Sec. 10-500. Office of Early Childhood. Commissioner. Responsibilities. Successor department. Connecticut Head Start State Collaboration Office.

Sec. 10-500a. Authority of office re licensing matters.

Sec. 10-501. Early childhood information system.

Sec. 10-502. (Formerly Sec. 10-16bb). Collaboration with local and regional early childhood councils.

Sec. 10-503. Early childhood accountability plan. Report cards. Report.

Sec. 10-504. Child care development block grant administered by the Office of Early Childhood.

Sec. 10-505. Grant program for costs associated with classroom start-up and new spaces in certain school readiness programs.

Sec. 10-506. Connecticut Smart Start competitive grant program.

Sec. 10-507. Smart start competitive capital grant account. Smart start competitive operating grant account.

Sec. 10-508. Bond authorization for the Smart Start competitive grant program.

Sec. 10-509. Expenditure of certain funds for early care and education and child development programs.

Secs. 10-510to10-514. [Reserved]

Sec. 10-515. Preschool experience survey.

Sec. 10-516. Competitive grants for alliance school districts.

Secs. 10-517to10-519. [Reserved]

Sec. 10-520. Trend analysis of certain bachelor's degree programs in early childhood education or child development.

Sec. 10-520a. Report re staff qualifications requirement compliance.

Sec. 10-520b. Early childhood teacher credential.

Secs. 10-521to10-529. [Reserved]

Sec. 10-530. Comprehensive background checks.