Title 10, Title 10: Education and Culture

Sec. 10-215c. Annual report. Section 10-215c is repealed. (1971, P.A. 702, S. 6; P.A. 73-310; P.A. 78-218, S. 141; P.A. 82-314, S. 54, 63; P.A. 92-170, S. 25, 26.)

Sec. 10-215d. Regulations re nutrition standards for school breakfasts and lunches. Facilitation of purchases from local farmers. (a) Not later than July 1, 1991, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, the School Food Service Associati…

Sec. 10-215e. Nutrition standards for food that is not part of lunch or breakfast program. Not later than August 1, 2006, and January first of each year thereafter, the Department of Education shall publish a set of nutrition standards for food items offered for sale to students …

Sec. 10-215f. Certification that food meets nutrition standards. (a) Each local and regional board of education, the Technical Education and Career System, and the governing authority for each state charter school, interdistrict magnet school and endowed academy approved pursuant…

Sec. 10-215g. In-classroom school breakfast pilot program. (a) There is established an in-classroom school breakfast pilot program. The Department of Education may, within available appropriations, maintain a competitive grant program for the purpose of assisting up to ten severe…

Sec. 10-215h. Child nutrition outreach program. (a) The Department of Education shall administer, within available appropriations and in collaboration with the Office of Early Childhood, a child nutrition outreach program to increase (1) participation in the federal School Breakf…

Sec. 10-215i. Information and notice re supplemental nutrition assistance program. (a) Not later than October 1, 2015, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Social Services, shall provide information about the supplemental nutrition assistance progra…

Sec. 10-215j. School nutrition program bids by food service management companies. Consistency with farm to school program. Preference in award of contract. Any bid submitted by a food service management company in response to a request for proposals or bid solicitation by a local…

Sec. 10-215k. Submission of report re nonimplementation of Community Eligibility Provision. Not later than December 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, any local or regional board of education that participates in the National School Lunch Program, in which at least one school unde…

Sec. 10-215l. CT Grown for CT Kids Grant Program. (a) The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the advisory committee described in subsection (c) of this section, shall administer the CT Grown for CT Kids Grant Program. Such program shall assist local and regional boar…

Sec. 10-215m. Local food for schools incentive program. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Local farm” means a farm, farmers' cooperative, food hub or wholesale distributor located in Connecticut. (2) “Regional farm” means a farm, farmers' cooperative, food hub or wholesale distri…

Sec. 10-216. Payment of expenses. The expenses incurred under the provisions of this chapter, except the expenses of school lunch programs, shall be paid in the same manner as are the ordinary expenses for the support of schools in the several towns and school districts. (1949 Re…

Sec. 10-217. Penalty. Any person who is responsible for the violation of any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both. (1949 Rev., S. 1464; 1955, S. 943d.)

Sec. 10-217a. Health services for children in private nonprofit schools. Payments from the state, towns in which children reside and private nonprofit schools. (a) Each town or regional school district which provides health services for children attending its public schools in an…

Sec. 10-217b. Appropriation. Section 10-217b is repealed. (1972, P.A. 296, S. 2; P.A. 78-218, S. 211.)

Sec. 10-217c. Definitions. As used in sections 10-217d to 10-217g, inclusive: (1) “Art or craft material” means any raw or processed material or manufactured product marketed or represented by the manufacturer as suitable for use in any phase of the creation of any work of visual…

Sec. 10-217d. Warning labels. (a) On and after June 1, 1989, no person shall distribute, sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale for use in a public primary or secondary school any art or craft material unless such material bears a conspicuous label that says “WARNING” and inclu…

Sec. 10-217e. Purchase of art or craft materials by local or regional school districts. On and after June 1, 1989, no art or craft material may be ordered or purchased by any local or regional school district for use by students in kindergarten through grade twelve, inclusive, un…

Sec. 10-217f. Availability of lists of carcinogenic substances, potential human carcinogens and certain toxic substances. The Commissioner of Education shall make available to each local or regional school district a list of carcinogenic substances as defined in section 19a-329, …

Sec. 10-217g. Exemptions. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 10-217d and 10-217e, if the Commissioner of Consumer Protection determines that a carcinogen, potential human carcinogen or toxic substance contained in any art or craft material cannot be ingested, inhaled or o…

Sec. 10-217h. Connecticut School Health Survey; administration. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and biennially thereafter, the Department of Public Health shall administer the Connecticut School Health Survey to students in grades nine to twelve, inclusive, provi…

Sec. 10-217i. Connecticut School Health Survey; questions re risk of youths becoming victims of sexual assault or misconduct by an adult. Not later than October 1, 2022, the Child Advocate, in consultation with the Department of Public Health and the Department of Children and Fa…

Sec. 10-217j. Connecticut School Health Survey; policy and forms re notice. Not later than January 1, 2023, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, shall develop for use by a local or regional board of education (1) a uniform policy conc…

Sec. 10-218. Officers. Meetings. Each board of education shall, not later than one month after the date on which the newly elected members take office, elect from its number a chairperson and elect a secretary of such board and may prescribe their duties. The votes of each member…

Sec. 10-218a. Oath of office. Members of boards of education shall, before entering upon their official duties, take the oath of office provided in section 1-25. (1959, P.A. 76.)

Sec. 10-218b. Translation services to be provided at meetings of board upon request. Each local and regional board of education shall, upon request of the parent or guardian of a multilingual learner student or of the multilingual learner student, provide translation services to …

Sec. 10-218c. Newly elected members of boards of education to complete training program. On and after July 1, 2023, any person who has been elected to a local or regional board of education for the first time shall complete, at a time and in a manner prescribed by the Department …

Sec. 10-219. Procedure for filling vacancy on local board of education. If a vacancy occurs in the office of any member of the local board of education, unless otherwise provided by charter or special act, such vacancy shall be filled by the remaining members of said board until …

Sec. 10-220. Duties of boards of education. (a) Each local or regional board of education shall maintain good public elementary and secondary schools, implement the educational interests of the state, as defined in section 10-4a, and provide such other educational activities as i…

Sec. 10-220a. *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (a) and effective date.) In-service training. Professional development and evaluation committees. Institutes for educators. Cooperating teacher program, regulations. *(a) Each local or regional board of educatio…

Sec. 10-220b. Policy statement on drugs. Section 10-220b is repealed. (P.A. 78-218, S. 145; P.A. 87-499, S. 33, 34.)

Sec. 10-220c. Transportation of children over private roads. Immunity from liability. (a) Each town, or local or regional board of education may when providing for the transportation of children to and from school or school activities, in accordance with the provisions of section…

Sec. 10-220d. Student recruitment by regional and interdistrict specialized schools and programs. Recruitment of athletes prohibited. Information re and notice of availability of certain schools and education centers. Each local and regional board of education shall provide full …

Sec. 10-220e. Foster children count. Section 10-220e is repealed, effective July 1, 2000. (P.A. 98-252, S. 66, 80; P.A. 00-220, S. 42, 43.)

Sec. 10-220f. Safety committee. Each local and regional board of education may establish a school district safety committee to increase staff and student awareness of safety and health issues and to review the adequacy of emergency response procedures at each school. Parents and …

Sec. 10-220g. Policy on calculation of students' grade point averages. Each local and regional board of education shall establish, and update as necessary, a written policy concerning the manner in which students' grade point averages are calculated, including whether such grade …

Sec. 10-220h. Transfer of student records. (a) When a student enrolls in a school in a new school district or in a new state charter school, the new school district or new state charter school shall provide written notification of such enrollment to the school district in which t…

Sec. 10-220i. Transportation of students carrying cartridge injectors. No local or regional board of education shall deny a student access to school transportation solely due to such student's need to carry a cartridge injector while traveling on a vehicle used for school transpo…

Sec. 10-220j. Blood glucose self-testing by children. Guidelines. (a) No local or regional board of education may prohibit blood glucose self-testing by children with diabetes who have a written order from a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse stating the need and …

Sec. 10-220k. Disclosure of educational records re student confined in residential facility. In the case of a student confined pursuant to court order to a state-operated residential facility or community residential facility, the local or regional board of education of the town …

Sec. 10-220l. Qualified personnel to monitor school swimming pool. School swimming pool safety plan. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “School swimming pool” means any swimming pool approved for use by a local or regional board of education for student aquatic activities; (2)…

Sec. 10-220m. Review of transportation arrangements of special needs students. Not later than January 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall review the transportation arrangements of their special needs students, both in and out of dist…

Sec. 10-220p. Materials provided to students when discussing career options. Guidance counselors and school counselors may provide materials concerning manufacturing, military and law enforcement careers when discussing career options with students. (P.A. 19-58, S. 1.) History: P…

Sec. 10-220q. Calculation of unweighted grade point average for Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, for the purpose of qualifying a student for the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program, es…

Sec. 10-220r. School playground design conformity with universal design principles. Each local and regional board of education shall conform the design of any school playground designed on or after July 1, 2025, to the principles of universal design. Such playgrounds shall includ…

Sec. 10-221. Boards of education to prescribe rules, policies and procedures. (a) As used in this section, “remote learning” means instruction by means of one or more Internet-based software platforms as part of a remote learning model. (b) Boards of education shall prescribe rul…