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For the third year in a row, representatives of social justice nonprofits in Connecticut have gone to Hartford to advocate for clearer school disciplinary policies.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut, the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance, Center for Children’s Advocacy and Connecticut Voices for Children provided testimony in front of the Connecticut Education Committee in support of the two bills that have been introduced in the state legislature’s General Assembly. The two bills — introduced by Democratic state Representatives Brendan Sharkey and Joe Aresimowicz and Democratic state Senators Bob Duff and Martin Looney, who represents New Haven — would require that local and regional boards of education collaborate with law enforcement to agree upon a more graduated response to disciplinary action in Connecticut schools.