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