Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05778 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5778
66 January Session, 2021
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1010 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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1313 Introduced by:
1414 REP. MCCARTHY VAHEY, 133rd Dist.
1515 REP. LEEPER, 132nd Dist.
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2020 AN ACT CONCERNING WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS IN
2121 PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
2222 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
2323 Assembly convened:
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2525 That chapter 173 of the general statutes be amended to require that 1
2626 any new construction project or renovation project receiving a school 2
2727 building project grant include the installation of water bottle filling 3
2828 stations in the school, and that standards be developed for the 4
2929 placement of water bottle filling stations in schools that includes, but is 5
3030 not limited to, a requirement that there be at least one water bottle filling 6
3131 station (1) per one hundred students, (2) on each floor or in each wing 7
3232 or other section of a school building, (3) in all school food service areas, 8
3333 and (4) near gymnasiums and outdoor learning and activity areas, 9
3434 including playgrounds and athletic fields. 10
3535 Statement of Purpose:
3636 To increase access to free, easily accessible and safe drinking water in
3737 public schools.