General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7156
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4398
*04398_______ED_*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 7156
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 4398
*04398_______ED_*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO STUDENT RECORDS FOR CERTAIN UNACCOMPANIED YOUTHS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (f) of section 10-253 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017):
(f) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, educational services shall be provided by each local and regional board of education to homeless children and youths in accordance with the provisions of 42 USC 11431, et seq., as amended from time to time. An unaccompanied youth, as described in 42 USC 11434a, as amended from time to time, shall be entitled to knowledge of and have access to all educational, medical or similar records in the cumulative record of such unaccompanied youth maintained by a local or regional board of education.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2017 10-253(f)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2017
10-253(f)
Statement of Purpose:
To permit unaccompanied students who are homeless to have access to their student records.
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