Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00781 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/22/2015

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 781
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 2267
 *02267*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist. SEN. BYE, 5th Dist. SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist. SEN. COLEMAN, 2nd Dist. SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist. SEN. BARTOLOMEO, 13th Dist. SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist. SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist. REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 781 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 2267

*02267*

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.

SEN. BYE, 5th Dist.

SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.

SEN. COLEMAN, 2nd Dist.

SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.

SEN. BARTOLOMEO, 13th Dist.

SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.

SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.

REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING 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.