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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 870 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1379 | |
| 3 | 3 | Referred to Committee on Education | |
| 4 | 4 | Introduced by: | |
| 5 | 5 | SEN. LEBEAU, 3rd Dist. | |
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| 7 | 7 | General Assembly | |
| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Proposed Bill No. 870 | |
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| 11 | 11 | January Session, 2011 | |
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| 13 | 13 | LCO No. 1379 | |
| 14 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 15 | Referred to Committee on Education | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 17 | Introduced by: | |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 19 | SEN. LEBEAU, 3rd Dist. | |
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| 21 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS AND FINES ON PRINCIPALS WHO FAIL TO REPORT A PHYSICAL ASSAULT ON SCHOOL EMPLOYEES BY A STUDENT, A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE VICTIMS OF A PHYSICAL ASSAULT BY A STUDENT, AND THE IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS AND FINES ON MANDATED REPORTERS WHO FAIL TO REPORT. | |
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| 23 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 25 | That subsection (a) of section 10-233g of the general statutes be amended to impose a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars on principals who fail to report a physical assault made by a student upon a teacher or other school employee and require such principal to participate in an educational training program established by the Department of Education; that section 10-236a of the general statutes be amended to permit any teacher or school employee who has been the victim of a physical assault made by a student to bring a civil action in the Superior Court for the payment of back wages, employee benefits or other financial loss and expense incurred as a result of such assault and permit any such teacher or school employee to file a complaint with the chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission for the payment of back wages, employee benefits or other financial loss and expense incurred as a result of such assault; and that section 17a-101a of the general statutes be amended to impose a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars on any mandated reporter who fails to report a violation of such section and require such mandated reporter to participate in an educational training program established by the Department of Education | |
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| 27 | 27 | Statement of Purpose: | |
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| 29 | 29 | To impose sanctions and fines on principals who fail to report a physical assault on a teacher or school employee by a student, to permit the victim of a physical assault by a student to file a claim in the Superior Court or file a complaint with the chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission, and to impose sanctions and a fine on a mandated reporter who fails to report as required by law. |