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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6202
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1815
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist.
REP. LINEHAN, 103rd Dist.
SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE IMPROVEMENT OF CHILD
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PLAY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 10-221o of the general statutes be amended to require 1
local and regional boards of education to require that each school 2
under its jurisdiction provide students in preschool, kindergarten and 3
grades one to five, inclusive, at least fifty minutes in total of undirected 4
play through two dedicated blocks of time during the school day. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To require school districts to provide at least fifty minutes of
undirected play in order to develop children's social skills, physical
development and emotional well-being.