Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00138 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/16/2015

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 138
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 1069
 *01069*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 138 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 1069

*01069*

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PHASE-IN OF THE INCREASED CREDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.

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 (1) a minimum of twenty-three credits in order to graduate from high school for classes graduating in 2020 and 2021, (2) a minimum of twenty-four credits in order to graduate from high school for classes graduating in 2022 and 2023, and (3) a minimum of twenty-five credits in order to graduate from high school for classes graduating in 2024, and each graduating class thereafter. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To phase in the new high school graduation credit requirements.