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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 457
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2259
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE SIZE OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That part III of chapter 164 of the general statutes be amended to 1
require any school district with a student population of fewer than two 2
thousand students to join a new or an existing regional school district 3
so that the total student population of such new or expanded regional 4
school district is greater than two thousand students, and to require 5
any such school district that is not joining a regional school district to 6
submit in writing to the Department of Education the reasons why 7
such school district is not joining a regional school district. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To require certain small school districts to create new or join existing
regional school districts.