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 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-228
Free textbooks, supplies, material and equipment
Known as the Demonstration Scholarship Program Authorization Act
The act spans §§ 10–10 (183 sections).
(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 referen…
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