Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-15d (2026)

Applicability of education statutes to the Unified School Districts and the Technical Education and Career System

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For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987, and annually thereafter, all provisions of the general statutes concerning education, except those provisions relating to the eligibility for noncompetitive state aid unless otherwise provided, shall apply to the operation of the State of Connecticut-Unified School District #2 established pursuant to section 17a-37 within the Department of Children and Families and State of Connecticut-Unified School District #1 established pursuant to section 18-99a within the Department of Correction. All provisions of the general statutes concerning education, except those provisions relating to the eligibility for state aid unless otherwise provided, shall apply to the operation of the Technical Education and Career System, established pursuant to the provisions of section 10-95. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, where such a school or school district shows that a particular statutory provision should not apply, the commissioner may grant an exception.

(P.A. 81-197; P.A. 83-169, S. 7; P.A. 87-499, S. 1, 34; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a); P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 14-231, S. 63; P.A. 17-237, S. 42.)

History: P.A. 83-169 changed name designations of special school districts, amending internal references accordingly; P.A. 87-499 substituted 1987 for 1981, made the unified school districts eligible for competitive state aid and deleted the reference to the E.O. Smith School; (Revisor's note: In 1993 an incorrect internal reference to “section 17a-38” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “section 17a-37”); P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Department of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “vocational-technical schools” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high schools”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 14-231 deleted reference to State of Connecticut-Unified School District #3 and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 17-237 replaced “technical high schools” with “Technical Education and Career System”, effective July 1, 2017.

Cited. 45 CS 57.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1996–2008 · leading case: Fetto v. Sergi, 181 F. Supp. 2d 53 (D. Conn. 2001).
Fetto v. Sergi, 181 F. Supp. 2d 53 (D. Conn. 2001). · cites it 2× “”); Conn. Gen.Stat. § 10-15d. “A district court’s power extends to ordering non-educational public agencies to provide a disabled child with special education services, if such agencies are obligated to provide those services under state or federal law, or pursuant to an…”
M.K. Ex Rel. Mrs. K. v. Sergi, 554 F. Supp. 2d 175 (D. Conn. 2008). · cites it 2× “Except where a special school district, called a Unified School District, has been created by statute, Conn. Gen.Stat. § 10-15d, the LEA is the school system in the town in which the child resides.”
State of Connecticut-Unified Sch. Dist. 1 v. State Dep't of Educ., 700 A.2d 1077 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1996). · cites it 2× “to 1995) § 10-15d provides in pertinent part: “[A]ll provisions of the general statutes concerning education .”
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