Sec. 10-39. Temporary regional school study committee.
Sec. 10-39. Temporary regional school study committee. (a) Two or more towns
may establish a regional school district in accordance with the provisions of this part.
(b) Two or more local or regional school districts may, by vote of their legislative
bodies, join in the establishment of a temporary regional school study committee, hereafter referred to as the committee, to study the advisability of establishing a regional
school district, and report to the respective towns in accordance with section 10-43. In
performing its duties, such committee may employ an architect to assist in estimating
the cost of providing school facilities, an appraiser to establish the value of assets of
each participating school district and such other professional consultants or personnel
as may be needed, provided the committee shall not incur obligations which exceed the
moneys received pursuant to section 10-42. The committee shall continue until dissolved
pursuant to section 10-43 but no longer than two years from the date of its organization
unless the legislative bodies of the participating towns vote to extend the life of the
committee for a period not to exceed two years.
(c) Two or more boards of education may conduct a preliminary study of the advisability of establishing a regional school district, and if their findings are affirmative,
such boards of education, except as provided below, shall submit a written report to the
chief executive officer in each town served by such boards. Within thirty days of the
receipt of the report, such officer shall call a meeting of the legislative body of the town
which shall consider the report and vote on the question of establishing a temporary
regional school study committee pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. In the case
of a regional board of education, such board shall call a meeting of the regional school
district for such purposes.
(d) A regional school district may participate as a region in any study undertaken
pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of this section. In the case of a preliminary study, the
regional board of education shall submit the written report to a regional school district
meeting called to consider the report and vote on the question of joining in the establishment of a temporary regional school study committee pursuant to subsection (b) of this
section. A regional school district may vote to appoint five members to a temporary
regional school study committee at a regional school district meeting. Two of such
members shall be members of the regional board of education. The towns which are
members of such regional school district shall be "participating" towns for the purposes
of notice, reports and referenda under sections 10-41 to 10-43, inclusive, and section
10-45. If a new regional school district is established by the referenda, the board of
education of the regional school district which participated in the study shall be deemed
a town board of education for purposes of section 10-46a.
(1951, 1953, 1955, S. 895d; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 1; P.A. 78-218, S. 30; P.A. 85-44, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-303, S. 13, 22; P.A.
97-247, S. 9, 27.)
History: 1969 act made former provisions Subsec. (b), added Subsec. (a) re formation of regional school districts,
included in Subsec. (b) provisions concerning employment of appraisers and other professional consultants and term of
existence of committee and added Subsecs. (c) to (e) re preliminary studies; P.A. 78-218 substituted "local" for "town"
school districts and deleted Subsec. (e); P.A. 85-44 amended Subsec. (a) to delete minimum and maximum enrollment
standards requirement; P.A. 91-303 in Subsec. (d) deleted requirement that the study be for the purpose of establishing a
regional school district which may provide for the proposed district all programs under the general supervision and control
of the state board of education; P.A. 97-247 amended Subsec. (a) to remove provisions re regulations, effective July 1, 1997.
Cited. 157 C. 7. Cited. 169 C. 613. Cited. 180 C. 464.