| 20 | | - | Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1 |
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| 21 | | - | to study issues relating to the implementation of the preservice 2 |
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| 22 | | - | performance assessment, edTPA, as adopted by the State Board of 3 |
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| 23 | | - | Education on December 7, 2016, as part of teacher preparation 4 |
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| 24 | | - | programs, as defined in section 10-10a of the general statutes. The task 5 |
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| 25 | | - | force shall examine (1) the positive and negative qualities of edTPA, (2) 6 |
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| 26 | | - | how edTPA is being implemented in teacher preparation programs in 7 |
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| 27 | | - | the state, (3) the financial costs associated with the implementation of 8 |
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| 28 | | - | edTPA by institutions of higher education, including the short and long-9 |
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| 29 | | - | term effects on students' student loan debt when such costs are included 10 |
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| 30 | | - | in students' tuition or charged as a fee to students and such students use 11 |
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| 31 | | - | student loans to pay for such tuition or fees, (4) the feasibility of 12 |
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| 32 | | - | reducing or eliminating such costs and tuition or fees charged to 13 |
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| 33 | | - | students enrolled in teacher preparation programs as part of the 14 |
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| 34 | | - | implementation of edTPA, (5) whether other states are using edTPA as 15 |
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| 35 | | - | part of teacher preparation programs or requiring completion of such 16 |
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| 36 | | - | assessment for professional certification, and (6) the feasibility of 17 |
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| 37 | | - | designing a new state-wide preservice performance assessment, that is 18 Substitute Bill No. 1035 |
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| 26 | + | Section 1. (Effective from passage) On and after July 1, 2023, the 1 |
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| 27 | + | Department of Education shall cease state-wide implementation of the 2 |
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| 28 | + | preservice performance assessment, edTPA, as adopted by the State 3 |
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| 29 | + | Board of Education on December 7, 2016. 4 |
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| 30 | + | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) Not later than January 1, 2023, 5 |
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| 31 | + | the Commissioner of Education, the president of the Connecticut State 6 |
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| 32 | + | Colleges and Universities and the dean of the Neag School of Education 7 |
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| 33 | + | at The University of Connecticut shall jointly develop a preservice 8 |
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| 34 | + | performance assessment to be implemented in teacher preparation 9 |
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| 35 | + | programs, as defined in section 10-10a of the general statutes, offered at 10 |
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| 36 | + | public institutions of higher education in the state. Such preservice 11 |
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| 37 | + | performance assessment shall be developed with consideration given to 12 |
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| 38 | + | (1) the positive and negative qualities of previous preservice 13 |
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| 39 | + | performance assessments administered in the state, (2) how such 14 Raised Bill No. 1035 |
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| 44 | | - | evidence-based and incorporates best practices, to replace edTPA. 19 |
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| 45 | | - | (b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 20 |
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| 46 | | - | (1) Two appointed by the House chairperson of the joint standing 21 |
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| 47 | | - | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 22 |
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| 48 | | - | relating to education, at least one of whom is a student who is currently 23 |
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| 49 | | - | enrolled in a teacher preparation program in the state; 24 |
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| 50 | | - | (2) Two appointed by the Senate chairperson of the joint standing 25 |
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| 51 | | - | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 26 |
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| 52 | | - | relating to education, at least one of whom is a student who is currently 27 |
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| 53 | | - | enrolled in a teacher preparation program in the state; 28 |
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| 54 | | - | (3) One appointed by the House ranking member of the joint standing 29 |
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| 55 | | - | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 30 |
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| 56 | | - | relating to education; 31 |
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| 57 | | - | (4) One appointed by the Senate ranking member of the joint standing 32 |
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| 58 | | - | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 33 |
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| 59 | | - | relating to education; and 34 |
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| 60 | | - | (5) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee. 35 |
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| 61 | | - | (c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 36 |
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| 62 | | - | (2), (3) or (4) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the 37 |
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| 63 | | - | General Assembly. 38 |
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| 64 | | - | (d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 39 |
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| 65 | | - | than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 40 |
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| 66 | | - | be filled by the appointing authority. 41 |
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| 67 | | - | (e) The House and Senate chairpersons of the joint standing 42 |
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| 68 | | - | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 43 |
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| 69 | | - | relating to education shall jointly select the chairperson of the task force 44 |
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| 70 | | - | from among the members of the task force. The chairperson shall 45 |
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| 71 | | - | schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later 46 Substitute Bill No. 1035 |
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| 78 | | - | than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 47 |
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| 79 | | - | (f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 48 |
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| 80 | | - | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education 49 |
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| 81 | | - | shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 50 |
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| 82 | | - | (g) Not later than January 1, 2022, the task force shall submit a report 51 |
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| 83 | | - | on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 52 |
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| 84 | | - | the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 53 |
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| 85 | | - | education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 54 |
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| 86 | | - | general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 55 |
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| 87 | | - | submits such report or January 1, 2022, whichever is later. 56 |
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| 45 | + | preservice performance assessment will be implemented in teacher 15 |
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| 46 | + | preparation programs in the state, (3) the financial costs associated with 16 |
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| 47 | + | the implementation of such preservice performance assessment by 17 |
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| 48 | + | institutions of higher education, (4) reducing or eliminating any costs or 18 |
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| 49 | + | fees charged to students enrolled in teacher preparation programs as 19 |
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| 50 | + | part of the implementation of such preservice performance assessment, 20 |
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| 51 | + | and (5) designing such preservice performance assessment to be 21 |
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| 52 | + | evidence-based with incorporation of best practices. 22 |
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| 53 | + | (b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Education 23 |
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| 54 | + | shall submit a report on the preservice performance assessment 24 |
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| 55 | + | developed under this section to the joint standing committee of the 25 |
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| 56 | + | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, 26 |
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| 57 | + | in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 27 |
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| 58 | + | Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) On and after July 1, 2023, each 28 |
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| 59 | + | teacher preparation program, as defined in section 10-10a of the general 29 |
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| 60 | + | statutes, offered at an institution of higher education in the state, shall 30 |
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| 61 | + | administer the preservice performance assessment developed pursuant 31 |
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| 62 | + | to section 2 of this act. 32 |
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