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57 General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5416
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1213 AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION
1314 STATUTES.
1415 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
1516 Assembly convened:
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17-Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2024) In determining the rights and 1
18-benefits earned by a teacher under sections 10-151 and 10-156 of the 2
19-general statutes, employment in a school operated by Goodwin 3
20-University Magnet Schools, Inc. or Goodwin University Educational 4
21-Services, Inc. shall not be deemed to interrupt the continuous 5
22-employment of a teacher who was employed by a local or regional board 6
23-of education during the school year immediately prior to employment 7
24-in such school and such teacher shall continue as an employee of 8
25-Goodwin University Magnet Schools, Inc. or Goodwin University 9
26-Educational Services, Inc., subject to the provisions of section 10-151 of 10
27-the general statutes. 11
28-Sec. 2. Section 10-212g of the general statutes is repealed and the 12
29-following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 13
30-Not later than December 31, 2014, the Departments of Education and 14
31-Public Health shall jointly develop, in consultation with the School 15
32-Nurse Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 10-212f, an 16
33-annual training program regarding emergency first aid to students who 17
34-experience allergic reactions and do not have a prior written order of a 18 Substitute Bill No. 5416
18+Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2024) The Department of Education shall 1
19+develop a plan to replace the state-wide mastery examination currently 2
20+approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-14n of 3
21+the general statutes. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to, (1) a 4
22+recommendation for an assessment tool or examination that reduces the 5
23+amount of instructional time used to prepare for and administer a state-6
24+wide mastery examination and is capable of assessing a larger array of 7
25+student abilities, and (2) the costs and timeline required for 8
26+implementing such assessment tool or examination as the new state-9
27+wide mastery examination. Not later than January 1, 2026, the 10
28+Department of Education shall submit, in accordance with the 11
29+provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 12
30+committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 13
31+relating to education the plan developed pursuant to this section. 14
32+Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2024) In determining the rights and 15
33+benefits earned by a teacher under sections 10-151 and 10-156 of the 16
34+general statutes, employment in a school operated by Goodwin 17
35+University Magnet Schools, Inc. or Goodwin University Educational 18
36+Services, Inc. shall not be deemed to interrupt the continuous 19 Substitute Bill No. 5416
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39-physician licensed to practice medicine, a dentist licensed to practice 19
40-dental medicine, an optometrist licensed to practice under chapter 380, 20
41-an advanced practice registered nurse licensed to prescribe in 21
42-accordance with section 20-94a or a physician assistant licensed to 22
43-prescribe in accordance with section 20-12d, and the written 23
44-authorization of a parent or guardian of such child. Such annual training 24
45-program shall include instruction in (1) cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 25
46-(2) first aid, (3) food allergies, (4) the signs and symptoms of 26
47-anaphylaxis, (5) prevention and risk-reduction strategies regarding 27
48-allergic reactions, (6) emergency management and administration of 28
49-epinephrine, (7) follow-up and reporting procedures after a student has 29
50-experienced an allergic reaction, (8) carrying out the provisions of 30
51-subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of section 10-212a, and (9) any other 31
52-relevant issues and topics related to emergency first aid to students who 32
53-experience allergic reactions. The Department of Education shall make 33
54-such annual training program available to local and regional boards of 34
55-education. 35
56-Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2024) No local or regional board of 36
57-education shall require a parent or guardian of a student to participate 37
58-in school activities, such as through volunteering, as a condition for the 38
59-enrollment of such student in a school under the jurisdiction of such 39
60-board. 40
61-Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2024) Each regional community-41
62-technical college shall consult with the school counselors and school 42
63-administrators at public high schools located within the region of the 43
64-state in which such college is located for the purpose of establishing 44
65-collaborative partnerships between such schools and such college. Such 45
66-partnerships may include, but not be limited to, collaborative 46
67-counseling programs for students interested in specific careers, 47
68-evaluation and alignment of curricula and offering support or 48
69-educational programs to improve student outcomes. 49
70-Sec. 5. Section 19a-900a of the 2024 supplement to the general statutes 50
71-is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 51 Substitute Bill No. 5416
43+employment of a teacher who was employed by a local or regional board 20
44+of education during the school year immediately prior to employment 21
45+in such school and such teacher shall continue as an employee of 22
46+Goodwin University Magnet Schools, Inc. or Goodwin University 23
47+Educational Services, Inc., subject to the provisions of section 10-151 of 24
48+the general statutes. 25
49+Sec. 3. Subsections (c) to (g), inclusive, of section 10-266aa of the 2024 26
50+supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is 27
51+substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 28
52+(c) The program shall be phased in as provided in this subsection. (1) 29
53+For the school year commencing in 1998, and for each school year 30
54+thereafter, the program shall be in operation in the Hartford, New 31
55+Haven and Bridgeport regions. The Hartford program shall operate as 32
56+a continuation of the program described in section 10-266j. Students 33
57+who reside in Hartford, New Haven or Bridgeport may attend school in 34
58+another school district in the region and students who reside in such 35
59+other school districts may attend school in Hartford, New Haven or 36
60+Bridgeport, provided, beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, the 37
61+proportion of students who are not minority students to the total 38
62+number of students leaving Hartford, Bridgeport or New Haven to 39
63+participate in the program shall not be greater than the proportion of 40
64+students who were not minority students in the prior school year to the 41
65+total number of students enrolled in Hartford, Bridgeport or New 42
66+Haven in the prior school year. The regional educational service center 43
67+operating the program shall make program participation decisions in 44
68+accordance with the requirements of this subdivision. (2) For the school 45
69+year commencing in 2000, and for each school year thereafter, the 46
70+program shall be in operation in New London, provided beginning with 47
71+the 2001-2002 school year, the proportion of students who are not 48
72+minority students to the total number of students leaving New London 49
73+to participate in the program shall not be greater than the proportion of 50
74+students who were not minority students in the prior year to the total 51
75+number of students enrolled in New London in the prior school year. 52 Substitute Bill No. 5416
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77-Any provider of child care services, as described in section 19a-77, 53
78-that is licensed by the Office of Early Childhood [, that] or is exempt 54
79-from licensure pursuant to subsection (b) of section 19a-77, and 55
80-maintains a supply of epinephrine cartridge injectors pursuant to 56
81-section 19a-909, may administer such epinephrine for the purpose of 57
82-emergency first aid to a child in the care of such provider who 58
83-experiences an allergic reaction and does not have a prior written 59
84-authorization of a parent or guardian or a prior written order of a 60
85-qualified medical professional for the administration of epinephrine, 61
86-provided the person administering such epinephrine is a person with 62
87-training, as defined in section 19a-909. The parent or guardian of a child 63
88-may submit, in writing, to such child's provider of child care services, 64
89-that epinephrine shall not be administered to such child pursuant to this 65
90-section. 66
91-Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than December 31, 67
92-2024, and each December thirty-first thereafter, the Department of 68
93-Education shall calculate an estimated amount that each town is entitled 69
94-to receive under the provisions of section 10-262h of the general statutes, 70
95-for the next fiscal year using data collected during the current fiscal year, 71
96-and notify each such town of such estimated amount. 72
97-Sec. 7. Subsection (h) of section 10-236b of the 2024 supplement to the 73
98-general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 74
99-thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 75
100-(h) Each local or regional board of education shall notify a parent or 76
101-guardian of a student who is placed in physical restraint or seclusion 77
102-[not later than twenty-four hours after] on the day the student was 78
103-placed in physical restraint or seclusion and shall make a reasonable 79
104-effort to provide such notification immediately after such physical 80
105-restraint or seclusion is initiated. Such notice shall, if possible, be 81
106-provided by means of electronic communication, including, but not 82
107-limited to, electronic mail or cellular mobile telephone. 83 Substitute Bill No. 5416
82+The regional educational service center operating the program shall 53
83+make program participation decisions in accordance with this 54
84+subdivision. (3) The Department of Education may provide, within 55
85+available appropriations, grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, 56
86+to the remaining regional educational service centers to assist school 57
87+districts in planning for a voluntary program of student enrollment in 58
88+every priority school district, pursuant to section 10-266p, which is 59
89+interested in participating in accordance with this subdivision. For the 60
90+school year commencing in 2003, and for each school year thereafter, the 61
91+voluntary enrollment program may be in operation in every priority 62
92+school district in the state. Students from other school districts in the 63
93+area of a priority school district, as determined by the regional 64
94+educational service center pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, may 65
95+attend school in the priority school district, provided such students 66
96+bring racial, ethnic and economic diversity to the priority school district 67
97+and do not increase the racial, ethnic and economic isolation in the 68
98+priority school district. (4) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, 69
99+there shall be a pilot program in operation in Danbury and Norwalk. 70
100+The pilot program shall serve (A) up to fifty students who reside in 71
101+Danbury, and such students may attend school in the school districts for 72
102+the towns of New Fairfield, Brookfield, Bethel, Ridgefield and Redding, 73
103+and (B) up to fifty students who reside in Norwalk, and such students 74
104+may attend school in the school districts for the towns of Darien, New 75
105+Canaan, Wilton, Weston and Westport. School districts which receive 76
106+students from Danbury and Norwalk under the pilot program during 77
107+the school year commencing July 1, 2022, shall allow such students to 78
108+attend school in the district until they graduate from high school. (5) For 79
109+the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year 80
110+thereafter, the town of Guilford shall be eligible to participate in the 81
111+program as a receiving district and a sending district with New Haven. 82
112+(6) For the school year commencing July 1, 2024, and each school year 83
113+thereafter, the town of Madison shall be eligible to participate in the 84
114+program as a receiving district and a sending district with New Haven. 85
115+(d) School districts which received students from New London under 86 Substitute Bill No. 5416
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112-Sec. 8. Section 10-236c of the general statutes is repealed and the 84
113-following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 85
114-(a) A school principal or other school administrator shall notify a 86
115-parent or guardian of a student whose behavior has caused a serious 87
116-disruption to the instruction of other students, caused self-harm or 88
117-caused physical harm to another student or a teacher or other school 89
118-employee on the same day such behavior occurs. Such notice shall 90
119-include, but not be limited to, informing such parent or guardian that 91
120-the teacher of record in the classroom in which such behavior occurred 92
121-may request a behavior intervention meeting, as described in subsection 93
122-(b) of this section. 94
123-(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year 95
124-thereafter, any teacher of record in a classroom may request a behavior 96
125-intervention meeting with the crisis intervention team for the school, as 97
126-described in section 10-236b, as amended by this act, for any student 98
127-whose behavior has caused a serious disruption to the instruction of 99
128-other students, or caused self-harm or physical harm to such teacher or 100
129-another student or staff member in such teacher's classroom. The crisis 101
130-intervention team shall, upon the request of such teacher and notifying 102
131-such student's parent or guardian, convene a behavior intervention 103
132-meeting regarding such student. The participants of such behavior 104
133-intervention meeting shall identify resources and supports to address 105
134-such student's social, emotional and instructional needs. Not later than 106
135-seven days after the behavior intervention meeting, the crisis 107
136-intervention team shall submit to the parent or guardian of such student 108
137-a written summary of such meeting, including, but not limited to, the 109
138-resources and supports identified. 110
122+the program during the school year commencing July 1, 2000, shall 87
123+allow such students to attend school in the district until they graduate 88
124+from high school. The attendance of such students in such program shall 89
125+not be supported by grants pursuant to subsections (f) and (g) of this 90
126+section but shall be supported, in the same amounts as provided for in 91
127+said subsections, by interdistrict cooperative grants pursuant to section 92
128+10-74d to the regional educational service centers operating such 93
129+programs. 94
130+(e) Once the program is in operation in the region served by a 95
131+regional educational service center pursuant to subsection (c) of this 96
132+section, the Department of Education shall provide an annual grant to 97
133+such regional educational service center to assist school districts in its 98
134+area in administering the program and to provide staff to assist students 99
135+participating in the program to make the transition to a new school and 100
136+to act as a liaison between the parents of such students and the new 101
137+school district. Each regional educational service center shall determine 102
138+which school districts in its area are located close enough to a priority 103
139+school district to make participation in the program feasible in terms of 104
140+student transportation pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, 105
141+provided any student participating in the program prior to July 1, 1999, 106
142+shall be allowed to continue to attend the same school such student 107
143+attended prior to said date in the receiving district until the student 108
144+completes the highest grade in such school. If there are more students 109
145+who seek to attend school in a receiving district than there are spaces 110
146+available, the regional educational service center shall assist the school 111
147+district in determining attendance by the use of a lottery or lotteries 112
148+designed to preserve or increase racial, ethnic and economic diversity, 113
149+except that the regional educational service center shall give preference 114
150+to siblings and to students who would otherwise attend a school that 115
151+has lost its accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and 116
152+Colleges or has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant to 117
153+the No Child Left Behind Act, P.L. 107-110. The admission policies shall 118
154+be consistent with section 10-15c and this section. No receiving district 119
155+shall recruit students under the program for athletic or extracurricular 120 Substitute Bill No. 5416
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162+purposes. Each receiving district shall allow out-of-district students it 121
163+accepts to attend school in the district until they graduate from high 122
164+school. 123
165+(f) The Department of Education shall provide grants to regional 124
166+educational service centers or local or regional boards of education for 125
167+the reasonable cost of transportation for students participating in the 126
168+program. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and each fiscal year 127
169+thereafter, the department shall provide such grants within available 128
170+appropriations, provided the state-wide average of such grants does not 129
171+exceed an amount equal to three thousand two hundred fifty dollars for 130
172+each student transported, except that the Commissioner of Education 131
173+may grant to regional educational service centers or local or regional 132
174+boards of education additional sums from funds remaining in the 133
175+appropriation for such transportation services if needed to offset 134
176+transportation costs that exceed such maximum amount. The regional 135
177+educational service centers shall provide reasonable transportation 136
178+services to high school students who wish to participate in supervised 137
179+extracurricular activities. For purposes of this section, the number of 138
180+students transported shall be determined on October first of each fiscal 139
181+year. 140
182+(g) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3) of this 141
183+subsection, the Department of Education shall provide, within available 142
184+appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board of 143
185+education for each receiving district (A) for the fiscal year ending June 144
186+30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars 145
187+for each out-of-district student who attends school in the receiving 146
188+district under the program, and (B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 147
189+2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, in an amount at least two thousand 148
190+five hundred dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school 149
191+in the receiving district under the program. 150
192+(2) (A) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year 151
193+thereafter, the department shall provide, within available 152
194+appropriations, an annual grant to the local or regional board of 153 Substitute Bill No. 5416
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201+education for each receiving district if one of the following conditions 154
202+are met as follows: (i) (I) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, three 155
203+thousand dollars, and (II) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and 156
204+each fiscal year thereafter, at least three thousand dollars for each out-157
205+of-district student who attends school in the receiving district under the 158
206+program if the number of such out-of-district students is less than two 159
207+per cent of the total student population of such receiving district plus 160
208+any amount available pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, 161
209+(ii) (I) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, four thousand dollars, and 162
210+(II) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year 163
211+thereafter, at least four thousand dollars for each out-of-district student 164
212+who attends school in the receiving district under the program if the 165
213+number of such out-of-district students is greater than or equal to two 166
214+per cent but less than three per cent of the total student population of 167
215+such receiving district plus any amount available pursuant to 168
216+subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, (iii) (I) for the fiscal year ending 169
217+June 30, 2024, six thousand dollars, and (II) for the fiscal year ending 170
218+June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, at least six thousand 171
219+dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in the 172
220+receiving district under the program if the number of such out-of-173
221+district students is greater than or equal to three per cent but less than 174
222+four per cent of the total student population of such receiving district 175
223+plus any amount available pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this 176
224+subdivision, (iv) (I) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, six thousand 177
225+dollars, and (II) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal 178
226+year thereafter, at least six thousand dollars for each out-of-district 179
227+student who attends school in the receiving district under the program 180
228+if the Commissioner of Education determines that the receiving district 181
229+has an enrollment of greater than four thousand students and has 182
230+increased the number of students in the program by at least fifty per cent 183
231+from the previous fiscal year plus any amount available pursuant to 184
232+subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, or (v) (I) for the fiscal year ending 185
233+June 30, 2024, eight thousand dollars, and (II) for the fiscal year ending 186
234+June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, at least eight thousand 187
235+dollars for each out-of-district student who attends school in the 188 Substitute Bill No. 5416
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243+district students is greater than or equal to four per cent of the total 190
244+student population of such receiving district plus any amount available 191
245+pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision. 192
246+(B) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year 193
247+thereafter, the department shall, in order to assist the state in meeting 194
248+its obligations under commitment 9B of the Comprehensive School 195
249+Choice Plan pursuant to the settlement in Sheff v. O'Neill, HHD-X07-196
250+CV89-4026240-S, provide, within available appropriations, an 197
251+additional grant to the local or regional board of education for each 198
252+receiving district in the amount of two thousand dollars for each out-of-199
253+district student who resides in the Hartford region and attends school 200
254+in the receiving district under the program. 201
255+(C) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year 202
256+thereafter, the local or regional board of education for each receiving 203
257+district shall include the amount of the grants projected to be received 204
258+pursuant to this subdivision in such board's annual budget and 205
259+projected revenue statement. 206
260+(3) (A) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the department shall 207
261+provide a grant to the local or regional board of education for each 208
262+receiving district described in subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this 209
263+section in an amount of four thousand dollars for each out-of-district 210
264+student who resides in Danbury or Norwalk and attends school in the 211
265+receiving district under the pilot program. 212
266+(B) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year 213
267+thereafter, the department shall provide an annual grant to the local or 214
268+regional board of education for each receiving district described in 215
269+subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this section for each out-of-district 216
270+student who resides in Danbury or Norwalk and attends school in the 217
271+receiving district under the pilot program in accordance with the 218
272+provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection. 219 Substitute Bill No. 5416
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280+report on the pilot program in operation in Danbury and Norwalk, 221
281+pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection (c) of this section, to the joint 222
282+standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 223
283+matters relating to education and appropriations, in accordance with the 224
284+provisions of section 11-4a. Such report shall include, but need not be 225
285+limited to, the total number of students participating in the pilot 226
286+program, the number of students from each town participating in the 227
287+pilot program, the total amount of the grant paid under the pilot 228
288+program and the amount of the grant paid to each town participating in 229
289+the pilot program. 230
290+(4) Each town which receives funds pursuant to this subsection shall 231
291+make such funds available to its local or regional board of education in 232
292+supplement to any other local appropriation, other state or federal grant 233
293+or other revenue to which the local or regional board of education is 234
294+entitled. 235
295+Sec. 4. (Effective July 1, 2024) (a) The State Board of Education shall 236
296+study the effectiveness of the method of addressing racial imbalance 237
297+specified in sections 10-226a to 10-226e, inclusive, of the general statutes 238
298+and the regulations adopted pursuant to said sections. Such study shall 239
299+include, but not be limited to, (1) an examination of the effectiveness of 240
300+various strategies implemented to correct racial imbalances in the long 241
301+term and short term, (2) a cost benefit analysis of implementing such 242
302+strategies, (3) the impact on the pupils of racial minorities as a result of 243
303+such strategies, such as access to neighborhood schools and educational 244
304+outcomes, and (4) suggestions for alternative methods for correcting 245
305+racial imbalances. The board shall not enforce any pending or upcoming 246
306+actions pursuant to said sections of the general statutes and regulations 247
307+until the completion of such study. 248
308+(b) Not later than January 1, 2026, the State Board of Education shall 249
309+submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 250
310+statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 251
311+having cognizance of matters relating to education a report on the 252 Substitute Bill No. 5416
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319+section. 254
320+Sec. 5. Section 10-212g of the general statutes is repealed and the 255
321+following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 256
322+Not later than December 31, 2014, the Departments of Education and 257
323+Public Health shall jointly develop, in consultation with the School 258
324+Nurse Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 10-212f, an 259
325+annual training program regarding emergency first aid to students who 260
326+experience allergic reactions and do not have a prior written order of a 261
327+physician licensed to practice medicine, a dentist licensed to practice 262
328+dental medicine, an optometrist licensed to practice under chapter 380, 263
329+an advanced practice registered nurse licensed to prescribe in 264
330+accordance with section 20-94a or a physician assistant licensed to 265
331+prescribe in accordance with section 20-12d, and the written 266
332+authorization of a parent or guardian of such child. Such annual training 267
333+program shall include instruction in (1) cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 268
334+(2) first aid, (3) food allergies, (4) the signs and symptoms of 269
335+anaphylaxis, (5) prevention and risk-reduction strategies regarding 270
336+allergic reactions, (6) emergency management and administration of 271
337+epinephrine, (7) follow-up and reporting procedures after a student has 272
338+experienced an allergic reaction, (8) carrying out the provisions of 273
339+subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of section 10-212a, and (9) any other 274
340+relevant issues and topics related to emergency first aid to students who 275
341+experience allergic reactions. The Department of Education shall make 276
342+such annual training program available to local and regional boards of 277
343+education. 278
344+Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2024) No local or regional board of 279
345+education shall require a parent or guardian of a student to participate 280
346+in school activities, such as through volunteering, as a condition for the 281
347+enrollment of such student in a school under the jurisdiction of such 282
348+board. 283
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357+administrators at public high schools located within the region of the 286
358+state in which such college is located for the purpose of establishing 287
359+collaborative partnerships between such schools and such college. Such 288
360+partnerships may include, but not be limited to, collaborative 289
361+counseling programs for students interested in specific careers, 290
362+evaluation and alignment of curricula and offering support or 291
363+educational programs to improve student outcomes. 292
364+Sec. 8. Section 19a-900a of the 2024 supplement to the general statutes 293
365+is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 294
366+1, 2024): 295
367+Any provider of child care services, as described in section 19a-77, 296
368+that is licensed by the Office of Early Childhood [, that] or is exempt 297
369+from licensure pursuant to subsection (b) of section 19a-77, and 298
370+maintains a supply of epinephrine cartridge injectors pursuant to 299
371+section 19a-909, may administer such epinephrine for the purpose of 300
372+emergency first aid to a child in the care of such provider who 301
373+experiences an allergic reaction and does not have a prior written 302
374+authorization of a parent or guardian or a prior written order of a 303
375+qualified medical professional for the administration of epinephrine, 304
376+provided the person administering such epinephrine is a person with 305
377+training, as defined in section 19a-909. The parent or guardian of a child 306
378+may submit, in writing, to such child's provider of child care services, 307
379+that epinephrine shall not be administered to such child pursuant to this 308
380+section. 309
381+Sec. 9. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than December 31, 310
382+2024, and each December thirty-first thereafter, the Department of 311
383+Education shall calculate an estimated amount that each town is entitled 312
384+to receive under the provisions of section 10-262h of the general statutes, 313
385+for the next fiscal year using data collected during the current fiscal year, 314
386+and notify each such town of such estimated amount. 315
387+Sec. 10. Subsection (h) of section 10-236b of the 2024 supplement to 316 Substitute Bill No. 5416
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394+the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 317
395+thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 318
396+(h) Each local or regional board of education shall notify a parent or 319
397+guardian of a student who is placed in physical restraint or seclusion 320
398+[not later than twenty-four hours after] on the day the student was 321
399+placed in physical restraint or seclusion and shall make a reasonable 322
400+effort to provide such notification immediately after such physical 323
401+restraint or seclusion is initiated. Such notice shall, if possible, be 324
402+provided by means of electronic communication, including, but not 325
403+limited to, electronic mail or cellular mobile telephone. 326
404+Sec. 11. Section 10-236c of the general statutes is repealed and the 327
405+following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 328
406+(a) A school principal or other school administrator shall notify a 329
407+parent or guardian of a student whose behavior has caused a serious 330
408+disruption to the instruction of other students, caused self-harm or 331
409+caused physical harm to a teacher, another student or other school 332
410+employee on the same day such behavior occurs. Such notice shall 333
411+include, but not be limited to, informing such parent or guardian that 334
412+the teacher of record in the classroom in which such behavior occurred 335
413+may request a behavior intervention meeting, as described in subsection 336
414+(b) of this section. 337
415+(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year 338
416+thereafter, any teacher of record in a classroom may request a behavior 339
417+intervention meeting with the crisis intervention team for the school, as 340
418+described in section 10-236b, as amended by this act, for any student 341
419+whose behavior has caused a serious disruption to the instruction of 342
420+other students, or caused self-harm or physical harm to such teacher or 343
421+another student or staff member in such teacher's classroom. The crisis 344
422+intervention team shall, upon the request of such teacher and notifying 345
423+such student's parent or guardian, convene a behavior intervention 346
424+meeting regarding such student. The participants of such behavior 347
425+intervention meeting shall identify resources and supports to address 348 Substitute Bill No. 5416
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432+such student's social, emotional and instructional needs. Not later than 349
433+seven days after the behavior intervention meeting, the crisis 350
434+intervention team shall submit to the parent or guardian of such student 351
435+a written summary of such meeting, including, but not limited to, the 352
436+resources and supports identified. 353
139437 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
140438 sections:
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142440 Section 1 July 1, 2024 New section
143-Sec. 2 July 1, 2024 10-212g
144-Sec. 3 July 1, 2024 New section
145-Sec. 4 July 1, 2024 New section Substitute Bill No. 5416
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150-Sec. 5 July 1, 2024 19a-900a
151-Sec. 6 from passage New section
152-Sec. 7 July 1, 2024 10-236b(h)
153-Sec. 8 July 1, 2024 10-236c
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155-Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
156-In Section 8(a), "a teacher, another student or other school employee"
157-was changed to "another student or a teacher or other school employee"
158-for consistency.
441+Sec. 2 July 1, 2024 New section
442+Sec. 3 July 1, 2024 10-266aa(c) to (g)
443+Sec. 4 July 1, 2024 New section
444+Sec. 5 July 1, 2024 10-212g
445+Sec. 6 July 1, 2024 New section
446+Sec. 7 July 1, 2024 New section
447+Sec. 8 July 1, 2024 19a-900a
448+Sec. 9 from passage New section
449+Sec. 10 July 1, 2024 10-236b(h)
450+Sec. 11 July 1, 2024 10-236c
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