Connecticut General Statutes
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-248 (2025)
Payment of school expenses
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The expenses of maintaining public schools in each town, which shall be incurred with the approval of the board of education, shall be paid by the town treasurer on orders drawn by said board, except so far as they may be met by the income from local school funds. Such orders may be signed by such persons on behalf of the board as the board by bylaw or special vote, certified by the secretary to the town treasurer, provides; and, in the absence of such bylaw or special direction, by the secretary.
(1949 Rev., S. 1544; P.A. 78-218, S. 178.)
History: P.A. 78-218 deleted “town” in phrase “with the approval of the town board of education”.
Cited 152 C. 568.
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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).
Town of Wallingford v. Bd. of Educ., 210 A.2d 446 (Conn. 1965). “§ 10-248. It is an established principle that local charter powers must yield to the superior power of the state when the two enter a field of statewide concern.”
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