Title 10 — Title 10: Education and Culture

Secs. 10-155a to 10-155c. Cooperative arrangements for teacher training. Subcommittee and advisory committee for program. State grants. Sections 10-155a to 10-155c, inclusive, are repealed. (1967, P.A. 761, S. 1–4; 1969, P.A. 230; P.A. 75-556, S. 1–3; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A.…

Sec. 10-155cc. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Adjusted staff members in the school district or regional educational service center” means the result obtained by multiplying the total number, according to the Teachers' Retirement Board data pursuant to sub…

Sec. 10-155d. Preparation of teachers. Alternate route programs for teachers, administrators and early childhood education teachers. (a) The Office of Higher Education shall encourage and support experimentation and research in the preparation of teachers for public elementary an…

Secs. 10-155dd to 10-155gg. Grants to implement comprehensive professional development plans. Planning grants to develop or revise teacher evaluation programs. Grants to implement, assess and improve teacher evaluation programs. Planning grants for teacher career incentive progra…

Sec. 10-155e. Development of programs to assist paraprofessionals to fulfill state certification requirements. Report to General Assembly. Section 10-155e is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (1971, P.A. 414; P.A. 73-324; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 84-24…

Sec. 10-155f. Residency requirement prohibited. No municipality or school district shall require that an individual reside within the municipality or school district as a condition for appointment or continued employment as a school teacher. (P.A. 78-203.) Cited. 216 C. 253.

Sec. 10-155g. Educational Excellence Trust Fund. There is established a fund to be known as the “Educational Excellence Trust Fund”. Moneys deposited in the fund shall be held by the Treasurer separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Investment earnings credi…

Sec. 10-155h. Educational excellence program administered by department. Governor to recommend appropriation for. Section 10-155h is repealed. (P.A. 85-554, S. 2, 6; P.A. 88-136, S. 36, 37.)

Sec. 10-155i. Pilot program to assist paraprofessionals. Section 10-155i is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 89-355, S. 15, 20; P.A. 91-361, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-226, S. 15, 30; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 10-155j. Development of paraeducators. The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, promote and encourage professional development activities for paraeducators with instructional responsibilities. Such activities may include, but shall not be limited t…

Sec. 10-155k. School Paraeducator Advisory Council. On and after July 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Education shall establish a School Paraprofessional Advisory Council, which on and after July 1, 2021, shall be known as the School Paraeducator Advisory Council, consisting of (1) …

Sec. 10-155l. Minority teacher recruitment. (a) For purposes of this section, “minority” means individuals whose race is defined as other than white, or whose ethnicity is defined as Hispanic or Latino by the federal Office of Management and Budget for use by the Bureau of Census…

Sec. 10-155m. Promotion of teaching profession as career option to high school students. (a) The Commissioner of Education, the chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities and the dean of the Neag School of Education at The University of Connecticut shall jointl…

Secs. 10-155n to 10-155q. Teacher career incentive programs. Applications for grants; selection criteria. Project evaluations; statement of expenditures. Grant program administration. Sections 10-155n to 10-155q, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 85-405, S. 1–5; P.A. 86-333, S. 18–2…

Secs. 10-155r and 10-155s. Reserved for future use.

Secs. 10-155t to 10-155bb. Advisory commission on career incentives and teacher evaluation. Election to participate in programs; appointment of panels. Local teacher evaluation plans. Presentation of plans. Grants for developing evaluation plans. Local career incentive plans. Gra…

Sec. 10-156. Sick leave. Each professional employee certified by the State Board of Education and employed by a local or regional board of education shall be entitled to a minimum of sick leave with full pay of fifteen school days in each school year. Unused sick leave shall be a…

Sec. 10-156a. Duty-free lunch period. Each professional employee certified by the State Board of Education and employed by a local or regional board of education of any town or regional school district to work directly with children shall have a guaranteed uninterrupted duty-free…

Sec. 10-156aa. Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce. (a) There is established the Task Force to Diversity the Educator Workforce to study and develop strategies to increase and improve the recruitment, preparation and retention of minority teachers, as defined in sectio…

Sec. 10-156b. Tenure and sick leave rights of teacher on regionalization of school and on dissolution of regional school district. (a) In determining the rights and benefits earned by a teacher under section 10-151 and section 10-156, the establishment of a new regional school di…

Sec. 10-156bb. Increasing Educator Diversity Policy Oversight Council. There is established an Increasing Educator Diversity Policy Oversight Council within the Department of Education. The council shall consist of (1) the Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee…

Sec. 10-156c. Military leave. Each professional employee certified by the State Board of Education and employed by a local or regional board of education who is a member of the reserve corps of any branch of the armed forces of the United States, as defined in section 27-103, sha…

Sec. 10-156cc. Report re effectiveness of minority teacher recruitment programs. Not later than July 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the Department of Education shall submit a report using results-based accountability measures to assess the effectiveness of minority teacher rec…

Sec. 10-156d. Reemployment after military leave. Any professional employee certified by the State Board of Education and employed by a local or regional board of education who leaves such employment for the purpose of entering the armed forces of the United States, as defined in …

Sec. 10-156dd. Student survey re minority teacher recruitment programs. Not later than January 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the Department of Education shall conduct a survey of students participating in minority teacher recruitment programs offered by regional educational s…

Sec. 10-156e. Employees of boards of education permitted to serve as elected officials; exception. Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act or municipal charter or ordinance to the contrary, any employee of a local or regional board of education or of an incorporated or …

Sec. 10-156ee. Duties re recruitment of diverse educators. Not later than January 1, 2019, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Increasing Educator Diversity Policy Oversight Council, established pursuant to section 10-156bb, shall (1) identify relevant research …

Sec. 10-156f. Tenure and sick leave rights of teacher employed by Goodwin University Magnet Schools, Inc. or Goodwin University Education Services, Inc. In determining the rights and benefits earned by a teacher under sections 10-151 and 10-156, employment in a school operated by…

Sec. 10-156ff. Strategies and utilization of resources for the hiring and employment of diverse teachers and administrators. For the school year commencing July 1, 2020, and each school year thereafter, the Increasing Educator Diversity Policy Oversight Council, established pursu…

Secs. 10-156g to 10-156z. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 10-156gg. Minority candidate certification, retention or residency year program. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Minority” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-156bb; (2) “Minority candidate” means an individual who is a minority and employed by a local or region…

Sec. 10-156hh. Completion of video training module re implicit bias and anti-bias in hiring process for certain school district employees. For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each school year thereafter, any employee of a local or regional board of education who is i…

Sec. 10-156ii. Aspiring educators diversity scholarship program. (a) There is established an aspiring educators diversity scholarship program administered by the Department of Education. The program shall provide an annual scholarship to diverse students who (1) graduated from a …

Sec. 10-156jj. Increasing educator diversity plans: Submission; review; approval; revision; implementation; made available. (a) Not later than March 15, 2024, each local and regional board of education shall submit the increasing educator diversity plan described in subsection (a…

Sec. 10-157. Superintendents: Relationship to local or regional board of education; verification of certification status; waiver of certification; written contract of employment; evaluation of superintendent by board of education. (a) Each local board of education for a municipal…

Sec. 10-157a. Superintendent for more than one town. (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes to the contrary, the boards of education of any two or more towns, or the board of education of any regional school district and the board of education of one or more o…

Sec. 10-158. Superintendent for more than one town. Supervision districts. Section 10-158 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1443; 1961, P.A. 544, S. 2.)

Sec. 10-158a. Cooperative arrangements among towns. School building projects. Student transportation. (a) Any two or more boards of education may, in writing, agree to establish cooperative arrangements to provide school accommodations services, programs or activities, special ed…

Secs. 10-159 and 10-159a. Supervisory service by State Board of Education. Election to receive grant in lieu of supervisory service. Sections 10-159 and 10-159a are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1444; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 23; 1971, P.A. 861, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 193, S. 1; P.A. 78-218, S. 1…

Secs. 10-160 to 10-180b. Definitions. Extra duty or coaching. Retirement system and retirement association. Teachers' Retirement Board. Bylaws, regulations and funds. Retirement qualifications. Cost of living allowances and adjustment. Teachers retiring on or after July 1, 1975. …

Sec. 10-180c. Administration of retirement funds for teachers at E. O. Smith School. See chapter 66, Sec. 5-192d.

Secs. 10-181 to 10-183a. Certain towns reimbursed. Insurance deductions. Participation in hospital insurance benefits under Social Security Act. Substitute teaching or temporary employment by retired teacher. Employment of retired teacher in emergency. Sections 10-181 to 10-183a,…

Sec. 10-183aa. Disability allowance. (a)(1) An active member is eligible for a disability allowance if he or she has (A) become disabled as a result of any sickness or injury incurred in the performance of his or her duty as a teacher, without regard to the member's accumulated y…

Sec. 10-183b. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Actuarial reserve basis” means a basis under which the liabilities of the retirement system are determined under acceptable actuarial methods and under which assets are accumulated und…

Sec. 10-183bb. Suspension or reduction of retirement income payments during disability. (a) Retirement income payments being made to a member shall be suspended during any period when the member is receiving disability payments and necessary medical and hospital expenses because …

Sec. 10-183c. Teachers' retirement system established. Benefits contractual. (a) The Connecticut teachers' retirement system is established to provide retirement and other benefits for teachers, their survivors and beneficiaries. On or after a member vests in the system by becomi…

Sec. 10-183cc. Payments on behalf of minor or legally incapable payees. If the payee for any payment of benefits under the provisions of this chapter is a minor, or if the Teachers' Retirement Board finds that any payee is legally incapable of giving a valid receipt and discharge…

Sec. 10-183d. Members of association to become members of system. Any member of the Teachers' Retirement Association, established by prior law, on July 1, 1978 shall automatically be a member of the system. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all members including inact…

Sec. 10-183dd. Retirement contributions; quarterly allocations. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the general statutes to the contrary, the amounts appropriated to the Teachers' Retirement Board for retirement contributions under section 1 of special act 82-10 for the fisc…

Sec. 10-183e. Credited service. (a)(1) A member shall receive a month of credited service for each month of service, from September to June, inclusive, as a teacher, provided the member makes the mandatory contribution for each month. Ten months of credited service shall be deeme…