Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-188 (2026)

Private schools and instruction

✓ current as of May 2026
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Attendance of children at a school other than a public school shall not be regarded as compliance with the laws of the state requiring parents and other persons having control of children to cause them to attend school, unless the teachers or persons having control of such school file with the Commissioner of Education student attendance reports at such times and in such forms as the commissioner prescribes, and make such reports and returns concerning the school under their charge to the Commissioner of Education as are required from boards of education concerning the public schools, except that no report concerning finances shall be required. The Commissioner of Education shall furnish to the teachers or persons having charge of any school such forms as may be necessary for compliance with the provisions of this section.

(1949 Rev., S. 1449; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 88-360, S. 22, 63.)

History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 88-360 substituted the filing of student attendance reports with the commissioner of education for the keeping of a register of attendance open to the inspection of the commissioner and agents of the state board of education and provided that the commissioner furnish forms rather than registers and blanks for returns, upon request.

Cited. 147 C. 374; 149 C. 720.

Secs. 10-189 to 10-192. Leaving certificate. Educationally retarded children, exception. Physical examination. Employer's duty upon receiving leaving certificate. Sections 10-189 to 10-192, inclusive, are repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 1450–1453; 1955, S. 942d; P.A. 76-436, S. 472, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 120, 121; P.A. 83-202, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-333, S. 31, 32.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1960–1998 · leading case: Johnson v. Sanders, 319 F. Supp. 421 (D. Conn. 1970).
Johnson v. Sanders, 319 F. Supp. 421 (D. Conn. 1970). · cites it 4× “§ 10-281g speeifes that teachers participating in a non-public school’s sale of instruction shall not “be deemed to be employees of the state or any public board of education or be entitled to any of the rights of public school teachers provided for in title 10.”
Snyder v. Town of Newtown, 161 A.2d 770 (Conn. 1960). · cites it 2× “Rose's School satisfies the requirements of General Statutes § 10-184, which allows a child to attend a school other than a public school if he receives "equivalent instruction in the studies taught in the public schools," and § 10-188, which requires the teachers of private…”
Bd. of Educ. v. State Bd. of Educ., 709 A.2d 510 (Conn. 1998). · cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 10-188 provides: “Private schools and instruction.”
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