Senate Bill No. 951
Public Act No. 19-62
AN ACT CONCERNING VE TERAN ENROLLMENT IN CERTAIN
ALTERNATE ROUTE TO C ERTIFICATION PROGRAM S.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10-145w of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019):
(a) As used in this section, "person from an alternate profession"
means a person who (1) holds at least a bachelor's degree from an
institution of higher education accredited by the Board of Regents for
Higher Education or Office of Higher Education or that is regionally
accredited, and (A) is a paraeducator, (B) is a veteran, as defined in
section 27-103, (C) holds a charter school educator permit, issued by
the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-145q, or (D) is
employed or was previously employed as a professor at an accredited
institution of higher education, as defined in section 10a-34, or (2)
holds a master's degree from a social work program accredited by the
Council on Social Work Education or, for any person educated outside
the United States or its territories, an educational program deemed
equivalent by the council.
(b) (1) The Department of Education, in consultation with the Office
of Higher Education, shall develop or review and approve proposals Senate Bill No. 951
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for alternate route to certification programs for persons from an
alternate profession. Any alternate route to certification program
developed or approved under this section shall [(1)] (A) include
instruction in classroom management and cultural competency, [(2)]
(B) align with the standards of teaching competencies adopted by the
State Board of Education, and [(3)] (C) meet such other criteria as the
department requires.
(2) Any alternate route to certification program developed or
approved under this section shall reserve ten per cent of available seats
for persons from an alternate profession described in subparagraph (B)
of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section. If such seats are not
filled by such persons from an alternate profession, such seats shall be
made available for all persons from an alternate profession described
in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of section 10-
145b, on and after July 1, 2019, the State Board of Education, upon
receipt of a proper application, shall issue an initial educator
certificate, which shall be valid for three years, to any person who (1)
successfully completed an alternate route to certification program
developed or approved under this section, and (2) meets the
requirements established in subsection (b) of section 10-145f.
(d) The department shall include on its Internet web site a
description of, and the requirements for, each alternate route to
certification program for persons from an alternate profession
developed or approved by the department.