Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05025 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/03/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5025
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 11
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. BELSITO, 53rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5025 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 11

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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

REP. BELSITO, 53rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING COMPUTER KEYBOARDING INSTRUCTION IN KINDERGARTEN AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

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

That section 10-16b of the general statutes be amended to permit local and regional boards of education to offer computer keyboarding instruction to students enrolled in kindergarten and elementary school.

Statement of Purpose: 

To introduce students to computer keyboarding at an early age by permitting districts to offer such a course in kindergarten and elementary school.