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The regular legislative session began on January 5 and will end on June 8. Below you'll find the Commission's public hearing testimony and other developments on children's issues before the state legislature. To contact your legislator, go to the General Assembly's home page.
March 11, 2011
Commission Executive Director Elaine Zimmerman testifies before the Education Committee in support of Raised Senate Bill 1138, An Act Concerning the Strengthening of School Bullying Laws
- Ms Zimmerman's written testimony (4 pages, PDF)
- Commission alert explaining details of the bill (3 pages, PDF)
March 3, 2011
Commission Executive Director Elaine Zimmerman testifies before the Education Committee in support of Raised House Bill 6432, An Act Concerning Closing the Academic Achievement Gap.
- Ms. Zimmerman's written testimony (2 pages, PDF)
March 1, 2011
Commission Executive Director Elaine Zimmerman testifies in support of Raised House Bill 6430, An Act Concerning Children and the Recession.
- Ms. Zimmerman's written testimony (3 pages, PDF)
March 1, 2011
The Appropriations Committee hears testimony on the governor's proposed budget for the Commission, contained in House Bill 6380, An Act Concerning the Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2013:
- Elaine Zimmerman, Executive Director, Commission on Children (12 pages, PDF)
- Dr. Edward F. Zigler, Director Emeritus, Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University
- Susan Murphy, Executive Director, Liberty Bank Foundation
- Jill Spineti, President and CEO, The Governor’s Prevention Partnership
- Lisa Sheppard, parent of a child with a special health care needs and member of the Connecticut Family Support Council
- Marlene B. Schwartz, Deputy Director, and Roberta R. Friedman, Director of Public Policy, Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
- Connecticut Regional Office of the Anti-Defamation League
- David Radcliffe, Director, Meriden Children First
- Darlene Ragozzine, Executive Director, and Deborah Flis, Director of Accreditation and Quality Initiatives, Connecticut Charts-A-Course
- Donna Thompson-Bennett, Bridgeport parent
- Andrew Lachman, Executive Director, Connecticut Center for School Change
February 23, 2011
Commission Executive Director Elaine Zimmerman testifies in support of Raised Senate Bill 983, An Act Concerning Children Affected by Disaster or Terrorism.
- Ms Zimmerman's written testimony (2 pages, PDF)
February 17, 2011
Commission Executive Director Elaine Zimmerman testifies before the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee in support of Raised Bill 928, An Act Concerning Teacher Preparation.
- Ms. Zimmerman's written testimony (4 pages, PDF)
February 8, 2011
Commission Executive Director Elaine Zimmerman testifies before the Select Committee on Children in support of the following:
- H.B. 5816, An Act Establishing a Working Group on Youth Violence;
- H.B. 5293, An Act Extending the “Care 4 Kids” Program to Families with a Parent
who is Actively Seeking Employment; - H.B. 5120, An Act Concerning Educational Financial Assistance for Children Adopted Through the Department of Children and Families;
- S.B. 135, An Act Concerning Postsecondary Educational Financial Assistance for Children in Kinship Care;
- S.B. 746, An Act Requiring an Investigation by the Department of Children and Families When a Person is Arrested for Drunken Driving with a Child in the Vehicle;
- H.B. 5814, An Act Concerning Children and Cruelty to Animals;
- H.B. 6282, An Act Requiring an Annual Results-Based Accountability Report Card Evaluating State Policies and Programs Impacting Children;
- H.B. 5503, An Act Concerning the Priority of Grandparents in Child Custody Cases; and
- H.B. 6281, An Act Concerning Visitation Rights by
Grandparents
- Ms. Zimmerman's written testimony (4 pages, PDF)
