CT SB00319

Requires court clerks to notify schools within 72 hours when a student is listed as protected person or respondent in protective or restraining orders issued under specified statutes.

Schools must maintain orders and related information confidentially and only disclose to principals, who may share with teachers, staff responsible for student pick-up/drop-off, or special services staff for educational assessments or discipline.

Applies notification requirement to temporary restraining orders for witness harassment, criminal protective orders, family violence protective orders, and arrest-based protective orders involving students in public elementary, secondary, or technical high schools.

Information must be sent to local/regional boards of education and district superintendents, or to technical high school system board and superintendent if student attends technical high school.

All provisions take effect October 1, 2016, and allow individuals to opt out of school notification if they request otherwise.