General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6585
January Session, 2011 *_____HB06585ED_APP032411____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 6585
January Session, 2011
*_____HB06585ED_APP032411____*
AN ACT CONCERNING THE HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT AGE AND NOTIFICATION OF FAILING STUDENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10-184 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
All parents and those who have the care of children shall bring them up in some lawful and honest employment and instruct them or cause them to be instructed in reading, writing, spelling, English grammar, geography, arithmetic and United States history and in citizenship, including a study of the town, state and federal governments. Subject to the provisions of this section and section 10-15c, each parent or other person having control of a child five years of age and over and under eighteen years of age shall cause such child to attend a public school regularly during the hours and terms the public school in the district in which such child resides is in session, unless such child is a high school graduate or the parent or person having control of such child is able to show that the child is elsewhere receiving equivalent instruction in the studies taught in the public schools. [For the school year commencing July 1, 2011, and each school year thereafter, the parent or person having control of a child seventeen years of age may consent, as provided in this section, to such child's withdrawal from school. Such parent or person shall personally appear at the school district office and sign a withdrawal form. Such withdrawal form shall include an attestation from a guidance counselor or school administrator of the school that such school district has provided such parent or person with information on the educational options available in the school system and in the community.] The parent or person having control of a child five years of age shall have the option of not sending the child to school until the child is six years of age and the parent or person having control of a child six years of age shall have the option of not sending the child to school until the child is seven years of age. The parent or person shall exercise such option by personally appearing at the school district office and signing an option form. The school district shall provide the parent or person with information on the educational opportunities available in the school system.
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 10-223a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
(a) On or before July 1, 2000, each local and regional board of education shall review and revise its policies for promotion from grade to grade and for graduation in order to ensure that such policies foster student achievement, reduce the incidence of social promotion and meet the requirements of this section. On and after said date, such policies shall: (1) Include objective criteria for the promotion and graduation of students, (2) provide for the measuring of the progress of students against such criteria and the reporting of such information to parents and students, (3) include alternatives to promotion such as transition programs, [and] (4) provide for supplemental services, and such policies may require students who have substantial academic deficiencies that jeopardize their eligibility for promotion or graduation to attend after school programs, summer school or other programs offered by the school district that are designed to assist students in remedying such deficiencies, and (5) require the principal of a school to notify, in writing or electronically, the parent or guardian of a student in grades six to twelve, inclusive, enrolled at such school that such student is in danger of failing a course or courses at the middle of the marking period for the school or at least six weeks before the grade for such course or courses is finalized, whichever occurs sooner.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2011 10-184
Sec. 2 July 1, 2011 10-223a(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2011
10-184
Sec. 2
July 1, 2011
10-223a(a)
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