General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6163
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 5255
*05255HB06163HED*
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6163
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 5255
*05255HB06163HED*
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM CREATING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN CERTAIN FITNESS FACILITIES AND PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2017) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, the Board of Regents for Higher Education shall, within available appropriations, establish a pilot program that offers an adaptive physical education internship at fitness facilities that provide adaptive physical education services to children with autism spectrum disorder. Students enrolled in a program of teacher preparation at Central Connecticut State University and Southern Connecticut State University shall be eligible to apply for the internship. Said universities shall partner with any such fitness facilities and shall award, upon completion of the internship, course credit toward a student's completion of such program of teacher preparation.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2017 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2017
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a pilot program between fitness facilities offering adaptive physical education programs for individuals with autism spectrum disorder and public institutions of higher education.
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Co-Sponsors: REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. KLARIDES-DITRIA, 105th Dist. SEN. LEONE, 27th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. KLARIDES-DITRIA, 105th Dist.
SEN. LEONE, 27th Dist.
H.B. 6163