Bill Text: CT HB06282 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6282 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Elimination Or Waiver Of The Requirement That Certain Teachers Pass A Certain Reading Instruction Examination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-29 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [HB06282 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06282-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6282*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 2331

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ELIMINATION OR WAIVER OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN TEACHERS PASS A CERTAIN READING INSTRUCTION EXAMINATION.

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

That subsections (f) and (i) of section 10-145d of the general statutes be amended to (1) eliminate the requirement that any certified employee with an endorsement to teach comprehensive special education grades one to twelve, inclusive, or a remedial reading and remedial language arts endorsement be required to achieve a satisfactory score on the reading instruction examination approved by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2009, or (2) waive such requirement for such certified employees who were issued such endorsements on or before July 1, 2013.

Statement of Purpose:

To eliminate or waive the requirement that certain teachers be required to pass a certain reading instruction examination.