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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-148c. - Subject matter to be made available to boards of education for in-service training programs.

The State Board of Education, within available appropriations and utilizing available materials, shall make the following subject matter available to local and regional boards of education: (1) Holocaust and genocide education and awareness; (2) the historical events surrounding the Great Famine in Ireland; (3) African-American history; (4) Puerto Rican history; (5) Native American history; (6) personal financial management; (7) domestic violence and teen dating violence; (8) mental health first aid training; (9) trauma-informed practices for the school setting to enable teachers, administrators and pupil personnel to more adequately respond to students with mental, emotional or behavioral health needs; (10) second language acquisition, including, but not limited to, language development and culturally responsive pedagogy; and (11) topics approved by the state board upon the request of local or regional boards of education as part of in-service training programs pursuant to this subsection. A local or regional board of education may include any of the items described in subdivisions (1) to (11), inclusive, of this section in the in-service training program provided by such board, pursuant to section 10-220a.
(P.A. 17-37, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 17-37 effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-148d. - Professional development for paraeducators.

(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, each paraeducator employed by a local or regional board of education shall participate in a program of professional development. Each local and regional board of education shall make available, annually, at no cost to its paraeducators, a program of professional development that is not fewer than eighteen hours in length, of which a preponderance is in a small group or individual instructional setting. Such program of professional development shall (1) be a comprehensive, sustained and intensive approach to improving paraeducators effectiveness in increasing student knowledge achievement, (2) focus on refining and improving various effective instruction methods that are shared between and among paraeducators, (3) foster collective responsibility for improved student performance, (4) be comprised of professional learning that (A) is aligned with rigorous state student academic achievement standards, (B) is conducted among paraeducators at the school and facilitated by principals, coaches, mentors, distinguished educators, as described in section 10-145s, or other appropriate teachers, (C) occurs frequently on an individual basis or among groups of paraeducators in a job-embedded process of continuous improvement, and (D) includes a repository of best practices for instruction methods developed by paraeducators within each school that is continuously available to such paraeducators for comment and updating, and (5) include training in culturally responsive pedagogy and practice. Each program of professional development shall include professional development activities in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. The principles and practices of social-emotional learning and restorative practices shall be integrated throughout the components of such program of professional development described in subdivisions (1) to (5), inclusive, of this subsection.
(b) Local and regional boards of education shall offer professional development activities to paraeducators as part of the plan developed pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-220a or for any individual paraeducator. Such professional development activities may be made available by a board of education directly, through a regional educational service center or cooperative arrangement with another board of education or through arrangements with any professional development provider approved by the Commissioner of Education and shall be consistent with any goals identified by the paraeducators and the local or regional board of education.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 257.)
History: P.A. 22-118 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-149. - Qualifications for athletic coaches of intramural and interscholastic athletics.

The State Board of Education shall, pursuant to chapter 54, adopt regulations fixing the qualifications of athletic coaches, as defined in section 10-149d, of intramural and interscholastic athletics. Such regulations shall make provision for qualified persons who do not possess a teaching certificate to coach intramural and interscholastic athletics if a qualified person possessing a teaching certificate is not available.
(1949 Rev., S. 1436; 1959, P.A. 411, S. 13; P.A. 82-218, S. 39, 46; P.A. 83-154, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-236, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-137, S. 9, 14; P.A. 13-41, S. 3.)
History: 1959 act changed teachers colleges to state colleges and confined necessity to take instruction in physical education at said colleges to those preparing to teach; P.A. 82-218 replaced “state colleges” with the “Connecticut State University” pursuant to reorganization of higher education system, effective March 1, 1983; P.A. 83-154 entirely replaced previous provisions re qualifications necessary for teaching physical education with new provisions re qualifications of coaches; P.A. 85-236 added Subsec. (b) authorizing issuance of temporary coaching permit and requiring current certificate of training in first aid for all persons coaching in the public schools on and after August 1, 1985; P.A. 89-137 deleted Subsec. (b) re issuance of temporary coaching permits and requirement that no person coach without a certificate of training in first aid; P.A. 13-41 replaced “coaches” with “athletic coaches” and added reference to Sec. 10-149d re definition of athletic coach, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-149a. - Felony conviction or fine pursuant to mandated reporting provisions. Notification by state's attorney.

If a person holding a certificate, authorization or permit issued by the State Board of Education under the provisions of sections 10-144o to 10-149, inclusive, is convicted of a felony or fined pursuant to section 17a-101a, the state's attorney or assistant state's attorney for the judicial district in which the conviction or fine occurred shall notify, in writing, the Commissioner of Education of such conviction or fine.
(P.A. 02-106, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 02-106 effective July 1, 2002.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-149e. - School districts to collect and report occurrences of concussions. Report by Commissioner of Public Health.

(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the State Board of Education shall require all local and regional school districts to collect and report all occurrences of concussions to the board. Each report shall contain, if known: (1) The nature and extent of the concussion, and (2) the circumstances in which the student sustained the concussion.
(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, the State Board of Education shall send a concussion report to the Department of Public Health containing all of the information received pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Not later than October 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Public Health shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children and public health on the findings of the concussion report provided to the department pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(P.A. 14-66, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 14-66 effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-149g. - Coaches to annually review cardiac arrest education program. Revocation of coaching permit. Immunity from suit and liability.

(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, any person who holds or is issued a coaching permit by the State Board of Education and is a coach of intramural or interscholastic athletics shall annually review the program developed or approved pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-149f prior to commencing the coaching assignment for the season of such intramural or interscholastic athletics.
(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, the State Board of Education may revoke the coaching permit, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (i) of section 10-145b, of any coach found to be in violation of any of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2015, and each school year thereafter, any person who holds or is issued a coaching permit by the State Board of Education and is a coach of intramural or interscholastic athletics shall be immune from suit and liability, both personally and in his or her official capacity, for any actions or omissions pursuant to the provisions of section 10-149f and subsection (a) of this section, unless the actions or omissions of such person constitute wilful misconduct, gross negligence or recklessness.
(d) Nothing in section 10-149f and subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to relieve a coach of intramural or interscholastic athletics of his or her duties or obligations under any provision of the general statutes, the regulations of Connecticut state agencies or a collective bargaining agreement.
(P.A. 14-93, S. 2–4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-150 and 10-150a. - School registers.

Sections 10-150 and 10-150a are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1437; 1963, P.A. 293, S. 1, 2; 1971, P.A. 44.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-151a. - Access of teacher to supervisory records and reports in personnel file.

Each professional employee certified by the State Board of Education and employed by any local or regional board of education shall be entitled to knowledge of, access to, and, upon request, a copy of supervisory records and reports of competence, personal character and efficiency maintained in such employee's personnel file with reference to evaluation of performance as a professional employee of such board of education.
(1967, P.A. 464; P.A. 73-345; P.A. 78-218, S. 100.)
History: P.A. 73-345 required provision of copies of records and reports in personnel file upon request; P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” board of education and made technical changes.
Cited. 174 C. 366.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-151e. - Disclosure of teacher records for purposes of an investigation of child abuse or neglect.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-151c, a local or regional board of education shall provide the Commissioner of Children and Families, upon request and for the purposes of an investigation by the commissioner of suspected child abuse or neglect by a teacher employed by such board of education, any records maintained or kept on file by such board of education. Such records shall include, but not be limited to, supervisory records, reports of competence, personal character and efficiency maintained in such teacher's personnel file with reference to evaluation of performance as a professional employee of such board of education, and records of the personal misconduct of such teacher. For purposes of this section, “teacher” includes each certified professional employee below the rank of superintendent employed by a board of education in a position requiring a certificate issued by the State Board of Education.
(P.A. 11-93, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 11-93 effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-151g. - Neag School of Education study of teacher evaluation and support pilot program.

(a) The Neag School of Education at The University of Connecticut shall study the implementation of the teacher evaluation and support pilot program described in section 10-151f. Such study shall (1) analyze and evaluate the implementation of the teacher evaluation and support program adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-151b for each local or regional board of education participating in the teacher evaluation and support pilot program, (2) compare such teacher evaluation and support program adopted by each local or regional board of education pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-151b to the teacher evaluation and support program guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection (c) of said section 10-151b, and (3) compare and evaluate the use of student performance data on the state-wide mastery examination, pursuant to section 10-14n, and the use of student performance data on progress monitoring tests approved by the State Board of Education as an indicator of and method for student academic growth and development.
(b) Upon completion of such study, but not later than January 1, 2014, the Neag School of Education at The University of Connecticut shall (1) submit to the State Board of Education such study and any recommendations concerning revisions to the guidelines for a model teacher evaluation and support program or model teacher evaluation and support program adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-151b, and (2) submit such study and any such recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.
(P.A. 12-116, S. 53; P.A. 13-245, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 12-116 effective May 14, 2012; P.A. 13-245 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provision re recommendations concerning validation of teacher evaluation and support program guidelines with provision re recommendations concerning revisions to the guidelines for a model teacher evaluation and support program or model teacher evaluation and support program and by making a conforming change, effective July 2, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-151h. - Training and orientation programs for educators re teacher evaluation and support program.

(a) Upon the implementation of the teacher evaluation and support program adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-151b, each local and regional board of education shall conduct training programs for all evaluators and orientation for all teachers employed by such board relating to the provisions of such teacher evaluation and support program adopted by such board of education. Such training shall provide instruction to evaluators in how to conduct proper performance evaluations prior to conducting an evaluation under the teacher evaluation and support program. Such orientation shall be completed by each teacher before a teacher receives an evaluation under the teacher evaluation and support program. For purposes of this section, “teacher” includes each professional employee of a board of education, below the rank of superintendent, who holds a certificate or permit issued by the State Board of Education.
(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall (1) conduct the training programs and orientation described in subsection (a) of this section at least biennially to all evaluators and teachers employed by such board, (2) conduct such training programs for all new evaluators prior to any evaluations conducted by such evaluators, and (3) provide such orientation to all new teachers hired by such board before such teachers receive an evaluation.
(P.A. 12-116, S. 54; P.A. 13-31, S. 14; 13-245, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 12-116 effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-31 made technical changes, effective May 28, 2013; P.A. 13-245 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by replacing “Prior to” with “Upon”, deleting provision re not later than July 1, 2014, and replacing “developed” with “adopted”, and added Subsec. (b) re training and orientation conducted for the school year commencing July 1, 2014, and each school year thereafter, effective July 2, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-151i. - Audits of teacher evaluation and support programs.

On July 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Education shall randomly select, within available appropriations, at least ten teacher evaluation and support programs adopted pursuant to section 10-151b to be subject to a comprehensive audit conducted by the Department of Education. The department shall submit the results of such audits to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.
(P.A. 12-116, S. 55; P.A. 13-245, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 12-116 effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-245 replaced “developed” with “adopted”, effective July 2, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-153. - Discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity or expression or marital status prohibited.

No local or regional board of education shall discriminate on the basis of sex, gender identity or expression or marital status in the employment of teachers in the public schools or in the determination of the compensation to be paid to such teachers.
(1949 Rev., S. 1440; P.A. 78-218, S. 102; P.A. 11-55, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 78-218 forbade discrimination on basis of sex, deleted reference to municipalities and specified local and regional school boards; P.A. 11-55 prohibited discrimination on basis of gender identity or expression.
Cited. 152 C. 151; 216 C. 253.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-153c. - Disputes as to elections.

(a) Any dispute as to the eligibility of personnel to vote in an election, or the agency to conduct the election required by section 10-153b, shall be submitted to a board of arbitration for a binding decision with respect thereto. If there are two or more organizations seeking to represent employees, each may name an arbitrator within five days after receipt of a request for arbitration made in writing by any party to the dispute. Such arbitrators shall select an additional impartial member thereof within five days after the arbitrators have been named by the parties. The impartial agency selected to conduct the election shall decide all procedural matters relating to such election and shall conduct such election fairly. Each organization shall have, during the election process, equal access to school mail boxes and facilities.
(b) A local or regional board of education or the exclusive representative of a teachers' or administrators' unit may file a unit clarification petition with the Commissioner of Education in order to clarify questions concerning the appropriate composition of an existing unit if no question concerning representation is pending. Upon receipt of a properly filed petition, the commissioner shall render a final decision on the petition pursuant to chapter 54.
(February, 1965, P.A. 298, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 752, S. 2; P.A. 76-403, S. 3, 11; P.A. 86-333, S. 7, 32.)
History: 1967 act required naming of arbitrators by disputants within five days of request for arbitration and naming of arbitrators by board of education within five days of naming of others and required equal access to school mailboxes and facilities for all parties; P.A. 76-403 replaced provision requiring equal number of arbitrators to be chosen by state board with provision for selection of one additional arbitrator by arbitrators selected by disputants; P.A. 86-333 added Subsec. (b) to provide for a unit clarification petition re questions re composition of an existing unit.
See Sec. 10-153k re applicability of this section to incorporated or endowed high schools or academies.
Secs. 10-153a–10-153j include coverage of teachers employed in summer school programs. 177 C. 68. Cited. 184 C. 116; 190 C. 235; 200 C. 376; 201 C. 685; 202 C. 492; 205 C. 116; 206 C. 113; 216 C. 253; 217 C. 110; 226 C. 704; 234 C. 704; 239 C. 32.
Cited. 5 CA 253; 23 CA 727; 35 CA 111.
Cited. 27 CS 298; 28 CS 266; 38 CS 80.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-153g. - Negotiations concerning salaries, hours and other conditions of employment unaffected by special acts, charters, ordinances.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal charter or local ordinance, the provisions of sections 10-153a to 10-153n, inclusive, shall apply to negotiations concerning salaries, hours and other conditions of employment conducted by boards of education and certified personnel.
(1969, P.A. 811, S. 6; P.A. 83-72, S. 6, 9; P.A. 87-250, S. 6, 11.)
History: P.A. 83-72 amended internal reference to include all statutory provisions concerning negotiation, Secs. 10-153a to 10-153n, inclusive; P.A. 87-250 included hours as a subject of negotiations to which the provisions of Secs. 10-153a to 10-153n, inclusive, shall apply.
Cited. 162 C. 393. Secs. 10-153a–10-153j include coverage of teachers employed in summer school programs. 177 C. 68. Cited. 190 C. 235; 200 C. 376; 201 C. 685; 202 C. 492; 205 C. 116; 206 C. 113; 216 C. 253; 217 C. 110; 234 C. 704; 239 C. 32.
Cited. 5 CA 253; 23 CA 727; 35 CA 111.
Cited. 38 CS 80.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-153i. - Designation of statutory agent for service of process.

(a)(1) Each administrators' or teachers' representative organization shall file with the commissioner a written designation, on such form as the commissioner shall prescribe, of a statutory agent for service of process who shall be the statutory agent for all members of the administrators' unit or teachers' unit, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10-153b, who shall be (A) a natural person who is a resident of this state, or (B) a domestic corporation. (2) Each written appointment shall be signed by the president or vice president or secretary of the appointing organization. Each written appointment shall also be signed by the statutory agent for service therein appointed.
(b) If a statutory agent for service dies, dissolves, removes from the state or resigns, the organization shall forthwith appoint another statutory agent for service. If the statutory agent for service changes such agent's address within the state from that appearing upon the record in the office of the commissioner, the organization shall forthwith file with the commissioner notice of the new address. A statutory agent for service may resign by filing with the commissioner a signed statement in duplicate to that effect. The commissioner shall forthwith file one copy and mail the other copy of such statement to the organization at its principal office. Upon the expiration of thirty days after such filing, the resignation shall be effective and the authority of such statutory agent for service shall terminate. An organization may revoke the appointment of a statutory agent for service by making a new appointment as provided in this section and any new appointment so made shall revoke all appointments theretofore made.
(P.A. 76-403, S. 9, 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 92.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218 made technical change in Subsec. (b) substituting “such agent's” for “his or its”.
Secs. 10-153a–10-153j include coverage of teachers employed in summer school programs. 177 C. 68. Cited. 186 C. 725; 190 C. 235; 200 C. 376; 201 C. 685; 202 C. 492; 205 C. 116; 206 C. 113; 216 C. 253; 217 C. 110; 234 C. 704; 239 C. 32.
Cited. 5 CA 253; 23 CA 727; 35 CA 111.
Cited. 38 CS 80.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-153j. - The making of service of process, notice or demand.

(a) Except for citations for contempt, any process, notice or demand in connection with any action or proceeding pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-153e, to be served upon any member of an administrators' unit or any member of a teachers' unit as defined in subsection (a) of section 10-153b, may be served upon the statutory agent for service by any proper officer or other person lawfully empowered to make service. The person making service of such process, notice or demand shall immediately send a true and attested copy thereof by registered or certified mail to each person named in such process, notice or demand.
(b) If it appears from the records of the commissioner that such an organization has failed to appoint or maintain a statutory agent for service, or if it appears by affidavit endorsed on the return of the officer or other proper person directed to serve any process, notice or demand upon such a statutory agent for service appearing on the records of the commissioner that such agent cannot, with reasonable diligence, be found at the address shown on such records as the agent's address, service of such process, notice or demand may, when timely made, be made by such officer or other proper person by: (1) Leaving a true and attested copy thereof at the office of the commissioner or depositing the same in the United States mails, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such office, and (2) depositing in the United States mails, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, a true and attested copy thereof, together with a statement by such officer that service is being made pursuant to this section, addressed to such organization at its principal office and to each person named in such process, notice or demand.
(c) The commissioner shall file the copy of each process, notice or demand received by the commissioner as provided in subsection (b) of this section and keep a record of the day and hour of such receipt. Service made as provided in this section shall be effective as of such day and hour.
(P.A. 76-403, S. 10, 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 07-217, S. 42.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (c), effective July 12, 2007.
Secs. 10-153a–10-153j include coverage of teachers employed in summer school programs. 177 C. 68. Cited. 186 C. 725; 190 C. 235; 200 C. 376; 216 C. 253; 217 C. 110; 234 C. 704; 239 C. 32.
Cited. 5 CA 253; 23 CA 727; 35 CA 111.
Cited. 38 CS 80.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-153k. - Teacher Negotiation Act applies to incorporated or endowed high schools or academies.

The provisions of sections 10-153a to 10-153n, inclusive, shall apply to all certified professional employees of an incorporated or endowed high school or academy approved pursuant to section 10-34.
(P.A. 79-504, S. 2, 4; P.A. 83-72, S. 7, 9.)
History: P.A. 83-72 applied all statutory provisions concerning teacher negotiation act, Secs. 10-153a to 10-153n, inclusive, to certified employees of incorporated or endowed high schools or academies.
Cited. 190 C. 235; 200 C. 376; 201 C. 685; 202 C. 492; 205 C. 116; 206 C. 113; 216 C. 253; 217 C. 110; 234 C. 704; 239 C. 32.
Cited. 5 CA 253; 23 CA 727; 35 CA 111.
Cited. 38 CS 80.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-153l. - Applicability of employment of teachers statute and teacher negotiation law to incorporated or endowed high schools or academies.

The provisions of section 10-151 as it pertains to employment of certified professional employees of an incorporated or endowed high school or academy approved pursuant to section 10-34 and the provisions of section 10-153k shall not become effective until a majority of all the certified professional employees at such incorporated or endowed high school or academy elect to come under the provisions of said sections 10-151 and 10-153k. The election shall be conducted by secret ballot in September, 1979 and the results thereof certified to the Commissioner of Education.
(P.A. 79-504, S. 3, 4.)
Cited. 190 C. 235; 200 C. 376; 201 C. 685; 202 C. 492; 205 C. 116; 206 C. 113; 216 C. 253; 217 C. 110; 234 C. 704; 239 C. 32.
Cited. 5 CA 253; 23 CA 727; 35 CA 111.
Cited. 38 CS 80.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-153m. - Payment of attorney's fees in proceedings to vacate or confirm teacher grievance arbitration awards.

In any action brought pursuant to section 52-418 to vacate an arbitration award rendered in a controversy between a board of education and a teacher or the organization which is the exclusive representative of a group of teachers, or to confirm, pursuant to section 52-417, such an arbitration award, reasonable attorney's fees and costs may be awarded in accordance with the following: (1) Where the board of education moves to vacate an award and the award is not vacated, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the teacher; (2) where the teacher moves to vacate an award and the award is not vacated, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the board of education; (3) where the teacher moves to confirm an award, if the board of education refuses to stipulate to such confirmation and if the award is confirmed, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the teacher; (4) where the board of education moves to confirm an award, if the teacher refuses to stipulate to such confirmation and if the award is confirmed, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the board of education.
(P.A. 80-192.)
Cited. 190 C. 235; 200 C. 376; 201 C. 685; 202 C. 492; 205 C. 116; 206 C. 113; 216 C. 253; 217 C. 110; 234 C. 704; 239 C. 32.
Cited. 5 CA 253; 23 CA 727; 35 CA 111.
Cited. 38 CS 80.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-153n. - Applicability of employment of teachers statute and teacher negotiation law to the Gilbert School in Winchester.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-153l, the provisions of section 10-151 as it pertains to employment of certified professional employees of an incorporated or endowed high school or academy approved pursuant to section 10-34, and the provisions of sections 10-153a to 10-153m, inclusive, shall apply to all certified professional employees of the Gilbert School in Winchester.
(P.A. 82-225, S. 2, 3; 82-472, S. 167, 183; P.A. 83-72, S. 8, 9.)
History: P.A. 82-472 specified applicability of Sec. 10-151 provisions; P.A. 83-72 incorporated reference to all statutory provisions concerning teacher negotiation law, Secs. 10-153a to 10-153m, inclusive.
Cited. 190 C. 235; 200 C. 376; 201 C. 685; 202 C. 492; 205 C. 116; 206 C. 113; 216 C. 253; 217 C. 110; 234 C. 704; 239 C. 32.
Cited. 5 CA 253; 23 CA 727; 35 CA 111.
Cited. 38 CS 80.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-153o. - Review of performance of arbitration panel members.

The Commissioner of Education shall develop a process to annually review the performance of each member of the arbitration panel appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of section 10-153f, including an evaluation of the member's compliance with the provisions of said section.
(P.A. 90-325, S. 24, 32; P.A. 95-182, S. 4, 11.)
History: P.A. 95-182 removed provision requiring commissioner to request the parties in all arbitration proceedings to submit written evaluations of awards, effective June 28, 1995.
Cited. 234 C. 704; 239 C. 32.
Cited. 35 CA 111.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-153p to 10-153r. - Summary of results of contract negotiations. Monitoring of major economic provisions of contracts. Report concerning contracts to General Assembly.

Sections 10-153p to 10-153r, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 1997.
(P.A. 90-325, S. 25–27, 32; P.A. 90-339, S. 5, 6; P.A. 92-262, S. 14, 42; P.A. 97-247, S. 26, 27.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-153t. - Turnaround plan referees.

On or before July 1, 2012, the Department of Education shall create a list of turnaround plan referees to be used by local or regional boards of education for schools selected to participate in the commissioner's network of schools and the exclusive bargaining unit for certified employees chosen pursuant to section 10-153b in implementing the provisions of section 10-153s. The list shall contain the name of five persons mutually agreed upon by the Commissioner of Education and representatives of the exclusive bargaining units for certified employees, chosen pursuant to section 10-153b and such persons shall have expertise in education policy and school operations and administration.
(P.A. 12-116, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 12-116 effective May 14, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-155. - Emergency teacher training program.

The Board of Trustees for the Connecticut State University System may maintain an emergency training program to prepare graduates of approved four-year colleges and universities to teach in the elementary schools of the state. In carrying out such program the board may (a) establish regulations governing the admission of students to the program; (b) fix tuition rates to be paid by such students, and (c) enter into such contracts and agreements as it finds necessary to secure the necessary facilities.
(1949, S. 939d; 1959, P.A. 413, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 237, S. 1; P.A. 82-218, S. 39, 46; P.A. 91-256, S. 44, 69.)
History: 1959 act deleted provision for an Emergency Scholarship Fund; 1969 act substituted board of trustees for the state colleges for state board of education; P.A. 82-218 replaced “state colleges” with “Connecticut State University” pursuant to reorganization of higher education system, effective March 1, 1983; P.A. 91-256 made a technical change.
Cited. 152 C. 151; 216 C. 253.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-155a to 10-155c. - Cooperative arrangements for teacher training. Subcommittee and advisory committee for program. State grants.

Sections 10-155a to 10-155c, inclusive, are repealed.
(1967, P.A. 761, S. 1–4; 1969, P.A. 230; P.A. 75-556, S. 1–3; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 78-218, S. 104–106; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 83-105, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-155dd to 10-155gg. - Grants to implement comprehensive professional development plans. Planning grants to develop or revise teacher evaluation programs. Grants to implement, assess and improve teacher evaluation programs. Planning grants for teacher career incentive programs.

Sections 10-155dd to 10-155gg, inclusive, are repealed.
(P.A. 87-2, S. 9–11, 13, 21; P.A. 88-360, S. 55, 63; P.A. 89-355, S. 19, 20; P.A. 90-324, S. 9, 13; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7, S. 21, 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-155e. - Development of programs to assist paraprofessionals to fulfill state certification requirements. Report to General Assembly.

Section 10-155e is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(1971, P.A. 414; P.A. 73-324; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 11-48, S. 285; P.A. 13-240, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-155g. - Educational Excellence Trust Fund.

There is established a fund to be known as the “Educational Excellence Trust Fund”. Moneys deposited in the fund shall be held by the Treasurer separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Investment earnings credited to the fund shall become part of the fund. Amounts in the fund shall be expended only pursuant to appropriations by the General Assembly and for the purpose of fostering the professional development and excellence of the teachers of the state.
(P.A. 85-554, S. 1, 6.)
Cited. 216 C. 253.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-155i. - Pilot program to assist paraprofessionals.

Section 10-155i is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 89-355, S. 15, 20; P.A. 91-361, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-226, S. 15, 30; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-155j. - Development of paraprofessionals.

The Department of Education shall, within available appropriations, promote and encourage professional development activities for school paraprofessionals with instructional responsibilities. Such activities may include, but shall not be limited to, providing local and regional boards of education with training modules and curricula for professional development for paraprofessionals and assisting boards of education in the effective use of paraprofessionals and the development of strategies to improve communications between teachers and paraprofessionals in the provision of effective student instruction.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 27; P.A. 14-212, S. 13.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 14-212 deleted reference to State Education Resource Center and made a technical change, effective June 13, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-155k. - School Paraeducator Advisory Council.

On and after July 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Education shall establish a School Paraprofessional Advisory Council, which on and after July 1, 2021, shall be known as the School Paraeducator Advisory Council, consisting of (1) one school paraprofessional from each state-wide bargaining representative organization that represents school paraprofessionals with instructional responsibilities, (2) one representative from each of the exclusive bargaining units for certified employees, chosen pursuant to section 10-153b, (3) the most recent recipient of the Connecticut Paraprofessional of the Year Award, (4) two representatives from the regional educational service centers, appointed by the Commissioner of Education, and (5) a school administrator, appointed by the Connecticut Federation of School Administrators. The council shall hold quarterly meetings and advise, at least quarterly, the Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee, of the needs for (A) professional development and the training of paraprofessionals and the effectiveness of the content and the delivery of existing training for such paraprofessionals, (B) appropriate staffing strategies for paraprofessionals, and (C) other relevant issues relating to paraprofessionals. The council shall report, annually, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on the recommendations given to the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, pursuant to the provisions of this section, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3, S. 29; P.A. 11-136, S. 11; P.A. 13-10, S. 1; P.A. 21-95, S. 12).
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-136 deleted “, at least quarterly,” and added “hold quarterly meetings and annually” re council to advise Commissioner of Education and replaced “at least quarterly” with “annually” re report on recommendations, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-10 added “On and after July 1, 2013”, designated existing provision re members as Subdiv. (1) and amended same to replace “representative” with “school professional”, added Subdivs. (2) to (5) re additional members, replaced “annually” with “, at least quarterly,”, designated existing provision re training as Subpara. (A) and amended same to add “professional development and” and make a conforming change, and added Subparas. (B) and (C) re council to advise Commissioner of Education re staffing strategies and other relevant issues, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 21-95 added “, which on and after July 1, 2021, shall be known as the School Paraeducator Advisory Council,”, effective July 1, 2021.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-155m. - Promotion of teaching profession as career option to high school students.

(a) The Commissioner of Education, the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities and the dean of the Neag School of Education at The University of Connecticut shall jointly develop a plan to assist local and regional boards of education in promoting the teaching profession as a career option to students in high school. Such plan shall include, but need not be limited to, a means for local and regional boards of education to develop partnerships with educator preparation programs in the state, and the creation of counseling programs directed to high school students in order to inform them about and recruit them to the teaching profession.
(b) Not later than September 1, 2021, the Department of Education shall distribute to local and regional boards of education information that promotes the teaching profession, including materials relating to educator preparation programs and alternative route to certification programs offered in the state, for school counselors and students. The department shall also make such information available on its Internet web site.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 380.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-155n to 10-155q. - Teacher career incentive programs. Applications for grants; selection criteria. Project evaluations; statement of expenditures. Grant program administration.

Sections 10-155n to 10-155q, inclusive, are repealed.
(P.A. 85-405, S. 1–5; P.A. 86-333, S. 18–20, 32; P.A. 90-324, S. 12, 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-155t to 10-155bb. - Advisory commission on career incentives and teacher evaluation. Election to participate in programs; appointment of panels. Local teacher evaluation plans. Presentation of plans. Grants for developing evaluation plans. Local career incentive plans. Grants for developing career incentive plans. Grants for approval of evaluation and career incentive plans; distribution of proceeds. Teacher Career Incentive Fund; grants for approval of evaluation and career incentive plans; distribution of proceeds.

Sections 10-155t to 10-155bb, inclusive, are repealed.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 86-1, S. 11–19, 58; P.A. 87-2, S. 14, 18, 21; P.A. 90-324, S. 12, 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-156. - Sick leave.

Each professional employee certified by the State Board of Education and employed by a local or regional board of education shall be entitled to a minimum of sick leave with full pay of fifteen school days in each school year. Unused sick leave shall be accumulated from year to year, as long as the employee remains continuously in the service of the same board of education, and as authorized by such board, but such authorized accumulation of sick leave shall not be less than one hundred fifty school days.
(1955, S. 940d; 1963, P.A. 353; February, 1965, P.A. 130; 1967, P.A. 247; 1969, P.A. 213; P.A. 78-218, S. 108; P.A. 06-196, S. 63; P.A. 07-217, S. 43.)
History: 1963 act added regional school districts, increased annual sick leave from 10 to 15 days and minimum cumulative leave from 60 to 75 days; 1965 act increased minimum cumulative sick leave to 90 school days; 1967 act increased minimum cumulative sick leave to 120 days; 1969 act increased minimum cumulative sick leave to 150 days; P.A. 78-218 substituted “local” for “town” boards of education and dropped reference to school districts; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change, effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-217 made a technical change, effective July 12, 2007.
Cited. 152 C. 151; 216 C. 253.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-156a. - Duty-free lunch period.

Each professional employee certified by the State Board of Education and employed by a local or regional board of education of any town or regional school district to work directly with children shall have a guaranteed uninterrupted duty-free period for lunch which shall be scheduled as a single period of consecutive minutes that is the greater of thirty minutes or the duration prescribed in the collective bargaining agreement negotiated by the organization designated or elected as the exclusive bargaining representative for such professional employee.
(1967, P.A. 465; P.A. 78-218, S. 109; P.A. 87-250, S. 10, 11; P.A. 22-80, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 78-218 specified applicability to employees of local or regional boards of education; P.A. 87-250 provided that the lunch period be scheduled as a single period of consecutive minutes; P.A. 22-80 added “uninterrupted” and provision re such uninterrupted duty-free lunch period to be greater of 30 minutes or duration prescribed in collective bargaining agreement, effective July 1, 2022.
Cited. 216 C. 253.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 10 - Education and Culture › Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents › Section 10-156b. - Tenure and sick leave rights of teacher on regionalization of school and on dissolution of regional school district.

(a) In determining the rights and benefits earned by a teacher under section 10-151 and section 10-156, the establishment of a regional school district shall not be deemed to interrupt the continuous employment of a teacher who was employed by a local board of education of any of the towns comprising such district during the school year immediately prior to, or within which, such district is established and such teacher shall continue as an employee of the regional board of education, subject to the provisions of section 10-151.
(b) In determining the rights and benefits earned by a teacher under section 10-151 and section 10-156, the dissolution of a regional school district shall not be deemed to interrupt the continuous employment of a teacher who was employed by such regional board of education during the school year immediately prior to, or within which, such district is dissolved and such teacher shall continue as an employee of the local board of education of one of the towns which comprised such regional school district prior to dissolution, subject to the provisions of section 10-151.
(1969, P.A. 320, S. 1; P.A. 73-557.)
History: P.A. 73-557 added Subsec. (b) re effect of dissolution of regional school district on continuous employment of teachers.
Cited. 216 C. 253.