S.B. 318, An Act Establishing a Task Force to Study Interventions for At-Risk Youth

As an organization committed to defending the rights of youth and students, the ACLU-CT supports the creation of a task force to study interventions for at-risk youth. The ACLU-CT recommends that this task force explore a wide range of issues dealing with at-risk youth. We encourage the task force to include in its study school to prison pipeline issues, including issues of school resource officers in schools. We would also encourage that the study look at issues faced by detained youth; homeless youth, including LGBTQ homeless youth; youth of color; and youth with mental illnesses, disabilities, and substance use disorders. In an effort to ensure that the task force has members with both knowledge about, and experience with, these wide-ranging topics, we recommend that the task force membership be expanded.