Bill would allow student to attend prom
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Two state lawmakers say they are introducing legislation that would allow a Shelton high school teenager to attend his prom.
School administrators barred James Tate from the June 4 dance after he asked a girl to prom by posting an invitation in big cardboard letters in the side of the school.
Tate's plight has become a cause celebre, and landed him appearances on several national talk shows.
Republican State Reps. James Perillo of Shelton and Sean Williams of Waterbury say they are drafting an amendment that would force school officials to give parents an option of community service when a student is barred from a school event for a policy violation within the last month of the school year. The school's headmaster has made no public comment about the punishment.
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