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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5416
February Session, 2024
LCO No. 2377
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION
STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10-18f of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2024): 3
(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2018, and each school year 4
thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall include 5
Holocaust and genocide education and awareness as part of the social 6
studies curriculum for the school district, pursuant to section 10-16b. In 7
developing and implementing the Holocaust and genocide education 8
and awareness portion of the social studies curriculum, the board may 9
utilize existing and appropriate public or private materials, personnel 10
and other resources. The Holocaust and genocide education and 11
awareness portion of the social studies curriculum shall include, but not 12
be limited to, the Greek genocide. 13
Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2024) The Department of Education shall 14
develop a plan to replace the state-wide mastery examination currently 15 Raised Bill No. 5416
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approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-14n of 16
the general statutes. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to, (1) a 17
recommendation for an assessment tool or examination that reduces the 18
amount of instructional time used to prepare for and administer a state-19
wide mastery examination and is capable of assessing a larger array of 20
student abilities, and (2) the costs and timeline required for 21
implementing such assessment tool or examination as the new state-22
wide mastery examination. Not later than January 1, 2026, the 23
Department of Education shall submit, in accordance with the 24
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 25
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 26
relating to education the plan developed pursuant to this section. 27
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2024) In determining the rights and 28
benefits earned by a teacher under sections 10-151 and 10-156 of the 29
general statutes, employment in a school operated by Goodwin 30
University Magnet Schools, Inc. or Goodwin University Educational 31
Services, Inc. shall not be deemed to interrupt the continuous 32
employment of a teacher who was employed by a local or regional board 33
of education during the school year immediately prior to employment 34
in such school and such teacher shall continue as an employee of 35
Goodwin University Magnet Schools, Inc. or Goodwin University 36
Educational Services, Inc., subject to the provisions of section 10-151 of 37
the general statutes. 38
Sec. 4. Section 10-231 of the general statutes is repealed and the 39
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 40
(a) Each local and regional board of education shall provide for [a fire 41
drill] seven fire drills to be held in [the schools] each school of such 42
board during the school year, provided at least one of the fire drills is 43
held not later than thirty days after the first day of each school year. [and 44
at least once each month thereafter, except as provided in subsection (b) 45
of this section.] 46
(b) [Each such board shall substitute a crisis response drill for a fire 47 Raised Bill No. 5416
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drill once every three months and shall develop the format of such crisis 48
response drill in consultation with the appropriate local law 49
enforcement agency. A representative of such agency may supervise 50
and participate in any such crisis response drill.] Each local and regional 51
board of education shall provide for two crisis response drills to be held 52
in each school of such board during the school year, provided at least 53
one of the crisis response drills is a staff-only drill that is held not later 54
than thirty days after the first day of each school year. Each such crisis 55
response drill shall be conducted in accordance with the crisis response 56
protocols developed for the school pursuant to section 10-222n, as 57
amended by this act. 58
Sec. 5. Section 10-222n of the 2024 supplement to the general statutes 59
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 60
1, 2024): 61
(a) Not later than January 1, 2014, the Department of Emergency 62
Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the Department of 63
Education, shall develop school security and safety plan standards. Not 64
later than January 1, 2020, and every three years thereafter, the 65
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in 66
consultation with the Department of Education, shall reevaluate and 67
update the school security and safety plan standards. The school 68
security and safety plan standards shall be an all-hazards approach to 69
emergencies at public schools and shall include, but not be limited to, 70
(1) involvement of local officials, including the chief executive officer of 71
the municipality, the superintendent of schools, law enforcement, fire, 72
public health, emergency management and emergency medical 73
services, in the development of school security and safety plans, (2) a 74
command center organization structure based on the federal National 75
Incident Management System and a description of the responsibilities 76
of such command center organization, (3) a requirement that a school 77
security and safety committee be established at each school, in 78
accordance with the provisions of section 10-222m, (4) crisis 79
management procedures, (5) a requirement that [local law enforcement 80
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feedback on fire drills and crisis response drills, conducted pursuant to 82
section 10-231] all crisis response drills conducted pursuant to section 83
10-231, as amended by this act, be in accordance with the crisis response 84
drill protocols described in subsection (c) of this section, (6) a 85
requirement that local and regional boards of education annually 86
submit reports to the Department of Emergency Services and Public 87
Protection regarding such fire drills and crisis response drills, (7) 88
procedures for managing various types of emergencies, (8) a 89
requirement that each local and regional board of education conduct a 90
security and vulnerability assessment for each school under the 91
jurisdiction of such board every two years and develop a school security 92
and safety plan for each such school, in accordance with the provisions 93
of section 10-222m, based on the results of such assessment, (9) a 94
requirement that the safe school climate committee for each school, 95
established pursuant to section 10-222k, collect and evaluate 96
information relating to instances of disturbing or threatening behavior 97
that may not meet the definition of bullying, as defined in section 10-98
222d, and report such information, as necessary, to the district safe 99
school climate coordinator, described in section 10-222k, and the school 100
security and safety committee for the school, established pursuant to 101
section 10-222m, and (10) a requirement that the school security and 102
safety plan for each school provide an orientation on such school 103
security and safety plan to each school employee, as defined in section 104
10-222d, at such school and provide violence prevention training in a 105
manner prescribed in such school security and safety plan. The 106
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall make 107
such standards available to local officials, including local and regional 108
boards of education, and the Department of Education shall distribute 109
such standards to all public schools within the state. 110
(b) Not later than January 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the 111
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall submit 112
the school security and safety plan standards and any recommendations 113
for legislation regarding such standards to the joint standing 114
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 115 Raised Bill No. 5416
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relating to public safety and education, in accordance with the 116
provisions of section 11-4a. 117
(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2024, and each school year 118
thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall develop, and 119
annually update, in consultation with the appropriate local law 120
enforcement agency, crisis response drill protocols to be implemented 121
as part of a crisis response drill conducted pursuant to section 10-231, as 122
amended by this act, for each of the schools under the jurisdiction of 123
such board. Such protocols shall be trauma-informed, created with 124
input from the administrators of each such school, and, include, but not 125
be limited to, a requirement that (1) the staff-only crisis response drill 126
shall (A) be designed and conducted in a manner that prepares 127
administrators, educators and other staff on their roles and 128
responsibilities during an actual emergency, including a walk-through 129
of such drill, (B) include a discussion of the implementation of the items 130
described in subdivisions (2) to (8), inclusive, of this subsection and how 131
to conduct a whole-school crisis response drill that includes students in 132
accordance with such protocols, and (C) allow a representative of the 133
local law enforcement agency to supervise and participate in the staff-134
only crisis response drill, (2) notice may be provided to the parents and 135
guardians of students, educators, local law enforcement and other first 136
responders of when the whole-school crisis response drill will be held, 137
at any point during the three days prior to such drill, (3) parents and 138
guardians be given the option to opt their student out of participating 139
in the whole-school crisis response drill, (4) accommodations are 140
provided to students who have past-trauma, post-traumatic stress 141
disorder, anxiety or other relevant disabilities, (5) an age-appropriate 142
explanation be delivered to the students of the school and that such 143
explanation includes a description of what the whole-school crisis 144
response drill is and how the school security and safety plan will be 145
implemented during an actual emergency, (6) information be provided 146
to students relating to the availability of mental health counseling for 147
students, (7) the simulation of an active shooter in the school and 148
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response drill is prohibited, and (8) a representative of the local law 150
enforcement agency may supervise and participate in the whole-school 151
crisis response drill. 152
Sec. 6. (Effective July 1, 2024) The Department of Emergency Services 153
and Public Protection, in consultation with the Department of 154
Education, shall conduct an evaluation of the efficacy and effectiveness 155
of the revisions pursuant to sections 10-222n and 10-231 of the general 156
statutes, as amended by this act, to the number and implementation of 157
fire drills and crisis response drills conducted pursuant to section 10-231 158
of the general statutes, as amended by this act. In conducting such 159
evaluation, the department shall (1) review the annual reports 160
submitted by each local and regional board of education pursuant to the 161
school security and safety plans standards, as described in section 10-162
222n of the general statutes, as amended by this act, (2) analyze how the 163
results of the security and vulnerability assessments and school security 164
and safety plans for each board, developed pursuant to section 10-222m 165
of the general statutes, have been addressed and revised following such 166
revisions to the number and implementation of fire drills and crisis 167
response drills, and (3) assess the effectiveness of how local and regional 168
boards of education are conducting such crisis response drills in 169
accordance with the crisis response drill protocols developed pursuant 170
to section 10-222n of the general statutes, as amended by this act. Not 171
later than January 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report, in 172
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 173
on its findings, including any recommendations for legislation, to the 174
joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 175
matters relating to education. 176
Sec. 7. Subsections (c) to (g), inclusive, of section 10-266aa of the 2024 177
supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is 178
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 179
(c) The program shall be phased in as provided in this subsection. (1) 180
For the school year commencing in 1998, and for each school year 181
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Haven and Bridgeport regions. The Hartford program shall operate as 183
a continuation of the program described in section 10-266j. Students 184
who reside in Hartford, New Haven or Bridgeport may attend school in 185
another school district in the region and students who reside in such 186
other school districts may attend school in Hartford, New Haven or 187
Bridgeport, provided, beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, the 188
proportion of students who are not minority students to the total 189
number of students leaving Hartford, Bridgeport or New Haven to 190
participate in the program shall not be greater than the proportion of 191
students who were not minority students in the prior school year to the 192
total number of students enrolled in Hartford, Bridgeport or New 193
Haven in the prior school year. The regional educational service center 194
operating the program shall make program participation decisions in 195
accordance with the requirements of this subdivision. (2) For the school 196
year commencing in 2000, and for each school year thereafter, the 197
program shall be in operation in New London, provided beginning with 198
the 2001-2002 school year, the proportion of students who are not 199
minority students to the total number of students leaving New London 200
to participate in the program shall not be greater than the proportion of 201
students who were not minority students in the prior year to the total 202
number of students enrolled in New London in the prior school year. 203
The regional educational service center operating the program shall 204
make program participation decisions in accordance with this 205
subdivision. (3) The Department of Education may provide, within 206
available appropriations, grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, 207
to the remaining regional educational service centers to assist school 208
districts in planning for a voluntary program of student enrollment in 209
every priority school district, pursuant to section 10-266p, which is 210
interested in participating in accordance with this subdivision. For the 211
school year commencing in 2003, and for each school year thereafter, the 212
voluntary enrollment program may be in operation in every priority 213
school district in the state. Students from other school districts in the 214
area of a priority school district, as determined by the regional 215
educational service center pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, may 216
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bring racial, ethnic and economic diversity to the priority school district 218
and do not increase the racial, ethnic and economic isolation in the 219
priority school district. (4) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, 220
there shall be a pilot program in operation in Danbury and Norwalk. 221
The pilot program shall serve (A) up to fifty students who reside in 222
Danbury, and such students may attend school in the school districts for 223
the towns of New Fairfield, Brookfield, Bethel, Ridgefield and Redding, 224
and (B) up to fifty students who reside in Norwalk, and such students 225
may attend school in the school districts for the towns of Darien, New 226
Canaan, Wilton, Weston and Westport. School districts which receive 227
students from Danbury and Norwalk under the pilot program during 228
the school year commencing July 1, 2022, shall allow such students to 229
attend school in the district until they graduate from high school. (5) For 230
the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year 231
thereafter, the town of Guilford shall be eligible to participate in the 232
program as a receiving district and a sending district with New Haven. 233
(6) For the school year commencing July 1, 2024, and each school year 234
thereafter, the town of Madison shall be eligible to participate in the 235
program as a receiving district and a sending district with New Haven. 236
(d) School districts which received students from New London under 237
the program during the school year commencing July 1, 2000, shall 238
allow such students to attend school in the district until they graduate 239
from high school. The attendance of such students in such program shall 240
not be supported by grants pursuant to subsections (f) and (g) of this 241
section but shall be supported, in the same amounts as provided for in 242
said subsections, by interdistrict cooperative grants pursuant to section 243
10-74d to the regional educational service centers operating such 244
programs. 245
(e) Once the program is in operation in the region served by a 246
regional educational service center pursuant to subsection (c) of this 247
section, the Department of Education shall provide an annual grant to 248
such regional educational service center to assist school districts in its 249
area in administering the program and to provide staff to assist students 250
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to act as a liaison between the parents of such students and the new 252
school district. Each regional educational service center shall determine 253
which school districts in its area are located close enough to a priority 254
school district to make participation in the program feasible in terms of 255
student transportation pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, 256
provided any student participating in the program prior to July 1, 1999, 257
shall be allowed to continue to attend the same school such student 258
attended prior to said date in the receiving district until the student 259
completes the highest grade in such school. If there are more students 260
who seek to attend school in a receiving district than there are spaces 261
available, the regional educational service center shall assist the school 262
district in determining attendance by the use of a lottery or lotteries 263
designed to preserve or increase racial, ethnic and economic diversity, 264
except that the regional educational service center shall give preference 265
to siblings and to students who would otherwise attend a school that 266
has lost its accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and 267
Colleges or has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant to 268
the No Child Left Behind Act, P.L. 107-110. The admission policies shall 269
be consistent with section 10-15c and this section. No receiving district 270
shall recruit students under the program for athletic or extracurricular 271
purposes. Each receiving district shall allow out-of-district students it 272
accepts to attend school in the district until they graduate from high 273
school. 274
(f) The Department of Education shall provide grants to regional 275
educational service centers or local or regional boards of education for 276
the reasonable cost of transportation for students participating in the 277
program. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year 278
thereafter, the department shall provide such grants within available 279
appropriations, provided the state-wide average of such grants does not 280
exceed an amount equal to three thousand two hundred fifty dollars for 281
each student transported, except that the Commissioner of Education 282
may grant to regional educational service centers or local or regional 283
boards of education additional sums from funds remaining in the 284
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transportation costs that exceed such maximum amount. The regional 286
educational service centers shall provide reasonable transportation 287
services to high school students who wish to participate in supervised 288
extracurricular activities. For purposes of this section, the number of 289
students transported shall be determined on October first of each fiscal 290
year. 291
(g) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3) of this 292
subsection, the Department of Education shall provide, within available 293
appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board of 294
education for each receiving district (A) for the fiscal year ending June 295
30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars 296
for each out-of-district student who attends school in the receiving 297
district under the program, and (B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 298
2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, in an amount at least two thousand 299
five hundred dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school 300
in the receiving district under the program. 301
(2) (A) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year 302
thereafter, the department shall provide, within available 303
appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board of 304
education for each receiving district if one of the following conditions 305
are met as follows: (i) (I) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, three 306
thousand dollars, and (II) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and 307
each fiscal year thereafter, at least three thousand dollars for each out-308
of-district student who attends school in the receiving district under the 309
program if the number of such out-of-district students is less than two 310
per cent of the total student population of such receiving district plus 311
any amount available pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, 312
(ii) (I) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, four thousand dollars, and 313
(II) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year 314
thereafter, at least four thousand dollars for each out-of-district student 315
who attends school in the receiving district under the program if the 316
number of such out-of-district students is greater than or equal to two 317
per cent but less than three per cent of the total student population of 318
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subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, (iii) (I) for the fiscal year ending 320
June 30, 2024, six thousand dollars, and (II) for the fiscal year ending 321
June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, at least six thousand 322
dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in the 323
receiving district under the program if the number of such out-of-324
district students is greater than or equal to three per cent but less than 325
four per cent of the total student population of such receiving district 326
plus any amount available pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this 327
subdivision, (iv) (I) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, six thousand 328
dollars, and (II) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal 329
year thereafter, at least six thousand dollars for each out-of-district 330
student who attends school in the receiving district under the program 331
if the Commissioner of Education determines that the receiving district 332
has an enrollment of greater than four thousand students and has 333
increased the number of students in the program by at least fifty per cent 334
from the previous fiscal year plus any amount available pursuant to 335
subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, or (v) (I) for the fiscal year ending 336
June 30, 2024, eight thousand dollars, and (II) for the fiscal year ending 337
June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, at least eight thousand 338
dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in the 339
receiving district under the program if the number of such out-of-340
district students is greater than or equal to four per cent of the total 341
student population of such receiving district plus any amount available 342
pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision. 343
(B) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year 344
thereafter, the department shall, in order to assist the state in meeting 345
its obligations under commitment 9B of the Comprehensive School 346
Choice Plan pursuant to the settlement in Sheff v. O'Neill, HHD-X07-347
CV89-4026240-S, provide, within available appropriations, an 348
additional grant to the local or regional board of education for each 349
receiving district in the amount of two thousand dollars for each out-of-350
district student who resides in the Hartford region and attends school 351
in the receiving district under the program. 352
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thereafter, the local or regional board of education for each receiving 354
district shall include the amount of the grants projected to be received 355
pursuant to this subdivision in such board's annual budget and 356
projected revenue statement. 357
(3) (A) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the department shall 358
provide a grant to the local or regional board of education for each 359
receiving district described in subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this 360
section in an amount of four thousand dollars for each out-of-district 361
student who resides in Danbury or Norwalk and attends school in the 362
receiving district under the pilot program. 363
(B) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year 364
thereafter, the department shall provide an annual grant to the local or 365
regional board of education for each receiving district described in 366
subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this section for each out-of-district 367
student who resides in Danbury or Norwalk and attends school in the 368
receiving district under the pilot program in accordance with the 369
provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection. 370
(C) Not later than January 1, 2025, the department shall submit a 371
report on the pilot program in operation in Danbury and Norwalk, 372
pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this section, to the joint 373
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 374
matters relating to education and appropriations, in accordance with the 375
provisions of section 11-4a. Such report shall include, but need not be 376
limited to, the total number of students participating in the pilot 377
program, the number of students from each town participating in the 378
pilot program, the total amount of the grant paid under the pilot 379
program and the amount of the grant paid to each town participating in 380
the pilot program. 381
(4) Each town which receives funds pursuant to this subsection shall 382
make such funds available to its local or regional board of education in 383
supplement to any other local appropriation, other state or federal grant 384
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entitled. 386
Sec. 8. (Effective July 1, 2024) (a) The State Board of Education shall 387
study the effectiveness of the method of addressing racial imbalance 388
specified in sections 10-226a to 10-226e, inclusive, of the general statutes 389
and the regulations adopted pursuant to said sections. Such study shall 390
include, but not be limited to, (1) an examination of the effectiveness of 391
various strategies implemented to correct racial imbalances in the long 392
term and short term, (2) a cost benefit analysis of implementing such 393
strategies, (3) the impact on the pupils of racial minorities as a result of 394
such strategies, such as access to neighborhood schools and educational 395
outcomes, and (4) suggestions for alternative methods for correcting 396
racial imbalances. The board shall not enforce any pending or upcoming 397
actions pursuant to said sections of the general statutes and regulations 398
until the completion of such study. 399
(b) Not later than January 1, 2026, the State Board of Education shall 400
submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 401
statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 402
having cognizance of matters relating to education a report on the 403
finding of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. 404
Sec. 9. Section 10-212g of the general statutes is repealed and the 405
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 406
Not later than December 31, 2014, the Departments of Education and 407
Public Health shall jointly develop, in consultation with the School 408
Nurse Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 10-212f, an 409
annual training program regarding emergency first aid to students who 410
experience allergic reactions and do not have a prior written order of a 411
physician licensed to practice medicine, a dentist licensed to practice 412
dental medicine, an optometrist licensed to practice under chapter 380, 413
an advanced practice registered nurse licensed to prescribe in 414
accordance with section 20-94a or a physician assistant licensed to 415
prescribe in accordance with section 20-12d, and the written 416
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program shall include instruction in (1) cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 418
(2) first aid, (3) food allergies, (4) the signs and symptoms of 419
anaphylaxis, (5) prevention and risk-reduction strategies regarding 420
allergic reactions, (6) emergency management and administration of 421
epinephrine, (7) follow-up and reporting procedures after a student has 422
experienced an allergic reaction, (8) carrying out the provisions of 423
subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of section 10-212a, and (9) any other 424
relevant issues and topics related to emergency first aid to students who 425
experience allergic reactions. The Department of Education shall make 426
such annual training program available to local and regional boards of 427
education. 428
Sec. 10. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2024) No local or regional board of 429
education shall require a parent or guardian of a student to participate 430
in school activities, such as through volunteering, as a condition for the 431
enrollment of such student in a public school. 432
Sec. 11. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2024) Each regional community-433
technical college shall consult with the guidance counselors, school 434
counselors and school administrators at public high schools located 435
within the region of the state in which such college is located for the 436
purpose of establishing collaborative partnerships between such 437
schools and such college. Such partnerships may include, but not be 438
limited to, collaborative counseling programs for students interested in 439
specific careers, evaluation and alignment of curricula and offering 440
support or educational programs to improve student outcomes. 441
Sec. 12. Section 19a-900a of the 2024 supplement to the general 442
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 443
(Effective July 1, 2024): 444
Any provider of child care services, as described in section 19a-77, 445
that is licensed by the Office of Early Childhood [, that] or is exempt 446
from licensure pursuant to subsection (b) of section 19a-77, and 447
maintains a supply of epinephrine cartridge injectors pursuant to 448
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emergency first aid to a child in the care of such provider who 450
experiences an allergic reaction and does not have a prior written 451
authorization of a parent or guardian or a prior written order of a 452
qualified medical professional for the administration of epinephrine, 453
provided the person administering such epinephrine is a person with 454
training, as defined in section 19a-909. The parent or guardian of a child 455
may submit, in writing, to such child's provider of child care services, 456
that epinephrine shall not be administered to such child pursuant to this 457
section. 458
Sec. 13. (Effective July 1, 2024) (a) The task force established pursuant 459
to section 3 of public act 21-95, as amended by section 3 of public act 22-460
116 and section 13 of public act 23-150, as part of its study of issues 461
related to the provision of special education in the state, shall administer 462
surveys to special education teachers, paraeducators, special education 463
administrators and parents or guardians of students receiving special 464
education concerning the funding, eligibility and delivery of special 465
education services. The task force shall, (1) jointly with the Department 466
of Special Education and Interventions at Central Connecticut State 467
University, develop such survey and analyze the results of such survey, 468
(2) allow such survey to be completed and submitted anonymously, and 469
(3) include the results of such analysis in the task force's final report 470
required pursuant to section 13 of public act 23-150. 471
(b) The Department of Education shall, within available 472
appropriations, facilitate the distribution of such surveys to special 473
education teachers, paraeducators, special education administrators, 474
and parents or guardians of students receiving special education. 475
Sec. 14. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than December 31, 476
2024, and each December thirty-first thereafter, the Department of 477
Education shall calculate an estimated amount that each town is entitled 478
to receive under the provisions of section 10-262h of the general statutes, 479
for the next fiscal year using data collected during the current fiscal year, 480
and notify each such town of such estimated amount. 481 Raised Bill No. 5416
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2024 10-18f(a)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2024 New section
Sec. 3 July 1, 2024 New section
Sec. 4 July 1, 2024 10-231
Sec. 5 July 1, 2024 10-222n
Sec. 6 July 1, 2024 New section
Sec. 7 July 1, 2024 10-266aa(c) to (g)
Sec. 8 July 1, 2024 New section
Sec. 9 July 1, 2024 10-212g
Sec. 10 July 1, 2024 New section
Sec. 11 July 1, 2024 New section
Sec. 12 July 1, 2024 19a-900a
Sec. 13 July 1, 2024 New section
Sec. 14 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) include the Greek genocide as part of the Holocaust and genocide
education and awareness curriculum, (2) require the Department of
Education to develop a plan to replace the current state-wide mastery
examination, (3) allow teachers employed by Goodwin University
Magnet Schools, Inc. or Goodwin University Educational Services, Inc.
to be considered continuously employed, (4) amend the way crisis
response drills are conducted in schools, (5) require the Department of
Emergency Services and Public Protection to study the efficacy of crisis
response drills, (6) include the town of Madison in the open choice
program, (7) require receiving boards of education to include open
choice grants in proposed revenue statements, (8) require the State
Board of Education to study the method of addressing racial
imbalances, (9) specify that the training program for administration of
emergency first aid to students experiencing an allergic reaction is for
students who do not have prior medical or parental authorization, (10)
prohibit boards of education from requiring parental involvement as a
condition for enrollment of students in a public school, (11) require
regional community-technical colleges to consult with counselors and
administrators at public high schools to establish partnerships, (12)
allow providers of child care services that are exempt from licensing to
administer epinephrine for the purposes of emergency first aid, (13)
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education teachers, paraeducators, administrators and parents or
guardians of students receiving special education, and (14) require the
Department of Education to notify each town of an estimate of the
equalization aid grant amount such town may receive during the next
fiscal year.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]