2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319a - Child Welfare
Section 17a-201b - (Formerly Sec. 17-409). Religious instruction.

Equal privileges shall be granted to clergymen of all religious denominations to impart religious instruction to the inmates of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, and of each chartered or incorporated institution to which any minor may be committed by any court; and every reasonable opportunity shall be allowed such clergymen to give such inmates, belonging to their respective denominations, religious and moral instruction. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall prescribe reasonable times and places, not inconsistent with proper management, when and where such instruction, which shall be open to all who choose to attend, may be given.

(1949 Rev., S. 2849; 1969, P.A. 664, S. 20; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 99-26, S. 16, 39.)

History: 1969 act transferred powers re religious instruction from institution trustees or governing officers to commissioner of children and youth services; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 99-26 deleted obsolete reference to the Connecticut School for Boys and replaced “Long Lane School” with “the Connecticut Juvenile Training School”, effective upon the filing with the Governor and the General Assembly of written certification by the Commissioner of Children and Families that the new Connecticut Juvenile Training School is operational (Revisor’s note: Said written certification was filed with the Senate and House Clerks on September 20, 2001, and with the Governor on September 21, 2001); Sec. 17-409 transferred to Sec. 17a-201b in 2011.