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