbon PASS Program. The department shall develop or adopt existing standards to be used for the purpose of recognizing those local and regional school districts that qualify as a highly perfo…

Sec. 10-21j. Connecticut Apprenticeship and Education Committee. (a) The Commissioner of Education, in collaboration with the Board of Regents for Higher Education, shall establish the Connecticut Apprenticeship and Education Committee to coordinate and identify (1) potential pre…

Sec. 10-21k. Pipeline for Connecticut's Future program. The Department of Education, in collaboration with the Labor Department, shall administer the Pipeline for Connecticut's Future program. Under the program, the department shall (1) assist local and regional boards of educati…

Sec. 10-21l. Computer science education account. There is established an account to be known as the “computer science education account”, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required or permitted by law to be…

Sec. 10-21m. Best practices for establishing pathways programs under Pipeline for Connecticut's Future program. Not later than July 1, 2023, the Department of Education shall develop best practices that may be used by local and regional boards of education when establishing a pat…

Sec. 10-21n. Aviation or aerospace apprenticeship training program. (a) Any local or regional board of education may partner with one or more local employers that are in the aviation or aerospace industry to develop and provide an apprenticeship training program for students in t…

Sec. 10-21o. Model program for paraeducator training for high school students. (a) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Commissioner of Education shall (1) in consultation with the School Paraeducator Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 10-155k, develop a model progr…

Sec. 10-21p. Preapprenticeship grant program. (a) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, establish a preapprenticeship grant program. The department shall award grants to any local or regional board of education that in…

Sec. 10-21q. Plan for promotion of health care professions as career options and job shadowing and internship experiences in health care fields. (a) The Commissioner of Education shall, in collaboration with the Chief Workforce Officer, utilize the plan required of the Office of …

Sec. 10-21r. Department to issue request for proposals re establishment of public-private partnerships or enhancement of pathways in technology early college high school programs. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Alliance district” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-…

Secs. 10-22 and 10-23. Instruction in music. Instruction on highway safety. Sections 10-22 and 10-23 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1361, 1362; 1963, P.A. 301; P.A. 78-218, S. 24; P.A. 79-128, S. 35, 36.)

Sec. 10-24a. (Formerly Sec. 14-157). State grants for motor vehicle operation and highway safety course. Section 10-24a is repealed. (1957, P.A. 599, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 379, S. 2; 672, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 361, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 765, S. 2; P.A. 75-479, S. 24, 25; 75-567, S. 76…

Sec. 10-24b. Fee when course offered outside regular school hours. Any board of education under whose authority a course of study of motor vehicle operation is offered may, if such course is offered at hours other than those in the regular school day, charge as a fee for such cou…

Sec. 10-24c. Grants for motor vehicle operation and highway safety courses in private secondary schools. Section 10-24c is repealed. (1967, P.A. 668; 1971, P.A. 47; 456, S. 3; P.A. 75-479, S. 24, 25; 75-567, S. 76, 80.)

Sec. 10-24e. Regulations concerning content of safe driving course. Section 10-24e is repealed, effective July 1, 1996. (P.A. 89-242, S. 2, 7; P.A. 96-244, S. 62, 63.)

Sec. 10-24f. Play-based learning. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Free play” means unstructured, voluntary, child-initiated activities that are performed by a child for self-amusement and have behavioral, social and psychomotor rewards, except “free play” may be structured to p…

Sec. 10-25. Secondary education for veterans. Section 10-25 is repealed, effective July 1, 1996. (1949 Rev., S. 1364; 1957, P.A. 163, S. 18; P.A. 96-244, S. 62, 63.)

Sec. 10-25a. Strategic master plan for public education in the state. Planning Commission for Education established. Duties. Goals. Benchmarks. Report. (a) There is established a Planning Commission for Education to develop and recommend the implementation of a strategic master p…

Sec. 10-25b. Model curriculum for grades kindergarten to eight. (a) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Department of Education, in collaboration with the State Education Resource Center, shall develop a model curriculum for grades kindergarten to grade eight, inclusive, that may…

Sec. 10-26. Education grant to child of deceased or disabled veteran or missing in action member of armed forces. Section 10-26 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1365; 1955, S. 883d; 1957, P.A. 163, S. 19; 1959, P.A. 411, S. 5; February, 1965, P.A. 157, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 168, S. 1; 1969…

Sec. 10-27. International studies, exchange programs. Advisory committee. (a) It shall be the policy of the state to encourage its students, teachers, administrators and educational policy makers to participate in international studies, international exchange programs and other a…

Sec. 10-27a. International education programs, recognition of schools and partnership programs. (a) The State Board of Education may recognize a school that meets the standards for international education programs developed by the international education advisory committee, in ac…

Sec. 10-28a. Advice and assistance to school library media centers. The State Board of Education shall give to communities advice and assistance in the organization, establishment and administration of school library media centers, shall extend to school library media centers, an…

Sec. 10-28b. School volunteers; information and assistance about; state-wide coordinator; state plan. The Department of Education shall (1) provide information and technical assistance to local and regional boards of education regarding the involvement of volunteers and other par…

Sec. 10-29. Library service center in Middlesex County. Section 10-29 is repealed. (1955, S. 886d; February, 1965, P.A. 490, S. 10.)

Sec. 10-29a. Certain days, weeks and months to be proclaimed by Governor. Distribution and number of proclamations. (a)(1) Martin Luther King Day. The Governor shall proclaim the fifteenth day of January of each year prior to 1986, and commencing on the twentieth day of January i…

Sec. 10-29b. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission. (a) There is established a Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission, consisting of nineteen members. The initial appointees shall include all members of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission established by Executive Orde…

Sec. 10-29c. Certain days, weeks and months to be designated for celebration of ethnic, cultural or heritage groups. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may, in his or her discretion, designate a day, week or month for the celebration of any ethnic, cultural or…

Secs. 10-30 and 10-30a. Certain days to be proclaimed by Governor; distribution and number of proclamations. Proclamation of Hat Day prohibited. Sections 10-30 and 10-30a are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1368; 1949, S. 888d, 889d; 1955, S. 890d; 1957, P.A. 168, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 80; F…

Secs. 10-31 and 10-32. Establishment and maintenance. Duties of town board of education. Sections 10-31 and 10-32 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1369, 1370; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 60; 1963, P.A. 302; February, 1965, P.A. 111, S. 1.)

Sec. 10-33. Tuition in towns in which no high school is maintained. Any local board of education which does not maintain a high school shall designate a high school approved by the State Board of Education as the school which any child may attend who has completed an elementary s…

Sec. 10-34. Approval by state board of incorporated or endowed high school or academy. The State Board of Education may examine any incorporated or endowed high school or academy in this state and, if it appears that such school or academy meets the requirements of the State Boar…

Sec. 10-35. Notice of discontinuance of high school service to nonresidents. Cooperative arrangements and school building projects for school accommodations. (a) A board of education which is providing educational facilities for nonresident high school students and which desires …

Sec. 10-36. Agreements with Gilbert School and Woodstock Academy. Section 10-36 is repealed, effective July 1, 1996. (1955, S. 891d; P.A. 78-218, S. 29; P.A. 86-294, S. 2, 3; P.A. 96-244, S. 62, 63.)

Secs. 10-37 and 10-38. Transportation within the town. Joint high schools. Sections 10-37 and 10-38 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1373, 1374; 1959, P.A. 77; 1969, P.A. 603, S. 2.) PART IIa POSTSECONDARY SCHOOLS

Sec. 10-38a. Maintenance of postsecondary schools. Section 10-38a is repealed except that any institution operating under the provisions of said section prior to April 1, 1965, may continue to operate in accordance with the provisions of said section. (1959, P.A. 232, S. 1; 1963,…

Secs. 10-38b to 10-38i. Transferred to Chapter 185b, Part I, Secs. 10a-71 to 10a-78, inclusive.

Sec. 10-38j. Recommendations for expansion of higher educational opportunities. Section 10-38j is repealed. (1969, P.A. 812, S. 6; P.A. 77-573, S. 27, 30.)

Secs. 10-38k and 10-38l. Transferred to Chapter 185b, Part I, Secs. 10a-79 and 10a-80, respectively. PART III* REGIONAL SCHOOLS *Plaintiff merely taxpayer and voter in area affected has no standing to bring action for declaratory judgment concerning validity of establishment of r…

Sec. 10-39. Temporary regional school study committee. (a) Two or more towns may establish a regional school district in accordance with the provisions of this part. (b) Two or more local or regional school districts may, by vote of their legislative bodies, join in the establish…

Sec. 10-40. Appointment of committee members. The legislative body of each town joining in the establishment of such a committee shall appoint to such committee five members at least two of whom shall be members of the board of education of such town. The town clerk of each town …

Sec. 10-41. Officers and records of committee. The committee, at its first meeting, shall elect from among its number a chairperson, a secretary, a treasurer who shall be bonded, and such other officers as the committee determines to be necessary. Meetings of the committee shall …

Sec. 10-42. Expenses of committee. The committee may receive and disburse for the purposes of the study moneys from any source, including bequests, gifts or contributions, made by any individual, corporation or association. Each participating town shall pay a share of the expense…

Sec. 10-43. Reports to towns. Dissolution of committee. (a) The committee shall, at least semiannually, make progress reports to the participating towns and the State Board of Education in such manner as the committee deems suitable. Upon completion of its study, the committee sh…

Sec. 10-44. Disposition of committee records. Upon the dissolution of the committee after a referendum establishing a regional school district, the persons who served as secretary and treasurer of the committee shall transfer the original official records of the committee to the …