General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5995
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1821
*01821*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. ALEXANDER, 58th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5995
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1821
*01821*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. ALEXANDER, 58th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONTINUATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WHO ARE WITHHELD FROM ENROLLING IN KINDERGARTEN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 10-76d of the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Education to continue to provide funding for special education and related services for a child who is receiving special education and related services while enrolled in a preschool program and whose parents or guardians choose to withhold enrolling such child in kindergarten and enroll such child in a preschool program for an additional year, provided such parents or guardians can show legitimate cause for withholding such child from kindergarten.
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure the continuation of funding for special education for children whose parents withhold them from enrolling in kindergarten.