AN ACT CONCERNING THE INCLUSION OF READING PROFICIENCY AS A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENT.

HB 5380 (introduced by Rep. Zawistowski) would amend Connecticut's education statute (§ 10-221a) to require all high school students to demonstrate reading proficiency at an eighth-grade level to graduate. This policy change directly affects every public high school student in Connecticut by adding a standardized reading test requirement to existing graduation criteria. The bill specifies that students must be able to read at an eighth-grade level, as stated in the bill's purpose. It does not alter current graduation credit requirements but adds this reading proficiency benchmark.