Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05406 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/10/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5406
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 431
 *00431*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. FERGUSON, 138th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5406 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 431

*00431*

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

REP. FERGUSON, 138th Dist.

AN ACT PERMITTING BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS NECESSARY FOR 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 permit local and regional boards of education to establish the total number of credits necessary for graduation from high school, provided such total number of credits is not less than twenty and not greater than twenty-five.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide school districts flexibility as it relates to the high school graduation requirements.