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CT Gen Stat § 10-156ee (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents|Section 10-156ee - Duties re minority teacher recruitment.

 Not later than January 1, 2019, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council, shall (1) identify relevant research and successful practices to enhance minority teacher recruitment throughout the state, (2) identify and establish public, private and philanthropic partnerships to increase minority teacher recruitment, (3) utilize, monitor and evaluate innovative methods to attract minority candidates to the teaching profession, particularly in subject areas in which a teacher shortage exists, as determined by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to section 10-8b, (4) modernize the process for educators to obtain educator certification under this chapter by eliminating obstacles to certification to increase competitiveness with other states, (5) identify and utilize high-quality, affordable and bias-free educator assessments, (6) adopt cut scores for educator assessments, that do not exceed the multistate cut scores, to increase competitiveness with surrounding states, (7) support new and existing educator preparation programs that commit to enrolling greater numbers of minority teacher candidates in a manner that supports interstate reciprocity, (8) monitor, advise and support, and intervene in when necessary, local and regional boards of education's efforts to prioritize minority teacher recruitment and develop innovative strategies to attract and retain minority teachers within their districts, and (9) (A) on and after July 1, 2019, include a question regarding the demographic data of applicants for positions requiring educator certification in the department's annual hiring survey distributed to local and regional boards of education, and (B) not later than July 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on the applicant demographic data collected pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision to the minority teacher recruitment task force, established pursuant to section 10-156aa, and to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education. For purposes of this section, “minority” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-156bb.(P.A. 18-34, S. 1.)History: P.A. 18-34 effective July 1, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 10-156ff (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents|Section 10-156ff - Strategies and utilization of resources for the hiring and employment of minority teachers and administrators.

 For the school year commencing July 1, 2020, and each school year thereafter, the Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council, established pursuant to section 10-156bb, in consultation with the minority teacher recruitment task force, established pursuant to section 10-156aa, shall develop and implement strategies and utilize existing resources to ensure that at least two hundred fifty new minority teachers and administrators, of which at least thirty per cent are men, are hired and employed by local and regional boards of education each year in the state. As used in this section, “minority” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-156bb.(P.A. 19-74, S. 1.)History: P.A. 19-74 effective July 1, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 10-157a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents|Section 10-157a - Superintendent for more than one town.

 (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes to the contrary, the boards of education of any two or more towns, or the board of education of any regional school district and the board of education of one or more of the towns comprising the district, or a committee formed and authorized by agreement of such boards on behalf of such boards may jointly employ a superintendent of schools, and said superintendent of schools shall have the powers and duties for each of said boards as provided in section 10-157. Such boards of education or such committee shall specify in a written agreement the term of office of such superintendent, which shall not exceed three years, and the proportionate share and limits of authorized expenditures for the salary of such superintendent and other necessary expenses, and any other pertinent matters, and shall provide for the evaluation of the superintendent pursuant to section 10-157. Any agreement authorizing the employment of a superintendent pursuant to this section shall include, but not be limited to, the duties of the committee, the membership of the committee, the voting requirements for action, and provision for termination of the agreement.(b) Any board of education may withdraw from any agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section if, at least one year prior to the date of proposed withdrawal, it gives written notice of its intent to do so to each of the other boards.(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal charter, local ordinance, home rule ordinance or other ordinance, or the provisions of chapters 170 and 171, any board of education that jointly employs a superintendent of schools under this section may hold regular joint meetings, at least once every two months, with any of the other boards of education that are jointly employing such superintendent for the purpose of reducing the expenses of such boards of education and aligning the provision of education by such boards of education.(P.A. 78-218, S. 114; P.A. 82-300, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 267.)History: P.A. 82-300 amended Subsec. (a) to clarify provisions regarding the joint employment of superintendents and to authorize formation of a committee by participating school boards to hire a superintendent for joint employment; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 added Subsec. (c) re holding of regular joint meetings, effective October 31, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 10-158 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents|Section 10-158 - Superintendent for more than one town. Supervision districts.

 Section 10-158 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 1443; 1961, P.A. 544, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-180c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 167 - Teachers' Retirement System (Repealed)|Section 10-180c - Administration of retirement funds for teachers at E. O. Smith School.

 See chapter 66, Sec. 5-192d.
CT Gen Stat § 10-183bb (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System|Section 10-183bb - Suspension or reduction of retirement income payments during disability.

 (a) Retirement income payments being made to a member shall be suspended during any period when the member is receiving disability payments and necessary medical and hospital expenses because of injury incurred in the performance of certain duties, as provided in subsection (a) of section 10-183aa.(b) Retirement income payments being made to a member receiving disability payments and necessary medical and hospital expenses under the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act, as set forth in chapter 568, shall be reduced while such disability payments are being made, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section. The amount of each reduced retirement income payment shall equal the excess, if any, of the full retirement income payment over the disability payments.(c) Retirement income payments shall not be reduced: (1) For a member receiving a specific indemnity award under section 31-307 or 31-308; (2) for a member who received a judgment for personal injuries and pain and suffering under the provisions of section 31-293, provided he has reimbursed the state in full for all sums expended by it under chapter 568.(d) This section applies to claims for workers' compensation and disability retirement from injuries sustained on and after January 1, 1980.(P.A. 79-541, S. 3, 6.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-183cc (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System|Section 10-183cc - Payments on behalf of minor or legally incapable payees.

 If the payee for any payment of benefits under the provisions of this chapter is a minor, or if the Teachers' Retirement Board finds that any payee is legally incapable of giving a valid receipt and discharge for any payment due him, the board may make the payment, or any part thereof, to the person or persons whom it finds to be caring for and supporting the payee, unless it has received due notice of claim from a duly appointed guardian or committee of the payee. A payment so made shall be a complete discharge of the obligations of the state to the extent of and as to such payment, and the state shall have no obligations regarding the application of the payment.(P.A. 82-401, S. 1, 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-183d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System|Section 10-183d - Members of association to become members of system.

 Any member of the Teachers' Retirement Association, established by prior law, on July 1, 1978 shall automatically be a member of the system. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all members including inactive members shall have the same rights.(P.A. 78-208, S. 3, 35.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-183dd (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System|Section 10-183dd - Retirement contributions; quarterly allocations.

 Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the general statutes to the contrary, the amounts appropriated to the Teachers' Retirement Board for retirement contributions under section 1 of special act 82-10 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1983, and in each succeeding annual act of the General Assembly making appropriations for funding the expenses of operations of the state government for the ensuing fiscal year, shall be allocated to the Teachers' Retirement Board in four equal installments, such allocations to be made on the fifteenth day of the month of July and on the first day of the months of October, January and April of each fiscal year.(P.A. 82-471, S. 4, 6; P.A. 93-146, S. 1, 3.)History: P.A. 93-146 amended section to change date of the first allocation to the teachers' retirement board from July first to July fifteenth, effective June 14, 1993.
CT Gen Stat § 10-183ee (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System|Section 10-183ee - Unclaimed contributions. Procedure for claiming.

 (a) After at least twenty-five years have elapsed since a vested member, or ten years have elapsed since a nonvested member, of the teachers' retirement system ceased to be a teacher for any cause other than death or retirement or two years have elapsed from the date any other person became entitled to a benefit pursuant to this chapter, the Teachers' Retirement Board shall send a statement to such member or such person at the last-known address of the person setting forth the amount of the accumulated contributions or other benefits standing to the credit of such person. The statement shall give notice to such person that unless payment is demanded of said amount prior to a date at least ninety days from the date the notice is given, the amount will be deemed abandoned and no further interest shall be credited to said amount.(b) Any accumulated contributions or other benefits so deemed abandoned may be claimed by the person entitled to the accumulated contributions or other benefits, or in the event of his death, by his estate or by such person or persons as he shall have nominated to receive such accumulated contributions, by filing a claim with the retirement board in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed by the retirement board, seeking the return of such abandoned accumulated contributions or other benefits. In the event such claim is properly made the retirement board shall pay over to the person or persons or estate making such claim the amount of such accumulated contributions or other benefits.(P.A. 83-305, S. 1, 2; P.A. 97-301, S. 5, 10; P.A. 16-91, S. 2.)History: P.A. 97-301 amended Subsec. (a) to change date for sending statement to person entitled to benefit from five to two years following date of entitlement, effective September 1, 1997; P.A. 16-91 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by deleting references to pension reserve account, further amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “member” with “vested member”, adding provision re nonvested member and adding “no further interest shall be credited to said amount” and further amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “without interest”, effective July 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 10-183gg (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System|Section 10-183gg - Part-time service. Determination of benefits.

 Part-time service averaging at least one-half of a school day but less than a full school day shall be treated as full-time service for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits under this chapter. For purposes of determining benefits under subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of section 10-183g, the percentages utilized in said sections shall be proportionally reduced for each year or portion of a year of service rendered or purchased after July 1, 1977, which is part-time service. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (4) of section 10-183b, the average annual salary of a member with part-time service shall be such member's full-time annualized salary during his three highest years. Any benefit awarded pursuant to this section shall be proportional in all respects to the benefit which would have been payable had such service been rendered on a full-time basis.(P.A. 85-594, S. 3, 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-183hh (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System|Section 10-183hh - Credit for certain service as a school nurse.

 For purposes of calculating retirement benefits under the provisions of this chapter, service as a school nurse during the years 1970 to 1975, inclusive, shall be considered as credited service as a teacher during the same period, provided (1) such school nurse held a valid teaching certificate prior to 1970, (2) contributions to the Teachers Retirement Fund were made on behalf of such school nurse at the time of such school nurse's service, and (3) any such contributions which were returned to such nurse shall be repaid to the Teachers Retirement Fund. Any change in benefits which results from the application of this section shall be applied only to benefits which are paid after July 1, 1986.(P.A. 86-348, S. 7, 8.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-183i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System|Section 10-183i - Member's voluntary contributions. Limitations.

 (a) A member may make voluntary contributions to the system and may, no more than once, withdraw such voluntary contributions from the system under rules of the board. Voluntary contributions shall be subject to the limitations imposed under Section 415(c) of the Internal Revenue Code for the applicable limitation year. Such contributions shall earn credited interest. Upon retirement such member shall elect to receive the accumulated contributions plus credited interest either in a lump sum or in the form of an actuarially equivalent annuity for life. Such lump sum or annuity shall be paid or commenced to be paid when the first payment of such member's other retirement benefit is made. If such member dies before the effective date of his or her retirement, the accumulated contributions plus credited interest shall be paid to such member's designated beneficiary.(b) For purposes of applying the limitations of Section 415(c) of the Internal Revenue Code under subsection (a) of this section, compensation shall include (1) wages within the meaning of Section 3401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, for purposes of income tax withholding at the source, (2) amounts that would be included in wages except for elections made under Section 125(a), 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), 402(k) or 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and (3) any other payments of compensation to a member by such member's employer for which the employer is required to furnish the member a written statement under Sections 6041(d), 6051(a)(3) and 6052 of the Internal Revenue Code, but such compensation shall not exceed the maximum amount allowed under Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code for the applicable limitation year.(P.A. 78-208, S. 8, 35; P.A. 79-428; P.A. 08-76, S. 5.)History: P.A. 79-428 permitted one-time-only withdrawal of voluntary contributions; P.A. 08-76 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added provision therein re Internal Revenue Code limitations on voluntary contributions, and added Subsec. (b) re calculation of compensation for purposes of such limitations, effective May 27, 2008.
CT Gen Stat § 10-183ii (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System|Section 10-183ii - Mailing date for benefit checks. Electronic transmission of benefit payments.

 The Teachers' Retirement Board shall mail retirement benefit checks on the next to last business day prior to the date on which such checks are payable. Any member whose retirement benefits become effective on or after January 1, 2001, shall be required to have the monthly benefit payment electronically transmitted to the financial entity of such member's choice. The board shall transmit such benefit payment on the last business day of each month.(P.A. 87-381, S. 3; 87-589, S. 39, 87; P.A. 00-187, S. 66, 75.)History: P.A. 87-589 made technical change; P.A. 00-187 changed the requirement for mailing checks from “not later than three business days” to “on the next to last business day” prior to the date on which the check is payable and required the electronic transmission of benefits for members whose retirement benefits become effective on or after January 1, 2001, effective July 1, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 10-183kk (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System|Section 10-183kk - Employer pick up of mandatory contributions commencing July 1, 1991.

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, mandatory retirement contributions described in subdivision (7) of section 10-183b payable on all salary earned on or after July 1, 1991, shall be picked up by the employer of any teacher who is a member of the state teachers' retirement system. Such picked-up contributions shall be in lieu of employee contributions. The employer shall pick up these mandatory contributions by an equivalent reduction in the cash salary of the employee. Employees shall not have the option of choosing to receive the contributed amounts directly instead of having them paid by the employer to the retirement system. Employee contributions so picked up shall be treated for all purposes in the same manner and to the same extent as employee contributions prior to July 1, 1991. The mandatory contributions so picked up by the teacher's employer shall for all purposes of this chapter be considered to be included in the teacher's annual salary.(P.A. 89-207, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-183ll (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System|Section 10-183ll - Supplemental retirement benefit for certain members whose retirement became effective between July 1, 1989, and November 1, 1989.

 Section 10-183ll is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(P.A. 90-331, S. 1, 3; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 10-183m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System|Section 10-183m - Custody of funds.

 (a) All funds of the system shall be in the custody of the State Treasurer who shall invest such portions of the same not required for current disbursements in accordance with the statutes governing the investment of savings bank funds or, when deemed prudent, in accordance with the statutes governing the investment of trust funds.(b) When needed by the system and as authorized by statute, the State Treasurer shall accept and hold general obligation bonds of the state. Such bonds shall have maturities fixed with due regard for the needs of the system and shall bear interest at a rate equal to the average rate of return, to the nearest one-eighth of one per cent, on investments of funds of the system for the two fiscal years preceding the date of issue. Said Treasurer may hold such bonds to maturity or may at any time prior to maturity sell such bonds or a portion thereof, whether in the original form, rate of interest and denominations or in such other form, rate of interest and denominations as said treasurer may approve. The net proceeds from such sales shall be used for the purpose of paying benefits provided for in this chapter.(c) On order of the board, the State Treasurer shall transfer such amounts in favor of said board as are necessary to pay all benefits provided for in this chapter.(d) Upon certification by the board, the Comptroller shall draw an order on the Treasurer monthly for such amount as is necessary to pay benefits authorized under this chapter from sums appropriated for that purpose.(e) Not later than the third Wednesday in July of each year, the State Treasurer shall file with the Insurance Commissioner and with the secretary of the board a sworn statement exhibiting the condition of the funds of the system on the thirtieth day of the preceding June and their financial transactions for the year ending on such date. Such statements shall be in the form prescribed by said board.(f) The board shall submit to the Governor, as provided in section 4-60, a detailed statement of the membership, retirements, withdrawals, investments, incomes and expenditures of the system. The statement shall be printed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.(P.A. 78-208, S. 12, 35; 78-228, S. 6, 8; P.A. 91-52, S. 1, 2.)History: P.A. 78-228 made technical changes; P.A. 91-52 amended Subsec. (c) to allow the treasurer to transfer amounts through means other than the drawing of checks.
CT Gen Stat § 10-183mm (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 167a - Teachers' Retirement System|Section 10-183mm - Continuation of membership during service as elected official.

 Any member of the teachers' retirement system elected to serve as a full-time, salaried, official of the state or any political subdivision of the state during the 1988 calendar year or thereafter may elect, during the time he so serves, but no longer than ten years, to continue his membership in said system. Any such member shall continue to make contributions to said system and shall be ineligible for membership in any other state or municipal retirement system during such time.(P.A. 90-308, S. 14, 15; P.A. 97-301, S. 7, 10.)History: P.A. 97-301 added requirement that service as an elected official must be service as a full-time, salaried, elected official, effective July 8, 1997.