Substitute House Bill No. 6890
Special Act No. 19-23
AN ACT REQUIRING A S TUDY OF THE UNITED S TATES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCAT ION'S PROPOSED REGUL ATIONS
REGARDING SEXUAL MIS CONDUCT UNDER TITLE IX OF THE
ELEMENTARY AND SECON DARY EDUCATION ACT O F 1972.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) Upon issuance of the United
States Department of Education's Final Rule concerning sexual
misconduct under Title IX of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1972, 20 USC 1681 et seq., as amended from time to time, there
shall be established a task force to examine the impact of the proposed
regulations on students and campus safety at institutions of higher
education in the state.
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives,
one of whom is a Title IX coordinator at a public institution of higher
education;
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one
of whom represents a community-based sexual assault crisis service
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(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of
Representatives, who is a Title IX coordinator at an independent
institution of higher education;
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who is a law
enforcement officer at an institution of higher education and is
certified pursuant to section 7-297d of the general statutes;
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of
Representatives, who represents a community -based domestic
violence agency;
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who is a
student at an institution of higher education; and
(7) Two appointed by the Governor.
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivisions (1)
to (6), inclusive, of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of
the General Assembly.
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be
filled by the appointing authority.
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not
later than forty-five days after the publication in the Federal Register of
the United States Department of Education's Final Rule concerning
sexual misconduct under Title IX of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1972, 20 USC 1681 et seq, as amended from time to
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(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher
education and employment advancement shall serve as administrative
staff of the task force.
(g) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the first meeting,
the task force shall submit a report on its findings and
recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education
and employment advancement, in accordance with the provisions of
section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on
the date that it submits such report.