HB 6884 Summary

• Requires collective bargaining agreements for teachers to establish minimum salaries at least four times the federal poverty level for one person, effective July 1, 2023.

• Provides $500 annual tax credits for newly certified educators (initial or provisional certificates) employed by Connecticut school boards.

• Grants enhanced pension multipliers for teachers who worked through 2019-2020 school years during COVID-19, with increases ranging from 25% to 200% depending on retirement date.

• Eliminates the edTPA preservice performance assessment by July 1, 2025 and requires development of a new state-created assessment by January 1, 2025.

• Modifies tenure termination procedures to require binding written decisions from hearing officers instead of board recommendations, and increases criminal penalties for harassment or threats against educators to felony status.