Committee advances child-support bill amid heated debate over Section 5 data-sharing with DCF
Lawmakers advanced SB 6 to the floor but twice rejected amendments aimed at removing or narrowing a controversial Section 5 that would trigger Department of Children and Families notifications when children withdraw from school. Members cited FERPA, constitutional concerns and the risk of creating lists of otherwise law-abiding families.
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A legislative committee voted to report SB 6, a wide-ranging package of supports for children and families, to the floor on March 5 but did so after a lengthy, at-times contentious debate over Section 5 of the bill.
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