AN ACT REQUIRING MUNICIPAL APPROVAL OF A SCHOOL CLOSURE.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 15*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 684
		00684
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING MUNICIPAL APPROVAL OF A SCHOOL CLOSURE.

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

That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to require that, prior to a local board of education closing a school under the jurisdiction of such board, the municipality where such school is located shall hold a referendum to approve such school closure.

Statement of Purpose:

To require a town to hold a referendum to approve the decision of a local board of education to close a school within the school district.