Bill Text: CT SB00319 | 2018 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Parent Members Of School Governance Councils.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-29 - File Number 136 [SB00319 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-SB00319-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 319
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 1184
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Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)

AN ACT CONCERNING PARENT MEMBERS OF SCHOOL GOVERNANCE COUNCILS.

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

Section 1. Subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of section 10-223j of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(b) (1) The school governance council for a high school shall consist of (A) seven members who shall be [parents or guardians of students] any parent or guardian of a student attending the school, regardless of such parent or guardian's status as a public official, (B) two members who shall be community leaders within the school district, (C) five members who shall be teachers at the school, (D) one nonvoting member who is the principal of the school, or his or her designee, and (E) two nonvoting student members who shall be students at the school. The parent or guardian members shall be elected by the parents or guardians of students attending the school, provided, for purposes of the election, each household with a student attending the school shall have one vote. The community leader members shall be elected by the parent or guardian members and teacher members of the school governance council. The teacher members shall be elected by the teachers of the school. The nonvoting student members shall be elected by the student body of the school.

(2) The school governance council for an elementary or a middle school shall consist of (A) seven members who shall be [parents or guardians of students] any parent or guardian of a student attending the school, regardless of such parent or guardian's status as a public official, (B) two members who shall be community leaders within the school district, (C) five members who shall be teachers at the school, and (D) one nonvoting member who is the principal of the school, or his or her designee. The parent or guardian members shall be elected by the parents or guardians of students attending the school, provided, for purposes of the election, each household with a student attending the school shall have one vote. The community leader members shall be elected by the parent or guardian members and teacher members of the school governance council. The teacher members shall be elected by the teachers of the school.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2018	10-223j(b)(1) and (2)

KID

Joint Favorable