Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06429 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6429
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 2423
 *02423*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. CURREY, 11th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6429 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 2423

*02423*

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

REP. CURREY, 11th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE INCLUSION OF A COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUIREMENT TO 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 a minimum of forty hours of community service. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To require each high school graduate to complete forty hours of community service prior to graduation.