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| 1 | - | Substitute Senate Bill No. 1104 | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1104 | |
| 2 | + | January Session, 2011 *_____SB01104ED____032811____* | |
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| 3 | - | Public Act No. 11-60 | |
| 4 | + | General Assembly | |
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| 6 | + | Substitute Bill No. 1104 | |
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| 8 | + | January Session, 2011 | |
| 9 | + | ||
| 10 | + | *_____SB01104ED____032811____* | |
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| 5 | 12 | AN ACT CONCERNING CHARTER SCHOOLS. | |
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| 7 | 14 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 8 | 15 | ||
| 9 | - | Section 1. Section 10-66dd of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011): | |
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| 11 | - | (a) For purposes of this section, "school professional" means any school teacher, administrator or other personnel certified by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-145b. | |
| 16 | + | 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 Subsection (b) of section 10-66dd of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011): | |
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| 13 | 18 | (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. | |
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| 15 | - | (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) or such temporary certificate on such day. | |
| 20 | + | (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. | |
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| 17 | 22 | (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. | |
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| 19 | - | (4) The state charter school governing council shall act as a board of education for purposes of collective bargaining. The school professionals | |
| 24 | + | (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. | |
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| 21 | - | (5) 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 | |
| 26 | + | (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. | |
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| 23 | - | ( | |
| 28 | + | (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. | |
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| 30 | + | (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. | |
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| 32 | + | (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. | |
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| 34 | + | (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. | |
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| 31 | - | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2011) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (5) of subsection (b) of section 10-66dd of the general statutes, as amended by this act, the State Board of Education, upon the request of the state charter school governing council, may issue a charter school educator permit to a person who is employed by a charter school as a teacher or administrator and does not hold the initial educator, provisional educator or professional educator certificate if such person (1) 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, (2) achieves a satisfactory evaluation on the appropriate State Board of Education approved subject area assessment, and (3) demonstrates evidence of effectiveness. Such permit shall authorize a person to serve as an administrator or teacher in the charter school employing such person. Each such charter school educator permit may be renewed by the Commissioner of Education for good cause upon the request of the state charter school governing council employing such person at the time the charter for the school is renewed. | |
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| 33 | - | Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 10-153b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011): | |
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| 35 | - | (a) Whenever used in this section or in sections 10-153c to 10-153n, inclusive: (1) The "administrators' unit" means the [certified] professional employee or employees in a school district or charter school not excluded from the purview of sections 10-153a to 10-153n, inclusive, employed in positions requiring an intermediate administrator or supervisor certificate, or the equivalent thereof, or charter school educator permit and whose administrative or supervisory duties, for purposes of determining membership in the administrators' unit, shall equal at least fifty per cent of the assigned time of such employee. Certified professional employees covered by the terms and conditions of a contract in effect prior to October 1, 1983, shall continue to be covered by such contract or any successor contract until such time as the employee is covered by the terms and conditions of a contract negotiated by the exclusive bargaining unit of which the employee is a member for purposes of collective bargaining pursuant to the provisions of this section. (2) The "teachers' unit" means (A) the group of professional employees who hold a certificate or durational shortage area permit issued by the State Board of Education under the provisions of sections 10-144o to 10-149, inclusive, and are employed by a local or regional board of education in positions requiring such a certificate or durational shortage area permit and are not included in the administrators' unit or excluded from the purview of sections 10-153a to 10-153n, inclusive, and (B) the group of professional employees who hold a certificate, durational shortage area permit issued by the State Board of Education under the provisions of sections 10-144o to 10-149, inclusive, or a charter school educator permit issued by the State Board of Education under the provisions of section 2 of this act, and are employed by a charter school in positions requiring such a certificate, durational shortage area permit or charter school educator permit and are not included in the administrators' unit or excluded from the purview of sections 10-153a to 10-153n, inclusive. (3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education. (4) "To post a notice" means to post a copy of the indicated material on each bulletin board for teachers in every school in the school district or, if there are no such bulletin boards, to give a copy of such information to each employee in the unit affected by such notice. (5) "Budget submission date" means the date on which a school district is to submit its itemized estimate of the cost of maintenance of public schools for the next following year to the board of finance in each town having a board of finance, to the board of selectmen in each town having no board of finance and, in any city having a board of finance, to said board, and otherwise to the authority making appropriations therein. (6) "Days" means calendar days. | |
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| 39 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 40 | + | Section 1 July 1, 2011 10-66dd(b) | |
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| 42 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
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| 44 | + | Section 1 | |
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| 46 | + | July 1, 2011 | |
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| 48 | + | 10-66dd(b) | |
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| 52 | + | ED Joint Favorable Subst. | |
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| 54 | + | ED | |
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| 56 | + | Joint Favorable Subst. |