LCO No. 1596 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5253 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 1596 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: REP. POULOS, 81st Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHER MEMBERSHIP ON THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 10-1 of the general statutes be amended to require that 1 the State Board of Education consist of two active certified classroom 2 teachers who are employed by a local or regional board of education 3 and work at least fifty per cent of their time in a classroom with students 4 in grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive. 5 Statement of Purpose: To ensure that the perspective of practicing classroom teachers are included in the deliberations of the State Board of Education.