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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 653
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2305
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
SEN. MARONEY, 14th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING MINORITY TEACHER RECRUITMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require (1) the Office of 1
Higher Education, the Department of Education and the Commission 2
on Women Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity to jointly market 3
the minority teacher recruitment program, (2) the Office of Higher 4
Education and the Department of Education to establish a minority 5
teacher mentorship program for students and current teachers, and (3) 6
the Office of Higher Education, the Department of Education and the 7
Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority to jointly 8
establish a student loan forgiveness program for minority teachers who 9
teach in school districts specified by said department. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To market the minority teacher recruitment program, establish a
mentorship program for minority teachers and establish a student loan
forgiveness program for minority teachers who teach in certain school
districts.