Bill Text: CT SB00138 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 138 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Phase-in Of The Increased Credit Requirements For High School Graduation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [SB00138 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00138-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 138*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 1069
		01069
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PHASE-IN OF THE INCREASED CREDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL 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 require (1) a minimum of twenty-three credits in order to graduate from high school for classes graduating in 2020 and 2021, (2) a minimum of twenty-four credits in order to graduate from high school for classes graduating in 2022 and 2023, and (3) a minimum of twenty-five credits in order to graduate from high school for classes graduating in 2024, and each graduating class thereafter.

Statement of Purpose:

To phase in the new high school graduation credit requirements.