Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05572 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5572
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1897
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. KINER, 59th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5572 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1897

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

REP. KINER, 59th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REPORTING OF ALL FIRE INCIDENCES AT SCHOOLS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 170 of the general statutes be amended to require the principal of a school to report all fire incidences, including those incidences when the fire is started by a student, to the fire department for the town in which such school is located.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require principals of schools to report all major and minor fire incidences to the local fire department so as to ensure the safety of students and to provide the necessary services to students who start fires at school.