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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5883
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 3383
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. FOSTER, 57th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION'S WHOLE SCHOOL, WHOLE
COMMUNITY, WHOLE CHILD FRAMEWORK.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to require the 1
Department of Education and local and regional boards of education to 2
(1) use the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Whole School, 3
Whole Community, Whole Child domains to map relevant or adjacent 4
policies, (2) review such map to identify areas of strength, as well as 5
areas of overlap or gap, (3) evaluate opportunities to cease 6
implementation of policies that are duplicative, outdated, ineffective or 7
unsustainable, (4) identify potential directions for action and expand 8
capacity of school wellness teams by broadening the definition of 9
"wellness" to include the whole child, (5) designate district and school 10
coordinators of the whole child wellness teams, including personnel 11
who can provide oversight over coordination and integration efforts, 12
and (6) expand upon the membership of existing wellness teams to 13
include diverse representation across such domains. 14 Proposed Bill No. 5883
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Statement of Purpose:
To implement the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Whole
School, Whole Community, Whole Child framework.