2022 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 164 - Educational Opportunities
Section 10-16oo. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Model curricula and frameworks in reading and mathematics for schools and districts identified as having academic achievement gaps.
Not later than July 1, 2012, the Department of Education shall approve and make available model curricula and frameworks in reading and mathematics for grades prekindergarten to grade four, inclusive, for use by local and regional boards of education for school districts or individual schools identified by the department as having academic achievement gaps. Such curricula and frameworks shall be culturally relevant, research-based and aligned with student achievement standards adopted by the State Board of Education. For purposes of this section, “achievement gaps” means the existence of a significant disparity in the academic performance of students among and between (1) racial groups, (2) ethnic groups, (3) socioeconomic groups, (4) genders, and (5) English language learners and students whose primary language is English.
(P.A. 11-85, S. 8.)
*Note: On and after July 1, 2022, this section, as amended by section 396 of public act 21-2 of the June special session, is to read as follows:
“Sec. 10-16oo. Model curricula and frameworks in mathematics for schools and districts identified as having academic achievement gaps. Not later than July 1, 2012, the Department of Education shall approve and make available model curricula and frameworks in mathematics for grades prekindergarten to grade four, inclusive, for use by local and regional boards of education for school districts or individual schools identified by the department as having achievement gaps, as defined in section 10-14u. Such curricula and frameworks shall be culturally relevant, research-based and aligned with student achievement standards adopted by the State Board of Education.”
(P.A. 11-85, S. 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 396.)
History: P.A. 11-85 effective July 1, 2011; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 deleted provision re model curricula and frameworks in reading, deleted definition of “achievement gaps” and replaced “academic achievement gaps” with “achievement gaps, as defined in section 10-14u”, effective July 1, 2022.
