Connecticut 2025 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01347 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/19/2025

                        
 
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General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 1347  
January Session, 2025 
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION  
 
 
Introduced by:  
(ED)  
 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL CHOICE. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. (Effective from passage) Not later than July 1, 2026, the 1 
Commissioner of Education shall develop a program for the expansion 2 
of school choice in the state. In developing such program, the 3 
commissioner may hold hearings and accept public comments 4 
concerning such expansion of school choice. The commissioner shall 5 
submit a report on such program to the joint standing committee of the 6 
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, 7 
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 8 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 from passage New section 
 
Statement of Purpose:   
To require the Commissioner of Education to develop a program for the 
expansion of school choice in the state.     
Raised Bill No.  1347 
 
 
 
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