Bill Text: CT HB05406 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Permitting Boards Of Education To Establish The Total Number Of Credits Necessary For Graduation.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-11 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [HB05406 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05406-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5406
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 431
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. FERGUSON, 138th Dist.

AN ACT PERMITTING BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS NECESSARY FOR GRADUATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 10-221a of the general statutes be amended to permit local and regional boards of education to establish the total number of credits necessary for graduation from high school, provided such total number of credits is not less than twenty and not greater than twenty-five.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide school districts flexibility as it relates to the high school graduation requirements.