Bill Text: CT SB00076 | 2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Establishment Of The Connecticut Treasures Program.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-05 - Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Education [SB00076 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00076-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 76
February Session, 2012		LCO No. 313
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Referred to Committee on Commerce
Introduced by:
(CE)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONNECTICUT TREASURES PROGRAM.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the Culture and Tourism Advisory Committee, shall develop a program to designate locations in the state with cultural, educational or historical significance as "Connecticut Treasures". Such program shall include a plan to promote locations designated as Connecticut Treasures and shall outline ways existing programs of the Department of Economic and Community Development and Culture and Tourism Advisory Committee may be used to promote such locations.

(b) Such program shall be completed on or before October 1, 2012.

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2012) Not later than July 1, 2013, the Department of Education, within available appropriations and in consultation with the Department of Economic and Community Development, shall develop a "Connecticut Treasures" curriculum for use by local and regional boards of education. Such curriculum shall be based on locations in the state designated as Connecticut Treasures pursuant to section 1 of this act, and may incorporate students' visits to such locations.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section
Sec. 2	October 1, 2012	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a "Connecticut Treasures" program and require the Department of Education to develop a model curriculum on locations designated as "Connecticut Treasures".

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]