CT HB05698

Department of Education must establish a pilot program to survey students in grades 4-12 about adverse childhood experiences in six municipalities: Bridgeport, Cheshire, East Hartford, Killingworth, Orange, and South Windsor

Adverse childhood experiences include witnessing or experiencing violence, abuse, neglect, substance abuse disorders, suicide attempts or deaths, and instability from parental separation or incarceration

Survey must be developed by October 1, 2021, tailored to students' developmental stages, and contain no personally identifying information

Public schools in participating municipalities must administer the survey and report results to the Department of Education by August 1, 2022

Department of Education must submit a summary report to the General Assembly's children's committee by December 1, 2022, detailing the number of students in each grade who experienced each type of potentially traumatic event