Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05469 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/18/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5469
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1511
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5469 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1511

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist.

REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.

REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE INCLUSION OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM.

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

That section 10-220 of the general statutes be amended to permit local and regional boards of education to include project-based learning as part of the public school curriculum for the district.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide school districts with innovative tools through which to teach students to learn by doing as opposed to simply teaching them how to complete a task.