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9		-	AN ACT CONCERNING CO MPUTER SCIENCE INSTR UCTION IN
10		-	PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
	14	+	AN ACT CONCERNING TH E INCLUSION OF COMPU TER SCIENCE
	15	+	INSTRUCTION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM, P ROGRAMS
	16	+	OF TEACHER PREPARATI ON AND ALTERNATE ROU TE TO
	17	+	CERTIFICATION PROGRA MS AND THE CREATION OF AN ADJUNCT
	18	+	COMPUTER SCIENCE INS TRUCTOR PERMIT AND A COMPUTER
	19	+	SCIENCE ENDORSEMENT.
11	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
12	21		Assembly convened:
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14		-	Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10-16b of the general statutes is
15		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July
16		-	1, 2019):
17		-	(a) In the public schools the program of instruction offered shall
18		-	include at least the following subject matter, as taught by legally
19		-	qualified teachers, the arts; career education; consumer education;
20		-	health and safety, including, but not limited to, human growth and
21		-	development, nutrition, first aid, including cardiopulmonary
22		-	resuscitation training in accordance with the provisions of section 10-
23		-	16qq, disease prevention and cancer awareness, including, but not
24		-	limited to, age and developmentally appropriate instruction in
25		-	performing self-examinations for the purposes of screening for breast
26		-	cancer and testicular cancer, community and consumer health,
27		-	physical, mental and emotional health, including youth suicide
28		-	prevention, substance abuse prevention, including instruction relating
29		-	to opioid use and related disorders, safety, which shall include the safe
30		-	use of social media, as defined in section 9-601, and may include the
31		-	dangers of gang membership, and accident prevention; language arts, Substitute Senate Bill No. 957
	23	+	Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10-16b of the general statutes is 1
	24	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
	25	+	1, 2019): 3
	26	+	(a) In the public schools the program of instruction offered shall 4
	27	+	include at least the following subject matter, as taught by legally 5
	28	+	qualified teachers, the arts; career education; consumer education; 6
	29	+	health and safety, including, but not limited to, human growth and 7
	30	+	development, nutrition, first aid, including cardiopulmonary 8
	31	+	resuscitation training in accordance with the provisions of section 10-9
	32	+	16qq, disease prevention and cancer awareness, including, but not 10
	33	+	limited to, age and developmentally appropriate instruction in 11
	34	+	performing self-examinations for the purposes of screening for breast 12
	35	+	cancer and testicular cancer, community and consumer health, 13
	36	+	physical, mental and emotional health, including youth suicide 14
	37	+	prevention, substance abuse prevention, including instruction relating 15
	38	+	to opioid use and related disorders, safety, which shall include the safe 16 Substitute Bill No. 957
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35		-	including reading, writing, grammar, speaking and spelling;
36		-	mathematics; physical education; science, which may include the
37		-	climate change curriculum described in subsection (d) of this section;
38		-	social studies, including, but not limited to, citizenship, economics,
39		-	geography, government, history and Holocaust and genocide
40		-	education and awareness in accordance with the provisions of section
41		-	10-18f; computer science, including, but not limited to, computer
42		-	programming instruction; and in addition, on at least the secondary
43		-	level, one or more world languages and vocational education. For
44		-	purposes of this subsection, world languages shall include American
45		-	Sign Language, provided such subject matter is taught by a qualified
46		-	instructor under the supervision of a teacher who holds a certificate
47		-	issued by the State Board of Education. For purposes of this
48		-	subsection, the "arts" means any form of visual or performing arts,
49		-	which may include, but not be limited to, dance, music, art and theatre.
50		-	Sec. 2. Subsection (d) of section 10-145a of the general statutes is
51		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July
52		-	1, 2020):
53		-	(d) On and after July 1, [1998] 2020, any [candidate in a] program of
54		-	teacher preparation leading to professional certification shall [complete
55		-	a] include, as part of the curriculum, instruction in computer science,
56		-	and [other] instruction in information technology skills [component of
57		-	such program,] as applied to student learning and classroom
58		-	instruction [, communications and data management] that are grade-
59		-	level and subject area appropriate.
60		-	Sec. 3. Section 10-155d of the general statutes is repealed and the
61		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019):
62		-	(a) The Office of Higher Education shall encourage and support
63		-	experimentation and research in the preparation of teachers for public
64		-	elementary and secondary schools. To help fulfill the purposes of this Substitute Senate Bill No. 957
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	45	+	use of social media, as defined in section 9-601, and may include the 17
	46	+	dangers of gang membership, and accident prevention; language arts, 18
	47	+	including reading, writing, grammar, speaking and spelling; 19
	48	+	mathematics; physical education; science, which may include the 20
	49	+	climate change curriculum described in subsection (d) of this section; 21
	50	+	social studies, including, but not limited to, citizenship, economics, 22
	51	+	geography, government, history and Holocaust and genocide 23
	52	+	education and awareness in accordance with the provisions of section 24
	53	+	10-18f; computer science, including, but not limited to, computer 25
	54	+	programming instruction; and in addition, on at least the secondary 26
	55	+	level, one or more world languages and vocational education. For 27
	56	+	purposes of this subsection, world languages shall include American 28
	57	+	Sign Language, provided such subject matter is taught by a qualified 29
	58	+	instructor under the supervision of a teacher who holds a certificate 30
	59	+	issued by the State Board of Education. For purposes of this 31
	60	+	subsection, the "arts" means any form of visual or performing arts, 32
	61	+	which may include, but not be limited to, dance, music, art and theatre. 33
	62	+	Sec. 2. Subsection (d) of section 10-145a of the general statutes is 34
	63	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 35
	64	+	1, 2019): 36
	65	+	(d) On and after July 1, [1998] 2019, any [candidate in a] program of 37
	66	+	teacher preparation leading to professional certification shall [complete 38
	67	+	a] include, as part of the curriculum, instruction in computer science, 39
	68	+	and other information technology skills, [component of such program,] 40
	69	+	as applied to student learning and classroom instruction, 41
	70	+	communications, [and] data management, programming and coding. 42
	71	+	Sec. 3. Section 10-155d of the general statutes is repealed and the 43
	72	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 44
	73	+	(a) The Office of Higher Education shall encourage and support 45
	74	+	experimentation and research in the preparation of teachers for public 46
	75	+	elementary and secondary schools. To help fulfill the purposes of this 47
	76	+	section, the Office of Higher Education shall appoint an advisory 48 Substitute Bill No. 957
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68		-	section, the Office of Higher Education shall appoint an advisory
69		-	council composed of qualified professionals which shall render
70		-	assistance and advice to the office. In carrying out its activities
71		-	pursuant to this section, the office shall consult with the State Board of
72		-	Education and such other agencies as it deems appropriate to assure
73		-	coordination of all activities of the state relating to the preparation of
74		-	teachers for public elementary and secondary schools.
75		-	(b) The Office of Higher Education, with the approval of the
76		-	Commissioner of Education, shall expand, within available
77		-	appropriations, participation in its summer alternate route to
78		-	certification program and its weekend and evening alternate route to
79		-	certification program. The office shall expand the weekend and
80		-	evening program for participants seeking certification in a subject
81		-	shortage area pursuant to section 10-8b. The office, in collaboration
82		-	with the Department of Education, shall develop (1) a regional
83		-	alternate route to certification program targeted to the subject shortage
84		-	areas, [and] (2) an alternate route to certification program for former
85		-	teachers whose certificates have expired and who are interested in
86		-	resuming their teaching careers, and (3) an alternate route to
87		-	certification program targeted for computer science teachers.
88		-	(c) The Office of Higher Education, in consultation with the
89		-	Department of Education, shall develop alternate route to certification
90		-	programs for (1) school administrators and superintendents, [and] (2)
91		-	early childhood education teachers, and (3) computer science teachers.
92		-	The programs shall include mentored apprenticeships and criteria for
93		-	admission to the programs.
94		-	Sec. 4. Subsection (e) of section 10-145d of the general statutes is
95		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July
96		-	1, 2019):
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101		-	shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to provide
102		-	standards for the certification of computer science teachers. Such
103		-	regulations shall create a computer science endorsement and make
104		-	provision for certification requirements to be met by either (1)
105		-	completion of prescribed courses of study, or (2) such other experience
106		-	as the state board shall deem appropriate.
107		-	Sec. 5. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2020, the State
108		-	Board of Education shall approve and adopt a subject area assessment
109		-	for computer science for purposes of certification pursuant to chapter
110		-	166 of the general statutes.
111		-	Sec. 6. Section 10-145l of the general statutes is repealed and the
112		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019):
113		-	(a) On and after July 1, 2010, the State Board of Education shall
114		-	allow an applicant for certification to teach in a subject shortage area
115		-	pursuant to section 10-8b or a certified employee seeking to teach in
116		-	such a subject shortage area to substitute achievement of [an excellent]
117		-	a satisfactory score, as determined by the State Board of Education, on
118		-	any appropriate State Board of Education approved subject area
119		-	assessment for the subject area requirements for certification pursuant
120		-	to section 10-145f.
121		-	(b) On and after July 1, 2020, the State Board of Education shall
122		-	allow an applicant for certification to teach computer science, or a
123		-	certified employee seeking to teach computer science, to substitute
124		-	achievement of a satisfactory score, as determined by the State Board
125		-	of Education, on the appropriate State Board of Education approved
126		-	subject area assessment for the subject area requirements for
127		-	certification pursuant to section 10-145f.
128		-	Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) Not later than July 1, 2020, the
129		-	Department of Economic and Community Development may, within Substitute Senate Bill No. 957
	83	+	council composed of qualified professionals which shall render 49
	84	+	assistance and advice to the office. In carrying out its activities 50
	85	+	pursuant to this section, the office shall consult with the State Board of 51
	86	+	Education and such other agencies as it deems appropriate to assure 52
	87	+	coordination of all activities of the state relating to the preparation of 53
	88	+	teachers for public elementary and secondary schools. 54
	89	+	(b) The Office of Higher Education, with the approval of the 55
	90	+	Commissioner of Education, shall expand, within available 56
	91	+	appropriations, participation in its summer alternate route to 57
	92	+	certification program and its weekend and evening alternate route to 58
	93	+	certification program. The office shall expand the weekend and 59
	94	+	evening program for participants seeking certification in a subject 60
	95	+	shortage area pursuant to section 10-8b. The office, in collaboration 61
	96	+	with the Department of Education, shall develop (1) a regional 62
	97	+	alternate route to certification program targeted to the subject shortage 63
	98	+	areas, [and] (2) an alternate route to certification program for former 64
	99	+	teachers whose certificates have expired and who are interested in 65
	100	+	resuming their teaching careers, and (3) an alternate route to 66
	101	+	certification program targeted for computer science teachers. 67
	102	+	(c) The Office of Higher Education, in consultation with the 68
	103	+	Department of Education, shall develop alternate route to certification 69
	104	+	programs for (1) school administrators and superintendents, [and] (2) 70
	105	+	early childhood education teachers, and (3) computer science teachers. 71
	106	+	The programs shall include mentored apprenticeships and criteria for 72
	107	+	admission to the programs. 73
	108	+	Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) The State Board of 74
	109	+	Education, upon the request of a local or regional board of education 75
	110	+	or a regional educational service center, may issue an adjunct 76
	111	+	computer science instructor permit to any applicant with specialized 77
	112	+	training, experience or expertise in computer science. Such permit shall 78
	113	+	authorize a person to hold a part-time position as a teacher of 79
	114	+	computer science. Such applicant shall (1) hold a bachelor's degree 80
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133		-	available appropriations, develop a model internship program for use
134		-	by companies and businesses in the state. The model internship
135		-	program shall assist such companies and businesses in providing
136		-	students attending public and independent institutions of higher
137		-	education in the state with internship opportunities in the fields of
138		-	technology and advanced manufacturing. The department may make
139		-	such model internship program available on its Internet web site.
140		-	Sec. 8. Section 31-11ff of the general statutes is repealed and the
141		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019):
142		-	(a) For purposes of this section:
143		-	(1) "Early college high school" means a school in which persons who
144		-	are underrepresented in higher education, including, but not limited
145		-	to, low-income youth, first-generation college students, English
146		-	language learners and minority students, may simultaneously earn,
147		-	tuition free, a high school diploma and an associate degree or up to
148		-	two years of credit toward a bachelor's degree;
149		-	(2) "Middle college program" means a collaboration between a
150		-	school district's high schools and a regional-community technical
151		-	college or a four-year college or university where a student may (A)
152		-	take core high school courses or courses for which college or
153		-	university-level credit may be given, and (B) attribute all such credits
154		-	earned toward a program of higher learning at an institution of higher
155		-	education in which such student enrolls upon graduation from the
156		-	middle college program; and
157		-	(3) "Connecticut Early College Opportunity program" or "CT-ECO"
158		-	means a collaboration between a school district's high schools, a local
159		-	community college and a company or business entity where a student
160		-	may earn an industry-recognized, two-year postsecondary degree in
161		-	addition to a high school diploma. Substitute Senate Bill No. 957
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	123	+	regionally accredited, (2) have a minimum of three years of work 83
	124	+	experience in computer science, or one year of work experience and 84
	125	+	two years of specialized schooling related to computer science, and (3) 85
	126	+	achieve a satisfactory evaluation on the appropriate State Board of 86
	127	+	Education approved subject area assessment. 87
	128	+	(b) During the period of employment as a computer science 88
	129	+	instructor, any person holding an adjunct computer science instructor 89
	130	+	permit shall be under the supervision of the superintendent of schools 90
	131	+	or of a principal, administrator or supervisor designated by such 91
	132	+	superintendent who shall regularly observe, guide and evaluate the 92
	133	+	performance of assigned duties by such holder of an adjunct computer 93
	134	+	science instructor permit. 94
	135	+	(c) Each adjunct computer science instructor permit shall be valid 95
	136	+	for three years and may be renewed by the Commissioner of 96
	137	+	Education for good cause upon the request of the superintendent of 97
	138	+	schools for the district employing such person or the regional 98
	139	+	educational service center employing such person. 99
	140	+	(d) Any board of education or regional educational service center 100
	141	+	employing a person who holds an adjunct computer science instructor 101
	142	+	permit issued under this section shall provide a program to assist each 102
	143	+	such person. Such program, developed in consultation with the 103
	144	+	Department of Education, shall include academic and classroom 104
	145	+	support service components. 105
	146	+	(e) No person holding an adjunct computer science instructor 106
	147	+	permit shall fill a position that will result in the displacement of any 107
	148	+	person holding a teaching certificate under section 10-145b of the 108
	149	+	general statutes who is already employed at such school. 109
	150	+	(f) Any person holding an adjunct computer science instructor 110
	151	+	permit pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to be eligible for 111
	152	+	membership in the teachers' retirement system solely by reason of such 112 Substitute Bill No. 957
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165		-	(b) The Connecticut Employment and Training Commission shall
166		-	develop, in collaboration with the Connecticut state colleges and
167		-	universities, Department of Education, and regional work force
168		-	development boards established pursuant to section 31-3j, a state-wide
169		-	plan for implementing, expanding or improving upon career certificate
170		-	programs established under section 10-20a, middle college programs,
171		-	early college high school programs and Connecticut Early College
172		-	Opportunity programs to provide education, training and placement
173		-	in jobs available in the manufacturing, health care, construction, green,
174		-	science, technology, computer science, engineering and mathematics
175		-	industries and other emerging sectors of the state's economy. Such
176		-	plan shall include a proposal to fund such programs.
177		-	Sec. 9. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Department of Economic
178		-	and Community Development , in consultation with the Labor
179		-	Department and Office of Higher Education, may, within available
180		-	appropriations:
181		-	(1) Identify (A) anticipated areas of job growth in the state over the
182		-	next five and ten years, state-wide and by region, (B) existing or
183		-	projected needs for certificate programs, degree programs and short-
184		-	term and long-term noncredit training programs to support areas of
185		-	job growth, (C) the certificate programs, degree programs and
186		-	noncredit training programs in the state that are most in demand by
187		-	employers and students, the percentage of graduates of such programs
188		-	who are employed in the state two years after graduation and the
189		-	fields and industries in which such graduates are employed, and (D)
190		-	the capacity for growth in high-demand academic programs offered by
191		-	institutions of higher education in the state;
192		-	(2) Coordinate with state agencies and quasi-public agencies to
193		-	prioritize and align state resources to meet the existing and future
194		-	talent needs of the state, identified pursuant to subdivision (1) of this
195		-	section; and Substitute Senate Bill No. 957
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199		-	(3) Coordinate with municipal leaders to (A) share the results of the
200		-	analysis performed under subdivision (1) of this section with
201		-	employers, public and independent institutions of higher education in
202		-	the state and other stakeholders, and (B) develop a program to award
203		-	grants to support evidence-based solutions to cultivate, attract, hire
204		-	and retain workers in high-demand fields and industries. Such
205		-	program may include, but not be limited to, internship programs,
206		-	education programs, incentives to attract mid-career workers and
207		-	fellowship programs to attract and retain recent graduates.
208		-	Sec. 10. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) There is established an account
209		-	to be known as the "computer science education account", which shall
210		-	be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The
211		-	account shall contain any moneys required or permitted by law to be
212		-	deposited in the account and any funds received from any public or
213		-	private contributions, gifts, grants, donations, bequests or devises to
214		-	the account. The Department of Education may make expenditures
215		-	from the account to support curriculum development, teacher
216		-	professional development, capacity development for school districts,
217		-	and other programs for the purposes of supporting computer science
218		-	education.
219		-	Sec. 11. Subsection (j) of section 10-221a of the general statutes is
220		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July
221		-	1, 2019):
222		-	(j) For the school year commencing July 1, 2012, and each school
223		-	year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall create
224		-	a student success plan for each student enrolled in a public school,
225		-	beginning in grade six. Such student success plan shall include a
226		-	student's career and academic choices in grades six to twelve,
227		-	inclusive. On and after July 1, 2020, in creating such student success
228		-	plans, consideration shall be given to career and academic choices in
229		-	computer science, science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Substitute Senate Bill No. 957
	159	+	permit, provided any such person who holds a regular teacher's 113
	160	+	certificate issued by the State Board of Education shall not be excluded 114
	161	+	from membership in said system. 115
	162	+	Sec. 5. Subsection (e) of section 10-145d of the general statutes is 116
	163	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 117
	164	+	1, 2019): 118
	165	+	(e) [The] Not later than July 1, 2020, the State Board of Education 119
	166	+	shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to provide 120
	167	+	standards for the certification of computer science teachers. Such 121
	168	+	regulations shall create a computer science endorsement and make 122
	169	+	provision for certification requirements to be met by either (1) 123
	170	+	completion of prescribed courses of study, or (2) such other experience 124
	171	+	as the state board shall deem appropriate. 125
	172	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	173	+	sections:
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	175	+	Section 1 July 1, 2019 10-16b(a)
	176	+	Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 10-145a(d)
	177	+	Sec. 3 July 1, 2019 10-155d
	178	+	Sec. 4 July 1, 2019 New section
	179	+	Sec. 5 July 1, 2019 10-145d(e)
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	181	+	ED Joint Favorable Subst.
	182	+	APP Joint Favorable
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