2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities
Section 10-73a - Adult education fees and charges; waivers. Adult education school activity fund.

(a) Tuition or registration fees shall not be charged by any school district to adults enrolled in any adult class or program required under subparagraph (A) of subsection (a) of section 10-69. Registration fees may be charged by a providing school district or cooperating eligible entity to a cooperating school district for any adult residents of such cooperating district who are enrolled in any adult class or program of adult classes maintained by such providing school district or cooperating eligible entity and required by said section.

(b) The board of education of any providing school district may charge a registration fee for residents of a cooperating school district registered for any subject offered pursuant to subparagraph (A) of subsection (a) of section 10-69 in an amount greater than the registration fee charged for residents of such providing school district registered for any such subject.

(c) The board of education of any providing school district may fix and collect a charge from any student for books and materials furnished such student in any adult class or activity or program of adult classes or activities, or may lend books or materials to any such student and require the making of deposits by such student, except as provided in this subsection and subsection (e) of this section. The amount of such deposit made by a student may be refunded upon the return, in good condition, of the books or materials lent him. A refundable deposit may be required by the board of education of any providing school district from adult students who are enrolled in any program required under section 10-69 for books or materials furnished to such students for use in such program, provided such deposit shall not exceed the actual cost of such books or materials. The amount of such deposit made by a student shall be refunded upon the return, in good condition, of the books or materials lent him. The board of education of any providing school district may collect a charge from a cooperating school district for any books or materials furnished to adult students who are residents of such cooperating school district and are enrolled in any program required under section 10-69 for use in such program. No charge may be made to any adult enrolled in the classes and activities pursuant to subparagraph (A) of subsection (a) of section 10-69 offered by a cooperating eligible entity.

(d) The board of education of any providing school district may waive fees of any kind to a handicapped adult, as defined by the State Board of Education, or to a person sixty-two years of age or older registered for, or enrolled in, adult programs, classes or activities permitted by subparagraph (B) of subsection (a) of section 10-69, provided such board may charge a cooperating school district (1) a registration fee for any handicapped adult or any person sixty-two years of age or older who is a resident of such cooperating district and who is enrolled, through cooperative arrangements approved by the State Board of Education, in any adult class or program of adult classes maintained by such providing school district and required under section 10-69; and (2) a charge for any books or materials furnished to any such person for use in any adult class or activity or program of adult classes or activities required under section 10-69 or permitted by subparagraph (B) of subsection (a) of section 10-69.

(e) The board of education of any providing school district which collects fees may establish and maintain in its custody an adult education school activity fund through which it may handle the finances of the adult education program as outlined in this section, said fund to be maintained and operated in conformance with the provisions of section 10-237.

(1961, P.A. 512, S. 4; P.A. 74-281, S. 3; P.A. 75-576, S. 3; P.A. 81-397, S. 7; P.A. 83-122, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-325, S. 4, 7; P.A. 87-499, S. 32, 34; 87-589, S. 46, 87; P.A. 95-259, S. 8, 32; P.A. 96-244, S. 10, 63; P.A. 12-59, S. 6; P.A. 13-31, S. 7.)

History: P.A. 74-281 substituted “school district” for “town”, amended Subsec. (a) to replace provision prohibiting charge for English and Americanization courses, elementary courses or high school completion courses with provision prohibiting fees for classes required by Subsecs. (a) and (b) of Sec. 10-71, i.e. Americanization and citizenship courses and courses usually provided in elementary and secondary schools in state, deleted former Subsec. (b) re $2 charge for other courses, renumbering remaining subsections accordingly, amended Subsec. (b), formerly (c), to allow charge for classes offered by petition and for nonresident students, retaining exemption for the handicapped and elderly, and made other technical changes; P.A. 75-576 deleted former Subsec. (a) and inserted definitions, deleted former Subsec. (b) and inserted new provisions prohibiting charge for courses required to be offered except in cooperative arrangements between school districts, inserted new Subsecs. (c) and (d) clarifying charges allowed under Subsec. (b), designated former Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (e) and added provisions prohibiting book charges for courses required to be offered except in cooperative arrangements between districts, added new Subsec. (f) clarifying when fees charged handicapped or elderly adults and designated former Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (g); P.A. 81-397 included regional educational service centers as sponsoring school districts, increased maximum registration fee from $8 to $15 per subject for specified courses and replaced provision which allowed handicapped and elderly adults to enroll “in any adult program, class or activity” free of charge with provision allowing them to enroll in “two or fewer” adult programs, classes or activities; P.A. 83-122 amended Subsec. (e) to allow board to charge refundable deposit for books or materials lent to students; P.A. 84-325 amended Subsec. (c) allowing boards to charge residents of a nonsponsoring school district a fee for courses taken which may exceed the registration fee charged to residents of the sponsoring board, deleted Subsec. (d) re fee charged for any subject or activity which the board chose to offer, relettered the subsequent subsecs. accordingly, amended new Subsec. (e) allowing boards to waive the fee for handicapped or elderly adults enrolled in or registered for any number of adult programs, rather than prohibiting the charging of the fee if such adult was enrolled in or registered for two or more classes, deleted Subsec. (e)(2) and (3) re registration fees to be charged and renumbered former Subdiv. (4); P.A. 87-499 provided that registration fees may be charged by a sponsoring school district to a cooperating eligible entity in Subsec. (b) and that no charge be made to any adult enrolled in certain activities offered by cooperating eligible entities in Subsec. (d); P.A. 87-589 made technical changes in Subsec. (b); P.A. 95-259 changed the terminology used to describe school districts, deleted definitions which were added to Sec. 10-67 and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-244 made technical changes and in Subsec. (a) substituted “adults” for “adult residents of such district”, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 12-59 made technical changes effective May 31, 2012; P.A. 13-31 made technical changes in Subsec. (d), effective May 28, 2013.