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3 | 3 | LCO No. 2478 1 of 2 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5775 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 2478 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on EDUCATION | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | REP. PARKER, 101st Dist. | |
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18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOCOLS TO | |
19 | 19 | PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION OF INFECTIOUS AND | |
20 | 20 | COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN SCHOOLS DURING A PUBLIC | |
21 | 21 | HEALTH EMERGENCY. | |
22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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25 | 25 | That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to require, during a 1 | |
26 | 26 | declaration of a public health or civil preparedness emergency by the 2 | |
27 | 27 | Governor, the Commissioner of Education to (1) develop and 3 | |
28 | 28 | implement, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Public Health and 4 | |
29 | 29 | the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, state-wide 5 | |
30 | 30 | protocols that are designed to prevent the transmission of infectious or 6 | |
31 | 31 | communicable diseases in school buildings, and such protocols shall 7 | |
32 | 32 | include, but need not be limited to, the cleaning of school buildings and 8 | |
33 | 33 | the upgrading or retro-commissioning of heating, ventilation and air 9 | |
34 | 34 | conditioning projects, and (2) apply to the United States Department of 10 | |
35 | 35 | Education for a waiver from federal student assessment requirements. 11 Proposed Bill No. 5775 | |
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38 | 38 | LCO No. 2478 2 of 2 | |
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40 | 40 | Statement of Purpose: | |
41 | 41 | To provide for safe and successful schools and prevent infectious and | |
42 | 42 | communicable disease transmission in school buildings in the event of | |
43 | 43 | a public health emergency. |