LCO No. 348 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5249 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 348 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist. AN ACT PROVIDING AN EXEMPTION FROM THE READING CURRICULUM MODEL OR PROGRAM REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 10-14hh of the general statutes be amended to exempt 1 local or regional boards of education whose students in the relevant 2 grade levels met or exceeded the reading benchmarks established for 3 such grade level. 4 Statement of Purpose: To exempt high-performing school districts from the requirements of the state-mandated reading curriculum.