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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1035
January Session, 2021
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUD Y ISSUES
RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AND CO STS ASSOCIATED
WITH EDTPA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
to study issues relating to the implementation of the preservice 2
performance assessment, edTPA, as adopted by the State Board of 3
Education on December 7, 2016, as part of teacher preparation 4
programs, as defined in section 10-10a of the general statutes. The task 5
force shall examine (1) the positive and negative qualities of edTPA, (2) 6
how edTPA is being implemented in teacher preparation programs in 7
the state, (3) the financial costs associated with the implementation of 8
edTPA by institutions of higher education, including the short and long-9
term effects on students' student loan debt when such costs are included 10
in students' tuition or charged as a fee to students and such students use 11
student loans to pay for such tuition or fees, (4) the feasibility of 12
reducing or eliminating such costs and tuition or fees charged to 13
students enrolled in teacher preparation programs as part of the 14
implementation of edTPA, (5) whether other states are using edTPA as 15
part of teacher preparation programs or requiring completion of such 16
assessment for professional certification, and (6) the feasibility of 17
designing a new state-wide preservice performance assessment, that is 18 Substitute Bill No. 1035
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evidence-based and incorporates best practices, to replace edTPA. 19
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 20
(1) Two appointed by the House chairperson of the joint standing 21
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 22
relating to education, at least one of whom is a student who is currently 23
enrolled in a teacher preparation program in the state; 24
(2) Two appointed by the Senate chairperson of the joint standing 25
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 26
relating to education, at least one of whom is a student who is currently 27
enrolled in a teacher preparation program in the state; 28
(3) One appointed by the House ranking member of the joint standing 29
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 30
relating to education; 31
(4) One appointed by the Senate ranking member of the joint standing 32
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 33
relating to education; and 34
(5) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee. 35
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 36
(2), (3) or (4) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the 37
General Assembly. 38
(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 39
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 40
be filled by the appointing authority. 41
(e) The House and Senate chairpersons of the joint standing 42
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 43
relating to education shall jointly select the chairperson of the task force 44
from among the members of the task force. The chairperson shall 45
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later 46 Substitute Bill No. 1035
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than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 47
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 48
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education 49
shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 50
(g) Not later than January 1, 2022, the task force shall submit a report 51
on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 52
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 53
education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 54
general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 55
submits such report or January 1, 2022, whichever is later. 56
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
ED Joint Favorable Subst.