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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5697
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 1981
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. CANDELORA V., 86th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
REP. RUTIGLIANO, 123rd Dist.
REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.
REP. PERILLO J., 113th Dist.
REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist.
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.
REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF THE CONNECTICUT JUVENILE
TRAINING SCHOOL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of 1
Children and Families to enter into an agreement with an approved 2
nonprofit agency to provide a secure site for the provision of intensive 3
mental and behavioral health services to adjudicated high-risk youth 4
within the custody of the department. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To reimagine and reopen the Connecticut Juvenile Training School for
the purpose of providing better educational resources for high-risk
pretrial offenders and their parents.