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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 1137 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5783 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 1137 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on EDUCATION |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. |
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| 15 | 15 | | REP. DEVLIN, 134th Dist. |
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| 16 | 16 | | REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist. |
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| 17 | 17 | | REP. PERILLO, 113th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | REP. REBIMBAS, 70th Dist. |
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| 19 | 19 | | REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist. |
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| 23 | 23 | | AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF DISTANCE LEARNING |
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| 24 | 24 | | BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 26 | 26 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 28 | 28 | | That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to require (1) the 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Department of Education to establish uniform, state-wide standards 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | regarding distance learning for students and to annually conduct a 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | review of how boards of education are implementing such standards, 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) students with 504 plans and IEPs to receive in-person instruction and 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | not be required to participate in distance learning unless the school can 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | demonstrate such student's educational requirements be met through 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | distance learning, (3) local and regional boards of education to, when 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | adopting the calendar for the school year, designate the first three 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | inclement weather days as traditional snow days without the 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | requirement that students and teachers engage in distance learning, and 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | any subsequent inclement weather days may be distance learning 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | sessions for students and count towards the requirement of one 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | hundred eighty days of school session, and (4) state-supported teacher 14 Proposed Bill No. 5783 |
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| 44 | 44 | | LCO No. 1137 2 of 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | training in distance learning. 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 48 | 48 | | To (1) ensure that school districts are provided a uniform set of |
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| 49 | 49 | | standards in order to deliver education to students in a distance learning |
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| 50 | 50 | | environment and to require a review of how these standards are being |
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| 51 | 51 | | met; (2) accommodate students with 504 plans and IEPs; (3) allow school |
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| 52 | 52 | | districts to designate a certain number of snow days with and without |
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| 53 | 53 | | remote learning in order to enable the districts to maintain flexibility in |
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| 54 | 54 | | providing educational needs to students and families; and (4) require |
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| 55 | 55 | | teacher training in remote and distance learning at no cost to towns. |
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