{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-16o","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-16o","heading":"(Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Development of network of school readiness programs.","body":"The state shall encourage the development of a network of school readiness programs pursuant to sections 10-16p to 10-16r, inclusive, 10-16u and 17b-749a in order to:\n(1) Provide open access for children to quality programs that promote the health and safety of children and prepare them for formal schooling;\n(2) Provide opportunities for parents to choose among affordable and accredited programs;\n(3) Encourage coordination and cooperation among programs and prevent the duplication of services;\n(4) Recognize the specific service needs and unique resources available to particular municipalities and provide flexibility in the implementation of programs;\n(5) Prevent or minimize the potential for developmental delay in children prior to their reaching the age of five;\n(6) Enhance federally funded school readiness programs;\n(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;\n(8) Reduce educational costs by decreasing the need for special education services for school age children and to avoid grade repetition;\n(9) Assure that children with disabilities are integrated into programs available to children who do not have disabilities;\n(10) Improve the availability and quality of school readiness programs and their coordination with the services of child care providers; and\n(11) Facilitate the racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of the children, families and staff in school readiness programs.","path":["TITLE 10. EDUCATION AND CULTURE","CHAPTER 164*. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES","PART I. GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_164.htm#sec_10-16o","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:06:58Z","sha256":"cbe1ba7305a9c4165e34f97f1574117b38efcc185d6829941a060f37313f8861","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-16n","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-16p"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}