Sec. 10-228. Free textbooks, supplies, material and equipment.
Sec. 10-228. Free textbooks, supplies, material and equipment. Each local and
regional board of education shall purchase such books, either as regular texts, as supplementary books or as library books, and such supplies, material and equipment, as it
deems necessary to meet the needs of instruction in its schools. In day and evening
schools of elementary and secondary grades, all books and equipment, including, but
not limited to, assistive devices, shall be loaned and materials and supplies furnished
to all pupils free of charge, subject to such rules and regulations as to their care and use
as the board of education prescribes. For purposes of this section "assistive device"
means assistive device, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10-76y.
(1949 Rev., S. 1486; 1971, P.A. 186; P.A. 78-218, S. 156; P.A. 05-257, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to towns with references to school districts, deleted reference to district committees
and made specific mention of library books, material and equipment; P.A. 78-218 specified local and regional boards and
deleted references to school districts; P.A. 05-257 added language re assistive devices, effective July 1, 2005.