Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-74u: Annual audits of special education programs and annual site visits of regional educational service centers and private providers.

(a) The Department of Education shall conduct audits of special education programs in randomly selected school districts each year to oversee the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 USC 1400 et seq., as amended from time to time. Such audits shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) interviewing teachers and staff who provide special education services and parents or guardians of children requiring special education, (2) conducting unannounced on-site visits to observe classroom practice and any other facet of the administration or provision of special education services in order to ensure compliance with individual education plans and all state and federal law and guidance, and (3) reviewing individualized education programs.

(b) (1) On and after July 1, 2027, the Department of Education shall conduct annual unannounced on-site visits of randomly selected sites located in the state at which a regional educational service center is providing special education services or a private provider of special education services, as defined in section 10-91g, is providing special education services pursuant to a contract with a local or regional board of education for such school year, whether or not such private provider of special education services is approved by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to the provisions of subsection (d) of section 10-76d. Such site visit shall include, but need not be limited to, (A) review of documentation of employee qualifications and compliance with certification and in-service training requirements relevant to each employee, (B) review of proof of completion of a criminal history and child abuse and neglect registry check for each employee pursuant to sections 10-221d or 10-232a to 10-232d, inclusive, (C) administration of a questionnaire to the parents or legal guardians of students receiving special education services from such regional educational service center or private provider of special education services concerning the quality of such services, and (D) review of student outcomes, including attendance data and rates of restraint and seclusion.

(2) Not later than ten business days following such site visit, the Commissioner of Education shall notify such regional educational service center or private provider of special education services in writing of the findings from such site visit and any required corrective actions.

(3) Each regional educational service center or private provider of special education services that receives written findings of a site visit with required corrective actions shall submit to the department written proof of compliance with such corrective actions not later than thirty days following receipt of such written findings. Any regional educational service center or private provider of special education services that does not submit such proof of compliance by such deadline shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars per day for each day of noncompliance with the provisions of this subdivision.

(4) No local or regional board of education shall knowingly place any additional students who require special education services with a regional educational service center or private provider of special education services that is not in compliance with the provisions of subdivision (3) of this subsection.

(5) Not later than fifteen days following the submission or receipt of the written records required pursuant to this subsection, the department shall, in a manner that complies with the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 USC 1232g, as amended from time to time, post such written record to the online public database maintained by the department on its Internet web site and send such written record to the Child Advocate and each local or regional board of education that has placed a student for the provision of special education services with the regional educational service center or the private provider of special education services that is the subject of such written record.