General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1104
January Session, 2011 *_____SB01104ED____032811____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 1104
January Session, 2011
*_____SB01104ED____032811____*
AN ACT CONCERNING CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 10-66dd of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
(b) (1) Subject to the provisions of this subsection and except as may be waived pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-66bb, charter schools shall be subject to all federal and state laws governing public schools.
(2) [At] Subject to the provisions of subdivision (5) of this subsection, at least one-half of the persons providing instruction or pupil services in a charter school shall possess the proper certificate other than (A) a certificate issued pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 10-145b, or (B) a temporary certificate issued pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-145f on the day the school begins operation and the remaining persons shall possess a certificate issued pursuant to [said] subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 10-145b or such temporary certificate on such day.
(3) The commissioner may not waive the provisions of chapters 163c and 169 and sections 10-15c, 10-153a to 10-153g, inclusive, 10-153i, 10-153j, 10-153m and 10-292.
(4) The state charter school governing council shall act as a board of education for purposes of collective bargaining. The school professionals employed by a local charter school shall be members of the appropriate bargaining unit for the local or regional school district in which the local charter school is located and shall be subject to the same collective bargaining agreement as the school professionals employed by said district. A majority of those employed or to be employed in the local charter school and a majority of the members of the governing council of the local charter school may modify, in writing, such collective bargaining agreement, consistent with the terms and conditions of the approved charter, for purposes of employment in the charter school.
(5) (A) (i) For the school year commencing July 1, 2011, and each school year thereafter, the Commissioner of Education may waive the requirements of subdivision (2) of this subsection for any person providing instruction or pupil services in a charter school who does not hold the initial educator, provisional educator or professional educator certificate if such person (I) achieves satisfactory scores on the state reading, writing and mathematics competency examination prescribed by and administered under the direction of the State Board of Education, or qualifies for a waiver of such test based on criteria approved by the State Board of Education, (II) achieves a satisfactory evaluation on the appropriate State Board of Education approved subject area assessment, and (III) demonstrates evidence of teacher effectiveness. The commissioner may reissue such waiver upon the renewal of the charter for the school at which such person is employed.
(ii) For the school year commencing July 1, 2012, and each school year thereafter, not more than fifteen per cent of the persons providing instruction or pupil services in a charter school may hold a waiver issued by the commissioner pursuant to clause (i) of this subparagraph for the school year.
(B) (i) For the school year commencing July 1, 2011, and each school year thereafter, the commissioner may waive the provisions of chapter 166 relating to professional certification for any administrator of a charter school who (I) achieves satisfactory scores on the state reading, writing and mathematics competency examination prescribed by and administered under the direction of the State Board of Education, or qualifies for a waiver of such test based on criteria approved by the State Board of Education, (II) achieves a satisfactory evaluation on the appropriate State Board of Education approved subject area assessment, and (III) demonstrates evidence of effectiveness. The commissioner may reissue such waiver upon the renewal of the charter for the school at which such administrator is employed.
(ii) For the school year commencing July 1, 2012, and each school year thereafter, not more than fifteen per cent of the administrators employed in a charter school may hold a waiver issued by the commissioner pursuant to clause (i) of this subparagraph for the school year.
(iii) Any person who has received a waiver issued by the commissioner pursuant to clause (i) of this subparagraph shall be authorized to supervise and conduct performance evaluations of any person providing instruction or pupil services in such charter school.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2011 10-66dd(b)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2011
10-66dd(b)
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