Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00760 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/25/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 760
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1503
Referred to Committee on CHILDREN
Introduced by:
SEN. MUSTO, 22nd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 760 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1503

Referred to Committee on CHILDREN 

Introduced by:

SEN. MUSTO, 22nd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PHYSICAL RESTRAINT OF STUDENTS BY TEACHERS AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

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

That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to permit any teacher or other school employee to refuse to physically restrain a student if such teacher or school employee believes that doing so poses a danger to such teacher or school employee, and to protect such teacher and school employee from any disciplinary action for refusing to physically restrain a student.

Statement of Purpose: 

To protect teachers from being required to physically restrain students.