Bill Text: CT SB00135 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 135 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Postsecondary Educational Financial Assistance For Children In Kinship Care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-16 - Incorporated In HB05120 [SB00135 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00135-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 135*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 396

Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Children
Introduced by:
SEN. MEYER, 12th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN IN KINSHIP CARE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to provide postsecondary educational financial assistance for children that the Department of Children and Families place with relative caregivers in a kinship care living arrangement.

Statement of Purpose:

To encourage kinship care of children in the care or custody of the Department of Children and Families.