Connecticut SB 311: AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT HOME-CARE PROGRAM FOR THE ELDERLY.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 311
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING DISCONNECTED YOUTH.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 4-124w of the 2026 supplement to 1
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 3
(c) The Chief Workforce Officer may call upon any office, 4
department, board, commission, public institution of higher education 5
or other agency of the state to supply such reports, information, data 6
and assistance as may be reasonable, necessary and appropriate in order 7
to carry out the Chief Workforce Officer's or the Office of Workforce 8
Strategy's duties and requirements. Each officer or employee of such 9
office, department, board, commission, public institution of higher 10
education or other agency of the state shall furnish such reports, 11
information, data and assistance as requested by the Chief Workforce 12
Officer, to the extent permitted under state and federal law. Any request 13
for data from a participating agency in [P20 WIN] DataLinkCT, 14
established pursuant to section 10a-57g, as amended by this act, shall be 15
submitted through [P20 WIN] DataLinkCT in accordance with the 16
policies and procedures established by [P20 WIN] DataLinkCT. 17
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 10-15o of the 2026 supplement to the 18
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 19

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thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 20
(b) The Office of the Educational Ombudsperson shall: 21
(1) Receive, review and attempt to resolve any complaints from 22
students and students' families, including, but not limited to, attempts 23
to resolve such complaints in collaboration with schools and educators; 24
(2) Compile and analyze data on students and young people, through 25
available data systems, including, but not limited to, the [Connecticut 26
Preschool through Twenty and Workforce Information Network] Data 27
Link Connecticut, established pursuant to section 10a-57g, as amended 28
by this act; 29
(3) Assist employees of local and regional boards of education 30
involved in planning and placement team meetings; 31
(4) Provide information to the public, agencies, legislators and others 32
regarding the issues and concerns of students and make 33
recommendations for resolving such issues and concerns; 34
(5) Analyze and monitor the development and implementation of 35
federal, state and local laws, regulations and policies relating to students 36
and recommend any changes the Educational Ombudsperson deems 37
necessary; 38
(6) Disseminate information concerning the availability of the Office 39
of the Educational Ombudsperson to assist students and families of 40
students, as well as local and regional boards of education with 41
educational resource concerns; 42
(7) On and after July 1, 2027, prioritize the office's efforts on those 43
school districts that have been identified in the study conducted 44
pursuant to section 10-76ooo as disproportionately or over-identifying 45
minority students for special education and related services; and 46
(8) Take any other actions necessary to fulfill the duties of the Office 47
of the Educational Ombudsperson and the Educational Ombudsperson 48

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as set forth in this subsection. 49
Sec. 3. Section 10a-57g of the 2026 supplement to the general statutes 50
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 51
1, 2026): 52
(a) As used in this section: 53
(1) ["Preschool through Twenty and Workforce Information 54
Network" or "P20 WIN"] "Data Link Connecticut" or "DataLinkCT" 55
means a state integrated data system utilized for the purpose of 56
matching and integrating data of state agencies and other organizations 57
to inform policy and practice for education, workforce and supportive 58
service efforts. 59
(2) "Participating agency" means the Connecticut State Colleges and 60
Universities, Department of Education, Labor Department, the Office of 61
Early Childhood, The University of Connecticut, the Connecticut 62
Conference of Independent Colleges and any entity that has executed 63
an enterprise memorandum of understanding for participation in the 64
[P20 WIN] DataLinkCT and has been approved for participation 65
pursuant to the terms of the enterprise memorandum of understanding. 66
(3) "Enterprise memorandum of understanding" means a 67
foundational multiparty agreement that sets forth the details of how 68
data is shared and the respective legal rights and responsibilities of each 69
party within the data sharing process. 70
(b) There is established a [Preschool through Twenty and Workforce 71
Information Network] Data Link Connecticut. The executive board of 72
the [P20 WIN] DataLinkCT, established pursuant to subsection (d) of 73
this section, shall establish proce