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CT SB00996

Bill

Status

Passed

5/20/2013

Primary Sponsor

Education Committee

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Origin

Senate

2013 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Replaces terminology "vocational-technical" with "technical high school" in education reporting requirements and changes "office" to "department" in grant reporting provisions
  • Modifies teacher tenure termination procedures effective July 1, 2014, requiring that incompetence or ineffectiveness determinations be based on teacher evaluation guidelines, and limits hearing evidence to 12 total hours with 6 hours per side
  • Updates teacher evaluation and support program requirements, including mandatory training for evaluators and orientation for teachers by July 1, 2014, and adds teacher evaluation program training to in-service training requirements
  • Revises school governance council membership terms to two years with a two-term limit for voting members and establishes a cap of 25 schools per year eligible for reconstitution
  • Makes technical corrections throughout education statutes including fixing citation references, changing "subdivision" to "subsection," replacing "nonreturnable" with "nonrefundable," and correcting prepositions in various sections

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning Recommendations By The Legislative Commissioners For Technical Revisions To The Education Statutes.

Last Action

Signed by the Governor

5/28/2013

Committee Referrals

Education2/27/2013

Full Bill Text

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