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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6207
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2781
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING PROFICIENCY EXAMINATIONS AND A
PUBLIC SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) require each local or 1
regional board of education to administer a grade-level proficiency 2
examination in reading, writing and math to each student as a condition 3
to elevating such student to the next grade level or allowing such 4
student to graduate, and (2) allow the parent or guardian of any student 5
who attends a public school in which less than sixty per cent of students 6
pass such grade-level proficiency examinations to obtain a voucher to 7
enroll such child in a public school within the same or an adjoining 8
school district. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) require administration of a grade-level proficiency examination
as a condition to elevating a student to the next grade level or allowing
a student to graduate, and (2) allow the parent or guardian of a student
who attends a school in which less than sixty per cent of students pass
such grade-level proficiency examinations to obtain a voucher to enroll
such child in a public school within the same or adjoining school district.