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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5778
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2492
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. MCCARTHY VAHEY, 133rd Dist.
REP. LEEPER, 132nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS IN
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 173 of the general statutes be amended to require that 1
any new construction project or renovation project receiving a school 2
building project grant include the installation of water bottle filling 3
stations in the school, and that standards be developed for the 4
placement of water bottle filling stations in schools that includes, but is 5
not limited to, a requirement that there be at least one water bottle filling 6
station (1) per one hundred students, (2) on each floor or in each wing 7
or other section of a school building, (3) in all school food service areas, 8
and (4) near gymnasiums and outdoor learning and activity areas, 9
including playgrounds and athletic fields. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To increase access to free, easily accessible and safe drinking water in
public schools.