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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5124
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 279
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61
st Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING THE INCLUSION OF A MINIMUM READING
PROFICIENCY LEVEL AS PART OF THE HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 10-221a of the general statutes be amended to require 1
students to read at a minimum reading proficiency level of an eighth-2
grade level in order to graduate from high school. 3
Statement of Purpose:
To require high school graduates to be able to read at a minimum of an
eighth-grade reading level.