CT municipal summer camp oversight bill taken up by Senate

CT Senate advances controversial bill to regulate town-run summer camps

The Connecticut State Capitol building.(Molly Ingram / WSHU)The Connecticut Senate has advanced a controversial bill that would make the state regulate town-run summer camps and child care.The bill was introduced in response to a sex abuse case at a municipal child care facility in Bethany last year.It would require the state’s Office of Early Childhood to license and regulate municipal-run child care and summer camps, said Senator Ceci Maher (D…

CT Senate Passes Municipal Summer Camp Licensing Bill

HARTFORD, CT – Republican state senators say many summer camps run by Connecticut municipalities will be forced to close after Democrats, who hold the majority in the Senate, passed legislation Tuesday to require those camps to be licensed like private camps and daycare facilities.

CT municipal summer camp oversight bill taken up by Senate

The Connecticut Senate took up S.B. 6 Tuesday, an omnibus bill that lays out extra support and protections for children across the state. Lawmakers expected the bill to pass, after debate stretched late into the afternoon. The legislation proposes new regulations for annual reporting on disconnected youth and encourages early childhood education programs to use federal programs to provide more nutritious food to children. But proponents specific…

CT Senate Passes Municipal Summer Camp Licensing Bill - We-Ha

The Town of West Hartford is determining the impact this legislation will have on camps run by the Leisure Services Department. By Viktoria Sundqvist, CTNewsJunkie.com  Republican state senators say many summer camps run by Connecticut municipalities will be forced to close after Democrats, who hold the majority in the Senate, passed legislation Tuesday to require those [...] The post CT Senate Passes Municipal Summer Camp Licensing Bill appeare…

Lawmakers debate costs of municipal day camp certifications

Yesterday, the State Senate passed SB6, a bill that makes tweaks to various early childhood initiatives in Connecticut. Most controversially, however, the bill also makes changes to the requirements of municipal-run summer day camps, mandating that they background check employees and receive licensure from the Office of Early Children (OEC), by May 2026. These licensing requirements did not appear out of a vacuum; last fall, Anthony Mastrangelo,…