Bill Text: CT SB00340 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning A Two-generational School Readiness Plan.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-25 - Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate [SB00340 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00340-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2014 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING A TWO-GENERATIONAL SCHOOL READINESS PLAN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Child Advocate, in collaboration with the Commission on Children and the Child Poverty and Prevention Council, shall establish a two-generational school readiness plan to promote long-term learning and economic success for low-income families by addressing intergenerational barriers to school readiness and workforce readiness with high-quality preschool, intensified workforce training and targeted education, coupled with related support services. Such plan shall include recommendations for: (1) Promoting and prioritizing access to high-quality preschool for three and four-year-old children who are living at seventy-five per cent of the federal poverty level; (2) providing the parents of such children with (A) the opportunity to acquire their high school diplomas, (B) adult education, and (C) technical skills to increase their employability and sustainable employment; and (3) funding for implementation of the plan, including, but not limited to, use of the temporary assistance for needy families program and other federal, state and private funding.
(b) On or before December 1, 2014, the Child Advocate shall report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, education, workforce development and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, on the plan.
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