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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5617
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1182
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. ZULLO, 99th Dist.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR OUTDOOR
LEARNING INITIATIVES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to establish a pilot program to 1
provide matching funding, within available resources, to local and 2
regional boards of education for the development of functional outdoor 3
learning spaces or outdoor learning initiatives designed to (1) provide 4
appropriate social distancing or increasing social distancing to prevent 5
the spread of illness, (2) promote the social and emotional well-being of 6
students, (3) promote applied or hands-on learning, and (4) supplement 7
existing traditional indoor learning spaces, except that any such outdoor 8
learning initiative developed by the board of education for an alliance 9
district shall be entitled to a waiver of up to seventy-five per cent of any 10
fund-matching requirement under the pilot program. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To encourage the development of outdoor learning initiatives to both
enrich curriculum and increase safety.