Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05155 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/10/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5155
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 271
Referred to Committee on Education
Introduced by:
REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5155 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 271

Referred to Committee on Education 

Introduced by:

REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING AN EXEMPTION FROM THE RACIAL IMBALANCE LAW.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That sections 10-226a to 10-226e, inclusive, of the general statutes be amended to provide an exemption from the provisions of said sections for any local or regional board of education that demonstrate to the State Board of Education that such board of education has made and will continue to make a good-faith effort to address the racial imbalance that exists in a school under such board's jurisdiction.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide an exemption from the racial imbalance law for boards of education that make efforts to address the racial imbalance in their schools.