Connecticut § 10-3a Department of Education. Commissioner. Organization of bureaus, divisions and other units. Regulations. Advisory boards.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 10-3a — Department of Education. Commissioner. Organization of bureaus, divisions and other units. Regulations. Advisory boards.

Connecticut § 10-3a

Title 10Education and Culture

Ch. 163State Board of Education. Department of Education

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-3a (2026).

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(a)There shall be a Department of Education which shall serve as the administrative arm of the State Board of Education. The department shall be under the direction of the Commissioner of Education, whose appointment shall be recommended to the Governor by the State Board of Education for a term of four years to be coterminous with the term of the Governor. Such appointment shall be in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-7, inclusive. The Commissioner of Education shall be the administrative officer of the department and shall administer, coordinate and supervise the activities of the department in accordance with the policies established by the board.

(b)The State Board of Education shall organize the Department of Education into such bureaus, divisions and other units a

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(a) There shall be a Department of Education which shall serve as the administrative arm of the State Board of Education. The department shall be under the direction of the Commissioner of Education, whose appointment shall be recommended to the Governor by the State Board of Education for a term of four years to be coterminous with the term of the Governor. Such appointment shall be in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-7, inclusive. The Commissioner of Education shall be the administrative officer of the department and shall administer, coordinate and supervise the activities of the department in accordance with the policies established by the board. (b) The State Board of Education shall organize the Department of Education into such bureaus, divisions and other units as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the department, and may, from time to time, create, abolish, transfer or consolidate within the department any bureau, division or other unit as may be necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of said board. Upon such organization or reorganization the board shall adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54. The board may create such advisory boards as it deems necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the department.

Legislative History

(P.A. 77-614, S. 299, 300, 610; P.A. 07-114, S. 1.) History: P.A. 07-114 amended Subsec. (a) to make appointment of commissioner gubernatorial with recommendation by State Board of Education and to add reference to Secs. 4-5 to 4-7, inclusive. Cited. 198 C. 445; 210 C. 286. Cited. 39 CS 443.