Bill Text: CT HB05340 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Establishing Qualifications For The Commissioner Of Education.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-10 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [HB05340 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05340-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5340

 

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 728

 

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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist.

 

AN ACT ESTABLISHING QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 10-3a of the general statutes be amended to require that any person who is appointed Commissioner of Education to be a qualified person with a master's degree or higher in an education-related field, five or more years' experience as a teacher in this state or another state and three or more years' experience as an administrator of a school or school district in this state or another state.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish qualifications for the position of Commissioner of Education.

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