LCO No. 2117 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 462 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 2117 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: SEN. BRADLEY, 23rd Dist. 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.