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Connecticut Senate Bill SB00813

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7-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 813
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1319 AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF ISSUES RELATING TO EARLY
1420 COLLEGE AND DUAL ENR OLLMENT PROGRAMS.
1521 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
1622 Assembly convened:
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1824 Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Department of Education shall 1
1925 conduct a study of issues relating to student enrollment in, and 2
2026 graduation from, middle college programs, early college high school 3
2127 and Connecticut Early College Opportunity programs, as those terms 4
2228 are defined in section 31-11ff of the general statutes, and dual 5
2329 enrollment programs. Such study shall include, but need not be 6
24-limited to, a review of how data relating to student enrollment in and 7
25-graduation from such programs is being reported by local and regional 8
26-boards of education and collected in the state-wide public school 9
27-information system pursuant to section 10-10a of the general statutes, 10
28-including whether such data concerning graduation from such 11
29-programs can be segregated at the school and district level from the 12
30-total graduation data at the school and district level. Not later than 13
31-January 1, 2020, the department shall submit a report on its findings 14
32-and any recommendations for legislation to the joint standing 15
33-committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 16
34-relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-17
35-4a of the general statutes. 18 Substitute Bill No. 813
30+limited to, a review of (1) how data relating to student enrollment in 7
31+and graduation from such programs is being reported by local and 8
32+regional boards of education and collected in the state-wide public 9
33+school information system pursuant to section 10-10a of the general 10
34+statutes, including whether such graduation data can be segregated at 11
35+the school and district level from the total graduation data at the 12
36+school and district level, and (2) any policies adopted by local and 13
37+regional boards of education concerning weighted grading for courses 14
38+associated with such programs for purposes of calculating grade point 15
39+average and determining class rank. Not later than January 1, 2020, the 16 Raised Bill No. 813
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46+recommendations for legislation to the joint standing committee of the 18
47+General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, 19
48+in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 20
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4250 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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55+Statement of Purpose:
56+To require the Department of Education to conduct a study of issues
57+relating to early college and dual enrollment programs.
58+[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
59+except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
60+not underlined.]
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