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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-203 (2025)

Compliance with public health statutes and regulations

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Each local and regional board of education shall maintain the facilities under its jurisdiction in accordance with the applicable public health statutes and regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Public Health.

(1949 Rev., S. 1464; 1955, S. 943d; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 129; P.A. 88-136, S. 9, 37; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-244, S. 15, 63.)

History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of health services for state department of health, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218 substituted “school district” for “town” in provision describing location of schoolhouses needing sanitary improvements and specified that local and regional boards may make complaint to health services department, deleting reference to town boards; P.A. 88-136 deleted reference to schoolhouse privies; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-244 rewrote the section to remove specific requirements and replace them with the requirement to comply with applicable public health statutes and regulations, effective July 1, 1996.

See Sec. 19a-37b for regulations establishing acceptable levels of radon in schools.

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Cited in 1 case, 1965–1965 · leading case: Town of Wallingford v. Bd. of Educ., 210 A.2d 446 (Conn. 1965).
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Town of Wallingford v. Bd. of Educ., 210 A.2d 446 (Conn. 1965). “They fail to mention that it would appear from § 10-203 that the control of town schoolhouses is recognized as resting in the hands of others than the board of education.”
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