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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6407
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1974
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.
(By Request)
AN ACT CONCERNING GUIDELINES FOR INCREASING DIVERSE
TEACHING POPULATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to establish 1
guidelines to be used by local and regional boards of education that 2
will assist in increasing the number of minority teacher hires by at least 3
two per cent annually over the next five years and may include 4
provisions relating to teaching assistant programs that encourage 5
minority high school students to pursue a career in teaching. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To establish guidelines that will increase minority teacher recruitment
and hiring.