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| 4 | - | Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 6 | - | Public Act No. 22-80 | |
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| 9 | 14 | AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDHOOD MENTAL AND PHYSICAL | |
| 10 | 15 | HEALTH SERVICES IN SCHOOLS. | |
| 11 | 16 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 12 | 17 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 14 | - | Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) As used in this section: | |
| 15 | - | (1) "Early childhood education program operator" means a school | |
| 16 | - | readiness program, private preschool program or program pursuant to | |
| 17 | - | section 8-210 of the general statutes, as amended by this act; and | |
| 18 | - | (2) "Child care services provider" means a child care center, group | |
| 19 | - | child care home or family child care home, as those terms are described | |
| 20 | - | in section 19a-77 of the general statutes. | |
| 21 | - | (b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the Office of Early | |
| 22 | - | Childhood shall establish and administer a wage supplement and child | |
| 23 | - | care program enhancement grant program for early childhood | |
| 24 | - | education program operators and child care services providers. On and | |
| 25 | - | after August 1, 2022, the office shall provide grants to those early | |
| 26 | - | childhood education program operators and child care services | |
| 27 | - | providers that meet the eligibility requirements developed by the office | |
| 28 | - | pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, and submit an application for | |
| 29 | - | a grant, on a form and in such manner as prescribed by the office. A | |
| 30 | - | grant awarded under this section may be used by such early childhood Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 19 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than January 1, 1 | |
| 20 | + | 2023, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Education shall, 2 | |
| 21 | + | within available appropriations, develop and distribute a survey to each 3 | |
| 22 | + | local and regional board of education concerning the employment of 4 | |
| 23 | + | school social workers, school psychologists, school counselors and 5 | |
| 24 | + | school nurses by such local or regional board of education. Such survey 6 | |
| 25 | + | shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) the total number of (A) 7 | |
| 26 | + | school social workers employed by each local or regional board of 8 | |
| 27 | + | education, (B) school psychologists employed by each local or regional 9 | |
| 28 | + | board of education, (C) school counselors employed by each local and 10 | |
| 29 | + | regional board of education, and (D) school nurses employed by each 11 | |
| 30 | + | local and regional board of education; (2) the number of (A) school social 12 | |
| 31 | + | workers assigned to each school under the jurisdiction of the local or 13 | |
| 32 | + | regional board of education, including whether any such school social 14 | |
| 33 | + | worker is assigned solely to that school or whether such school social 15 | |
| 34 | + | worker is assigned to multiple schools, (B) school psychologists 16 | |
| 35 | + | assigned to each school under the jurisdiction of the local or regional 17 | |
| 36 | + | board of education, including whether any such school psychologist is 18 | |
| 37 | + | assigned solely to that school or whether such school psychologist is 19 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 34 | - | education program operator or child care services provider to | |
| 35 | - | supplement the annual salaries of the employees of such operator or | |
| 36 | - | provider or to address any other programmatic or administrative needs, | |
| 37 | - | in accordance with the guidelines developed by the office pursuant to | |
| 38 | - | subsection (d) of this section. | |
| 39 | - | (c) In determining whether to award a grant under this section, the | |
| 40 | - | commissioner shall give priority to those early childhood education | |
| 41 | - | program operators and child care services providers that will use such | |
| 42 | - | grant exclusively to supplement the annual salaries of the employees of | |
| 43 | - | such operator or provider. | |
| 44 | - | (d) The office shall develop (1) eligibility criteria for which early | |
| 45 | - | childhood education program operators and child care services | |
| 46 | - | providers are eligible to receive a grant under this section, and (2) | |
| 47 | - | guidelines for the administration of the program and the expenditure of | |
| 48 | - | a grant awarded under this section by a childhood education program | |
| 49 | - | operator or child care services provider. | |
| 50 | - | (e) The office shall distribute the funds appropriated for this section | |
| 51 | - | as follows: (1) Seventy per cent of the appropriation shall be used to | |
| 52 | - | award grants to eligible early childhood education program operators | |
| 53 | - | and child care services providers that do not receive state funding or | |
| 54 | - | state financial assistance, and (2) thirty per cent of the appropriation | |
| 55 | - | shall be used to award grants to eligible early childhood education | |
| 56 | - | program operators and child care services providers that receive state | |
| 57 | - | funding or state financial assistance. | |
| 58 | - | Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 8-210 of the 2022 supplement to the | |
| 59 | - | general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu | |
| 60 | - | thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): | |
| 61 | - | (b) The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of | |
| 62 | - | Early Childhood, may enter into a contract with a municipality, a group Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 44 | + | assigned to multiple schools, (C) school counselors assigned to each 20 | |
| 45 | + | school under the jurisdiction of the local or regional board of education, 21 | |
| 46 | + | including whether any such school counselor is assigned solely to that 22 | |
| 47 | + | school or whether such school counselor is assigned to multiple schools, 23 | |
| 48 | + | and (D) school nurses assigned to each school under the jurisdiction of 24 | |
| 49 | + | the local or regional board of education, including whether any such 25 | |
| 50 | + | school nurse is assigned solely to that school or whether such school 26 | |
| 51 | + | nurse is assigned to multiple schools; (3) the geographic area covered by 27 | |
| 52 | + | (A) any such school social worker who provides services to more than 28 | |
| 53 | + | one local or regional board of education, (B) any such school 29 | |
| 54 | + | psychologist who provides services to more than one local or regional 30 | |
| 55 | + | board of education, (C) any such school counselor who provides 31 | |
| 56 | + | services to more than one local or regional board of education, and (D) 32 | |
| 57 | + | any such school nurse who provides services to more than one local or 33 | |
| 58 | + | regional board of education; and (4) an estimate of the annual number 34 | |
| 59 | + | of students who have received direct services from each individual (A) 35 | |
| 60 | + | school social worker employed by a local or regional board of education 36 | |
| 61 | + | during the five-year period preceding completion of the survey, (B) 37 | |
| 62 | + | school psychologist employed by a local or regional board of education 38 | |
| 63 | + | during the five-year period preceding completion of the survey, (C) 39 | |
| 64 | + | school counselor employed by a local or regional board of education 40 | |
| 65 | + | during the five-year period preceding completion of the survey, and (D) 41 | |
| 66 | + | school nurse employed by a local or regional board of education during 42 | |
| 67 | + | the five-year period preceding completion of the survey. 43 | |
| 68 | + | (b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year 44 | |
| 69 | + | thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall annually 45 | |
| 70 | + | complete the survey developed and distributed pursuant to subsection 46 | |
| 71 | + | (a) of this section to the commissioner, and submit such completed 47 | |
| 72 | + | survey to the commissioner, at such time and in such manner as the 48 | |
| 73 | + | commissioner prescribes. 49 | |
| 74 | + | (c) Following the receipt of a completed survey from a local or 50 | |
| 75 | + | regional board of education, the commissioner shall annually calculate 51 | |
| 76 | + | (1) a student-to-school social worker ratio for (A) such board of 52 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 66 | - | child care home or family child care home, as described in section 19a- | |
| 67 | - | 77, a human resource development agency or a nonprofit corporation | |
| 68 | - | for state financial assistance in developing and operating child care | |
| 69 | - | centers, group child care homes and family child care homes for | |
| 70 | - | children disadvantaged by reasons of economic, social or environmental | |
| 71 | - | conditions, provided no such financial assistance shall be available for | |
| 72 | - | the operating costs of any such child care center, group child care home | |
| 73 | - | or family child care home unless it has been licensed by the | |
| 74 | - | Commissioner of Early Childhood pursuant to section 19a-80. Such | |
| 75 | - | financial assistance shall be available for a program of a municipality, of | |
| 76 | - | a group child care home or family child care home, of a human resource | |
| 77 | - | development agency or of a nonprofit corporation which may provide | |
| 78 | - | for personnel, equipment, supplies, activities, program materials and | |
| 79 | - | renovation and remodeling of the physical facilities of such child care | |
| 80 | - | centers, group child care homes or family child care homes. Such | |
| 81 | - | contract shall provide for state financial assistance, within available | |
| 82 | - | appropriations, in the form of a state grant-in-aid (1) for a portion of the | |
| 83 | - | cost of such program, as determined by the Commissioner of Early | |
| 84 | - | Childhood, if not federally assisted, (2) equal to one-half of the amount | |
| 85 | - | by which the net cost of such program, as approved by the | |
| 86 | - | Commissioner of Early Childhood, exceeds the federal grant-in-aid | |
| 87 | - | thereof, or (3) in an amount not less than (A) the per child cost as | |
| 88 | - | described in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 10-16q, for each | |
| 89 | - | child in such program that is three or four years of age and each child | |
| 90 | - | that is five years of age who is not eligible to enroll in school, pursuant | |
| 91 | - | to section 10-15c, while maintaining services to children under three | |
| 92 | - | years of age under this section, and (B) thirteen thousand five hundred | |
| 93 | - | dollars for each child three years of age or under who is in infant or | |
| 94 | - | toddler care and not in a preschool program. For the fiscal year ending | |
| 95 | - | June 30, [2020] 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount per child | |
| 96 | - | pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection that is over the amount of | |
| 97 | - | the per child cost that was prescribed pursuant to the contract under | |
| 98 | - | said subdivision (3) for the fiscal year ending June 30, [2019] 2023, shall Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 102 | - | be used exclusively to increase the salaries of early childhood educators | |
| 103 | - | employed at the child care center. The Commissioner of Early | |
| 104 | - | Childhood may authorize child care centers, group child care homes | |
| 105 | - | and family child care homes receiving financial assistance under this | |
| 106 | - | subsection to apply a program surplus to the next program year. The | |
| 107 | - | Commissioner of Early Childhood shall consult with directors of child | |
| 108 | - | care centers in establishing fees for the operation of such centers. For the | |
| 109 | - | fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the Commissioner of Early Childhood | |
| 110 | - | shall, within available appropriations, enter into contracts under this | |
| 111 | - | section for the purpose of expanding the number of spaces available to | |
| 112 | - | children three years of age or under who are in infant or toddler care | |
| 113 | - | and not in a preschool program. | |
| 114 | - | Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than July 1, 2023, | |
| 115 | - | and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Education shall, within | |
| 116 | - | available appropriations, develop and distribute a survey to each local | |
| 117 | - | and regional board of education concerning the employment of school | |
| 118 | - | social workers, school psychologists, school counselors and school | |
| 119 | - | nurses by such local or regional board of education. Such survey shall | |
| 120 | - | include, but need not be limited to, (1) the total number of (A) school | |
| 121 | - | social workers employed by each local or regional board of education, | |
| 122 | - | (B) school psychologists employed by each local or regional board of | |
| 123 | - | education, (C) school counselors employed by each local and regional | |
| 124 | - | board of education, and (D) school nurses employed by each local and | |
| 125 | - | regional board of education; (2) the number of (A) school social workers | |
| 126 | - | assigned to each school under the jurisdiction of the local or regional | |
| 127 | - | board of education, including whether any such school social worker is | |
| 128 | - | assigned solely to that school or whether such school social worker is | |
| 129 | - | assigned to multiple schools, (B) school psychologists assigned to each | |
| 130 | - | school under the jurisdiction of the local or regional board of education, | |
| 131 | - | including whether any such school psychologist is assigned solely to | |
| 132 | - | that school or whether such school psychologist is assigned to multiple | |
| 133 | - | schools, (C) school counselors assigned to each school under the Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 83 | + | education, and (B) each school under the jurisdiction of such board of 53 | |
| 84 | + | education, (2) a student-to-school psychologist ratio for (A) such board 54 | |
| 85 | + | of education, and (B) each school under the jurisdiction of such board of 55 | |
| 86 | + | education, (3) a student-to-school counselor ratio for (A) such board of 56 | |
| 87 | + | education, and (B) each school under the jurisdiction of such board of 57 | |
| 88 | + | education, and (4) a student-to-school nurse ratio for (A) such board of 58 | |
| 89 | + | education, and (B) each school under the jurisdiction of such board of 59 | |
| 90 | + | education. 60 | |
| 91 | + | (d) Not later than January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the 61 | |
| 92 | + | commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions 62 | |
| 93 | + | of section 11-4a of the general statutes, on the results of the survey 63 | |
| 94 | + | completed under this section and the student-to-school social worker 64 | |
| 95 | + | ratios, student-to-school psychologist ratios, student-to-school 65 | |
| 96 | + | counselor ratios and student-to-school nurse ratios calculated pursuant 66 | |
| 97 | + | to subsection (c) of this section, to the joint standing committees of the 67 | |
| 98 | + | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education 68 | |
| 99 | + | and children. 69 | |
| 100 | + | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) For the fiscal years ending 70 | |
| 101 | + | June 30, 2023, to June 30, 2025, inclusive, the Department of Education 71 | |
| 102 | + | shall administer a grant program to provide grants to local and regional 72 | |
| 103 | + | boards of education for the purpose of hiring and retaining additional 73 | |
| 104 | + | school social workers, school psychologists, school counselors and 74 | |
| 105 | + | school nurses. For purposes of this section, "school social worker" means 75 | |
| 106 | + | a person who holds a professional educator certificate issued by the 76 | |
| 107 | + | State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-145b of the general 77 | |
| 108 | + | statutes, with a school social worker endorsement. 78 | |
| 109 | + | (b) Applications for grants pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 79 | |
| 110 | + | shall be filed with the Commissioner of Education at such time and in 80 | |
| 111 | + | such manner as the commissioner prescribes. As part of the application, 81 | |
| 112 | + | an applicant shall submit a (1) plan for the expenditure of grant funds, 82 | |
| 113 | + | and (2) copy of the completed survey described in section 1 of this act. 83 | |
| 114 | + | Such plan shall include, but need not be limited to, the number of 84 | |
| 115 | + | additional school social workers, school psychologists, school 85 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 137 | - | jurisdiction of the local or regional board of education, including | |
| 138 | - | whether any such school counselor is assigned solely to that school or | |
| 139 | - | whether such school counselor is assigned to multiple schools, and (D) | |
| 140 | - | school nurses assigned to each school under the jurisdiction of the local | |
| 141 | - | or regional board of education, including whether any such school | |
| 142 | - | nurse is assigned solely to that school or whether such school nurse is | |
| 143 | - | assigned to multiple schools; (3) the geographic area covered by (A) any | |
| 144 | - | such school social worker who provides services to more than one local | |
| 145 | - | or regional board of education, (B) any such school psychologist who | |
| 146 | - | provides services to more than one local or regional board of education, | |
| 147 | - | (C) any such school counselor who provides services to more than one | |
| 148 | - | local or regional board of education, and (D) any such school nurse who | |
| 149 | - | provides services to more than one local or regional board of education; | |
| 150 | - | and (4) an estimate of the annual number of students who have received | |
| 151 | - | direct services from each individual (A) school social worker employed | |
| 152 | - | by a local or regional board of education during the five-year period | |
| 153 | - | preceding completion of the survey, (B) school psychologist employed | |
| 154 | - | by a local or regional board of education during the five-year period | |
| 155 | - | preceding completion of the survey, (C) school counselor employed by | |
| 156 | - | a local or regional board of education during the five-year period | |
| 157 | - | preceding completion of the survey, and (D) school nurse employed by | |
| 158 | - | a local or regional board of education during the five-year period | |
| 159 | - | preceding completion of the survey. | |
| 160 | - | (b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each school year | |
| 161 | - | thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall annually | |
| 162 | - | complete the survey developed and distributed pursuant to subsection | |
| 163 | - | (a) of this section to the commissioner, and submit such completed | |
| 164 | - | survey to the commissioner, at such time and in such manner as the | |
| 165 | - | commissioner prescribes. | |
| 166 | - | (c) Following the receipt of a completed survey from a local or | |
| 167 | - | regional board of education, the commissioner shall annually calculate Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 122 | + | counselors or school nurses to be hired, the number of school social 86 | |
| 123 | + | workers, school psychologists, school counselors or school nurses being 87 | |
| 124 | + | retained who were previously hired with the assistance of grant funds 88 | |
| 125 | + | awarded under this section, whether such school social workers, school 89 | |
| 126 | + | psychologists, school counselors or school nurses will be conducting 90 | |
| 127 | + | assessments of students or providing services to students based on the 91 | |
| 128 | + | results of assessments, and the type of services that will be provided by 92 | |
| 129 | + | such school social workers, school psychologists, school counselors and 93 | |
| 130 | + | school nurses. 94 | |
| 131 | + | (c) In determining whether to award an applicant a grant under this 95 | |
| 132 | + | section, the commissioner shall give priority to those school districts (1) 96 | |
| 133 | + | with large student-to-school social worker ratios, student-to-school 97 | |
| 134 | + | psychologist ratios, student-to-school counselor ratios, or student-to-98 | |
| 135 | + | school nurse ratios, or (2) that have a high volume of student utilization 99 | |
| 136 | + | of mental health services. 100 | |
| 137 | + | (d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the commissioner may 101 | |
| 138 | + | award a grant to an applicant and shall determine the amount of the 102 | |
| 139 | + | grant award based on the plan submitted by such applicant pursuant to 103 | |
| 140 | + | subsection (b) of this section. The commissioner shall pay a grant to each 104 | |
| 141 | + | grant recipient in each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, to June 105 | |
| 142 | + | 30, 2025, inclusive, as follows: (1) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, 106 | |
| 143 | + | the amount of the grant shall be as determined by the commissioner 107 | |
| 144 | + | under this subsection; (2) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the 108 | |
| 145 | + | amount of the grant shall be the same amount as the grant awarded for 109 | |
| 146 | + | the prior fiscal year; and (3) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the 110 | |
| 147 | + | amount of the grant shall be seventy per cent of the amount of the grant 111 | |
| 148 | + | awarded for the prior fiscal year. 112 | |
| 149 | + | (e) Grant recipients shall file annual expenditure reports with the 113 | |
| 150 | + | department at such time and in such manner as the commissioner 114 | |
| 151 | + | prescribes. Grant recipients shall refund to the department (1) any 115 | |
| 152 | + | unexpended amounts at the close of the fiscal year in which the grant 116 | |
| 153 | + | was awarded, and (2) any amounts not expended in accordance with 117 | |
| 154 | + | the plan for which such grant application was approved. 118 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 171 | - | (1) a student-to-school social worker ratio for (A) such board of | |
| 172 | - | education, and (B) each school under the jurisdiction of such board of | |
| 173 | - | education, (2) a student-to-school psychologist ratio for (A) such board | |
| 174 | - | of education, and (B) each school under the jurisdiction of such board of | |
| 175 | - | education, (3) a student-to-school counselor ratio for (A) such board of | |
| 176 | - | education, and (B) each school under the jurisdiction of such board of | |
| 177 | - | education, and (4) a student-to-school nurse ratio for (A) such board of | |
| 178 | - | education, and (B) each school under the jurisdiction of such board of | |
| 179 | - | education. | |
| 180 | - | (d) Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the | |
| 181 | - | commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions | |
| 182 | - | of section 11-4a of the general statutes, on the results of the survey | |
| 183 | - | completed under this section and the student-to-school social worker | |
| 184 | - | ratios, student-to-school psychologist ratios, student-to-school | |
| 185 | - | counselor ratios and student-to-school nurse ratios calculated pursuant | |
| 186 | - | to subsection (c) of this section, to the joint standing committees of the | |
| 187 | - | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education | |
| 188 | - | and children. | |
| 189 | - | Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) For the fiscal years ending | |
| 190 | - | June 30, 2023, to June 30, 2025, inclusive, the Department of Education | |
| 191 | - | shall administer a grant program to provide grants to local and regional | |
| 192 | - | boards of education for the purpose of hiring and retaining additional | |
| 193 | - | school social workers, school psychologists, school counselors and | |
| 194 | - | school nurses. | |
| 195 | - | (b) Applications for grants pursuant to subsection (a) of this section | |
| 196 | - | shall be filed with the Commissioner of Education at such time and in | |
| 197 | - | such manner as the commissioner prescribes. As part of the application, | |
| 198 | - | an applicant shall submit a (1) plan for the expenditure of grant funds, | |
| 199 | - | and (2) copy of the completed survey described in section 3 of this act. | |
| 200 | - | Such plan shall include, but need not be limited to, the number of | |
| 201 | - | additional school social workers, school psychologists, school Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 161 | + | (f) (1) The department shall annually track and calculate the 119 | |
| 162 | + | utilization rate of the grant program for each grant recipient. Such 120 | |
| 163 | + | utilization rate shall be calculated using metrics that include, but need 121 | |
| 164 | + | not be limited to, the number of students served and the hours of service 122 | |
| 165 | + | provided using grant funds awarded under the program. 123 | |
| 166 | + | (2) The department shall annually calculate the return on investment 124 | |
| 167 | + | for the grant program using the expenditure reports filed pursuant to 125 | |
| 168 | + | subsection (e) of this section and the utilization rates calculated 126 | |
| 169 | + | pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection. 127 | |
| 170 | + | (g) For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section, the 128 | |
| 171 | + | Department of Education may accept funds from private sources or any 129 | |
| 172 | + | state agency, gifts, grants and donations, including, but not limited to, 130 | |
| 173 | + | in-kind donations. 131 | |
| 174 | + | (h) (1) Not later than January 1, 2024, and each January first thereafter 132 | |
| 175 | + | until and including January 1, 2026, the commissioner shall submit a 133 | |
| 176 | + | report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 134 | |
| 177 | + | statutes, on the utilization rate for each grant recipient and the return on 135 | |
| 178 | + | investment for the grant program, calculated pursuant to subsection (f) 136 | |
| 179 | + | of this section, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly 137 | |
| 180 | + | having cognizance of matters relating to education and children. 138 | |
| 181 | + | (2) Not later than January 1, 2026, the Commissioner of Education 139 | |
| 182 | + | shall develop recommendations concerning (A) whether such grant 140 | |
| 183 | + | program should be extended and funded for the fiscal year ending June 141 | |
| 184 | + | 30, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, and (B) the amount of the grant 142 | |
| 185 | + | award under the program. The commissioner shall submit such 143 | |
| 186 | + | recommendations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of 144 | |
| 187 | + | the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General 145 | |
| 188 | + | Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and 146 | |
| 189 | + | children. 147 | |
| 190 | + | Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) The State Board of Education, 148 | |
| 191 | + | upon the request of a local or regional board of education or a regional 149 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 236 | 192 | ||
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| 238 | 193 | ||
| 239 | - | was awarded, and (2) any amounts not expended in accordance with | |
| 240 | - | the plan for which such grant application was approved. | |
| 241 | - | (f) The department shall annually track and calculate the utilization | |
| 242 | - | rate of the grant program for each grant recipient. Such utilization rate | |
| 243 | - | shall be calculated using metrics that include, but need not be limited | |
| 244 | - | to, the number of students served and the hours of service provided | |
| 245 | - | using grant funds awarded under the program. | |
| 246 | - | (g) For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section, the | |
| 247 | - | Department of Education may accept funds from private sources or any | |
| 248 | - | state agency, gifts, grants and donations, including, but not limited to, | |
| 249 | - | in-kind donations. | |
| 250 | - | (h) (1) Not later than January 1, 2024, and each January first thereafter | |
| 251 | - | until and including January 1, 2026, the commissioner shall submit a | |
| 252 | - | report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general | |
| 253 | - | statutes, on the expenditure report and utilization rate, calculated | |
| 254 | - | pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, for each grant recipient to the | |
| 255 | - | joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance | |
| 256 | - | of matters relating to education and children. | |
| 257 | - | (2) Not later than January 1, 2026, the Commissioner of Education | |
| 258 | - | shall develop recommendations concerning (A) whether such grant | |
| 259 | - | program should be extended and funded for the fiscal year ending June | |
| 260 | - | 30, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter, and (B) the amount of the grant | |
| 261 | - | award under the program. The commissioner shall submit such | |
| 262 | - | recommendations, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of | |
| 263 | - | the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General | |
| 264 | - | Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education and | |
| 265 | - | children. | |
| 266 | - | Sec. 5. (Effective July 1, 2022) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, | |
| 267 | - | the Department of Education shall hire a full-time employee to Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 198 | + | educational service center, may issue a human services permit to any 150 | |
| 199 | + | applicant with specialized training, experience or expertise in social 151 | |
| 200 | + | work, human services, psychology or sociology. Such permit shall 152 | |
| 201 | + | authorize a person to be employed by a local or regional board of 153 | |
| 202 | + | education or a regional educational service center and to provide, in 154 | |
| 203 | + | accordance with such person's scope of practice or within such person's 155 | |
| 204 | + | area of expertise or specialty, mental health and human services to 156 | |
| 205 | + | students. Such applicant shall (1) hold a bachelor's degree in social 157 | |
| 206 | + | work, human services, psychology, sociology or other equivalent 158 | |
| 207 | + | subject area from an institution of higher education accredited by the 159 | |
| 208 | + | Board of Regents for Higher Education or Office of Higher Education or 160 | |
| 209 | + | regionally accredited, and (2) have a minimum of four years of work 161 | |
| 210 | + | experience in such subject areas, or one year of work experience and two 162 | |
| 211 | + | years of specialized schooling in such subject areas. 163 | |
| 212 | + | (b) Each such human services permit shall be valid for three years 164 | |
| 213 | + | and may be renewed by the Commissioner of Education for good cause 165 | |
| 214 | + | upon the request of the superintendent of schools for the district 166 | |
| 215 | + | employing such person or the regional educational service center 167 | |
| 216 | + | employing such person. 168 | |
| 217 | + | Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) Not later than July 1, 2023, the 169 | |
| 218 | + | Department of Education, in collaboration with the governing authority 170 | |
| 219 | + | for intramural and interscholastic athletics, shall develop a mental 171 | |
| 220 | + | health plan for student athletes to raise awareness of mental health 172 | |
| 221 | + | resources available to student athletes. Such plan shall be made 173 | |
| 222 | + | available to local and regional boards of education and implemented in 174 | |
| 223 | + | accordance with the provisions of section 5 of this act. Such plan shall 175 | |
| 224 | + | include, but need not be limited to, provisions relating to (1) access to 176 | |
| 225 | + | the mental health services team for the school district, (2) screening and 177 | |
| 226 | + | recognizing appropriate referrals for student athletes, (3) 178 | |
| 227 | + | communication among members of the mental health services team, (4) 179 | |
| 228 | + | the management of medications of student athletes, (5) crisis 180 | |
| 229 | + | intervention services, (6) the mitigation of risk to student athletes, and 181 | |
| 230 | + | (7) transition care for those student athletes leaving intramural or 182 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 270 | 231 | ||
| 271 | - | administer the grant program that provides grants to local and regional | |
| 272 | - | boards of education for the purpose of hiring and retaining additional | |
| 273 | - | school social workers, school psychologists, school counselors and | |
| 274 | - | school nurses, described in section 4 of this act. | |
| 275 | - | Sec. 6. (Effective July 1, 2022) The Department of Education shall | |
| 276 | - | conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of creating a temporary | |
| 277 | - | human services permit to allow individuals who have specialized | |
| 278 | - | training, experience or expertise in social work, human services, | |
| 279 | - | psychology or sociology, but do not meet the certification requirements | |
| 280 | - | under chapter 166 of the general statutes, to work in a public school in | |
| 281 | - | order to respond to an emergency need of a school district. Such study | |
| 282 | - | shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) an analysis of the need of | |
| 283 | - | school districts for individuals with human services credentials to | |
| 284 | - | provide such services to students, (2) an assessment of the appropriate | |
| 285 | - | qualifications for individuals to be issued such permit in relation to the | |
| 286 | - | need of school districts throughout the state for such individuals to | |
| 287 | - | provide services to students in schools, (3) a comparison of the services | |
| 288 | - | that an individual who would be issued a human services permit would | |
| 289 | - | be permitted to provide to students with those individuals who are | |
| 290 | - | certified under chapter 166 of the general statutes to provide such | |
| 291 | - | services to students, and (4) an analysis of whether such permit is | |
| 292 | - | necessary based on the initial results of the grant program described in | |
| 293 | - | section 4 of this act. In conducting the study, the department shall | |
| 294 | - | consult with institutions of higher education, support services | |
| 295 | - | associations, superintendents, principals, support services staff, | |
| 296 | - | community providers and families. Not later than January 1, 2024, the | |
| 297 | - | department shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations | |
| 298 | - | to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having | |
| 299 | - | cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the | |
| 300 | - | provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. | |
| 301 | - | Sec. 7. Section 10-212a of the general statutes is repealed and the Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 305 | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): | |
| 306 | - | (a) (1) A school nurse or, in the absence of such nurse, any other nurse | |
| 307 | - | licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 378, including a nurse | |
| 308 | - | employed by, or providing services under the direction of a local or | |
| 309 | - | regional board of education at, a school-based health clinic, who shall | |
| 310 | - | administer medical preparations only to students enrolled in such | |
| 311 | - | school-based health clinic in the absence of a school nurse, the principal, | |
| 312 | - | any teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed physical or occupational | |
| 313 | - | therapist employed by a school district, or coach of intramural and | |
| 314 | - | interscholastic athletics of a school may administer, subject to the | |
| 315 | - | provisions of subdivision (2) of this subsection, medicinal preparations, | |
| 316 | - | including such controlled drugs as the Commissioner of Consumer | |
| 317 | - | Protection may, by regulation, designate, to any student at such school | |
| 318 | - | pursuant to the written order of a physician licensed to practice | |
| 319 | - | medicine, or a dentist licensed to practice dental medicine in this or | |
| 320 | - | another state, or an optometrist licensed to practice optometry in this | |
| 321 | - | state under chapter 380, or an advanced practice registered nurse | |
| 322 | - | licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-94a, or a physician | |
| 323 | - | assistant licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-12d, and the | |
| 324 | - | written authorization of a parent or guardian of such child. The | |
| 325 | - | administration of medicinal preparations by a nurse licensed pursuant | |
| 326 | - | to the provisions of chapter 378, a principal, teacher, licensed athletic | |
| 327 | - | trainer, licensed physical or occupational therapist employed by a | |
| 328 | - | school district, or coach shall be under the general supervision of a | |
| 329 | - | school nurse. No such school nurse or other nurse, principal, teacher, | |
| 330 | - | licensed athletic trainer, licensed physical or occupational therapist | |
| 331 | - | employed by a school district, coach or school paraprofessional | |
| 332 | - | administering medication pursuant to this section shall be liable to such | |
| 333 | - | student or a parent or guardian of such student for civil damages for | |
| 334 | - | any personal injuries that result from acts or omissions of such school | |
| 335 | - | nurse or other nurse, principal, teacher, licensed athletic trainer, | |
| 336 | - | licensed physical or occupational therapist employed by a school Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 237 | + | interscholastic athletics by means of graduation, dismissal or 183 | |
| 238 | + | suspension. The department shall make such plan available on its 184 | |
| 239 | + | Internet web site and provide technical assistance to local and regional 185 | |
| 240 | + | boards of education in the implementation of the plan. 186 | |
| 241 | + | Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) For the school year commencing 187 | |
| 242 | + | July 1, 2023, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional 188 | |
| 243 | + | board of education shall implement the mental health plan for student 189 | |
| 244 | + | athletes, developed pursuant to section 4 of this act, for the school 190 | |
| 245 | + | district. 191 | |
| 246 | + | Sec. 6. Section 10-212a of the general statutes is repealed and the 192 | |
| 247 | + | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 193 | |
| 248 | + | (a) (1) A school nurse or, in the absence of such nurse, any other nurse 194 | |
| 249 | + | licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 378, including a nurse 195 | |
| 250 | + | employed by, or providing services under the direction of a local or 196 | |
| 251 | + | regional board of education at, a school-based health clinic, who shall 197 | |
| 252 | + | administer medical preparations only to students enrolled in such 198 | |
| 253 | + | school-based health clinic in the absence of a school nurse, the principal, 199 | |
| 254 | + | any teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed physical or occupational 200 | |
| 255 | + | therapist employed by a school district, or coach of intramural and 201 | |
| 256 | + | interscholastic athletics of a school may administer, subject to the 202 | |
| 257 | + | provisions of subdivision (2) of this subsection, medicinal preparations, 203 | |
| 258 | + | including such controlled drugs as the Commissioner of Consumer 204 | |
| 259 | + | Protection may, by regulation, designate, to any student at such school 205 | |
| 260 | + | pursuant to the written order of a physician licensed to practice 206 | |
| 261 | + | medicine, or a dentist licensed to practice dental medicine in this or 207 | |
| 262 | + | another state, or an optometrist licensed to practice optometry in this 208 | |
| 263 | + | state under chapter 380, or an advanced practice registered nurse 209 | |
| 264 | + | licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-94a, or a physician 210 | |
| 265 | + | assistant licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-12d, and the 211 | |
| 266 | + | written authorization of a parent or guardian of such child. The 212 | |
| 267 | + | administration of medicinal preparations by a nurse licensed pursuant 213 | |
| 268 | + | to the provisions of chapter 378, a principal, teacher, licensed athletic 214 | |
| 269 | + | trainer, licensed physical or occupational therapist employed by a 215 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 337 | 270 | ||
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| 339 | 271 | ||
| 340 | - | district, coach or school paraprofessional administering medication | |
| 341 | - | pursuant to this section in administering such preparations that may | |
| 342 | - | constitute ordinary negligence. This immunity does not apply to acts or | |
| 343 | - | omissions constituting gross, wilful or wanton negligence. | |
| 344 | - | (2) Each local and regional board of education that allows a school | |
| 345 | - | nurse or, in the absence of such nurse, any other nurse licensed pursuant | |
| 346 | - | to the provisions of chapter 378, including a nurse employed by, or | |
| 347 | - | providing services under the direction of a local or regional board of | |
| 348 | - | education at, a school-based health clinic, who shall administer medical | |
| 349 | - | preparations only to students enrolled in such school-based health clinic | |
| 350 | - | in the absence of a school nurse, the principal, any teacher, licensed | |
| 351 | - | athletic trainer, licensed physical or occupational therapist employed by | |
| 352 | - | a school district, coach of intramural and interscholastic athletics or | |
| 353 | - | school paraprofessional of a school to administer medicine or that | |
| 354 | - | allows a student to possess, self-administer or possess and self- | |
| 355 | - | administer medicine, including medicine administered through the use | |
| 356 | - | of an asthmatic inhaler or an automatic prefilled cartridge injector or | |
| 357 | - | similar automatic injectable equipment, shall adopt written policies and | |
| 358 | - | procedures, in accordance with this section and the regulations adopted | |
| 359 | - | pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, that shall be approved by the | |
| 360 | - | school medical advisor, if any, or other qualified licensed physician. | |
| 361 | - | Once so approved, such administration of medication shall be in | |
| 362 | - | accordance with such policies and procedures. | |
| 363 | - | (3) A director of a school readiness program as defined in section 10- | |
| 364 | - | 16p, as amended by this act, or a before or after school program exempt | |
| 365 | - | from licensure by the Department of Public Health pursuant to | |
| 366 | - | subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 19a-77, or the director's | |
| 367 | - | designee, may administer medications to a child enrolled in such a | |
| 368 | - | program in accordance with regulations adopted by the State Board of | |
| 369 | - | Education in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. No | |
| 370 | - | individual administering medications pursuant to this subdivision shall Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 276 | + | school district, or coach shall be under the general supervision of a 216 | |
| 277 | + | school nurse. No such school nurse or other nurse, principal, teacher, 217 | |
| 278 | + | licensed athletic trainer, licensed physical or occupational therapist 218 | |
| 279 | + | employed by a school district, coach or school paraprofessional 219 | |
| 280 | + | administering medication pursuant to this section shall be liable to such 220 | |
| 281 | + | student or a parent or guardian of such student for civil damages for 221 | |
| 282 | + | any personal injuries that result from acts or omissions of such school 222 | |
| 283 | + | nurse or other nurse, principal, teacher, licensed athletic trainer, 223 | |
| 284 | + | licensed physical or occupational therapist employed by a school 224 | |
| 285 | + | district, coach or school paraprofessional administering medication 225 | |
| 286 | + | pursuant to this section in administering such preparations that may 226 | |
| 287 | + | constitute ordinary negligence. This immunity does not apply to acts or 227 | |
| 288 | + | omissions constituting gross, wilful or wanton negligence. 228 | |
| 289 | + | (2) Each local and regional board of education that allows a school 229 | |
| 290 | + | nurse or, in the absence of such nurse, any other nurse licensed pursuant 230 | |
| 291 | + | to the provisions of chapter 378, including a nurse employed by, or 231 | |
| 292 | + | providing services under the direction of a local or regional board of 232 | |
| 293 | + | education at, a school-based health clinic, who shall administer medical 233 | |
| 294 | + | preparations only to students enrolled in such school-based health clinic 234 | |
| 295 | + | in the absence of a school nurse, the principal, any teacher, licensed 235 | |
| 296 | + | athletic trainer, licensed physical or occupational therapist employed by 236 | |
| 297 | + | a school district, coach of intramural and interscholastic athletics or 237 | |
| 298 | + | school paraprofessional of a school to administer medicine or that 238 | |
| 299 | + | allows a student to possess, self-administer or possess and self-239 | |
| 300 | + | administer medicine, including medicine administered through the use 240 | |
| 301 | + | of an asthmatic inhaler or an automatic prefilled cartridge injector or 241 | |
| 302 | + | similar automatic injectable equipment, shall adopt written policies and 242 | |
| 303 | + | procedures, in accordance with this section and the regulations adopted 243 | |
| 304 | + | pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, that shall be approved by the 244 | |
| 305 | + | school medical advisor, if any, or other qualified licensed physician. 245 | |
| 306 | + | Once so approved, such administration of medication shall be in 246 | |
| 307 | + | accordance with such policies and procedures. 247 | |
| 308 | + | (3) A director of a school readiness program as defined in section 10-248 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 373 | 309 | ||
| 374 | - | be liable to such child or a parent or guardian of such child for civil | |
| 375 | - | damages for any personal injuries that result from acts or omissions of | |
| 376 | - | such individual in administering such medications which may | |
| 377 | - | constitute ordinary negligence. This immunity shall not apply to acts or | |
| 378 | - | omissions constituting gross, wilful or wanton negligence. | |
| 379 | - | (b) Each school wherein any controlled drug is administered under | |
| 380 | - | the provisions of this section shall keep such records thereof as are | |
| 381 | - | required of hospitals under the provisions of subsections (f) and (h) of | |
| 382 | - | section 21a-254 and shall store such drug in such manner as the | |
| 383 | - | Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall, by regulation, require. | |
| 384 | - | (c) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | |
| 385 | - | Commissioner of Public Health, shall adopt regulations, in accordance | |
| 386 | - | with the provisions of chapter 54, determined to be necessary by the | |
| 387 | - | board to carry out the provisions of this section, including, but not | |
| 388 | - | limited to, regulations that (1) specify conditions under which a coach | |
| 389 | - | of intramural and interscholastic athletics may administer medicinal | |
| 390 | - | preparations, including controlled drugs specified in the regulations | |
| 391 | - | adopted by the commissioner, to a child participating in such intramural | |
| 392 | - | and interscholastic athletics, (2) specify conditions and procedures for | |
| 393 | - | the administration of medication by school personnel to students, | |
| 394 | - | including, but not limited to, (A) the conditions and procedures for the | |
| 395 | - | storage and administration of epinephrine by school personnel to | |
| 396 | - | students for the purpose of emergency first aid to students who | |
| 397 | - | experience allergic reactions and who do not have a prior written | |
| 398 | - | authorization for the administration of epinephrine, in accordance with | |
| 399 | - | the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section, and (B) | |
| 400 | - | the conditions and procedures for the storage and administration of | |
| 401 | - | opioid antagonists by school personnel to students who experience an | |
| 402 | - | opioid-related drug overdose and who do not have a prior written | |
| 403 | - | authorization for the administration of an opioid antagonist, in | |
| 404 | - | accordance with the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (g) of Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 408 | - | this section, and (3) specify conditions for the possession, self- | |
| 409 | - | administration or possession and self-administration of medication by | |
| 410 | - | students, including permitting a child diagnosed with: (A) Asthma to | |
| 411 | - | retain possession of an asthmatic inhaler at all times while attending | |
| 412 | - | school for prompt treatment of the child's asthma and to protect the | |
| 413 | - | child against serious harm or death provided a written authorization for | |
| 414 | - | self-administration of medication signed by the child's parent or | |
| 415 | - | guardian and an authorized prescriber is submitted to the school nurse; | |
| 416 | - | and (B) an allergic condition to retain possession of an automatic | |
| 417 | - | prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment at | |
| 418 | - | all times, including while attending school or receiving school | |
| 419 | - | transportation services, for prompt treatment of the child's allergic | |
| 420 | - | condition and to protect the child against serious harm or death | |
| 421 | - | provided a written authorization for self-administration of medication | |
| 422 | - | signed by the child's parent or guardian and an authorized prescriber is | |
| 423 | - | submitted to the school nurse. The regulations shall require | |
| 424 | - | authorization pursuant to: (i) The written order of a physician licensed | |
| 425 | - | to practice medicine in this or another state, a dentist licensed to practice | |
| 426 | - | dental medicine in this or another state, an advanced practice registered | |
| 427 | - | nurse licensed under chapter 378, a physician assistant licensed under | |
| 428 | - | chapter 370, a podiatrist licensed under chapter 375, or an optometrist | |
| 429 | - | licensed under chapter 380; and (ii) the written authorization of a parent | |
| 430 | - | or guardian of such child. | |
| 431 | - | (d) (1) (A) With the written authorization of a student's parent or | |
| 432 | - | guardian, and (B) pursuant to the written order of a qualified medical | |
| 433 | - | professional, a school nurse and a school medical advisor, if any, may | |
| 434 | - | jointly approve and provide general supervision to an identified school | |
| 435 | - | paraprofessional to administer medication, including, but not limited to, | |
| 436 | - | medication administered with a cartridge injector, to a specific student | |
| 437 | - | with a medically diagnosed allergic condition that may require prompt | |
| 438 | - | treatment in order to protect the student against serious harm or death. Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 315 | + | 16p, as amended by this act, or a before or after school program exempt 249 | |
| 316 | + | from licensure by the Department of Public Health pursuant to 250 | |
| 317 | + | subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 19a-77, or the director's 251 | |
| 318 | + | designee, may administer medications to a child enrolled in such a 252 | |
| 319 | + | program in accordance with regulations adopted by the State Board of 253 | |
| 320 | + | Education in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. No 254 | |
| 321 | + | individual administering medications pursuant to this subdivision shall 255 | |
| 322 | + | be liable to such child or a parent or guardian of such child for civil 256 | |
| 323 | + | damages for any personal injuries that result from acts or omissions of 257 | |
| 324 | + | such individual in administering such medications which may 258 | |
| 325 | + | constitute ordinary negligence. This immunity shall not apply to acts or 259 | |
| 326 | + | omissions constituting gross, wilful or wanton negligence. 260 | |
| 327 | + | (b) Each school wherein any controlled drug is administered under 261 | |
| 328 | + | the provisions of this section shall keep such records thereof as are 262 | |
| 329 | + | required of hospitals under the provisions of subsections (f) and (h) of 263 | |
| 330 | + | section 21a-254 and shall store such drug in such manner as the 264 | |
| 331 | + | Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall, by regulation, require. 265 | |
| 332 | + | (c) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the 266 | |
| 333 | + | Commissioner of Public Health, shall adopt regulations, in accordance 267 | |
| 334 | + | with the provisions of chapter 54, determined to be necessary by the 268 | |
| 335 | + | board to carry out the provisions of this section, including, but not 269 | |
| 336 | + | limited to, regulations that (1) specify conditions under which a coach 270 | |
| 337 | + | of intramural and interscholastic athletics may administer medicinal 271 | |
| 338 | + | preparations, including controlled drugs specified in the regulations 272 | |
| 339 | + | adopted by the commissioner, to a child participating in such intramural 273 | |
| 340 | + | and interscholastic athletics, (2) specify conditions and procedures for 274 | |
| 341 | + | the administration of medication by school personnel to students, 275 | |
| 342 | + | including, but not limited to, (A) the conditions and procedures for the 276 | |
| 343 | + | storage and administration of epinephrine by school personnel to 277 | |
| 344 | + | students for the purpose of emergency first aid to students who 278 | |
| 345 | + | experience allergic reactions and who do not have a prior written 279 | |
| 346 | + | authorization for the administration of epinephrine, in accordance with 280 | |
| 347 | + | the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section, and (B) 281 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 439 | 348 | ||
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| 441 | 349 | ||
| 442 | - | (2) A school nurse or, in the absence of a school nurse, a qualified | |
| 443 | - | school employee shall maintain epinephrine in cartridge injectors for the | |
| 444 | - | purpose of emergency first aid to students who experience allergic | |
| 445 | - | reactions and do not have a prior written authorization of a parent or | |
| 446 | - | guardian or a prior written order of a qualified medical professional for | |
| 447 | - | the administration of epinephrine. A school nurse or a school principal | |
| 448 | - | shall select qualified school employees to administer such epinephrine | |
| 449 | - | under this subdivision, and there shall be at least one such qualified | |
| 450 | - | school employee on the grounds of the school during regular school | |
| 451 | - | hours in the absence of a school nurse. A school nurse or, in the absence | |
| 452 | - | of such school nurse, such qualified school employee may administer | |
| 453 | - | such epinephrine under this subdivision, provided such administration | |
| 454 | - | of epinephrine is in accordance with policies and procedures adopted | |
| 455 | - | pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Such administration of | |
| 456 | - | epinephrine by a qualified school employee shall be limited to situations | |
| 457 | - | when the school nurse is absent or unavailable. No qualified school | |
| 458 | - | employee shall administer such epinephrine under this subdivision | |
| 459 | - | unless such qualified school employee annually completes the training | |
| 460 | - | program described in section 10-212g. The parent or guardian of a | |
| 461 | - | student may submit, in writing, to the school nurse and school medical | |
| 462 | - | advisor, if any, that epinephrine shall not be administered to such | |
| 463 | - | student under this subdivision. | |
| 464 | - | (3) In the case of a student with a medically diagnosed life- | |
| 465 | - | threatening allergic condition, (A) with the written authorization of | |
| 466 | - | such student's parent or guardian, and (B) pursuant to the written order | |
| 467 | - | of a qualified medical professional, such student may possess, self- | |
| 468 | - | administer or possess and self-administer medication, including, but | |
| 469 | - | not limited to, medication administered with a cartridge injector, to | |
| 470 | - | protect such student against serious harm or death. | |
| 471 | - | (4) For purposes of this subsection, (A) "cartridge injector" means an | |
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| 354 | + | the conditions and procedures for the storage and administration of 282 | |
| 355 | + | opioid antagonists by school personnel to students who experience an 283 | |
| 356 | + | opioid-related drug overdose and who do not have a prior written 284 | |
| 357 | + | authorization for the administration of an opioid antagonist, in 285 | |
| 358 | + | accordance with the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (g) of 286 | |
| 359 | + | this section, and (3) specify conditions for the possession, self-287 | |
| 360 | + | administration or possession and self-administration of medication by 288 | |
| 361 | + | students, including permitting a child diagnosed with: (A) Asthma to 289 | |
| 362 | + | retain possession of an asthmatic inhaler at all times while attending 290 | |
| 363 | + | school for prompt treatment of the child's asthma and to protect the 291 | |
| 364 | + | child against serious harm or death provided a written authorization for 292 | |
| 365 | + | self-administration of medication signed by the child's parent or 293 | |
| 366 | + | guardian and an authorized prescriber is submitted to the school nurse; 294 | |
| 367 | + | and (B) an allergic condition to retain possession of an automatic 295 | |
| 368 | + | prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment at 296 | |
| 369 | + | all times, including while attending school or receiving school 297 | |
| 370 | + | transportation services, for prompt treatment of the child's allergic 298 | |
| 371 | + | condition and to protect the child against serious harm or death 299 | |
| 372 | + | provided a written authorization for self-administration of medication 300 | |
| 373 | + | signed by the child's parent or guardian and an authorized prescriber is 301 | |
| 374 | + | submitted to the school nurse. The regulations shall require 302 | |
| 375 | + | authorization pursuant to: (i) The written order of a physician licensed 303 | |
| 376 | + | to practice medicine in this or another state, a dentist licensed to practice 304 | |
| 377 | + | dental medicine in this or another state, an advanced practice registered 305 | |
| 378 | + | nurse licensed under chapter 378, a physician assistant licensed under 306 | |
| 379 | + | chapter 370, a podiatrist licensed under chapter 375, or an optometrist 307 | |
| 380 | + | licensed under chapter 380; and (ii) the written authorization of a parent 308 | |
| 381 | + | or guardian of such child. 309 | |
| 382 | + | (d) (1) (A) With the written authorization of a student's parent or 310 | |
| 383 | + | guardian, and (B) pursuant to the written order of a qualified medical 311 | |
| 384 | + | professional, a school nurse and a school medical advisor, if any, may 312 | |
| 385 | + | jointly approve and provide general supervision to an identified school 313 | |
| 386 | + | paraprofessional to administer medication, including, but not limited to, 314 | |
| 387 | + | medication administered with a cartridge injector, to a specific student 315 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 475 | 388 | ||
| 476 | - | equipment used to deliver epinephrine in a standard dose for | |
| 477 | - | emergency first aid response to allergic reactions, (B) "qualified school | |
| 478 | - | employee" means a principal, teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed | |
| 479 | - | physical or occupational therapist employed by a school district, coach | |
| 480 | - | or school paraprofessional, and (C) "qualified medical professional" | |
| 481 | - | means (i) a physician licensed under chapter 370, (ii) an optometrist | |
| 482 | - | licensed to practice optometry under chapter 380, (iii) an advanced | |
| 483 | - | practice registered nurse licensed to prescribe in accordance with | |
| 484 | - | section 20-94a, or (iv) a physician assistant licensed to prescribe in | |
| 485 | - | accordance with section 20-12d. | |
| 486 | - | (e) (1) With the written authorization of a student's parent or | |
| 487 | - | guardian, and (2) pursuant to a written order of the student's physician | |
| 488 | - | licensed under chapter 370 or the student's advanced practice registered | |
| 489 | - | nurse licensed under chapter 378, a school nurse or a school principal | |
| 490 | - | shall select, and a school nurse shall provide general supervision to, a | |
| 491 | - | qualified school employee to administer medication with injectable | |
| 492 | - | equipment used to administer glucagon to a student with diabetes that | |
| 493 | - | may require prompt treatment in order to protect the student against | |
| 494 | - | serious harm or death. Such authorization shall be limited to situations | |
| 495 | - | when the school nurse is absent or unavailable. No qualified school | |
| 496 | - | employee shall administer medication under this subsection unless (A) | |
| 497 | - | such qualified school employee annually completes any training | |
| 498 | - | required by the school nurse and school medical advisor, if any, in the | |
| 499 | - | administration of medication with injectable equipment used to | |
| 500 | - | administer glucagon, (B) the school nurse and school medical advisor, | |
| 501 | - | if any, have attested, in writing, that such qualified school employee has | |
| 502 | - | completed such training, and (C) such qualified school employee | |
| 503 | - | voluntarily agrees to serve as a qualified school employee. For purposes | |
| 504 | - | of this subsection, "injectable equipment used to administer glucagon" | |
| 505 | - | means an injector or injectable equipment used to deliver glucagon in | |
| 506 | - | an appropriate dose for emergency first aid response to diabetes. For | |
| 507 | - | purposes of this subsection, "qualified school employee" means a Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 511 | - | principal, teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed physical or | |
| 512 | - | occupational therapist employed by a school district, coach or school | |
| 513 | - | paraprofessional. | |
| 514 | - | (f) (1) (A) With the written authorization of a student's parent or | |
| 515 | - | guardian, and (B) pursuant to the written order of a physician licensed | |
| 516 | - | under chapter 370 or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed | |
| 517 | - | under chapter 378, a school nurse and a school medical advisor, if any, | |
| 518 | - | shall select, and a school nurse shall provide general supervision to, a | |
| 519 | - | qualified school employee to administer antiepileptic medication, | |
| 520 | - | including by rectal syringe, to a specific student with a medically | |
| 521 | - | diagnosed epileptic condition that requires prompt treatment in | |
| 522 | - | accordance with the student's individual seizure action plan. Such | |
| 523 | - | authorization shall be limited to situations when the school nurse is | |
| 524 | - | absent or unavailable. No qualified school employee shall administer | |
| 525 | - | medication under this subsection unless (i) such qualified school | |
| 526 | - | employee annually completes the training program described in | |
| 527 | - | subdivision (2) of this subsection, (ii) the school nurse and school | |
| 528 | - | medical advisor, if any, have attested, in writing, that such qualified | |
| 529 | - | school employee has completed such training, (iii) such qualified school | |
| 530 | - | employee receives monthly reviews by the school nurse to confirm such | |
| 531 | - | qualified school employee's competency to administer antiepileptic | |
| 532 | - | medication under this subsection, and (iv) such qualified school | |
| 533 | - | employee voluntarily agrees to serve as a qualified school employee. For | |
| 534 | - | purposes of this subsection, "qualified school employee" means a | |
| 535 | - | principal, teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed physical or | |
| 536 | - | occupational therapist employed by a school district, coach or school | |
| 537 | - | paraprofessional. | |
| 538 | - | (2) The Department of Education, in consultation with the School | |
| 539 | - | Nurse Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 10-212f, and | |
| 540 | - | the Association of School Nurses of Connecticut, shall develop an | |
| 541 | - | antiepileptic medication administrating training program. Such training Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 394 | + | with a medically diagnosed allergic condition that may require prompt 316 | |
| 395 | + | treatment in order to protect the student against serious harm or death. 317 | |
| 396 | + | (2) A school nurse or, in the absence of a school nurse, a qualified 318 | |
| 397 | + | school employee shall maintain epinephrine in cartridge injectors for the 319 | |
| 398 | + | purpose of emergency first aid to students who experience allergic 320 | |
| 399 | + | reactions and do not have a prior written authorization of a parent or 321 | |
| 400 | + | guardian or a prior written order of a qualified medical professional for 322 | |
| 401 | + | the administration of epinephrine. A school nurse or a school principal 323 | |
| 402 | + | shall select qualified school employees to administer such epinephrine 324 | |
| 403 | + | under this subdivision, and there shall be at least one such qualified 325 | |
| 404 | + | school employee on the grounds of the school during regular school 326 | |
| 405 | + | hours in the absence of a school nurse. A school nurse or, in the absence 327 | |
| 406 | + | of such school nurse, such qualified school employee may administer 328 | |
| 407 | + | such epinephrine under this subdivision, provided such administration 329 | |
| 408 | + | of epinephrine is in accordance with policies and procedures adopted 330 | |
| 409 | + | pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Such administration of 331 | |
| 410 | + | epinephrine by a qualified school employee shall be limited to situations 332 | |
| 411 | + | when the school nurse is absent or unavailable. No qualified school 333 | |
| 412 | + | employee shall administer such epinephrine under this subdivision 334 | |
| 413 | + | unless such qualified school employee annually completes the training 335 | |
| 414 | + | program described in section 10-212g. The parent or guardian of a 336 | |
| 415 | + | student may submit, in writing, to the school nurse and school medical 337 | |
| 416 | + | advisor, if any, that epinephrine shall not be administered to such 338 | |
| 417 | + | student under this subdivision. 339 | |
| 418 | + | (3) In the case of a student with a medically diagnosed life-340 | |
| 419 | + | threatening allergic condition, (A) with the written authorization of 341 | |
| 420 | + | such student's parent or guardian, and (B) pursuant to the written order 342 | |
| 421 | + | of a qualified medical professional, such student may possess, self-343 | |
| 422 | + | administer or possess and self-administer medication, including, but 344 | |
| 423 | + | not limited to, medication administered with a cartridge injector, to 345 | |
| 424 | + | protect such student against serious harm or death. 346 | |
| 425 | + | (4) For purposes of this subsection, (A) "cartridge injector" means an 347 | |
| 426 | + | automatic prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable 348 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 542 | 427 | ||
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| 544 | 428 | ||
| 545 | - | program shall include instruction in (A) an overview of childhood | |
| 546 | - | epilepsy and types of seizure disorders, (B) interpretation of individual | |
| 547 | - | student's emergency seizure action plan and recognition of individual | |
| 548 | - | student's seizure activity, (C) emergency management procedures for | |
| 549 | - | seizure activity, including administration techniques for emergency | |
| 550 | - | seizure medication, (D) when to activate emergency medical services | |
| 551 | - | and postseizure procedures and follow-up, (E) reporting procedures | |
| 552 | - | after a student has required such delegated emergency seizure | |
| 553 | - | medication, and (F) any other relevant issues or topics related to | |
| 554 | - | emergency interventions for students who experience seizures. | |
| 555 | - | (g) (1) A school nurse or, in the absence of a school nurse, a qualified | |
| 556 | - | school employee may maintain opioid antagonists for the purpose of | |
| 557 | - | emergency first aid to students who experience an opioid-related drug | |
| 558 | - | overdose and do not have a prior written authorization of a parent or | |
| 559 | - | guardian or a prior written order of a qualified medical professional for | |
| 560 | - | the administration of such opioid antagonist. A school nurse or a school | |
| 561 | - | principal shall select qualified school employees to administer such | |
| 562 | - | opioid antagonist under this subdivision, and there shall be at least one | |
| 563 | - | such qualified school employee on the grounds of the school during | |
| 564 | - | regular school hours in the absence of a school nurse. A school nurse or, | |
| 565 | - | in the absence of such school nurse, such qualified school employee may | |
| 566 | - | administer such opioid antagonist under this subdivision, provided | |
| 567 | - | such administration of the opioid antagonist is in accordance with | |
| 568 | - | policies and procedures adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this | |
| 569 | - | section. Such administration of an opioid antagonist by a qualified | |
| 570 | - | school employee shall be limited to situations when the school nurse is | |
| 571 | - | absent or unavailable. No school nurse or qualified school employee | |
| 572 | - | shall administer such opioid antagonist under this subdivision unless | |
| 573 | - | such school nurse or qualified school employee completes a training | |
| 574 | - | program in the distribution and administration of an opioid antagonist | |
| 575 | - | developed by the Department of Education, Department of Public | |
| 576 | - | Health and the Department of Consumer Protection, or under an Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 433 | + | equipment used to deliver epinephrine in a standard dose for 349 | |
| 434 | + | emergency first aid response to allergic reactions, (B) "qualified school 350 | |
| 435 | + | employee" means a principal, teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed 351 | |
| 436 | + | physical or occupational therapist employed by a school district, coach 352 | |
| 437 | + | or school paraprofessional, and (C) "qualified medical professional" 353 | |
| 438 | + | means (i) a physician licensed under chapter 370, (ii) an optometrist 354 | |
| 439 | + | licensed to practice optometry under chapter 380, (iii) an advanced 355 | |
| 440 | + | practice registered nurse licensed to prescribe in accordance with 356 | |
| 441 | + | section 20-94a, or (iv) a physician assistant licensed to prescribe in 357 | |
| 442 | + | accordance with section 20-12d. 358 | |
| 443 | + | (e) (1) With the written authorization of a student's parent or 359 | |
| 444 | + | guardian, and (2) pursuant to a written order of the student's physician 360 | |
| 445 | + | licensed under chapter 370 or the student's advanced practice registered 361 | |
| 446 | + | nurse licensed under chapter 378, a school nurse or a school principal 362 | |
| 447 | + | shall select, and a school nurse shall provide general supervision to, a 363 | |
| 448 | + | qualified school employee to administer medication with injectable 364 | |
| 449 | + | equipment used to administer glucagon to a student with diabetes that 365 | |
| 450 | + | may require prompt treatment in order to protect the student against 366 | |
| 451 | + | serious harm or death. Such authorization shall be limited to situations 367 | |
| 452 | + | when the school nurse is absent or unavailable. No qualified school 368 | |
| 453 | + | employee shall administer medication under this subsection unless (A) 369 | |
| 454 | + | such qualified school employee annually completes any training 370 | |
| 455 | + | required by the school nurse and school medical advisor, if any, in the 371 | |
| 456 | + | administration of medication with injectable equipment used to 372 | |
| 457 | + | administer glucagon, (B) the school nurse and school medical advisor, 373 | |
| 458 | + | if any, have attested, in writing, that such qualified school employee has 374 | |
| 459 | + | completed such training, and (C) such qualified school employee 375 | |
| 460 | + | voluntarily agrees to serve as a qualified school employee. For purposes 376 | |
| 461 | + | of this subsection, "injectable equipment used to administer glucagon" 377 | |
| 462 | + | means an injector or injectable equipment used to deliver glucagon in 378 | |
| 463 | + | an appropriate dose for emergency first aid response to diabetes. For 379 | |
| 464 | + | purposes of this subsection, "qualified school employee" means a 380 | |
| 465 | + | principal, teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed physical or 381 | |
| 466 | + | occupational therapist employed by a school district, coach or school 382 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 579 | 467 | ||
| 580 | - | agreement entered into pursuant to section 21a-286, as amended by this | |
| 581 | - | act. The parent or guardian of a student may submit a request, in | |
| 582 | - | writing, to the school nurse and school medical advisor, if any, that an | |
| 583 | - | opioid antagonist shall not be administered to such student under this | |
| 584 | - | subdivision. | |
| 585 | - | (2) Not later than October 1, 2022, the Department of Education, in | |
| 586 | - | consultation with the Departments of Consumer Protection and Public | |
| 587 | - | Health, shall develop guidelines for use by local and regional boards of | |
| 588 | - | education on the storage and administration of opioid antagonists in | |
| 589 | - | schools in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. | |
| 590 | - | (3) For purposes of this subsection, (A) "opioid antagonist" means | |
| 591 | - | naloxone hydrochloride or any other similarly acting and equally safe | |
| 592 | - | drug approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the | |
| 593 | - | treatment of a drug overdose, (B) "qualified school employee" means a | |
| 594 | - | principal, teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed physical or | |
| 595 | - | occupational therapist employed by a school district, coach or school | |
| 596 | - | paraprofessional, and (C) "qualified medical professional" means (i) a | |
| 597 | - | physician licensed under chapter 370, (ii) an optometrist licensed to | |
| 598 | - | practice optometry under chapter 380, (iii) an advanced practice | |
| 599 | - | registered nurse licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-94a, | |
| 600 | - | or (iv) a physician assistant licensed to prescribe in accordance with | |
| 601 | - | section 20-12d. | |
| 602 | - | Sec. 8. Section 21a-286 of the general statutes is repealed and the | |
| 603 | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): | |
| 604 | - | (a) For purposes of this section: | |
| 605 | - | (1) "Opioid antagonist" shall have the meaning set forth in section | |
| 606 | - | 17a-714a. | |
| 607 | - | (2) "Prescribing practitioner" shall have the meaning set forth in | |
| 608 | - | section 20-14c. Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 609 | 468 | ||
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| 612 | - | (3) "Pharmacist" shall have the meaning set forth in section 20-609a. | |
| 613 | - | (b) A prescribing practitioner or a pharmacist certified to prescribe | |
| 614 | - | naloxone pursuant to section 20-633c may enter into an agreement with | |
| 615 | - | a law enforcement agency, emergency medical service provider, | |
| 616 | - | government agency, [or] community health organization or local or | |
| 617 | - | regional board of education related to the distribution and | |
| 618 | - | administration of an opioid antagonist for the reversal of an opioid | |
| 619 | - | overdose. The prescribing practitioner or pharmacist shall provide | |
| 620 | - | training to persons who will distribute or administer the opioid | |
| 621 | - | antagonist pursuant to the terms of the agreement. Persons other than | |
| 622 | - | the prescribing practitioner or pharmacist shall receive training in the | |
| 623 | - | distribution or administration of opioid antagonists prior to distributing | |
| 624 | - | or administering an opioid antagonist. The agreement shall address the | |
| 625 | - | storage, handling, labeling, recalls and recordkeeping of opioid | |
| 626 | - | antagonists by the law enforcement agency, emergency medical service | |
| 627 | - | provider, government agency, [or] community health organization or | |
| 628 | - | local or regional board of education which is party to the agreement. | |
| 629 | - | (c) A prescribing practitioner or pharmacist who enters into an | |
| 630 | - | agreement pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall not be liable | |
| 631 | - | for damages in a civil action or subject to administrative or criminal | |
| 632 | - | prosecution for the administration or dispensing of an opioid antagonist | |
| 633 | - | by such law enforcement agency, emergency medical service provider, | |
| 634 | - | government agency, [or] community health organization or local or | |
| 635 | - | regional board of education. | |
| 636 | - | (d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt | |
| 637 | - | regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to | |
| 638 | - | implement the provisions of this section. | |
| 639 | - | Sec. 9. (Effective July 1, 2022) For the school year commencing July 1, | |
| 640 | - | 2022, the Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the | |
| 641 | - | Department of Education, shall provide information to local and Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 473 | + | paraprofessional. 383 | |
| 474 | + | (f) (1) (A) With the written authorization of a student's parent or 384 | |
| 475 | + | guardian, and (B) pursuant to the written order of a physician licensed 385 | |
| 476 | + | under chapter 370 or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed 386 | |
| 477 | + | under chapter 378, a school nurse and a school medical advisor, if any, 387 | |
| 478 | + | shall select, and a school nurse shall provide general supervision to, a 388 | |
| 479 | + | qualified school employee to administer antiepileptic medication, 389 | |
| 480 | + | including by rectal syringe, to a specific student with a medically 390 | |
| 481 | + | diagnosed epileptic condition that requires prompt treatment in 391 | |
| 482 | + | accordance with the student's individual seizure action plan. Such 392 | |
| 483 | + | authorization shall be limited to situations when the school nurse is 393 | |
| 484 | + | absent or unavailable. No qualified school employee shall administer 394 | |
| 485 | + | medication under this subsection unless (i) such qualified school 395 | |
| 486 | + | employee annually completes the training program described in 396 | |
| 487 | + | subdivision (2) of this subsection, (ii) the school nurse and school 397 | |
| 488 | + | medical advisor, if any, have attested, in writing, that such qualified 398 | |
| 489 | + | school employee has completed such training, (iii) such qualified school 399 | |
| 490 | + | employee receives monthly reviews by the school nurse to confirm such 400 | |
| 491 | + | qualified school employee's competency to administer antiepileptic 401 | |
| 492 | + | medication under this subsection, and (iv) such qualified school 402 | |
| 493 | + | employee voluntarily agrees to serve as a qualified school employee. For 403 | |
| 494 | + | purposes of this subsection, "qualified school employee" means a 404 | |
| 495 | + | principal, teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed physical or 405 | |
| 496 | + | occupational therapist employed by a school district, coach or school 406 | |
| 497 | + | paraprofessional. 407 | |
| 498 | + | (2) The Department of Education, in consultation with the School 408 | |
| 499 | + | Nurse Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 10-212f, and 409 | |
| 500 | + | the Association of School Nurses of Connecticut, shall develop an 410 | |
| 501 | + | antiepileptic medication administrating training program. Such training 411 | |
| 502 | + | program shall include instruction in (A) an overview of childhood 412 | |
| 503 | + | epilepsy and types of seizure disorders, (B) interpretation of individual 413 | |
| 504 | + | student's emergency seizure action plan and recognition of individual 414 | |
| 505 | + | student's seizure activity, (C) emergency management procedures for 415 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 642 | 506 | ||
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| 644 | 507 | ||
| 645 | - | regional boards of education regarding where such boards can acquire | |
| 646 | - | opioid antagonists, as defined in section 10-212a of the general statutes, | |
| 647 | - | as amended by this act, including the name and contact information of | |
| 648 | - | any manufacturer of opioid antagonists that is providing such opioid | |
| 649 | - | antagonists at no cost to school districts. | |
| 650 | - | Sec. 10. (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section: | |
| 651 | - | (1) "Ableism" means the bias, prejudice or discrimination, intentional | |
| 652 | - | or unintentional, against people with physical, psychiatric or | |
| 653 | - | intellectual disabilities; and | |
| 654 | - | (2) "Social-emotional learning" has the same meaning as provided in | |
| 655 | - | section 10-222v of the general statutes. | |
| 656 | - | (b) There is established a task force to combat ableism. The task force | |
| 657 | - | shall identify (1) current efforts to educate all students on disability and | |
| 658 | - | combat ableism in the public school curriculum and classrooms, and (2) | |
| 659 | - | opportunities to expand such efforts and integrate them into social- | |
| 660 | - | emotional learning. | |
| 661 | - | (c) The task force shall consist of the following members: | |
| 662 | - | (1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, | |
| 663 | - | one of whom is an educator employed by a local or regional board of | |
| 664 | - | education and one of whom is a leader in social-emotional learning who | |
| 665 | - | works with children; | |
| 666 | - | (2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of | |
| 667 | - | whom works as a special education teacher and one of whom is a | |
| 668 | - | member of the social and emotional learning and school climate | |
| 669 | - | advisory collaborative established pursuant to section 10-222q of the | |
| 670 | - | general statutes; | |
| 671 | - | (3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 512 | + | seizure activity, including administration techniques for emergency 416 | |
| 513 | + | seizure medication, (D) when to activate emergency medical services 417 | |
| 514 | + | and postseizure procedures and follow-up, (E) reporting procedures 418 | |
| 515 | + | after a student has required such delegated emergency seizure 419 | |
| 516 | + | medication, and (F) any other relevant issues or topics related to 420 | |
| 517 | + | emergency interventions for students who experience seizures. 421 | |
| 518 | + | (g) (1) A school nurse or, in the absence of a school nurse, a qualified 422 | |
| 519 | + | school employee may maintain opioid antagonists for the purpose of 423 | |
| 520 | + | emergency first aid to students who experience an opioid-related drug 424 | |
| 521 | + | overdose and do not have a prior written authorization of a parent or 425 | |
| 522 | + | guardian or a prior written order of a qualified medical professional for 426 | |
| 523 | + | the administration of such opioid antagonist. A school nurse or a school 427 | |
| 524 | + | principal shall select qualified school employees to administer such 428 | |
| 525 | + | opioid antagonist under this subdivision, and there shall be at least one 429 | |
| 526 | + | such qualified school employee on the grounds of the school during 430 | |
| 527 | + | regular school hours in the absence of a school nurse. A school nurse or, 431 | |
| 528 | + | in the absence of such school nurse, such qualified school employee may 432 | |
| 529 | + | administer such opioid antagonist under this subdivision, provided 433 | |
| 530 | + | such administration of the opioid antagonist is in accordance with 434 | |
| 531 | + | policies and procedures adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this 435 | |
| 532 | + | section. Such administration of an opioid antagonist by a qualified 436 | |
| 533 | + | school employee shall be limited to situations when the school nurse is 437 | |
| 534 | + | absent or unavailable. No school nurse or qualified school employee 438 | |
| 535 | + | shall administer such opioid antagonist under this subdivision unless 439 | |
| 536 | + | such school nurse or qualified school employee completes a training 440 | |
| 537 | + | program in the distribution and administration of an opioid antagonist 441 | |
| 538 | + | developed by the Department of Education, Department of Public 442 | |
| 539 | + | Health and the Department of Consumer Protection, or under an 443 | |
| 540 | + | agreement entered into pursuant to section 21a-286, as amended by this 444 | |
| 541 | + | act. The parent or guardian of a student may submit a request, in 445 | |
| 542 | + | writing, to the school nurse and school medical advisor, if any, that an 446 | |
| 543 | + | opioid antagonist shall not be administered to such student under this 447 | |
| 544 | + | subdivision. 448 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 675 | - | Representatives, who is a school administrator employed by a local or | |
| 676 | - | regional board of education; | |
| 677 | - | (4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who is a | |
| 678 | - | chairperson of a local or regional board of education; | |
| 679 | - | (5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of | |
| 680 | - | Representatives, who is a director or employee of a private nonprofit | |
| 681 | - | organization in the state that provides services or programs for children | |
| 682 | - | with disabilities; | |
| 683 | - | (6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who is a | |
| 684 | - | director or employee of a private nonprofit organization in the state that | |
| 685 | - | provides disability-related services or programs for children; | |
| 686 | - | (7) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee; | |
| 687 | - | (8) The Commissioner of Early Childhood, or the commissioner's | |
| 688 | - | designee; | |
| 689 | - | (9) The chairperson of the Advisory Council for Special Education, | |
| 690 | - | established pursuant to section 10-76i of the general statutes; | |
| 691 | - | (10) The Commissioner of Children and Families , or the | |
| 692 | - | commissioner's designee; | |
| 693 | - | (11) The Chief Court Administrator, or the Chief Court | |
| 694 | - | Administrator's designee; and | |
| 695 | - | (12) The director of Special Education Equity for Kids of Connecticut, | |
| 696 | - | or the director's designee. | |
| 697 | - | (d) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), | |
| 698 | - | (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (c) of this section may be a member of | |
| 699 | - | the General Assembly. Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 703 | - | (e) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later | |
| 704 | - | than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall | |
| 705 | - | be filled by the appointing authority. | |
| 706 | - | (f) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro | |
| 707 | - | tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from | |
| 708 | - | among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule | |
| 709 | - | the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty | |
| 710 | - | days after the effective date of this section. | |
| 711 | - | (g) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the | |
| 712 | - | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children | |
| 713 | - | shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. | |
| 714 | - | (h) Not later than January 1, 2023, the task force shall submit a report | |
| 715 | - | on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of | |
| 716 | - | the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children | |
| 717 | - | and education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the | |
| 718 | - | general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it | |
| 719 | - | submits such report or January 1, 2023, whichever is later. | |
| 720 | - | Sec. 11. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to | |
| 721 | - | study the governance structure and internal procedures of the | |
| 722 | - | Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. Such study shall | |
| 723 | - | include, but need not be limited to, an examination of the leadership | |
| 724 | - | structure of the conference and how leadership positions are filled, and | |
| 725 | - | how the conference receives and resolves complaints filed by members | |
| 726 | - | of the conference and individuals. | |
| 727 | - | (b) The task force shall consist of the following members: | |
| 728 | - | (1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, | |
| 729 | - | who has expertise in coaching; | |
| 730 | - | (2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, each Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 551 | + | (2) Not later than October 1, 2022, the Department of Education, in 449 | |
| 552 | + | consultation with the Departments of Consumer Protection and Public 450 | |
| 553 | + | Health, shall develop guidelines for use by local and regional boards of 451 | |
| 554 | + | education on the storage and administration of opioid antagonists in 452 | |
| 555 | + | schools in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. 453 | |
| 556 | + | (3) For purposes of this subsection, (A) "opioid antagonist" means 454 | |
| 557 | + | naloxone hydrochloride or any other similarly acting and equally safe 455 | |
| 558 | + | drug approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the 456 | |
| 559 | + | treatment of a drug overdose, (B) "qualified school employee" means a 457 | |
| 560 | + | principal, teacher, licensed athletic trainer, licensed physical or 458 | |
| 561 | + | occupational therapist employed by a school district, coach or school 459 | |
| 562 | + | paraprofessional, and (C) "qualified medical professional" means (i) a 460 | |
| 563 | + | physician licensed under chapter 370, (ii) an optometrist licensed to 461 | |
| 564 | + | practice optometry under chapter 380, (iii) an advanced practice 462 | |
| 565 | + | registered nurse licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-94a, 463 | |
| 566 | + | or (iv) a physician assistant licensed to prescribe in accordance with 464 | |
| 567 | + | section 20-12d. 465 | |
| 568 | + | Sec. 7. Section 21a-286 of the general statutes is repealed and the 466 | |
| 569 | + | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 467 | |
| 570 | + | (a) For purposes of this section: 468 | |
| 571 | + | (1) "Opioid antagonist" shall have the meaning set forth in section 469 | |
| 572 | + | 17a-714a. 470 | |
| 573 | + | (2) "Prescribing practitioner" shall have the meaning set forth in 471 | |
| 574 | + | section 20-14c. 472 | |
| 575 | + | (3) "Pharmacist" shall have the meaning set forth in section 20-609a. 473 | |
| 576 | + | (b) A prescribing practitioner or a pharmacist certified to prescribe 474 | |
| 577 | + | naloxone pursuant to section 20-633c may enter into an agreement with 475 | |
| 578 | + | a law enforcement agency, emergency medical service provider, 476 | |
| 579 | + | government agency, [or] community health organization or local or 477 | |
| 580 | + | regional board of education related to the distribution and 478 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 734 | - | of whom are the parent or guardian of a student athlete for a school that | |
| 735 | - | is a member of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference; | |
| 736 | - | (3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of | |
| 737 | - | Representatives, who is an expert in diversity in sports; | |
| 738 | - | (4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who is an | |
| 739 | - | athletic director for a school district that is a member of the Connecticut | |
| 740 | - | Interscholastic Athletic Conference; | |
| 741 | - | (5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of | |
| 742 | - | Representatives, who has expertise in sports management; | |
| 743 | - | (6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who is an | |
| 744 | - | administrator at a school that is a member of the Connecticut | |
| 745 | - | Interscholastic Athletic Conference; and | |
| 746 | - | (7) The director of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic | |
| 747 | - | Conference, or the director's designee. | |
| 748 | - | (c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), | |
| 749 | - | (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member | |
| 750 | - | of the General Assembly. | |
| 751 | - | (d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later | |
| 752 | - | than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall | |
| 753 | - | be filled by the appointing authority. | |
| 754 | - | (e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro | |
| 755 | - | tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from | |
| 756 | - | among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule | |
| 757 | - | the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty | |
| 758 | - | days after the effective date of this section. | |
| 759 | - | (f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the | |
| 760 | - | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 587 | + | administration of an opioid antagonist for the reversal of an opioid 479 | |
| 588 | + | overdose. The prescribing practitioner or pharmacist shall provide 480 | |
| 589 | + | training to persons who will distribute or administer the opioid 481 | |
| 590 | + | antagonist pursuant to the terms of the agreement. Persons other than 482 | |
| 591 | + | the prescribing practitioner or pharmacist shall receive training in the 483 | |
| 592 | + | distribution or administration of opioid antagonists prior to distributing 484 | |
| 593 | + | or administering an opioid antagonist. The agreement shall address the 485 | |
| 594 | + | storage, handling, labeling, recalls and recordkeeping of opioid 486 | |
| 595 | + | antagonists by the law enforcement agency, emergency medical service 487 | |
| 596 | + | provider, government agency, [or] community health organization or 488 | |
| 597 | + | local or regional board of education which is party to the agreement. 489 | |
| 598 | + | (c) A prescribing practitioner or pharmacist who enters into an 490 | |
| 599 | + | agreement pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall not be liable 491 | |
| 600 | + | for damages in a civil action or subject to administrative or criminal 492 | |
| 601 | + | prosecution for the administration or dispensing of an opioid antagonist 493 | |
| 602 | + | by such law enforcement agency, emergency medical service provider, 494 | |
| 603 | + | government agency, [or] community health organization or local or 495 | |
| 604 | + | regional board of education. 496 | |
| 605 | + | (d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt 497 | |
| 606 | + | regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to 498 | |
| 607 | + | implement the provisions of this section. 499 | |
| 608 | + | Sec. 8. (Effective July 1, 2022) For the school year ending July 1, 2022, 500 | |
| 609 | + | the Department of Consumer Protection, in collaboration with the 501 | |
| 610 | + | Department of Education, shall provide information to local and 502 | |
| 611 | + | regional boards of education regarding where such boards can acquire 503 | |
| 612 | + | opioid antagonists, as defined in section 10-212a of the general statutes, 504 | |
| 613 | + | as amended by this act, including the name and contact information of 505 | |
| 614 | + | any manufacturer of opioid antagonists that is providing such opioid 506 | |
| 615 | + | antagonists at no cost to school districts. 507 | |
| 616 | + | Sec. 9. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) There is established a minority 508 | |
| 617 | + | teacher candidate scholarship program administered by the 509 | |
| 618 | + | Department of Education, in consultation with the Office of Higher 510 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 764 | - | shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. | |
| 765 | - | (g) Not later than January 1, 2023, the task force shall submit a report, | |
| 766 | - | in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, | |
| 767 | - | on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of | |
| 768 | - | the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to | |
| 769 | - | education. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such | |
| 770 | - | report or January 1, 2023, whichever is later. | |
| 771 | - | Sec. 12. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) For the fiscal year ending June | |
| 772 | - | 30, 2023, the Department of Public Health shall administer a school- | |
| 773 | - | based health center expansion grant program to provide grants to | |
| 774 | - | certain operators of school-based health centers for the expansion of | |
| 775 | - | school-based health centers and services provided by such centers. The | |
| 776 | - | following operators of school-based health centers shall be eligible for a | |
| 777 | - | grant under this section: (1) The operator of a school-based health center | |
| 778 | - | for any of the thirty-six recommended sites for expanded mental health | |
| 779 | - | services contained in the final report of the School-Based Health Center | |
| 780 | - | Expansion Working Group, established pursuant to section 16 of public | |
| 781 | - | act 21-35, and (2) the operator of a school-based health center for any of | |
| 782 | - | the one hundred twenty-four recommended schools for expanded | |
| 783 | - | school-based health center medical and mental health services | |
| 784 | - | contained in the final report of the School-Based Health Center | |
| 785 | - | Expansion Working Group, established pursuant to section 16 of public | |
| 786 | - | act 21-35. The department shall give priority to awarding a grant to | |
| 787 | - | those operators of a school-based health center that will provide services | |
| 788 | - | after regular school hours. Each such operator shall submit, in | |
| 789 | - | collaboration with the local or regional board of education for the school | |
| 790 | - | district in which the school-based health center is located, an application | |
| 791 | - | for a grant under this section at such time and in such manner as | |
| 792 | - | prescribed by the department. | |
| 793 | - | Sec. 13. (Effective from passage) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, | |
| 794 | - | the Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 625 | + | Education. The program shall provide an annual scholarship to 511 | |
| 626 | + | minority students who (1) graduated from a public high school in a 512 | |
| 627 | + | priority school district, as described in section 10-266p of the general 513 | |
| 628 | + | statutes, and (2) are enrolled in a teacher preparation program at any 514 | |
| 629 | + | four-year institution of higher education. Maximum grants shall not 515 | |
| 630 | + | exceed twenty thousand dollars per year. The department shall ensure 516 | |
| 631 | + | that at least fifty per cent of the scholarship recipients are men. 517 | |
| 632 | + | (b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the department shall develop a 518 | |
| 633 | + | policy concerning the administration of the scholarship. Such policy 519 | |
| 634 | + | shall include, but need not be limited to, provisions regarding (1) any 520 | |
| 635 | + | additional eligibility criteria, (2) payment and distribution of the 521 | |
| 636 | + | scholarships, and (3) the notification of students in high school in 522 | |
| 637 | + | priority school districts of the scholarship program. 523 | |
| 638 | + | (c) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year 524 | |
| 639 | + | thereafter, the department shall award scholarships in accordance with 525 | |
| 640 | + | the provisions of this section and the guidelines developed pursuant to 526 | |
| 641 | + | section (b) of this section. 527 | |
| 642 | + | (d) The Department of Education may accept gifts, grants and 528 | |
| 643 | + | donations, from any source, public or private, for the minority teacher 529 | |
| 644 | + | candidate scholarship program. 530 | |
| 645 | + | Sec. 10. (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section: 531 | |
| 646 | + | (1) "Ableism" means the bias, prejudice or discrimination, intentional 532 | |
| 647 | + | or unintentional, against people with physical, psychiatric or 533 | |
| 648 | + | intellectual disabilities; and 534 | |
| 649 | + | (2) "Social-emotional learning" has the same meaning as provided in 535 | |
| 650 | + | section 10-222v of the general statutes. 536 | |
| 651 | + | (b) There is established a task force to combat ableism. The task force 537 | |
| 652 | + | shall identify (1) current efforts to educate all students on disability and 538 | |
| 653 | + | combat ableism in the public school curriculum and classrooms, and (2) 539 | |
| 654 | + | opportunities to expand such efforts and integrate them into social-540 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 828 | 655 | ||
| 829 | - | Public Act No. 22-80 26 of 49 | |
| 830 | 656 | ||
| 831 | - | (c) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year | |
| 832 | - | thereafter, the department shall award scholarships in accordance with | |
| 833 | - | the provisions of this section and the guidelines developed pursuant to | |
| 834 | - | subsection (b) of this section. | |
| 835 | - | (d) The department may accept gifts, grants and donations, from any | |
| 836 | - | source, public or private, for the minority teacher candidate scholarship | |
| 837 | - | program. | |
| 838 | - | Sec. 16. (Effective from passage) (a) The Task Force to Diversify the | |
| 839 | - | Educator Workforce, established pursuant to section 10-156aa of the | |
| 840 | - | general statutes, as amended by this act, shall conduct a study to | |
| 841 | - | evaluate the implementation of and analyze the effectiveness of existing | |
| 842 | - | minority teacher recruitment and retention programs and efforts at the | |
| 843 | - | state and local levels. Such study shall include, but need not be limited | |
| 844 | - | to, (1) a review of prior legislation relating to minority teacher | |
| 845 | - | recruitment and retention, including, but not limited to, public acts 18- | |
| 846 | - | 34, 19-74 and 19-117 and public act 21-2 of the June special session, (2) | |
| 847 | - | an evaluation of the implementation and outcomes of the programs and | |
| 848 | - | policies included in such legislation, (3) an assessment of the strategies | |
| 849 | - | and resources being used to ensure that at least two hundred fifty new | |
| 850 | - | minority teachers and administrators, of which at least thirty per cent | |
| 851 | - | are men, are hired and employed by local and regional boards of | |
| 852 | - | education each year in the state, pursuant to section 10-156ff of the | |
| 853 | - | general statutes, as amended by this act, and whether such goal is being | |
| 854 | - | realized, and (4) an analysis of any other issue relating to the | |
| 855 | - | recruitment or retention of minority teachers. | |
| 856 | - | (b) The task force may consult with the Department of Education, the | |
| 857 | - | Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council, established | |
| 858 | - | pursuant to section 10-156bb of the general statutes, as amended by this | |
| 859 | - | act, and the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General | |
| 860 | - | Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education while | |
| 861 | - | conducting such study. Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 863 | - | Public Act No. 22-80 27 of 49 | |
| 661 | + | emotional learning. 541 | |
| 662 | + | (c) The task force shall consist of the following members: 542 | |
| 663 | + | (1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 543 | |
| 664 | + | one of whom is an educator employed by a local or regional board of 544 | |
| 665 | + | education and one of whom is a leader in social-emotional learning who 545 | |
| 666 | + | works with children; 546 | |
| 667 | + | (2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of 547 | |
| 668 | + | whom works as a special education teacher and one of whom is a 548 | |
| 669 | + | member of the social and emotional learning and school climate 549 | |
| 670 | + | advisory collaborative established pursuant to section 10-222q of the 550 | |
| 671 | + | general statutes; 551 | |
| 672 | + | (3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 552 | |
| 673 | + | Representatives, who is a school administrator employed by a local or 553 | |
| 674 | + | regional board of education; 554 | |
| 675 | + | (4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who is a 555 | |
| 676 | + | chairperson of a local or regional board of education; 556 | |
| 677 | + | (5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 557 | |
| 678 | + | Representatives, who is a director or employee of a private nonprofit 558 | |
| 679 | + | organization in the state that provides services or programs for children 559 | |
| 680 | + | with disabilities; 560 | |
| 681 | + | (6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who is a 561 | |
| 682 | + | director or employee of a private nonprofit organization in the state that 562 | |
| 683 | + | provides disability-related services or programs for children; 563 | |
| 684 | + | (7) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee; 564 | |
| 685 | + | (8) The Commissioner of Early Childhood, or the commissioner's 565 | |
| 686 | + | designee; 566 | |
| 687 | + | (9) The Commissioner of Children and Families, or the 567 | |
| 688 | + | commissioner's designee; 568 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 864 | 689 | ||
| 865 | - | (c) Not later than January 1, 2023, the task force shall submit a report | |
| 866 | - | on its findings and any recommendations for legislation to the joint | |
| 867 | - | standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of | |
| 868 | - | matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of | |
| 869 | - | section 11-4a of the general statutes. | |
| 870 | - | Sec. 17. Subsection (a) of section 10-156aa of the general statutes is | |
| 871 | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from | |
| 872 | - | passage): | |
| 873 | - | (a) There is established [a task force] the Task Force to Diversify the | |
| 874 | - | Educator Workforce to study and develop strategies to increase and | |
| 875 | - | improve the recruitment, preparation and retention of minority | |
| 876 | - | teachers, as defined in section 10-155l, in public schools in the state. Such | |
| 877 | - | study shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) an analysis of the | |
| 878 | - | causes of minority teacher shortages in the state, (2) an examination of | |
| 879 | - | current state-wide and school district demographics, and (3) a review of | |
| 880 | - | best practices. | |
| 881 | - | Sec. 18. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 10-151d of the general | |
| 882 | - | statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof | |
| 883 | - | (Effective from passage): | |
| 884 | - | (a) There is established a Performance Evaluation Advisory Council | |
| 885 | - | within the Department of Education. Membership of the council shall | |
| 886 | - | consist of: (1) The Commissioner of Education and the president of the | |
| 887 | - | Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, or their designees, (2) one | |
| 888 | - | representative from each of the following associations, designated by | |
| 889 | - | the association, the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, the | |
| 890 | - | Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, the | |
| 891 | - | Connecticut Federation of School Administrators, the Connecticut | |
| 892 | - | Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers - | |
| 893 | - | Connecticut, the Connecticut Association of School Administrators and | |
| 894 | - | the Connecticut Association of Schools, (3) a representative from the Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 898 | - | [minority teacher recruitment task force] Task Force to Diversify the | |
| 899 | - | Educator Workforce, established pursuant to section 10-156aa, as | |
| 900 | - | amended by this act, designated by the chairpersons of [the minority | |
| 901 | - | teacher recruitment] said task force, and (4) persons selected by the | |
| 902 | - | Commissioner of Education who shall include, but need not be limited | |
| 903 | - | to, teachers, persons with expertise in performance evaluation processes | |
| 904 | - | and systems, and any other person the commissioner deems | |
| 905 | - | appropriate. | |
| 906 | - | (b) The council shall be responsible for (1) assisting the State Board of | |
| 907 | - | Education in the development of (A) guidelines for a model teacher | |
| 908 | - | evaluation and support program, and (B) a model teacher evaluation | |
| 909 | - | and support program, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-151b, (2) | |
| 910 | - | the data collection and evaluation support system, pursuant to | |
| 911 | - | subsection (c) of section 10-10a, and (3) assisting the State Board of | |
| 912 | - | Education in the development of a teacher evaluation and support | |
| 913 | - | program implementation plan, pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10- | |
| 914 | - | 151b. The council shall meet at least quarterly. The council shall | |
| 915 | - | collaborate with the [minority teacher recruitment task force] Task Force | |
| 916 | - | to Diversify the Educator Workforce, established pursuant to section 10- | |
| 917 | - | 156aa, as amended by this act, to focus on issues concerning equity and | |
| 918 | - | closing the achievement gap, as defined in section 10-14u. | |
| 919 | - | Sec. 19. Section 10-156bb of the general statutes is repealed and the | |
| 920 | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): | |
| 921 | - | There is established a Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight | |
| 922 | - | Council within the Department of Education. The council shall consist | |
| 923 | - | of (1) the Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee, | |
| 924 | - | (2) two representatives from the [minority teacher recruitment task | |
| 925 | - | force] Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce, established | |
| 926 | - | pursuant to section 10-156aa, as amended by this act, (3) one | |
| 927 | - | representative from each of the exclusive bargaining units for certified | |
| 928 | - | employees, chosen pursuant to section 10-153b, (4) the president of the Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 695 | + | (10) The Chief Court Administrator, or the Chief Court 569 | |
| 696 | + | Administrator's designee; and 570 | |
| 697 | + | (11) The director of Special Education Equity for Kids of Connecticut, 571 | |
| 698 | + | or the director's designee. 572 | |
| 699 | + | (d) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 573 | |
| 700 | + | (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (c) of this section may be a member of 574 | |
| 701 | + | the General Assembly. 575 | |
| 702 | + | (e) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 576 | |
| 703 | + | than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 577 | |
| 704 | + | be filled by the appointing authority. 578 | |
| 705 | + | (f) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 579 | |
| 706 | + | tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 580 | |
| 707 | + | among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 581 | |
| 708 | + | the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 582 | |
| 709 | + | days after the effective date of this section. 583 | |
| 710 | + | (g) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 584 | |
| 711 | + | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children 585 | |
| 712 | + | shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 586 | |
| 713 | + | (h) Not later than January 1, 2023, the task force shall submit a report 587 | |
| 714 | + | on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 588 | |
| 715 | + | the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children 589 | |
| 716 | + | and education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 590 | |
| 717 | + | general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 591 | |
| 718 | + | submits such report or January 1, 2023, whichever is later. 592 | |
| 719 | + | Sec. 11. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to 593 | |
| 720 | + | study the governance structure and internal procedures of the 594 | |
| 721 | + | Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. Such study shall 595 | |
| 722 | + | include, but need not be limited to, an examination of the leadership 596 | |
| 723 | + | structure of the conference and how leadership positions are filled, and 597 | |
| 724 | + | how the conference receives and resolves complaints filed by members 598 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 929 | 725 | ||
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| 931 | 726 | ||
| 932 | - | Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, or the president's designee, | |
| 933 | - | and (5) a representative from an alternate route to certification program, | |
| 934 | - | appointed by the Commissioner of Education. The council shall hold | |
| 935 | - | quarterly meetings and advise, at least quarterly, the Commissioner of | |
| 936 | - | Education, or the commissioner's designee, on ways to (A) encourage | |
| 937 | - | minority middle and secondary school students to attend institutions of | |
| 938 | - | higher education and enter teacher preparation programs, (B) recruit | |
| 939 | - | minority students attending institutions of higher education to enroll in | |
| 940 | - | teacher preparation programs and pursue teaching careers, (C) recruit | |
| 941 | - | and retain minority teachers in Connecticut schools, (D) recruit minority | |
| 942 | - | teachers from other states to teach in Connecticut schools, and (E) recruit | |
| 943 | - | minority professionals in other fields to enter teaching. The council shall | |
| 944 | - | report, annually, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on | |
| 945 | - | the recommendations given to the commissioner, or the commissioner's | |
| 946 | - | designee, pursuant to the provisions of this section, to the joint standing | |
| 947 | - | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters | |
| 948 | - | relating to education. For purposes of this section, "minority" means | |
| 949 | - | individuals whose race is defined as other than white, or whose | |
| 950 | - | ethnicity is defined as Hispanic or Latino by the federal Office of | |
| 951 | - | Management and Budget for use by the Bureau of Census of the United | |
| 952 | - | States Department of Commerce. | |
| 953 | - | Sec. 20. Section 10-156ee of the 2022 supplement to the general | |
| 954 | - | statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof | |
| 955 | - | (Effective from passage): | |
| 956 | - | Not later than January 1, 2019, the Department of Education, in | |
| 957 | - | consultation with the Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight | |
| 958 | - | Council, shall (1) identify relevant research and successful practices to | |
| 959 | - | enhance minority teacher recruitment throughout the state, (2) identify | |
| 960 | - | and establish public, private and philanthropic partnerships to increase | |
| 961 | - | minority teacher recruitment, (3) utilize, monitor and evaluate | |
| 962 | - | innovative methods to attract minority candidates to the teaching Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 731 | + | of the conference and individuals. 599 | |
| 732 | + | (b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 600 | |
| 733 | + | (1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 601 | |
| 734 | + | who has expertise in coaching; 602 | |
| 735 | + | (2) One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, who 603 | |
| 736 | + | has expertise in sports management; 604 | |
| 737 | + | (3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 605 | |
| 738 | + | Representatives, who is a coach for a member of the Connecticut 606 | |
| 739 | + | Interscholastic Athletic Conference; 607 | |
| 740 | + | (4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who is an 608 | |
| 741 | + | athletic director for a school district that is a member of the Connecticut 609 | |
| 742 | + | Interscholastic Athletic Conference; 610 | |
| 743 | + | (5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 611 | |
| 744 | + | Representatives, who is an administrator at a school that is a member of 612 | |
| 745 | + | the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference; 613 | |
| 746 | + | (6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who is a 614 | |
| 747 | + | parent of a student athlete for a school that is a member of the 615 | |
| 748 | + | Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference; and 616 | |
| 749 | + | (7) The director of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic 617 | |
| 750 | + | Conference, or the director's designee. 618 | |
| 751 | + | (c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 619 | |
| 752 | + | (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 620 | |
| 753 | + | of the General Assembly. 621 | |
| 754 | + | (d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 622 | |
| 755 | + | than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 623 | |
| 756 | + | be filled by the appointing authority. 624 | |
| 757 | + | (e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 625 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 965 | 758 | ||
| 966 | - | profession, particularly in subject areas in which a teacher shortage | |
| 967 | - | exists, as determined by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to | |
| 968 | - | section 10-8b, (4) modernize the process for educators to obtain educator | |
| 969 | - | certification under this chapter by eliminating obstacles to certification | |
| 970 | - | to increase competitiveness with other states, (5) identify and utilize | |
| 971 | - | high-quality, affordable and bias-free educator assessments, (6) adopt | |
| 972 | - | cut scores for educator assessments, that do not exceed the multistate | |
| 973 | - | cut scores, to increase competitiveness with surrounding states, (7) | |
| 974 | - | support new and existing educator preparation programs that commit | |
| 975 | - | to enrolling greater numbers of minority teacher candidates in a manner | |
| 976 | - | that supports interstate reciprocity, (8) monitor, advise and support, and | |
| 977 | - | intervene in when necessary, local and regional boards of education's | |
| 978 | - | efforts to prioritize minority teacher recruitment and develop | |
| 979 | - | innovative strategies to attract and retain minority teachers within their | |
| 980 | - | districts, (9) (A) on and after July 1, 2019, include a question regarding | |
| 981 | - | the demographic data of applicants for positions requiring educator | |
| 982 | - | certification in the department's annual hiring survey distributed to | |
| 983 | - | local and regional boards of education, and (B) not later than July 1, | |
| 984 | - | 2020, and annually thereafter, submit a report, in accordance with the | |
| 985 | - | provisions of section 11-4a, on the applicant demographic data collected | |
| 986 | - | pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision to the [minority | |
| 987 | - | teacher recruitment task force] Task Force to Diversify the Educator | |
| 988 | - | Workforce, established pursuant to section 10-156aa, as amended by this | |
| 989 | - | act, and to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having | |
| 990 | - | cognizance of matters relating to education, and (10) not later than July | |
| 991 | - | 1, 2022, develop and make available, in consultation with the State | |
| 992 | - | Education Resource Center, a video training module for school district | |
| 993 | - | personnel involved in or responsible for hiring educators relating to | |
| 994 | - | implicit bias and anti-bias in the hiring process. For purposes of this | |
| 995 | - | section, "minority" has the same meaning as provided in section 10- | |
| 996 | - | 156bb, as amended by this act. | |
| 997 | - | Sec. 21. Section 10-156ff of the general statutes is repealed and the Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 998 | 759 | ||
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| 1000 | 763 | ||
| 1001 | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): | |
| 1002 | - | For the school year commencing July 1, 2020, and each school year | |
| 1003 | - | thereafter, the Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council, | |
| 1004 | - | established pursuant to section 10-156bb, as amended by this act, in | |
| 1005 | - | consultation with the [minority teacher recruitment task force] Task | |
| 1006 | - | Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce, established pursuant to | |
| 1007 | - | section 10-156aa, as amended by this act, shall develop and implement | |
| 1008 | - | strategies and utilize existing resources to ensure that at least two | |
| 1009 | - | hundred fifty new minority teachers and administrators, of which at | |
| 1010 | - | least thirty per cent are men, are hired and employed by local and | |
| 1011 | - | regional boards of education each year in the state. As used in this | |
| 1012 | - | section, "minority" has the same meaning as provided in section 10- | |
| 1013 | - | 156bb, as amended by this act. | |
| 1014 | - | Sec. 22. Subsection (a) of section 10a-168b of the general statutes is | |
| 1015 | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from | |
| 1016 | - | passage): | |
| 1017 | - | (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year | |
| 1018 | - | thereafter, the Office of Higher Education, in collaboration with the | |
| 1019 | - | Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council, established | |
| 1020 | - | pursuant to section 10-156bb, as amended by this act, and the [minority | |
| 1021 | - | teacher recruitment task force] Task Force to Diversify the Educator | |
| 1022 | - | Workforce, established pursuant to section 10-156aa, as amended by this | |
| 1023 | - | act, shall, within available appropriations, administer a minority | |
| 1024 | - | educator loan reimbursement grant program for persons who meet the | |
| 1025 | - | eligibility requirements described in subsection (b) of this section. | |
| 1026 | - | Sec. 23. (Effective from passage) The Department of Education shall | |
| 1027 | - | conduct a review of the statutes and regulations relating to teacher | |
| 1028 | - | certification. Such review shall identify obsolete provisions, evaluate | |
| 1029 | - | existing requirements for effectiveness and analyze whether any such | |
| 1030 | - | statutes or regulations create a barrier to entry or undue hardship for Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 764 | + | tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 626 | |
| 765 | + | among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 627 | |
| 766 | + | the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 628 | |
| 767 | + | days after the effective date of this section. 629 | |
| 768 | + | (f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 630 | |
| 769 | + | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education 631 | |
| 770 | + | shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 632 | |
| 771 | + | (g) Not later than January 1, 2023, the task force shall submit a report, 633 | |
| 772 | + | in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 634 | |
| 773 | + | on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 635 | |
| 774 | + | the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 636 | |
| 775 | + | education. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such 637 | |
| 776 | + | report or January 1, 2023, whichever is later. 638 | |
| 777 | + | Sec. 12. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) As used in this section: 639 | |
| 778 | + | (1) "School readiness program" has the same meaning as provided in 640 | |
| 779 | + | section 10-16p of the general statutes, as amended by this act; and 641 | |
| 780 | + | (2) "Competitive municipality" means, for the fiscal year ending June 642 | |
| 781 | + | 30, 2024, a municipality that is among the lowest fifty municipalities 643 | |
| 782 | + | when ranked by wealth, as determined by the Commissioner of Early 644 | |
| 783 | + | Childhood, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, a municipality 645 | |
| 784 | + | that is among the lowest one hundred municipalities when ranked by 646 | |
| 785 | + | wealth, as determined by the commissioner. 647 | |
| 786 | + | (b) For the fiscal year ending July 1, 2023, and each fiscal year 648 | |
| 787 | + | thereafter, the Commissioner of Early Childhood shall coordinate with 649 | |
| 788 | + | local and regional school readiness councils to conduct needs 650 | |
| 789 | + | assessments for infant, toddler and preschool spaces in school readiness 651 | |
| 790 | + | programs throughout the state. The commissioner shall use the results 652 | |
| 791 | + | of such needs assessments to increase or adjust the number of infant, 653 | |
| 792 | + | toddler and preschool spaces in school readiness programs to meet the 654 | |
| 793 | + | need or demand of each community and to provide grants under section 655 | |
| 794 | + | 10-16p of the general statutes, as amended by this act, in accordance 656 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 1031 | 795 | ||
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| 1033 | 796 | ||
| 1034 | - | the recruitment or retention of teaching candidates, including | |
| 1035 | - | reciprocity with other states and Puerto Rico, or addressing the | |
| 1036 | - | academic needs of students in the state. The department may seek input | |
| 1037 | - | and recommendations from stakeholder groups while conducting such | |
| 1038 | - | review. Not later than January 1, 2023, the department shall submit a | |
| 1039 | - | report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing | |
| 1040 | - | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters | |
| 1041 | - | relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a | |
| 1042 | - | of the general statutes. | |
| 1043 | - | Sec. 24. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) For the school years | |
| 1044 | - | commencing July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, the State Board of Education, | |
| 1045 | - | upon the request of a local or regional board of education or a regional | |
| 1046 | - | educational service center, may issue a career and technical pathways | |
| 1047 | - | instructor permit to any person with specialized training, experience or | |
| 1048 | - | expertise in the field of manufacturing, allied health, computer | |
| 1049 | - | technology, engineering or any of the construction trades. Such permit | |
| 1050 | - | shall authorize such person to hold a part-time position of not more than | |
| 1051 | - | twenty classroom instructional hours per week as a teacher of a class in | |
| 1052 | - | such person's area of specialized training, experience or expertise. Such | |
| 1053 | - | person shall (1) hold (A) an associate degree or a bachelor's degree in | |
| 1054 | - | the field of manufacturing, allied health, computer technology, | |
| 1055 | - | engineering or any of the construction trades, from an institution of | |
| 1056 | - | higher education accredited by the Board of Regents for Higher | |
| 1057 | - | Education or Office of Higher Education or regionally accredited, or (B) | |
| 1058 | - | a credential, as defined in section 10a-34h of the general statutes, in the | |
| 1059 | - | field of manufacturing, allied health, computer technology, engineering | |
| 1060 | - | or any of the construction trades; and (2) have a minimum of two years | |
| 1061 | - | of work experience in the field of such person's associate degree, | |
| 1062 | - | bachelor's degree or credential. | |
| 1063 | - | (b) During a period of such employment, a person holding a career | |
| 1064 | - | and technical pathways instructor permit shall be under the supervision Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1065 | 800 | ||
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| 801 | + | with subsections (c) to (e), inclusive, of this section. 657 | |
| 802 | + | (c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the commissioner shall 658 | |
| 803 | + | increase or adjust the number of infant, toddler and preschool spaces, in 659 | |
| 804 | + | accordance with the needs assessments conducted pursuant to 660 | |
| 805 | + | subsection (b) of this section, in priority school districts, as described in 661 | |
| 806 | + | section 10-266p of the general statutes. The commissioner shall provide 662 | |
| 807 | + | grants under section 10-16p of the general statutes, as amended by this 663 | |
| 808 | + | act, to accomplish such increase or adjustment in such spaces. 664 | |
| 809 | + | (d) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, the 665 | |
| 810 | + | commissioner shall increase or adjust the number of infant, toddler and 666 | |
| 811 | + | preschool spaces, in accordance with the needs assessments conducted 667 | |
| 812 | + | pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, in competitive municipalities. 668 | |
| 813 | + | The commissioner shall provide grants under section 10-16p of the 669 | |
| 814 | + | general statutes, as amended by this act, to accomplish such increase or 670 | |
| 815 | + | adjustment in such spaces. 671 | |
| 816 | + | (e) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, and each fiscal year 672 | |
| 817 | + | thereafter, the commissioner shall increase or adjust the number of 673 | |
| 818 | + | infant, toddler and preschool spaces, in accordance with the needs 674 | |
| 819 | + | assessments conducted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, for 675 | |
| 820 | + | each community throughout the state. The commissioner shall provide 676 | |
| 821 | + | grants under section 10-16p of the general statutes, as amended by this 677 | |
| 822 | + | act, to accomplish such increase or adjustment in such spaces. 678 | |
| 823 | + | Sec. 13. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 10-16q of the 679 | |
| 824 | + | general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 680 | |
| 825 | + | thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 681 | |
| 826 | + | (b) (1) [For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, the per child cost of 682 | |
| 827 | + | the Office of Early Childhood school readiness program offered by a 683 | |
| 828 | + | school readiness provider shall not exceed eight thousand nine hundred 684 | |
| 829 | + | twenty-seven dollars.] For the fiscal year ending June 30, [2021] 2023, 685 | |
| 830 | + | and each fiscal year thereafter, the per child cost of the Office of Early 686 | |
| 831 | + | Childhood school readiness program offered by a school readiness 687 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 1067 | 832 | ||
| 1068 | - | of the superintendent of schools or of a principal, administrator or | |
| 1069 | - | supervisor designated by such superintendent who shall regularly | |
| 1070 | - | observe, guide and evaluate the performance of assigned duties by such | |
| 1071 | - | holder of a career and technical pathways instructor permit. | |
| 1072 | - | (c) Each such career and technical pathways instructor permit shall | |
| 1073 | - | be valid for the school years commencing July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023. | |
| 1074 | - | (d) Any board of education or regional educational service center | |
| 1075 | - | employing a person who holds a career and technical pathways | |
| 1076 | - | instructor permit issued under this section shall provide a program to | |
| 1077 | - | assist each such person. Such program, developed in consultation with | |
| 1078 | - | the Department of Education, shall include academic and classroom | |
| 1079 | - | support service components. | |
| 1080 | - | (e) No person holding a career and technical pathways instructor | |
| 1081 | - | permit shall fill a position that will result in the displacement of any | |
| 1082 | - | person holding a teaching certificate under section 10-145b of the | |
| 1083 | - | general statutes who is already employed at such school. | |
| 1084 | - | (f) Any person holding a career and technical pathways instructor | |
| 1085 | - | permit pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to be eligible for | |
| 1086 | - | membership in the teachers' retirement system solely by reason of such | |
| 1087 | - | permit, provided any such person who holds a regular teacher's | |
| 1088 | - | certificate issued by the State Board of Education shall not be excluded | |
| 1089 | - | from membership in said system. | |
| 1090 | - | Sec. 25. Section 10-4w of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes | |
| 1091 | - | is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July | |
| 1092 | - | 1, 2022): | |
| 1093 | - | (a) As used in this section: [,] | |
| 1094 | - | (1) "[remote] Remote learning" means instruction by means of one or | |
| 1095 | - | more Internet-based software platforms as part of a remote learning Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 1096 | 833 | ||
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| 1099 | - | model; [.] and | |
| 1100 | - | (2) "Dual instruction" means the simultaneous instruction by a | |
| 1101 | - | teacher to students in-person in the classroom and students engaged in | |
| 1102 | - | remote learning. | |
| 1103 | - | (b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Education | |
| 1104 | - | shall develop, and update as necessary, standards for remote learning. | |
| 1105 | - | [The standards shall not be deemed to be regulations, as defined in | |
| 1106 | - | section 4-166.] | |
| 1107 | - | (c) For the school [year] years commencing July 1, 2022, and [each | |
| 1108 | - | school year thereafter] July 1, 2023, a local or regional board of education | |
| 1109 | - | may authorize remote learning to students in grades nine to twelve, | |
| 1110 | - | inclusive, provided such board (1) provides such instruction in | |
| 1111 | - | compliance with the standards developed pursuant to subsection (b) of | |
| 1112 | - | this section, [and] (2) adopts a policy regarding the requirements for | |
| 1113 | - | student attendance during remote learning, which shall (A) be in | |
| 1114 | - | compliance with the Department of Education's guidance on student | |
| 1115 | - | attendance during remote learning, and (B) count the attendance of any | |
| 1116 | - | student who spends not less than one-half of the school day during such | |
| 1117 | - | instruction engaged in (i) virtual classes, (ii) virtual meetings, (iii) | |
| 1118 | - | activities on time-logged electronic systems, and (iv) the completion and | |
| 1119 | - | submission of assignments, and (3) prohibits the provision of dual | |
| 1120 | - | instruction as part of remote learning. | |
| 1121 | - | (d) For the school year commencing July 1, 2024, and each school year | |
| 1122 | - | thereafter, a local or regional board of education may authorize remote | |
| 1123 | - | learning to students in grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, | |
| 1124 | - | provided such board (1) provides such instruction in compliance with | |
| 1125 | - | the standards developed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, (2) | |
| 1126 | - | adopts a policy regarding the requirements for student attendance | |
| 1127 | - | during remote learning, which shall (A) be in compliance with the | |
| 1128 | - | Department of Education's guidance on student attendance during Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 838 | + | provider shall not exceed [nine thousand twenty-seven dollars] (A) 688 | |
| 839 | + | sixteen thousand dollars for each child three years of age or under who 689 | |
| 840 | + | is in infant or toddler care and not in a preschool program, and (B) 690 | |
| 841 | + | fourteen thousand five hundred dollars for each child three years of age 691 | |
| 842 | + | or older who is in a preschool program. 692 | |
| 843 | + | Sec. 14. Section 10-16p of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes 693 | |
| 844 | + | is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 694 | |
| 845 | + | 1, 2022): 695 | |
| 846 | + | (a) As used in sections 10-16o to 10-16r, inclusive, as amended by this 696 | |
| 847 | + | act, 10-16u, 17b-749a and 17b-749c: 697 | |
| 848 | + | (1) "School readiness program" means a [nonsectarian] program that 698 | |
| 849 | + | (A) meets the standards set by the Office of Early Childhood pursuant 699 | |
| 850 | + | to subsection (b) of this section and the requirements of section 10-16q, 700 | |
| 851 | + | as amended by this act, and (B) provides a developmentally appropriate 701 | |
| 852 | + | learning experience of not less than four hundred fifty hours and one 702 | |
| 853 | + | hundred eighty days for eligible children, except as provided in 703 | |
| 854 | + | subsection (d) of section 10-16q; 704 | |
| 855 | + | (2) "Eligible children" means children three and four years of age and 705 | |
| 856 | + | children five years of age who are not eligible to enroll in school 706 | |
| 857 | + | pursuant to section 10-15c, or who are eligible to enroll in school and 707 | |
| 858 | + | will attend a school readiness program pursuant to section 10-16t; 708 | |
| 859 | + | (3) "Priority school" means a school in which forty per cent or more 709 | |
| 860 | + | of the lunches served are served to students who are eligible for free or 710 | |
| 861 | + | reduced price lunches pursuant to federal law and regulations, 711 | |
| 862 | + | excluding such a school located in a priority school district pursuant to 712 | |
| 863 | + | section 10-266p or in a former priority school district receiving a grant 713 | |
| 864 | + | pursuant to subsection (c) of this section and, on and after July 1, 2001, 714 | |
| 865 | + | excluding such a school in a transitional school district receiving a grant 715 | |
| 866 | + | pursuant to section 10-16u; 716 | |
| 867 | + | (4) "Severe need school" means a school in a priority school district 717 | |
| 868 | + | pursuant to section 10-266p or in a former priority school district in 718 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 1129 | 869 | ||
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| 1131 | 870 | ||
| 1132 | - | remote learning, and (B) count the attendance of any student who | |
| 1133 | - | spends not less than one-half of the school day during such instruction | |
| 1134 | - | engaged in (i) virtual classes, (ii) virtual meetings, (iii) activities on time- | |
| 1135 | - | logged electronic systems, and (iv) the completion and submission of | |
| 1136 | - | assignments, and (3) prohibits the provision of dual instruction as part | |
| 1137 | - | of remote learning. | |
| 1138 | - | Sec. 26. Section 10-357b of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes | |
| 1139 | - | is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July | |
| 1140 | - | 1, 2022): | |
| 1141 | - | (a) The purposes of the State Education Resource Center, established | |
| 1142 | - | pursuant to section 10-357a, shall be to assist the State Board of | |
| 1143 | - | Education in the provision of programs and activities that will promote | |
| 1144 | - | educational equity and excellence. Such activities shall be limited to: | |
| 1145 | - | Training, technical assistance and professional development for local | |
| 1146 | - | and regional boards of education, school leaders, teachers, families and | |
| 1147 | - | community partners in the form of seminars, publications, site visits, on- | |
| 1148 | - | line content and other appropriate means; maintaining a state education | |
| 1149 | - | resource center library; publication of technical materials; research and | |
| 1150 | - | evaluation; writing, managing, administering and coordinating grants | |
| 1151 | - | for the purposes described in this subsection; and any other related | |
| 1152 | - | activities directly related to the purposes described in this subsection. | |
| 1153 | - | The center shall support local educational agencies serving the needs of | |
| 1154 | - | families, communities and service providers. The center [may] shall | |
| 1155 | - | support programs and activities concerning early childhood education, | |
| 1156 | - | in collaboration with the Office of Early Childhood, improving school | |
| 1157 | - | and district academic performance, and closing [academic achievement] | |
| 1158 | - | opportunity gaps between socio-economic subgroups, and other related | |
| 1159 | - | programs and activities. The center shall support and collaborate with | |
| 1160 | - | other state agencies for the purposes described in this subsection. For | |
| 1161 | - | such purposes the center is authorized and empowered to: | |
| 1162 | - | (1) Have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and to Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1163 | 874 | ||
| 1164 | - | Public Act No. 22-80 36 of 49 | |
| 875 | + | which forty per cent or more of the lunches served are served to students 719 | |
| 876 | + | who are eligible for free or reduced price lunches; 720 | |
| 877 | + | (5) "Accredited" means accredited by the National Association for the 721 | |
| 878 | + | Education of Young Children, National Association for Family Child 722 | |
| 879 | + | Care, a Head Start on-site program review instrument or a successor 723 | |
| 880 | + | instrument pursuant to federal regulations, or otherwise meeting such 724 | |
| 881 | + | criteria as may be established by the commissioner, unless the context 725 | |
| 882 | + | otherwise requires; 726 | |
| 883 | + | (6) "Year-round" means fifty weeks per year, except as provided in 727 | |
| 884 | + | subsection (d) of section 10-16q; 728 | |
| 885 | + | (7) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Early Childhood; 729 | |
| 886 | + | (8) "Office" means the Office of Early Childhood; 730 | |
| 887 | + | (9) "Seeking accreditation" means a school readiness program seeking 731 | |
| 888 | + | accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young 732 | |
| 889 | + | Children, National Association for Family Child Care or a Head Start 733 | |
| 890 | + | on-site program review instrument or successor instrument pursuant to 734 | |
| 891 | + | federal regulations, or attempting to meet criteria as may be established 735 | |
| 892 | + | by the commissioner; and 736 | |
| 893 | + | (10) "Concentration in early childhood education" means a program 737 | |
| 894 | + | of study in early childhood education, including, but not limited to, 738 | |
| 895 | + | early childhood education, child study, child development or human 739 | |
| 896 | + | growth and development. 740 | |
| 897 | + | (b) (1) The office shall be the lead agency for school readiness. For 741 | |
| 898 | + | purposes of this section and section 10-16u, school readiness program 742 | |
| 899 | + | providers eligible for funding from the office shall include local and 743 | |
| 900 | + | regional boards of education, regional educational service centers, 744 | |
| 901 | + | family resource centers and providers of child care centers, group child 745 | |
| 902 | + | care homes and family child care homes, as described in section 19a-77, 746 | |
| 903 | + | as amended by this act, Head Start programs, preschool programs and 747 | |
| 904 | + | other programs that meet any standards established by the 748 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 1165 | 905 | ||
| 1166 | - | adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its | |
| 1167 | - | business; | |
| 1168 | - | (2) Adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure; | |
| 1169 | - | (3) Maintain an office at such place or places as it may designate; | |
| 1170 | - | (4) Sue and be sued in its own name and plead and be impleaded; | |
| 1171 | - | (5) (A) Employ such assistants, agents and other employees as may | |
| 1172 | - | be necessary or desirable who shall not be employees, as defined in | |
| 1173 | - | subsection (b) of section 5-270; (B) establish all necessary or appropriate | |
| 1174 | - | personnel practices and policies, including those relating to hiring, | |
| 1175 | - | promotion, compensation, retirement and collective bargaining, which | |
| 1176 | - | need not be in accordance with chapter 68, and the center shall not be | |
| 1177 | - | an employer as defined in subsection (a) of section 5-270; and (C) engage | |
| 1178 | - | consultants, attorneys and appraisers as may be necessary or desirable | |
| 1179 | - | to carry out its purposes in accordance with this section and sections 10- | |
| 1180 | - | 357a, 10-357c and 10-357d; | |
| 1181 | - | (6) Receive and accept aid or contributions from any source of money, | |
| 1182 | - | property, labor or other things of value, to be held, used and applied to | |
| 1183 | - | carry out the purposes of this section and sections 10-357a, 10-357c and | |
| 1184 | - | 10-357d, subject to such conditions upon which such grants and | |
| 1185 | - | contributions may be made, including, but not limited to, gifts or grants | |
| 1186 | - | from any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States or | |
| 1187 | - | this state for any purpose consistent with this section and sections 10- | |
| 1188 | - | 357a, 10-357c and 10-357d; | |
| 1189 | - | (7) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or | |
| 1190 | - | incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its | |
| 1191 | - | powers under this section and sections 10-357a, 10-357c and 10-357d, | |
| 1192 | - | including contracts and agreements for such professional services as the | |
| 1193 | - | center deems necessary, including, but not limited to, those services | |
| 1194 | - | provided by financial consultants, underwriters and technical Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 1195 | 906 | ||
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| 1197 | 910 | ||
| 1198 | - | specialists; | |
| 1199 | - | (8) Acquire, lease, purchase, own, manage, hold and dispose of | |
| 1200 | - | personal property, and lease, convey or deal in or enter into agreements | |
| 1201 | - | with respect to such property on any terms necessary or incidental to | |
| 1202 | - | the carrying out of these purposes; | |
| 1203 | - | (9) Invest in, acquire, [lease,] purchase, own, manage, hold and | |
| 1204 | - | dispose of real property and [lease,] convey or deal in or enter into | |
| 1205 | - | agreements with respect to such property on any terms necessary or | |
| 1206 | - | incidental to carrying out the purposes of this section and sections 10- | |
| 1207 | - | 357a, 10-357c and 10-357d, provided such transactions shall be subject | |
| 1208 | - | to approval, review or regulation by any state agency pursuant to title | |
| 1209 | - | 4b or any other provision of the general statutes; | |
| 1210 | - | (10) Lease real property on any terms necessary or incidental to | |
| 1211 | - | carrying out the purposes of this section and sections 10-357a, 10-357c | |
| 1212 | - | and 10-357d; | |
| 1213 | - | [(10)] (11) Procure insurance against any liability or loss in connection | |
| 1214 | - | with its property and other assets, in such amounts and from such | |
| 1215 | - | insurers as it deems desirable and to procure insurance for employees; | |
| 1216 | - | [(11)] (12) Account for and audit funds of the center and funds of any | |
| 1217 | - | recipients of funds from the center; | |
| 1218 | - | [(12)] (13) Hold patents, copyrights, trademarks, marketing rights, | |
| 1219 | - | licenses, or any other evidences of protection or exclusivity as to any | |
| 1220 | - | products as defined in this section and sections 10-357a, 10-357c and 10- | |
| 1221 | - | 357d, issued under the laws of the United States or any state or any | |
| 1222 | - | nation; | |
| 1223 | - | [(13)] (14) Establish advisory committees to assist in accomplishing | |
| 1224 | - | its duties under this section and sections 10-357a, 10-357c and 10-357d, | |
| 1225 | - | which may include one or more members of the board of directors and Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 911 | + | commissioner. The office shall establish standards for school readiness 749 | |
| 912 | + | programs. The standards may include, but need not be limited to, 750 | |
| 913 | + | guidelines for staff-child interactions, curriculum content, including 751 | |
| 914 | + | preliteracy development, lesson plans, parental involvement, staff 752 | |
| 915 | + | qualifications and training, transition to school and administration. The 753 | |
| 916 | + | office shall develop age-appropriate developmental skills and goals for 754 | |
| 917 | + | children attending such programs. The commissioner, in consultation 755 | |
| 918 | + | with the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, 756 | |
| 919 | + | the Commissioners of Education and Social Services and other 757 | |
| 920 | + | appropriate entities, shall develop a professional development program 758 | |
| 921 | + | for the staff of school readiness programs. 759 | |
| 922 | + | (2) For purposes of this section: 760 | |
| 923 | + | (A) Prior to July 1, 2022, "staff qualifications" means that for each 761 | |
| 924 | + | early childhood education program accepting state funds for infant, 762 | |
| 925 | + | toddler and preschool spaces associated with such program's child care 763 | |
| 926 | + | program or school readiness program, there is in each classroom an 764 | |
| 927 | + | individual who has at least the following: (i) A childhood development 765 | |
| 928 | + | associate credential or an equivalent credential issued by an 766 | |
| 929 | + | organization approved by the commissioner and twelve credits or more 767 | |
| 930 | + | in early childhood education or child development, as determined by 768 | |
| 931 | + | the commissioner or the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and 769 | |
| 932 | + | Universities, after consultation with the commissioner, from an 770 | |
| 933 | + | institution of higher education (I) accredited by the Board of Regents for 771 | |
| 934 | + | Higher Education or Office of Higher Education, and (II) regionally 772 | |
| 935 | + | accredited; (ii) an associate degree with twelve credits or more in early 773 | |
| 936 | + | childhood education or child development, as determined by the 774 | |
| 937 | + | commissioner or the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and 775 | |
| 938 | + | Universities, after consultation with the commissioner, from such an 776 | |
| 939 | + | institution; (iii) a four-year degree with twelve credits or more in early 777 | |
| 940 | + | childhood education or child development, as determined by the 778 | |
| 941 | + | commissioner or the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and 779 | |
| 942 | + | Universities, after consultation with the commissioner, from such an 780 | |
| 943 | + | institution; (iv) certification pursuant to section 10-145b with an 781 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 1226 | 944 | ||
| 1227 | - | Public Act No. 22-80 38 of 49 | |
| 1228 | 945 | ||
| 1229 | - | persons other than members; and | |
| 1230 | - | [(14)] (15) Do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out | |
| 1231 | - | the purposes of this section and sections 10-357a, 10-357c and 10-357d, | |
| 1232 | - | and the powers expressly granted by this section and sections 10-357a, | |
| 1233 | - | 10-357c and 10-357d. | |
| 1234 | - | (b) The State Education Resource Center shall establish a Connecticut | |
| 1235 | - | School Reform Resource Center either within the State Education | |
| 1236 | - | Resource Center or by contract through a regional educational service | |
| 1237 | - | center, established pursuant to section 10-66a. The Connecticut School | |
| 1238 | - | Reform Resource Center shall operate year-round and shall focus on | |
| 1239 | - | serving the needs of all public schools. The Connecticut School Reform | |
| 1240 | - | Resource Center shall (1) publish and distribute reports on the most | |
| 1241 | - | effective practices for improving student achievement by successful | |
| 1242 | - | schools; (2) provide a program of professional development activities | |
| 1243 | - | for (A) school leaders, including curriculum coordinators, principals, | |
| 1244 | - | superintendents and board of education members, and (B) teachers to | |
| 1245 | - | educate students that includes research-based child development and | |
| 1246 | - | reading instruction tools and practices; (3) provide information on | |
| 1247 | - | successful models for evaluating student performance and managing | |
| 1248 | - | student data; (4) develop strategies for assisting such students who are | |
| 1249 | - | in danger of failing; (5) develop culturally relevant methods for | |
| 1250 | - | educating students whose primary language is not English; and (6) | |
| 1251 | - | provide other programs and materials to assist in the improvement of | |
| 1252 | - | public schools. | |
| 1253 | - | (c) The State Education Resource Center shall be subject to (1) rules, | |
| 1254 | - | regulations and restrictions on purchasing, procurement, personal | |
| 1255 | - | service agreements and the disposition of assets generally applicable to | |
| 1256 | - | Connecticut state agencies, including those contained in titles 4, 4a and | |
| 1257 | - | 4b and section 4e-19, and (2) audit by the Auditors of Public Accounts | |
| 1258 | - | under chapter 12 and section 2-90. Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1259 | 949 | ||
| 1260 | - | Public Act No. 22-80 39 of 49 | |
| 950 | + | endorsement in early childhood education or special education; (v) an 782 | |
| 951 | + | associate degree with a concentration in early childhood education from 783 | |
| 952 | + | an institution of higher education that is regionally accredited; or (vi) a 784 | |
| 953 | + | bachelor's degree with a concentration in early childhood education 785 | |
| 954 | + | from an institution of higher education that is regionally accredited; 786 | |
| 955 | + | (B) From July 1, 2022, until June 30, 2025, "staff qualifications" means 787 | |
| 956 | + | that for each early childhood education program accepting state funds 788 | |
| 957 | + | for infant, toddler and preschool spaces associated with such program's 789 | |
| 958 | + | child care program or school readiness program, (i) at least fifty per cent 790 | |
| 959 | + | of those individuals with the primary responsibility for a classroom of 791 | |
| 960 | + | children (I) hold certification pursuant to section 10-145b with an 792 | |
| 961 | + | endorsement in early childhood education or early childhood special 793 | |
| 962 | + | education, (II) have been issued an early childhood teacher credential, 794 | |
| 963 | + | pursuant to section 10-520b, (III) hold at least an associate degree with a 795 | |
| 964 | + | concentration in early childhood education from an institution of higher 796 | |
| 965 | + | education that is regionally accredited, or (IV) satisfy the requirements 797 | |
| 966 | + | of subdivision (3), (4) or (5) of this subsection, and (ii) such remaining 798 | |
| 967 | + | individuals with the primary responsibility for a classroom of children 799 | |
| 968 | + | hold a childhood development associate credential or an equivalent 800 | |
| 969 | + | credential issued by an organization approved by the commissioner and 801 | |
| 970 | + | twelve credits or more in early childhood education or child 802 | |
| 971 | + | development, as determined by the commissioner or the president of 803 | |
| 972 | + | the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, after consultation with 804 | |
| 973 | + | the commissioner, from an institution of higher education (I) accredited 805 | |
| 974 | + | by the Board of Regents for Higher Education or Office of Higher 806 | |
| 975 | + | Education, and (II) regionally accredited; 807 | |
| 976 | + | (C) From July 1, 2025, until June 30, 2029, "staff qualifications" means 808 | |
| 977 | + | that for each early childhood education program accepting state funds 809 | |
| 978 | + | for infant, toddler and preschool spaces associated with such program's 810 | |
| 979 | + | child care program or school readiness program, (i) at least fifty per cent 811 | |
| 980 | + | of those individuals with the primary responsibility for a classroom of 812 | |
| 981 | + | children (I) hold certification pursuant to section 10-145b with an 813 | |
| 982 | + | endorsement in early childhood education or early childhood special 814 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 1261 | 983 | ||
| 1262 | - | Sec. 27. Subsection (c) of section 10-266aa of the 2022 supplement to | |
| 1263 | - | the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu | |
| 1264 | - | thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): | |
| 1265 | - | (c) The program shall be phased in as provided in this subsection. (1) | |
| 1266 | - | For the school year commencing in 1998, and for each school year | |
| 1267 | - | thereafter, the program shall be in operation in the Hartford, New | |
| 1268 | - | Haven and Bridgeport regions. The Hartford program shall operate as | |
| 1269 | - | a continuation of the program described in section 10-266j. Students | |
| 1270 | - | who reside in Hartford, New Haven or Bridgeport may attend school in | |
| 1271 | - | another school district in the region and students who reside in such | |
| 1272 | - | other school districts may attend school in Hartford, New Haven or | |
| 1273 | - | Bridgeport, provided, beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, the | |
| 1274 | - | proportion of students who are not minority students to the total | |
| 1275 | - | number of students leaving Hartford, Bridgeport or New Haven to | |
| 1276 | - | participate in the program shall not be greater than the proportion of | |
| 1277 | - | students who were not minority students in the prior school year to the | |
| 1278 | - | total number of students enrolled in Hartford, Bridgeport or New | |
| 1279 | - | Haven in the prior school year. The regional educational service center | |
| 1280 | - | operating the program shall make program participation decisions in | |
| 1281 | - | accordance with the requirements of this subdivision. (2) For the school | |
| 1282 | - | year commencing in 2000, and for each school year thereafter, the | |
| 1283 | - | program shall be in operation in New London, provided beginning with | |
| 1284 | - | the 2001-2002 school year, the proportion of students who are not | |
| 1285 | - | minority students to the total number of students leaving New London | |
| 1286 | - | to participate in the program shall not be greater than the proportion of | |
| 1287 | - | students who were not minority students in the prior year to the total | |
| 1288 | - | number of students enrolled in New London in the prior school year. | |
| 1289 | - | The regional educational service center operating the program shall | |
| 1290 | - | make program participation decisions in accordance with this | |
| 1291 | - | subdivision. (3) The Department of Education may provide, within | |
| 1292 | - | available appropriations, grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, | |
| 1293 | - | to the remaining regional educational service centers to assist school Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 1294 | 984 | ||
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| 1297 | - | districts in planning for a voluntary program of student enrollment in | |
| 1298 | - | every priority school district, pursuant to section 10-266p, which is | |
| 1299 | - | interested in participating in accordance with this subdivision. For the | |
| 1300 | - | school year commencing in 2003, and for each school year thereafter, the | |
| 1301 | - | voluntary enrollment program may be in operation in every priority | |
| 1302 | - | school district in the state. Students from other school districts in the | |
| 1303 | - | area of a priority school district, as determined by the regional | |
| 1304 | - | educational service center pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, may | |
| 1305 | - | attend school in the priority school district, provided such students | |
| 1306 | - | bring racial, ethnic and economic diversity to the priority school district | |
| 1307 | - | and do not increase the racial, ethnic and economic isolation in the | |
| 1308 | - | priority school district. (4) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, | |
| 1309 | - | there shall be a pilot program in operation in Danbury and Norwalk. | |
| 1310 | - | The pilot program shall serve (A) up to fifty students who reside in | |
| 1311 | - | Danbury, and such students may attend school in the school districts for | |
| 1312 | - | the towns of New Fairfield, Brookfield, Bethel, Ridgefield and Redding, | |
| 1313 | - | and (B) up to fifty students who reside in Norwalk, and such students | |
| 1314 | - | may attend school in the school districts for the towns of Darien, New | |
| 1315 | - | Canaan, Wilton, Weston and Westport. School districts which receive | |
| 1316 | - | students from Danbury and Norwalk under the pilot program during | |
| 1317 | - | the school year commencing July 1, 2022, shall allow such students to | |
| 1318 | - | attend school in the district until they graduate from high school. (5) For | |
| 1319 | - | the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year | |
| 1320 | - | thereafter, the town of Guilford shall be eligible to participate in the | |
| 1321 | - | program as a receiving district and a sending district with New Haven. | |
| 1322 | - | Sec. 28. Subsection (k) of section 10-266aa of the 2022 supplement to | |
| 1323 | - | the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu | |
| 1324 | - | thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): | |
| 1325 | - | (k) On or before March first of each year, the Commissioner of | |
| 1326 | - | Education shall determine if the enrollment in the program pursuant to | |
| 1327 | - | subsection (c) of this section for the fiscal year is below the number of Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 989 | + | education, (II) have been issued an early childhood teacher credential, 815 | |
| 990 | + | pursuant to subdivision (2) of section 10-520b, (III) hold at least a 816 | |
| 991 | + | bachelor's degree with a concentration in early childhood education 817 | |
| 992 | + | from an institution of higher education that is regionally accredited, or 818 | |
| 993 | + | (IV) satisfy the requirements of subdivision (3), (4) or (5) of this 819 | |
| 994 | + | subsection, and (ii) such remaining individuals with the primary 820 | |
| 995 | + | responsibility for a classroom of children (I) hold an associate degree 821 | |
| 996 | + | with a concentration in early childhood education from an institution of 822 | |
| 997 | + | higher education that is regionally accredited, or (II) have been issued 823 | |
| 998 | + | an early childhood teacher credential, pursuant to subdivision (1) of 824 | |
| 999 | + | section 10-520b; and 825 | |
| 1000 | + | (D) On and after July 1, 2029, "staff qualifications" means that for each 826 | |
| 1001 | + | early childhood education program accepting state funds for infant, 827 | |
| 1002 | + | toddler and preschool spaces associated with such program's child care 828 | |
| 1003 | + | program or school readiness program, one hundred per cent of those 829 | |
| 1004 | + | individuals with the primary responsibility for a classroom of children 830 | |
| 1005 | + | (i) hold certification pursuant to section 10-145b with an endorsement in 831 | |
| 1006 | + | early childhood education or early childhood special education, (ii) have 832 | |
| 1007 | + | been issued an early childhood teacher credential, pursuant to 833 | |
| 1008 | + | subdivision (2) of section 10-520b, (iii) hold at least a bachelor's degree 834 | |
| 1009 | + | with a concentration in early childhood education from an institution of 835 | |
| 1010 | + | higher education that is regionally accredited, or (iv) satisfy the 836 | |
| 1011 | + | requirements of subdivision (3), (4) or (5) of this subsection. 837 | |
| 1012 | + | (3) Any individual with a bachelor's degree in early childhood 838 | |
| 1013 | + | education or child development or a bachelor's degree and twelve 839 | |
| 1014 | + | credits or more in early childhood education or child development, 840 | |
| 1015 | + | who, on or before June 30, 2015, is employed by an early childhood 841 | |
| 1016 | + | education program that accepts state funds for infant, toddler and 842 | |
| 1017 | + | preschool spaces associated with such program's child care program or 843 | |
| 1018 | + | school readiness program shall be considered to meet the staff 844 | |
| 1019 | + | qualifications required under subparagraphs (B) to (D), inclusive, of 845 | |
| 1020 | + | subdivision (2) of this subsection. No such early childhood education 846 | |
| 1021 | + | program shall terminate any such individual from employment for 847 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1331 | - | students for which funds were appropriated. If the commissioner | |
| 1332 | - | determines that the enrollment is below such number, the additional | |
| 1333 | - | funds shall not lapse but shall be used by the commissioner in | |
| 1334 | - | accordance with this subsection. | |
| 1335 | - | (1) Any amount up to five hundred thousand dollars of such | |
| 1336 | - | nonlapsing funds shall be used for supplemental grants to receiving | |
| 1337 | - | districts on a pro rata basis for each out-of-district student in the | |
| 1338 | - | program pursuant to subsection (c) of this section who attends the same | |
| 1339 | - | school in the receiving district as at least nine other such out-of-district | |
| 1340 | - | students, not to exceed one thousand dollars per student. | |
| 1341 | - | (2) Any amount up to and including five hundred thousand dollars | |
| 1342 | - | of such nonlapsing funds available after payment is made pursuant to | |
| 1343 | - | subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be paid to the State Education | |
| 1344 | - | Resource Center, established pursuant to section 10-357a, to provide | |
| 1345 | - | professional development to certified employees, in accordance with the | |
| 1346 | - | provisions of section 10-148a, and training for other school personnel in | |
| 1347 | - | receiving districts. | |
| 1348 | - | [(2)] (3) Any [amount of] such nonlapsing funds [equal to or greater | |
| 1349 | - | than five hundred thousand dollars, but less than one million dollars,] | |
| 1350 | - | remaining after payment is made pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of | |
| 1351 | - | this subsection shall be used for [supplemental grants, in an amount | |
| 1352 | - | determined by the commissioner, on a pro rata basis to receiving | |
| 1353 | - | districts that report to the commissioner on or before March first of the | |
| 1354 | - | current school year that the number of out-of-district students enrolled | |
| 1355 | - | in such receiving district is greater than the number of out-of-district | |
| 1356 | - | students enrolled in such receiving district from the previous school | |
| 1357 | - | year] the provision of wrap-around services to students participating in | |
| 1358 | - | the program, including, but not limited to, academic tutoring, family | |
| 1359 | - | support and experiential learning opportunities. | |
| 1360 | - | [(3) Any remaining nonlapsing funds shall be used by the Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1028 | + | purposes of meeting the staff qualification requirements set forth in 848 | |
| 1029 | + | subparagraph (B), (C) or (D) of subdivision (2) of this subsection. 849 | |
| 1030 | + | (4) Any individual with an associate degree or a bachelor's degree in 850 | |
| 1031 | + | early childhood education or child development or an associate degree 851 | |
| 1032 | + | or a bachelor's degree and twelve credits or more in early childhood 852 | |
| 1033 | + | education or child development from an institution of higher education 853 | |
| 1034 | + | that is regionally accredited, other than an associate degree or a 854 | |
| 1035 | + | bachelor's degree with a concentration in early childhood education, 855 | |
| 1036 | + | may submit documentation concerning such degree for review and 856 | |
| 1037 | + | assessment by the office as to whether such degree has a sufficient 857 | |
| 1038 | + | concentration in early childhood education so as to satisfy the 858 | |
| 1039 | + | requirements set forth in subparagraphs (B) to (D), inclusive, of 859 | |
| 1040 | + | subdivision (2) of this subsection. 860 | |
| 1041 | + | (5) Any individual with an associate degree with twelve credits or 861 | |
| 1042 | + | more in early childhood education or child development, as determined 862 | |
| 1043 | + | by the commissioner or the president of the Connecticut State Colleges 863 | |
| 1044 | + | and Universities, after consultation with the commissioner, from an 864 | |
| 1045 | + | institution of higher education (A) accredited by the Board of Regents 865 | |
| 1046 | + | for Higher Education or Office of Higher Education, and (B) regionally 866 | |
| 1047 | + | accredited, who has been employed in the same early childhood 867 | |
| 1048 | + | education program that accepts state funds for infant, toddler and 868 | |
| 1049 | + | preschool spaces associated with such program's child care program or 869 | |
| 1050 | + | school readiness program since 1995 shall be considered to meet the staff 870 | |
| 1051 | + | qualifications required under subparagraphs (B) to (D), inclusive, of 871 | |
| 1052 | + | subdivision (2) of this subsection until June 30, 2025. On and after July 872 | |
| 1053 | + | 1, 2025, such individual shall hold a childhood development associate 873 | |
| 1054 | + | credential or an equivalent credential, described in subparagraph (A) of 874 | |
| 1055 | + | subdivision (2) of this subsection, or otherwise meet the staff 875 | |
| 1056 | + | qualifications required under subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subdivision 876 | |
| 1057 | + | (2) of this subsection. Any such individual who terminates his or her 877 | |
| 1058 | + | employment with such early childhood education program on or before 878 | |
| 1059 | + | June 30, 2025, and accepts a position at another early childhood 879 | |
| 1060 | + | education program accepting state funds for spaces associated with 880 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 1363 | 1061 | ||
| 1364 | - | commissioner to increase enrollment in the interdistrict public school | |
| 1365 | - | attendance program described in this section.] | |
| 1366 | - | Sec. 29. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established the state teacher | |
| 1367 | - | shortage and retention task force. The task force shall develop a | |
| 1368 | - | comprehensive report that includes recommendations that address (1) | |
| 1369 | - | strategies to address attrition rates of teachers leaving the teaching | |
| 1370 | - | profession, including incentives related to the Teachers' Retirement | |
| 1371 | - | System, (2) the retention of teachers, (3) teacher shortages across subject | |
| 1372 | - | matter disciplines, (4) the impact of retention and shortages in | |
| 1373 | - | financially distressed school districts, and (5) streamlining teacher | |
| 1374 | - | certification without diminishing standards or the professional value of | |
| 1375 | - | a teaching certificate. In developing the report, the task force shall | |
| 1376 | - | address issues relating to equity, diversity and inclusion, and examine | |
| 1377 | - | strategies being used in other states to address teacher shortages and to | |
| 1378 | - | attract and retain teachers. | |
| 1379 | - | (b) The task force shall consist of the following members: | |
| 1380 | - | (1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, | |
| 1381 | - | one of whom is a certified teacher teaching in grades six to twelve, | |
| 1382 | - | inclusive, and recommended by the Connecticut Education Association, | |
| 1383 | - | and one of whom is a certified teacher teaching in grades six to twelve, | |
| 1384 | - | inclusive, and recommended by the American Federation of Teachers- | |
| 1385 | - | Connecticut; | |
| 1386 | - | (2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of | |
| 1387 | - | whom is a certified teacher teaching in grades kindergarten to five, | |
| 1388 | - | inclusive, and recommended by the Connecticut Education Association, | |
| 1389 | - | and one of whom is a certified teacher teaching in grades kindergarten | |
| 1390 | - | to five, inclusive, and recommended by the American Federation of | |
| 1391 | - | Teachers-Connecticut; | |
| 1392 | - | (3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1396 | - | Representatives, who is a certified teacher teaching in a priority school | |
| 1397 | - | district, as described in section 10-266p of the general statutes, and | |
| 1398 | - | recommended by the Connecticut Education Association; | |
| 1399 | - | (4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who is a | |
| 1400 | - | certified teacher teaching in a priority school district and recommended | |
| 1401 | - | by the American Federation of Teachers-Connecticut; | |
| 1402 | - | (5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of | |
| 1403 | - | Representatives, who is a certified administrator and recommended by | |
| 1404 | - | the Connecticut Association of Schools; | |
| 1405 | - | (6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who is a | |
| 1406 | - | certified administrator serving as the principal of a school located in a | |
| 1407 | - | priority school district and recommended by the Connecticut | |
| 1408 | - | Association of Schools; | |
| 1409 | - | (7) One appointed by the House chairperson of the joint standing | |
| 1410 | - | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters | |
| 1411 | - | relating to education, who is a certified teacher and is serving as a | |
| 1412 | - | member of the Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council, | |
| 1413 | - | established pursuant to section 10-156bb of the general statutes, as | |
| 1414 | - | amended by this act; | |
| 1415 | - | (8) One appointed by the Senate chairperson of the joint standing | |
| 1416 | - | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters | |
| 1417 | - | relating to education, who is a certified teacher and is serving, or has | |
| 1418 | - | served, as a member of the Task Force to Diversify the Educator | |
| 1419 | - | Workforce, established pursuant to section 10-156aa of the general | |
| 1420 | - | statutes, as amended by this act; | |
| 1421 | - | (9) One appointed jointly by the House and Senate ranking members | |
| 1422 | - | of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having | |
| 1423 | - | cognizance of matters relating to education, who is a faculty member of | |
| 1424 | - | an institution of higher education in the state and has expertise in Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 1067 | + | such program's child care program or school readiness program shall 881 | |
| 1068 | + | submit documentation of such individual's progress toward meeting 882 | |
| 1069 | + | the staff qualification requirements set forth in subparagraph (B) to (D), 883 | |
| 1070 | + | inclusive, of subdivision (2) of this subsection in a manner determined 884 | |
| 1071 | + | by the office. 885 | |
| 1072 | + | (c) The commissioner shall establish a grant program to provide 886 | |
| 1073 | + | spaces in accredited school readiness programs located in priority 887 | |
| 1074 | + | school districts, as described in section 10-266p, or in former priority 888 | |
| 1075 | + | school districts for eligible children. The state, acting by and in the 889 | |
| 1076 | + | discretion of the Commissioner of Early Childhood, in consultation with 890 | |
| 1077 | + | a town or regional school readiness council, may enter into a contract 891 | |
| 1078 | + | with a municipality, local or regional board of education, regional 892 | |
| 1079 | + | educational service center, family resource center, provider of a child 893 | |
| 1080 | + | care center, group child care home or family child care home, as 894 | |
| 1081 | + | described in section 19a-77, as amended by this act, Head Start program, 895 | |
| 1082 | + | preschool program or other program that meets such standards 896 | |
| 1083 | + | established by the commissioner, to provide, within available 897 | |
| 1084 | + | appropriations, state financial assistance. Eligibility shall be determined 898 | |
| 1085 | + | for a five-year period based on an applicant's designation as a priority 899 | |
| 1086 | + | school district for the initial year of application, except that if a school 900 | |
| 1087 | + | district that receives a grant pursuant to this subsection is no longer 901 | |
| 1088 | + | designated as a priority school district at the end of such five-year 902 | |
| 1089 | + | period, such former priority school district shall continue to be eligible 903 | |
| 1090 | + | to receive a grant pursuant to this subsection. Grant awards shall be 904 | |
| 1091 | + | made annually contingent upon available funding and a satisfactory 905 | |
| 1092 | + | annual evaluation. The chief elected official of such town and the 906 | |
| 1093 | + | superintendent of schools for such priority school district or former 907 | |
| 1094 | + | priority school district shall submit a plan for the expenditure of grant 908 | |
| 1095 | + | funds and responses to the local request for proposal process to the 909 | |
| 1096 | + | commissioner. The commissioner shall review and approve such plans. 910 | |
| 1097 | + | The plan shall: (1) Be developed in consultation with the local or 911 | |
| 1098 | + | regional school readiness council established pursuant to section 10-16r, 912 | |
| 1099 | + | as amended by this act; (2) be based on a needs and resource assessment; 913 | |
| 1100 | + | (3) provide for the issuance of requests for proposals for providers of 914 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1428 | - | teacher recruitment strategies and is recommended by the Connecticut | |
| 1429 | - | chapter of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education; | |
| 1430 | - | (10) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee; | |
| 1431 | - | (11) The chief administrator of the Teachers' Retirement Board, or the | |
| 1432 | - | chief administrator's designee; and | |
| 1433 | - | (12) Four persons appointed by the Governor, one of whom is a | |
| 1434 | - | member of the State Board of Education, one of whom is a member of | |
| 1435 | - | the Technical Education and Career System board, and two of whom are | |
| 1436 | - | representatives of the Connecticut Association for Public School | |
| 1437 | - | Superintendents. | |
| 1438 | - | (c) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later | |
| 1439 | - | than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall | |
| 1440 | - | be filled by the appointing authority. | |
| 1441 | - | (d) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president | |
| 1442 | - | pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force | |
| 1443 | - | from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall | |
| 1444 | - | schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later | |
| 1445 | - | than sixty days after the effective date of this section. | |
| 1446 | - | (e) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the | |
| 1447 | - | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education | |
| 1448 | - | shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. | |
| 1449 | - | (f) Not later than January 1, 2024, the task force shall submit a report | |
| 1450 | - | on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of | |
| 1451 | - | the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to | |
| 1452 | - | education and children, in accordance with the provisions of section 11- | |
| 1453 | - | 4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that | |
| 1454 | - | it submits such report or January 1, 2024, whichever is later. Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1107 | + | accredited school readiness programs, provided, after the initial 915 | |
| 1108 | + | requests for proposals, facilities that have been approved to operate a 916 | |
| 1109 | + | child care program financed through the Connecticut Health and 917 | |
| 1110 | + | Education Facilities Authority and have received a commitment for debt 918 | |
| 1111 | + | service from the Department of Social Services, pursuant to section 17b-919 | |
| 1112 | + | 749i, on or before June 30, 2014, and on or after July 1, 2014, from the 920 | |
| 1113 | + | office, are exempt from the requirement for issuance of annual requests 921 | |
| 1114 | + | for proposals; and (4) identify the need for funding pursuant to section 922 | |
| 1115 | + | 17b-749a in order to extend the hours and days of operation of school 923 | |
| 1116 | + | readiness programs in order to provide child care services for children 924 | |
| 1117 | + | attending such programs. 925 | |
| 1118 | + | (d) (1) The commissioner shall establish a competitive grant program 926 | |
| 1119 | + | to provide spaces in accredited school readiness programs or school 927 | |
| 1120 | + | readiness programs seeking accreditation located in (A) an area served 928 | |
| 1121 | + | by a priority school or a former priority school, (B) a town ranked one 929 | |
| 1122 | + | to fifty when all towns are ranked in ascending order according to town 930 | |
| 1123 | + | wealth, as defined in subdivision (26) of section 10-262f, whose school 931 | |
| 1124 | + | district is not a priority school district pursuant to section 10-266p, (C) a 932 | |
| 1125 | + | town formerly a town described in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, 933 | |
| 1126 | + | as provided for in subdivision (2) of this subsection, or (D) a town 934 | |
| 1127 | + | designated as an alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u, whose 935 | |
| 1128 | + | school district is not a priority school district pursuant to section 10-936 | |
| 1129 | + | 266p. A town in which a priority school is located, a regional school 937 | |
| 1130 | + | readiness council, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-16r, as 938 | |
| 1131 | + | amended by this act, for a region in which such a school is located or a 939 | |
| 1132 | + | town described in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision may apply for 940 | |
| 1133 | + | such a grant in an amount equal to the number of spaces in an accredited 941 | |
| 1134 | + | school readiness program or a school readiness program seeking 942 | |
| 1135 | + | accreditation multiplied by the per child cost set forth in subdivision (1) 943 | |
| 1136 | + | of subsection (b) of section 10-16q, as amended by this act. Eligibility 944 | |
| 1137 | + | shall be determined for a three-year period based on an applicant's 945 | |
| 1138 | + | designation as having a priority school or being a town described in 946 | |
| 1139 | + | subparagraph (B) of this subdivision for the initial year of application. 947 | |
| 1140 | + | The state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Early 948 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 1457 | 1141 | ||
| 1458 | - | Sec. 30. (Effective from passage) The Department of Correction, in | |
| 1459 | - | consultation with the Department of Education, shall conduct a study | |
| 1460 | - | of how Unified School District #1, established pursuant to section 18- | |
| 1461 | - | 99a of the general statutes, is funded and how such funding compares | |
| 1462 | - | to the funding of other school districts and education programs. Such | |
| 1463 | - | study shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) an examination of the | |
| 1464 | - | average cost per pupil for students in Unified School District #1 and the | |
| 1465 | - | amount per pupil received in state funding for the education of such | |
| 1466 | - | students, and (2) a comparison of such per pupil costs and per pupil | |
| 1467 | - | funding with other school districts and education programs in the state. | |
| 1468 | - | Not later than January 1, 2023, the department shall submit a report on | |
| 1469 | - | its findings and recommendations, if any, to the joint standing | |
| 1470 | - | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters | |
| 1471 | - | relating to education and appropriations and the budgets of state | |
| 1472 | - | agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the | |
| 1473 | - | general statutes. | |
| 1474 | - | Sec. 31. Subdivision (2) of section 10-76a of the general statutes is | |
| 1475 | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, | |
| 1476 | - | 2022): | |
| 1477 | - | (2) "Child" means any person under [twenty-one] twenty-two years | |
| 1478 | - | of age. | |
| 1479 | - | Sec. 32. Section 10-16b of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes, | |
| 1480 | - | as amended by section 376 of public act 21-2 of the June special session, | |
| 1481 | - | is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July | |
| 1482 | - | 1, 2025): | |
| 1483 | - | (a) In the public schools the program of instruction offered shall | |
| 1484 | - | include at least the following subject matter, as taught by legally | |
| 1485 | - | qualified teachers, the arts; career education; consumer education; | |
| 1486 | - | health and safety, including, but not limited to, human growth and | |
| 1487 | - | development, nutrition, first aid, including cardiopulmonary Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1491 | - | resuscitation training in accordance with the provisions of section 10- | |
| 1492 | - | 16qq, disease prevention and cancer awareness, including, but not | |
| 1493 | - | limited to, age and developmentally appropriate instruction in | |
| 1494 | - | performing self-examinations for the purposes of screening for breast | |
| 1495 | - | cancer and testicular cancer, community and consumer health, physical, | |
| 1496 | - | mental and emotional health, including youth suicide prevention, | |
| 1497 | - | substance abuse prevention, including instruction relating to opioid use | |
| 1498 | - | and related disorders, safety, which shall include the safe use of social | |
| 1499 | - | media, as defined in section 9-601, and may include the dangers of gang | |
| 1500 | - | membership, and accident prevention; language arts, including reading, | |
| 1501 | - | writing, grammar, speaking and spelling; mathematics; physical | |
| 1502 | - | education; science, which may include the climate change curriculum | |
| 1503 | - | described in subsection (d) of this section; social studies, including, but | |
| 1504 | - | not limited to, citizenship, economics, geography, government, history | |
| 1505 | - | and Holocaust and genocide education and awareness in accordance | |
| 1506 | - | with the provisions of section 10-18f; African-American and black | |
| 1507 | - | studies in accordance with the provisions of section 10-16ss; Puerto | |
| 1508 | - | Rican and Latino studies in accordance with the provisions of section | |
| 1509 | - | 10-16ss; Native American studies, in accordance with the provisions of | |
| 1510 | - | section 10-16vv; Asian American and Pacific Islander studies, in | |
| 1511 | - | accordance with the provisions of section 33 of this act; computer | |
| 1512 | - | programming instruction; and in addition, on at least the secondary | |
| 1513 | - | level, one or more world languages; vocational education; and the black | |
| 1514 | - | and Latino studies course in accordance with the provisions of sections | |
| 1515 | - | 10-16tt and 10-16uu. For purposes of this subsection, world languages | |
| 1516 | - | shall include American Sign Language, provided such subject matter is | |
| 1517 | - | taught by a qualified instructor under the supervision of a teacher who | |
| 1518 | - | holds a certificate issued by the State Board of Education. For purposes | |
| 1519 | - | of this subsection, the "arts" means any form of visual or performing | |
| 1520 | - | arts, which may include, but not be limited to, dance, music, art and | |
| 1521 | - | theatre. | |
| 1522 | - | (b) If a local or regional board of education requires its pupils to take Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
| 1147 | + | Childhood, in consultation with a town or regional school readiness 949 | |
| 1148 | + | council, may enter into a contract with a municipality, local or regional 950 | |
| 1149 | + | board of education, regional educational service center, family resource 951 | |
| 1150 | + | center, provider of a child care center, group child care home or family 952 | |
| 1151 | + | child care home, as described in section 19a-77, as amended by this act, 953 | |
| 1152 | + | Head Start program, preschool program or other program that meets 954 | |
| 1153 | + | such standards established by the commissioner, to provide, within 955 | |
| 1154 | + | available appropriations, state financial assistance. The chief elected 956 | |
| 1155 | + | official of such town and the superintendent of schools of the school 957 | |
| 1156 | + | district or the regional school readiness council shall submit a plan, as 958 | |
| 1157 | + | described in subsection (c) of this section, for the expenditure of such 959 | |
| 1158 | + | grant funds to the commissioner. In awarding grants pursuant to this 960 | |
| 1159 | + | subsection, the commissioner shall give preference to applications 961 | |
| 1160 | + | submitted by regional school readiness councils and may, within 962 | |
| 1161 | + | available appropriations, provide a grant to such town or regional 963 | |
| 1162 | + | school readiness council that increases the number of spaces for eligible 964 | |
| 1163 | + | children who reside in an area or town described in subparagraphs (A) 965 | |
| 1164 | + | to (D), inclusive, of this subdivision, in an accredited school readiness 966 | |
| 1165 | + | program or a school readiness program seeking accreditation. 967 | |
| 1166 | + | (2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C) of this subdivision, 968 | |
| 1167 | + | commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, if a town received 969 | |
| 1168 | + | a grant pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection and is no longer 970 | |
| 1169 | + | eligible to receive such a grant, the town may receive a phase-out grant 971 | |
| 1170 | + | for each of the three fiscal years following the fiscal year such town 972 | |
| 1171 | + | received its final grant pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection. 973 | |
| 1172 | + | (B) The amount of such phase-out grants shall be determined as 974 | |
| 1173 | + | follows: (i) For the first fiscal year following the fiscal year such town 975 | |
| 1174 | + | received its final grant pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, in 976 | |
| 1175 | + | an amount that does not exceed seventy-five per cent of the grant 977 | |
| 1176 | + | amount such town received for the town or school's final year of 978 | |
| 1177 | + | eligibility pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection; (ii) for the 979 | |
| 1178 | + | second fiscal year following the fiscal year such town received its final 980 | |
| 1179 | + | grant pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, in an amount that 981 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1525 | 1181 | ||
| 1526 | - | a course in a world language, the parent or guardian of a pupil | |
| 1527 | - | identified as deaf or hard of hearing may request in writing that such | |
| 1528 | - | pupil be exempted from such requirement and, if such a request is | |
| 1529 | - | made, such pupil shall be exempt from such requirement. | |
| 1530 | - | (c) Each local and regional board of education shall on September 1, | |
| 1531 | - | 1982, and annually thereafter at such time and in such manner as the | |
| 1532 | - | Commissioner of Education shall request, attest to the State Board of | |
| 1533 | - | Education that such local or regional board of education offers at least | |
| 1534 | - | the program of instruction required pursuant to this section, and that | |
| 1535 | - | such program of instruction is planned, ongoing and systematic. | |
| 1536 | - | (d) The State Board of Education shall make available curriculum | |
| 1537 | - | materials and such other materials as may assist local and regional | |
| 1538 | - | boards of education in developing instructional programs pursuant to | |
| 1539 | - | this section. The State Board of Education, within available | |
| 1540 | - | appropriations and utilizing available resource materials, shall assist | |
| 1541 | - | and encourage local and regional boards of education to include: (1) | |
| 1542 | - | Holocaust and genocide education and awareness; (2) the historical | |
| 1543 | - | events surrounding the Great Famine in Ireland; (3) African-American | |
| 1544 | - | and black studies; (4) Puerto Rican and Latino studies; (5) Native | |
| 1545 | - | American studies; (6) Asian American and Pacific Islander studies; (7) | |
| 1546 | - | personal financial management, including, but not limited to, financial | |
| 1547 | - | literacy as developed in the plan provided under section 10-16pp; [(7)] | |
| 1548 | - | (8) training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automatic | |
| 1549 | - | external defibrillators; [(8)] (9) labor history and law, including | |
| 1550 | - | organized labor, the collective bargaining process, existing legal | |
| 1551 | - | protections in the workplace, the history and economics of free market | |
| 1552 | - | capitalism and entrepreneurialism, and the role of labor and capitalism | |
| 1553 | - | in the development of the American and world economies; [(9)] (10) | |
| 1554 | - | climate change consistent with the Next Generation Science Standards; | |
| 1555 | - | [(10)] (11) topics approved by the state board upon the request of local | |
| 1556 | - | or regional boards of education as part of the program of instruction Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1186 | + | does not exceed fifty per cent of the grant amount such town received 982 | |
| 1187 | + | for the town's or school's final year of eligibility pursuant to subdivision 983 | |
| 1188 | + | (1) of this subsection; and (iii) for the third fiscal year following the fiscal 984 | |
| 1189 | + | year such town received its final grant pursuant to subdivision (1) of 985 | |
| 1190 | + | this subsection, in an amount that does not exceed twenty-five per cent 986 | |
| 1191 | + | of the grant amount such town received for the town's or school's final 987 | |
| 1192 | + | year of eligibility pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection. 988 | |
| 1193 | + | (C) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, and each fiscal year 989 | |
| 1194 | + | thereafter, any town that received a grant pursuant to subparagraph (B) 990 | |
| 1195 | + | of subdivision (1) of this subsection for the fiscal year ending June 30, 991 | |
| 1196 | + | 2010, shall continue to receive a grant under this subsection even if the 992 | |
| 1197 | + | town no longer meets the criteria for such grant pursuant to 993 | |
| 1198 | + | subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection. 994 | |
| 1199 | + | (e) (1) If funds appropriated for the purposes of subsection (c) of this 995 | |
| 1200 | + | section are not expended, the commissioner may deposit such 996 | |
| 1201 | + | unexpended funds in the account established under section 10-16aa and 997 | |
| 1202 | + | use such unexpended funds in accordance with the provisions of section 998 | |
| 1203 | + | 10-16aa. 999 | |
| 1204 | + | (2) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and each fiscal year 1000 | |
| 1205 | + | thereafter, if funds appropriated for the purposes of subsection (c) of 1001 | |
| 1206 | + | this section are not expended, an amount up to one million dollars of 1002 | |
| 1207 | + | such unexpended funds may be available for the p rovision of 1003 | |
| 1208 | + | scholarships and professional development for early childhood care and 1004 | |
| 1209 | + | education program providers, and individual staff members employed 1005 | |
| 1210 | + | in such programs, provided such programs accept state funds for infant, 1006 | |
| 1211 | + | toddler and preschool slots. Such unexpended funds may be available 1007 | |
| 1212 | + | for use in accordance with the provisions of this [subparagraph] 1008 | |
| 1213 | + | subdivision for the subsequent fiscal year. The commissioner may use 1009 | |
| 1214 | + | such unexpended funds on and after July 1, 2015, to support early 1010 | |
| 1215 | + | childhood education programs accepting state funds in satisfying the 1011 | |
| 1216 | + | staff qualifications requirements of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 1012 | |
| 1217 | + | subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section. The commissioner shall 1013 | |
| 1218 | + | use any such funds to provide assistance to individual staff members, 1014 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 1559 | 1219 | ||
| 1560 | - | offered pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; and [(11)] (12) | |
| 1561 | - | instruction relating to the Safe Haven Act, sections 17a-57 to 17a-61, | |
| 1562 | - | inclusive. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection | |
| 1563 | - | shall be available to each local and regional board of education for the | |
| 1564 | - | development of curriculum on climate change as described in this | |
| 1565 | - | subsection. | |
| 1566 | - | Sec. 33. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) For the school year | |
| 1567 | - | commencing July 1, 2025, and each school year thereafter, each local and | |
| 1568 | - | regional board of education shall include Asian American and Pacific | |
| 1569 | - | Islander studies as part of the social studies curriculum for the school | |
| 1570 | - | district, pursuant to section 10-16b of the general statutes, as amended | |
| 1571 | - | by this act. Such Asian American and Pacific Islander studies shall | |
| 1572 | - | include, but need not be limited to, a focus on (1) the history of Asian | |
| 1573 | - | American and Pacific Islanders in the state, the region and the United | |
| 1574 | - | States, and (2) the contributions of (A) Asian American and Pacific | |
| 1575 | - | Islanders towards advancing civil rights from the nineteenth century to | |
| 1576 | - | the present day, (B) individual Asian American and Pacific Islanders in | |
| 1577 | - | government, the arts, humanities and sciences, and (C) Asian American | |
| 1578 | - | and Pacific Islander communities to the economic, cultural, social and | |
| 1579 | - | political development of the United States. In developing and | |
| 1580 | - | implementing the Asian American and Pacific Islander studies | |
| 1581 | - | curriculum, the board may utilize the curriculum materials made | |
| 1582 | - | available by the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection (d) of | |
| 1583 | - | section 10-16b of the general statutes, as amended by this act, or other | |
| 1584 | - | existing and appropriate public or private materials, personnel and | |
| 1585 | - | resources, provided such curriculum is in accordance with the state- | |
| 1586 | - | wide subject matter content standards, adopted by the State Board of | |
| 1587 | - | Education pursuant to section 10-4 of the general statutes. | |
| 1588 | - | (b) A local or regional board of education may accept gifts, grants and | |
| 1589 | - | donations, including in-kind donations, designated for the development | |
| 1590 | - | and implementation of the Asian American and Pacific Islander studies Substitute Senate Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1594 | - | curriculum under this section. | |
| 1225 | + | giving priority to those staff members (A) attending an institution of 1015 | |
| 1226 | + | higher education accredited by the Board of Regents for Higher 1016 | |
| 1227 | + | Education or the Office of Higher Education, and approved by the 1017 | |
| 1228 | + | Office of Early Childhood, and regionally accredited, at a maximum of 1018 | |
| 1229 | + | ten thousand dollars per staff member per year for the cost of higher 1019 | |
| 1230 | + | education courses leading to a bachelor's degree or, not later than 1020 | |
| 1231 | + | December 31, 2015, an associate degree, as such degrees are described 1021 | |
| 1232 | + | in said subparagraphs (B) and (C), or (B) receiving noncredit 1022 | |
| 1233 | + | competency-based training approved by the office, at a maximum of one 1023 | |
| 1234 | + | thousand dollars per staff member per year, provided such staff 1024 | |
| 1235 | + | members have applied for all available federal and state scholarships 1025 | |
| 1236 | + | and grants, and such assistance does not exceed such staff members' 1026 | |
| 1237 | + | financial need. Individual staff members shall apply for such 1027 | |
| 1238 | + | unexpended funds in a manner determined by the commissioner. The 1028 | |
| 1239 | + | commissioner shall determine how such unexpended funds shall be 1029 | |
| 1240 | + | distributed. 1030 | |
| 1241 | + | (3) If funds appropriated for the purposes of subsection (c) of this 1031 | |
| 1242 | + | section are not expended pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, 1032 | |
| 1243 | + | deposited pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, or used 1033 | |
| 1244 | + | pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, the commissioner may 1034 | |
| 1245 | + | use such unexpended funds to support local school readiness programs. 1035 | |
| 1246 | + | The commissioner may use such funds for purposes including, but not 1036 | |
| 1247 | + | limited to, (A) assisting local school readiness programs in meeting and 1037 | |
| 1248 | + | maintaining accreditation requirements, (B) providing training in 1038 | |
| 1249 | + | implementing the preschool assessment and curriculum frameworks, 1039 | |
| 1250 | + | including training to enhance literacy teaching skills, (C) developing a 1040 | |
| 1251 | + | state-wide preschool curriculum, (D) developing student assessments 1041 | |
| 1252 | + | for students in grades kindergarten to two, inclusive, (E) developing 1042 | |
| 1253 | + | and implementing best practices for parents in supporting preschool 1043 | |
| 1254 | + | and kindergarten student learning, (F) developing and implementing 1044 | |
| 1255 | + | strategies for children to successfully transition to preschool and from 1045 | |
| 1256 | + | preschool to kindergarten, including through parental engagement and 1046 | |
| 1257 | + | whole-family supports that may be utilized through the two-1047 | |
| 1258 | + | generational initiative, established pursuant to section 17b-112l, or 1048 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 1259 | + | ||
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| 1264 | + | ||
| 1265 | + | through other available resources, (G) providing for professional 1049 | |
| 1266 | + | development, including assisting in career ladder advancement, for 1050 | |
| 1267 | + | school readiness staff, (H) providing supplemental grants to other 1051 | |
| 1268 | + | towns that are eligible for grants pursuant to subsection (c) of this 1052 | |
| 1269 | + | section, and (I) developing a plan to provide spaces in an accredited 1053 | |
| 1270 | + | school readiness program or a school readiness program seeking 1054 | |
| 1271 | + | accreditation to all eligible children who reside in an area or town 1055 | |
| 1272 | + | described in subparagraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of 1056 | |
| 1273 | + | subsection (d) of this section. 1057 | |
| 1274 | + | (f) Any school readiness program that receives funds pursuant to this 1058 | |
| 1275 | + | section or section 10-16u shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, 1059 | |
| 1276 | + | national origin, gender, religion or disability. For purposes of this 1060 | |
| 1277 | + | section, a nonsectarian program means any public or private school 1061 | |
| 1278 | + | readiness program that is not violative of the Establishment Clause of 1062 | |
| 1279 | + | the Constitution of the State of Connecticut or the Establishment Clause 1063 | |
| 1280 | + | of the Constitution of the United States of America. 1064 | |
| 1281 | + | (g) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, no funds received by 1065 | |
| 1282 | + | a town pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) of this section or section 10-16u 1066 | |
| 1283 | + | shall be used to supplant federal, state or local funding received by such 1067 | |
| 1284 | + | town for early childhood education, provided a town may use an 1068 | |
| 1285 | + | amount determined in accordance with this subsection for coordination, 1069 | |
| 1286 | + | program evaluation and administration. Such amount shall be at least 1070 | |
| 1287 | + | five per cent of the total grant allocation, but not more than seventy-five 1071 | |
| 1288 | + | thousand dollars and shall be determined by the commissioner based 1072 | |
| 1289 | + | on the school readiness grant award allocated to the town pursuant to 1073 | |
| 1290 | + | subsection (c) or (d) of this section or section 10-16u and the number of 1074 | |
| 1291 | + | operating sites for coordination, program evaluation and 1075 | |
| 1292 | + | administration. Such amount shall be increased by an amount equal to 1076 | |
| 1293 | + | local funding provided for early childhood education coordination, 1077 | |
| 1294 | + | program evaluation and administration, not to exceed twenty-five 1078 | |
| 1295 | + | thousand dollars. Each town that receives a grant pursuant to 1079 | |
| 1296 | + | subsection (c) or (d) of this section or section 10-16u shall designate a 1080 | |
| 1297 | + | person to be responsible for such coordination, program evaluation and 1081 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
| 1298 | + | ||
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| 1304 | + | administration and to act as a liaison between the town and the 1082 | |
| 1305 | + | commissioner. Each school readiness program that receives funds 1083 | |
| 1306 | + | pursuant to this section or section 10-16u shall provide information to 1084 | |
| 1307 | + | the commissioner or the school readiness council, as requested, that is 1085 | |
| 1308 | + | necessary for purposes of any school readiness program evaluation. 1086 | |
| 1309 | + | (h) Any town receiving a grant pursuant to this section may use such 1087 | |
| 1310 | + | grant, with the approval of the commissioner, to prepare a facility or 1088 | |
| 1311 | + | staff for operating a school readiness program and shall be adjusted 1089 | |
| 1312 | + | based on the number of days of operation of a school readiness program 1090 | |
| 1313 | + | if a shorter term of operation is approved by the commissioner. 1091 | |
| 1314 | + | (i) A town may use grant funds to purchase spaces for eligible 1092 | |
| 1315 | + | children who reside in such town at an accredited school readiness 1093 | |
| 1316 | + | program located in another town. A regional school readiness council 1094 | |
| 1317 | + | may use grant funds to purchase spaces for eligible children who reside 1095 | |
| 1318 | + | in the region covered by the council at an accredited school readiness 1096 | |
| 1319 | + | program located outside such region. 1097 | |
| 1320 | + | (j) Children enrolled in school readiness programs funded pursuant 1098 | |
| 1321 | + | to this section shall not be counted (1) as resident students for purposes 1099 | |
| 1322 | + | of subdivision (22) of section 10-262f, or (2) in the determination of 1100 | |
| 1323 | + | average daily membership pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) 1101 | |
| 1324 | + | of section 10-261. 1102 | |
| 1325 | + | (k) (1) Up to two per cent of the amount of the appropriation for this 1103 | |
| 1326 | + | section may be allocated to the competitive grant program pursuant to 1104 | |
| 1327 | + | subsection (d) of this section. The determination of the amount of such 1105 | |
| 1328 | + | allocation shall be made on or before August first. 1106 | |
| 1329 | + | (2) Up to two per cent of the amount of the appropriation for this 1107 | |
| 1330 | + | section may be used by the commissioner in a manner consistent with 1108 | |
| 1331 | + | the provisions of section 10-509. 1109 | |
| 1332 | + | [(l) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, and each fiscal year 1110 | |
| 1333 | + | thereafter, any school readiness program that (1) is licensed by the 1111 | |
| 1334 | + | Office of Early Childhood pursuant to chapter 368a, (2) provides full-1112 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1341 | + | day and year-round child care and education programs for children, 1113 | |
| 1342 | + | and (3) receives funds pursuant to this section or section 10-16u, shall 1114 | |
| 1343 | + | use any amount of the per child cost as described in subdivision (1) of 1115 | |
| 1344 | + | subsection (b) of section 10-16q that is over the amount of eight 1116 | |
| 1345 | + | thousand nine hundred twenty-seven dollars, exclusively to increase 1117 | |
| 1346 | + | the salaries of those individuals with direct responsibility for teaching 1118 | |
| 1347 | + | or caring for children in a classroom at such school readiness program.] 1119 | |
| 1348 | + | Sec. 15. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) As used in this section and 1120 | |
| 1349 | + | section 16 of this act: 1121 | |
| 1350 | + | (1) "Compensation schedule" means the early childhood educator 1122 | |
| 1351 | + | compensation schedule developed by the Office of Early Childhood 1123 | |
| 1352 | + | pursuant to section 10-531 of the general statutes, as amended by this 1124 | |
| 1353 | + | act; 1125 | |
| 1354 | + | (2) "Early childhood care and education program" means a child care 1126 | |
| 1355 | + | services provider, early childhood education program or license-exempt 1127 | |
| 1356 | + | early childhood provider; 1128 | |
| 1357 | + | (3) "Child care services provider" means a child care center or a group 1129 | |
| 1358 | + | child care home, as those terms are described in section 19a-77 of the 1130 | |
| 1359 | + | general statutes, as amended by this act; 1131 | |
| 1360 | + | (4) "Early childhood education program" means a private preschool 1132 | |
| 1361 | + | program, a school readiness program or program pursuant to section 8-1133 | |
| 1362 | + | 210 of the general statutes, as amended by this act; 1134 | |
| 1363 | + | (5) "School readiness program" has the same meaning as provided in 1135 | |
| 1364 | + | section 10-16p of the general statutes, as amended by this act; 1136 | |
| 1365 | + | (6) "License-exempt early childhood provider" means any child care 1137 | |
| 1366 | + | services provider or school readiness program that accepts state funds 1138 | |
| 1367 | + | for infant, toddler and preschool spaces associated with such program 1139 | |
| 1368 | + | that is not required to be licensed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1140 | |
| 1369 | + | 19a-77 of the general statutes, and is located in a public school building 1141 | |
| 1370 | + | but is not administered by a public school system; 1142 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1377 | + | (7) "Employee" means a person who is employed by an early 1143 | |
| 1378 | + | childhood care and education program and meets the eligibility criteria 1144 | |
| 1379 | + | described in the compensation schedule and policy developed by the 1145 | |
| 1380 | + | Office of Early Childhood pursuant to subsection (e) of this section; 1146 | |
| 1381 | + | (8) "Base salary" means the annual salary that an employee was paid 1147 | |
| 1382 | + | on December 31, 2021, or, if the position was vacant on December 31, 1148 | |
| 1383 | + | 2021, the starting annual salary for such position on said date; 1149 | |
| 1384 | + | (9) "Benefits amount" means seven thousand five hundred dollars; 1150 | |
| 1385 | + | (10) "Individual employee salary enhancement amount" means, for 1151 | |
| 1386 | + | any fiscal year, the sum of (A) the difference between (i) the salary 1152 | |
| 1387 | + | prescribed in the compensation schedule for an employee, and (ii) the 1153 | |
| 1388 | + | amount of such employee's base salary, and (B) the benefits amount; 1154 | |
| 1389 | + | (11) "Salary enhancement amount" means the sum of the total 1155 | |
| 1390 | + | individual employee salary enhancement amounts for all employees of 1156 | |
| 1391 | + | an early childhood care and education program for the fiscal year; and 1157 | |
| 1392 | + | (12) "Family child care home" has the same meaning as provided in 1158 | |
| 1393 | + | section 19a-77 of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 1159 | |
| 1394 | + | (b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year 1160 | |
| 1395 | + | thereafter, the Office of Early Childhood shall administer the early 1161 | |
| 1396 | + | childhood care and education salary enhancement grant program. The 1162 | |
| 1397 | + | office shall annually pay to each early childhood care and education 1163 | |
| 1398 | + | program a salary enhancement grant in the amount of such program's 1164 | |
| 1399 | + | salary enhancement amount. Such programs shall distribute such grant 1165 | |
| 1400 | + | funds to its employees in accordance with the policy developed by the 1166 | |
| 1401 | + | Commissioner of Early Childhood pursuant to subsection (e) of this 1167 | |
| 1402 | + | section. 1168 | |
| 1403 | + | (c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and each fiscal year 1169 | |
| 1404 | + | thereafter, the office shall annually pay to each family child care home 1170 | |
| 1405 | + | a salary enhancement grant as follows: (1) Twenty thousand dollars for 1171 | |
| 1406 | + | each licensee of a family child care home, (2) six thousand dollars for 1172 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1413 | + | each full-time assistant or substitute staff member approved by the 1173 | |
| 1414 | + | Commissioner of Early Childhood pursuant to section 19a-87b of the 1174 | |
| 1415 | + | general statutes, and (3) three thousand dollars for each part-time 1175 | |
| 1416 | + | assistant or substitute staff member approved by the commissioner 1176 | |
| 1417 | + | pursuant to section 19a-87b of the general statutes, and employed by the 1177 | |
| 1418 | + | family child care home. The licensee shall distribute such grant funds in 1178 | |
| 1419 | + | accordance with the policy developed by the commissioner pursuant to 1179 | |
| 1420 | + | subsection (e) of this section. 1180 | |
| 1421 | + | (d) Each early childhood care and education program shall register, 1181 | |
| 1422 | + | at such time and in such manner as prescribed by the commissioner, 1182 | |
| 1423 | + | with the Office of Early Childhood to receive a grant under the program. 1183 | |
| 1424 | + | Upon registration, such program shall provide any information 1184 | |
| 1425 | + | required by the office, in accordance with the policy developed by the 1185 | |
| 1426 | + | commissioner pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. 1186 | |
| 1427 | + | (e) Not later than October 1, 2022, the commissioner shall develop a 1187 | |
| 1428 | + | policy for the administration of the early childhood care and education 1188 | |
| 1429 | + | salary enhancement grant program. The policy shall include, but need 1189 | |
| 1430 | + | not be limited to, eligibility criteria for the program, the registration 1190 | |
| 1431 | + | process for the program, the distribution requirements of the grant and 1191 | |
| 1432 | + | any other requirements the commissioner deems necessary. 1192 | |
| 1433 | + | Sec. 16. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) On and after July 1, 2022, each 1193 | |
| 1434 | + | employee of an early childhood care and education program shall be 1194 | |
| 1435 | + | paid an annual salary as prescribed in the compensation schedule 1195 | |
| 1436 | + | developed pursuant to section 10-531 of the general statutes, as 1196 | |
| 1437 | + | amended by this act, except if an employee's salary is greater than the 1197 | |
| 1438 | + | amount prescribed in such compensation schedule then such employee 1198 | |
| 1439 | + | shall be paid such greater amount. 1199 | |
| 1440 | + | Sec. 17. Section 10-531 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1200 | |
| 1441 | + | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 1201 | |
| 1442 | + | (a) As used in this section: 1202 | |
| 1443 | + | (1) "Early childhood education program" means any child care or 1203 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1450 | + | school readiness program that accepts state funds for infant, toddler and 1204 | |
| 1451 | + | preschool spaces associated with such program; 1205 | |
| 1452 | + | (2) "Employee" means any person who is employed by an early 1206 | |
| 1453 | + | childhood care and education program and meets the [applicable staff 1207 | |
| 1454 | + | qualifications requirement, as defined in section 10-16p] eligibility 1208 | |
| 1455 | + | criteria described in the compensation schedule and policy developed 1209 | |
| 1456 | + | by the Office of Early Childhood pursuant to subsection (e) of section 1 1210 | |
| 1457 | + | of this act; 1211 | |
| 1458 | + | (3) "Compensation" means the salary, wages, benefits and other 1212 | |
| 1459 | + | forms of valuable consideration earned by and provided to an employee 1213 | |
| 1460 | + | in remuneration for services rendered; [and] 1214 | |
| 1461 | + | (4) "Compensation schedule" means a list or lists specifying a series 1215 | |
| 1462 | + | of compensation steps and ranges; [.] 1216 | |
| 1463 | + | (5) "Early childhood care and education program" means a child care 1217 | |
| 1464 | + | services provider or an early childhood education program; 1218 | |
| 1465 | + | (6) "Child care services provider" means a child care center or a group 1219 | |
| 1466 | + | child care home, as those terms are described in section 19a-77, as 1220 | |
| 1467 | + | amended by this act; 1221 | |
| 1468 | + | (7) "Early childhood education program" means a private preschool 1222 | |
| 1469 | + | program, a school readiness program or program pursuant to section 8-1223 | |
| 1470 | + | 210, as amended by this act; and 1224 | |
| 1471 | + | (8) "School readiness program" has the same meaning as provided in 1225 | |
| 1472 | + | section 10-16p, as amended by this act. 1226 | |
| 1473 | + | (b) The Office of Early Childhood shall establish, after notice and 1227 | |
| 1474 | + | opportunity for public comment, a proposed early childhood educator 1228 | |
| 1475 | + | compensation schedule for employees of early childhood education 1229 | |
| 1476 | + | programs. 1230 | |
| 1477 | + | (c) (1) The office shall consider the following factors in developing the 1231 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1484 | + | proposed early childhood educator compensation schedule: (A) Level 1232 | |
| 1485 | + | of education, (B) training in early childhood education or child 1233 | |
| 1486 | + | development, (C) relevant employment experience, including the 1234 | |
| 1487 | + | number of years an individual has been employed in an early childhood 1235 | |
| 1488 | + | education program, (D) compensation levels for certified teachers 1236 | |
| 1489 | + | employed in a preschool program operated by a local or regional board 1237 | |
| 1490 | + | of education or regional educational service center, and (E) cost of living 1238 | |
| 1491 | + | in the state. 1239 | |
| 1492 | + | (2) In developing the proposed early childhood educator 1240 | |
| 1493 | + | compensation schedule, the office may (A) consider the findings and 1241 | |
| 1494 | + | recommendations provided in "A Plan to Assist Early Education State 1242 | |
| 1495 | + | Funded Providers to Degree Attainment and Increased Compensation" 1243 | |
| 1496 | + | created by the office, pursuant to section 4 of public act 15-134, to create 1244 | |
| 1497 | + | a standardized salary scale and incentive package for early childhood 1245 | |
| 1498 | + | educators, (B) utilize state and federal funding, and (C) examine existing 1246 | |
| 1499 | + | programs that address early childhood educator compensation and staff 1247 | |
| 1500 | + | retention through financial incentives, such as bonuses for degree or 1248 | |
| 1501 | + | course completion. 1249 | |
| 1502 | + | (3) The office shall establish a recommended minimum salary for 1250 | |
| 1503 | + | employees as part of the proposed early childhood educator 1251 | |
| 1504 | + | compensation schedule. 1252 | |
| 1505 | + | (d) Not later than January 1, 2021, the office shall submit the proposed 1253 | |
| 1506 | + | early childhood educator compensation schedule and a report to the 1254 | |
| 1507 | + | joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance 1255 | |
| 1508 | + | of matters relating to education and appropriations and the budgets of 1256 | |
| 1509 | + | state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. Such 1257 | |
| 1510 | + | report shall include: (1) Any recommendations for legislation relating to 1258 | |
| 1511 | + | state-wide implementation of the proposed early childhood educator 1259 | |
| 1512 | + | compensation schedule, (2) an estimate of the cost of implementing the 1260 | |
| 1513 | + | proposed early childhood educator compensation schedule state-wide, 1261 | |
| 1514 | + | (3) an analysis of the effect of the state-wide implementation of the 1262 | |
| 1515 | + | proposed early childhood educator compensation schedule on the 1263 | |
| 1516 | + | number of available preschool seats, and (4) an explanation of how the 1264 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1522 | + | ||
| 1523 | + | proposed early childhood educator compensation schedule will be 1265 | |
| 1524 | + | included in any quality rating and improvement system developed by 1266 | |
| 1525 | + | the office, pursuant to subdivision (15) of subsection (b) of section 10-1267 | |
| 1526 | + | 500. 1268 | |
| 1527 | + | (e) Not later than January 1, 2023, the office shall amend the 1269 | |
| 1528 | + | compensation schedule to include employees of early childhood care 1270 | |
| 1529 | + | and education programs. 1271 | |
| 1530 | + | Sec. 18. (Effective July 1, 2022) The sum of sixty thousand dollars is 1272 | |
| 1531 | + | appropriated to the Department of Education from the General Fund, 1273 | |
| 1532 | + | for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, for the purpose of hiring a full-1274 | |
| 1533 | + | time employee to administer the grant program to provide grants to 1275 | |
| 1534 | + | local and regional boards of education for the purpose of hiring and 1276 | |
| 1535 | + | retaining additional school social workers and school psychologists 1277 | |
| 1536 | + | described in section 2 of this act. 1278 | |
| 1537 | + | Sec. 19. (Effective July 1, 2022) The sum of thirty thousand dollars is 1279 | |
| 1538 | + | appropriated to the Department of Education from the General Fund, 1280 | |
| 1539 | + | for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, for the purpose of hiring a full-1281 | |
| 1540 | + | time employee to administer the minority teacher candidate scholarship 1282 | |
| 1541 | + | program established pursuant to section 9 of this act. 1283 | |
| 1542 | + | Sec. 20. (Effective from passage) The sum of five hundred ninety 1284 | |
| 1543 | + | thousand dollars of the amount appropriated in section 21 of this act to 1285 | |
| 1544 | + | the Department of Public Health for school-based health clinics, for the 1286 | |
| 1545 | + | fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, shall be made available for a grant to 1287 | |
| 1546 | + | each of the thirty-six recommended sites for expanded mental health 1288 | |
| 1547 | + | services contained in the final report of the School-Based Health Center 1289 | |
| 1548 | + | Expansion Working Group, established pursuant to section 16 of public 1290 | |
| 1549 | + | act 21-35. 1291 | |
| 1550 | + | Sec. 21. (Effective from passage) The sum of twenty-one million two 1292 | |
| 1551 | + | hundred forty thousand dollars is appropriated to the Department of 1293 | |
| 1552 | + | Public Health from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1294 | |
| 1553 | + | 2022, for the purpose of expanding services of existing school-based 1295 Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1560 | + | health centers to include mental health services in accordance with the 1296 | |
| 1561 | + | provisions of section 20 of this act. 1297 | |
| 1562 | + | Sec. 22. (Effective from passage) The sum of thirteen million dollars is 1298 | |
| 1563 | + | allocated, in accordance with the provisions of special act 21-1, from the 1299 | |
| 1564 | + | federal funds designated for the state pursuant to the provisions of 1300 | |
| 1565 | + | section 602 of Subtitle M of Title IX of the American Rescue Plan Act of 1301 | |
| 1566 | + | 2021, P.L. 117-2, as amended from time to time, to the Department of 1302 | |
| 1567 | + | Education, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, for support to the 1303 | |
| 1568 | + | existing fifteen districts participating in the Learner Engagement and 1304 | |
| 1569 | + | Attendance Program (LEAP) and expanding participation in the LEAP 1305 | |
| 1570 | + | program to include five additional high-need districts. 1306 | |
| 1571 | + | Sec. 23. (Effective from passage) The sum of thirteen million dollars is 1307 | |
| 1572 | + | allocated, in accordance with the provisions of special act 21-1, from the 1308 | |
| 1573 | + | federal funds designated for the state pursuant to the provisions of 1309 | |
| 1574 | + | section 602 of Subtitle M of Title IX of the American Rescue Plan Act of 1310 | |
| 1575 | + | 2021, P.L. 117-2, as amended from time to time, to the Department of 1311 | |
| 1576 | + | Education, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, for support to the 1312 | |
| 1577 | + | existing twenty districts participating in the Learner Engagement and 1313 | |
| 1578 | + | Attendance Program (LEAP). 1314 | |
| 1579 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 1580 | + | sections: | |
| 1581 | + | ||
| 1582 | + | Section 1 from passage New section | |
| 1583 | + | Sec. 2 July 1, 2022 New section | |
| 1584 | + | Sec. 3 July 1, 2022 New section | |
| 1585 | + | Sec. 4 July 1, 2022 New section | |
| 1586 | + | Sec. 5 July 1, 2022 New section | |
| 1587 | + | Sec. 6 from passage 10-212a | |
| 1588 | + | Sec. 7 July 1, 2022 21a-286 | |
| 1589 | + | Sec. 8 July 1, 2022 New section | |
| 1590 | + | Sec. 9 July 1, 2022 New section | |
| 1591 | + | Sec. 10 from passage New section | |
| 1592 | + | Sec. 11 from passage New section | |
| 1593 | + | Sec. 12 July 1, 2022 New section | |
| 1594 | + | Sec. 13 July 1, 2022 10-16q(b)(1) Substitute Bill No. 1 | |
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| 1600 | + | ||
| 1601 | + | Sec. 14 July 1, 2022 10-16p | |
| 1602 | + | Sec. 15 July 1, 2022 New section | |
| 1603 | + | Sec. 16 July 1, 2022 New section | |
| 1604 | + | Sec. 17 July 1, 2022 10-531 | |
| 1605 | + | Sec. 18 July 1, 2022 New section | |
| 1606 | + | Sec. 19 July 1, 2022 New section | |
| 1607 | + | Sec. 20 from passage New section | |
| 1608 | + | Sec. 21 from passage New section | |
| 1609 | + | Sec. 22 from passage New section | |
| 1610 | + | Sec. 23 from passage New section | |
| 1611 | + | ||
| 1612 | + | ED Joint Favorable Subst. C/R APP | |
| 1613 | + | APP Joint Favorable | |
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