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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5439
February Session, 2020
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
AN ACT CONCERNING VA RIOUS REVISIONS AND ADDITIONS TO
THE EDUCATION STATUT ES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10-145 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2020): 3
(a) No teacher, supervisor, administrator, special service staff 4
member or school superintendent, except as provided for in section 10-5
157, shall be employed in any of the schools of any local or regional 6
board of education unless such person possesses an appropriate state 7
certificate, nor shall any such person be entitled to any salary unless 8
such person can produce such certificate dated prior to or on the first 9
day of employment, except as provided for in section 10-157; provided 10
nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent the board of 11
education from prescribing qualifications additional to those prescribed 12
by the regulations of the State Board of Education and provided nothing 13
in this subsection shall be construed to prevent any local or regional 14
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approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for the behind-the-16
wheel instruction of a driver instruction course, to be given by driving 17
instructors licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. No person 18
shall be employed in any of the schools of any local or regional board of 19
education as a substitute teacher unless such person (1) [holds a 20
bachelor's degree, provided the Commissioner of Education may waive 21
such requirement for good cause upon the request of a superintendent 22
of schools] (A) holds at least an associate degree if such person will be 23
in the same assignment for more than ten school days, or (B) has 24
obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent if such person will be 25
in the same assignment for ten or fewer school days, and (2) is on a list 26
maintained by the local or regional board of education pursuant to 27
subsection (f) of section 10-222c. 28
Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 10-221a of the 2020 supplement to the 29
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 30
thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 31
(c) Commencing with classes graduating in 2023, and for each 32
graduating class thereafter, no local or regional board of education shall 33
permit any student to graduate from high school or grant a diploma to 34
any student who has not satisfactorily completed a minimum of twenty-35
five credits, including not fewer than: (1) Nine credits in the humanities, 36
including civics and the arts; (2) nine credits in science, technology, 37
engineering and mathematics; (3) one credit in physical education; [and 38
wellness;] (4) one credit in health [and safety] education, as described in 39
section 10-16b; (5) one credit in world languages, subject to the 40
provisions of subsection (g) of this section; and (6) a one credit mastery-41
based diploma assessment. 42
Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 10-15c of the general statutes is 43
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 44
2020): 45
(a) The public schools shall be open to all children five years of age 46
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school year, and each such child shall have, and shall be so advised by 48
the appropriate school authorities, an equal opportunity to participate 49
in the activities, programs and courses of study offered in such public 50
schools, at such time as the child becomes eligible to participate in such 51
activities, programs and courses of study, without discrimination on 52
account of race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, religion, 53
national origin, [or] sexual orientation or disability; provided boards of 54
education may, by vote at a meeting duly called, admit to any school 55
children under five years of age. 56
Sec. 4. Subsection (f) of section 10-145d of the 2020 supplement to the 57
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 58
thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 59
(f) An endorsement issued prior to July 1, [2013] 2020, to teach 60
elementary education grades one to six, inclusive, shall be valid for 61
grades kindergarten to six, inclusive, and for such an endorsement 62
issued on or after July 1, [2013] 2020, the endorsement shall be valid for 63
grades [one] kindergarten to six, inclusive. [, except such an 64
endorsement issued between July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2017, to any 65
student who was admitted to and successfully completes a teacher 66
preparation program, as defined in section 10-10a, in the certification 67
endorsement area of elementary education on or before June 30, 2017, 68
shall be valid for grades kindergarten to six, inclusive. The 69
Commissioner of Education may permit, upon the request of a 70
superintendent, any person who holds such endorsement issued on or 71
after July 1, 2017, to teach kindergarten for one school year. The 72
commissioner shall not permit any such person who so taught 73
kindergarten under such endorsement for one school year to teach 74
kindergarten again, except the commissioner may permit such person 75
to so teach kindergarten for one additional school year if such person 76
can demonstrate that he or she is enrolled in a program to meet the 77
requirements for the appropriate endorsement to teach kindergarten.] 78
An endorsement to teach comprehensive special education grades one 79
to twelve, inclusive, shall be valid for grades kindergarten to twelve, 80
inclusive, provided, on and after September 1, 2013, any (1) certified 81 Raised Bill No. 5439
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employee applying for a comprehensive special education 82
endorsement, or (2) applicant for an initial, provisional or professional 83
educator certificate and a comprehensive special education 84
endorsement shall achieve a satisfactory score on the reading instruction 85
examination approved by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2009, 86
or a comparable reading instruction examination with minimum 87
standards that are equivalent to the examination approved by the State 88
Board of Education on April 1, 2009. 89
Sec. 5. Section 10-264q of the 2020 supplement to the general statutes 90
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 91
1, 2020): 92
Notwithstanding subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 10-264l, 93
an interdistrict magnet school program that (1) does not assist the state 94
in meeting the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et 95
al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013 96
stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., 97
as extended, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, and (2) 98
is not in compliance with the enrollment requirements for students of 99
racial minorities, pursuant to section 10-264l, following the submission 100
of student information data of such interdistrict magnet school program 101
to the state-wide public school information system, pursuant to section 102
10-10a, as amended by this act, on or before October 1, 2019, shall remain 103
eligible for an interdistrict magnet school operating grant pursuant to 104
section 10-264l for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, [and] to June 30, 105
[2021] 2023, inclusive, if such interdistrict magnet school program 106
submits a compliance plan to the Commissioner of Education and the 107
commissioner approves such plan. 108
Sec. 6. Section 10-155k of the general statutes is repealed and the 109
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 110
On and after July 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Education shall 111
establish a School Paraprofessional Advisory Council, which on and 112
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Council, consisting of (1) one school [paraprofessional] paraeducator 114
from each state-wide bargaining representative organization that 115
represents school [paraprofessionals] paraeducators with instructional 116
responsibilities, (2) one representative from each of the exclusive 117
bargaining units for certified employees, chosen pursuant to section 10-118
153b, (3) the most recent recipient of the Connecticut [Paraprofessional] 119
Paraeducator of the Year Award, (4) two representatives from the 120
regional educational service centers, appointed by the Commissioner of 121
Education, and (5) a school administrator, appointed by the Connecticut 122
Federation of School Administrators. The council shall hold quarterly 123
meetings and advise, at least quarterly, the Commissioner of Education, 124
or the commissioner's designee, of the needs for (A) professional 125
development and the training of [paraprofessionals] paraeducators and 126
the effectiveness of the content and the delivery of existing training for 127
such [paraprofessionals] paraeducators, (B) appropriate staffing 128
strategies for [paraprofessionals] paraeducators, and (C) other relevant 129
issues relating to [paraprofessionals] paraeducators. The council shall 130
report, annually, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on 131
the recommendations given to the commissioner, or the commissioner's 132
designee, pursuant to the provisions of this section, to the joint standing 133
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 134
relating to education. 135
Sec. 7. (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than January 1, 2021, the 136
School Paraeducator Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 137
10-155k of the general statutes, as amended by this act, shall conduct a 138
study concerning the following: (1) Appropriate minimum employment 139
standards, including pay rates, health care coverage, retirement benefits 140
and professional development opportunities for paraeducators that 141
focus on maximizing the success of paraeducators in the classroom; (2) 142
safety issues relating to paraeducators who work with students who 143
have behavioral issues, including the availability of appropriate safety 144
equipment for paraeducators at each school; (3) issues relating to the 145
assignment of substitute teaching duties to paraeducators, including 146
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substitute teacher; and (4) issues relating to the duties of paraeducators 148
who work with students who have individualized education programs. 149
(b) Not later than January 1, 2021, the council shall develop proposals 150
for the creation of a pathway for continued career and professional 151
development, including, but not limited to, (1) paraeducator certificate 152
and apprenticeship programs that offer course credits that apply to 153
transferrable associate degree programs; (2) associate degree programs 154
that (A) build upon and do not duplicate the courses and competencies 155
of paraeducator certificate programs, (B) incorporate field experiences, 156
(C) are aligned with the standards and competencies for teachers, and 157
(D) are transferrable to a bachelor's degree in education and teacher 158
certification programs; and (3) bachelor's degree programs that lead to 159
teacher certification that build upon and do not duplicate the courses 160
and competencies of transferrable associate degrees. 161
(c) The council shall submit the study described in subsection (a) of 162
this section and the proposals described in subsection (b) of this section, 163
and any recommendations for legislation to the joint standing 164
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 165
relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 166
of the general statutes. 167
Sec. 8. Subsection (a) of section 10-220a of the 2020 supplement to the 168
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 169
thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 170
(a) Each local or regional board of education shall provide an in-171
service training program for its teachers, administrators and pupil 172
personnel who hold the initial educator, provisional educator or 173
professional educator certificate. Such program shall provide such 174
teachers, administrators and pupil personnel with information on (1) 175
the nature and the relationship of alcohol and drugs, as defined in 176
subdivision (17) of section 21a-240, to health and personality 177
development, and procedures for discouraging their abuse, (2) health 178
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be limited to, the prevention of risk-taking behavior by children and the 180
relationship of such behavior to substance abuse, pregnancy, sexually 181
transmitted diseases, including HIV-infection and AIDS, as defined in 182
section 19a-581, violence, teen dating violence, domestic violence and 183
child abuse, (3) school violence prevention, conflict resolution, the 184
prevention of and response to youth suicide and the identification and 185
prevention of and response to bullying, as defined in subsection (a) of 186
section 10-222d, except that those boards of education that implement 187
any evidence-based model approach that is approved by the 188
Department of Education and is consistent with subsection (c) of section 189
10-145a, sections 10-222d, 10-222g and 10-222h, subsection (g) of section 190
10-233c and sections 1 and 3 of public act 08-160, shall not be required 191
to provide in-service training on the identification and prevention of 192
and response to bullying, (4) cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other 193
emergency life saving procedures, (5) the requirements and obligations 194
of a mandated reporter, (6) the detection and recognition of, and 195
evidence-based structured literacy interventions for, students with 196
dyslexia, as defined in section 10-3d, and (7) culturally responsive 197
pedagogy and practice. Each local or regional board of education [may] 198
shall allow any [paraprofessional] paraeducator or noncertified 199
employee to participate, on a voluntary basis, in any in-service training 200
program provided pursuant to this section. 201
Sec. 9. Subsection (a) of section 10-214 of the general statutes is 202
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 203
2020): 204
(a) Each local or regional board of education shall provide annually 205
to each pupil in kindergarten and grades one and three to five, inclusive, 206
a vision screening. [,] Such vision screening may be performed using a 207
Snellen chart [, or equivalent screening device, such as] or an automated 208
vision screening device. The superintendent of schools shall give 209
written notice to the parent or guardian of each pupil (1) who is found 210
to have any defect of vision or disease of the eyes, with a brief statement 211
describing such defect or disease and a recommendation for the pupil 212
to be examined by an optometrist licensed under chapter 380 or an 213 Raised Bill No. 5439
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ophthalmologist licensed under chapter 370, and (2) who did not receive 214
such vision screening, with a brief statement explaining why such pupil 215
did not receive such vision screening. 216
Sec. 10. Subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of section 10-51 of the 217
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 218
thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 219
(2) On and after June 7, 2006, a regional board of education, by a 220
majority vote of its members, may create a reserve fund for capital and 221
nonrecurring expenditures. Such fund shall thereafter be termed 222
"reserve fund for capital and nonrecurring expenditures". The aggregate 223
amount of annual and supplemental appropriations by a district to such 224
fund shall not exceed [one] two per cent of the annual district budget 225
for such fiscal year. Annual appropriations to such fund shall be 226
included in the share of net expenses to be paid by each member town. 227
Supplemental appropriations to such fund may be made from estimated 228
fiscal year end surplus in operating funds. Interest and investment 229
earnings received with respect to amounts held in the fund shall be 230
credited to such fund. The board shall annually submit a complete and 231
detailed report of the condition of such fund to the member towns. 232
Upon the recommendation and approval by the regional board of 233
education, any part or the whole of such fund may be used for capital 234
and nonrecurring expenditures, but such use shall be restricted to the 235
funding of all or part of the planning, construction, reconstruction or 236
acquisition of any specific capital improvement or the acquisition of any 237
specific item of equipment. Upon the approval of any such expenditure 238
an appropriation shall be set up, plainly designated for the project or 239
acquisition for which it has been authorized, and such unexpended 240
appropriation may be continued until such project or acquisition is 241
completed. Any unexpended portion of such appropriation remaining 242
after such completion shall revert to said fund. If any authorized 243
appropriation is set up pursuant to the provisions of this subsection and 244
through unforeseen circumstances the completion of the project or 245
acquisition for which such appropriation has been designated is 246
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terminate such appropriation which then shall no longer be in effect. 248
Such fund may be discontinued, after the recommendation and 249
approval by the regional board of education, and any amounts held in 250
the fund shall be transferred to the general fund of the district. 251
Sec. 11. Section 10-15i of the general statutes is repealed and the 252
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 253
(a) There is established the Connecticut Achievement and Resource 254
Equity in Schools Commission to provide analysis and 255
recommendations concerning state funding for education and resources 256
needed to ensure that all public school students in the state have an 257
opportunity to succeed. The commission shall develop a strategic plan 258
that includes recommendations for implementing a system for 259
distributing state public education funding, that (1) includes a funding 260
formula that (A) makes use of an appropriate foundation level, (B) 261
addresses the issue of unequal local tax burdens and reduces the 262
reliance on unequal local property taxation to fund services, (C) 263
increases equity and fairness, and (D) reduces segregation; (2) depends 264
on a stable, fair, reliable and identifiable funding source; (3) addresses 265
students' educational needs from preschool through grade twelve, and 266
(4) provides predictability and sustainability in grant allocations to 267
towns and school districts. 268
(b) The commission shall consist of the following members who shall 269
reflect the state's geographic, population, socio-economic, racial and 270
ethnic diversity: 271
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 272
one of whom is a representative of the Connecticut Association of 273
Boards of Education and one of whom is a representative of the 274
Connecticut Education Association; 275
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of 276
whom is a representative of the RESC Alliance and one of whom is an 277
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(3) Two appointed by the Senate Republican president pro tempore, 279
one of whom is a representative of the Connecticut Federation of School 280
Administrators and one of whom is a representative of a regional 281
agricultural science and technology education center; 282
(4) Two appointed by the majority leader of the House of 283
Representatives, one of whom is a representative of the Connecticut 284
Association of Public School Superintendents and one of whom is a 285
representative of the American Federation of Teachers-Connecticut; 286
(5) Two appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, one of whom 287
is a representative of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and 288
one of whom is a representative of the Connecticut Council of 289
Administrators of Special Education; 290
(6) Two appointed by the deputy Senate Republican president pro 291
tempore, one of whom is an employee of the bureau of choice programs 292
within the Department of Education and one of whom is a 293
representative of the Connecticut PTA; 294
(7) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of 295
Representatives, one of whom is a representative of the Connecticut 296
Association of Schools and one of whom is a representative of the 297
Connecticut Administrators of Programs for English Language 298
Learners; 299
(8) One appointed jointly by the speaker of the House of 300
Representatives and the minority leader of the House of Representatives 301
who shall be a representative of the Connecticut Association of School 302
Business Officials; and 303
(9) One appointed jointly by the president pro tempore of the Senate 304
and the Senate Republican president pro tempore who shall be a 305
representative of the State Education Resource Center. 306
(c) All appointments to the commission shall be made not later than 307
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in subsection (d) of this section, any vacancy shall be filled by the 309
appointing authority. 310
(d) There shall be two chairpersons of the commission appointed as 311
follows: (1) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall select a 312
chairperson of the commission from among the members of the 313
commission, and (2) the president pro tempore of the Senate and the 314
Senate Republican president pro tempore shall jointly select the other 315
chairperson of the commission from among the members of the 316
commission. If the chairperson appointed pursuant to subdivision (2) of 317
this subsection becomes vacant, the president pro tempore of the Senate 318
and the Senate Republican president pro tempore, or the president pro 319
tempore of the Senate, as the case may be, shall fill such vacancy. The 320
chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the commission, which 321
shall be held not later than sixty days after October 31, [2017] 2020. 322
(e) Not later than April 1, [2018] 2021, the commission shall submit a 323
report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the 324
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the joint standing 325
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 326
relating to education and appropriations and the budgets of state 327
agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. 328
Sec. 12. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Education shall 329
establish a working group to study issues relating to the provision of 330
world language instruction in public elementary schools. The working 331
group shall examine the benefits associated with the early introduction 332
of world language instruction to students and the feasibility of 333
implementing a world languages requirement at the elementary school 334
level. The commissioner shall select the members of the working group, 335
provided such working group includes educators of world languages 336
and members who represent boards of education, superintendents and 337
parents of students. Not later than January 1, 2021, the commissioner 338
shall submit a report on the working group's findings and any 339
recommendations for legislation to the joint standing committee of the 340
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, 341 Raised Bill No. 5439
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in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 342
Sec. 13. Subparagraph (C) of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of 343
section 10-10a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is 344
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 345
(C) Data relating to schools and districts shall include, but not be 346
limited to, (i) school population, (ii) annual student graduation rates, 347
(iii) annual teacher retention rates, (iv) school disciplinary records, such 348
as data relating to (I) suspensions, (II) expulsions, including the number 349
of expulsion hearings conducted and the number of expulsions, and (III) 350
other disciplinary actions, (v) the percentage of students whose primary 351
language is not English, (vi) the number of and professional credentials 352
of support personnel, (vii) information relating to instructional 353
technology, such as access to computers, and (viii) disaggregated 354
measures of school-based arrests pursuant to section 10-233n, as 355
amended by this act. 356
Sec. 14. Subsection (c) of section 10-220 of the 2020 supplement to the 357
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 358
thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 359
(c) Annually, each local and regional board of education shall submit 360
to the Commissioner of Education a strategic school profile report for 361
each school and school or program of alternative education, as defined 362
in section 10-74j, under its jurisdiction and for the school district as a 363
whole. The superintendent of each local and regional school district 364
shall present the profile report at the next regularly scheduled public 365
meeting of the board of education after each November first. The profile 366
report shall provide information on measures of (1) student needs, (2) 367
school resources, including technological resources and utilization of 368
such resources and infrastructure, (3) student and school performance, 369
including in-school suspensions, out-of-school suspensions, [and] 370
expulsions, including the number of expulsion hearings conducted and 371
the number of expulsions, and the number of truants, as defined in 372
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10-198c, (4) the number of students enrolled in an adult high school 374
credit diploma program, pursuant to section 10-69, operated by a local 375
or regional board of education or a regional educational service center, 376
(5) equitable allocation of resources among its schools, (6) reduction of 377
racial, ethnic and economic isolation, (7) special education, and (8) 378
school-based arrests, as defined in section 10-233n, as amended by this 379
act. For purposes of this subsection, measures of special education 380
include (A) special education identification rates by disability, (B) rates 381
at which special education students are exempted from mastery testing 382
pursuant to section 10-14q, (C) expenditures for special education, 383
including such expenditures as a percentage of total expenditures, (D) 384
achievement data for special education students, (E) rates at which 385
students identified as requiring special education are no longer 386
identified as requiring special education, (F) the availability of 387
supplemental educational services for students lacking basic 388
educational skills, (G) the amount of special education student 389
instructional time with nondisabled peers, (H) the number of students 390
placed out-of-district, and (I) the actions taken by the school district to 391
improve special education programs, as indicated by analyses of the 392
local data provided in subparagraphs (A) to (H), inclusive, of this 393
subdivision. The superintendent shall include in the narrative portion 394
of the report information about parental involvement and any measures 395
the district has taken to improve parental involvement, including, but 396
not limited to, employment of methods to engage parents in the 397
planning and improvement of school programs and methods to increase 398
support to parents working at home with their children on learning 399
activities. For purposes of this subsection, measures of truancy include 400
the type of data that is required to be collected by the Department of 401
Education regarding attendance and unexcused absences in order for 402
the department to comply with federal reporting requirements and the 403
actions taken by the local or regional board of education to reduce 404
truancy in the school district. Such truancy data shall be considered a 405
public record, as defined in section 1-200. 406
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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 408
2020): 409
(b) The Department of Education shall annually examine data 410
relating to in-school suspensions, out-of-school suspensions, 411
expulsions, including the number of expulsion hearings conducted and 412
the number of expulsions, and school-based arrests that has been 413
submitted as part of the strategic school profile report pursuant to 414
section 10-220, as amended by this act, and shall disaggregate such data 415
by school, race, ethnicity, gender, age, students with disabilities, English 416
language learners, as defined in section 10-76kk, students who are 417
eligible for free or reduced priced lunch pursuant to federal law and 418
regulations, and type of offense for which the school-based arrests were 419
made and the number of arrests made annually at each school within 420
the school district. The department shall annually submit a report to the 421
State Board of Education regarding the examination and disaggregation 422
of such data and make the report available on the department's Internet 423
web site. 424
Sec. 16. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2020) (a) For the school year 425
commencing July 1, 2020, and each school year thereafter, each local and 426
regional board of education and supervisory agent of a nonpublic 427
school, in consultation with local emergency medical services providers 428
and allied health professionals, shall develop and implement an 429
emergency action plan for responding to serious and life-threatening 430
sports-related injuries that occur during interscholastic and intramural 431
athletic events. 432
(b) Such emergency action plan shall establish the procedures to be 433
followed in the event that a student sustains a serious injury or illness 434
while participating in an interscholastic or intramural athletic event, and 435
shall include, but need not be limited to, the following components: 436
(1) A list of the school employees, coaches or licensed athletic trainers 437
in each school who will be responsible for implementing the emergency 438
action plan and a description of each person's responsibilities under the 439 Raised Bill No. 5439
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plan; 440
(2) An identification of the location or venue where the interscholastic 441
or intramural athletic event is taking place; 442
(3) A description of the equipment and supplies that may be available 443
at the site of the interscholastic or intramural athletic event that will 444
assist in responding to an emergency, including the location of where 445
such equipment and supplies may be found at such site; 446
(4) A description of the procedures to be followed when a student 447
sustains a serious sports-related injury, including, but not limited to, 448
responding to the injured student, summoning emergency medical care, 449
assisting local first responders in getting to the injured student and 450
documenting the actions taken during the emergency; 451
(5) A description of the protocols to be followed during cardiac or 452
respiratory emergencies, including the operation of an automatic 453
external defibrillator, use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation or the 454
administration of medication, in accordance with the provisions of 455
section 10-212a of the general statutes; 456
(6) A description of the protocols to be followed when a student is 457
observed to exhibit signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a 458
concussion or is diagnosed with a concussion, in accordance with the 459
provisions of section 10-149c of the general statutes; 460
(7) A description of the protocols to be followed when a student 461
suffers from a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury, provided 462
such protocols are designed to include instructions that are based on the 463
level of training of the person implementing the emergency action plan 464
and are in accordance with best practices and state law; and 465
(8) A description of the protocols to be followed in the event of heat 466
or cold-related emergencies, provided such protocols are in accordance 467
with current professional standards. 468
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annually by the school employees, coaches and licensed athletic trainers 470
identified in the emergency action plan pursuant to subdivision (1) of 471
subsection (b) of this section. Such plan shall be updated as necessary. 472
(d) Any school employee, coach or licensed athletic trainer identified 473
in the emergency action plan pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection 474
(b) of this section shall be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and 475
have completed a course in first aid offered by the American Red Cross, 476
the American Heart Association, the Department of Public Health, any 477
director of health or an organization using guidelines for first aid 478
published by the American Heart Association and the American Red 479
Cross. 480
(e) Each local and regional board of education and supervisory agent 481
of a nonpublic school shall (1) distribute the emergency action plan to 482
all school employees, coaches and licensed athletic trainers identified in 483
the emergency action plan pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (b) 484
of this section, (2) post such emergency action plan in all athletic 485
facilities and at all sites where interscholastic and intramural athletic 486
events will take place, and (3) make such emergency action plan 487
available on the Internet web site for the school district or school. 488
(f) In developing and implementing the emergency action plan, a 489
local or regional board of education or supervisory agent of a nonpublic 490
school may utilize existing and appropriate public or private materials, 491
models, personnel and other resources, and may accept gifts, grants and 492
donations, including in-kind donations, designated for the development 493
and implementation of the emergency action plan. 494
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2020 10-145(a)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2020 10-221a(c)
Sec. 3 July 1, 2020 10-15c(a)
Sec. 4 July 1, 2020 10-145d(f)
Sec. 5 July 1, 2020 10-264q
Sec. 6 July 1, 2020 10-155k Raised Bill No. 5439
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Sec. 7 from passage New section
Sec. 8 July 1, 2020 10-220a(a)
Sec. 9 July 1, 2020 10-214(a)
Sec. 10 July 1, 2020 10-51(d)(2)
Sec. 11 July 1, 2020 10-15i
Sec. 12 from passage New section
Sec. 13 July 1, 2020 10-10a(c)(1)(C)
Sec. 14 July 1, 2020 10-220(c)
Sec. 15 July 1, 2020 10-233n(b)
Sec. 16 July 1, 2020 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To make various revisions and additions to the education statutes.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]