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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 737
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3305
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A FIRM HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION DATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 10-16l of the general statutes be amended to permit a 1
local or regional board of education to establish for any school year a 2
firm graduation date for students in grade twelve for that school year 3
which at the time of such establishment provides for at least one 4
hundred eighty days of school, and to eliminate the requirement that 5
such board establish a firm graduation date that is no earlier than the 6
one hundred eighty-fifth date noted in the school calendar originally 7
adopted by the board. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To permit boards of education to establish and maintain a firm
graduation date regardless of the cancellation of school days due to
inclement weather or otherwise.