Connecticut § 10-199 Attendance officers. Duties.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 10-199 — Attendance officers. Duties.

Connecticut § 10-199

Title 10Education and Culture

Ch. 168School Attendance and Employment of Children

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-199 (2026).

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Any local or regional board of education may appoint one or more persons, who shall be authorized to prosecute for violations of the laws relating to attendance of children and their employment. All warrants issued upon such prosecutions shall be returnable before any court having jurisdiction. Each attendance officer shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his or her duties and shall be under the direction of the principal or superintendent of schools of the board of education by which he or she is employed. He shall investigate the absence of pupils from or the irregular attendance of pupils at school, cause such pupils as are absent or irregular in attendance to attend school regularly and present cases requiring prosecution for violation of the school laws to prosecuting officers

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Any local or regional board of education may appoint one or more persons, who shall be authorized to prosecute for violations of the laws relating to attendance of children and their employment. All warrants issued upon such prosecutions shall be returnable before any court having jurisdiction. Each attendance officer shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his or her duties and shall be under the direction of the principal or superintendent of schools of the board of education by which he or she is employed. He shall investigate the absence of pupils from or the irregular attendance of pupils at school, cause such pupils as are absent or irregular in attendance to attend school regularly and present cases requiring prosecution for violation of the school laws to prosecuting officers. See Sec. 10-225 re salaries.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 1460; P.A. 78-218, S. 126.) History: P.A. 78-218 deleted reference to supervising agents and to town boards of education, specified applicability of section to local and regional boards and included feminine personal pronouns. Cited. 193 C. 93. Cited. 36 CS 357.