{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-17a","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-17a","heading":"Establishment of bilingual and bicultural program.","body":"Any local or regional board of education may establish at any level of instruction a bilingual and bicultural program of study involving a culture in which a language other than English is predominantly spoken, provided the purpose of such program shall be to enable children to become proficient in English. A private school may, with the approval of the State Board of Education, establish such a program of bilingual education.","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_10-17a","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":"e12369e7dc4ef6e8695f1d036bf5eeb92aadf2a1ef4eb95a1cb37c9498fc4be4","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-17","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-17b-and-10-17c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}