General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6968
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4736
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6968
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 4736
*04736_______ED_*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
(ED)
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF SCHOOL PARAPROFESSIONALS TO SERVE AS SHORT-TERM SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10-145 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):
(a) No teacher, supervisor, administrator, special service staff member or school superintendent, except as provided for in section 10-157, shall be employed in any of the schools of any local or regional board of education unless such person possesses an appropriate state certificate, nor shall any such person be entitled to any salary unless such person can produce such certificate dated previous to or the first day of employment, except as provided for in section 10-157; provided nothing in this subsection shall be construed to (1) prevent the board of education from prescribing qualifications additional to those prescribed by the regulations of the State Board of Education, [and provided nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent] or (2) prevent any local or regional board of education from contracting with a licensed drivers' school approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for the behind-the-wheel instruction of a driver instruction course, to be given by driving instructors licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. [No] A person [shall] may be employed in any of the schools of any local or regional board of education as a substitute teacher [unless] if such person (A) holds a bachelor's degree, [provided] except the Commissioner of Education may waive such requirement for good cause upon the request of a superintendent of schools, or (B) is a school paraprofessional whose assignment as a substitute teacher is for ten or fewer school days.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2015 10-145(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2015
10-145(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To allow local and regional boards of education to use school paraprofessionals as short-term substitute teachers.
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