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14		-	AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE COLLECTION
15		-	OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES DATA.
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	12	+	Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
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	20	+	AN ACT CONCERNING TH E COLLECTION AND REP ORTING OF
	21	+	ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES DATA.
16	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	23		Assembly convened:
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19		-	Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, (1) 1
20		-	"adverse childhood experience" means a potentially traumatic event 2
21		-	occurring in childhood, including, but not limited to, (A) experiencing 3
22		-	or witnessing violence, abuse, neglect, a substance abuse disorder, a 4
23		-	suicide attempt or death by suicide, or (B) experiencing instability due 5
24		-	to parental separation or incarceration; and (2) "participating 6
25		-	municipalities" means the municipalities of Bridgeport, Cheshire, East 7
26		-	Hartford, Killingworth, Orange and South Windsor. 8
27		-	(b) The Department of Education shall establish an adverse 9
28		-	childhood experience survey pilot program to be administered in 10
29		-	participating municipalities. Such pilot program shall be for the purpose 11
30		-	of collecting data concerning adverse childhood experiences suffered by 12
31		-	students in grades four to twelve, inclusive, enrolled in public schools 13
32		-	in participating municipalities. 14
33		-	(c) Not later than October 1, 2021, the Department of Education shall 15
34		-	develop a survey that requires the student taking the survey to indicate 16
35		-	whether the student has witnessed or experienced one or more 17
36		-	potentially traumatic events, including, but not limited to, (1) violence, 18 Substitute Bill No. 5698
	25	+	Section 1. Section 10-10a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
	26	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 2
	27	+	(a) As used in this section: 3
	28	+	(1) "Adverse childhood experience" means a potentially traumatic 4
	29	+	event occurring in childhood, including, but not limited to, (A) 5
	30	+	experiencing or witnessing violence, abuse, neglect, substance misuse 6
	31	+	or an attempt at or death by suicide, or (B) experiencing instability due 7
	32	+	to parental separation or incarceration. 8
	33	+	[(1)] (2) "Teacher" means any certified professional employee below 9
	34	+	the rank of superintendent employed by a board of education for at least 10
	35	+	ninety days in a position requiring a certificate issued by the State Board 11
	36	+	of Education; and 12
	37	+	[(2)] (3) "Teacher preparation program" means a program designed 13
	38	+	to qualify an individual for professional certification as an educator 14
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43		-	abuse, neglect, a substance abuse disorder, a suicide attempt or death 19
44		-	by suicide; or (2) instability due to parental separation or incarceration. 20
45		-	The survey shall (A) be tailored to the developmental stages of the 21
46		-	students administered the survey, and (B) not include any personally 22
47		-	identifying information. 23
48		-	(d) Not later than August 1, 2022, the Department of Education shall 24
49		-	require each public school enrolling students in grades four to twelve, 25
50		-	inclusive, in participating municipalities to administer the survey 26
51		-	developed pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, and report the 27
52		-	results of the survey to the department in a form and manner prescribed 28
53		-	by the department. Such report shall (1) include, but not be limited to, 29
54		-	the number of students in each grade who have suffered each type of 30
55		-	potentially traumatic event; and (2) not include any data concerning the 31
56		-	number or types of potentially traumatic events suffered by any one 32
57		-	student. 33
58		-	(e) Not later than December 1, 2022, the Department of Education 34
59		-	shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 35
60		-	of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 36
61		-	Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children. Such report 37
62		-	shall include a summary of the number of students in each grade in each 38
63		-	participating municipality who have suffered each type of potentially 39
64		-	traumatic event. 40
	44	+	provided by institutions of higher education or other providers 15
	45	+	approved by the Department of Education, including, but not limited 16
	46	+	to, an alternate route to certification program. 17
	47	+	(b) The Department of Education shall develop and implement a 18
	48	+	state-wide public school information system. The system shall be 19
	49	+	designed for the purpose of establishing a standardized electronic data 20
	50	+	collection and reporting protocol that will facilitate compliance with 21
	51	+	state and federal reporting requirements, improve school-to-school and 22
	52	+	district-to-district information exchanges, and maintain the 23
	53	+	confidentiality of individual student and staff data. The initial design 24
	54	+	shall focus on student information, provided the system shall be created 25
	55	+	to allow for future compatibility with financial, facility and staff data. 26
	56	+	The system shall provide for the tracking of the performance of 27
	57	+	individual students on each of the state-wide mastery examinations 28
	58	+	under section 10-14n in order to allow the department to compare the 29
	59	+	progress of the same cohort of students who take each examination and 30
	60	+	to better analyze school performance. The department shall assign a 31
	61	+	unique student identifier to each student prior to tracking the 32
	62	+	performance of a student in the public school information system. 33
	63	+	(c) The state-wide public school information system shall: 34
	64	+	(1) Track and report data relating to student, teacher and school and 35
	65	+	district performance growth and make such information available to 36
	66	+	local and regional boards of education for use in evaluating educational 37
	67	+	performance and growth of teachers and students enrolled in public 38
	68	+	schools in the state. Such information shall be collected or calculated 39
	69	+	based on information received from local and regional boards of 40
	70	+	education and other relevant sources. Such information shall include, 41
	71	+	but not be limited to: 42
	72	+	(A) In addition to performance on state-wide mastery examinations 43
	73	+	pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, data relating to students shall 44
	74	+	include, but not be limited to, (i) the primary language spoken at the 45
	75	+	home of a student, (ii) student transcripts, (iii) student attendance and 46
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	81	+	student mobility, (iv) reliable, valid assessments of a student's readiness 47
	82	+	to enter public school at the kindergarten level, [and] (v) data collected, 48
	83	+	if any, from the preschool experience survey, described in section 10-49
	84	+	515, as amended by this act, and (vi) data collected concerning adverse 50
	85	+	childhood experiences suffered by students; 51
	86	+	(B) Data relating to teachers shall include, but not be limited to, (i) 52
	87	+	teacher credentials, such as master's degrees, teacher preparation 53
	88	+	programs completed and certification levels and endorsement areas, (ii) 54
	89	+	teacher assessments, such as whether a teacher is deemed highly 55
	90	+	qualified pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act, P.L. 107-110, or 56
	91	+	deemed to meet such other designations as may be established by 57
	92	+	federal law or regulations for the purposes of tracking the equitable 58
	93	+	distribution of instructional staff, (iii) the presence of substitute teachers 59
	94	+	in a teacher's classroom, (iv) class size, (v) numbers relating to 60
	95	+	absenteeism in a teacher's classroom, and (vi) the presence of a teacher's 61
	96	+	aide. The department shall assign a unique teacher identifier to each 62
	97	+	teacher prior to collecting such data in the public school information 63
	98	+	system; 64
	99	+	(C) Data relating to schools and districts shall include, but not be 65
	100	+	limited to, (i) school population, (ii) annual student graduation rates, 66
	101	+	(iii) annual teacher retention rates, (iv) school disciplinary records, such 67
	102	+	as data relating to suspensions, expulsions and other disciplinary 68
	103	+	actions, (v) the percentage of students whose primary language is not 69
	104	+	English, (vi) the number of and professional credentials of support 70
	105	+	personnel, (vii) information relating to instructional technology, such as 71
	106	+	access to computers, and (viii) disaggregated measures of school-based 72
	107	+	arrests pursuant to section 10-233n. 73
	108	+	(2) Collect data relating to student enrollment in and graduation from 74
	109	+	institutions of higher education for any student who had been assigned 75
	110	+	a unique student identifier pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, 76
	111	+	provided such data is available. 77
	112	+	(3) Develop means for access to and data sharing with the data 78
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	118	+	systems of public institutions of higher education in the state. 79
	119	+	(d) On or before July 1, 2011, and each year thereafter until July 1, 80
	120	+	2013, the Commissioner of Education shall report, in accordance with 81
	121	+	the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the 82
	122	+	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education 83
	123	+	on the progress of the department's efforts to expand the state-wide 84
	124	+	public school information system pursuant to subsection (c) of this 85
	125	+	section. The report shall include a full statement of those data elements 86
	126	+	that are currently included in the system and those data elements that 87
	127	+	will be added on or before July 1, 2013. 88
	128	+	(e) The system database of student information shall not be 89
	129	+	considered a public record for the purposes of section 1-210. Nothing in 90
	130	+	this section shall be construed to limit the ability of a full-time 91
	131	+	permanent employee of a nonprofit organization that is exempt from 92
	132	+	taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 93
	133	+	or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United 94
	134	+	States, as from time to time amended, and that is organized and 95
	135	+	operated for educational purposes, to obtain information in accordance 96
	136	+	with the provisions of subsection (h) of this section. 97
	137	+	(f) All school districts shall participate in the system, and report all 98
	138	+	necessary information required by this section, provided the 99
	139	+	department provides for technical assistance and training of school staff 100
	140	+	in the use of the system. 101
	141	+	(g) Local and regional boards of education and preschool programs 102
	142	+	which receive state or federal funding shall participate, in a manner 103
	143	+	prescribed by the Commissioner of Education, in the state-wide public 104
	144	+	school information system described in subsection (b) of this section. 105
	145	+	Participation for purposes of this subsection shall include, but not be 106
	146	+	limited to, reporting on (1) student experiences in preschool by program 107
	147	+	type and by numbers of months in each such program, and (2) the 108
	148	+	readiness of students entering kindergarten and student progress in 109
	149	+	kindergarten. Such reporting shall be done by October 1, 2007, and 110
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	155	+	annually thereafter. 111
	156	+	(h) On and after August 1, 2009, upon receipt of a written request to 112
	157	+	access data maintained under this section by a full-time permanent 113
	158	+	employee of a nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation 114
	159	+	under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any 115
	160	+	subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, 116
	161	+	as from time to time amended, and that is organized and operated for 117
	162	+	educational purposes, the Department of Education shall provide such 118
	163	+	data to such requesting party not later than sixty days after such request, 119
	164	+	provided such requesting party shall be responsible for the reasonable 120
	165	+	cost of such request. The Department of Administrative Services shall 121
	166	+	monitor the calculation of such fees charged for access to or copies of 122
	167	+	such records to ensure that such fees are reasonable and consistent with 123
	168	+	those charged by other state agencies. The Department of Education 124
	169	+	shall respond to written requests under this section in the order in which 125
	170	+	they are received. 126
	171	+	(i) The superintendent of schools of a school district, or his or her 127
	172	+	designee, may access information in the state-wide public school 128
	173	+	information system regarding the state-wide mastery examination 129
	174	+	under section 10-14n. Such access shall be for the limited purpose of 130
	175	+	determining examination dates, examination scores and levels of 131
	176	+	student achievement on such examinations for students enrolled in or 132
	177	+	transferring to the school district of such superintendent. 133
	178	+	Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 10-220 of the general statutes is 134
	179	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 135
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	181	+	(c) Annually, each local and regional board of education shall submit 137
	182	+	to the Commissioner of Education a strategic school profile report for 138
	183	+	each school and school or program of alternative education, as defined 139
	184	+	in section 10-74j, under its jurisdiction and for the school district as a 140
	185	+	whole. The superintendent of each local and regional school district 141
	186	+	shall present the profile report at the next regularly scheduled public 142
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	192	+	meeting of the board of education after each November first. The profile 143
	193	+	report shall provide information on measures of (1) student needs, (2) 144
	194	+	school resources, including technological resources and utilization of 145
	195	+	such resources and infrastructure, (3) student and school performance, 146
	196	+	including in-school suspensions, out-of-school suspensions and 147
	197	+	expulsions, the number of truants, as defined in section 10-198a, and 148
	198	+	chronically absent children, as defined in section 10-198c, (4) the number 149
	199	+	of students enrolled in an adult high school credit diploma program, 150
	200	+	pursuant to section 10-69, operated by a local or regional board of 151
	201	+	education or a regional educational service center, (5) equitable 152
	202	+	allocation of resources among its schools, (6) reduction of racial, ethnic 153
	203	+	and economic isolation, (7) special education, [and] (8) school-based 154
	204	+	arrests, as defined in section 10-233n, and (9) adverse childhood 155
	205	+	experiences, as defined in section 10-10a, as amended by this act, 156
	206	+	suffered by students. For purposes of this subsection, measures of 157
	207	+	special education include (A) special education identification rates by 158
	208	+	disability, (B) rates at which special education students are exempted 159
	209	+	from mastery testing pursuant to section 10-14q, (C) expenditures for 160
	210	+	special education, including such expenditures as a percentage of total 161
	211	+	expenditures, (D) achievement data for special education students, (E) 162
	212	+	rates at which students identified as requiring special education are no 163
	213	+	longer identified as requiring special education, (F) the availability of 164
	214	+	supplemental educational services for students lacking basic 165
	215	+	educational skills, (G) the amount of special education student 166
	216	+	instructional time with nondisabled peers, (H) the number of students 167
	217	+	placed out-of-district, and (I) the actions taken by the school district to 168
	218	+	improve special education programs, as indicated by analyses of the 169
	219	+	local data provided in subparagraphs (A) to (H), inclusive, of this 170
	220	+	subdivision. The superintendent shall include in the narrative portion 171
	221	+	of the report information about parental involvement and any measures 172
	222	+	the district has taken to improve parental involvement, including, but 173
	223	+	not limited to, employment of methods to engage parents in the 174
	224	+	planning and improvement of school programs and methods to increase 175
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	232	+	the type of data that is required to be collected by the Department of 178
	233	+	Education regarding attendance and unexcused absences in order for 179
	234	+	the department to comply with federal reporting requirements and the 180
	235	+	actions taken by the local or regional board of education to reduce 181
	236	+	truancy in the school district. Such truancy data shall be considered a 182
	237	+	public record, as defined in section 1-200. 183
	238	+	Sec. 3. Section 10-515 of the general statutes is repealed and the 184
	239	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 185
	240	+	On or before March 1, 2015, the Commissioner of Early Childhood, in 186
	241	+	consultation with the Department of Education, shall develop a 187
	242	+	preschool experience survey that shall be included in kindergarten 188
	243	+	registration materials provided by local and regional boards of 189
	244	+	education to parents or guardians of children enrolling in kindergarten 190
	245	+	pursuant to section 10-184. The board shall use such survey to collect 191
	246	+	information regarding (1) whether the child enrolling in kindergarten 192
	247	+	has participated in a preschool program, [and] (2) (A) if such child has 193
	248	+	participated in a preschool program, the nature, length and setting of 194
	249	+	such preschool program, or (B) if the child has not participated in a 195
	250	+	preschool program, the reasons why such child did not participate in a 196
	251	+	preschool program, including, but not limited to, financial difficulty, 197
	252	+	lack of transportation, parental choice regarding enrollment, limitations 198
	253	+	related to the hours of operation of available preschool programs and 199
	254	+	any other barriers to participation in a preschool program, and (3) 200
	255	+	adverse childhood experiences, as defined in section 10-10a, as amended 201
	256	+	by this act, suffered by the child. A local or regional board of education 202
	257	+	shall not require any parent or guardian of such child to complete such 203
	258	+	survey as a condition of such child's enrollment in kindergarten. 204
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	262	+	Section 1 July 1, 2021 10-10a
	263	+	Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 10-220(c)
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70		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
71		-	In Section (1)(c) to Section (1)(e), inclusive, "traumatic" was changed to
72		-	"potentially traumatic" for internal consistency.
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	269	+	Sec. 3 July 1, 2021 10-515
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	271	+	Statement of Purpose:
	272	+	To require local and regional boards of education, the Department of
	273	+	Education and the Office of Early Childhood to collect and report data
	274	+	concerning adverse childhood experiences suffered by children.
	275	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	276	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	277	+	underlined.]
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	279	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. GOUPIL, 35th Dist.; REP. BERGER-GIRVALO, 111th Dist.
	280	+	REP. FOSTER, 57th Dist.; REP. MORRIN BELLO, 28th Dist.
	281	+	REP. THOMAS, 143rd Dist.; REP. PARKER, 101st Dist.
	282	+	REP. WINKLER, 56th Dist.
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