Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00659 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/24/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 659
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2855
 *02855*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. LEONE, 27th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 659 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2855

*02855*

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

SEN. LEONE, 27th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD TO RECOGNIZE ELIGIBLE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMS THAT SATISFY THE STAFF QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 10-16p of the general statutes be amended to require the Office of Early Childhood to expand the list of eligible institutions of higher education that award bachelor's degrees in early childhood education and child development that satisfy the staff qualifications requirement.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require the Office of Early Childhood to allow individuals who hold a bachelor's degree with a concentration in early childhood education from any accredited institution of higher education in the United States to teach in an early childhood education program.