Substitute Senate Bill No. 812
Public Act No. 19-31
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E LEGISLATIVE COMMIS SIONERS'
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO THE
EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10-91g of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
passage):
(a) As used in this section [,] and sections 10-91h to 10-91l, inclusive,
"private provider of special education services" means any private
school or private agency or institution, including a group home, that
receives any state or local funds as a result of providing special
education services to any student with an individualized education
program or for whom an individual services plan has been written by
the local or regional board of education responsible for educating such
student.
Sec. 2. Subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of section 10-223j of
the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in
lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(b) (1) The school governance council for a high school shall consist
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student attending the school, regardless of such parent or guardian's
status as a public official, (B) two members who [shall be] are
community leaders within the school district, (C) five members who
[shall be] are teachers at the school, (D) one nonvoting member who is
the principal of the school, or his or her designee, and (E) two
nonvoting student members who [shall be] are students at the school.
The parent or guardian members shall be elected by the parents or
guardians of students attending the school, provided, for purposes of
the election, each household with a student attending the school shall
have one vote. The community leader members shall be elected by the
parent or guardian members and teacher members of the school
governance council. The teacher members shall be elected by the
teachers of the school. The nonvoting student members shall be elected
by the student body of the school.
(2) The school governance council for an elementary or a middle
school shall consist of (A) seven members who [shall be any] are a
parent or guardian of a student attending the school, regardless of
such parent or guardian's status as a public official, (B) two members
who [shall be] are community leaders within the school district, (C)
five members who [shall be] are teachers at the school, and (D) one
nonvoting member who is the principal of the school, or his or her
designee. The parent or guardian members shall be elected by the
parents or guardians of students attending the school, provided, for
purposes of the election, each household with a student attending the
school shall have one vote. The community leader members shall be
elected by the parent or guardian members and teacher members of
the school governance council. The teacher members shall be elected
by the teachers of the school.
Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 19a-79 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
passage): Substitute Senate Bill No. 812
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(a) The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall adopt regulations,
in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the
purposes of sections 19a-77 to 19a-80, inclusive, and 19a-82 to 19a-87,
inclusive, and to assure that child care centers and group child care
homes meet the health, educational and social needs of children
utilizing such child care centers and group child care homes. Such
regulations shall (1) specify that before being permitted to attend any
child care center or group child care home, each child shall be
protected as age-appropriate by adequate immunization against
diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella,
hemophilus influenzae type B and any other vaccine required by the
schedule of active immunization adopted pursuant to section 19a-7f,
including appropriate exemptions for children for whom such
immunization is medically contraindicated and for children whose
[parents] parent or guardian objects to such immunization on religious
grounds, and that any objection by [parents] a parent or a guardian to
immunization of a child on religious grounds shall be accompanied by
a statement from such [parents] parent or guardian that such
immunization would be contrary to the religious beliefs of such child
or the [parents] parent or guardian of such child, which statement shall
be acknowledged, in accordance with the provisions of sections 1-32, 1-
34 and 1-35, by (A) a judge of a court of record or a family support
magistrate, (B) a clerk or deputy clerk of a court having a seal, (C) a
town clerk, (D) a notary public, (E) a justice of the peace, or (F) an
attorney admitted to the bar of this state, (2) specify conditions under
which child care center directors and teachers and group child care
home providers may administer tests to monitor glucose levels in a
child with diagnosed diabetes mellitus, and administer medicinal
preparations, including controlled drugs specified in the regulations
by the commissioner, to a child receiving child care services at such
child care center or group child care home pursuant to the written
order of a physician licensed to practice medicine or a dentist licensed
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practice registered nurse licensed to prescribe in accordance with
section 20-94a, or a physician assistant licensed to prescribe in
accordance with section 20-12d, and the written authorization of a
parent or guardian of such child, (3) specify that an operator of a child
care center or group child care home, licensed before January 1, 1986,
or an operator who receives a license after January 1, 1986, for a facility
licensed prior to January 1, 1986, shall provide a minimum of thirty
square feet per child of total indoor usable space, free of furniture
except that needed for the children's purposes, exclusive of toilet
rooms, bathrooms, coatrooms, kitchens, halls, isolation room or other
rooms used for purposes other than the activities of the children, (4)
specify that a child care center or group child care home licensed after
January 1, 1986, shall provide thirty-five square feet per child of total
indoor usable space, (5) establish appropriate child care center staffing
requirements for employees certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
by the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, the
National Safety Council, American Safety and Health Institute or
Medic First Aid International, Inc., (6) specify that on and after January
1, 2003, a child care center or group child care home (A) shall not deny
services to a child on the basis of a child's known or suspected allergy
or because a child has a prescription for an automatic prefilled
cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment used to
treat an allergic reaction, or for injectable equipment used to
administer glucagon, (B) shall, not later than three weeks after such
child's enrollment in such a center or home, have staff trained in the
use of such equipment on-site during all hours when such a child is
on-site, (C) shall require such child's parent or guardian to provide the
injector or injectable equipment and a copy of the prescription for such
medication and injector or injectable equipment upon enrollment of
such child, and (D) shall require a parent or guardian enrolling such a
child to replace such medication and equipment prior to its expiration
date, (7) specify that on and after January 1, 2005, a child care center or
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basis of a child's diagnosis of asthma or because a child has a
prescription for an inhalant medication to treat asthma, and (B) shall,
not later than three weeks after such child's enrollment in such a center
or home, have staff trained in the administration of such medication
on-site during all hours when such a child is on-site, and (8) establish
physical plant requirements for licensed child care centers and licensed
group child care homes that exclusively serve school-age children.
When establishing such requirements, the Office of Early Childhood
shall give consideration to child care centers and group child care
homes that are located in private or public school buildings. With
respect to this subdivision only, the commissioner shall implement
policies and procedures necessary to implement the physical plant
requirements established pursuant to this subdivision while in the
process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form.
Until replaced by policies and procedures implemented pursuant to
this subdivision, any physical plant requirement specified in the
office's regulations that is generally applicable to child care centers and
group child care homes shall continue to be applicable to such centers
and homes that exclusively serve school -age children. The
commissioner shall print notice of the intent to adopt regulations
pursuant to this subdivision [in the Connecticut Law Journal] on the
eRegulations System not later than twenty days after the date of
implementation of such policies and procedures. Policies and
procedures implemented pursuant to this subdivision shall be valid
until the time final regulations are adopted.
Sec. 4. Section 4-5 of the general statutes, as amended by section 3 of
public act 18-91, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective July 1, 2019):
As used in sections 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8, the term "department head"
means Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management,
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Commissioner of Revenue Services, Banking Commissioner,
Commissioner of Children and Families, Commissioner of Consumer
Protection, Commissioner of Correction, Commissioner of Economic
and Community Development, State Board of Education,
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection,
Commissioner of Energy and E nvironmental Protection,
Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Public Health,
Insurance Commissioner, Labor Commissioner, Commissioner of
Mental Health and Addiction Services, Commissioner of Social
Services, Commissioner of Developmental Services, Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles, Commissioner of Transportation, Commissioner of
Veterans Affairs, Commissioner of Housing, Commissioner of
Rehabilitation Services, the Commissioner of Early Childhood, the
executive director of the Office of Military Affairs, and the executive
director of the Office of Health Strategy. As used in sections 4-6 and 4-
7, "department head" also means the Commissioner of Education.
Sec. 5. Section 4-5 of the general statutes, as amended by section 6 of
public act 17-237, section 279 of public act 17-2 of the June special
session and section 20 of public act 18-182, is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020):
As used in sections 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8, the term "department head"
means Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management,
Commissioner of Administrative Services, Commissioner of Revenue
Services, Banking Commissioner, Commissioner of Children and
Families, Commissioner of Consumer Protection, Commissioner of
Correction, Commissioner of Economic and Community Development,
State Board of Education, Commissioner of Emergency Services and
Public Protection, Commissioner of Energy and Environmental
Protection, Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Public
Health, Insurance Commissioner, Labor Commissioner, Commissioner
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Services, Commissioner of Developmental Services, Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles, Commissioner of Transportation, Commissioner of
Veterans Affairs, Commissioner of Housing, Commissioner of
Rehabilitation Services, the Commissioner of Early Childhood, the
executive director of the Office of Military Affairs, the executive
director of the Office of Health Strategy and the executive director of
the Technical Education and Career System. As used in sections 4-6
and 4-7, "department head" also means the Commissioner of
Education.
Sec. 6. Section 4-38c of the general statutes, as amended by section
13 of public act 18-169, is repealed and the following is substituted in
lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019):
There shall be within the executive branch of state government the
following departments: Office of Policy and Management, Department
of Administrative Services, [Department on Aging,] Department of
Revenue Services, Department of Banking, Department of Agriculture,
Department of Children and Families, Department of Consumer
Protection, Department of Correction, Department of Economic and
Community Development, State Board of Education, Department of
Emergency Services and Public Protection, Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection, Department of Public Health, Board of
Regents for Higher Education, Insurance Department, Labor
Department, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services,
Department of Developmental Services, Department of Social Services,
Department of Rehabilitation Services, Department of Transportation,
Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 7. Section 4-38c of the general statutes, as amended by section 7
of public act 17-237, section 287 of public act 17-2 of the June special
session and section 21 of public act 18-182, is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): Substitute Senate Bill No. 812
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There shall be within the executive branch of state government the
following departments: Office of Policy and Management, Department
of Administrative Services, Department of Revenue Services,
Department of Banking, Department of Agriculture, Department of
Children and Families, Department of Consumer Protection,
Department of Correction, Department of Economic and Community
Development, State Board of Education, Department of Emergency
Services and Public Protection, Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection, Department of Public Health, Board of
Regents for Higher Education, Insurance Department, Labor
Department, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services,
Department of Developmental Services, Department of Social Services,
Department of Rehabilitation Services, Department of Transportation,
Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Veterans Affairs and the
Technical Education and Career System.