Title 10 — Title 10: Education and Culture

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 Section 10-38j is repealed.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 …

Sec. 10-45. Referendum on establishment of regional districts or addition or withdrawal of grades. (a) Upon receipt of a copy of the certificate of approval, the committee shall set the day on which referenda shall be held simultaneously in each of the participating towns to dete…

Sec. 10-46. Regional board of education. (a) The affairs of the regional school district shall be administered by a regional board of education, which shall consist of not fewer than five members. Each member town shall elect at least one member. The committee report shall determ…

Sec. 10-46a. Transfer of responsibility to regional board. The regional board of education shall, after consultation with the local boards of education in the towns comprising the regional school district, determine the time and method by which the responsibility of conducting th…

Sec. 10-47. Powers of regional board. Meetings. Regional boards of education shall have all the powers and duties conferred upon boards of education by the general statutes not inconsistent with the provisions of this part. Such boards may purchase, lease or rent property for sch…

Sec. 10-47a. Withdrawal of grades. Section 10-47a is repealed. (1963, P.A. 444, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 27.)

Sec. 10-47b. Addition or withdrawal of grades. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any regional school district which does not include all elementary and secondary grades may add or withdraw grades in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (1) or, if …

Sec. 10-47c. Amendment of plan. With the exception of the terms which pertain to the capital contribution of member towns, the transfer of property to the regional school district, the grades included, the size of the board of education and the representation of each town on the …

Secs. 10-48 and 10-49. Relocation of site. Site in town outside district. Sections 10-48 and 10-49 are repealed. (1953, S. 903d, 904d; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 27.)

Sec. 10-49a. Site in town outside district. Any school district may acquire real property upon which to build a school in a town not within such school district, provided such town approves such acquisition by referendum. Those eligible to vote at town meetings under section 7-6 …

Sec. 10-50. Admission of adjacent town to district. Section 10-50 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1375; 1951, 1953, 1955, S. 905d; 1953, S. 919d; February, 1965, P.A. 411, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 27.)

Sec. 10-51. Fiscal year. Budget. Payments by member towns; adjustments to payments. Investment of funds. Temporary borrowing. Reserve funds. (a) The fiscal year of a regional school district shall be July first to June thirtieth. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, n…

Sec. 10-51a. Petition to determine deficiency in town payment. If any town which is a member of a regional school district fails to include in its annual town budget appropriations for any year the amount necessary for payment of its proportionate share of the annual budget of su…

Sec. 10-51b. Reserve fund for employee sick leave and severance benefits. A regional board of education, by a majority vote of its members, may create a reserve fund for accrued liabilities for employee sick leave and severance benefits. Such fund shall thereafter be termed “rese…

Sec. 10-51c. Finance committee. A regional board of education may establish a finance committee for the regional school district. The finance committee shall provide information to the regional board of education concerning local budget issues of the member towns, and any assista…

Sec. 10-52. Adult education. A regional district may provide adult education for the towns in the district in accordance with sections 10-67 to 10-70, inclusive, and shall be eligible for reimbursements for adult education programs in accordance with sections 10-67 and 10-71. Any…

Sec. 10-53. Application of education statutes. All provisions of the general statutes relating to public education, including those providing state grants-in-aid, shall apply to each town belonging to a regional school district, provided, if the board of education of any regional…

Sec. 10-54. Transportation grants. Any local or regional school district which transports pupils to a regional school and any regional school district which transports pupils attending any other school in lieu of that provided by such district in accordance with approval by the r…

Sec. 10-55. Pupils to attend regional school. No pupil from any town belonging to a regional school district shall, at the expense of such town, attend any other school in lieu of that provided by said district except a technical education and career school operated by the Techni…

Sec. 10-56. Corporate powers. Bond issues. (a) A regional school district shall be a body politic and corporate with power to sue and be sued; to purchase, receive, hold and convey real and personal property for school purposes; and to build, equip, purchase, rent, maintain or ex…

Secs. 10-57 and 10-58. Debt limitation. Investment of proceeds of bond issue. Sections 10-57 and 10-58 are repealed. (1951, 1955, S. 912d, 913d; 1955, S. 912d; November, 1955, S. N119; 1957, P.A. 511; September, 1957, P.A. 19; 1963, P.A. 604, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 132, S. 1; 698, S. 2…

Sec. 10-58a. Default of district in payment on bonds or notes. Withholding of state aid. Whenever it is established as herein provided that a regional school district, including Regional School District Number 1 of Litchfield County, has defaulted in the payment of the principal …

Sec. 10-59. Fiscal year. Budget. Section 10-59 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1383; 1951, 1953, 1955, S. 914d; 1959, P.A. 81, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 27.)

Sec. 10-60. Borrowing in addition to bonds. In addition to the power to issue bonds, notes and other obligations as provided by section 10-56, such regional board of education may, when so authorized by a majority vote at a regional school district meeting called for such purpose…

Sec. 10-60a. Refunding bonds. Any regional school district which has issued any bonds, notes or other obligations pursuant to any general statute or special act may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying, funding or refunding prior to maturity all or any part of such dis…

Secs. 10-61 to 10-63. Withdrawal of town. Dissolution of district. Payment of indebtedness on dissolution of district. Sections 10-61 to 10-63, inclusive, are repealed. (1951, 1955, S. 916d–918d; 1963, P.A. 389, S. 9.)

Sec. 10-63a. Vote for withdrawal of town or dissolution of district. (a) Any town which is a member of a regional school district may, pursuant to a vote of its legislative body, apply to the regional board of education to institute procedure for withdrawal from the district or, …

Sec. 10-63b. Committee to study issues relating to withdrawal or dissolution. Within thirty days of receipt of an application pursuant to section 10-63a the regional board of education shall call for the appointment of a committee to study issues relating to withdrawal or dissolu…

Sec. 10-63c. Report of committee. Within one year after its appointment, the committee shall prepare a written report that includes: (1) Its recommendation concerning the advisability of a withdrawal or dissolution; (2) a determination of the value of the net assets of the region…

Secs. 10-63d and 10-63e. Submission of final plan; publication of notice. Special town meetings on proposal. Sections 10-63d and 10-63e are repealed. (1963, P.A. 389, S. 4, 5; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 27.)

Sec. 10-63f. Obligations not affected by action. Such withdrawal or dissolution shall not impair the obligation of the withdrawing town or the district to the holders of any bonds or other outstanding indebtedness issued prior to withdrawal or dissolution under authority of this …

Sec. 10-63g. Withdrawal and dissolution restricted. (a) No town shall be permitted to withdraw from a regional school district and no district shall be dissolved except in accordance with the provisions of sections 10-63a to 10-63f, inclusive, and no application for withdrawal or…

Sec. 10-63h. Applicability to existing regional school districts. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special act or compact adopted by referenda to establish a regional school district, the provisions of this part shall apply to the regional school districts in exis…

Sec. 10-63i. Regional school district established before June 24, 1969. Any referenda establishing a regional school district before June 24, 1969, which by the terms of the question presented in such referenda established a regional school district to provide educational program…

Sec. 10-63j. “Representation”, defined. Representation as used in subsection (a) of section 10-46 and in sections 10-63j to 10-63t, inclusive, means the composition of the regional board of education, the number and manner of election of its members from the several towns constit…

Sec. 10-63k. Regional school reapportionment committee. (a) If the Commissioner of Education notifies in writing a regional board of education and the chief executive officer of each town within a regional school district that representation on the regional board of education is …

Sec. 10-63l. Powers of regional school reapportionment committee. (a) The power, function, and responsibility of the regional school reapportionment committee shall be to determine and recommend a plan of representation on the regional board of education consistent with federal c…

Sec. 10-63m. Approval or rejection of plan recommended by regional school reapportionment committee. (a) Upon receipt of a recommended plan of representation from a regional school reapportionment committee, the State Board of Education shall examine same and within thirty days o…

Sec. 10-63n. Referendum for regional school reapportionment. Establishment of plan. (a) Upon receipt of a copy of the certificate of approval of the plan, the regional school reapportionment committee shall set the date upon which referenda shall be held on the same date in each …

Sec. 10-63o. Execution of reapportionment plan. A plan of representation established as provided for in subsection (a) of section 10-46 and sections 10-63j to 10-63t, inclusive, shall be effective seven days after the referenda resulting in an affirmative majority vote in each of…

Sec. 10-63p. Time limits for reapportionment. Right to compel compliance. The time limits provided for in subsection (a) of section 10-46 and sections 10-63j to 10-63t, inclusive, may be extended by the State Board of Education for good cause. The failure to meet a time limit her…

Sec. 10-63q. Notification as to constitutionality of regional board representation following decennial census. The Commissioner of Education shall on or before the first day of May next following the completion of the decennial census of the United States, notify in writing each …

Sec. 10-63r. Establishment of new plan of representation permitted after initial reapportionment. After a plan of representation has been established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-46 and sections 10-63j to 10-63t, inclusive, the legislative bodies of the towns in a reg…