Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05408 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/10/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5408
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 432
 *00432*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. FERGUSON, 138th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5408 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 432

*00432*

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

REP. FERGUSON, 138th Dist.

AN ACT DELAYING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INCREASED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AND REQUIRING A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF SUCH GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.

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

That subsection (c) of section 10-221a of the general statutes be amended to change the implementation date of the high school graduation requirements from the graduating class of 2021 to the graduating class of 2023, and to require the Department of Education to conduct a study to review and analyze the high school graduation requirements and the feasibility of fully implementing or phasing-in implementation of such requirements.

Statement of Purpose: 

To delay implementation of the high school graduation requirements and to study the feasibility of implementing such graduation requirements.