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      Sec. 17a-241. (Formerly Sec. 19a-472). Appointment and duties of school superintendent. (a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall appoint a superintendent for the school district. Said superintendent shall operate the school district in accordance with the rules and orders of the commissioner. The superintendent shall, subject to the approval of the commissioner, make rules for the administration of the school system, provided all such rules are in accordance with regulations established by the State Board of Education.

      (b) The superintendent of the school district under the general supervision of the Commissioner of Developmental Services shall have the power to (1) establish and maintain within the department a state-wide system of programs as required; (2) purchase, receive, hold and convey personal property for school purposes and equip and supply such schools with necessary furniture, equipment and other appendages; (3) make agreements and regulations for establishing and conducting the district's programs and employ and dismiss, in accordance with the applicable provisions of section 10-151, such teachers and other staff as are necessary to carry out the intent of sections 17a-239 to 17a-244, inclusive, and to pay their salaries; (4) receive any federal funds or aid made available to the state for such programs and shall be eligible for and may receive any other funds or aid whether private, state or otherwise, to be used for the purposes of sections 17a-239 to 17a-244, inclusive. The superintendent of the school district may cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of any federal law pertaining to the education of students within said district, and may adopt such methods of administration as are found by the federal government to be necessary, and may comply with such conditions as may be necessary to secure the full benefit of all federal funds available.

      (P.A. 77-587, S. 3, 9; P.A. 83-169, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-11, S. 4, 25; P.A. 04-54, S. 5; P.A. 05-256, S. 4; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(b).)

      History: Sec. 19-575d transferred to Sec. 19a-472 in 1983; P.A. 83-169 made technical changes; Sec. 19a-472 transferred to Sec. 17a-241 in 1991; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-11 amended Subsec. (b) to delete references to Sec. 10-76a(f) and changed reference to district's "schools" to district's "programs"; P.A. 04-54 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to delete references to education council (Revisor's note: In 2005, a reference in Subsec. (b) to "Commissioner for Mental Retardation" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "Commissioner of Mental Retardation", for accuracy); P.A. 05-256 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provisions re education council of school district and make a technical change, effective June 30, 2005; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 "Commissioner of Mental Retardation" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "Commissioner of Developmental Services", effective October 1, 2007.