Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06527 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6527
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 2514
 *02514*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6527 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 2514

*02514*

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS FOR STUDENTS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHT.

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

That subsection (g) of section 10-233c of the general statutes be amended to prohibit out-of-school suspensions for any child enrolled in a public preschool program and any student enrolled in a public elementary school who is under eight years of age.

Statement of Purpose: 

To prohibit out-of-school suspensions for students under eight years of age from any public preschool program or elementary school.