Researcher: JC Page 1 4/11/24
OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 5262
AN ACT CONCERNING A SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT
SURVEY.
SUMMARY
Beginning July 1, 2026, this bill requires the Department of Public
Health (DPH) to include a sexual abuse and assault awareness
prevention survey for high school administrators each time it
administers the Connecticut School Health Survey. The bill requires
each survey to be distributed to and completed by administrators. The
administrator’s survey results must be submitted to DPH at the same
time as the student survey results.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2024
BACKGROUND
Connecticut School Health Survey
By law, DPH must biennially administer the Connecticut School
Health Survey to students in grades nine through 12, if the department
receives funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) for it. This survey was created as part of the statewide
sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention program and must
be (1) based on the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey and (2)
administered in high schools the CDC randomly selects.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Committee on Children
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 14 Nay 5 (03/05/2024)
Education Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 40 Nay 0 (04/01/2024)