General Assembly Raised Bill No. 999
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3504
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 999
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3504
*03504_______ED_*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TIMELY TRANSFER OF STUDENT RECORDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10-220h of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):
When a student enrolls in a school in a new school district or in a new state charter school, the new school district or new state charter school shall provide written notification of such enrollment to the school district in which the student previously attended school or the state charter school the student previously attended not later than two business days after the student enrolls. The school district in which the student previously attended school or the state charter school that the student previously attended (1) shall transfer the student's education records to the new school district or new state charter school no later than ten days after receipt of such notification, and (2) if the student's parent or guardian did not give written authorization for the transfer of such records, shall send notification of the transfer to the parent or guardian at the same time that it transfers the records. In the case of a student who transfers from Unified School District #1, [or] Unified School District #2 or Unified School District #3, the new school district or new state charter school shall provide written notification of such enrollment to [Unified School District #1 or Unified School District #2] such unified school district not later than ten days after the date of enrollment. [The] Such unified school district shall, not later than ten days after receipt of notification of enrollment from the new school district or new state charter school, transfer the records of the student to the new school district or new state charter school and the new school district or new state charter school shall, not later than thirty days after receiving the student's education records, credit the student for all instruction received in [Unified School District #1 or Unified School District #2.] such unified school district. If such unified school district fails to transfer the records of the student to the new school district or new state charter school on or before the tenth day after receipt of notification of enrollment from the new school district or new state charter school, then the Department of Education shall impose upon such unified school district a penalty of one hundred dollars for each day after such tenth day that such unified school district fails to transfer such records.
Sec. 2. Subsection (e) of section 10-186 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):
(e) A local or regional board of education shall immediately enroll any student who transfers from Unified School District #1, [or] Unified School District #2 or Unified School District #3. In the case of a student who transfers from Unified School District #1 or Unified School District #2 to the school district in which such student attended school prior to enrollment in Unified School District #1 or Unified School District #2, such student shall be enrolled in the school such student previously attended, provided such school has the appropriate grade level for such student.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2013 10-220h
Sec. 2 July 1, 2013 10-186(e)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2013
10-220h
Sec. 2
July 1, 2013
10-186(e)
Statement of Purpose:
To impose a financial penalty on a unified school district that fails to promptly deliver the student records of a student transferring from such unified school district to a new school district and to require school districts to immediately enroll students transferring from the unified school districts.
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