| 14 | | - | Section 1. Section 10-16l of the general statutes is repealed and the |
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| 15 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): |
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| 16 | | - | Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, [to the |
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| 17 | | - | contrary,] a local or regional board of education may establish for any |
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| 18 | | - | school year a firm graduation date for students in grade twelve which |
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| 19 | | - | is no earlier than the one hundred [eighty-fifth] eightieth day noted in |
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| 20 | | - | the school calendar originally adopted by the board for that school |
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| 21 | | - | year. [, except that a board on or after April first in any school year |
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| 22 | | - | may establish such a firm graduation date for that school year which at |
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| 23 | | - | the time of such establishment provides for at least one hundred eighty |
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| 24 | | - | days of school.] |
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| 20 | + | Section 1. Section 10-16l of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 |
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| 21 | + | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2 |
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| 22 | + | Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, [to the 3 |
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| 23 | + | contrary,] a local or regional board of education may establish for any 4 |
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| 24 | + | school year a firm graduation date for students in grade twelve which 5 |
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| 25 | + | is no earlier than the one hundred [eighty-fifth] eightieth day noted in 6 |
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| 26 | + | the school calendar originally adopted by the board for that school 7 |
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| 27 | + | year. [, except that a board on or after April first in any school year 8 |
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| 28 | + | may establish such a firm graduation date for that school year which at 9 |
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| 29 | + | the time of such establishment provides for at least one hundred eighty 10 |
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| 30 | + | days of school.] 11 |
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| 31 | + | Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 10-66q of the general statutes is 12 |
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| 32 | + | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 13 |
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| 33 | + | 1, 2019): 14 |
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| 34 | + | (b) For the school year commencing July 1, [2017] 2019, and each 15 |
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| 35 | + | school year thereafter, a local or regional board of education may (1) 16 |
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| 36 | + | develop and adopt its own school calendar, which may include the 17 Substitute Bill No. 7258 |
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| 39 | + | LCO {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-07258- |
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| 40 | + | R01-HB.docx } |
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| 41 | + | 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | + | commencement of regular school sessions for the school year on any 18 |
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| 44 | + | day before or after the first Monday in September, or (2) adopt the 19 |
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| 45 | + | uniform regional school calendar developed and approved pursuant to 20 |
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| 46 | + | subsection (a) of this section. 21 |
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| 47 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 48 | + | sections: |
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| 50 | + | Section 1 July 1, 2019 10-16l |
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| 51 | + | Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 10-66q(b) |
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| 53 | + | ED Joint Favorable Subst. |
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