OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

• No Child Left Behind Act, Teachers, Student Financial Aid, School Safety, School Facilities, Special Education, Truancy, Athletics, and more. - A subject listing of OLR Research Reports concerning education (2007-2008).
  

• Home Schooling In Connecticut And Other States - 2008-R-0292
  You asked for a comparison of Connecticut's regulation of home schooling with that of other states.

• Policies for Reporting Troubled Students – 2008-R-0098
  You asked if the state's public colleges and universities have policies for faculty members to report students who they suspect may pose a risk to themselves or others. If not, you wanted to know how they raise faculty members' awareness about troubled students.

• Teacher Certification and Teachers' Retirement – 2007-R-0687
  You asked several questions about teacher certification and teacher's retirement. We list the questions and answers individually below.

• Special Education Litigation Costs – 2007-R-0347
  You asked if Connecticut or any of its neighboring states impose a limit on the amount a local or regional board of education can spend to litigate a special education dispute with a parent. 

• Home Schooled Students and Access to School Services – 2007-R-0189
  You asked if a local school district has the right to deny services to home schooled children. 

• Parents' Special Education Due Process Rights – 2007-R-0059
  You asked what rights parents of a child with possible dyslexia or another problem that affects his ability to read have to require the school district where the child attends school to evaluate the child and pay for the evaluation.

• Possession of Weapon on School Grounds – 2006-R-0658
  You asked whether properly trained Connecticut public school faculty and staff are allowed to have guns in schools.

• Teachers and Social Security - 2006-R-0547
  This report answers frequently asked questions about (1) why teachers are not covered, (2) other states that have similar Social Security exclusions, (3) federal benefit reductions that apply when teachers qualify for Social Security from other employment, and (4) what the state would have to do to include teachers under Social Security. 

• Protection for Teachers from False Accusations - 2006-R-0023
  You asked if Connecticut or any other state has a program to protect teachers from financial distress or damage to their reputations from false accusations of impropriety by students. 

• Municipal Referendums - 2005-R-0423 

• Teacher Sick Days - 2005-R-0396
  You want to know whether teachers’ sick days and personal days are set by statute, regulations, or collective bargaining agreements. 

• Sheff v. O'Neill Settlement - 2003-R-0112 

• Legal Gambling in Schools - 2003-R-0055
  You want to know what kind of gambling is now legally permissible at school-sponsored events now that Las Vegas nights are illegal. 

• School Expulsion Procedure - 2002-R-0849
  You asked what procedure a school district must follow to expel a high school student for carrying a weapon on school grounds. 

• Education of Homeless Children - 2002-R-0561 

• Mandated Reporter Law - 2002-R-0528 

• Teacher Tenure Law - 2002-R-0469
  You asked for a summary of the teacher tenure law (CGS § 10-151). 

• Handling of Confidential Student Records – 2002-R-0338
  You asked several specific questions about how schools and school districts are required to handle confidential student records, especially medical and other types of records relating to an evaluation and individualized program for a special education student. 

• Home Schooling in Connecticut and Other States - 2002-R-0036
  You asked for a comparison of Connecticut's regulation of home schooling with that of other states. 

• Connecticut Parent-Teacher Organizations - 2001-R-0912
  You asked (1) if Connecticut law recognizes parent-teacher organizations (PTO), (2) if so, whether it specifies their formation procedure, and (3) if Connecticut provides any protection for PTO directors, officers, or members against civil liability. 

• Charter and Interdistrict Magnet Schools - 2001-R-0784

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