Bill Text: CT SB00933 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Substitute Teachers.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-03 - Signed by the Governor [SB00933 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00933-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Raised Bill No. 933

January Session, 2011

 

LCO No. 2927

 

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Referred to Committee on Education

 

Introduced by:

 

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AN ACT CONCERNING SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

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

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10-145 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):

(a) No teacher, supervisor, administrator, special service staff member or school superintendent, except as provided for in section 10-157, shall be employed in any of the schools of any local or regional board of education unless such person possesses an appropriate state certificate, nor shall any such person be entitled to any salary unless such person can produce such certificate dated previous to or the first day of employment, except as provided for in section 10-157; provided nothing [herein contained] in this subsection shall be construed to prevent the board of education from prescribing qualifications additional to those prescribed by the regulations of the State Board of Education and provided nothing [herein contained] in this subsection shall be construed to prevent any local or regional board of education from contracting with a licensed drivers' school approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for the behind-the-wheel instruction of a driver instruction course, to be given by driving instructors licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. No person shall be employed in any of the schools of any local or regional board of education as a substitute teacher unless such person holds a bachelor's degree, [except that for the school year commencing July 1, 2009, such requirement shall not apply to those persons employed by a local or regional board of education in the same assignment for ten or fewer school days] provided the Commissioner of Education may waive such requirement for good cause upon the request of a superintendent of schools.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1

July 1, 2011

10-145(a)

Statement of Purpose:

To allow the Commissioner of Education to waive the requirement that a substitute teacher hold a bachelor's degree upon the request of a superintendent.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]

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