2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education › Section 10-10g. - Compilation and provision of information re services and resources for victims of domestic violence.

(a) Not later than December 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Office of Victim Services within the Judicial Department, in consultation with the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, shall compile information concerning services and resources available to victims of domestic violence and provide such information electronically to the Department of Education, and electronically and in hard copies to (1) the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, (2) each municipal police department, and (3) each ambulance company and organization, whether public, private or voluntary, that offers transportation or treatment services to patients under emergency conditions. Such information shall include, but need not be limited to, (A) referrals available to counseling and supportive services, including, but not limited to, the Safe at Home program administered by the Office of the Secretary of the State, shelter services, medical services, domestic abuse hotlines, legal counseling and advocacy, mental health care and financial assistance, and (B) procedures to voluntarily and confidentially identify eligibility for referrals to such counseling and supportive services. Such information shall be translated into, and provided in, multiple languages, including, but not limited to, English, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Department of Education shall publish the information compiled and provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section on the Internet web site of the department. If informed of any necessary revisions by the Office of Victim Services within the Judicial Department, the Department of Education shall revise such published information.
(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2020, and each school year thereafter, the Department of Education shall disseminate the information published pursuant to subsection (b) of this section to each local and regional board of education. Each local and regional board of education shall require the provision of such information to any (1) student or parent or guardian of a student who expresses to a school employee, as defined in section 10-222d, that such student or parent or guardian or a person residing with such student or parent or guardian does not feel safe at home due to domestic violence, and (2) parent or guardian of a student who authorizes the transfer of such student's education records to another school.
(P.A. 19-146, S. 1; P.A. 22-47, S. 64.)
History: P.A. 19-146 effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 22-47 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “2019” with “2022” and requiring annual compilation of information, requiring electronic provision of information to Department of Education, adding new Subdivs. (1) and (2) re electronic and hard copy provision of information to Division of State Police and municipal police departments, and redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) and (2) as Subparas. (A) and (B), adding Subdiv. (3) re electronic and hard copy provision of information to ambulance companies, deleting requirement re annual review and revision of information by Office of Victim Services, and adding provision requiring information to be translated, effective July 1, 2022.