General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5687 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 827 *00827* Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS Introduced by: REP. BERGER, 73rd Dist. (By Request) General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5687 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 827 *00827* Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS Introduced by: REP. BERGER, 73rd Dist. (By Request) AN ACT CONCERNING THE OBSERVANCE OF VETERANS' DAY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 1-4 of the general statutes be amended to mandate that, each year, there shall be no session of the public schools on the eleventh day of November. Statement of Purpose: To make Veterans' Day a mandatory school holiday in Connecticut.