Bill Text: CT HB05520 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Availability Of An On-line Study Skills Curriculum.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-07 - Public Hearing 03/12 [HB05520 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05520-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5520
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1720
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF AN ON-LINE STUDY SKILLS CURRICULUM.

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

Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 10-16b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):

(d) The State Board of Education shall make available curriculum materials and such other materials as may assist local and regional boards of education in developing instructional programs pursuant to this section. The State Board of Education, within available appropriations and utilizing available resource materials, shall assist and encourage local and regional boards of education to include: (1) Holocaust and genocide education and awareness; (2) the historical events surrounding the Great Famine in Ireland; (3) African-American history; (4) Puerto Rican history; (5) Native American history; (6) personal financial management; (7) training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automatic external defibrillators; (8) on-line coursework that provides remedial study skills instruction for students; and [(8)] (9) topics approved by the state board upon the request of local or regional boards of education as part of the program of instruction offered pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2014	10-16b(d)

Statement of Purpose:

To require the State Board of Education to make available to local and regional boards of education curriculum materials concerning on-line coursework that provides study skills instruction for students.

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