Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07311 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7311
8	6		January Session, 2019
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12	10		Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CREATION OF A COMMUNITY-BASED
21	20		TRANSITION SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) For the fiscal years ending June 1
26	25		30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, there is established a community-based 2
27	26		transition school pilot program to be administered by the Department 3
28	27		of Education. The department shall provide a grant-in-aid to a 4
29	28		community-based education transition school that provides intensive 5
30	29		special education supports to low-income at-risk students who have a 6
31	30		history of behavioral issues and learning problems by using a 7
32	31		community-based approach with an emphasis on teaching 8
33	32		employment and independent living skills while building and 9
34	33		strengthening each student's interpersonal social skills. The 10
35	34		community-based education transition school shall use such grant-in-11
36	35		aid to (1) serve students who are currently enrolled at the school, (2) 12
37	36		expand enrollment by accepting new students referred to the school 13
38	37		from other schools located in or around Hartford, and (3) assist 14
39	38		students who have graduated from the school and transitioned to 15
40	39		employment and independent living in the community. The 16 Raised Bill No. 7311
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47	45		community-based education transition school shall follow up with 17
48	46		students described in subdivision (3) of this subsection for purposes of 18
49	47		evaluating the extent to which they have made successful transitions 19
50	48		into adulthood and the viability of the community-based transition 20
51	49		school model. 21
52	50		(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Department of Education 22
53	51		shall conduct an evaluation of whether the pilot program resulted in a 23
54	52		reduction in long-term service costs to students with special needs and 24
55	53		adult services through appropriate community-based transition 25
56	54		services. The department shall submit a report on its evaluation and 26
57	55		findings and any recommendations to the joint standing committees of 27
58	56		the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 28
59	57		education and appropriations, in accordance with the provisions of 29
60	58		section 11-4a of the general statutes. 30
61	59		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
62	60		sections:
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64	62		Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
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	64	+	Statement of Purpose:
	65	+	To establish a community-based transition school pilot program.
	66	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	67	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	68	+	not underlined.]
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