CT HB05446

Chief administrative officer of the teachers' retirement system must study feasibility of allowing retired teachers to be reemployed full-time without affecting pension calculations, and enabling retroactive disability benefits for former teachers whose disabling condition began during active employment, with report due by January 1, 2027

Collective bargaining agreements entered into, amended, or extended on or after July 1, 2026 must establish a minimum salary of $45,000 annually for full-time paraeducators

Office of Policy and Management must provide subsidies to school boards starting fiscal year ending June 30, 2028, covering the difference between paraeducators' July 1, 2026 salaries and the new $45,000 minimum

School boards must pay the employee retirement contribution for each paraeducator, capped at the amount required under the municipal employees' retirement system

Comptroller must annually reimburse school boards for at least 50% of the cost of paying paraeducator retirement contributions