Bill Text: CT HB06794 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6794 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Creation Of Online Schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [HB06794 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06794-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6794*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 2910
		02910
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CREATION OF ONLINE SCHOOLS.

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

That chapter 164 of the general statutes be amended to permit a local or regional board of education to create an online school to facilitate the delivery of education to students from across the state through the use of existing and future technologies to meet established educational practices and guidelines.

Statement of Purpose:

To empower school districts by authorizing them to offer online courses, to promote innovation through the use of online courses for the benefit of students throughout the state and to create a blended brick-and-mortar school for fully online schools without the walls of a classroom.