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CURRENT LEGISLATIVE WORK
Our current campaign, launching in 2026, is focused on eliminating the use of exclusionary discipline practices — suspensions and expulsions — for subjective, non-violent behaviors such as “disrespect,” “insubordination,” dress code violations, phone use, and tardiness. These punitive practices disproportionately harm Black and Brown students, push young people out of classrooms, and feed the school-to-prison pipeline. Instead of punishment, we believe in policies that invest in supportive resources, restorative practices, and culturally responsive approaches that help students succeed. Through this campaign, we are working to ensure that every young person in Connecticut can learn in an environment that prioritizes growth, dignity, and true safety over exclusion.
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LEGISLATIve VICTORY
In 2023, CT BBSU members made history by helping to pass Public Act 23-167, a statewide school discipline reform law. This victory grew out of years of organizing by young people of color who shared their stories, demanded accountability, and pushed lawmakers to act. The law sets important limits on the overuse of suspensions and expulsions, requires schools to strengthen restorative practices, and moves Connecticut closer to ending the school-to-prison pipeline. For us, it’s proof that when young people organize, we win—and it fuels our fight for the bigger changes still ahead.
Our Work In Action
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Our Long-Term Vision:
Re-Imagining School Safety
At CT BBSU, we believe school safety should mean every student feels supported, respected, and free to learn, not policed, targeted, or pushed out. Our long-term vision is to re-imagine school safety by replacing harmful systems of punishment and policing with resources that actually help young people thrive. That means investing in mental health supports, peer leadership programs, restorative practices, and culturally responsive education. We are building youth-led chapters across the state to organize, lead campaigns, and show what true safety looks like when students themselves shape the solutions.
Policy Work
Policy work matters because it transforms the systems that shape young people’s daily lives. We fight for institutional change so that justice, safety, and dignity are not temporary wins, but lasting realities.
