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| 1 | - | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 786 | |
| 2 | - | January Session, 2017 *_____SB00786ED____032717____* | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Governor's Bill No. 786 | |
| 2 | + | January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3635 | |
| 3 | + | *03635__________* | |
| 4 | + | Referred to Committee on EDUCATION | |
| 5 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | + | SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist. REP. ARESIMOWICZ, 30th Dist. REP. RITTER M., 1st Dist. | |
| 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | - | ||
| 10 | + | Governor's Bill No. 786 | |
| 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 12 | January Session, 2017 | |
| 9 | 13 | ||
| 10 | - | ||
| 14 | + | LCO No. 3635 | |
| 11 | 15 | ||
| 12 | - | AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION MANDATE RELIEF AND THE TRANSPARENCY OF ENDOWED ACADEMIES. | |
| 16 | + | *03635__________* | |
| 17 | + | ||
| 18 | + | Referred to Committee on EDUCATION | |
| 19 | + | ||
| 20 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | + | ||
| 22 | + | SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. | |
| 23 | + | ||
| 24 | + | SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist. | |
| 25 | + | ||
| 26 | + | REP. ARESIMOWICZ, 30th Dist. | |
| 27 | + | ||
| 28 | + | REP. RITTER M., 1st Dist. | |
| 29 | + | ||
| 30 | + | AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION MANDATE RELIEF, TRANSPARENCY AND REGIONAL INCENTIVES. | |
| 13 | 31 | ||
| 14 | 32 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 15 | 33 | ||
| 16 | 34 | Section 1. Section 10-15 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017): | |
| 17 | 35 | ||
| 18 | - | Public schools | |
| 36 | + | Public schools including kindergartens shall be maintained in each town for at least one hundred eighty days of actual school sessions during each school year, and for the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and each school year thereafter, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-66q. When public school sessions are cancelled for reasons of inclement weather or otherwise, the rescheduled sessions shall not be held on Saturday or Sunday. Public schools may conduct weekend education programs to provide supplemental and remedial services to students. A local or regional board of education for a school that has been designated as a low achieving school pursuant to subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (e) of section 10-223e, or a category four school or a category five school pursuant to said section 10-223e, may increase the number of actual school sessions during each year, and may increase the number of hours of actual school work per school session in order to improve student performance and remove the school from the list of schools designated as a low achieving school maintained by the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education (1) may authorize the shortening of any school year for a school district, a school or a portion of a school on account of an unavoidable emergency, and (2) may authorize implementation of scheduling of school sessions to permit full year use of facilities which may not offer each child one hundred eighty days of school sessions within a given school year, but which assures an opportunity for each child to average a minimum of one hundred eighty days of school sessions per year during thirteen years of educational opportunity in the elementary and secondary schools. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and section 10-16, the State Board of Education may, upon application by a local or regional board of education for a town that has not been designated as an alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u, approve, [for any single school year,] in whole or in part, a plan to implement alternative scheduling of school sessions which assures at least four hundred fifty hours of actual school work during the school year for nursery schools and half-day kindergartens and at least nine hundred hours of actual school work during the school year for full-day kindergartens and grades one to twelve, inclusive. | |
| 19 | 37 | ||
| 20 | 38 | Sec. 2. Section 10-16l of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017): | |
| 21 | 39 | ||
| 22 | - | Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes | |
| 40 | + | Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, a local or regional board of education may establish for any school year a firm graduation date for students in grade twelve which is no earlier than the one hundred eighty-fifth day noted in the school calendar originally adopted by the board for that school year, except [that] (1) a board, on or after April first in any school year, may establish such a firm graduation date for that school year which at the time of such establishment provides for at least one hundred eighty days of school, and (2) a board that has been granted a waiver pursuant to section 10-15, as amended by this act, may establish such a firm graduation date that is in accordance with the plan approved pursuant to said section 10-15. | |
| 23 | 41 | ||
| 24 | 42 | Sec. 3. Subsection (c) of section 10-145b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017): | |
| 25 | 43 | ||
| 26 | 44 | (c) (1) The State Board of Education, upon request of a local or regional board of education, shall issue a temporary [ninety-day] one- hundred-eighty-day certificate to any applicant in the certification endorsement areas of elementary education, middle grades education, secondary academic subjects, special subjects or fields, special education, early childhood education and administration and supervision, or in the certification endorsement areas corresponding to teacher shortage areas, as determined by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to section 10-8b, when the following conditions are met: | |
| 27 | 45 | ||
| 28 | 46 | (A) The employing agent of a board of education makes a written request for the issuance of such certificate and attests to the existence of a special plan for supervision of temporary [ninety-day] one- hundred-eighty-day certificate holders; | |
| 29 | 47 | ||
| 30 | 48 | (B) The applicant meets the following requirements, except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (C) of this subdivision: | |
| 31 | 49 | ||
| 32 | 50 | (i) Holds a bachelor's degree from an institution of higher education accredited by the Board of Regents for Higher Education or Office of Higher Education or regionally accredited with a major either in or closely related to the certification endorsement area in which the requesting board of education is placing the applicant or, in the case of secondary or special subject or field endorsement area, possesses at least the minimum total number of semester hours of credit required for the content area, except as provided in section 10-145l; | |
| 33 | 51 | ||
| 34 | 52 | (ii) Has met the requirements pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-145f; | |
| 35 | 53 | ||
| 36 | 54 | (iii) Presents a written application on such forms as the Commissioner of Education shall prescribe; | |
| 37 | 55 | ||
| 38 | 56 | (iv) Has [successfully completed] enrolled in an alternate route to certification program provided by the Board of Regents for Higher Education or the Office of Higher Education or public or independent institutions of higher education, regional educational service centers or private teacher or administrator training organizations and approved by the State Board of Education; | |
| 39 | 57 | ||
| 40 | 58 | (v) Possesses an undergraduate college overall grade point average of at least "B" or, if the applicant has completed at least twenty-four hours of graduate credit, possesses a graduate grade point average of at least "B"; and | |
| 41 | 59 | ||
| 42 | 60 | (vi) Presents supporting evidence of appropriate experience working with children; and | |
| 43 | 61 | ||
| 44 | 62 | (C) The Commissioner of Education may waive the requirements of subparagraphs (B)(v) or (B)(vi), or both, of this subdivision upon a showing of good cause. | |
| 45 | 63 | ||
| 46 | - | (2) A person serving under a temporary [ninety-day] one-hundred-eighty-day certificate shall participate in a beginning support and assessment program pursuant to section 10-220a which is specifically designed by the state Department of Education for holders of temporary [ninety-day] one-hundred-eighty-day certificates. | |
| 64 | + | (2) A person serving under a temporary [ninety-day] one-hundred- eighty-day certificate shall participate in a beginning support and assessment program pursuant to section 10-220a, as amended by this act, which is specifically designed by the state Department of Education for holders of temporary [ninety-day] one-hundred-eighty-day certificates. | |
| 47 | 65 | ||
| 48 | 66 | (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section to the contrary, on and after July 1, 1989, the State Board of Education, upon receipt of a proper application, shall issue an initial educator certificate, which shall be valid for three years, to any person who has taught successfully while holding a temporary [ninety-day] one- hundred-eighty-day certificate and meets the requirements established in regulations adopted pursuant to section 10-145d. | |
| 49 | 67 | ||
| 50 | 68 | (4) A temporary one-hundred-eighty-day certificate shall be valid for one hundred eighty days, concurrent with the school year, and may be renewed once upon request of a local or regional board of education for a consecutive, concurrent school year, provided the request is made prior to the expiration of the one-hundred-eighty-day certificate. | |
| 51 | 69 | ||
| 52 | - | Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 10- | |
| 70 | + | Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 10-16b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017): | |
| 53 | 71 | ||
| 54 | - | (a) Any | |
| 72 | + | (a) In the public schools the program of instruction offered shall [include at least] be in accordance with any standards adopted or curriculum guides prepared by the State Board of Education, pursuant to section 10-4. Such instruction shall be in the following subject matter, as taught by legally qualified teachers, [the arts;] career education; consumer education; health and safety, including, but not limited to, human growth and development, nutrition, first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in accordance with the provisions of section 10-16qq, disease prevention and cancer awareness, including, but not limited to, age and developmentally appropriate instruction in performing self-examinations for the purposes of screening for breast cancer and testicular cancer, community and consumer health, physical, mental and emotional health, including youth suicide prevention, substance abuse prevention, safety, [which shall include] including the safe use of social media, as defined in section 9-601, [and may include] the dangers of gang membership, and accident prevention; the arts; language arts, including reading, writing, grammar, speaking and spelling; mathematics; physical education; science; social studies, including, but not limited to, citizenship, economics, geography, government and history; computer programming instruction; and in addition, on at least the secondary level, one or more world languages and vocational education. For purposes of this subsection, world languages shall include American Sign Language, provided such subject matter is taught by a qualified instructor under the supervision of a teacher who holds a certificate issued by the State Board of Education. For purposes of this subsection, the "arts" means any form of visual or performing arts, which may include, but not be limited to, dance, music, art and theatre. | |
| 55 | 73 | ||
| 56 | - | Sec. 5. Section 10- | |
| 74 | + | Sec. 5. Subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-198c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017): | |
| 57 | 75 | ||
| 58 | - | (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes, [to the contrary,] the boards of education of any two or more towns, or the board of education of any regional school district and the board of education of one or more of the towns comprising the district, or a committee formed and authorized by agreement of such boards on behalf of such boards may jointly employ a superintendent of schools, and said superintendent of schools shall have the powers and duties for each of said boards as provided in section 10-157, as amended by this act. Such boards of education or such committee shall specify in a written agreement the term of office of such superintendent, which shall not exceed [three] five years, and the proportionate share and limits of authorized expenditures for the salary of such superintendent and other necessary expenses, and any other pertinent matters, and shall provide for the evaluation of the superintendent pursuant to section 10-157, as amended by this act. Any agreement authorizing the employment of a superintendent pursuant to this section shall include, but need not be limited to, the duties of the committee, the membership of the committee, the voting requirements for action, and provision for termination of the agreement. | |
| 76 | + | (2) "Absence" means [(A)] an excused absence, unexcused absence or disciplinary absence, as those terms are defined by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-198b; [, or (B) an in-school suspension, as defined in section 10-233a, that is greater than or equal to one-half of a school day;] | |
| 77 | + | ||
| 78 | + | Sec. 6. Section 10-157 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017): | |
| 79 | + | ||
| 80 | + | (a) Any local or regional board of education for a town or towns with a population, as defined in section 10-262f, greater than six thousand or greater than five hundred students enrolled in a public school under the jurisdiction of such board of education shall provide for the supervision of the schools under its control by a superintendent who shall serve as the chief executive officer of the board. The superintendent shall have executive authority over the school system and the responsibility for its supervision. Employment of a superintendent shall be by election of the board of education. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the superintendent until the board receives written confirmation from the Commissioner of Education that the person to be employed is properly certified or has had such certification waived by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. The commissioner shall inform any such board, in writing, of the proper certification, waiver of certification or lack of certification or waiver of any such person not later than fourteen days after the name of such person is submitted to the commissioner pursuant to section 10-226. A majority vote of all members of the board shall be necessary to an election, and the board shall fix the salary of the superintendent and the term of office. [, which shall not exceed three years.] Upon election and notification of employment or reemployment, the superintendent may request and the board shall provide a written contract of employment which includes, but is not limited to, the salary, employment benefits and term of office of such superintendent. Such superintendent shall, at least three weeks before the annual town or regional school district meeting, submit to the board a full written report of the proceedings of such board and of the condition of the several schools during the school year preceding, with plans and suggestions for their improvement. The board of education shall evaluate the performance of the superintendent annually in accordance with guidelines and criteria mutually determined and agreed to by such board and such superintendent. | |
| 81 | + | ||
| 82 | + | (b) A local or regional board of education may appoint as acting superintendent a person who is or is not properly certified for a probationary period, not to exceed one school year, with the approval of the Commissioner of Education. During such probationary period such acting superintendent shall assume all duties of the superintendent for the time specified and shall successfully complete a school leadership program, approved by the State Board of Education, offered at a public or private institution of higher education in the state. At the conclusion of such probationary period, such appointing local or regional board of education may request the commissioner to grant a waiver of certification for such acting superintendent pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. | |
| 83 | + | ||
| 84 | + | (c) The commissioner may, upon request of an employing local or regional board of education, grant a waiver of certification to a person (1) who has successfully completed at least three years of experience as a certified administrator with a superintendent certificate issued by another state in a public school in another state during the ten-year period prior to the date of application, or (2) who has successfully completed a probationary period as an acting superintendent pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and who the commissioner deems to be exceptionally qualified for the position of superintendent. | |
| 85 | + | ||
| 86 | + | (d) Any local or regional board of education for a town or towns with a population, as defined in section 10-262f, of six thousand or fewer or five hundred students enrolled in a public school under the jurisdiction of such board of education or fewer may provide for the supervision of the schools under its control by a district manager who shall serve as the chief executive officer of the board. The district manager shall have executive authority over the school system and the responsibility for its supervision. The Commissioner of Education shall establish qualifications for the position of district manager. | |
| 87 | + | ||
| 88 | + | Sec. 7. Section 10-157a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017): | |
| 89 | + | ||
| 90 | + | (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes to the contrary, the boards of education of any two or more towns, or the board of education of any regional school district and the board of education of one or more of the towns comprising the district, or a committee formed and authorized by agreement of such boards on behalf of such boards may jointly employ a superintendent of schools, and said superintendent of schools shall have the powers and duties for each of said boards as provided in section 10-157, as amended by this act. Such boards of education or such committee shall specify in a written agreement the term of office of such superintendent [, which shall not exceed three years,] and the proportionate share and limits of authorized expenditures for the salary of such superintendent and other necessary expenses, and any other pertinent matters, and shall provide for the evaluation of the superintendent pursuant to section 10-157, as amended by this act. Any agreement authorizing the employment of a superintendent pursuant to this section shall include, but not be limited to, the duties of the committee, the membership of the committee, the voting requirements for action, and provision for termination of the agreement. | |
| 59 | 91 | ||
| 60 | 92 | (b) Any board of education may withdraw from any agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section if, at least one year prior to the date of proposed withdrawal, it gives written notice of its intent to do so to each of the other boards. | |
| 61 | 93 | ||
| 62 | - | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal charter, local ordinance, home rule ordinance or other ordinance, or the provisions of chapters 170 and 171, any board of education that jointly employs a superintendent of schools under this section may reduce the number of board meetings it holds or hold joint meetings with any of the other boards of education that are jointly employing such superintendent for the purpose of reducing the expenses of such boards of education and aligning the provision of education by such boards of education | |
| 94 | + | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal charter, local ordinance, home rule ordinance or other ordinance, or the provisions of chapters 170 and 171, any board of education that jointly employs a superintendent of schools under this section may reduce the number of board meetings it holds or hold joint meetings with any of the other boards of education that are jointly employing such superintendent for the purpose of reducing the expenses of such boards of education and aligning the provision of education by such boards of education. | |
| 63 | 95 | ||
| 64 | - | Sec. | |
| 96 | + | Sec. 8. Subsection (a) of section 10-158a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017): | |
| 65 | 97 | ||
| 66 | - | (a) Any two or more boards of education may, in writing, agree to establish cooperative arrangements to provide | |
| 98 | + | (a) Any two or more boards of education may, in writing, agree to establish cooperative arrangements to provide administration and central office duties, school accommodations services, programs or activities, special education services, health care services or alternative education, as defined in section 10-74j, to enable such boards to carry out the duties specified in the general statutes. Such arrangements may include the establishment of a committee to supervise such programs, the membership of the committee to be determined by the agreement of the cooperating boards. Such committee shall have the power, in accordance with the terms of the agreement, to (1) apply for, receive directly and expend on behalf of the school districts which have designated the committee an agent for such purpose any state or federal grants which may be allocated to school districts for specified programs, the supervision of which has been delegated to such committee, provided such grants are payable before implementation of any such program or are to reimburse the committee pursuant to subsection (d) of this section for transportation provided to a school operated by a cooperative arrangement; (2) receive and disburse funds appropriated to the use of such committee by the cooperating school districts, the state or the United States, or given to the committee by individuals or private corporations; (3) hold title to real or personal property in trust, or as otherwise agreed to by the parties, for the appointing boards; (4) employ personnel; (5) enter into contracts; and (6) otherwise provide the specified programs, services and activities. Teachers employed by any such committee shall be subject to the provisions of the general statutes applicable to teachers employed by the board of education of any town or regional school district. For purposes of this section, the term "teacher" shall include each professional employee of a committee below the rank of superintendent who holds a regular certificate issued by the State Board of Education and who is in a position requiring such certification. | |
| 67 | 99 | ||
| 68 | - | Sec. 7. Section 10-34 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017): | |
| 100 | + | Sec. 9. Subsection (a) of section 10-220a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017): | |
| 101 | + | ||
| 102 | + | (a) Each local or regional board of education shall provide an in-service training program for its teachers, administrators and pupil personnel who hold the initial educator, provisional educator or professional educator certificate as appropriate for the educational assignment of each such teacher, administrator and pupil personnel, and in accordance with guidance provided by the Department of Education. Such program shall provide such teachers, administrators and pupil personnel with [information] training based on (1) curriculum, (2) needs identified by the professional development and evaluation committee, established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and (3) professional learning and effective teaching methods consistent with the program of professional development described in section 10-148a. Such program shall provide information to the appropriate teacher, administrator or pupil personnel in an appropriate time frame on [(1)] (A) the nature and the relationship of drugs, as defined in subdivision (17) of section 21a-240, and alcohol to health and personality development, and procedures for discouraging their abuse, [(2)] (B) health and mental health risk reduction education that includes, but need not be limited to, the prevention of risk-taking behavior by children and the relationship of such behavior to substance abuse, pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV-infection and AIDS, as defined in section 19a-581, violence, teen dating violence, domestic violence, child abuse and youth suicide, [(3)] (C) the growth and development of exceptional children, including handicapped and gifted and talented children and children who may require special education, including, but not limited to, children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or learning disabilities, and methods for identifying, planning for and working effectively with special needs children in a regular classroom, including, but not limited to, implementation of student individualized education programs, [(4)] (D) school violence prevention, conflict resolution, the prevention of and response to youth suicide and the identification and prevention of and response to bullying, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10-222d, except that those boards of education that implement any evidence-based model approach that is approved by the Department of Education and is consistent with subsection (d) of section 10-145a, sections 10-222d, 10-222g and 10-222h, subsection (g) of section 10-233c and sections 1 and 3 of public act 08-160, shall not be required to provide in-service training on the identification and prevention of and response to bullying, [(5)] (E) cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other emergency life saving procedures, [(6)] (F) computer and other information technology as applied to student learning and classroom instruction, communications and data management, [(7)] (G) the teaching of the language arts, reading and reading readiness for teachers in grades kindergarten to three, inclusive, [(8)] (H) second language acquisition in districts required to provide a program of bilingual education pursuant to section 10-17f, [(9)] (I) the requirements and obligations of a mandated reporter, [(10)] (J) the teacher evaluation and support program adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-151b, [(11)] (K) the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy interventions for, students with dyslexia, as defined in section 10-3d, and [(12)] (L) cultural competency consistent with the training in cultural competency described in subsection (i) of section 10-145a. Each local and regional board of education may allow any paraprofessional or noncertified employee to participate, on a voluntary basis, in any in-service training program provided pursuant to this section. The State Board of Education, within available appropriations and utilizing available materials, shall assist and encourage local and regional boards of education to include: [(A)] (i) Holocaust and genocide education and awareness; [(B)] (ii) the historical events surrounding the Great Famine in Ireland; [(C)] (iii) African-American history; [(D)] (iv) Puerto Rican history; [(E)] (v) Native American history; [(F)] (vi) personal financial management; [(G)] (vii) domestic violence and teen dating violence; [(H)] (viii) mental health first aid training; [(I)] (ix) trauma-informed practices for the school setting to enable teachers, administrators and pupil personnel to more adequately respond to students with mental, emotional or behavioral health needs; [(J)] (x) second language acquisition, including, but not limited to, language development and culturally responsive pedagogy; and [(K)] (xi) topics approved by the state board upon the request of local or regional boards of education as part of in-service training programs pursuant to this subsection. | |
| 103 | + | ||
| 104 | + | Sec. 10. Section 10-66b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017): | |
| 105 | + | ||
| 106 | + | The operation and management of any regional educational service center shall be the responsibility of the board of such center to be composed of the Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee, and at least one member from each participating board of education, selected by such board of education. The board of the regional educational service center may designate from its membership an executive board which shall have such powers as the board of the regional educational service center may delegate and which are consistent with this part. The term of office of members of the board of the regional educational service center shall not exceed four years. Members of the board of the regional educational service center shall receive no compensation for services rendered as such, but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses in the course of their duties. The director of the regional educational service center shall serve as the executive agent of the board of the regional educational service center. | |
| 107 | + | ||
| 108 | + | Sec. 11. Section 10-15e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017): | |
| 109 | + | ||
| 110 | + | (a) All provisions of the general statutes concerning teachers shall apply to teachers employed by incorporated or endowed high schools or academies approved under the provisions of section 10-34. Teachers who are not certified and employed by such high schools or academies prior to June 30, 1983, shall be excluded from the provisions of this section until certified. | |
| 111 | + | ||
| 112 | + | (b) All provisions of the general statutes concerning education, except those provisions relating to the eligibility for noncompetitive state aid unless otherwise provided, shall apply to the operation of an incorporated or endowed high school or academy. | |
| 113 | + | ||
| 114 | + | Sec. 12. Section 10-34 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017): | |
| 69 | 115 | ||
| 70 | 116 | (a) The State Board of Education may examine any incorporated or endowed high school or academy in this state and, if it appears that such school or academy meets the requirements of the State Board of Education for the approval of public high schools, said board may approve such school or academy under the provisions of this part, and any town in which a high school is not maintained shall pay the whole of the tuition fees of pupils attending such school or academy, except if it is a school under ecclesiastical control. | |
| 71 | 117 | ||
| 72 | - | (b) | |
| 118 | + | (b) Each incorporated or endowed high school or academy approved by the State Board of Education shall be operated by a governing board. The membership of such governing board shall include, but need not be limited to, a representative selected by each local or regional board of education that sends more than fifty students to such incorporated or endowed high school or academy. Such representative may be the superintendent of schools employed by such board of education. | |
| 73 | 119 | ||
| 74 | - | (c) The | |
| 120 | + | (c) The governing board of each incorporated or endowed high school or academy approved by the State Board of Education shall post on any Internet web site that the governing board operates the (1) schedule, (2) agenda, and (3) minutes of each meeting, including any meeting of subcommittees of the governing board. | |
| 75 | 121 | ||
| 76 | - | (d) | |
| 122 | + | (d) Each incorporated or endowed high school or academy approved by the State Board of Education shall submit annually, to the Commissioner of Education, (1) a certified audit statement of all revenues from public and private sources and expenditures related to such governing board's function as a governing board of an incorporated or endowed high school or academy in this state, and (2) a complete copy of such governing board's most recently completed Internal Revenue Service form 990, including all parts and schedules, other than Schedule B of such form. | |
| 77 | 123 | ||
| 78 | - | ||
| 124 | + | (e) The Commissioner of Education shall post any reports, certified audit statements and forms submitted to the Department of Education regarding an incorporated or endowed high school or academy approved by the State Board of Education on the department's Internet web site not later than thirty days after receiving such reports, statements or forms. The commissioner shall identify any governing board of an incorporated or endowed high school or academy that did not submit a report, certified audit statement or form for the current reporting period and post such information on the department's Internet web site not later than thirty days after failing to receive such reports, statements or forms. | |
| 79 | 125 | ||
| 80 | - | ( | |
| 126 | + | (f) Prior to the adoption of an annual budget by the governing board of an incorporated or endowed high school or academy approved by the State Board of Education, the sections of such budget that receive public funds shall be (1) reviewed by the local and regional boards of education that send students to such incorporated or endowed high school or academy, and (2) subject to a public hearing. | |
| 81 | 127 | ||
| 82 | 128 | ||
| 83 | 129 | ||
| 84 | 130 | ||
| 85 | 131 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 86 | 132 | Section 1 July 1, 2017 10-15 | |
| 87 | 133 | Sec. 2 July 1, 2017 10-16l | |
| 88 | 134 | Sec. 3 July 1, 2017 10-145b(c) | |
| 89 | - | Sec. 4 July 1, 2017 10-157(a) | |
| 90 | - | Sec. 5 July 1, 2017 10-157a | |
| 91 | - | Sec. 6 July 1, 2017 10-158a(a) | |
| 92 | - | Sec. 7 July 1, 2017 10-34 | |
| 93 | - | Sec. 8 July 1, 2017 10-144o(8) | |
| 135 | + | Sec. 4 July 1, 2017 10-16b(a) | |
| 136 | + | Sec. 5 July 1, 2017 10-198c(a)(2) | |
| 137 | + | Sec. 6 July 1, 2017 10-157 | |
| 138 | + | Sec. 7 July 1, 2017 10-157a | |
| 139 | + | Sec. 8 July 1, 2017 10-158a(a) | |
| 140 | + | Sec. 9 July 1, 2017 10-220a(a) | |
| 141 | + | Sec. 10 July 1, 2017 10-66b | |
| 142 | + | Sec. 11 July 1, 2017 10-15e | |
| 143 | + | Sec. 12 July 1, 2017 10-34 | |
| 94 | 144 | ||
| 95 | 145 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 96 | 146 | ||
| 97 | 147 | Section 1 | |
| 98 | 148 | ||
| 99 | 149 | July 1, 2017 | |
| 100 | 150 | ||
| 101 | 151 | 10-15 | |
| 102 | 152 | ||
| 103 | 153 | Sec. 2 | |
| 104 | 154 | ||
| 105 | 155 | July 1, 2017 | |
| 106 | 156 | ||
| 107 | 157 | 10-16l | |
| 108 | 158 | ||
| 109 | 159 | Sec. 3 | |
| 110 | 160 | ||
| 111 | 161 | July 1, 2017 | |
| 112 | 162 | ||
| 113 | 163 | 10-145b(c) | |
| 114 | 164 | ||
| 115 | 165 | Sec. 4 | |
| 116 | 166 | ||
| 117 | 167 | July 1, 2017 | |
| 118 | 168 | ||
| 119 | - | 10- | |
| 169 | + | 10-16b(a) | |
| 120 | 170 | ||
| 121 | 171 | Sec. 5 | |
| 122 | 172 | ||
| 123 | 173 | July 1, 2017 | |
| 124 | 174 | ||
| 125 | - | 10- | |
| 175 | + | 10-198c(a)(2) | |
| 126 | 176 | ||
| 127 | 177 | Sec. 6 | |
| 128 | 178 | ||
| 129 | 179 | July 1, 2017 | |
| 130 | 180 | ||
| 131 | - | 10- | |
| 181 | + | 10-157 | |
| 132 | 182 | ||
| 133 | 183 | Sec. 7 | |
| 134 | 184 | ||
| 135 | 185 | July 1, 2017 | |
| 136 | 186 | ||
| 137 | - | 10- | |
| 187 | + | 10-157a | |
| 138 | 188 | ||
| 139 | 189 | Sec. 8 | |
| 140 | 190 | ||
| 141 | 191 | July 1, 2017 | |
| 142 | 192 | ||
| 143 | - | 10- | |
| 193 | + | 10-158a(a) | |
| 144 | 194 | ||
| 145 | - | ||
| 195 | + | Sec. 9 | |
| 146 | 196 | ||
| 147 | - | ||
| 197 | + | July 1, 2017 | |
| 148 | 198 | ||
| 199 | + | 10-220a(a) | |
| 149 | 200 | ||
| 201 | + | Sec. 10 | |
| 150 | 202 | ||
| 151 | - | ||
| 203 | + | July 1, 2017 | |
| 152 | 204 | ||
| 153 | - | ||
| 205 | + | 10-66b | |
| 154 | 206 | ||
| 155 | - | Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 207 | + | Sec. 11 | |
| 208 | + | ||
| 209 | + | July 1, 2017 | |
| 210 | + | ||
| 211 | + | 10-15e | |
| 212 | + | ||
| 213 | + | Sec. 12 | |
| 214 | + | ||
| 215 | + | July 1, 2017 | |
| 216 | + | ||
| 217 | + | 10-34 | |
| 218 | + | ||
| 219 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 220 | + | ||
| 221 | + | To implement the Governor's budget recommendations. | |
| 222 | + | ||
| 223 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] |