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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1023
January Session, 2019
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. Subsection (d) of section 10-233d of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(d) [No local or regional board of education is required to offer an 4
alternative educational opportunity, except in accordance with this 5
section. Any pupil under sixteen years of age who is expelled shall be 6
offered an alternative educational opportunity, which shall be (1) 7
alternative education, as defined by section 10-74j, with an 8
individualized learning plan, if such board provides such alternative 9
education, or (2) in accordance with the standards adopted by the State 10
Board of Education, pursuant to section 10-233o, during the period of 11
expulsion, provided any parent or guardian of such pupil who does 12
not choose to have his or her child enrolled in an alternative 13
educational opportunity shall not be subject to the provisions of 14
section 10-184. Any pupil expelled for the first time who is between the 15
ages of sixteen and eighteen and who wishes to continue his or her 16
education shall be offered such an alternative educational opportunity 17
if he or she complies with conditions established by his or her local or 18 Substitute Bill No. 1023
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regional board of education. Such alternative educational opportunity 19
may include, but shall not be limited to, the placement of a pupil who 20
is at least seventeen years of age in an adult education program 21
pursuant to section 10-69. Any pupil participating in any such adult 22
education program during a period of expulsion shall not be required 23
to withdraw from school under section 10-184. A local or regional 24
board of education shall count the expulsion of a pupil when he was 25
under sixteen years of age for purposes of determining whether an 26
alternative educational opportunity is required for such pupil when he 27
is between the ages of sixteen and eighteen. A local or regional board 28
of education may offer an alternative educational opportunity to a 29
pupil for whom such alternative educational opportunity is not 30
required pursuant to this section.] Any pupil who is expelled shall be 31
offered an alternative educational opportunity during the period of 32
expulsion, which shall be (1) alternative education, as defined by 33
section 10-74j, with an individualized learning plan, if such board 34
provides such alternative education, or (2) in accordance with the 35
standards developed by the State Board of Education pursuant to 36
section 10-233o. Such alternative educational opportunity may include, 37
but is not limited to, the placement of a pupil who is at least eighteen 38
years of age in an adult education program pursuant to section 10-69. 39
No pupil participating in any such adult education program during a 40
period of expulsion shall be required to withdraw from school under 41
section 10-184. No parent or guardian of a pupil who chooses not to 42
enroll his or her child in an alternative educational opportunity in 43
accordance with the provisions of this section shall be subject to the 44
provisions of section 10-184. 45
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 10-233d(d)
ED Joint Favorable Subst.