Bill Text: CT HB05573 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Disproportionate And Inappropriate Identification Of English Language Learner Students As Requiring Special Education Due To Reading Deficiencies.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [HB05573 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05573-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5573
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 1781
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. JOHNSON, 49th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISPROPORTIONATE AND INAPPROPRIATE IDENTIFICATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STUDENTS AS REQUIRING SPECIAL EDUCATION DUE TO READING DEFICIENCIES.

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

That section 10-76kk of the general statutes be amended to include students whose primary language is not English.

Statement of Purpose:

To ensure that English language learner students are not disproportionately and inappropriately identified as requiring special education due to reading deficiencies.