Substitute House Bill No. 7258
Public Act No. 19-195
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E ESTABLISHMENT OF A FIRM
GRADUATION DATE.
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 Section 10-16l of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019):
Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, [to the
contrary,] a local or regional board of education may establish for any
school year a firm graduation date for students in grade twelve which
is no earlier than the one hundred [eighty-fifth] eightieth day noted in
the school calendar originally adopted by the board for that school
year. [, except that a board on or after April first in any school year
may establish such a firm graduation date for that school year which at
the time of such establishment provides for at least one hundred eighty
days of school.]