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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7258
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4924
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING TH E ESTABLISHMENT OF A F IRM
GRADUATION DATE AND THE DATE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL SESSIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10-16l of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2
Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, [to the 3
contrary,] a local or regional board of education may establish for any 4
school year a firm graduation date for students in grade twelve [which 5
is no earlier than the one hundred eighty-fifth day noted in the school 6
calendar originally adopted by the board for that school year, except 7
that a board on or after April first in any school year may establish 8
such a firm graduation date] for that school year which at the time of 9
such establishment provides for at least one hundred eighty days of 10
school. 11
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 10-66q of the general statutes is 12
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 13 Raised Bill No. 7258
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1, 2019): 14
(b) For the school year commencing July 1, [2017] 2019, and each 15
school year thereafter, a local or regional board of education may (1) 16
adopt the uniform regional school calendar developed and approved 17
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and (2) commence regular 18
school sessions for the school year on any day after the first Monday in 19
September. 20
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 10-16l
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 10-66q(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To permit boards of education to establish and maintain a firm
graduation date and to begin school sessions after the Labor Day
holiday.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]