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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5764
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2187
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. LINEHAN, 103
rd Dist.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING REMOTE LEARNING SCHOOL SESSIONS TO
COUNT TOWARD THE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SCHOOL DAYS
REQUIREMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 10-15 of the general statutes be amended to permit a local 1
or regional board of education to include remote learning school 2
sessions to count toward the requirement of one hundred eighty days of 3
actual school sessions during each school year, provided such board 4
adopts a policy for what constitutes student attendance during a remote 5
learning school session. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To create uniformity across all school districts as to remote learning
sessions, incentivize students to log-in to remote learning and to
support public health by not penalizing students who stay home when
not feeling well.