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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1023
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING TH E PROVISION OF ALTERNATIVE
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUN ITIES FOR EXPELLED STUDENTS BY
BOARDS OF EDUCATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) For the school year 1
commencing July 1, 2019, and each school year thereafter, each local 2
and regional board of education shall develop and implement a policy 3
regarding the provision of alternative educational opportunities, 4
offered pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-233d of the general 5
statutes, as amended by this act. The provision of alternative 6
educational opportunities under such policy shall exhibit the following 7
characteristics: (1) A whole student approach, (2) a curriculum aligned 8
with guidelines approved by the State Board of Education, (3) high 9
expectations, and (4) research-based practices. Each local and regional 10
board of education shall submit such policy annually to the 11
Department of Education. 12
Sec. 2. Subsection (d) of section 10-233d of the general statutes is 13
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 14 Raised Bill No. 1023
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1, 2019): 15
(d) [No local or regional board of education is required to offer an 16
alternative educational opportunity, except in accordance with this 17
section. Any pupil under sixteen years of age who is expelled shall be 18
offered an alternative educational opportunity, which shall be (1) 19
alternative education, as defined by section 10-74j, with an 20
individualized learning plan, if such board provides such alternative 21
education, or (2) in accordance with the standards adopted by the State 22
Board of Education, pursuant to section 10-233o, during the period of 23
expulsion, provided any parent or guardian of such pupil who does 24
not choose to have his or her child enrolled in an alternative 25
educational opportunity shall not be subject to the provisions of 26
section 10-184. Any pupil expelled for the first time who is between the 27
ages of sixteen and eighteen and who wishes to continue his or her 28
education shall be offered such an alternative educational opportunity 29
if he or she complies with conditions established by his or her local or 30
regional board of education. Such alternative educational opportunity 31
may include, but shall not be limited to, the placement of a pupil who 32
is at least seventeen years of age in an adult education program 33
pursuant to section 10-69. Any pupil participating in any such adult 34
education program during a period of expulsion shall not be required 35
to withdraw from school under section 10-184. A local or regional 36
board of education shall count the expulsion of a pupil when he was 37
under sixteen years of age for purposes of determining whether an 38
alternative educational opportunity is required for such pupil when he 39
is between the ages of sixteen and eighteen. A local or regional board 40
of education may offer an alternative educational opportunity to a 41
pupil for whom such alternative educational opportunity is not 42
required pursuant to this section.] Any pupil who is expelled shall be 43
offered an alternative educational opportunity during the period of 44
expulsion, which shall be (1) alternative education, as defined by 45
section 10-74j, with an individualized learning plan, if such board 46
provides such alternative education, (2) in accordance with the policy 47
developed by such board pursuant to section 1 of this act, or (3) if such 48 Raised Bill No. 1023
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pupil is at least eighteen years of age, placement in an adult education 49
program pursuant to section 10-69. No pupil participating in any such 50
adult education program during a period of expulsion shall be 51
required to withdraw from school under section 10-184. No parent or 52
guardian of a pupil who chooses to not have his or her child enrolled 53
in an alternative educational opportunity under this section shall be 54
subject to the provisions of section 10-184. 55
Sec. 3. Section 10-233o of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 56
from passage) 57
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 10-233d(d)
Sec. 3 from passage Repealer section
Statement of Purpose:
To require boards of education to develop and implement a policy
regarding the provision of alternative educational opportunities for
expelled students, and to require boards of education to provide
alternative educational opportunities to all expelled students.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]