Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-239 (2026)

Use of school facilities for other purposes

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(a) Any local or regional board of education may provide for the use of any room, hall, schoolhouse, school grounds or other school facility within its jurisdiction for nonprofit educational or community purposes whether or not school is in session.

(b) Any local or regional board of education may grant the temporary use of rooms, halls, school buildings or grounds or any other school facilities under its management or control for public, educational or other purposes or for the purpose of holding political discussions therein, at such time when the school is not in session and shall grant such use for any purpose of voting under the provisions of title 9 whether or not school is in session, in each case subject to such restrictions as the authority having control of such room or building, grounds or other school facility considers expedient.

(1949 Rev., S. 1492; 1959, P.A. 122; 1963, P.A. 155; P.A. 78-21, S. 1, 2.)

History: 1959 act applied provisions to use of school grounds or other school facilities; 1963 act added specific provision for use of schools as voting places; P.A. 78-21 divided section into Subsecs. (a) and (b), replaced requirements that two-thirds vote at any legal meeting required for use of school facilities for nonschool uses and that such use to be allowed only when not used for school purposes with provision that board of education makes decision and that use for nonprofit educational or community purposes may be allowed whether or not school is in session and deleted references to school districts, towns, cities and boroughs.

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1976–1976 · leading case: Richards v. Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, 365 A.2d 1130 (Conn. 1976).

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Richards v. Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, 365 A.2d 1130 (Conn. 1976). · cites it 2× “Although the actual use to which the six-acre site was put prior to the making of this application is unclear from the record, it does appear that the site was “committed to school use.” The town acquired the site as part of a tract to be used for school purposes; one school is…”

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