Bill Text: CT SB00950 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Streamlining Of The Hiring Process For Manufacturing Teachers In The Technical High School System.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-05 - House Calendar Number 481 [SB00950 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00950-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 950 | ||
January Session, 2017 |
LCO No. 4680 | ||
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Referred to Committee on EDUCATION |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE STREAMLINING OF THE HIRING PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING TEACHERS IN THE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2017) The State Board of Education, upon receipt of a proper application, shall issue an initial educator certificate, in accordance with the provisions of section 10-145b of the general statutes, to any applicant in the certification endorsement area of occupational subjects in vocational-technical schools who has completed five years of experience in the field for which the certificate is to be endorsed, which may include up to five years of apprenticeship or specialized schooling.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2017) The Department of Education shall provide information and guidance to applicants for an initial educator certificate in the certification endorsement area of occupational subjects in vocational-technical schools on how such applicant is to present evidence of meeting the requirements of section 10-145b of the general statutes and section 10-145d-511 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies when such applicant has completed an online program of study. The department shall make such information and guidance available on the department's Internet web site.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2017 |
New section |
Sec. 2 |
July 1, 2017 |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To decrease the number of years of employment experience an applicant seeking teacher certification for a position at a technical high school shall complete from eight years to five years, and to require the Department of Education to provide guidance on the application process to applicants seeking teacher certification for a position at a technical high school.
[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.]