LCO No. 2243 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 731 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 2243 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: SEN. MARX, 20th Dist. (By Request) AN ACT CONCERNING THE INSTRUCTION OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 10-17f of the general statutes be amended to require local 1 and regional boards of education to offer English as a second language 2 programs and to provide funding to such boards for such programs. 3 Statement of Purpose: To require school districts to offer English as a second language programs.