§ 10-10g — *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (c) and effective date.) Compilation and provision of information re services and resources for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Connecticut § 10-10g

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 10: Education and Culture
• Ch. 163: State Board of Education. Department of Education

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(a) Not later than December 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Office of Victim Services within the Judicial Department, in consultation with the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence, shall compile information concerning services and resources available to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and provide such information electronically to the Department of Education, and electronically and in hard copies to (1) the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, (2) each municipal police department, and (3) each ambulance company and organization, whether public, private or voluntary, that offers transportation or treatment services to patients under emergency conditions. Such information shall include, but need not be limited to, (A) referrals available to counseling and supportive services, including, but not limited to, the Safe at Home program administered by the Office of the Secretary of the State, sexual assault crisis centers, shelter services, medical services, domestic abuse and sexual assault hotlines, legal counseling and advocacy, mental health care and financial assistance, and (B) procedures to voluntarily and confidentially identify eligibility for referrals to such counseling and supportive services. Such information shall be translated into, and provided in, multiple languages, including, but not limited to, English, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. (b) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Department of Education shall publish the information compiled and provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section on the Internet web site of the department. If informed of any necessary revisions by the Office of Victim Services within the Judicial Department, the Department of Education shall revise such published information. *(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2020, and each school year thereafter, the Department of Education shall disseminate the information published pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to each local and regional board of education. Each local and regional board of education shall require the provision of such information to any (1) student or parent or guardian of a student who expresses to a school employee, as defined in section 10-222d , that such student or parent or guardian or a person residing with such student or parent or guardian does not feel safe at home due to domestic violence or sexual assault, and (2) parent or guardian of a student who authorizes the transfer of such student's education records to another school. *Note: On and after July 1, 2025, subsection (c) of this section, as amended by section 56 of public act 23-167 and section 4 of public act 24-127, is to read as follows: “(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2020, and each school year thereafter, the Department of Education shall disseminate the information published pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to each local and regional board of education. Each local and regional board of education shall require the provision of such information to any (1) student or parent or guardian of a student who expresses to a school employee, as defined in section 10-222aa, that such student or parent or guardian or a person residing with such student or parent or guardian does not feel safe at home due to domestic violence or sexual assault, and (2) parent or guardian of a student who authorizes the transfer of such student's education records to another school.”

Legislative History

(P.A. 19-146, S. 1; P.A. 22-47, S. 64; P.A. 23-167, S. 56; P.A. 24-127, S. 3.) (P.A. 19-146, S. 1; P.A. 22-47, S. 64; P.A. 23-167, S. 56; P.A. 24-127, S. 3, 4.) History: P.A. 19-146 effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 22-47 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “2019” with “2022” and requiring annual compilation of information, requiring electronic provision of information to Department of Education, adding new Subdivs. (1) and (2) re electronic and hard copy provision of information to Division of State Police and municipal police departments, and redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) and (2) as Subparas. (A) and (B), adding Subdiv. (3) re electronic and hard copy provision of information to ambulance companies, deleting requirement re annual review and revision of information by Office of Victim Services, and adding provision requiring information to be translated, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 23-167 amended Subsec. (c) by changing the reference for the definition of “school employee” from Sec. 10-222d to Sec. 10-222aa, effective July 1, 2025; P.A. 24-127 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “December 1, 2022” with “December 1, 2024” and add references to “Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence”, “sexual assault” and “sexual assault crisis centers” and amended Subsec. (c) to add reference to “sexual assault”, effective June 5, 2024.