Connecticut 2018 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00457 Compare Versions

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1-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 457
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1+General Assembly Raised Bill No. 457
2+February Session, 2018 LCO No. 2198
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4+Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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12-AN ACT CONCERNING THE CREATION OF PATHWAYS IN EXISTING ALTERNATE ROUTE TO CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS TO ASSIST PERSONS WITH MASTER'S DEGREES IN SOCIAL WORK TO BECOME TEACHERS.
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24+AN ACT CONCERNING THE CREATION OF AN ALTERNATE ROUTE TO CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS.
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1426 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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16-Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2018) The Department of Education shall collaborate with providers of existing alternate route to certification programs to incorporate pathways to certification in such alternate route to certification programs for persons who hold a master's degree from a social work program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or, for persons educated outside the United States or its territories, an educational program deemed equivalent by the council.
28+Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Department of Education shall establish an alternate route to certification program for school social workers. Such program shall be available to any person who is licensed as a clinical social worker pursuant to chapter 383b of the general statutes. The department shall establish the requirements for the alternate route to certification.
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30+(b) The State Board of Education shall issue certification in the certification endorsement area of school social worker to any person who successfully completes the alternate route to certification program established pursuant to this section.
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2135 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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2438 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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48+To require the Department of Education to establish an alternate route to certification program for school social workers.
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50+[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.]