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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 153
February Session, 2024
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND CAREER SYSTEM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 10-95i of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2024): 3
(b) During the five-year period beginning January 1, 2020, and during 4
each five-year period thereafter, the board shall evaluate each existing 5
technical education and career school trade program in accordance with 6
a schedule which the board shall establish. A trade program may be 7
reauthorized for a period of not more than five years following each 8
evaluation on the basis of: The projected employment demand for 9
students enrolled in the trade program, including consideration of the 10
employment of graduates of the program during the preceding five 11
years; anticipated technological changes; the availability of qualified 12
instructors; the existence of similar programs at other educational 13
institutions; and student interest in the trade program. As part of the 14
evaluation, the board shall consider geographic differences that may 15
make a trade program feasible at one school and not another and 16
whether certain combinations of program offerings shall be required. 17
Prior to any final decision on the reauthorization of a trade program, the 18 Substitute Bill No. 153
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board shall consult with the [craft] program advisory committees for the 19
trade program being evaluated. 20
Sec. 2. Section 10-95j of the general statutes is repealed and the 21
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 22
The Technical Education and Career System board shall include in 23
the report required pursuant to section 10-95k, a summary of the 24
following: 25
(1) Admissions policies for the Technical Education and Career 26
System; 27
(2) Recruitment and retention of faculty; 28
(3) Efforts to strengthen consideration of the needs of and to develop 29
greater public awareness of the Technical Education and Career System; 30
and 31
(4) Efforts to strengthen the role of [career and technical education] 32
program advisory committees and increase employer participation. 33
Sec. 3. Section 10-96c of the general statutes is repealed and the 34
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 35
The executive director of the Technical Education and Career System 36
may indemnify and hold harmless any person, as defined in section 1-37
79, who makes a gift of tangible property or properties with a fair 38
market value in excess of one thousand dollars to the Technical 39
Education and Career System for instructional purposes. Any 40
indemnification under this section shall be solely for any damages 41
caused as a result of the use of such tangible property, provided there 42
shall be no indemnification for any liability resulting from (1) 43
intentional or wilful misconduct by the person providing such tangible 44
property to [the department or] the Technical Education and Career 45
System, or (2) hidden defects in such tangible property that are known 46
to and not disclosed by the person providing such tangible property to 47 Substitute Bill No. 153
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[the department or] the Technical Education and Career System at the 48
time the gift is made. 49
Sec. 4. Section 10-66p of the general statutes is repealed and the 50
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 51
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4-98, 4-212 to 4-219, 52
inclusive, 4a-51 and 4a-57, the Commissioner of Education may allocate 53
funds to allow regional educational service centers and state education 54
organizations to provide professional development services, technical 55
assistance and evaluation activities to local and regional boards of 56
education, state charter schools, technical education and career schools, 57
school readiness providers and other educational entities, as 58
determined by the commissioner. Regional educational service centers 59
and state education organizations shall expend such funds in 60
accordance with procedures and conditions prescribed by the 61
commissioner. For purposes of this [section] subsection, state education 62
organizations may include, but not be limited to, organizations or 63
associations representing superintendents, boards of education and 64
elementary and secondary schools. 65
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4-98, 4-212 to 4-219, 66
inclusive, 4a-51 and 4a-57, the executive director of the Technical 67
Education and Career System may allocate funds to allow regional 68
educational service centers to provide professional development 69
services, technical assistance, special education services and evaluation 70
activities to technical education and career schools, as determined by the 71
executive director. Regional educational service centers shall expend 72
such funds in accordance with procedures and conditions prescribed by 73
the executive director. 74
Sec. 5. Section 10-95 of the general statutes is repealed and the 75
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 76
There is established a state-wide system of technical education and 77
career schools to be known as the Technical Education and Career 78 Substitute Bill No. 153
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System. The Technical Education and Career System shall offer (1) full-79
time comprehensive secondary education at technical high schools 80
located throughout the state, and [may offer] (2) part-time, [and] 81
evening [,] and extracurricular programs in vocational, technical, 82
technological and postsecondary education and training. 83
Sec. 6. Section 10-95p of the general statutes is repealed and the 84
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 85
(a) There is established a division of postsecondary educational 86
programs within the Technical Education and Career System. The 87
division shall administer any postsecondary educational program that 88
(1) was offered at a technical education and career school during the 89
school year commencing July 1, 2016, or (2) is approved by the Technical 90
Education and Career System board. [on or after July 5, 2017.] 91
(b) Any student admitted for enrollment in a postsecondary 92
educational program administered by the division shall have a high 93
school diploma or its equivalent, or [be twenty-one years of age or older] 94
have completed the school year in which such student reaches twenty-95
two years of age. 96
Sec. 7. Section 10-76q of the general statutes is repealed and the 97
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 98
(a) The Technical Education and Career System, established pursuant 99
to section 10-95, as amended by this act, shall: (1) Provide the 100
professional services necessary to identify, in accordance with section 101
10-76a, children requiring special education who are enrolled at a 102
technical education and career school; (2) identify each such child; (3) 103
determine the appropriateness of the technical education and career 104
school for the educational needs of each such child; (4) provide an 105
appropriate educational program for each such child, including, but not 106
limited to, transition programs, as defined in section 10-74o; (5) 107
maintain a record thereof; and (6) annually evaluate the progress and 108
accomplishments of special education programs provided by the 109 Substitute Bill No. 153
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Technical Education and Career System. 110
(b) Where it is deemed appropriate that a child enrolled in a technical 111
education and career school receive special education, the parents or 112
guardian of such child shall have a right to the hearing and appeal 113
process as provided for in section 10-76h. 114
(c) Prior to a student's enrollment in a technical education and career 115
school, the local or regional board of education for the town in which 116
such student resides shall convene a planning and placement team 117
meeting, except the planning and placement team meeting for a student 118
who has been educated in a home shall be convened by the Technical 119
Education and Career System. The purpose of such meeting shall be to 120
address such student's transition to such technical education and career 121
school and ensure that such student's individualized education 122
program reflects the current supports and services that such student 123
requires in order to access a free and appropriate public education in the 124
least restrictive environment. A representative from such technical 125
education and career school shall be invited to such meeting. 126
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2024 10-95i(b)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2024 10-95j
Sec. 3 July 1, 2024 10-96c
Sec. 4 from passage 10-66p
Sec. 5 from passage 10-95
Sec. 6 from passage 10-95p
Sec. 7 July 1, 2024 10-76q
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