Substitute Senate Bill No. 954
Public Act No. 21-184
AN ACT REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS THAT
RESULTED IN SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURIES OR DEATH AT
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 10a-55a of the general
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof
(Effective July 1, 2021):
(a) [On or before October 1, 1991, and annually thereafter, each] Each
institution of higher education shall annually prepare [in such manner
as the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities shall
prescribe] a uniform campus crime and safety incident report
concerning crimes committed and accidents occurring in the
immediately preceding calendar year within the geographical limits of
the property owned or under the control of such institution. [Such] The
portions of such report concerning criminal offenses shall be in
accordance with the uniform crime reporting system pursuant to section
29-1c, provided such report is limited to those offenses included in part
I of the most recently published edition of the Uniform Crime Reports
for the United States as authorized by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the United States Department of Justice, sexual assault
under section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised Substitute Senate Bill No. 954
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to January 1, 2019, or sections 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b
and 53a-73a, stalking under sections 53a-181c, 53a-181d and 53a-181e
and family violence as designated under section 46b-38h. The state
police, local police departments and special police forces established
pursuant to section 10a-156b shall cooperate with institutions of higher
education in preparing such reports. Institutions with more than one
campus shall prepare such reports for each campus.
(b) Each annual report prepared pursuant to subsection (a) of this
section shall include (1) the number of full-time equivalent students, (2)
the number of full-time equivalent employees, (3) the number of
students and employees residing in campus housing, [and] (4) for any
accident that occurred during the immediately preceding calendar year
within the geographical limits of the property owned or under the
control of an institution of higher education, including, but not limited
to, campuses or dormitories in another country owned or under the
control of an institution of higher education for the purposes of an
international studies or international exchange program, (A) the
number of such accidents that resulted in serious physical injury, as
defined in section 53a-3, and (B) the number of such accidents that
resulted in death, and (5) for each category of criminal offense, the
number of incidents reported and the crime rate. The crime rate shall be
equal to the number of incidents reported divided by the total number
of full-time equivalent students and employees.