{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-222m","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-222m","heading":"School security and safety plans. School security and safety committees.","body":"(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall develop and implement a school security and safety plan for each school under the jurisdiction of such board. Such plans shall be based on (1) the school security and safety plan standards developed by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, pursuant to section 10-222n, and (2) on and after July 1, 2025, the Guidance to K-12 Public Schools Pertaining to Immigration Activities developed by the Department of Education on January 28, 2025. Each local and regional board of education shall annually review and update, if necessary, such plans.\n(b) (1) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall establish a school security and safety committee at each school under the jurisdiction of such board. The school security and safety committee shall be responsible for assisting in the development of the school security and safety plan for the school and administering such plan. Such school security and safety committee shall consist of a local police officer, a local first responder, a teacher employed at the school, the administrator designated pursuant to section 10-220s, a mental health professional, as defined in section 10-76t, a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school and any other person the board of education deems necessary. Any parent or guardian serving as a member of a school security and safety committee shall not have access to information reported to such committee that would result in a violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 USC 1232g, as amended from time to time.\n(2) For the school year commencing July 1, 2024, each local and regional board of education shall update the school security and safety plan for each school under the jurisdiction of such board to include protocols for interacting with a federal immigration authority, as defined in section 54-192h, who appears in person at a school under the jurisdiction of such board or otherwise contacts a school to request information. Such protocols shall (A) be based on the Guidance to K-12 Public Schools Pertaining to Immigration Activities developed by the Department of Education on January 28, 2025, and (B) include, at a minimum, (i) the designation of at least one administrator at each school to serve as the individual responsible for interacting with the federal immigration authority, pursuant to section 10-220s, (ii) provisions that such administrator, or any other school employee, may (I) request and record a federal immigration authority's identification, including the name, badge or identification number, telephone number and business card of such federal immigration authority, (II) ask such federal immigration authority if such federal immigration authority is in possession of a judicial warrant to support such federal immigration authority's request and, if so, to produce such judicial warrant, (III) review any warrant or other materials that such federal immigration authority produces to determine who issued such warrant and what such warrant or other material authorizes such federal immigration authority to do, and (IV) consult with legal counsel for the school district, or guidance developed by such legal counsel, on how to interact with such federal immigration authority with regards to the nature of the request, whether a warrant is produced, the details of any such warrant, whether such warrant is a judicial warrant or an administrative warrant, whether such federal immigration authority is claiming exigent circumstances, and any other consideration identified by such legal counsel, and (iii) permit other school personnel to direct such federal immigration authority who requests access to any records, information, the interior of the school building or other school personnel to communicate with the administrator designated to interact with such federal immigration authority.\n(c) Each local and regional board of education shall annually submit the school security and safety plan for each school under the jurisdiction of such board, developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.","path":["TITLE 10. EDUCATION AND CULTURE","CHAPTER 170. BOARDS OF EDUCATION"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/sup/chap_170.htm#sec_10-222m","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:21Z","sha256":"f523df7718d30c4c7a8d6e039b1f284810f7f09853dbb43d716c86819f25a7cf","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-222l","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-10-222n"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}