LCO No. 648 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 504 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 648 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist. AN ACT PROHIBITING COMPELLED SPEECH IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to prohibit a local or 1 regional board of education from compelling the speech of students and 2 educators, including the use of specific pronouns, in the public schools 3 in the state. 4 Statement of Purpose: To prohibit compelled speech in public schools in Connecticut.