CT SB00445

Executive director of Court Support Services Division shall review probation violations from the five years preceding the bill's effective date, categorized by violation type and court responses, with findings reported to the judiciary committee by January 1, 2025.

Court Support Services Division and Workforce Investment Boards shall develop and implement a jobs program by January 1, 2025 to connect youth impacted by the juvenile justice system with employment opportunities, apprenticeships, trade skills, and union jobs, with a report due December 1, 2025.

Probate Court Administrator shall establish truancy clinics in every Regional Children's Probate Court and Probate Court serving each town (eliminating the previous limitation to alliance districts only), effective July 1, 2024.

School principals may refer truant children or those at risk of truancy to truancy clinics, which shall use nonpunitive procedures to identify and resolve truancy causes, with voluntary participation after the initial appearance.

Each probate judge administering a truancy clinic shall file annual reports assessing clinic effectiveness to the Probate Court Administrator starting September 1, 2025, with the Administrator submitting a consolidated report to judiciary and education committees by January 1, 2026.