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77 General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5321
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1414 AN ACT IMPLEMENTING CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
1515 SCHOOL PARAEDUCATOR ADVISORY COUNCIL.
1616 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
1717 Assembly convened:
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19-Section 1. Subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10-76d of the 1
20-2022 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is 2
21-substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 3
22-(10) (A) Each local and regional board of education responsible for 4
23-providing special education and related services to a child or pupil shall 5
24-notify the parent or guardian of a child who requires or who may 6
25-require special education, a pupil if such pupil is an emancipated minor 7
26-or eighteen years of age or older who requires or who may require 8
27-special education or a surrogate parent appointed pursuant to section 9
28-10-94g, in writing, at least five school days before such board proposes 10
29-to, or refuses to, initiate or change the child's or pupil's identification, 11
30-evaluation or educational placement or the provision of a free 12
31-appropriate public education to the child or pupil. 13
32-(B) Upon request by a parent, guardian, pupil or surrogate parent, 14
33-the responsible local or regional board of education shall provide such 15
34-parent, guardian, pupil or surrogate parent an opportunity to meet with 16
35-a member of the planning and placement team designated by such 17
36-board prior to the referral planning and placement team meeting at 18 Substitute Bill No. 5321
19+Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) For the school year 1
20+commencing July 1, 2023, and each school year thereafter, each 2
21+paraeducator employed by a local or regional board of education shall 3
22+participate in a program of professional development. Each local and 4
23+regional board of education shall make available, annually, at no cost to 5
24+its paraeducators, a program of professional development that is not 6
25+fewer than eighteen hours in length, of which a preponderance is in a 7
26+small group or individual instructional setting. Such program of 8
27+professional development shall (1) be a comprehensive, sustained and 9
28+intensive approach to improving paraeducators effectiveness in 10
29+increasing student knowledge achievement, (2) focus on refining and 11
30+improving various effective instruction methods that are shared 12
31+between and among paraeducators, (3) foster collective responsibility 13
32+for improved student performance, (4) be comprised of professional 14
33+learning that (A) is aligned with rigorous state student academic 15
34+achievement standards, (B) is conducted among paraeducators at the 16
35+school and facilitated by principals, coaches, mentors, distinguished 17
36+educators, as described in section 10-145s of the general statutes, or 18
37+other appropriate teachers, (C) occurs frequently on an individual basis 19 Substitute Bill No. 5321
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43-which the assessments and evaluations of the child or pupil who 19
44-requires or may require special education is presented to such parent, 20
45-guardian, pupil or surrogate parent for the first time. Such meeting shall 21
46-be for the sole purpose of discussing the planning and placement team 22
47-process and any concerns such parent, guardian, pupil or surrogate 23
48-parent has regarding the child or pupil who requires or may require 24
49-special education. 25
50-(C) Such parent, guardian, pupil or surrogate parent shall (i) be given 26
51-at least five school days' prior notice of any planning and placement 27
52-team meeting conducted for such child or pupil, (ii) have the right to be 28
53-present at and participate in all portions of such meeting at which an 29
54-educational program for such child or pupil is developed, reviewed or 30
55-revised, (iii) have the right to have (I) advisors of such person's own 31
56-choosing and at such person's own expense, (II) the school 32
57-paraprofessional assigned to such child or pupil, if any, and (III) such 33
58-child or pupil's birth-to-three service coordinator, if any, attend and 34
59-participate in all portions of such meeting at which an educational 35
60-program for such child or pupil is developed, reviewed or revised, and 36
61-(iv) have the right to have each recommendation made in such child or 37
62-pupil's birth-to-three individualized transition plan, as required by 38
63-section 17a-248e, if any, addressed by the planning and placement team 39
64-during such meeting at which an educational program for such child or 40
65-pupil is developed. 41
66-(D) Immediately upon the formal identification of any child as a child 42
67-requiring special education and at each planning and placement team 43
68-meeting for such child, the responsible local or regional board of 44
69-education shall inform the parent or guardian of such child or surrogate 45
70-parent or, in the case of a pupil who is an emancipated minor or eighteen 46
71-years of age or older, the pupil of (i) the laws relating to special 47
72-education, (ii) the rights of such parent, guardian, surrogate parent or 48
73-pupil under such laws and the regulations adopted by the State Board 49
74-of Education relating to special education, including the right of a 50
75-parent, guardian or surrogate parent to (I) withhold from enrolling such 51 Substitute Bill No. 5321
44+or among groups of paraeducators in a job-embedded process of 20
45+continuous improvement, and (D) includes a repository of best practices 21
46+for instruction methods developed by paraeducators within each school 22
47+that is continuously available to such paraeducators for comment and 23
48+updating, and (5) include training in culturally responsive pedagogy 24
49+and practice. Each program of professional development shall include 25
50+professional development activities in accordance with the provisions 26
51+of subsection (b) of this section. The principles and practices of social-27
52+emotional learning and restorative practices shall be integrated 28
53+throughout the components of such program of professional 29
54+development described in subdivisions (1) to (5), inclusive, of this 30
55+subsection. 31
56+(b) Local and regional boards of education shall offer professional 32
57+development activities to paraeducators as part of the plan developed 33
58+pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-220a of the general statutes, as 34
59+amended by this act, or for any individual paraeducator. Such 35
60+professional development activities may be made available by a board 36
61+of education directly, through a regional educational service center or 37
62+cooperative arrangement with another board of education or through 38
63+arrangements with any professional development provider approved 39
64+by the Commissioner of Education and shall be consistent with any 40
65+goals identified by the paraeducators and the local or regional board of 41
66+education. 42
67+Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 10-220a of the 2022 supplement to the 43
68+general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 44
69+thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 45
70+(b) Not later than a date prescribed by the commissioner, each local 46
71+and regional board of education shall establish a professional 47
72+development and evaluation committee. Such professional 48
73+development and evaluation committee shall consist of (1) at least one 49
74+teacher, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10-144d, selected by the 50
75+exclusive bargaining representative for certified employees chosen 51
76+pursuant to section 10-153b, (2) at least one administrator, as defined in 52 Substitute Bill No. 5321
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82-child in kindergarten, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-52
83-184, and (II) have advisors and the school paraprofessional assigned to 53
84-such child or pupil attend and participate in all portions of such meeting 54
85-at which an educational program for such child or pupil is developed, 55
86-reviewed or revised, in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph 56
87-(C) of this subdivision, and (iii) any relevant information and resources 57
88-relating to individualized education programs created by the 58
89-Department of Education, including, but not limited to, information 59
90-relating to transition resources and services for high school students. If 60
91-such parent, guardian, surrogate parent or pupil does not attend a 61
92-planning and placement team meeting, the responsible local or regional 62
93-board of education shall mail such information to such person. 63
94-(E) Each local and regional board of education shall have in effect at 64
95-the beginning of each school year an educational program for each child 65
96-or pupil who has been identified as eligible for special education. 66
97-(F) At each initial planning and placement team meeting for a child 67
98-or pupil, the responsible local or regional board of education shall 68
99-inform the parent, guardian, surrogate parent or pupil of (i) the laws 69
100-relating to physical restraint and seclusion pursuant to section 10-236b 70
101-and the rights of such parent, guardian, surrogate parent or pupil under 71
102-such laws and the regulations adopted by the State Board of Education 72
103-relating to physical restraint and seclusion, and (ii) the right of such 73
104-parent, guardian, surrogate parent or pupil, during such meeting at 74
105-which an educational program for such child or pupil is developed, to 75
106-have (I) such child or pupil's birth-to-three service coordinator attend 76
107-and participate in all portions of such meeting, and (II) each 77
108-recommendation made in the transition plan, as required by section 17a-78
109-248e, by such child or pupil's birth-to-three service coordinator 79
110-addressed by the planning and placement team. 80
111-(G) Upon request by a parent, guardian, pupil or surrogate parent, 81
112-the responsible local or regional board of education shall provide the 82
113-results of the assessments and evaluations used in the determination of 83
114-eligibility for special education for a child or pupil to such parent, 84 Substitute Bill No. 5321
83+subsection (a) of section 10-144e, selected by the exclusive bargaining 53
84+representative for certified employees chosen pursuant to section 10-54
85+153b, and (3) such other school personnel as the board deems 55
86+appropriate. The duties of such committees shall include, but not be 56
87+limited to, participation in the development or adoption of a teacher 57
88+evaluation and support program for the district, pursuant to section 10-58
89+151b, and the development, evaluation and annual updating of a 59
90+comprehensive local professional development plan for certified 60
91+employees of the district. Such plan shall: (A) Be directly related to the 61
92+educational goals prepared by the local or regional board of education 62
93+pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-220, (B) on and after July 1, 2021, 63
94+be developed with full consideration of the priorities and needs related 64
95+to student social-emotional learning and restorative practices, in 65
96+accordance with the provisions of section 10-148a, and student academic 66
97+outcomes as determined by the State Board of Education, (C) provide 67
98+for the ongoing and systematic assessment and improvement of both 68
99+teacher evaluation and professional development of the professional 69
100+staff members of each such board, including personnel management 70
101+and evaluation training or experience for administrators, and (D) be 71
102+related to regular and special student needs and may include provisions 72
103+concerning career incentives and parent involvement. The State Board 73
104+of Education shall develop guidelines to assist local and regional boards 74
105+of education in determining the objectives of the plans and in 75
106+coordinating staff development activities with student needs and school 76
107+programs. For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each school 77
108+year thereafter, such committees shall develop, evaluate and annually 78
109+update a comprehensive local professional development plan for 79
110+paraeducators of the district in accordance with the provisions of this 80
111+subsection. 81
112+Sec. 3. Section 10-148b of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 82
113+is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 83
114+1, 2022): 84
115+On or before July 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Education shall create 85 Substitute Bill No. 5321
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121-guardian, surrogate parent or pupil at least three school days before the 85
122-referral planning and placement team meeting at which such results of 86
123-the assessments and evaluations will be discussed for the first time. 87
124-(H) Each local or regional board of education shall monitor the 88
125-development of each child who, pursuant to subsection (a) of section 89
126-17a-248e, has been (i) referred for a registration on a mobile application 90
127-designated by the Commissioner of Early Childhood, in partnership 91
128-with such child's parent, guardian or surrogate parent, or (ii) provided 92
129-a form for such child's parent, guardian or surrogate parent to complete 93
130-and submit to such local or regional board of education that screens for 94
131-developmental and social-emotional delays using a validated screening 95
132-tool, such as the Ages and Stages Questionnaire and the Ages and Stages 96
133-Social-Emotional Questionnaire, or its equivalent. If such monitoring 97
134-results in suspecting a child of having a developmental delay, the board 98
135-shall schedule a planning and placement team meeting with such child's 99
136-parent, guardian or surrogate parent for the purposes of identifying 100
137-services for which such child may be eligible, including, but not limited 101
138-to, a preschool program under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities 102
139-Act, 20 USC 1471 et seq. If a parent, guardian or surrogate parent of any 103
140-child referred for a registration on the mobile application or provided a 104
141-form to complete and submit, pursuant to subsection (a) of section 17a-105
142-248e, fails to complete such registration or complete and submit such 106
143-form after a period of six months from the date of such referral or 107
144-provision of such form, the board shall send a reminder, in the form and 108
145-manner determined by the board, to such parent, guardian or surrogate 109
146-parent to complete such registration or complete and submit such form. 110
147-The board shall send another reminder after a period of one year from 111
148-such referral or provision of such form if such registration remains 112
149-incomplete or such form is not submitted. 113
150-(I) Prior to any planning and placement team meeting for a child or 114
151-pupil in which an educational program for such child or pupil is 115
152-developed, reviewed or revised, if the parent, guardian, pupil or 116
153-surrogate parent has requested that the school paraprofessional 117 Substitute Bill No. 5321
122+a program of professional development for teachers, as defined in 86
123+section 10-144d, paraeducators and principals in scientifically-based 87
124+reading research and instruction, as defined in section 10-14u. Such 88
125+program of professional development shall (1) count towards the 89
126+professional development requirements pursuant to section 10-148a and 90
127+section 1 of this act, (2) be based on data collected from student reading 91
128+assessments, (3) provide differentiated and intensified training in 92
129+reading instruction for teachers and paraeducators, (4) outline how 93
130+mentor teachers will train teachers in reading instruction, (5) outline 94
131+how model classrooms will be established in schools for reading 95
132+instruction, (6) inform principals on how to evaluate classrooms and 96
133+teacher and paraeducator performance in scientifically-based reading 97
134+research and instruction, and (7) be job-embedded and local whenever 98
135+possible. In the case of any certified individual or paraeducator who is 99
136+required to complete the reading instruction survey, pursuant to section 100
137+10-145r, the program of professional development for such individual 101
138+or paraeducator shall be designed using the results of such survey, in 102
139+accordance with said section 10-145r. Not later than July 1, 2023, the 103
140+commissioner shall update such program of professional development 104
141+to include paraeducators. 105
142+Sec. 4. (Effective July 1, 2022) The Commissioner of Education shall 106
143+convene a working group to develop recommendations for the creation 107
144+of a system of professional certification for paraeducators. Such working 108
145+group shall include, but need not be limited to, the School Paraeducator 109
146+Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 10-155k of the general 110
147+statutes, representatives from each state-wide bargaining representative 111
148+organization that represents school paraprofessionals with instructional 112
149+responsibilities, and representatives designated by organizations or 113
150+associations representing local and regional boards of education, 114
151+regional educational service centers, superintendents and the interests 115
152+of students and paraeducators in the provision of special education 116
153+services. Not later than January 1, 2024, the commissioner shall submit 117
154+a report of its recommendations to the joint standing committee of the 118
155+General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, 119 Substitute Bill No. 5321
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160-assigned to such child or pupil attend such meeting, then the 118
161-responsible local or regional board of education shall provide (i) 119
162-adequate notice of such meeting to such school paraprofessional so that 120
163-such school paraprofessional may adequately prepare for such meeting, 121
164-and (ii) training, upon request of such school paraprofessional, on the 122
165-role of such school paraprofessional at such meeting. Following such 123
166-meeting, such school paraprofessional shall be permitted to view such 124
167-educational program in order to be able to provide special education or 125
168-related services to such child or pupil in accordance with such 126
169-educational program. 127
170-Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 10-220 of the 2022 supplement to the 128
171-general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 129
172-thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 130
173-(c) Annually, within available resources, each local and regional 131
174-board of education shall submit to the Commissioner of Education a 132
175-strategic school profile report for each school and school or program of 133
176-alternative education, as defined in section 10-74j, under its jurisdiction 134
177-and for the school district as a whole. The superintendent of each local 135
178-and regional school district shall present the profile report at the next 136
179-regularly scheduled public meeting of the board of education after each 137
180-November first. The profile report shall provide information on 138
181-measures of (1) student needs, (2) school resources, including 139
182-technological resources and utilization of such resources and 140
183-infrastructure, (3) student and school performance, including in-school 141
184-suspensions, out-of-school suspensions and expulsions, the number of 142
185-truants, as defined in section 10-198a, and chronically absent children, 143
186-as defined in section 10-198c, (4) the number of students enrolled in an 144
187-adult high school credit diploma program, pursuant to section 10-69, 145
188-operated by a local or regional board of education or a regional 146
189-educational service center, (5) equitable allocation of resources among 147
190-its schools, (6) reduction of racial, ethnic and economic isolation, (7) 148
191-special education, [and] (8) school-based arrests, as defined in section 149
192-10-233n, and (9) paraeducators, including the number of paraeducators 150 Substitute Bill No. 5321
162+in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 120
163+Sec. 5. Subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10-76d of the 2022 121
164+supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is 122
165+substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 123
166+(10) (A) Each local and regional board of education responsible for 124
167+providing special education and related services to a child or pupil shall 125
168+notify the parent or guardian of a child who requires or who may 126
169+require special education, a pupil if such pupil is an emancipated minor 127
170+or eighteen years of age or older who requires or who may require 128
171+special education or a surrogate parent appointed pursuant to section 129
172+10-94g, in writing, at least five school days before such board proposes 130
173+to, or refuses to, initiate or change the child's or pupil's identification, 131
174+evaluation or educational placement or the provision of a free 132
175+appropriate public education to the child or pupil. 133
176+(B) Upon request by a parent, guardian, pupil or surrogate parent, 134
177+the responsible local or regional board of education shall provide such 135
178+parent, guardian, pupil or surrogate parent an opportunity to meet with 136
179+a member of the planning and placement team designated by such 137
180+board prior to the referral planning and placement team meeting at 138
181+which the assessments and evaluations of the child or pupil who 139
182+requires or may require special education is presented to such parent, 140
183+guardian, pupil or surrogate parent for the first time. Such meeting shall 141
184+be for the sole purpose of discussing the planning and placement team 142
185+process and any concerns such parent, guardian, pupil or surrogate 143
186+parent has regarding the child or pupil who requires or may require 144
187+special education. 145
188+(C) Such parent, guardian, pupil or surrogate parent shall (i) be given 146
189+at least five school days' prior notice of any planning and placement 147
190+team meeting conducted for such child or pupil, (ii) have the right to be 148
191+present at and participate in all portions of such meeting at which an 149
192+educational program for such child or pupil is developed, reviewed or 150
193+revised, (iii) have the right to have (I) advisors of such person's own 151 Substitute Bill No. 5321
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199-employed within each school and for the school district as a whole, the 151
200-job titles held by paraeducators, the hourly rate of pay for each 152
201-paraeducator, the total number of hours and days worked for each 153
202-paraeducator, the health care contributions as a percentage of salary for 154
203-each paraeducator, and the annual salary for each paraeducator 155
204-calculated by multiplying the number of hours worked by such 156
205-paraeducator's hourly rate of pay. For purposes of this subsection, 157
206-measures of special education include (A) special education 158
207-identification rates by disability, (B) rates at which special education 159
208-students are exempted from mastery testing pursuant to section 10-14q, 160
209-(C) expenditures for special education, including such expenditures as 161
210-a percentage of total expenditures, (D) achievement data for special 162
211-education students, (E) rates at which students identified as requiring 163
212-special education are no longer identified as requiring special education, 164
213-(F) the availability of supplemental educational services for students 165
214-lacking basic educational skills, (G) the amount of special education 166
215-student instructional time with nondisabled peers, (H) the number of 167
216-students placed out-of-district, and (I) the actions taken by the school 168
217-district to improve special education programs, as indicated by analyses 169
218-of the local data provided in subparagraphs (A) to (H), inclusive, of this 170
219-subdivision. The superintendent shall include in the narrative portion 171
220-of the report information about parental involvement and any measures 172
221-the district has taken to improve parental involvement, including, but 173
222-not limited to, employment of methods to engage parents in the 174
223-planning and improvement of school programs and methods to increase 175
224-support to parents working at home with their children on learning 176
225-activities. For purposes of this subsection, measures of truancy include 177
226-the type of data that is required to be collected by the Department of 178
227-Education regarding attendance and unexcused absences in order for 179
228-the department to comply with federal reporting requirements and the 180
229-actions taken by the local or regional board of education to reduce 181
230-truancy in the school district. Such truancy data shall be considered a 182
231-public record, as defined in section 1-200. 183 Substitute Bill No. 5321
200+choosing and at such person's own expense, (II) the school 152
201+paraprofessional assigned to such child or pupil, if any, and (III) such 153
202+child or pupil's birth-to-three service coordinator, if any, attend and 154
203+participate in all portions of such meeting at which an educational 155
204+program for such child or pupil is developed, reviewed or revised, and 156
205+(iv) have the right to have each recommendation made in such child or 157
206+pupil's birth-to-three individualized transition plan, as required by 158
207+section 17a-248e, if any, addressed by the planning and placement team 159
208+during such meeting at which an educational program for such child or 160
209+pupil is developed. 161
210+(D) Immediately upon the formal identification of any child as a child 162
211+requiring special education and at each planning and placement team 163
212+meeting for such child, the responsible local or regional board of 164
213+education shall inform the parent or guardian of such child or surrogate 165
214+parent or, in the case of a pupil who is an emancipated minor or eighteen 166
215+years of age or older, the pupil of (i) the laws relating to special 167
216+education, (ii) the rights of such parent, guardian, surrogate parent or 168
217+pupil under such laws and the regulations adopted by the State Board 169
218+of Education relating to special education, including the right of a 170
219+parent, guardian or surrogate parent to (I) withhold from enrolling such 171
220+child in kindergarten, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-172
221+184, and (II) have advisors and the school paraprofessional assigned to 173
222+such child or pupil attend and participate in all portions of such meeting 174
223+at which an educational program for such child or pupil is developed, 175
224+reviewed or revised, in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph 176
225+(C) of this subdivision, and (iii) any relevant information and resources 177
226+relating to individualized education programs created by the 178
227+Department of Education, including, but not limited to, information 179
228+relating to transition resources and services for high school students. If 180
229+such parent, guardian, surrogate parent or pupil does not attend a 181
230+planning and placement team meeting, the responsible local or regional 182
231+board of education shall mail such information to such person. 183
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239+the beginning of each school year an educational program for each child 185
240+or pupil who has been identified as eligible for special education. 186
241+(F) At each initial planning and placement team meeting for a child 187
242+or pupil, the responsible local or regional board of education shall 188
243+inform the parent, guardian, surrogate parent or pupil of (i) the laws 189
244+relating to physical restraint and seclusion pursuant to section 10-236b 190
245+and the rights of such parent, guardian, surrogate parent or pupil under 191
246+such laws and the regulations adopted by the State Board of Education 192
247+relating to physical restraint and seclusion, and (ii) the right of such 193
248+parent, guardian, surrogate parent or pupil, during such meeting at 194
249+which an educational program for such child or pupil is developed, to 195
250+have (I) such child or pupil's birth-to-three service coordinator attend 196
251+and participate in all portions of such meeting, and (II) each 197
252+recommendation made in the transition plan, as required by section 17a-198
253+248e, by such child or pupil's birth-to-three service coordinator 199
254+addressed by the planning and placement team. 200
255+(G) Upon request by a parent, guardian, pupil or surrogate parent, 201
256+the responsible local or regional board of education shall provide the 202
257+results of the assessments and evaluations used in the determination of 203
258+eligibility for special education for a child or pupil to such parent, 204
259+guardian, surrogate parent or pupil at least three school days before the 205
260+referral planning and placement team meeting at which such results of 206
261+the assessments and evaluations will be discussed for the first time. 207
262+(H) Each local or regional board of education shall monitor the 208
263+development of each child who, pursuant to subsection (a) of section 209
264+17a-248e, has been (i) referred for a registration on a mobile application 210
265+designated by the Commissioner of Early Childhood, in partnership 211
266+with such child's parent, guardian or surrogate parent, or (ii) provided 212
267+a form for such child's parent, guardian or surrogate parent to complete 213
268+and submit to such local or regional board of education that screens for 214
269+developmental and social-emotional delays using a validated screening 215
270+tool, such as the Ages and Stages Questionnaire and the Ages and Stages 216
271+Social-Emotional Questionnaire, or its equivalent. If such monitoring 217 Substitute Bill No. 5321
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279+shall schedule a planning and placement team meeting with such child's 219
280+parent, guardian or surrogate parent for the purposes of identifying 220
281+services for which such child may be eligible, including, but not limited 221
282+to, a preschool program under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities 222
283+Act, 20 USC 1471 et seq. If a parent, guardian or surrogate parent of any 223
284+child referred for a registration on the mobile application or provided a 224
285+form to complete and submit, pursuant to subsection (a) of section 17a-225
286+248e, fails to complete such registration or complete and submit such 226
287+form after a period of six months from the date of such referral or 227
288+provision of such form, the board shall send a reminder, in the form and 228
289+manner determined by the board, to such parent, guardian or surrogate 229
290+parent to complete such registration or complete and submit such form. 230
291+The board shall send another reminder after a period of one year from 231
292+such referral or provision of such form if such registration remains 232
293+incomplete or such form is not submitted. 233
294+(I) Prior to any planning and placement team meeting for a child or 234
295+pupil in which an educational program for such child or pupil is 235
296+developed, reviewed or revised and the parent, guardian, pupil or 236
297+surrogate parent has requested that the school paraprofessional 237
298+assigned to such child or pupil attend such meeting, the responsible 238
299+local or regional board of education shall provide (i) adequate notice of 239
300+such meeting to such school paraprofessional so that such school 240
301+paraprofessional may adequately prepare for such meeting, and (ii) 241
302+training, upon request of such school paraprofessional, on the role of 242
303+such school paraprofessional at such meeting. Following such meeting, 243
304+such school paraprofessional shall be permitted to view such 244
305+educational program in order to be able to provide special education or 245
306+related services to such child or pupil in accordance with such 246
307+educational program. 247
308+Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) The Department of Education 248
309+shall conduct an annual review of the health care plan options offered 249
310+by local and regional boards of education to paraeducators employed 250 Substitute Bill No. 5321
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318+premiums and out-of-pocket expenses charged to paraeducators in each 252
319+such health care plan, and (1) calculate whether the total cost of such 253
320+premiums and out-of-pocket expenses are greater than five per cent of 254
321+such paraeducator's annual salary, and (2) compare such coverage 255
322+levels, premiums and out-of-pocket expenses to the partnership plan, as 256
323+defined in section 3-123aaa of the general statutes. 257
324+(b) The department shall use the results of the review conducted 258
325+pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to develop an annual report on 259
326+paraeducator health care plans. Not later than January 1, 2023, and 260
327+annually thereafter, the department shall submit such report to the joint 261
328+standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 262
329+matters relating to appropriations, insurance and education, in 263
330+accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 264
331+Sec. 7. Subsection (c) of section 10-220 of the 2022 supplement to the 265
332+general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 266
333+thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 267
334+(c) Annually, each local and regional board of education shall submit 268
335+to the Commissioner of Education a strategic school profile report for 269
336+each school and school or program of alternative education, as defined 270
337+in section 10-74j, under its jurisdiction and for the school district as a 271
338+whole. The superintendent of each local and regional school district 272
339+shall present the profile report at the next regularly scheduled public 273
340+meeting of the board of education after each November first. The profile 274
341+report shall provide information on measures of (1) student needs, (2) 275
342+school resources, including technological resources and utilization of 276
343+such resources and infrastructure, (3) student and school performance, 277
344+including in-school suspensions, out-of-school suspensions and 278
345+expulsions, the number of truants, as defined in section 10-198a, and 279
346+chronically absent children, as defined in section 10-198c, (4) the number 280
347+of students enrolled in an adult high school credit diploma program, 281
348+pursuant to section 10-69, operated by a local or regional board of 282
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357+and economic isolation, (7) special education, [and] (8) school-based 285
358+arrests, as defined in section 10-233n, and (9) paraeducators, including 286
359+the number of paraeducators employed within each school and for the 287
360+school district as a whole, the job titles held by paraeducators, the hourly 288
361+rate of pay for each paraeducator, the total number of hours and days 289
362+worked for each paraeducator, the health care contributions as a 290
363+percentage of salary for each paraeducator, and the annual salary for 291
364+each paraeducator calculated by multiplying the number of hours 292
365+worked by such paraeducator's hourly rate of pay. For purposes of this 293
366+subsection, measures of special education include (A) special education 294
367+identification rates by disability, (B) rates at which special education 295
368+students are exempted from mastery testing pursuant to section 10-14q, 296
369+(C) expenditures for special education, including such expenditures as 297
370+a percentage of total expenditures, (D) achievement data for special 298
371+education students, (E) rates at which students identified as requiring 299
372+special education are no longer identified as requiring special education, 300
373+(F) the availability of supplemental educational services for students 301
374+lacking basic educational skills, (G) the amount of special education 302
375+student instructional time with nondisabled peers, (H) the number of 303
376+students placed out-of-district, and (I) the actions taken by the school 304
377+district to improve special education programs, as indicated by analyses 305
378+of the local data provided in subparagraphs (A) to (H), inclusive, of this 306
379+subdivision. The superintendent shall include in the narrative portion 307
380+of the report information about parental involvement and any measures 308
381+the district has taken to improve parental involvement, including, but 309
382+not limited to, employment of methods to engage parents in the 310
383+planning and improvement of school programs and methods to increase 311
384+support to parents working at home with their children on learning 312
385+activities. For purposes of this subsection, measures of truancy include 313
386+the type of data that is required to be collected by the Department of 314
387+Education regarding attendance and unexcused absences in order for 315
388+the department to comply with federal reporting requirements and the 316
389+actions taken by the local or regional board of education to reduce 317
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238398 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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241-Section 1 July 1, 2022 10-76d(a)(10)
242-Sec. 2 July 1, 2022 10-220(c)
401+Section 1 July 1, 2022 New section
402+Sec. 2 July 1, 2022 10-220a(b)
403+Sec. 3 July 1, 2022 10-148b
404+Sec. 4 July 1, 2022 New section
405+Sec. 5 July 1, 2022 10-76d(a)(10)
406+Sec. 6 July 1, 2022 New section
407+Sec. 7 July 1, 2022 10-220(c)
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245-APP Joint Favorable Subst.
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