Connecticut § 10-66v - Trauma-informed care training program.

§ 10-66v. Trauma-informed care training program.

Sec. 10-66v. Trauma-informed care training program. (a) The regional trauma coordinators employed by the regional educational service centers, described in section 10-66u, shall jointly develop and implement a trauma-informed care training program. Such training program shall utilize a training model that will enable school mental health specialists, as defined in section 12 of public act 22-47*, to deliver trauma-informed care training to all teachers, administrators, school staff and coaches upon completion of the training program. In developing such trauma-informed care training program, the regional trauma coordinators (1) shall attempt to design such trauma-informed care training in a manner that it can be included as part of a local or regional board of education's in-service training program, pursuant to section 10-220a, and (2) may collaborate with any nonprofit organization in the state that focuses on child health and development and trauma-informed care for children.

(b) The regional trauma coordinator for each regional educational service center shall offer trauma-informed care training at no cost to school mental health specialists or the local or regional boards of education that are members of such regional educational service center and that employ such school mental health specialists. Any school mental health specialist who has participated in the trauma-informed care program described in subsection (a) of this section shall be the person to provide such trauma-informed training to teachers, administrators, school staff and coaches under this section.

(c) A local or regional board of education may enter into an agreement with the trauma coordinator for the regional educational service center to provide the trauma-informed care training program as part of the in-service training program for the school district, pursuant to section 10-220a.

(d) (1) Each regional trauma coordinator shall develop a progress report on the implementation of the trauma-informed care training program for the prior fiscal year. Such progress report shall include an analysis of the effectiveness and results of the program. Not later than January 1, 2024, each regional trauma coordinator shall submit such progress report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and children.

(2) Each regional trauma coordinator shall develop a final report on the implementation of the trauma-informed care training program for the previous two fiscal years. Such final report shall include (A) an analysis of the effectiveness and results of the program, and (B) recommendations concerning whether the trauma-informed care training program should be extended and funded for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026. Not later than January 1, 2025, each regional trauma coordinator shall submit such final report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and children.

(P.A. 22-47, S. 18.)

*Note: Section 12 of public act 22-47 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

History: P.A. 22-47 effective July 1, 2022.

Secs. 10-66w to 10-66z. Reserved for future use.

PART IVb*

CHARTER SCHOOLS

*See Sec. 10-285h re pilot program for development of a state charter school.