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| 7 | 7 | | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6883 |
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| 8 | 8 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 9 | 9 | | LCO No. 5651 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND |
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| 13 | 13 | | EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced by: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (HED) |
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| 21 | 21 | | AN ACT CONCERNING A "CORRECTIONS TO COLL EGE PROGRAM" |
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| 22 | 22 | | AT REGIONAL COMMUNIT Y-TECHNICAL COLLEGES F OR |
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| 23 | 23 | | YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 25 | 25 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) Not later than January 1, 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 2020, the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Department 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | of Correction shall jointly establish a program, to be known as the 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | "Corrections to College Program" for youthful offenders, as defined in 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | section 54-76b of the general statutes. Such program shall include, but 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | not be limited to, (1) eligibility for mentorship starting six months prior 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | to the release from incarceration of any youthful offender, including 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | informing the youthful offender of the fields of study available at the 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | regional community-technical colleges and financial counseling, and 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) the assignment of an education and career counselor to any 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | youthful offender that enrolls in a regional community-technical 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | college after release from incarceration and is twenty-one years of age 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | or younger to promote successful completion of the program in which 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | the youthful offender is enrolled and to oversee completion by the 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | youthful offender of (A) not less than ten sessions of outpatient mental 15 Committee Bill No. 6883 |
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| 48 | 48 | | health counseling or therapy with the goal of helping the youthful 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | offender adjust to reentry to the community, (B) not less than twenty-17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | five hours of unpaid community service during the first twelve-month 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | period in which the youthful offender is enrolled at the regional 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | community-technical college, and (C) if applicable, life-skills or 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | parenting training classes. 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (b) Not later than January 1, 2021, the president of the Board of 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Regents for Higher Education and the Commissioner of Correction 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | shall jointly report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | and employment advancement and the judiciary on the Corrections to 27 |
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| 60 | 60 | | College Program. 28 |
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| 61 | 61 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 62 | 62 | | sections: |
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| 64 | 64 | | Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section |
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| 66 | 66 | | HED Joint Favorable |
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