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4		-	House Bill No. 7113
	7	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7113
	8	+	January Session, 2019
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6		-	Public Act No. 19-139
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	12	+	Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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	15	+	Introduced by:
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9	20		AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION ISSUES.
10	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
11	22		Assembly convened:
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13		-	Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 10-91j of the general statutes is
14		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July
15		-	1, 2019):
16		-	(b) On and after July 1, 2019, a local or regional board of education
17		-	shall not be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to subsection (b) of
18		-	section 10-76g for any costs of special education paid by such board of
19		-	education to a private provider of special education services unless
20		-	such board of education has entered into a written contract with such
21		-	private provider of special education services for the provision of such
22		-	special education services. The individualized education program of a
23		-	child shall not be considered a contract between a local or regional
24		-	board of education and a private provider of special education services
25		-	for purposes of this section. Nothing in this subsection shall be
26		-	construed to limit or interrupt the provision of special education and
27		-	related services to a child by a local or regional board of education or
28		-	private provider of special education services.
29		-	Sec. 2. Subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 10-151 of the
30		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu House Bill No. 7113
	24	+	Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Department of Education shall 1
	25	+	conduct a study relating to education issues in the state. Not later than 2
	26	+	May 20, 2019, the department shall submit a report of the results of 3
	27	+	such study to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 4
	28	+	having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with 5
	29	+	the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 6
	30	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	31	+	sections:
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32		-	~~Public Act No.~~ ~~19-139~~ ~~2 of 6~~
	33	+	Section 1 from passage New section
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34		-	thereof (Effective July 1, 2019):
35		-	(6) "Tenure" means:
36		-	(A) The completion of forty school months of full-time continuous
37		-	employment for the same board of education, provided the
38		-	superintendent offers the teacher a contract to return for the following
39		-	school year on the basis of effective practice as informed by
40		-	performance evaluations conducted pursuant to section 10-151b. For
41		-	purposes of calculating continuous employment towards tenure, the
42		-	following shall apply: (i) For a teacher who has not attained tenure,
43		-	two school months of part-time continuous employment by such
44		-	teacher shall equal one school month of full-time continuous
45		-	employment except, for a teacher employed in a part-time position at a
46		-	salary rate of less than twenty-five per cent of the salary rate of a
47		-	teacher in such position, if such position were full-time, three school
48		-	months of part-time continuous employment shall equal one school
49		-	month of full-time continuous employment; (ii) a teacher who has not
50		-	attained tenure shall not count layoff time towards tenure, except that
51		-	if such teacher is reemployed by the same board of education within
52		-	five calendar years of the layoff, such teacher may count the previous
53		-	continuous employment immediately prior to the layoff towards
54		-	tenure; (iii) a teacher who has not attained tenure shall not count
55		-	authorized leave time towards tenure if such time exceeds ninety
56		-	student school days in any one school year, provided only the student
57		-	school days worked that year by such teacher shall count towards
58		-	tenure and shall be computed on the basis of eighteen student school
59		-	days or the greater fraction thereof equaling one school month; (iv) for
60		-	a teacher who has not attained tenure and who is employed by a local
61		-	or regional board of education that enters into a cooperative
62		-	arrangement pursuant to section 10-158a, such teacher may count the
63		-	previous continuous employment with such board immediately prior
64		-	to such cooperative arrangement towards tenure; and (v) for a teacher House Bill No. 7113
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68		-	who has not attained tenure and who is employed by a local board of
69		-	education or as part of a cooperative arrangement, pursuant to section
70		-	10-158a, and such board or cooperative arrangement joins a regional
71		-	school district, such teacher may count the previous continuous
72		-	employment with such local board or cooperative arrangement
73		-	immediately prior to employment by the regional board of education
74		-	towards tenure.
75		-	(B) For a teacher who has attained tenure prior to layoff, tenure shall
76		-	resume if such teacher is reemployed by the same board of education
77		-	within five calendar years of the layoff.
78		-	(C) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) [,] and (D) [and (E)] of
79		-	this subdivision, any teacher who has attained tenure with any one
80		-	board of education and whose employment with such board ends for
81		-	any reason and who is reemployed by such board or is subsequently
82		-	employed by any other board, shall attain tenure after completion of
83		-	twenty school months of continuous employment, provided the
84		-	superintendent offers the teacher a contract to return for the following
85		-	school year on the basis of effective practice as informed by
86		-	performance evaluations conducted pursuant to section 10-151b. The
87		-	provisions of this subparagraph shall not apply if, (i) prior to
88		-	completion of the twentieth school month following commencement of
89		-	employment by such board such teacher has been notified in writing
90		-	that his or her contract will not be renewed for the following school
91		-	year, or (ii) for a period of five or more calendar years immediately
92		-	prior to such subsequent employment, such teacher has not been
93		-	employed by any board of education.
94		-	[(D) Any certified teacher or administrator employed by a local or
95		-	regional board of education for a school district identified as a priority
96		-	school district pursuant to section 10-266p may attain tenure after ten
97		-	months of employment in such priority school district, if such certified
98		-	teacher or administrator previously attained tenure with another local House Bill No. 7113
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102		-	or regional board of education in this state or another state.]
103		-	[(E)] (D) For a teacher who has attained tenure and is employed by a
104		-	local or regional board of education that enters into a cooperative
105		-	arrangement pursuant to section 10-158a, such teacher shall not
106		-	experience a break in continuous employment for purposes of tenure
107		-	as a result of such cooperative arrangement.
108		-	[(F)] (E) For a teacher who has attained tenure and is employed by a
109		-	local board of education or as part of a cooperative arrangement,
110		-	pursuant to section 10-158a, and such board or cooperative
111		-	arrangement joins a regional school district, such teacher shall not
112		-	experience a break in continuous employment for purposes of tenure
113		-	as a result of joining such regional school district.
114		-	Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a working
115		-	group to study issues relating to the implementation of the pre-service
116		-	performance assessment, edTPA, as adopted by the State Board of
117		-	Education on December 7, 2016, as part of teacher preparation
118		-	programs, as defined in section 10-10a of the general statutes. The
119		-	working group shall examine how such assessment is being
120		-	implemented in teacher preparation programs in the state, the
121		-	financial costs associated with such assessment on institutions of
122		-	higher education and students enrolled in teacher preparation
123		-	programs, whether such assessment is evidence-based or a best
124		-	practice, whether other states are using such assessment as part of
125		-	teacher preparation programs or requiring completion of such
126		-	assessment for professional certification, and any effect on world
127		-	languages instruction.
128		-	(b) The working group shall consist of the following members:
129		-	(1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives,
130		-	who is a professor in a teacher preparation program in the state; House Bill No. 7113
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134		-	(2) One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, who
135		-	is a dean of a teacher preparation program in the state;
136		-	(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of
137		-	Representatives, who has expertise in pre-service performance
138		-	assessments for teacher preparation programs;
139		-	(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who is a
140		-	student who is currently enrolled in a teacher preparation program in
141		-	the state;
142		-	(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of
143		-	Representatives, who is a student currently enrolled in a teacher
144		-	preparation program in the state;
145		-	(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who is a
146		-	recent graduate of a teacher preparation program in the state; and
147		-	(7) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee.
148		-	(c) All appointments to the working group shall be made not later
149		-	than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy
150		-	shall be filled by the appointing authority.
151		-	(d) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's
152		-	designee, shall schedule the first meeting of the working group, which
153		-	shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this
154		-	section. The members of the working group shall elect the chairperson
155		-	of the working group from among the members of the working group
156		-	at the first meeting.
157		-	(e) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the
158		-	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education
159		-	shall serve as administrative staff of the working group.
160		-	(f) Not later than January 1, 2020, the working group shall submit a House Bill No. 7113
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164		-	report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing
165		-	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
166		-	relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-
167		-	4a of the general statutes. The working group shall terminate on the
168		-	date that it submits such report or January 1, 2020, whichever is later.
169		-	Sec. 4. Section 10-264q of the general statutes is repealed and the
170		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019):
171		-	Notwithstanding subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 10-264l,
172		-	an interdistrict magnet school program that (1) does not assist the state
173		-	in meeting the goals of the 2008 stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et
174		-	al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al., as extended, or the goals of the 2013
175		-	stipulation and order for Milo Sheff, et al. v. William A. O'Neill, et al.,
176		-	as extended, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, and (2)
177		-	is not in compliance with the enrollment requirements for students of
178		-	racial minorities, pursuant to section 10-264l, following the submission
179		-	of student information data of such interdistrict magnet school
180		-	program to the state-wide public school information system, pursuant
181		-	to section 10-10a, on or before October 1, [2015] 2019, shall remain
182		-	eligible for an interdistrict magnet school operating grant pursuant to
183		-	section 10-264l for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, and June 30,
184		-	2021, if such interdistrict magnet school program submits a compliance
185		-	plan to the Commissioner of Education and the commissioner
186		-	approves such plan.
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