Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06417 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/22/2015

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6417
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 2282
 *02282*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. CASE, 63rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6417 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 2282

*02282*

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

REP. CASE, 63rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE INCLUSION OF THE UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP TEST AS PART OF THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.

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

That section 10-221a of the general statutes be amended to require that no local or regional board of education shall permit any student to graduate from high school or grant a diploma to any student who has not satisfactorily completed the United States citizenship test. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To enhance the teaching and learning of history and civics in schools.