Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-16o
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Sec. 10-16o. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Development of network of school readiness programs.
Official statutory text
(1) Provide open access for children to quality programs that promote the health and safety of children and prepare them for formal schooling;
(2) Provide opportunities for parents to choose among affordable and accredited programs;
(3) Encourage coordination and cooperation among programs and prevent the duplication of services;
(4) Recognize the specific service needs and unique resources available to particular municipalities and provide flexibility in the implementation of programs;
(5) Prevent or minimize the potential for developmental delay in children prior to their reaching the age of five;
(6) Enhance federally funded school readiness programs;
(7) Strengthen the family through: (A) Encouragement of family engagement and partnership in a child's development and education; and (B) enhancement of a family's capacity to meet the special needs of the children, including children with disabilities;
(8) Reduce educational costs by decreasing the need for special education services for school age children and to avoid grade repetition;
(9) Assure that children with disabilities are integrated into programs available to children who do not have disabilities;
(10) Improve the availability and quality of school readiness programs and their coordination with the services of child care providers; and
(11) Facilitate the racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of the children, families and staff in school readiness programs.
(2) Provide opportunities for parents to choose among affordable and accredited programs;
(3) Encourage coordination and cooperation among programs and prevent the duplication of services;
(4) Recognize the specific service needs and unique resources available to particular municipalities and provide flexibility in the implementation of programs;
(5) Prevent or minimize the potential for developmental delay in children prior to their reaching the age of five;
(6) Enhance federally funded school readiness programs;
(7) Strengthen the family through: (A) Encouragement of family engagement and partnership in a child's development and education; and (B) enhancement of a family's capacity to meet the special needs of the children, including children with disabilities;
(8) Reduce educational costs by decreasing the need for special education services for school age children and to avoid grade repetition;
(9) Assure that children with disabilities are integrated into programs available to children who do not have disabilities;
(10) Improve the availability and quality of school readiness programs and their coordination with the services of child care providers; and
(11) Facilitate the racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of the children, families and staff in school readiness programs.
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