(a) Not later than December 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Office of Victim Services within the Judicial Department, in consultation with the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, shall compile information concerning services and resources available to victims of domestic violence and provide such information electronically to the Department of Education, and electronically and in hard copies to (1) the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, (2) each municipal police department, and (3) each ambulance company and organization, whether public, private or voluntary, that offers transportation or treatment services to patients under emergency conditions. Such information shall include, but need not be limited to, (A) referrals available to counseling and supportive services, including, but not limited to, the Safe at Home program administered by the Office of the Secretary of the State, shelter services, medical services, domestic abuse hotlines, legal counseling and advocacy, mental health care and financial assistance, and (B) procedures to voluntarily and confidentially identify eligibility for referrals to such counseling and supportive services. Such information shall be translated into, and provided in, multiple languages, including, but not limited to, English, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Department of Education shall publish the information compiled and provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section on the Internet web site of the department. If informed of any necessary revisions by the Office of Victim Services within the Judicial Department, the Department of Education shall revise such published information.
(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2020, and each school year thereafter, the Department of Education shall disseminate the information published pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to each local and regional board of education. Each local and regional board of education shall require the provision of such information to any (1) student or parent or guardian of a student who expresses to a school employee, as defined in section 10-222d, that such student or parent or guardian or a person residing with such student or parent or guardian does not feel safe at home due to domestic violence, and (2) parent or guardian of a student who authorizes the transfer of such student's education records to another school.
(P.A. 19-146, S. 1; P.A. 22-47, S. 64.)
History: P.A. 19-146 effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 22-47 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “2019” with “2022” and requiring annual compilation of information, requiring electronic provision of information to Department of Education, adding new Subdivs. (1) and (2) re electronic and hard copy provision of information to Division of State Police and municipal police departments, and redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) and (2) as Subparas. (A) and (B), adding Subdiv. (3) re electronic and hard copy provision of information to ambulance companies, deleting requirement re annual review and revision of information by Office of Victim Services, and adding provision requiring information to be translated, effective July 1, 2022.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education
Section 10-1. - Appointment of board members.
Section 10-2a. - Student Advisory Council on Education.
Section 10-3. - Prosecuting agents to enforce school laws.
Section 10-3b. - Annual report to the General Assembly re State Education Resource Center.
Section 10-4a. - Educational interests of state identified.
Section 10-4c. - State board to monitor state grants to local and regional boards.
Section 10-4d. - Advisory committee on educational equity.
Section 10-4e. - Coordination and planning for educational technology.
Section 10-4f. - State Board of Education. Copyright authority.
Section 10-4g. - Parental and community involvement in schools; model program; school-based teams.
Section 10-4h. - Grant program for telecommunications projects.
Section 10-4l. - Advisory committee on school district reporting requirements.
Section 10-4m. - Commission on Educational Excellence.
Section 10-4n. - Committee on Educational Equity and Excellence.
Section 10-4s. - Reports and evaluations re school governance councils and reconstituted schools.
Section 10-4t. - Reports and evaluations re school governance councils.
Section 10-4u. - Parent Trust Fund.
Section 10-4v. - Innovation waivers. Procedural requirements. Legislative review.
Section 10-5a. - Educational technology and high school graduation requirements.
Section 10-5b. - Department of Education web site.
Section 10-5c. - Academic advancement program.
Section 10-5e. - Development or approval of end of the school year examinations.
Section 10-7e. - Occupational schools in existence on October 1, 1979.
Section 10-7v. - Digital Citizenship, Internet Safety and Media Literacy Advisory Council.
Section 10-8b. - Teacher shortages.
Section 10-8c. - Accelerated cross endorsement. Former teacher certification.
Section 10-9. - Bequests for educational purposes.
Section 10-9a. - Misuse of state funds or resources. Civil action by department.
Section 10-10. - Acquisition of federal surplus property.
Section 10-10b. - Inclusion of state-assigned student identifier on all official student documents.
Section 10-10c. - Uniform system of accounting. Chart of accounts. Audit.
Section 10-10d. - Regulations re fiscal accountability data collection report.
Section 10-10f. - Minimum budget requirement calculation worksheet.
Section 10-10h. - Document re resources for students and families.
Section 10-11a. - Allocation to meet matching requirements of federal acts.
Section 10-12. - State Board of Vocational Education.
Section 10-13. - Appointment of physicians for technical education and career schools.
Section 10-13a. - Fees at technical institutes.