Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01459 Compare Versions

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5	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1459
6	6		January Session, 2025
7	7		LCO No. 6001
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10	10		Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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13	13		Introduced by:
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18	19		AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHER SALARIES.
19	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
20	21		Assembly convened:
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22	23		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) (a) Any collective bargaining 1
23	24		agreement entered into, amended or extended on and after July 1, 2025, 2
24	25		between a local or regional board of education and the representatives 3
25	26		of the exclusive bargaining unit for certified employees, chosen 4
26	27		pursuant to section 10-153b of the general statutes, shall establish a 5
27	28		minimum salary for certified teachers in an amount that is not less than 6
28	29		three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level for a family of two. 7
29	30		(b) Upon the mutual agreement of a local or regional board of 8
30	31		education receiving a teacher retention grant pursuant to section 2 of 9
31	32		this act, and the representatives of such exclusive bargaining unit, 10
32	33		contracts for teachers may be reopened and negotiated exclusively for 11
33	34		the purpose of allocating teacher retention grant funds pursuant to the 12
34	35		provisions of sections 10-153a to 10-153n, inclusive, of the general 13
35	36		statutes provided, upon mutual agreement of the parties, such 14
36	37		negotiations may (1) include salaries and other conditions of 15
37		-	employment, and (2) not be subject to binding arbitration under the 16 Raised Bill No. 1459
	38	+	employment, and (2) not be subject to binding arbitration under the 16
	39	+	Raised Bill No. 1459
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	43	+	LCO No. 6001 2 of 3
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42	45		provision of section 10-153f of the general statutes. 17
43	46		Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) (a) Not later than August 1, 2025, 18
44	47		the Comptroller shall establish a grant program to provide teacher 19
45	48		retention grants to each municipality, to increase the salaries of certified 20
46	49		teachers to reach the minimum salary established pursuant to section 1 21
47	50		of this act. A teacher retention grant shall be available to each 22
48	51		municipality in an amount equal to such municipality's proportional 23
49	52		share of the annual state-wide aggregate of equalization aid grants that 24
50	53		such municipality receives pursuant to section 10-262h of the general 25
51	54		statutes. The Comptroller shall distribute teacher retention grants (1) for 26
52	55		the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, in the aggregate amount of not less 27
53	56		than six hundred million dollars, and (2) for the fiscal year ending June 28
54	57		30, 2027, in the aggregate amount of not less than twenty per cent of the 29
55	58		unappropriated surplus in the General Fund from the previous fiscal 30
56	59		year, as determined by the Comptroller after the accounts for said fund 31
57	60		have been closed. 32
58	61		(b) Each municipality that receives a teacher retention grant shall (1) 33
59	62		divide such grant equally among all students counted in such 34
60	63		municipality's equalization aid grant for the previous fiscal year, and (2) 35
61	64		pay to each local and regional board of education an amount equal to 36
62	65		the proportion of such students who were enrolled in schools governed 37
63	66		by each such board during the previous fiscal year, provided, not later 38
64	67		than the fiscal year ending June 30, 2028, such board includes in the 39
65	68		collective bargaining agreement with the exclusive bargaining unit for 40
66	69		certified employees a requirement for the first step of the salary 41
67	70		schedule to be equal to the minimum salary established pursuant to 42
68	71		section 1 of this act. 43
69	72		(c) Each local or regional board of education shall use a teacher 44
70	73		retention grant only for the purpose of increasing the salaries of certified 45
71	74		teachers employed by such board who are members of the exclusive 46
72	75		bargaining unit for certified employees, chosen pursuant to section 10-47
73		-	153b of the general statutes, as follows: 48 Raised Bill No. 1459
	76	+	153b of the general statutes, as follows: 48
	77	+	Raised Bill No. 1459
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78	83		(1) Not less than seventy-five per cent of such grant shall be paid, if 49
79	84		possible, to each teacher whose salary is not at the maximum level of the 50
80	85		salary schedule agreed upon in the applicable collective bargaining 51
81	86		agreement, based on the portion of teachers with salaries below the 52
82	87		maximum level. 53
83	88		(2) Teachers whose salaries are at the maximum of such salary 54
84	89		schedule may receive payment from the teacher retention grant, 55
85	90		provided such maximum salary is not more thirty per cent higher than 56
86	91		the first level of such salary schedule. 57
87	92		(3) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, to June 30, 2028, 58
88	93		inclusive, payment shall be made to each teacher with a salary level, 59
89	94		based on the annual salary reported to the teachers' retirement board, 60
90	95		below the minimum salary established pursuant to section 1 of this act, 61
91	96		in an amount equal to the difference between such teacher's annual 62
92	97		salary and the minimum salary. 63
93	98		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
94	99		sections:
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96	101		Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
97	102		Sec. 2 July 1, 2025 New section
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99		-	ED Joint Favorable C/R APP
	104	+	Statement of Purpose:
	105	+	To establish a minimum salary for teachers and require the Comptroller
	106	+	to distribute a grant to pay any difference between a teacher's current
	107	+	salary and such minimum salary.
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	109	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	110	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	111	+	underlined.]
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