Connecticut § 10a-50 (Formerly Sec. 10-334g). Absence of students due to religious beliefs.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 10a-50 — (Formerly Sec. 10-334g). Absence of students due to religious beliefs.

Connecticut § 10a-50

Title 10aState System of Higher Education

Ch. 185Administration of State System

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-50 (2026).

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No person shall be expelled from or refused admission as a student to an institution of higher education for the reason that he is unable, because the tenets of his religion forbid secular activity on a particular day or days or at a particular time of day, to attend classes or to participate in any examination, study or work requirements on such particular day or days or at such time of day. Any student in an institution of higher education who is unable, because of such reason, to attend classes on a particular day or days or at a particular time of day shall be excused from any examination or any study or work assignments on such particular day or days or at such particular time of day. It shall be the responsibility of the faculty and of the administrative officials of each institution

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No person shall be expelled from or refused admission as a student to an institution of higher education for the reason that he is unable, because the tenets of his religion forbid secular activity on a particular day or days or at a particular time of day, to attend classes or to participate in any examination, study or work requirements on such particular day or days or at such time of day. Any student in an institution of higher education who is unable, because of such reason, to attend classes on a particular day or days or at a particular time of day shall be excused from any examination or any study or work assignments on such particular day or days or at such particular time of day. It shall be the responsibility of the faculty and of the administrative officials of each institution of higher education to make available to each student who is absent from school because of such reason an equivalent opportunity to make up any examination, study or work requirements which he has missed because of such absence on any particular day or days or at any particular time of day. No special fees of any kind shall be charged to the student for making available to such student such equivalent opportunity. No adverse or prejudicial effects shall result to any student because of his availing himself of the provisions of this section. For the purposes of this section, “institution of higher education” means any of the schools comprising the state system of higher education, as defined in section 10a-1.

Legislative History

(P.A. 75-367, S. 1; P.A. 14-122, S. 85.) History: Sec. 10-334g transferred to Sec. 10a-50 in 1983 pursuant to reorganization of higher education system; P.A. 14-122 made a technical change.