Connecticut General Statutes Title 10. Education and Culture § 10-74n. Transition resources, services and programs. Online listing. Collection of information and annual update. Online posting and distribution

(a) The Department of Education's State-wide Transition Services Coordinator, established pursuant to section 10-74o, in collaboration with the liaisons appointed by other state agencies pursuant to section 10-74m, shall: (1) Develop and maintain an easily accessible and navigable online listing of the transition resources, transition services and transition programs, as those terms are defined in section 10-74o, provided by each such state agency, including, but not limited to, for each resource, service and program (A) a plain language description, (B) eligibility requirements, and (C) application deadlines and instructions, and (2) annually collect information related to transition resources, programs and services provided by other state agencies. The Departments of Aging and Disability Services, Developmental Services, Social Services, Children and Families, Mental Health and Addiction Services, Public Health and Correction, the Labor Department and the Office of Early Childhood shall each post a link to such online listing on an easily accessible location of said departments' Internet web sites.

(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2024, and each school year thereafter, the Department of Education's State-wide Transition Services Coordinator, established pursuant to section 10-74o, shall (1) ensure the online listing described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section is updated and accurate, (2) post a link to such online listing on an easily accessible location of the department's Internet web site, and (3) distribute a notice concerning such online listing to each local or regional board of education. Each local or regional board of education shall annually distribute such notice to the parent of a child requiring special education and related services in grades six to twelve, inclusive, at a planning and placement team meeting for such child. As used in this section, “parent” means the parent or guardian of a child requiring special education or the surrogate parent or, in the case of a pupil who is an emancipated minor or eighteen years of age or older, the pupil.