CT Gen Stat § 10-144e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 10 - Education and Culture|Chapter 165 - (The University of Connecticut) Advisory Council for Professional Standards|Section 10-144e - Advisory Council for School Administrator Professional Standards.

 (a) For purposes of this section “administrator” means a certified professional employee who is employed by a local or regional board of education (1) in a position requiring an administrator, and (2) whose administrative or supervisory duties equal more than fifty per cent of the assigned time of such employee.(b) There is established the Connecticut Advisory Council for School Administrator Professional Standards. The council shall be composed of seventeen members appointed as follows: The Governor shall appoint one member who shall represent business and industry; the State Board of Education shall appoint two members, one of whom shall be a member of the faculty or administration of a State Board of Education approved administrator preparation program and one of whom shall represent business and industry; the president pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint one member who shall be a teacher; the speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member who shall be a parent of a child attending a public elementary or secondary school; the majority leader of the Senate shall appoint one member who shall be a member of a local or regional board of education; the majority leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member who shall be a school superintendent; the minority leader of the Senate shall appoint two members, one of whom shall be a parent of a child attending a public elementary or secondary school and one of whom shall be a public member; the minority leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint two members, one of whom shall be a public member and one of whom shall represent business and industry; the Connecticut Federation of School Administrators shall appoint three members, two of whom shall be elementary school administrators and one of whom shall be a secondary school administrator and the Connecticut Association of Schools shall appoint three members, two of whom shall be secondary school administrators and one of whom shall be an elementary school administrator. The members appointed by the Connecticut Federation of School Administrators and the Connecticut Association of Schools shall represent different geographical areas of the state. All appointments shall be made and the names of the persons appointed shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Education not later than October 1, 1992.(c) The initial terms for the members appointed by the Governor, the State Board of Education, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives and two of the members appointed by the Connecticut Federation of School Administrators and one of the members appointed by the Connecticut Association of Schools shall terminate on January 15, 1994. The initial terms for all other members shall terminate on January 15, 1995. The term for any member appointed before June 30, 2015, shall be for two years. The term for any member appointed on or after June 30, 2015, shall be for four years.(d) The Commissioner of Education shall convene the first meeting of the council not later than November 15, 1992. The council shall establish its procedures and shall select from its membership a chairperson who shall be a school administrator.(e) The council shall (1) advise the State Board of Education, the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education concerning administrator preparation, training, certification, professional development, assessment and evaluation and professional discipline; (2) review and comment upon all regulations and other standards concerning the approval of administrator preparation programs and administrator certification; (3) report to the State Board of Education, the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education not later than January 15, 1993, and annually thereafter, on its activities and recommendations, if any, concerning the condition of the school administrator profession; and (4) develop a code of professional responsibility for school administrators not later than September 30, 1993.(P.A. 92-262, S. 17, 42; P.A. 15-215, S. 6.)History: P.A. 15-215 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “Terms following the initial terms” with “The term for any member appointed before June 30, 2015,” and adding provision re four-year term for any member appointed on or after June 30, 2015, effective June 30, 2015.