LCO No. 479 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 640 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 479 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: SEN. RAHMAN, 4th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING ABSENCES FOR OBSERVANCE OF A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to require a student's absence 1 from school for observance of a widely recognized religious holiday to 2 be counted as an excused absence. 3 Statement of Purpose: To require a student's absence for observance of a widely recognized religious holiday to be counted as an excused absence.