The state Senate has approved a bill that would provide an outline for closing Southbury Training School, along with five regional centers for residents with intellectual disabilities.  The Senate voted Wednesday 25 to 10 for the bill to develop a plan by December 15th. 

The legislation, which still needs House approval, must also include a detailed financial analysis of costs and savings ni the short and long terms. 

State Senator Rob Kane says there's nothing in the measure that says Southbury Training School would be kept open, that it's a plan to close.  He called it unfairly one-sided. 

There are 290 residents at the facility built in the 40s on 1,600 acres.  The 47 residential buildings once housed more than 2,000 people.