Title 10 — Title 10: Education and Culture
35 chapters · 1,385 sections in this title.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-212b Policies prohibiting the recommendation of psychotropic drugs by school personnel.
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Sec. 10-212b. Policies prohibiting the recommendation of psychotropic drugs by school personnel. (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “psychotropic drugs” means prescription medications for behavioral or social-emotional concerns, such as attentional deficits, impulsivity, anxie…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-212c Life-threatening food allergies and glycogen storage disease: Guidelines; district plans.
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Sec. 10-212c. Life-threatening food allergies and glycogen storage disease: Guidelines; district plans. (a)(1) Not later than July 1, 2012, the Department of Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health, shall develop guidelines for the management of students wi…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-212d Availability of automatic external defibrillators in schools. Emergency action response plans for life-threatening emergencies.
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Sec. 10-212d. Availability of automatic external defibrillators in schools. Emergency action response plans for life-threatening emergencies. (a) On and after July 1, 2010, subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, each local and regional board of education sha…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-212e *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Immunity from actions relating to the provision of food or dietary supplements on school grounds by a parent, guardian or designee to a student with glycogen storage disease.
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Sec. 10-212e. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Immunity from actions relating to the provision of food or dietary supplements on school grounds by a parent, guardian or designee to a student with glycogen storage disease. No claim for damages shall be…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-212f School Nurse Advisory Council. Reports.
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Sec. 10-212f. School Nurse Advisory Council. Reports. (a) The Commissioner of Education shall establish a School Nurse Advisory Council consisting of the following members: (1) One representative from each state-wide bargaining representative organization that represents school n…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-212g Training program re emergency first aid to students who experience allergic reactions.
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Sec. 10-212g. Training program re emergency first aid to students who experience allergic reactions. Not later than December 31, 2014, the Departments of Education and Public Health shall jointly develop, in consultation with the School Nurse Advisory Council, established pursuan…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-212h Self-application of sunscreen by students.
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Sec. 10-212h. Self-application of sunscreen by students. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-212a, any student who is six years of age or older may possess and self-apply an over-the-counter sunscreen product while in school prior to engaging in any outdoor activity,…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-212i Emergency action plans for serious and life-threatening sports-related injuries during interscholastic and intramural athletic events.
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Sec. 10-212i. Emergency action plans for serious and life-threatening sports-related injuries during interscholastic and intramural athletic events. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education and su…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-212j Posting and distribution of document re behavioral and mental health evaluation and treatment resources.
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Sec. 10-212j. Posting and distribution of document re behavioral and mental health evaluation and treatment resources. (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, each local and regional board of education shall make available on such board's Internet web site the document developed by t…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-212k Provision of free menstrual products to students in grades three to twelve.
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Sec. 10-212k. Provision of free menstrual products to students in grades three to twelve. On and after September 1, 2024, each local and regional board of education shall provide free menstrual products, as defined in section 18-69e, in women's restrooms, all-gender restrooms and…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-212l Mental health plan for student athletes; development.
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Sec. 10-212l. Mental health plan for student athletes; development. Not later than July 1, 2023, the Department of Education, in collaboration with the governing authority for intramural and interscholastic athletics, shall develop a mental health plan for student athletes to rai…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-212m Mental health plan for student athletes; implementation.
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Sec. 10-212m. Mental health plan for student athletes; implementation. For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall implement the mental health plan for student athletes, developed pursuant to secti…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-212n Suicide risk assessments.
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Sec. 10-212n. Suicide risk assessments. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Department of Education shall provide to each local and regional board of education a list of recommended assessments for determining the suicide risk of students who exhibit mental health distress, have …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-213 Dental hygienists.
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Sec. 10-213. Dental hygienists. A local or regional board of education may appoint and prescribe the functions and duties of one or more licensed dental hygienists. (1949 Rev., S. 1474; P.A. 78-218, S. 137; P.A. 80-440, S. 3, 10.) History: P.A. 78-218 specified applicability to l…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-214 Vision, audiometric and postural screenings: When required; notification of parents re defects; record of results.
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Sec. 10-214. Vision, audiometric and postural screenings: When required; notification of parents re defects; record of results. (a) Each local or regional board of education shall provide annually to each pupil in kindergarten and grades one and three to five, inclusive, a vision…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-214a Eye-protective devices.
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Sec. 10-214a. Eye-protective devices. The State Board of Education shall make regulations concerning the use of appliances and devices for eye protection in the laboratories and workshops of all public and private elementary and secondary schools, including regional vocational te…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-214b Compliance report by local or regional board of education.
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Sec. 10-214b. Compliance report by local or regional board of education. Section 10-214b is repealed, effective June 3, 1996. (P.A. 80-440, S. 9, 10; P.A. 88-136, S. 10, 37; 88-364, S. 16, 123; P.A. 96-161, S. 12, 13.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215 Lunches, breakfasts and other feeding programs for public school children and employees. Collection of unpaid charges. Acceptance of gifts, donations or grants.
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Sec. 10-215. Lunches, breakfasts and other feeding programs for public school children and employees. Collection of unpaid charges. Acceptance of gifts, donations or grants. (a) Any local or regional board of education may establish and operate a school lunch program for public s…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215a Nonpublic school and nonprofit agency participation in feeding programs.
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Sec. 10-215a. Nonpublic school and nonprofit agency participation in feeding programs. Nonpublic schools and nonprofit agencies may participate in the school breakfast, lunch and other feeding programs provided in sections 10-215 to 10-215b under such regulations as may be promul…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215b Duties of State Board of Education re feeding programs.
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Sec. 10-215b. Duties of State Board of Education re feeding programs. (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to expend in each fiscal year, within available appropriations, an amount equal to (1) the money required pursuant to the matching requirements of said federal law…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215c Annual report.
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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.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215d Regulations re nutrition standards for school breakfasts and lunches. Facilitation of purchases from local farmers.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215e Nutrition standards for food that is not part of lunch or breakfast program.
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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 …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215f Certification that food meets nutrition standards.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215g In-classroom school breakfast pilot program.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215h Child nutrition outreach program.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215i Information and notice re supplemental nutrition assistance program.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215j School nutrition program bids by food service management companies. Consistency with farm to school program. Preference in award of contract.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215k Submission of report re nonimplementation of Community Eligibility Provision.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215l CT Grown for CT Kids Grant Program.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215m Local food for schools incentive program.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-216 Payment of expenses.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-217 Penalty.
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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.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-217a Health services for children in private nonprofit schools. Payments from the state, towns in which children reside and private nonprofit schools.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-217b Appropriation.
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Sec. 10-217b. Appropriation. Section 10-217b is repealed. (1972, P.A. 296, S. 2; P.A. 78-218, S. 211.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-217c Definitions.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-217d Warning labels.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-217e Purchase of art or craft materials by local or regional school districts.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-217f Availability of lists of carcinogenic substances, potential human carcinogens and certain toxic substances.
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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, …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-217g Exemptions.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-217h Connecticut School Health Survey; administration.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-217i Connecticut School Health Survey; questions re risk of youths becoming victims of sexual assault or misconduct by an adult.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-217j Connecticut School Health Survey; policy and forms re notice.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-218 Officers. Meetings.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-218a Oath of office.
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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.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-218b Translation services to be provided at meetings of board upon request.
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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 …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-218c Newly elected members of boards of education to complete training program.
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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 …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-219 Procedure for filling vacancy on local board of education.
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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 …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-220 Duties of boards of education.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 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.
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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…