CT HB05468

Establishes a task force to study recruitment of manufacturing teachers, examining workforce needs, obstacles in law and collective bargaining agreements, and potential state actions to increase recruitment.

Task force on manufacturing teachers includes ten members: two appointed by House speaker, two by Senate president pro tempore, one each by House and Senate majority leaders, one each by House and Senate minority leaders, plus the Commissioner of Education, technical high school superintendent, Board of Regents president, and Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology president.

Establishes a second task force to study professional development and in-service training requirements for educators, examining implementation, duplicative requirements, time commitments, costs, and impacts on classroom instruction.

Second task force consists of the Commissioner of Education (as chair), six representatives from education associations, and four appointees selected by the Commissioner including an academic expert in social-emotional learning, a teacher, and a paraprofessional council member.

Both task forces must submit findings and recommendations by January 1, 2017, with first meetings scheduled within 60 days of the act's effective date; task forces automatically terminate after submitting their reports.