HB 7113 Summary

• Local and regional school boards must have written contracts with private special education providers to be eligible for reimbursement under section 10-76g, effective July 1, 2019; individualized education programs do not constitute such contracts.

• Tenure for teachers is redefined to require 40 school months of continuous full-time employment with the same board, with superintendent offering a return contract based on effective practice and performance evaluations.

• Teachers who have attained tenure with one board and are reemployed by another board attain tenure after 20 school months instead of 40, with exceptions for non-renewal notifications or 5+ year gaps in employment.

• A working group is established to study the implementation of edTPA pre-service performance assessments in teacher preparation programs, with findings due to the legislature by January 1, 2020.

• Interdistrict magnet school programs not meeting racial diversity goals under the Milo Sheff court orders remain eligible for operating grants for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 if they submit and receive approval for a compliance plan, with the compliance date changed from October 1, 2015 to October 1, 2019.