LCO No. 1535 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 1196 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 1535 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: SEN. GADKAR-WILCOX, 22nd Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS FOR EDUCATORS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 10-151 of the general statutes be amended to (1) require 1 that decisions of a neutral arbitrator in discipline proceedings involving 2 educators be binding on local and regional boards of education, and (2) 3 implement the just cause legal standard in the discipline process for 4 educators. 5 Statement of Purpose: To provide educators additional protections against unfair termination and reduce the vagueness of the current standard in disciplinary proceedings.