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2005 State Bill Tracking Report
Proposed H.B. No. 5007
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION
FOR EXPELLED OR SUSPENDED STUDENTS.
Statement of Purpose: To require parents and guardians, rather
than the town, to assume the cost of educating students expelled or suspended
for disciplinary reasons. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5007&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=10
Proposed H.B. No. 5048
Title: AN ACT PROHIBITING THE POSSESSION OF TOBACCO BY MINORS.
Statement of Purpose: To provide for a twenty-five-dollar fine
for the possession of cigarettes or other tobacco products by minors.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5048&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed H.B. No. 5057
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
AND CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT PROCEEDINGS.
Statement of Purpose: To clarify the appeal process regarding a
substantiated complaint of child abuse or neglect by the Department of
Children and Families and to advise persons of the potential consequences
of having their name placed on the child abuse or neglect registry.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5057&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 5058
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES'
CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT REGISTRY.
Statement of Purpose: To prohibit the listing of persons on the
child abuse or neglect registry until all appeal processes have been completed.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5057&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 5085
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF MOBILE TELEPHONES BY SCHOOL
BUS OPERATORS.
Statement of Purpose: To prohibit the use of telephones by school
bus operators except in emergencies. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5085&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 5088
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS.
Statement of Purpose: To require children under six years old and
weighing less than sixty pounds to use approved car restraint systems,
children under one year old or weighing less than twenty pounds to use
rear-facing car restraint systems and children in booster seats to be
secured by seat safety belts with shoulder belts. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5088&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=7#
Proposed H.B. No. 5089
Title: AN ACT PROMOTING THE SAFE OPERATION OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES
BY MINORS.
Statement of Purpose: To require that minors who operate or are
passengers on all-terrain vehicles wear protective headgear and to require
parental signature before a minor between twelve and sixteen years of
age may take a safety education course for all-terrain vehicles.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5089&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed S.B. No. 8
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL VENDING MACHINES.
Statement of Purpose: To fight childhood obesity.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=8&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed S.B. No. 9
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING NUTRITIOUS PUBLIC SCHOOL LUNCHES.
Statement of Purpose: To address childhood obesity by ensuring
that student cafeterias in public schools provide nutritious lunches for
children of school age.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=9&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=5#
Proposed S.B. No. 18
Title: AN ACT PROHIBITING THE POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL BY MINORS ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY.
Statement of Purpose: To reduce underage drinking by extending
the prohibition on the possession of alcohol by minors in public places
to possession on private property.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=18&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed S.B. No. 52
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING RESTRICTIONS ON MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS
SIXTEEN OR SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE DURING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS FOLLOWING
LICENSURE. Statement of Purpose: To permit newly-licensed motor
vehicle operators sixteen or seventeen years of age to transport more
than one parent during the first three months following licensure.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=52&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=3#
Proposed S.B. No. 79
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING "A PARENT'S GUIDE TO SPECIAL EDUCATION
IN CONNECTICUT".
Statement of Purpose: To provide parents of special education students
with all essential information concerning special education in Connecticut.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=79&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed S.B. No. 80
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING STEROID EDUCATION.
Statement of Purpose: To provide youth with information about the
adverse effects of using steroids.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=80&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=17&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 5098
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO PARENTS OF SPECIAL
EDUCATION STUDENTS.
Statement of Purpose: To annually provide information to parents
of children receiving special education services about available programs
and procedures. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5098&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=11
Proposed H.B. No. 5100
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING DISTRIBUTION OF ECS FUNDS WHEN THE FORMULA
IS NOT FULLY FUNDED.
Statement of Purpose: To provide equal educational opportunity
to all children.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5100&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=10
Proposed H.B. No. 5106
Title: AN ACT REGULATING THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BY MINORS ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY.
Statement of Purpose: To limit the consumption of alcohol by minors
on private property. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5106&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=9
Proposed S.B. No. 90
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING INHALERS IN SCHOOLS.
Statement of Purpose: To allow children suffering from asthma to
carry prescribed inhalers in school. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=90&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=9
Proposed H.B. No. 5122
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND NONSCHOOL
SPONSORED YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS.
Statement of Purpose: To protect children who participate in nonschool
sponsored sporting activities.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5122&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed H.B. No. 5124
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL EDUCATION COSTS AND STUDENTS MOVING
BETWEEN DISTRICTS.
Statement of Purpose: To require the state to pay costs of special
education in excess of two and one half-times the average per pupil cost
of education in the municipality and to require that such payments follow
the student to a new school district if the child moves. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5124&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 5162
Title: AN ACT REQUIRING ALL APPLICANTS FOR A NEW MOTOR VEHICLE
OPERATOR'S LICENSE TO COMPLETE AN ALCOHOL AND DRUG EDUCATION COURSE.
Statement of Purpose: To promote highway safety by requiring that
all applicants for a new motor vehicle operator's license complete an
alcohol and drug education course.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5162&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=17&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5168
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING RESTRICTIONS ON HOURS OF OPERATION FOR
SIXTEEN AND SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS.
Statement of Purpose: To prohibit persons sixteen or seventeen
years of age from operating motor vehicles late at night. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5168&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed S.B. No. 107
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER HOMES
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
Statement of Purpose: To require the Commissioner of Children and
Families to attempt to place foster children with relatives. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=107&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed S.B. No. 108
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING POINT AND SHOOT VIDEO GAMES IN PUBLIC
ARCADES.
Statement of Purpose: To prohibit the use of point and shoot video
games in public arcades by children. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=108&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed S.B. No. 118
Title: AN ACT ENCOURAGING HOSPITAL-AFFILIATED PHYSICIAN GROUPS
TO TREAT MEDICAID PATIENTS.
Statement of Purpose: To ensure that Medicaid patients have access
to specialty care and treatment. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=118&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed S.B. No. 152
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING RESTRICTIONS ON SIXTEEN OR SEVENTEEN YEAR
OLD MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS.
Statement of Purpose: To permit sixteen or seventeen year old motor
vehicle operators to transport both parents during the first three months
following licensure. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=152&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5179
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND TREATMENT
PLANS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE CARE OR CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
Statement of Purpose: To require that all children and youth in
the care or custody of the Department of Children and Families receive
uniform, comprehensive, multidisciplinary mental health assessments and
that clinically appropriate treatment plans be developed for such children
and youth based upon such assessments. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5179&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=9
Proposed H.B. No. 5183
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING IN-HOUSE SUSPENSION IN SCHOOLS.
Statement of Purpose: To allow local and regional boards of education
to create an alternative suspension system for students suspended for
the first time. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5183&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 5186
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING EXPANDED AVAILABILITY OF SCHOOL CHOICES
WHEN A SCHOOL IS LABELED "IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT".
Statement of Purpose: To give parents more choice concerning public
school selection. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5186&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5190
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE POSTING OF TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS
ON STATE, MUNICIPAL OR BOARD OF EDUCATION WEBSITES.
Statement of Purpose: To promote teacher quality as a key to student
performance and to enable parents to monitor the quality of teachers.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5190&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5194
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION OF PESTICIDES AT SCHOOLS
AND DAY CARE CENTERS.
Statement of Purpose: To protect children from exposure to pesticides.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5194&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed H.B. No. 5199
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FINES FOR SELLING ALCOHOL TO MINORS.
Statement of Purpose: To punish the person who actually makes an
illegal sale of alcohol to a minor. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5199&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 5208
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUNDS TO
PROMOTE AND EXPAND HUSKY PLANS PART A AND PART B.
Statement of Purpose: To ensure that tobacco settlement funds are
utilized to promote and expand the availability of healthcare for the
HUSKY and Medicaid populations. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5208&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5209
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE MAXIMIZATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Statement of Purpose: To require the Department of Children and
Families and the Department of Social Services to maximize the collection
of federal funds to which the state of Connecticut may be entitled under
Title IV-E of the Social Security Act and Medicaid. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5209&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=19&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5215
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING COURT JURISDICTION IN JUVENILE MATTERS.
Statement of Purpose: To extend jurisdiction in juvenile matters
to include sixteen and seventeen year old offenders.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5215&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed H.B. No. 5216
Title: AN ACT PROHIBITING THE INCARCERATION OF CERTAIN YOUTHFUL
OFFENDERS. Statement of Purpose: To prohibit the incarceration
of youthful offenders for the violation of court orders pertaining to
status offenses. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5216&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5217
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEYS TO REPRESENT
MINOR CHILDREN IN PROCEEDINGS FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE, LEGAL SEPARATION
AND ANNULMENT.
Statement of Purpose: To require that in appointing an attorney
to represent a minor child in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage,
legal separation or annulment, the court shall consider any recommendations
or objections made by either of the parents of the minor child.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5217&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 5218
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR COURT-APPOINTED
ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING MINOR CHILDREN IN PROCEEDINGS FOR DISSOLUTION OF
MARRIAGE, LEGAL SEPARATION AND ANNULMENT.
Statement of Purpose: To limit the qualified immunity available
to an attorney appointed by the court to represent a minor child in a
proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal separation or annulment.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5218&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5219
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE HEARING OF JUVENILE MATTERS.
Statement of Purpose: To grant to a defendant in a juvenile matter
the right to require that any hearing with respect to such matter be held
in public. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5219&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=6#
Proposed S.B. No. 165
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING UNRETURNED BOTTLE DEPOSITS AND CHILDHOOD
NUTRITION. Statement of Purpose: To use money from unreturned bottles
to help schools transition to specific nutrition and physical activity
standards. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=165&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed S.B. No. 166
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING AWARENENSS ABOUT STUDENTS WITH EATING
DISORDERS. Statement of Purpose: To provide school districts and
parents with the means and flexibility to improve awareness and identification
of, and the means to help students with eating disorders. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=166&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed S.B. No. 167
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF OVER THE COUNTER
ANALGESICS BY STUDENTS.
Statement of Purpose: To permit students to carry and self-administer
over the counter analgesics if such analgesics are in single dose packets
sealed by the manufacturer.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=167&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed S.B. No. 169
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING RESPITE SERVICES FOR GRANDPARENTS AND
OTHER RELATIVES CARING FOR MINOR CHILDREN.
Statement of Purpose: To require the Commissioner of Social Services
to establish a program that will provide two weeks of respite services
per calendar year to grandparents and other relatives responsible for
the care and upbringing of minor children who are not the biological children
of such grandparents or relatives. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=169&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed S.B. No. 170
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINSHIP NAVIGATOR
SYSTEM. Statement of Purpose: To provide for the establishment
of a kinship navigator system to assist grandparents and other relatives
caring for minor children to gain access to state services for which they
are eligible. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=170&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed S.B. No. 172
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF DISPROPORTIONATE MINORITY
REPRESENTATION IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Statement of Purpose: To reduce disproportionate minority representation
in the juvenile justice system by providing for cultural competency planning,
and by implementing a pilot program in one urban area of the state providing
for a community mapping system, objective criteria for decision making
in the juvenile justice process and a continuum of treatment, supervision
and placement options and alternatives to incarceration. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=172&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5266
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION.
Statement of Purpose: To provide youth suicide prevention kits
to school psychologists and social workers so that they may more effectively
address the subject of youth suicide prevention. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5266&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5267
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CLINICS.
Statement of Purpose: To provide health care to children who have
no access to health care and meet the increased demands for service. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5267&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=6#
Proposed H.B. No. 5326
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT REPRESENTATION ON THE STATE BOARD
OF EDUCATION.
Statement of Purpose: To give representation on the State Board
of Education to students who are not going to college. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5326&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=5#
Proposed H.B. No. 5327
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FOOD ALLERGIES AND THE PREVENTION OF LIFE
THREATENING INCIDENTS IN SCHOOLS.
Statement of Purpose: To adopt guidelines similar to the ones in
Massachusetts aimed at preventing life threatening incidents in schools
caused by food allergies.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5327&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5328
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING PSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHOLOICAL TESTING OF
SCHOOL CHILDREN AND PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS FOR PARENTS.
Statement of Purpose: To expand the current procedural safeguards
regarding a parent's right to informed consent and right to refuse psychiatric
or psychological testing and evaluation of their child. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5328&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed H.B. No. 5330
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING RESTORATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION COSTS.
Statement of Purpose: To restore special education funding. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5330&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed H.B. No. 5335
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESTORATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING.
Statement of Purpose: To restore special education funding to fiscal
year 2003 levels. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5335&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5337
Title: AN ACT RAISING THE ECS FOUNDATION.
Statement of Purpose: To ensure that the ECS formula reflects the
full cost of educating children in each town. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5337&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5341
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION OF LAWN CARE PESTICIDES
AT SCHOOLS AND DAY CARE FACILITIES.
Statement of Purpose: To protect children from exposure to lawn
care pesticides. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5341&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5377
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING INCREASED FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS
FOR CHILDREN.
Statement of Purpose: To increase funding for mental health programs
for children. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5377&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 5378
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF THE CONNECTICUT JUVENILE TRAINING
SCHOOL AS A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY FOR CHILDREN.
Statement of Purpose: To place the present residents of the Connecticut
Juvenile Training School somewhere else and to use the facility as a mental
health facility for children. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5378&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5379
Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE CONNECTICUT JUVENILE TRAINING SCHOOL
TO AN INTERMEDIATE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY FOR CHILDREN.
Statement of Purpose: To redirect the use of the Connecticut Juvenile
Training School from a facility for juvenile offenders to a treatment
facility for children with mental health needs. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5379&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5429
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR
YOUNG ADULTS. Statement of Purpose: To increase programs for mental
health in young adults. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5429&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5446
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND RESTRICTIONS FOR
DRIVERS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.
Statement of Purpose: To place additional restrictions on drivers
sixteen and seventeen years of age. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5446&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed H.B. No. 5467
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING AMENDMENT OF THE GRADUATED MOTOR VEHICLE
OPERATOR'S LICENSE PROVISIONS.
Statement of Purpose: To allow sixteen and seventeen year olds
to operate a vehicle carrying immediate family members, if accompanied
by at least one parent or adult guardian. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5467&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed S.B. No. 202
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT REPRESENTATION ON BOARDS OF EDUCATION.
Statement of Purpose: To place a student member on the governing
board of districts that have at least one high school. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=202&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed S.B. No. 203
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS.
Statement of Purpose: To improve accountability by requiring teachers
to pass a test in order to be recertified.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=203&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=7#
Proposed S.B. No. 209
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXCESS COST GRANT REIMBURSEMENT THRESHOLD.
Statement of Purpose: To increase the state's responsibility for
special education costs and to reduce the local property tax burden.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=209&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=4#
Proposed S.B. No. 213
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL EDUCATION COSTS AND ASSOCIATED
GRANT MONEY. Statement of Purpose: To require that the cost of
special education to a municipality be no more than two and one-half times
the district's average cost for educating a child with the state reimbursing
the difference, and that the state's reimbursement per child shall follow
the child if they change school districts.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=213&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=7#
Proposed S.B. No. 214
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING MIMIMUM STATE EDUCATION FUNDING.
Statement of Purpose: To increase state support for local education
by providing a minimum state grant of one thousand dollars per pupil.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=214&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=4#
Proposed S.B. No. 218
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXCESS COST GRANT AND MUNICIPAL SPECIAL
EDUCATION COSTS.
Statement of Purpose: To provide additional funds to school districts
to assist them in meeting their special education costs. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=218&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=4#
Proposed H.B. No. 5480
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS MADE
BY THE CHILD POVERTY COUNCIL.
Statement of Purpose: To begin implementation of the ten-year plan
that will reduce the number of children living in poverty by fifty per
cent over the next ten years. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5480&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=3#
Proposed H.B. No. 5481
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADOLESCENT HEALTH COUNCIL AND A STUDY
OF ADOLESCENT ABSTINENCE PROGRAMS.
Statement of Purpose: To determine how to best prevent the onset
of adolescent sexual activity, to reduce adolescent pregnancy and sexually
transmitted diseases and to promote student academic and economic success.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5481&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5482
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
OF THE CHILD POVERTY COUNCIL.
Statement of Purpose: To reduce the number of children living in
poverty in the state by fifty per cent within the next ten years. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5482&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 5502
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING INCREASED EDUCATION FUNDING.
Statement of Purpose: To increase the state's share of the costs
of K-12 local public education by increasing funding for the ECS grant.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5502&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=16&SUBMIT.y=6#
Proposed H.B. No. 5503
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING LOCAL SHARE OF EDUCATION FUNDING.
Statement of Purpose: To reduce the dependence on property taxes
by increasing the state's share of the costs of K-12 local public education
and reviewing the process by which education is funded in Connecticut.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5503&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=6&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5504
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE FOUNDATION OF THE ECS FORMULA.
Statement of Purpose: To increase the state's share of the costs
of K-12 local public education. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5504&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed H.B. No. 5506Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AND THE ARTS.
Statement of Purpose: To require students graduating in 2009 and
thereafter to have one credit in the arts or one-half credit in the arts
and one-half credit in arts-related multimedia communications technology
as the arts are recognized as a core subject by the legislature, State
Board of Education and the federal "No Child Left Behind Act". http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5506&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed H.B. No. 5508
Title: AN ACT ELIMINATING CAPS ON STUDENT TRANSPORTATION GRANTS,
ADULT EDUCATION GRANTS AND EXCESS COST-SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANTS.
Statement of Purpose: To increase that state's share of costs for
public education by removing the funding caps placed on student transportation
grants, adult education grants and excess cost-special education grants.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5508&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed H.B. No. 5512
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING AN ARTS CREDIT FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
Statement of Purpose: To require high school graduates to have
taken one credit in the arts. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5512&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 5515
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT AGE.
Statement of Purpose: To require that a child must reach five years
of age by September first in order to be registered for kindergarten.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5515&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=6&SUBMIT.y=6#
Proposed H.B. No. 5516
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF CONNECTICUT MASTERY
TESTS IN A STUDENT'S NATIVE LANGUAGE.
Statement of Purpose: To allow students to take Connecticut Mastery
Tests in their native language so that they may perform better. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5516&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=5#
Proposed H.B. No. 5517
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING MORNING TEST TIMES.
Statement of Purpose: To allow schools to administer required exams
to students in the seventh through twelfth grades before 9:00 a.m. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5517&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=16&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 5521
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING A PROGRAM
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IMPLEMENTING THE RESULTS OF A PAY EQUITY
STUDY THAT CONSIDERS THE NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION AND
ADDITIONAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT.
Statement of Purpose: To establish a program in the Department
of Education implementing the results of a pay equity study that considers
the new requirements for training and education and additional job responsibilities
under the No Child Left Behind Act. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5521&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 5522
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING.
Statement of Purpose: To increase the state's share of special
education costs. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5522&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5524
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING TRUANCY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
Statement of Purpose: To require community service be performed
by students receiving three truancy notices. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5524&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 5529
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PER STUDENT GRANT
FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SMALL TOWNS.
Statement of Purpose: To assist the thirty-three towns in the bottom
twenty-five per cent of per capita income, equalized net grand list or
town wealth with populations of fewer than twenty-five thousand residents.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5529&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5534
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING A REDUCTION IN THE LOCAL SHARE OF THE
COST OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.
Statement of Purpose: To reduce the local tax burden by requiring
the state to pay more for special education under the excess cost program.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5534&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 5537
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING OF EDUCATION.
Statement of Purpose: To reduce the dependence on property taxes
by increasing the state's share of the costs of K-12 local public education
and reviewing the process by which education is funded in Connecticut.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5537&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=7#
Proposed H.B. No. 5539
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL IN PRIORITY SCHOOL
DISTRICTS. Statement of Purpose: To require the state to provide
adequate funding for universal preschool in all priority school districts.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5539&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5540
Title: AN ACT REDUCING A TOWN'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR COSTS OF SPECIAL
EDUCATION. Statement of Purpose: To reduce a town's responsibility
for the costs of special education to three and one-half times the average
per pupil expenditure, within available appropriations. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5540&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5541
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING OF SPECIAL EDUCATION COSTS FOR
CHILDREN PLACED BY PUBLIC AGENCIES.
Statement of Purpose: To provide adequate and equitable funding
for special education students placed by public agencies or governmental
entities.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5541&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 5544
Title: AN ACT REVISING THE EDUCATION COST SHARING FORMULA.
Statement of Purpose: To revise that formula by which educational
assistance grants are provided to towns. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5544&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5545
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL NURSES.
Statement of Purpose: To require that each public school building
have at least one school nurse. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5545&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=14#
Proposed H.B. No. 5547
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING A PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
TO ASSIST EDUCATIONAL PARAPROFESSIONALS IN BECOMING TEACHERS.
Statement of Purpose: To provide for the establishment of a program
in the Department of Education to assist educational paraprofessionals
in becoming teachers. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5547&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed H.B. No. 5549
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING PERMISSION TO LEAVE SCHOOL GROUNDS.
Statement of Purpose: To require parental permission for a student
to leave school grounds during school hours. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5549&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5552
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE WITHDRAWAL OF A STUDENT FROM SCHOOL
BY A PARENT. Statement of Purpose: To clarify the authority of
parents to withdraw a child from enrollment in school. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5552&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5555
Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL
CAFETERIAS. Statement of Purpose: To address the crisis of child
and youth obesity. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5555&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5561
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING.
Statement of Purpose: To provide additional special education funding
and to require that grants go directly to the school district. To change
the nexus and no nexus situation for funding of special education in the
case of placements. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5561&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5563
Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CONNECTICUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT GUARANTEE
PROGRAM.
Statement of Purpose: To help reduce the disparities in achievement
that exist in low income communities across the state. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5563&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5564
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS AND THE PRIORITY
SCHOOL DISTRICT GRANT.
Statement of Purpose: To provide that the priority school district
grant include a universal prekindergarten program. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5564&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5565
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING ELIMINATION OF THE BEGINNING EDUCATOR
SUPPORT AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.
Statement of Purpose: To eliminate the BEST program and to address
the teacher shortage. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5565&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 5578
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING HUMANE EDUCATION.
Statement of Purpose: To encourage students to value, respect,
understand and cultivate a sense of responsibility for the health and
welfare of all forms of life and the environment. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5578&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 5655
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE POSTING OF MERCURY WARNINGS.
Statement of Purpose: To inform children, pregnant women and women
of childbearing age of the dangers of consuming fish that may contain
mercury. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5655&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=15#
Proposed H.B. No. 5695
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
Statement of Purpose: To ensure that revocations of commitment
to the Department of Children and Families are not granted until a satisfactory
showing has been made that the child or youth is either self-sufficient
or receiving the care and services necessary to ensure that the health
and well-being of such child or youth will be maintained. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5695&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5697
Title: AN ACT INCREASING REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR DENTISTS PROVIDING
SERVICES TO MEDICAID PATIENTS.
Statement of Purpose: To ensure that dentists who participate in
the Medicaid program are adequately compensated for the services provided.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5697&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 5706
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING STATE PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS CARING FOR
THE CHILDREN OF RELATIVES.
Statement of Purpose: To provide adequate financial resources to
individuals who assume the responsibility of caring for the children of
relatives.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5706&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=5&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed H.B. No. 5735
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING VISITATION RIGHTS OF GRANDPARENTS.
Statement of Purpose: To provide visitation rights for grandparents.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5735&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=14#
Proposed H.B. No. 5741
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FAMILY WITH SERVICE NEEDS CHILDREN.
Statement of Purpose: To repeal laws which permit the incarceration
of children who are status offenders. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5741&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 5751
Title: AN ACT ADOPTING THE UNIFORM CHILD WITNESS TESTIMONY BY ALTERNATIVE
METHODS ACT.
Statement of Purpose: To authorize alternative methods for taking
the testimony of a child in criminal, civil and administrative proceedings
in order to protect children, guard the rights of parties and provide
predictability and clarity for attorneys and judges or other presiding
officers. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5751&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 5816
Title: AN ACT GIVING ADOPTEES ACCESS TO ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES.
Statement of Purpose: To make it easier for adoptees to access
their original birth certificate.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5816&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=7#
Proposed H.B. No. 5862
Title: AN ACT REQUIRING TRAINING FOR YOUTHFUL DRIVERS.
Statement of Purpose: To promote safety and responsibility in the
operation of motor vehicles. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5862&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 5871
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS.
Statement of Purpose: To provide greater safety for children in
motor vehicles. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5871&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=7#
H.J. No. 7
Title: RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION TO
INCREASE FUNDING FOR FEDERAL SPECIAL EDUCATION MANDATES.
Statement of Purpose: To urge Congress to provide funding for federally
imposed special education mandates.
Proposed S.B. No. 454
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO FOSTER PARENTS AND POTENTIAL ADOPTIVE PARENTS.
Statement of Purpose: To ensure that foster parents or potential
adoptive parents are completely aware of the family circumstances of a
child by providing such persons with written notification of the names
of the blood relatives of a minor child for whom foster care or adoptive
placement is sought. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=454&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=16&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed S.B. No. 455
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL STABILITY
FOR CHILDREN IN THE STATE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
Statement of Purpose: To increase the educational stability of
children in the state foster care system by requiring the Commissioner
of Children and Families, to the extent feasible, to allow children to
remain in their school of origin. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=455&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed S.B. No. 456
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING GRANDPARENT NOTIFICATION WHEN A CHILD
IS REMOVED FROM THE HOME.
Statement of Purpose: To require the Department of Children and
Families to notify grandparents when a grandchild is removed from his
or her parents' home. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=456&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=14#
Proposed S.B. No. 457
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SUBSIDIZED GUARDIANSHIP FOR RELATIVE CAREGIVERS.
Statement of Purpose: To provide financial assistance to relative
caregivers. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=457&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed S.B. No. 458
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN NORTH CENTRAL
CONNECTICUT. Statement of Purpose: To support after school programs
in north central Connecticut. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=458&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=6#
Proposed S.B. No. 459
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING ADEQUATE ACOUSTICAL CONDITIONS IN CLASSROOMS.
Statement of Purpose: To provide that classrooms be constructed
with adequate acoustical conditions. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=459&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed S.B. No. 460
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT REPRESENTATION ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL
BOARDS OF EDUCATION.
Statement of Purpose: To provide that, no later than July 1, 2006,
each local and regional board of education shall include one or more preferential
voting pupil members, in addition to the current number of board members.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=460&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed S.B. No. 461
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING A PER STUDENT GRANT TO SMALL, ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED MUNICIPALITIES.
Statement of Purpose: To require a per student grant equivalent
to that received by priority school districts to small, economically disadvantaged
municipalities. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=461&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=16#
Proposed S.B. No. 463
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AND CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE.
Statement of Purpose: To provide that guidance counselors have
five years of classroom experience. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=463&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed S.B. No. 464
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING COST OVERRUNS IN SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS.
Statement of Purpose: To require school districts to properly plan
for and budget for school construction projects. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=464&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed S.B. No. 465
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE SCHOOL BUILDING
COMMITTEE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Statement of Purpose: To provide for the establishment of a state
school building committee within the Department of Education. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=465&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=4&SUBMIT.y=3#
Proposed S.B. No. 466
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING ECS FUNDS TO MAGNET SCHOOLS, TRANSPORTATION
GRANTS TO MAGNET SCHOOLS AND AN INCREASE IN THE ECS FOUNDATION.
Statement of Purpose: To provide that ECS funds go directly to
magnet schools, to increase transportation grants to magnet schools and
increase the ECS foundation. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=466&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed S.B. No. 474
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE "MILLIONAIRES' TAX".
Statement of Purpose: To make the state income tax more progressive
at higher incomes by enacting the "millionaires' tax". http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=474&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed S.B. No. 476
Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WALL BETWEEN DRINKERS AND NONDRINKERS
AT PUBLIC EVENTS AND OTHER PLACES WHERE LIQUOR IS SERVED.
Statement of Purpose: To limit the availability of liquor to minors
at public events. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=476&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed S.B. No. 480
Title: AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE, RESALE, LEASE OR USE OF RECALLED
CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS.
Statement of Purpose: To protect the health of children by prohibiting
the sale, resale, lease and use of dangerous children's products.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=480&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed S.B. No. 498
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING MAXIMIZATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
Statement of Purpose: To require the Commissioners of Social Services
and Children and Families to file annual reports with the General Assembly
on the efforts of their respective departments to obtain federal funding
for programs administered by said departments. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=498&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed S.B. No. 502
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE CALCULATION OF FAMILY INCOME IN ELGIBILITY
DETERMINATIONS FOR PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Statement of Purpose: To exclude any income attributable to a child,
when the relative caregiver of any such child makes application for a
program administered by the Department of Social Services. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=502&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed S.B. No. 505
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING OPERATOR'S LICENSES BEARING A SCHOOL ENDORSEMENT.
Statement of Purpose: To require that the names of those persons
seeking to be licensed as school bus drivers be checked against the state
child abuse registry prior to the issuance of such licenses. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=505&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed S.B. No. 521
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE TRANSFER OF JUVENILES TO THE REGULAR
CRIMINAL DOCKET.
Statement of Purpose: To permit an attorney for a child to argue
in opposition to a transfer of the child to adult court and to permit
the adult court to return a case to the juvenile court at any time. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=521&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=7#
Proposed S.B. No. 522
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE TRANSFER OF JUVENILES BACK TO JUVENILE
COURT. Statement of Purpose: To allow the adult court the option
to transfer a child's case back to the juvenile court at any time. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=522&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=16&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed S.B. No. 536
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC HEARINGS.
Statement of Purpose: To ensure public hearings for all subject
matter. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=536&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=6&SUBMIT.y=2#
Proposed S.B. No. 553
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING INPATIENT ADMISSIONS FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES.
Statement of Purpose: To avoid extended or weekend emergency room
stays for adolescents in need of inpatient behavioral health services.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=553&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed S.B. No. 587
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
FACILITIES. Statement of Purpose: To ensure that special education
students are integrated whenever possible. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=587&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed S.B. No. 588
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION PLANNING AND SPECIAL EDUCATION
COSTS FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN PLACED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
Statement of Purpose: To make the Department of Children and Families
responsible for educational planning and tuition payments for special
education students placed by the department in certain types of facilities
when the child does not have a nexus relationship with a local or regional
school district. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=588&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed S.B. No. 589
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FEES FOR PARTICIPATION IN INTERSCHOLASTIC
ATHLETICS. Statement of Purpose: To prohibit local and regional
boards of education from charging fees for participation in interscholastic
athletics. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=589&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed S.B. No. 609
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING A PERMANENT INDEPENDENT MONITOR AT THE
CONNECTICUT JUVENILE TRAINING SCHOOL
Statement of Purpose: To install a permanent independent monitor
at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=609&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 5916
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL EDUCATION PLACEMENTS MADE BY THE
NATIVE AMERICAN PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
Statement of Purpose: To assist towns in paying the cost of providing
special education services to children of Native American tribe members.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5916&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=16&SUBMIT.y=5#
Proposed S.B. No. 649
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALE OF RECALLED CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS.
Statement of Purpose: To avoid the resale of recalled children's
products. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=649&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed S.B. No. 666
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR FOSTER PARENTS.
Statement of Purpose: To allow foster parents to obtain health
insurance coverage under the Medicaid program. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=666&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed S.B. No. 676
Title: AN ACT PROVIDING THAT FOSTER PARENTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS UNDER THE HUSKY PROGRAM.
Statement of Purpose: To allow foster parents to obtain health
insurance coverage under the HUSKY Plan, Part B. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=676&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed S.B. No. 688
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING INTENSIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR
CHILDREN. Statement of Purpose: To provide specific intensive behavioral
health services for children with complex behavioral health needs and
their families and to fund such services with contributions from group
health insurers
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=688&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed S.B. No. 689
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS OF CHILDREN
COMMITTED TO THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
Statement of Purpose: To require the Department of Children and
Families to ensure that a child with special needs receives a complete
behavioral health assessment prior to such child being allowed to go to
an out-of-state placement
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=689&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed S.B. No. 702
Title: AN ACT REQUIRING PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF ABORTION PROCEDURES
PERFORMED ON MINORS.
Statement of Purpose: To establish parental notification requirements
for abortion procedures performed on persons who are less than eighteen
years of age. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=702&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed S.B. No. 709
Title: AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF DEXTROMETHORPHAN TO MINORS
Statement of Purpose: To prevent recreational use and abuse of
dextromethorphan by minors. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=709&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed S.B. No. 710
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL SERVICE NEEDS.
Statement of Purpose: To provider greater support and services
to children with special service needs. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=710&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=3#
Proposed S.B. No. 713
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE INSTALLATION OF FIRE SPRINKLERS IN
SCHOOLS.
Statement of Purpose: To rely on the Fire Safety Code and State
Building Code for fire sprinkler requirements in schools
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=713&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed S.B. No. 736
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING PREVENTION PROGRAMS REGARDING COMPULSIVE
GAMBLING IN SCHOOLS.
Statement of Purpose: To fund education and prevention programs
regarding compulsive gambling in schools. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=736&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 6016
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS MADE
BY THE CHILD POVERTY COUNCIL.
Statement of Purpose: To begin implementation of the ten-year plan
that will reduce the number of children living in poverty by fifty per
cent over the next ten years.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6016&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 6022
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING REFORMATION OF THE EDUCATION COST SHARING
FORMULA. Statement of Purpose: To reform the state ECS funding.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6022&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 6105
Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT
MONITOR AT THE CONNECTICUT JUVENILE TRAINING SCHOOL.
Statement of Purpose: To provide for the establishment of the position
of independent monitor at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6105&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=18&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 6118
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING A HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED WAIVER FOR
INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
Statement of Purpose: To provide children and adults who have developmental
disabilities, but do not qualify for specialized services because they
are not mentally retarded, access to individualized supports and services
in their homes and community. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6118&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 6130
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THERAPY FOR CHILDREN WITH PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL
DISORDERS.
Statement of Purpose: To require health insurance coverage for
certain therapies as a therapeutic intervention on behalf of children
with pervasive developmental disorders. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6130&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 6175
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT AUTISM RESOURCE AND EDUCATION
ALLIANCE.
Statement of Purpose: To provide state funding to the Connecticut
Autism Resource and Education Alliance to improve the lives of children
with autism
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6175&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 6182
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING A TASK FORCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADOPTING
A NUTRITION POLICY FOR THE STATE.
Statement of Purpose: To provide for a task force for the purpose
of adopting a nutrition policy for the state and for assisting in the
reduction and prevention of obesity and non-insulin-using diabetes in
children.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6182&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=12#
H.J. No. 28
Title: RESOLUTION PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONCERNING
THE LENGTH OF REGULAR SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN ODD-NUMBERED
YEARS.
Statement of Purpose: To reduce the length of regular sessions
in odd-numbered years.
H.J. No. 30
Title: RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION TO
PROVIDE WAIVERS TO HIGH ACHIEVING STATES FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF NO CHILD
LEFT BEHIND.
Statement of Purpose: To provide waivers to high achieving states,
such as Connecticut, from the requirements of the No Child Left Behind
Act.
Proposed S.B. No. 789
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FULL FUNDING OF THE EDUCATION COST SHARING
FORMULA. Statement of Purpose: To ensure that children in urban
districts have access to an education equal to that of students in wealthier
districts and to ensure that the additional support services necessary
for children growing up in poverty are made available in urban school
districts. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=789&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed S.B. No. 790
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATIONAL COSTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.
Statement of Purpose: To provide that educational costs and all
facets of education such as recordkeeping and special education review,
including programming and testing of students in foster placement shall
be the responsibility of the town in which the child resides
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=790&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=7#
Proposed S.B. No. 791
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING TESTING IN A STUDENT'S NATIVE LANGUAGE.
Statement of Purpose: To provide that Connecticut Mastery tests
be offered in a student's native language, as permitted by the federal
No Child Left Behind Act. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=791&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=6&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed S.B. No. 793
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL IN PRIORITY SCHOOL
DISTRICTS. Statement of Purpose: To fund universal preschool in
priority school districts. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=793&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed S.B. No. 802
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S LICENSES BEARING
A SCHOOL ENDORSEMENT.
Statement of Purpose: To require that the names of individuals
seeking to be licensed as school bus drivers be checked against the state
child abuse registry prior to the issuance of such licenses. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=802&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=17&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed S.B. No. 808
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE FILING OF A CLAIM AGAINST THE STATE
BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A MINOR.
Statement of Purpose: To allow a parent or legal guardian of an
unemancipated minor to have legal standing to pursue a claim before the
Claims Commissioner. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=808&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed S.B. No. 825
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING MOTOR VEHICLES DRIVEN BY MINORS.
Statement of Purpose: To permit parents to be in motor vehicles
driven by their children who have probationary licenses. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=825&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed S.B. No. 832
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING EXPANSION OF THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM.
Statement of Purpose: To increase the number of children who are
provided breakfast before they start their school day. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=832&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed S.B. No. 833
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT-GROWN FOOD IN SCHOOLS.
Statement of Purpose: To address childhood obesity and increase
the availability of nutritious locally-grown foods. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=833&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed S.B. No. 834
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING BEVERAGE SALES IN SCHOOLS.
Statement of Purpose: To address childhood obesity by improving
nutrition in schools. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=834&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed S.B. No. 835
Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN EDUCATION STRATEGY BOARD.
Statement of Purpose: To achieve the fairness and equity goals
of the education cost sharing formula. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=835&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed S.B. No. 836
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FIRE SPRINKLER REQUIREMENTS IN SCHOOL
BUILDING PROJECTS. Statement of Purpose: To assist small towns
in the costs of complying with fire sprinkler requirements. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=836&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed S.B. No. 837
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING RECESS IN SCHOOLS.
Statement of Purpose: To address childhood obesity and improve
the balance of activities during the school day by increasing the number
of opportunities for physical activity. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=837&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed S.B. No. 839
Title: AN ACT INCREASING SCHOOL READINESS SLOTS IN PRIORITY SCHOOL
DISTRICTS. Statement of Purpose: To provide access to school readiness
programs for all children from low-income families as a means of preparing
those children for academic success and to eliminate the achievement gap.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=839&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed S.B. No. 840
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
SERVICES. Statement of Purpose: To increase state funding of rising
special education costs and to direct that such funding go directly to
the school district. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=840&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=7#
Proposed S.B. No. 842
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTHY FOOD IN SCHOOLS.
Statement of Purpose: To address childhood obesity by improving
nutrition in schools. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=842&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed S.B. No. 844
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS.
Statement of Purpose: To provide that special needs students receive
all of the programs and services that they are entitled to by state or
federal statute.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=844&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=7#
Proposed S.B. No. 845
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION FOR TEACHERS
WHO REPORT CONCERNS ABOUT THE APPROPRIATENESS OF A SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
FOR A CHILD. Statement of Purpose: To provide for whistleblower
protection for teachers who report concerns about the appropriateness
of a special education program for a child, as determined by that child's
planning and placement team or the administration
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=845&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=6&SUBMIT.y=9#
S.J. No. 35
Title: RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING CONGRESS TO AMEND THE NO CHILD
LEFT BEHIND ACT. Statement of Purpose: To urge congress to amend
the No Child Left Behind Act to provide more flexibility for high achieving
states such as Connecticut.
Proposed H.B. No. 6257
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING LAWN CARE PESTICIDES AT SCHOOLS AND DAY
CARE FACILITIES. Statement of Purpose: To protect children's health
by reducing their exposure to lawn care pesticides. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6257&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=7#
Proposed H.B. No. 6287
Title: AN ACT PROHIBITING THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN CHILDREN TO THE
ADULT CRIMINAL DOCKET.
Statement of Purpose: To retain the cases of children charged with
a class C or D felony or unclassified felony in the juvenile court. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6287&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 6288
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION
ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITY IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Statement of Purpose: To implement recommendations of the Commission
on Racial and Ethnic Disparity in the Juvenile Justice System. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6288&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed S.B. No. 860
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
Statement of Purpose: To provide that school counselors that have
enough years of service in the Connecticut school system can be grandfathered
into a counselor position without having to pass a state certified examination.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=860&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=6#
Proposed S.B. No. 891
Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A YOUTH IN CRISIS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
Statement of Purpose: To establish a demonstration program in which
school superintendents would work with probate courts in one or more school
districts and probate districts to develop a plan for addressing the needs
of youth in crisis, with particular emphasis on addressing truancy issues.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=891&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=6&SUBMIT.y=14#
Proposed S.B. No. 897
Title: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CHILD POVERTY
COUNCIL. Statement of Purpose: To reduce the number of children
living in poverty in the state. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=897&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed S.B. No. 898
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHILD FATALITY REVIEW
PANEL.
Statement of Purpose: To enhance the work of the Child Fatality
Review Panel. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=898&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=6&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed S.B. No. 906
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING PHYSICIAN ACCOUNTABILITY IN DEPARTMENT
OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES CASES
Statement of Purpose: To subject physicians who examine children
for suspected neglect or abuse to appropriate sanctions for negligent
medical opinions. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=906&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 6354
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEEN ABSTINENCE
PROGRAMS.
Statement of Purpose: To study the effectiveness of teen abstinence
programs in preventing pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and the
onset of sexual activity. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6354&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed H.B. No. 6355
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING GENDER SPECIFIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND
ADDICTION SERVICES.
Statement of Purpose: To extend current statutory requirements
regarding juvenile offenders to other behavioral health and addiction
services programs and to provide funding for a program to encourage best
practices in gender specific treatment. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6355&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=13#
Proposed H.B. No. 6356
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING YOUNG CHILDREN LIVING IN HOMELESS SHELTERS.
Statement of Purpose: To ensure that young children in homeless
shelters are provided school readiness training in preparation for entry
into the public school system. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6356&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed H.B. No. 6357
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SHORT-TERM JUVENILE DETENTION COMMUNITY
FACILITIES.
Statement of Purpose: To modify juvenile detention practices so
that juveniles are held in short-term community sites where such youth
receive one-on-one attention from trained adult advocates. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6357&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 6359
Title: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GIRLS SERVICES
STEERING COMMITTEE.
Statement of Purpose: To establish and fund a plan and continuum
of services for adolescent girls involved in the juvenile justice system.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6359&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed H.B. No. 6360
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE SHACKLING OF JUVENILES.
Statement of Purpose: To prohibit the Court Support Services Division
and the Department of Children and Families from routinely utilizing shackles
or other mechanical restraints during the transportation of children.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6360&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed H.B. No. 6361
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING ADVANCEMENT OF LITERACY AMONG PARENTS
AND GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN.
Statement of Purpose: To increase literacy among children, their
parents and guardians.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6361&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=15#
Proposed H.B. No. 6362
Title: AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE PARENT TRUST FUND.
Statement of Purpose: To improve the health, safety and education
of children by training parents in civic leadership skills and to support
parental engagement in community affairs. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6362&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 6363
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION AND DIVERSION
PROGRAMS FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS.
Statement of Purpose: To divert troubled or status offender girls
from residential placement and detention to community based group homes.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6363&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 6364
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF THE CAP FROM THE EDUCATION
COST SHARING FORMULA
Statement of Purpose: To expedite the removal of the cap and to
send more educational funding to Middletown. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6364&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 6365
Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TUTOR ACADEMY.
Statement of Purpose: To require accountability for entities providing
supplemental educational services. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6365&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=7#
Proposed H.B. No. 6370
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FEES FOR SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS.
Statement of Purpose: To allow towns to charge a nominal summer
school fee. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6370&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 6371
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION FUNDING FOR SUBURBAN AND RURAL
MUNICIPALITIES.
Statement of Purpose: To promote greater equality in funding of
local education by the state. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6371&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=6&SUBMIT.y=5#
Proposed H.B. No. 6372
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE FOUNDATION OF THE EDUCATION COST SHARING
FORMULA.
Statement of Purpose: To increase the foundation level to make
funding closer to actual cost of providing a quality public school education
for every child. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6372&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 6375
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE CAP ON THE EDUCATION COST SHARING
FORMULA. Statement of Purpose: To remove the cap on the education
cost sharing formula no later than July 1, 2005, as stated in statute.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6375&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=8#
Proposed H.B. No. 6377
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXCESS COST GRANT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
Statement of Purpose: To increase the state share of locally delivered
special education services. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6377&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 6378
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S SHARE OF EDUCATIONAL FUNDING.
Statement of Purpose: To provide property tax relief by requiring
the state to pay fifty per cent of the cost of education
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6378&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=3&SUBMIT.y=9#
Proposed H.B. No. 6380
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT FEES FOR PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS.
Statement of Purpose: To ensure that all students can participate
in competitive sports. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6380&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=7#
Proposed H.B. No. 6383
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION FUNDING AND PROPERTY TAX BURDENS.
Statement of Purpose: To alleviate increasing property tax burdens
by providing for one hundred per cent state funding of public education.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6383&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 6384
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Statement of Purpose: To provide resources similar to those provided
for public schools.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6384&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=7#
Proposed H.B. No. 6385
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FIFTY PER CENT STATE FUNDING OF EDUCATION.
Statement of Purpose: To align the current ECS formula with the
original intent of the formula and to provide for more state special education
funding.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6385&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 6387
Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION ON EDUCATIONAL
FUNDING. Statement of Purpose: To examine the appropriateness of
educational funding. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6387&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=16&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 6388
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE EDUCATION COST SHARING FORMULA CAP.
Statement of Purpose: To remove the cap on the education cost sharing
formula no later than July 1, 2005, as stated in statute. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6388&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=4&SUBMIT.y=7#
Proposed H.B. No. 6389
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL
Statement of Purpose: To diminish future costs of remedial education,
welfare and criminal justice. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6389&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=10#
Proposed H.B. No. 6390
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXPENDITURE OF ECS FUNDS.
Statement of Purpose: To provide that increases in education cost
sharing funds be used solely for educational purposes. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6390&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=6&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 6391
Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A GRANT PROGRAM TO OFFER EDUCATIONAL
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL TOWNS.
Statement of Purpose: To establish a supplementary education grant
for small towns with town wealth ranking in the bottom two-thirds of towns
when towns are ranked by town wealth, from highest wealth to lowest wealth.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6391&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=9#
Raised H.B. No. 6438
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING RESTORATION OF HUSKY PLAN, PART A BENEFITS
FOR PARENTS AND NEEDY CARETAKER RELATIVES.
Statement of Purpose: To restore HUSKY Plan, Part A benefits to
parents and needy caretaker relatives with income that does not exceed
one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty level.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6438&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=15#
Proposed S.B. No. 936
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING VIDEOCONFERENCING OF STATE LEGISLATIVE
PUBLIC HEARINGS.
Statement of Purpose: To enable more Connecticut citizens to participate
in public hearings conducted by General Assembly committees.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=936&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=16&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 6490
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN AWAITING PERMANENT PLACEMENT
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
Statement of Purpose: To provide stability in the lives of children
under the care of the Department of Children and Families. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6490&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=12#
Proposed H.B. No. 6562
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS.
Statement of Purpose: To require children under six years old and
weighing less than sixty pounds to use approved car restraint systems,
children under one year old or weighing less than twenty pounds to use
rear-facing car restraint systems and children in booster seats to be
secured by seat safety belts with shoulder belts. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6562&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=10#
Raised H.B. No. 6573
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING GRANDPARENTS CARING FOR GRANDCHILDREN
AND FOSTER CARE SUBSIDES.
Statement of Purpose: To: (1) Allow certain relative caregivers
who care for a child in lieu of a parent to qualify for a subsidized guardianship,
and (2) require the Commissioner of Social Services to establish a grandparents-as-parents
program to provide support to grandparents who care for a grandchild.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6573&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=11#
Proposed H.B. No. 6604
Title: AN ACT CREATING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY STATE AND PRIVATELY-FUNDED
FOSTER CARE PROGRAMS.
Statement of Purpose: To study the differences and similarities
between state and privately-funded and operated foster care programs for
children over nine years of age. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6604&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=12#
Raised H.B. No. 6631
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDHOOD OBESITY.
Statement of Purpose: To reduce the incidence of obesity in children
and adolescents. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6631&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=13#
Raised S.B. No. 1018
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE.
Statement of Purpose: To allow state employees to use up to two
weeks of accumulated sick leave while on family and medical leave due
to the birth or adoption of a child or to care for a seriously ill child,
spouse or parent, and to extend the coverage of the state's Family and
Medical Leave Act to employees of towns, boards of education and private
and parochial schools. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1018&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=14#
Raised S.B. No. 1027
Title: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENTS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND
ADDICTION SERVICES AND CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO SHARE CERTAIN INFORMATION
AND RECORDS.
Statement of Purpose: To authorize the Departments of Mental Health
and Addiction Services and Children and Families to share records when
clients served by both agencies are involved in a serious injury or unexpected
death. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1027&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=12#
S.B. No. 172
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF DISPROPORTIONATE MINORITY
REPRESENTATION IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Statement of Purpose: To reduce disproportionate minority representation
in the juvenile justice system by providing for cultural competency planning,
and by implementing a pilot program in one urban area of the state providing
for a community mapping system, objective criteria for decision making
in the juvenile justice process and a continuum of treatment, supervision
and placement options and alternatives to incarceration. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=172&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=9#
H.B. No. 5209
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING MAXIMIZATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Statement of Purpose: To require the Commissioners of Social Services
and Children and Families to seek additional federal moneys to fund programs
administered by said agencies and to require the commissioners to file
an annual report with the appropriations and human services committees
on the status of such endeavors. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5209&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=12#
Raised H.B. No. 6660
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS.
Statement of Purpose: To require the use of approved child restraint
systems in motor vehicles for children under six years of age or weighing
less than sixty pounds, to require the use of safety seat belts for child
passengers seven years of age and older or weighing sixty pounds or more,
to require that child passengers under one year of age or weighing less
than twenty pounds use a rear-facing child restraint system, and to require
seats or an approved child restraint system for child passengers on a
student transportation vehicle. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6660&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=9#
S.B. No. 171
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN MAKING ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR PROGRAMS
ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Statement of Purpose: To require the Commissioner of Social Services
when making determinations for initial or continued eligibility for any
program operated or administered by the Department of Social Services,
to exclude as income to a program applicant or program beneficiary, (1)
foster care payments or subsidized guardianship payments received by such
person from the Department of Children and Families, and (2) any income
attributable to the child for whom the subsidized guardianship benefits
are made. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=171&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=14#
Raised S.B. No. 1032
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SPRINKLERS IN EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCIES.
Statement of Purpose: To provide relief to municipalities that
install fire sprinkler systems in their schools in compliance with section
29-315 of the general statutes. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1032&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=9#
Raised S.B. No. 1037
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING REVISION OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES STATUTES.
Statement of Purpose: To update and make technical changes to various
statutes concerning the Department of Children and Families. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1037&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=13#
Raised S.B. No. 1038
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR SUBSIDIZED GUARDIANSHIP.
Statement of Purpose: To permit the Department of Children and
Families to allow children living with relatives who have been in foster
or certified relative care for less than twelve months to be eligible
for a subsidy within six months of placement. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1038&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=8#
Raised S.B. No. 1039
Title: AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
TO SEEK ACCREDITATION.
Statement of Purpose: To require the Department of Children and
Families to seek accreditation by the Council on Accreditation. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1039&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=16&SUBMIT.y=11#
Raised H.B. No. 6674
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FIRE SPRINKLER REQUIREMENTS IN SCHOOL
BUILDING PROJECTS.
Statement of Purpose: To assist small towns in the costs of complying
with fire sprinkler requirements. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6674&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=14#
Raised H.B. No. 6683
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR CHILDREN REQUIRING
SPECIAL EDUCATION.
Statement of Purpose: To clarify that districts may include assistive
technology devices in their rules and regulations about the care and use
of material and equipment provided free of charge to students. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6683&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=10#
Raised S.B. No. 1065
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING FEES FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
Statement of Purpose: To ban fees for extracurricular activities
in schools. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1065&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=12#
Raised S.B. No. 1066
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING STEROID USE PREVENTION EDUCATION.
Statement of Purpose: To provide youth with information about the
adverse effects of using steroids. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1066&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=17#
Raised S.B. No. 1067
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL FUNDRAISING.
Statement of Purpose: To prohibit the distribution of fundraiser
solicitation packets to students that have not yet entered the sixth grade
and to provide that no more than one such packet shall be distributed
to the children of the same family in any local or regional school district.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1067&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=10&SUBMIT.y=11#
S.J. No. 40
Title: RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING CONGRESS TO AMEND THE NO CHILD
LEFT BEHIND ACT. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/tob/s/2005SJ-00040-R00-SB.htm
Raised S.B. No. 1078
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING DETERMINATIONS OF COMPETENCY IN JUVENILE
PROCEEDINGS.
Statement of Purpose: To establish procedures to be followed in
juvenile proceedings when a child's competency is at issue. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1078&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=16&SUBMIT.y=10#
H.B. No. 5695
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
Statement of Purpose: To ensure that in instances where the Department
of Children and Families seeks revocation of commitment of a youth, who
refuses services from the department, such revocation is not granted unless
the court makes a finding that (1) the causes for the commitment no longer
exist, (2) such revocation is in the best interests of the youth and (3)
that the youth, who refuses to accept services from the department, has
been assessed as to be self-sufficient by the department or is receiving
services at a level that will promote the health and well-being of such
youth. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5695&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=13
H.B. No. 5704
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING LEAVE POLICIES FOR DELINQUENT CHILDREN
COMMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
Statement of Purpose: To provide the Commissioner of Children and
Families with greater discretion in permitting leave or release to a delinquent
child committed to the department. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5704&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=3
Raised S.B. No. 1098
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION WORKFORCE.
Statement of Purpose: To create a committee to assess access to
early childhood education or child development programs.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1098&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=10
Raised S.B. No. 1100
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SERVICES WITH RESPECT TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
Statement of Purpose: To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Services
from entering into any Medicaid waiver in which the federal government,
as a condition of granting the waiver, requires the state to agree to
limit the normal fifty per cent federal cost sharing in the program. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1100&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=14&SUBMIT.y=9
Raised S.B. No. 1101
Title: AN ACT RESCINDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SERVICES TO SEEK A WAIVER FROM FEDERAL LAW CONCERNING TRANSFER OF ASSETS
UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
Statement of Purpose: To compel the Commissioner of Social Services
to withdraw the pending waiver application concerning the transfer of
assets under the Medicaid program, prohibit the commissioner from implementing
the terms of said waiver in the event it has been approved prior to the
effective date of this act, and repeal section 17b-261a of the general
statutes. http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1101&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=11
Raised H.B. No. 6747
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING REGIONAL CHILDREN'S PROBATE COURTS.
Statement of Purpose: To authorize the Probate Court Administrator
to establish additional regional children's probate courts.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6747&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=8
Raised H.B. No. 6787
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN UNDER
THE SUPERVISION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. Statement
of Purpose: To clarify the Department of Social Services' authority
to provide state-funded medical assistance for children under the supervision
of the Commissioner of Children and Families who are not enrolled or eligible
for medical assistance under the Medicaid program.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6787&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=10
Raised H.B. No. 6788
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING INVESTIGATIONS OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
Statement of Purpose: To change the time frame for the Department
of Children and Families to complete investigations of child abuse and
neglect from thirty days to forty-five days to conform to the Juan F.
exit plan measures.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6788&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=13
Raised H.B. No. 6799
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING JUVENILE JUSTICE.
Statement of Purpose: To provide credit to a child who is arrested
for a juvenile matter, held in certain facilities and subsequently convicted
as a delinquent and committed to the Department of Children and Families,
to eliminate the prosecution of family with service needs children for
noncompliance with certain court orders, to allow juveniles to challenge
the admission of statements made to police in the absence of the juvenile's
parent or guardian in cases transferred to adult court, and to authorize
the Commissioner of Children and Families to waive certain juvenile leave
requirements.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6799&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=17&SUBMIT.y=12
Raised H.B. No. 6800
Title: AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS.
Statement of Purpose: To provide funds for the provision of nutritious
meals in schools.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6800&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=12&SUBMIT.y=10
Raised H.B. No. 6801
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE SPECIAL EDUCATION EXCESS COST GRANT.
Statement of Purpose: To reduce the threshold for payment of excess
costs associated with special education to four times the average per
pupil expenditure.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6801&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=9
Raised H.B. No. 6802
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING A CONNECTICUT OUT OF SCHOOL TIME GRANT.
Statement of Purpose: To establish a grant program for after school
programs.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6802&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=14
Raised H.B. No. 6812
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC ACCESS TO PROCEEDINGS IN CERTAIN
JUVENILE MATTERS.
Statement of Purpose: To (1) permit members of the public to observe
juvenile court proceedings concerning termination of parental rights or
children who are alleged to be uncared for, neglected or dependent, and
(2) permit the court, on a case-by-case basis, to prohibit the dissemination
of certain identifying information disclosed in such proceedings.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6812&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=13
Raised H.B. No. 6822
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING THE EDUCATION COST SHARING GRANTS.
Statement of Purpose: To amend the education cost sharing formula
by increasing the foundation and linking future annual increases to the
foundation to the consumer price index.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6822&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=10
S.J. No. 40
Title: RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING CONGRESS TO AMEND THE NO CHILD
LEFT BEHIND ACT
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/tob/s/2005SJ-00040-R00-SB.htm
Raised S.B. No. 1176
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING AN EARLY CHILDHOOD INVESTMENT INITIATIVE.
Statement of Purpose: To create an Early Childhood Investment Advisory
Cabinet and a Early Childhood pilot program, to increase funding for school
readiness programs, to enhance preschool teacher training, to create a
kindergarten assessment program and to provide parents of all newborn
children with information regarding early childhood development.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1176&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=7
Raised S.B. No. 1177
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING PARENTING EDUCATION.
Statement of Purpose: To require development and implementation
of a program in public schools regarding parenting education.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1177&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=9&SUBMIT.y=14
Raised S.B. No. 1178
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING LEAD SCREENING FOR CHILDREN.
Statement of Purpose: To establish mandatory lead screenings for
children.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1178&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=11&SUBMIT.y=11
Raised S.B. No. 1188
Title: AN ACT ADOPTING A PROTECTIVE PARENT REFORM ACT.
Statement of Purpose: To adopt a Protective Parent Reform Act in
order to prevent courts in child custody and visitation cases from placing
a child who is abused or neglected, or who lives in a home in which family
violence exists, in the custody of the abusive, neglectful or violent
parent and from limiting the protective parent's custody, visitation and
contact rights.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1188&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=13&SUBMIT.y=14
Raised S.B. No. 1224
Title: AN ACT CONCERNING PERMANENCY PLANS FOR CHILDREN.
Statement of Purpose: To revise certain requirements and procedures
concerning permanency plans for abused or neglected children in the custody
of the Department of Children and Families.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1224&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=7&SUBMIT.y=13
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