Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06082 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/24/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6082
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1830
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. CARPINO, 32nd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6082 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1830

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

REP. CARPINO, 32nd Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DENIAL OF RECESS AS A FORM OF DISCIPLINE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

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

That section 10-221o of the general statutes be amended to prohibit teachers and administrators from denying students time for physical activity or exercise as a form of discipline.

Statement of Purpose: 

To prohibit the denial of recess as a form of discipline in schools.