(a)(1) All high, preparatory, secondary and elementary schools, public or private, whose property is exempt from taxation, shall provide a program of United States history, including instruction in United States government at the local, state and national levels, and in the duties, responsibilities, and rights of United States citizenship. No student shall be graduated from any such school who has not been found to be familiar with said subjects.
(2) For purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection, elementary schools shall include in their third, fourth or fifth grade curriculum a program on democracy in which students engage in a participatory manner in learning about all branches of government.
(b) The State Board of Education shall, upon request by a board of education, make samples of materials available for use in the schools required to teach the courses provided for in this section, with supplementary materials for such use.
(1949 Rev., S. 1352–1357; 1959, P.A. 411, S. 2, 3; 1971, P.A. 758; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 587, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 18; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 82-83, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-255, S. 19, 21; P.A. 07-138, S. 1; P.A. 08-153, S. 3.)
History: 1959 act changed references in Subsecs. (a) and (f) from state teachers colleges to state colleges; 1971 act deleted state colleges from requirement for citizenship course, deleted former detailed provisions in former Subsecs. (b), (c), (f) and part of (d), replacing them with general requirement for program of study of U.S. history and government and citizenship for “high, preparatory, secondary and elementary schools”; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218 substituted “Each local or regional board of education” for “The board of education of each school district”; P.A. 82-83 deleted Subsec. (c) which had required filing of course descriptions of United States history, government and citizenship with the commissioner of education; P.A. 84-255 added provision to clarify that instruction in United States government is to include instruction in local, state and national government; P.A. 07-138 amended Subsec. (a) to designate existing language as Subdiv. (1) and to add Subdiv. (2) re fourth or fifth grade curriculum program on democracy, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 08-153 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to add third grade democracy curriculum program, effective July 1, 2008.
Cited. 152 C. 151; 238 C. 1.
Notes of Decisions
Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. v. Bertrand, 59 A.3d 864 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013).
· cites it 4× “We read the plain and unambiguous language of both § 52-119 and Practice Book § 10-18 as empowering the court with the discretionary authority to impose a default as a penalty whenever a defendant has failed to comply with our rules regarding pleadings, including the timely…”
Boria v. Comm'r of Corr., 199 A.3d 1127 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018).
· cites it 2× “3d 595 (2014) (holding that General Statutes § 52-119 and Practice Book § 10-18, which apply gener- ally to civil actions, give habeas court authority to render default judgment or nonsuit against party who fails to comply with pleading requirements); Fuller v.”
Kaye v. Housman, 195 A.3d 1168 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018).
· cites it 3× “" General Statutes § 52-119 provides that [p]arties failing to plead according to the rules and orders of the court may be ...”
Carmon v. Comm'r of Corr., 87 A.3d 595 (Conn. App. Ct. 2014).
· cites it 2× “On the issue of whether the court had the authority to render a default judgment in this case, we look to General Statutes § 52-119, which provides that [p]arties failing to plead according to the rules and orders of the court may be nonsuited or defaulted, as the case may be,”…”
Johnson v. Sanders, 319 F. Supp. 421 (D. Conn. 1970).
· cites it 2× “See C.G.S. §§ 10-18, 10-17, 10-184, 10-15. A fifth requirement, that nonpublic schools keep “Registers of Attendance” open to State inspection.”
Richards v. Trudeau, 738 A.2d 215 (Conn. App. Ct. 1999).
· cites it 2× “The defendants, however, failed to file a responsive pleading and, on June 13, 1995, the plaintiff again filed a motion for default based on the defendants’ failure to plead pursuant to Practice Book § 128, now § 10-18. 2 On June 21, 1995, the plaintiffs motion for default was…”
Dauti v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., 879 A.2d 507 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005).
“A The plaintiffs argue that Stop & Shop, Lighting Services and Clark got what they asked for and cannot now complain about the revisions to the plaintiffs’ complaint, and that if there is any error in the revision, the error was induced by the request of those defendants.”
People's United Bank v. Bok, 70 A.3d 1074 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013).
· cites it 2× “We read the plain and unambiguous language of both § 52-119 and Practice Book § 10-18 as empowering the court with the discretionary authority to impose a default as a penalty whenever a defendant has failed to comply with our rules regarding pleadings, including the timely…”
Connecticut Light & Power Co. v. St. John, 837 A.2d 841 (Conn. App. Ct. 2004).
“It further is undisputed that the basis of the plaintiffs “motion for default” for failure to plead was that the defendants failed to object to or to comply with its request to revise. 9 General Statutes § 52-119 provides that “[p]arties failing to plead according to the rules…”
Newtown v. Ostrosky, 202 Conn. App. 13 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020).
· cites it 2× “The plaintiff, the town of Newtown, had sought to foreclose a mortgage and filed a motion for default as to O for his failure to plead pursuant to the applicable rule of practice (§ 10-18). The court clerk thereafter granted the motion.”
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