Chapter 170 - BOARDS OF EDUCATION

Section 10-218 - Officers. Meetings
Section 10-218a - Oath of office
Section 10-218b - Translation services to be provided at meetings of board upon request
Section 10-218c - Newly elected members of boards of education to complete training program
Section 10-219 - Procedure for filling vacancy on local board of education
Section 10-220 - Duties of boards of education
Section 10-220a - [Effective Until 7/1/2025] In-service training. Professional development and evaluation committees. Institutes for educators. Cooperating teacher program, regulations
Section 10-220a - [Effective 7/1/2025] In-service training. Professional development and evaluation committees. Institutes for educators. Cooperating teacher program, regulations
Section 10-220b - [Repealed]
Section 10-220c - Transportation of children over private roads. Immunity from liability
Section 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
Section 10-220e - [Repealed]
Section 10-220f - Safety committee
Section 10-220g - Policy on calculation of students' grade point averages
Section 10-220h - Transfer of student records
Section 10-220i - Transportation of students carrying cartridge injectors
Section 10-220j - Blood glucose self-testing by children. Guidelines
Section 10-220k - Disclosure of educational records re student confined in detention facility
Section 10-220l - Qualified personnel to monitor school swimming pool. School swimming pool safety plan
Section 10-220m - Review of transportation arrangements of special needs students
Section 10-220p - Materials provided to students when discussing career options
Section 10-220q - Calculation of grade point average and determination of class rank percentile for Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program
Section 10-221 - Boards of education to prescribe rules, policies and procedures
Section 10-221a - High school graduation requirements. Student support and remedial services. Excusal from physical education requirement. Diplomas for certain veterans and certain persons assisting in the war effort during World War II. Student success plans. Connecticut State Seal of Biliteracy
Section 10-221b - Boards of education to establish written uniform policy re treatment of recruiters
Section 10-221c - Development of policy for reporting complaints re school transportation safety. Reporting of accidents at school bus stops
Section 10-221d - Criminal history and child abuse and neglect registry records checks of applicants and employees of eligible school operators. Termination or dismissal. Fingerprinting. Availability of information re applicant's history
Section 10-221e - Intradistrict student assignment programs
Section 10-221f - School uniforms
Section 10-221g - Instructional time and facility usage assessment
Section 10-221h and 10-221i - [Repealed]
Section 10-221j - Early Reading Success Panel
Section 10-221k - Assessments by priority school districts of need related to goal of reading success
Section 10-221l - State-Wide Early Reading Success Institute
Section 10-221m - Development and implementation of in-service reading instruction training program by priority school districts
Section 10-221n - Independent evaluation
Section 10-221o - Lunch periods. Recess. Undirected play. Boards to adopt policies addressing limitation of physical exercise
Section 10-221p - Boards to make available for purchase nutritious and low-fat foods
Section 10-221q - Sale of beverages
Section 10-221r - Advanced placement course program. Guidelines
Section 10-221s - Posting of Careline telephone number in schools. Investigations of child abuse and neglect. Disciplinary action
Section 10-221t - Alignment of common core standards with college level programs
Section 10-221u - Boards to adopt policies addressing the use of physical activity as discipline
Section 10-221v - Confidential rapid response team re suspected abuse or neglect
Section 10-221w - Policy re eligibility criteria for enrollment in advanced course or program
Section 10-221x - Challenging curriculum policy
Section 10-221y - Standardized conversion of transferred credits. Application toward graduation requirements
Section 10-221z - Completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or an application for institutional financial aid as a condition for graduation from high school. Waiver
Section 10-222 - Appropriations and budget
Section 10-222a - Boards to have use of funds from repayment and insurance proceeds for school materials and from payment for custodial services for use of school facilities
Section 10-222b - [Repealed]
Section 10-222c - Hiring policy. Applicant's employment history; requirement to disclose and check upon. Immunity from civil and criminal liability
Section 10-222d - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2025] Safe school climate plans. Definitions. School climate assessments
Section 10-222e - Policy on evaluation and termination of athletic coaches
Section 10-222f - College informational forums
Section 10-222g - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2025] Prevention and intervention strategy re bullying and teen dating violence
Section 10-222h - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2025] Analysis of school districts' efforts re prevention of and response to bullying in schools. School climate assessment instruments
Section 10-222i - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2025] State-wide safe school climate resource network
Section 10-222j - [Effective Until 7/1/2025] Training re prevention, identification and response to school bullying, teen dating violence and youth suicide
Section 10-222j - [Effective 7/1/2025] Training re prevention, identification and response to school bullying, teen dating violence and youth suicide
Section 10-222k - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2025] District safe school climate coordinator. Safe school climate specialist. Safe school climate committee
Section 10-222l - [Effective Until 7/1/2025] Immunity of school employees, students, parents or guardians, individuals and boards of education from liability for certain actions relating to reporting, investigating and responding to school bullying and teen dating violence
Section 10-222l - [Effective 7/1/2025] Immunity of school employees, students, parents or guardians, individuals and boards of education from liability for certain actions relating to reporting, investigating and responding to school bullying and teen dating violence
Section 10-222m - [Effective Until 7/1/2025] School security and safety plans. School security and safety committees
Section 10-222m - [Effective 7/1/2025] School security and safety plans. School security and safety committees
Section 10-222n - [Effective Until 7/1/2025] School security and safety plan standards
Section 10-222n - [Effective 7/1/2025] School security and safety plan standards
Section 10-222o - Information re aggregate spending for education to be made available
Section 10-222p - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2025] Review of safe school climate plans by Department of Education. Approval or rejection
Section 10-222q - [Effective Until 7/1/2025] Social and Emotional Learning and School Climate Advisory Collaborative
Section 10-222q - [Effective 7/1/2025] Social and Emotional Learning and School Climate Advisory Collaborative
Section 10-222r - Publication of plain language explanation of rights and remedies
Section 10-222s - Provision of training materials re prevention of and intervention in discrimination and harassment against students
Section 10-222t - Administration of social-emotional learning assessment
Section 10-222u - State-wide social-emotional support strategy
Section 10-222v - Social-emotional learning standards for grades four to twelve
Section 10-222w - [Effective Until 7/1/2025] Working group re bullying and safe school climate plans
Section 10-222w - [Effective 7/1/2025] Working group re bullying and safe school climate plans
Section 10-222x - Student identification cards to include the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number
Section 10-222y - Implementation of Title IX compliance toolkit by boards of education
Section 10-222z - Title IX compliance report
Section 10-222aa - School climate. Definitions
Section 10-222bb - Connecticut school climate standards and uniform bullying complaint form
Section 10-222cc - Adoption and implementation of Connecticut school climate standards
Section 10-222dd - School climate coordinator appointment and duties
Section 10-222ee - School climate specialist designation and duties
Section 10-222ff - School climate committee membership and duties
Section 10-222gg - School climate survey
Section 10-222hh - School climate improvement plan. Protocols and supports
Section 10-222ii - Resources and training re social and emotional learning, school climate and interventions
Section 10-222jj - Restorative practices response policy
Section 10-223 - [Repealed]
Section 10-223a - Promotion and graduation policies. Basic skills necessary for graduation; assessment process
Section 10-223b to 10-223d - [Repealed]
Section 10-223e - State-wide education accountability plan. State-wide performance management and support plan. Actions. Study of academic achievement. Reconstitution of boards of education
Section 10-223f - Use of charter school student performance data in the calculation of accountability index scores for alliance districts
Section 10-223g - On-line credit recovery program. On-line learning coordinator
Section 10-223h - Commissioner's network of schools. Turnaround committees. Operations and instructional audit. Turnaround plans. Reports
Section 10-223i - Contracts between boards of education and not-for-profit educational management organizations. Operations report. Enrollment policies
Section 10-223j - School governance councils
Section 10-223k - Department of Education to publish certain plans, rankings and formulas
Section 10-223l - Model school district responsibilities agreement
Section 10-223m - Adoption of policy to improve completion rates of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
Section 10-223n - Publication of completion rates of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
Section 10-224 - Duties of the secretary
Section 10-225 - Salaries of secretary and attendance officers
Section 10-226 - Reports to Commissioner of Education
Section 10-226a - Documentation of pupils and teachers of racial minorities and pupils eligible for free or reduced price lunches
Section 10-226b - Existence of racial imbalance
Section 10-226c - Plan to correct imbalance
Section 10-226d - Approval of plan by state board
Section 10-226e - Regulations
Section 10-226f - Coordinator of intergroup relations
Section 10-226g - Intergroup relations training for teachers
Section 10-226h - Programs and methods to reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation
Section 10-227 - Returns of receipts, expenditures and statistics to Commissioner of Education. Verification mandated. Penalty. Publication
Section 10-228 - Free textbooks, supplies, material and equipment
Section 10-228a - Free textbook loans to pupils attending nonpublic schools
Section 10-228b - Tax credits for donation of computers to schools
Section 10-229 - Change of textbooks
Section 10-230 - Flags in schoolrooms and schools. Policy on the reciting of the "Pledge of Allegiance"
Section 10-230a - Employment of instructors of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs
Section 10-230b - Exemplary veterans education program distinction
Section 10-231 - Fire drills. Crisis response drills
Section 10-231a - Pesticide applications at schools: Definitions
Section 10-231b - Pesticide applications at schools: Authorized applications. Ban. Exceptions
Section 10-231c - Pesticide applications at schools without an integrated pest management plan. Prior notice
Section 10-231d - Pesticide applications at schools with an integrated pest management plan. Prior notice
Section 10-231e - Maintenance of heating, ventilation and air conditioning system
Section 10-231f - Indoor air quality committee
Section 10-231g - Green cleaning program at schools: Definitions. Implementation. Notice
Section 10-231h - Standard reporting forms for inspections re school building indoor air quality and heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems
Section 10-231i - Guidelines re optimal thermal comfort range for school buildings and facilities
Section 10-232 - Restrictions on employment of members of board of education
Section 10-232a - Criminal history and child abuse and neglect registry records checks of applicants and employees of nongovernmental school operators. Termination or dismissal. Fingerprinting. Availability of information re applicant's history
Section 10-232b - Criminal history and child abuse and neglect registry records checks of students in teacher preparation programs. Fee waiver
Section 10-232c - Criminal history and child abuse and neglect registry records checks of persons who will perform service involving direct contact with students
Section 10-232d - Criminal history and child abuse and neglect registry records checks of certified school personnel. Denial of application for and revocation of certification
Section 10-233 - [Repealed]
Section 10-233a - Definitions
Section 10-233b - Removal of pupils from class
Section 10-233c - Suspension of pupils
Section 10-233d - Expulsion of pupils
Section 10-233e - Notice as to disciplinary policies and action
Section 10-233f - In-school suspension of pupils. Reassignment
Section 10-233g - Reports of principals to police authority concerning physical assaults upon school employees by students
Section 10-233h - Arrested students. Reports by police, disclosure, confidentiality. Police testimony at expulsion hearings
Section 10-233i - Students placed on probation by a court
Section 10-233j - Student possession and use of telecommunication devices
Section 10-233k - Notification of school officials of potentially dangerous students. Provision of educational records of children returning to school from detention centers
Section 10-233l - Expulsion and suspension of children in preschool programs
Section 10-233m - Memorandum of understanding re school resource officers
Section 10-233n - Report re disaggregated school discipline data
Section 10-233o - Standards re alternative educational opportunities
Section 10-233p - Reporting of investigations and behavioral interventions by school resource officers
Section 10-233q - Support for schools implementing strategies to reduce suspension and expulsion rate
Section 10-233r - Connecticut School Discipline Collaborative. Duties
Section 10-234 - [Repealed]
Section 10-234a to 10-234z - Reserved for future use
Section 10-234aa - Definitions
Section 10-234bb - Contracts between boards of education and contractors re student data. Requirements
Section 10-234cc - Requirements for operators re student data
Section 10-234dd - Duties re unauthorized release, disclosure or acquisition of student data
Section 10-234ee - Written guidance re Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and laws relating to student data privacy
Section 10-234ff - Uniform student data privacy terms-of-service agreement addendum
Section 10-234gg - Report re use of certain Internet web sites, online services or mobile applications without a contract
Section 10-235 - Indemnification of teachers, board members, employees and certain volunteers and students in damage suits; expenses of litigation
Section 10-235a - Immunity from liability of internship providers
Section 10-236 - Liability insurance
Section 10-236a - Indemnification of educational personnel assaulted in the line of duty
Section 10-236b - [Effective Until 7/1/2025] Physical restraint and seclusion of students by school employees
Section 10-236b - [Effective 7/1/2025] Physical restraint and seclusion of students by school employees
Section 10-236c - Teachers may request behavior intervention meeting with the crisis intervention team
Section 10-237 - School activity funds
Section 10-238 - Petition for hearing on questions relating to provision of education offered by the board of education
Section 10-239 - Use of school facilities for other purposes
Section 10-239a - Demonstration scholarship program. Short title. Legislative intent
Section 10-239b - Definitions
Section 10-239c - Contract with federal agency for funds
Section 10-239d - Demonstration board and staff. Scholarships
Section 10-239e - Use of scholarships. Eligibility of schools
Section 10-239f - Collective bargaining by teachers
Section 10-239g - Evaluation of quality of education and satisfaction with schools under program
Section 10-239h - Liberal construction
Section 10-239i - Participation in the National Assessment of Educational Progress or other national or international assessment
Section 10-239j - Disclosure of accreditation reports. Notification requirements
Section 10-239k - Shared service agreements