Series 5000: Students

5134 Married/Pregnant Students

Married students shall have the same educational opportunities in this school system as unmarried  students. Pregnant and parenting students will not be discriminated against or excluded from school or from any program, class, or extracurricular activity because they are pregnant or parenting students. 

Further, the responsibility of the Board of Education for the education of all school-age children  includes the pregnant student, married or unmarried. These students shall be allowed to remain in  school and support services shall be made a part of the school program. Any variation from their  continuing in regular school classes shall be based upon their assessed needs. Pregnancy in  Connecticut, is a category of disability that confers eligibility for special education services. A pregnant girl may remain in her regular school program as long as her physical and emotional  condition permits. Homebound and hospitalized instruction shall be provided when necessary. 

Legal Reference:

Connecticut General Statutes 

10-184 Duties of parents. 

10-186 Duties of local and regional boards of education re school attendance. 

State Board of Education Regulations 

10-76a-35 Educationally exceptional children. 

10-76d-15 Homebound and hospitalized instruction (subsection b4). 

10-76d (e)(2) Duties and powers of boards of education to provide special education programs and services. 

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§1681-1688. 

Policy adopted: February 12, 2018 THOMASTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Thomaston, Connecticut