Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06799 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/24/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6799
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2568
 *02568*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6799 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2568

*02568*

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.

AN ACT PERMITTING BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO CHOOSE THE DATE ON WHICH A CHILD MUST TURN FIVE YEARS OLD IN ORDER TO ENROLL IN KINDERGARTEN.

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

That section 10-15c of the general statutes be amended to permit local and regional boards of education to choose the date on which a child must turn five years of age to be eligible to enroll in kindergarten.

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow boards of education to choose when a student can start kindergarten.