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General Assembly Corrected Copy
Raised Bill No. 7224
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4862
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING PA RAEDUCATOR PAY EQUIT Y.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2020) (a) The Commissioner of 1
Education shall evaluate classifications of noncertified board of 2
education employees on a periodic basis of not less than five years, to 3
determine if such classifications are in the appropriate compensation 4
plan, based upon appropriate and reasonably objective job-related 5
criteria. Such objective job-related criteria required to carry out the 6
duties of the position shall include, but not be limited to: (1) 7
Knowledge and skill, (2) mental and physical effort, and (3) 8
accountability. The commissioner may establish evaluation 9
committees, consisting of representatives of local and regional boards 10
of education, management and employees in classifications being 11
evaluated pursuant to this subsection. The commissioner shall 12
determine ratings for classifications through assignment of factor 13
values. No modification of compensation shall be required pursuant to 14
such ratings. Such ratings may be considered in regard to setting 15 Raised Bill No. 7224
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compensation for noncertified local and regional board of education 16
employees, subject to the provisions of applicable municipal 17
paraeducator collective bargaining agreements and municipal 18
collective bargaining provisions under sections 7-467 to 7-477, 19
inclusive, of the general statutes, for classifications included under 20
collective bargaining. 21
(b) Any position may be excluded from the evaluation conducted 22
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section if the commissioner and an 23
exclusive bargaining representative mutually agree to exclude such 24
position. 25
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2020 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure pay equity for paraeducators.
[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.]