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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6775
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING MILITARY-CONNECTED STUDENTS A ND
PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLL MENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) (1) The Department of 1
Education shall, within available appropriations, develop and 2
promulgate a standardized form for reporting information identifying 3
military-connected students who are seeking to enroll in a public 4
school in this state. "Military-connected student" means any child 5
under twenty-one years of age whose parent or legal guardian is (A) a 6
current, retired or separated member of the armed forces, or (B) a 7
veteran. "Armed forces" and "veteran" have the same meanings as 8
provided in section 27-103 of the general statutes. 9
(2) Such form shall include (A) the definition of military-connected 10
student set forth in this subsection, (B) a check box to identify a child 11
seeking to enroll in a school as a military-connected student, and (C) a 12
notice that completing such form is voluntary and is not a condition 13
precedent to enrolling in such public school. 14
(3) Such form may be completed and submitted to the local or 15
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regional school district governing the school in which a child seeks to 16
enroll. 17
(b) Any public school in this state that enrolls a military-connected 18
student shall connect or offer to connect the family of such student 19
with existing resources available from the Department of Veterans 20
Affairs, the Military Department and qualified veterans' charitable 21
organizations. 22
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To connect certain students enrolled in public schools with certain
available resources.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. DEVLIN, 134th Dist.; SEN. MARTIN, 31st Dist.
H.B. 6775