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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article III - Miscellaneous Proceedings › Section 10-153e-31 - Pre-trial hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
Prior to any scheduled hearing the Board or agent may order
				  the parties to meet with a Board member, agent or other staff member for the
				  purpose of obtaining stipulations of fact, joint exhibits, disclosure of
				  evidence and identification of witnesses and issues to be raised at the formal
				  hearing.
Failure to disclose evidence, witnesses or issues at the
				  pre-trial hearing may result in the Board's denying the introduction of such
				  evidence, testimony or issues at the formal hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-32 - Quorum of board

Current through July 10, 2024
A vacancy in the Board, or the absence or disqualification of
				  a member of the Board, shall not impair the right of the remaining members to
				  exercise all of the powers of the Board, and two members of the Board shall at
				  all times constitute a quorum.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-33 - Nonjoinder and misjoinder of parties

Current through July 10, 2024
No proceeding under the Act will be dismissed because a
				  person directly concerned is not a party thereto. If it is necessary for the
				  determination of the matter in dispute so to do, the Board may allow parties to
				  be added or substituted and unnecessary parties to be dropped at any time in
				  the proceeding.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-34 - Parties; relief

Current through July 10, 2024
All persons alleged to have engaged in any prohibited
				  practices may be joined as Respondents, whether jointly, severally or in the
				  alternative, and a decision may be rendered against such one or more of the
				  Respondents as is appropriate upon all the evidence. The Board may award any
				  relief appropriate under law and the facts proven, and shall not be limited to
				  the relief demanded.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-35 - Motions during hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
All motions made at a hearing shall be stated orally, shall
				  be included in the stenographic report of the hearing and shall be decided by
				  the board. All motions, rulings, decisions and orders shall become part of the
				  record in the proceeding.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-36 - Motion made before or after hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
All motions made, other than those made during a hearing or
				  hearings, shall be filed in writing with the Board and shall state the order or
				  relief applied for and the grounds for such motion. The moving party shall
				  serve copies of all such papers on all parties and shall within three (3) days
				  thereafter, file an original, with proof of due service, and four (4) copies of
				  all papers with and for the use of the Board. Answering statements, if any,
				  shall be served on all parties and an original thereof, with proof of due
				  service, and four (4) copies shall be filed with the Board within three (3)
				  days after service of the moving party or parties, unless otherwise directed by
				  the Board. All motions shall be decided by the Board upon the papers filed with
				  it, unless the Board, in its discretion, shall decide to hear oral argument, or
				  take testimony, in which event the Board shall notify the parties of such fact
				  and of the time and place for such argument or for the taking of such
				  testimony.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-37 - Intervention; procedure; contents; filings and service

Current through July 10, 2024
Any board of education or employee organization desiring to
				  intervene in any proceeding shall file with the Board a sworn petition and four
				  (4) copies thereof in writing, setting forth the facts upon which such board of
				  education or employee organization claims an interest in the proceeding. Such
				  petition shall be served on all the parties. Petitions shall be filed with the
				  Board, with proof of service, at least two (2) days prior to the first hearing.
				  Failure to serve or file such petition, as above provided, shall be deemed
				  sufficient cause for the denial thereof unless it shall be determined that good
				  and sufficient reason exists why it was not served or filed as herein provided.
				  The Board shall rule upon all such petitions and may permit intervention to
				  such an extent and upon such terms and conditions as it shall determine may
				  effectuate the policies of the Act.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-38 - Consolidation or severance

Current through July 10, 2024
Two or more proceedings under the Act may be consolidated by
				  the Board, in its discretion, and such proceedings may be severed by the Board,
				  in its discretion.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-39 - Witnesses; examination; depositions

Current through July 10, 2024
Witnesses at all hearings shall be examined orally, under
				  oath or affirmation and a record of the proceedings shall be made and kept by
				  the board. If a witness resides outside the state or through illness or other
				  cause is unable to testify before the board, his or her testimony or deposition
				  may be taken within or without the state in such manner and in such form as may
				  be directed by the board. All applications shall be made by motion to the board
				  in accordance with the motion practice herein set forth.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-41 - Application for subpoenas

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any party to a
				proceeding may apply to the board for the issuance of a subpoena or subpoena
				duces tecum, requiring the attendance during a hearing of any person, party or
				witness and directing the production at a hearing of any books, records or
				correspondence or other evidence relating to any matter under investigation or
				any question before the board. Such application shall be timely, shall be in
				writing and shall specify the name of the witness or the documents or things,
				the production of which is desired, with such particularity as will enable such
				documents to be identified for purposes of production and the return date
				desired. Such application shall be made and filed with the board and need not
				be served on any other party. Any subpoena issued by the board shall be mailed
				or delivered forthwith to the party applying therefor. Arrangements for the
				service of the subpoena, according to law, shall be made by such
				party.
(b) Upon proper application,
				the board shall issue subpoenas at any time, requiring persons, parties or
				witnesses to attend or be examined or give testimony and to produce any books,
				records, correspondence, documents or other evidence that relate to any matter
				under investigation or any question before the board.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-42 - Witness fees

Current through July 10, 2024
Witnesses summoned before the Board or its Agent shall be
				  paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the
				  state, and witnesses whose depositions are taken and the persons taking the
				  same shall severally be entitled to the same fees as are paid for like services
				  in the courts of the state. Witness fees and mileage shall be paid by the party
				  at whose instance the witnesses appear and shall be paid by the Board when they
				  appear by the Board's instance, and the person taking the deposition shall be
				  paid by the party at whose instance the deposition is taken or by the Board if
				  the deposition is taken at its instance.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-43 - Board shall conduct hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
A hearing for the purpose of taking testimony upon a
				  complaint, or upon a complaint and answer, shall be conducted by the Board.
				  Such hearings shall be open to the public.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-44 - Hearings; powers and duties of the board

Current through July 10, 2024
During the course of any hearing, the Board shall have the
				  full authority to control the conduct and procedure of the hearings, and the
				  records thereof, to admit or exclude testimony or other evidence, and to rule
				  upon all motions and objections made during the course of the hearing. The
				  Board shall provide that a full inquiry is made into all the facts in issue and
				  shall obtain a full and complete record of all facts necessary for a fair
				  determination of the issues. In any hearing, the Board shall have the right to
				  call and examine witnesses, to direct the production of papers or documents and
				  to introduce into the record such papers or documents.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-45 - Examination of witnesses; introduction of evidence

Current through July 10, 2024
In any hearing, the agent and all parties shall have the
				  right to call, examine and cross-examine witnesses and to introduce into the
				  record papers and documents or other evidence subject to the ruling of the
				  board. Each party shall provide four (4) copies of each paper, document or
				  other evidence it wishes to submit to the board and sufficient additional
				  copies for each party to the proceeding.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-46 - Hearings; evidence

Current through July 10, 2024
The Board shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence.
				  All findings of the Board as to facts shall be supported by substantial
				  evidence.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-48 - Continuation, adjournment or postponement of hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
				In the discretion of the board the hearing may be continued from day to day or
				adjourned to a later date, or to a different place, by announcement thereof at
				the hearing by the board or by other appropriate notice designated by the
				board.
(b) Where the board has
				scheduled an initial hearing, a party may within ten (10) days of receipt of
				the hearing notice request one postponement per case by:
(1) Obtaining from the opposing party an
				agreement for the postponement,
(2) confirming a new mutually acceptable
				hearing date and
(3) notifying the
				board of the agreement to postpone and the new mutually acceptable hearing
				date. Unless the parties have agreed on a postponement and a new hearing date
				and have so notified the board within ten (10) days, the request for
				postponement shall be granted by the board only where the requesting party or
				parties have demonstrated to the board that there is sufficient cause for such
				postponement.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-49 - Contemptuous conduct at hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person who engages in contemptuous conduct before the
				  Board may, in the discretion of the Board, be excluded from the hearing room or
				  further participation in the proceeding.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-50 - Waiver of hearing; consent order

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Nothing in
				these regulations shall prevent the entry of an order with the consent of the
				Respondent, and on notice to all parties and without the holding of any hearing
				or the making of any findings of fact or conclusions of law, if the Respondent
				shall waive the holding of any hearing and making of the findings of fact and
				conclusions of law.
(b) Nothing in
				sections
				10-153e-9 to
				10-153e-63,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall prevent the
				parties from agreeing to submit stipulations of facts and evidence.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-51 - Oral argument or briefs at the close of hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
				In all hearings under the Act, the board may, in its discretion, permit the
				parties to argue orally before it at the close of the hearings or to file
				briefs. The time for oral argument or filing of briefs shall be fixed by the
				board. Any request for oral argument before the board shall be submitted at the
				close of the hearing. The granting or denial of permission to argue orally
				before the board shall be within the discretion of the board. Arguments shall
				be included in the stenographic report unless the board directs
				otherwise.
(b) Briefs are to be
				submitted in accordance with the following procedure:
(1) An original and four (4) copies shall be
				filed with the board on or before the due date of the brief;
(2) all briefs shall contain a certification
				that a copy of the brief was supplied to other counsel or parties of record at
				the time the brief is filed with the board; and
(3) requests for postponement of briefs shall
				be directed to the office of the general counsel and shall be in writing,
				stating the reasons for the request and setting forth the respective positions
				of all parties of record with regard to the request.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-52 - Variance between pleading and proof

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A variance
				between the pleading in a prohibited practice proceeding and the proof shall be
				considered immaterial unless it prejudicially misleads any party or the Board.
				Where a variance is not material, the Board may admit such proof and the facts
				may be found accordingly. Where a variance is material, the Board may permit an
				amendment at any time before the final order of the Board upon such terms as it
				deems just. Any party or the Board may move to conform the pleadings to the
				proof.
(b) The Board shall
				disregard all defects in pleading and procedure wherever this may be done
				without impairing the substantial rights of any party, if justice so
				requires.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-53 - Motions and objections at hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
Motions made during the hearing and objections with respect
				  to the conduct of the hearing, including objections to the introduction of
				  evidence, shall be stated orally and shall be included in the stenographic
				  report of the hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-54 - Application for leave to reopen a hearing on grounds of newly discovered evidence

Current through July 10, 2024
No motion for leave to reopen a hearing because of newly
				  discovered evidence shall be entertained unless it is shown that such
				  additional evidence is material, that the motion has been timely made and that
				  there were reasonable grounds for the failure to adduce such evidence at the
				  hearing. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to limit the right
				  and power of the Board in its discretion and on its own motion to reopen a
				  hearing and take further testimony.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-55 - Findings of fact; conclusions of law; decision and order

Current through July 10, 2024
The board shall, at any time after the close of a hearing,
				  issue its findings of fact, conclusions of law, decision and order. Such
				  findings of fact, conclusions of law, decision and order shall contain, but
				  need not be limited to (a) a statement of the case and preliminary procedure
				  before the board, (b) findings of fact, (c) conclusions of law, (d) decision
				  and order.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-56 - Record of proceedings before the board

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The record of
				the proceedings before the Board shall consist of the complaint or amended
				complaint, any other pleadings, notices of hearing, motions, orders,
				stenographic report, exhibits, depositions, findings of fact, conclusions of
				law, the decision and order.
(b) If
				a prohibited practice proceeding is predicated in whole or in part upon a prior
				representation proceeding, the record of such representation proceeding shall
				be obtained, if available, and will be deemed a part of the record in the
				prohibited practice proceeding for all purposes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-57 - Public record

Current through July 10, 2024
The record as defined in the preceding section shall
				  constitute the public record of cases and shall be made available for
				  inspection or copying under such conditions as the Board may
				  prescribe.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article IV - General Provisions Relating to Parties and Procedure Applicable to All Proceedings › Section 10-153e-58 - Practice before the board

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person who at any time has been a member of or employed
				  by the board shall not be permitted to appear before the board as an attorney
				  or representative for any person, school board or employee representative
				  organization until the expiration of one (1) year from the termination of such
				  person's employment with the board, nor shall such person at any time be
				  permitted to appear in any case which was pending before the board during the
				  period of such person's employment with the board.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article V - Service of Complaints, Orders and Other Processes › Section 10-153e-59 - Service by board

Current through July 10, 2024
Complaints, decisions and orders and other processes and
				  papers of the board and agent may be served personally, by registered or
				  certified mail or by leaving a copy thereof in the principal office or place of
				  business of persons to be served. The verified return by the individual so
				  serving the same, setting forth the manner of such service, shall be proof of
				  the same and the return post office receipt, when registered or certified and
				  mailed as aforesaid, shall be proof of service of the same.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article V - Service of Complaints, Orders and Other Processes › Section 10-153e-60 - Service by a party

Current through July 10, 2024
Service of papers by a party to the proceeding shall be made
				  by registered or certified mail or first class mail, postage pre-paid or in
				  person. The verified return by the individual so serving the same, setting
				  forth the manner of such service, shall be proof of such service. When service
				  is made by registered or certified mail, the return post office receipt shall
				  be proof of service.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153e - School Board-Teacher Negotiations › Article V - Service of Complaints, Orders and Other Processes › Section 10-153e-61 - Service upon attorney

Current through July 10, 2024
If a party appears by her, his or its attorney, all papers
				  other than the complaint, notice of original hearings, and final decisions and
				  orders may be served, as herein provided, upon such attorney with the same
				  force and effect as though served upon the party.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153f - Impartial Arbitrator Selection › Section 10-153f-1 - Introduction

Current through July 10, 2024
Sections 10-153f-1 to
				10-153f-12,
				inclusive, of these regulations apply to the selection, nomination, conduct and
				evaluation of impartial arbitrators on the arbitration panel maintained by the
				State Board of Education pursuant to the provisions of Section
				10-153f
				of the General Statutes, as may be amended from time to time.
It is the policy of the State Board of Education that in
				exercising its statutory responsibility to nominate impartial arbitrators to
				the Governor, every effort will be made to ensure that only qualified,
				responsible impartial arbitrators are nominated through a fair and valid
				screening procedure.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153f - Impartial Arbitrator Selection › Section 10-153f-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 10-153f-2 to
				10-153f-12,
				inclusive:
(a) "Applicant" means an
			 individual who is seeking appointment to the panel as an impartial
			 arbitrator.
(b) "Board" means the
			 State Board of Education.
(c)
			 "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education.
(d) "Experience" means three years of
			 responsible active participation in public sector collective bargaining
			 interest impasse resolution.
(e)
			 "Mock award" means any public sector interest arbitration award written by an
			 applicant while serving as an intern to an impartial arbitrator. These awards
			 are written for the sole and exclusive purpose of completing the requirements
			 of the arbitrator intern program (see Section
			 10-153f-12
			 of these regulations) and will be available only to the Commissioner or his
			 representative. They are neither binding upon the parties nor accorded any
			 force and effect of law.
(f)
			 "Panel" means the arbitration panel established pursuant to Section
			 10-153f
			 of the General Statutes, as may be amended from time to time.
(g) "Party" means an employing board of
			 education or exclusive bargaining representative directly involved and affected
			 by a dispute.
(h) "Public sector
			 collective bargaining interest impasse resolution" means mediation, factfinding
			 or interest arbitration but not grievance or rights arbitration.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153f - Impartial Arbitrator Selection › Section 10-153f-3 - Role of the board

Current through July 10, 2024
The role of the Board under Sections
				10-153f-1
				to
				10-153f-12,
				inclusive, of these regulations is limited to matters relating to the
				nomination of applicants to be appointed to the panel of impartial arbitrators
				and the evaluation of impartial arbitrators so appointed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153f - Impartial Arbitrator Selection › Section 10-153f-4 - Impartial arbitrator qualifications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Impartial
			 arbitrators shall be representatives of the public in general.
(b) An impartial arbitrator must not
			 currently be, nor within two years of application have been, an advocate of
			 public or private sector employers or employer organizations or public or
			 private sector employees or employee organizations. An advocate is an
			 individual who represents an organization in matters of personnel and labor
			 relations, including but not limited to: unit determination and exclusive
			 representation; collective bargaining; grievance adjustment; arbitration;
			 unfair labor practices and labor-related litigation; wage and benefit
			 administration; equal employment opportunity; unemployment compensation; and
			 occupational health or safety standards.
(c) An impartial arbitrator shall be a
			 resident of Connecticut.
(d) An
			 impartial arbitrator shall be experienced in public sector collective
			 bargaining interest impasse resolution.
(e) An impartial arbitrator must possess:
(1) knowledge of the Connecticut Teacher
			 Negotiation Act and other labor laws relevant to the public sector;
(2) knowledge of hearing procedures and the
			 ability to conduct arbitration hearings and to develop an accurate record of
			 proceedings;
(3) knowledge of and
			 application of the principles of arbitrator ethics;
(4) knowledge of the labor relations
			 concepts, principles and practices of contract negotiation and
			 administration;
(5) knowledge of
			 the limits of arbitrator authority;
(6) knowledge of the basic tenets of public
			 sector finance, particularly municipal finance;
(7) ability to evaluate the costs of wage and
			 fringe benefits and improvements;
(8) ability to write clear and comprehensive
			 arbitration awards;
(9) ability to
			 complete the written award within statutory timelines; and
(10) commitment to the public
			 interest.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153f - Impartial Arbitrator Selection › Section 10-153f-5 - Application

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An applicant may apply for appointment as
			 an impartial arbitrator by filing an application with the Office of Legal
			 Affairs, Department of Education, 165 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut,
			 06106.
(b) An applicant must
			 provide clear, complete and accurate information on the application, during an
			 interview and throughout the application process. Failure to do so shall result
			 in rejection of application.
(c) An
			 applicant attempting to influence any member of the Board, the Commissioner,
			 the staff of the Department of Education or any person involved with the
			 screening of applicants regarding nomination or appointment to the panel
			 through means other than the formal selection process will be rejected and
			 permanently barred from reapplying for nomination.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153f - Impartial Arbitrator Selection › Section 10-153f-6 - Review of applications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) At such times
			 deemed appropriate by the Commissioner, applications shall be
			 reviewed.
(b) Applications will be
			 screened by a committee of not less than five persons appointed by the
			 Commissioner. The committee shall include the Commissioner's designee,
			 representatives of local and regional boards of education, exclusive bargaining
			 representatives of certified professional employees employed by local or
			 regional boards of education, and local legislative and fiscal
			 authorities.
(c) Application review
			 shall be the preliminary screening method used to determine whether an
			 applicant appears to have minimum qualifications sufficient to invite for an
			 interview, i.e. they are Connecticut residents and are experienced in public
			 sector collective bargaining interest impasse resolution.
(d) Applicants shall be rated by the
			 application review committee as "qualified for an interview" or "not qualified
			 for an interview." If a majority of the application review committee indicates
			 that an applicant is "qualified for an interview," then an invitation will be
			 extended. If a majority of the application review committee indicates that an
			 applicant is "not qualified for an interview," then the applicant will be so
			 notified.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153f - Impartial Arbitrator Selection › Section 10-153f-7 - Interview

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Commissioner shall appoint an
			 interview committee. Interviews shall be coordinated by the Commissioner's
			 designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the committee. The committee shall
			 include: three representatives of local and regional boards of education; three
			 representatives of exclusive bargaining representatives of certified
			 professional employees employed by local or regional boards of education; three
			 representatives of local legislative and fiscal authorities; and three
			 representatives of public or private neutral dispute resolution agencies which
			 shall include the Commissioner's designee.
(b) The interview committee shall evaluate
			 applicants on the factors contained in Section
			 10-153f-4(e)
			 of these regulations and rate candidates using the following scale:
(1) UNSATISFACTORY: Applicant's performance
			 on the factor is well below the level required for effective job
			 performance.
(2) MARGINAL:
			 Applicant's performance on the factor is at a level below the level required
			 for effective job performance.
(3)
			 SATISFACTORY: Applicant's performance on the factor is at a satisfactory level
			 for effective job performance.
(4)
			 GOOD: Applicant's performance on the factor is clearly above the level required
			 for effective job performance.
(5)
			 EXCELLENT: Applicant's performance on the factor is at a superior level of
			 extremely high quality.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153f - Impartial Arbitrator Selection › Section 10-153f-8 - Role of the commissioner

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 Commissioner shall review the recommendations of the interview committee. For
			 good cause, the Commissioner may direct the interview committee to review again
			 an unsuccessful applicant.
(b) The
			 Commissioner shall forward the list of recommended applicants to the Board for
			 action.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153f - Impartial Arbitrator Selection › Section 10-153f-9 - Role of the board

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Board shall
			 review the recommendations forwarded by the Commissioner. The Board may approve
			 or reject any or all of the recommendations submitted by the interview
			 committee. For good cause, the Board may direct the interview committee to
			 review any applicant.
(b) The Board
			 shall submit its list of qualified impartial arbitrators to the Governor. Said
			 list shall contain only names of persons approved by the interview
			 committee.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153f - Impartial Arbitrator Selection › Section 10-153f-10 - Evaluation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Commissioner shall develop an
			 evaluation instrument and cause all arbitrators appointed to the panel to be
			 evaluated. Such evaluation shall include but not be limited to: compliance with
			 the provisions of Section
			 10-153f
			 of the General Statutes, as it may be amended from time to time; compliance
			 with arbitration statutes or rules; meeting, on a continuing basis, the
			 arbitrator qualifications; filing complete and accurate biographical data with
			 the Commissioner; apprising the Commissioner of changes in personal status or
			 availability to arbitrate cases; compliance with requests from the Commissioner
			 concerning arbitration activities and potential conflicts of interests;
			 submitting awards in a timely manner; meeting statutory time schedules; and,
			 evaluations of an arbitrator's performance by the parties.
(b) Evaluations or a comprehensive summary
			 thereof, of impartial arbitrators shall be provided to the interview committee,
			 Commissioner and the Board when each considers the reappointment of impartial
			 arbitrators pursuant to Sections
			 10-153f-7
			 through
			 10-153f-9,
			 inclusive, of these regulations.
(c) Evaluations of all arbitrators, or a
			 comprehensive summary thereof, shall be fowarded to the Governor at the same
			 time the Board submits its list of qualified impartial arbitrators to the
			 Governor.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153f - Impartial Arbitrator Selection › Section 10-153f-11 - Impartial arbitrator conduct, standards, and responsibilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Impartial arbitrators must continuously
			 demonstrate competence in labor relations, including procedural and substantive
			 matters, integrity, and neutrality.
(b) Except as otherwise provided, the Code of
			 Professional Responsibility for Arbitrators of Labor-Management Disputes
			 approved and published by the National Academy of Arbitrators is incorporated
			 by reference and is applicable to and shall govern the professional behavior of
			 impartial arbitrators.
(c)
			 Impartial arbitrators shall not solicit parties for selection to cases. An
			 impartial arbitrator must uphold the integrity of the profession and must not
			 advertise or solicit arbitration assignments.
(d) It is the responsibility of the impartial
			 arbitrator to schedule time commitments in a manner consistent with the needs
			 of the parties and the expeditious handling of disputes. Assignment to an
			 arbitration case must be declined if the impartial arbitrator is unable to
			 schedule or participate in a hearing within the statutory time
			 limits.
(e) All arbitrators are
			 responsible for providing the Commissioner with complete and accurate data and
			 for keeping the Commissioner informed of changes in personal status and
			 availability to arbitrate cases. Revisions regarding changes in per diem fee
			 schedules, biographical and availability data must be timely submitted. Before
			 acceptance of an arbitration case, an impartial arbitrator must disclose to the
			 parties and the Commissioner any personal or professional relationships or
			 other circumstances that might reasonably raise a question regarding the
			 arbitrator's impartiality. If the circumstances requiring disclosure are not
			 known to the arbitrator before acceptance of the case, disclosure must be made
			 when circumstances become known to the arbitrator. An impartial arbitrator
			 shall withdraw from an arbitration at any time the impartial arbitrator
			 perceives a conflict of interest.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 153f - Impartial Arbitrator Selection › Section 10-153f-12 - Intern training program

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An arbitrator
			 training program shall be available to applicants or other persons who lack
			 intern arbitration experience in public sector education but who are otherwise
			 qualified.
(b) In order to be
			 considered for the arbitrator intern training program, an individual shall be:
(1) a resident of Connecticut; and
(2) experienced in public sector collective
			 bargaining interest impasse resolution.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183aa(f) - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement Board › Section 10-183aa(f)-1 - Verification of income of disabled retirees

Current through July 10, 2024
Each person receiving a disability retirement allowance from
				the system during a calendar year shall by April 15, of the following year file
				with the board an annual income statement on a form approved by the board
				containing such details of the income of the disabled retiree for the calendar
				year as may be required or useful to insure compliance with the provisions of
				chapter 167a relating to disability retirement allowances. In addition, the
				board may require a disabled retiree to furnish copies of the retiree's federal
				income tax return for any year for which disability retirement allowances have
				been paid to the retiree. Payment of disability retirement allowances may be
				suspended for any retiree while the retiree is delinquent in filing an annual
				income statement or a required copy of the retiree's federal income tax
				return.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-1 - Credited interest

Current through July 10, 2024
The rate of interest to be credited to members accumulated
				contributions on the last day of June of each year after 1979 shall be fixed by
				the Teachers' Retirement Board at its regular meeting in June of each
				year.
Interest shall be credited on a member's accumulated
				contributions to the date of payment in cases of withdrawal after termination
				or lump sum payment at retirement. Payment shall be made to the member on the
				last day of the month of withdrawal, and in addition to annually credited
				interest, additional interest shall be paid for each month from the preceding
				June 30 to the date of payment at a rate which is one quarter of one per cent
				below the most recently established rate fixed by the Board.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-2 - Credited service for portion of year

Current through July 10, 2024
A member who commences service as a teacher other than at the
				start of the school year is not entitled to a month of credited service for the
				month in which the pay for such teacher starts accruing after the first working
				day of the month but shall be entitled to credit for one month of service for
				any month for which pay is accrued so long as the person is employed on the
				first working day of the month. Thus, if a member starts service on October
				15th of a school year and works until June 20, the last day of the school year,
				the member would receive eight months of credited service for that school year.
				Similarly, a member who terminates service as a teacher other than at the
				finish of a school year is not entitled to a month of credited service for any
				month after the month in which service terminates. Thus, if a member starts
				service on September 5, the first day of the school year and terminates service
				on the following February 10, the member would receive six months of credited
				service for that school year.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-3 - UConn teaching service

Current through July 10, 2024
The 10-year limitation on the amount of additional credited
				service that a member may purchase for service as a teacher at the University
				of Connecticut applies only to service prior to July 1, 1965, the effective
				date of P.A. 65-330, which first made employees of the board of higher
				education and its constituent units eligible for membership in this system.
				Under the provision of section
				10-183p,
				all such service after June 30, 1965, is transferable without
				limitation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-6 - Installment purchase of service

Current through July 10, 2024
If a member elects to purchase prior Connecticut teaching
				service credit other than by the payment of a single lump sum, such an
				installment purchase may only be accomplished through payroll deductions by the
				member's employer. An installment purchase agreement need not cover all the
				service credit available to the member. In any event the entire payment
				including interest must be concluded prior to the member's retirement. A member
				may at any time prepay the balance due on an installment purchase agreement. If
				a person ceases to be an active member, such person loses the right to continue
				installment payments. If payments are not made in accordance with the
				installment purchase agreement between the member and the board whether because
				a person ceases to be an active member or because the member terminates the
				authority of the employer to continue payroll deductions, the member shall
				receive that portion of the service credit being purchased under the
				installment purchase agreement which the principal amounts already paid bear to
				the entire principal amounts originally required by the agreement. That portion
				of the service credit not received as the result of termination of installment
				payments may be purchased at a later time, provided, however, that the same
				period of prior Connecticut service may not be the subject of more than two
				purchase agreements.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-7 - Postmarks on mailed formal retirement application

Current through July 10, 2024
The term "postmarked" as used in subsection (g) of section
				10-183g
				of the Connecticut General Statutes means a date mark affixed by the United
				States Postal Service.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-8 - Reallocation of survivors' benefits

Current through July 10, 2024
If subsequent to a determination of the allocation of the
				family maximum of survivors benefits, one or more of the survivors ceases to
				receive benefits as the result of death or termination of eligibility, a
				reallocation shall be made among all survivors then eligible to receive
				benefits. For example, a member dies survived by a surviving spouse, a
				dependent former spouse and three children all in the care of the dependent
				former spouse. Two of the children are twins, age 16 and the third child is age
				13. The $600 family maximum of survivors' benefits would be allocated as
				follows:
(a) $150 to the surviving
			 spouse;
(b) $150 to the dependent
			 former spouse;
(c) $100 to each
			 child.
If two years later, the twins cease to be eligible for benefits
				as the result of their attaining age 18 (and they are not then disabled), then
				the surviving spouse and the dependent former spouse would be entitled to $150
				each and the youngest child would be entitled to $200.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-9 - Voluntary contributions-annuity upon retirement

Current through July 10, 2024
A member who upon retirement does not elect to receive the
				member's accumulated voluntary contributions in the form of a lump sum shall
				have such contributions together with credited interest thereon payable to the
				member in the same form of benefit as the member has elected with respect to
				the member's retirement benefit under section
				10-183g
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-12 - Contributions for less than full year members

Current through July 10, 2024
An employer required to make the contributions mandated by
				section
				10-183n
				of the Connecticut General Statutes shall make such contributions only with
				respect to months for which the member will receive credited service under
				section
				10-183e of the
				Connecticut General Statutes and regulation section
				10-183l-2.
				Thus, the employer of a member who starts teaching on the first day of a school
				year and terminates on March 10th of the same school year shall pay to the
				board the required percentage of one tenth of the member's annual salary as
				defined in sections
				10-183b
				and
				10-183kk
				of the Connecticut General Statutes for each of the months September through
				March inclusive of such school year. Similarly, the employer of a member who
				starts teaching on October 15 of a school year and continues teaching until the
				last day of the school year in June shall pay to the board the required
				percentage of one tenth of the member's annual salary for each of the months
				November through June inclusive of such school year.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 183l - Eligibility and Determination of Benefits Under the Teachers' Retirement System › Section 10-183l-13 - Post retirement employment

Current through July 10, 2024
A person receiving retirement benefits shall be deemed to be
				employed in a teaching position if that person is engaged in activities
				normally carried out by persons who meet the definitions of member and teacher
				as found in the teachers' retirement act, chapter 167a of the Connecticut
				general statutes.
Compensation for a teaching position shall be deemed paid out
				of public money appropriated for school purposes as it is paid out of public
				money used to support an activity normally carried out by a school
				system.