| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
|
 Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
Postsec. | Home-Buying Assistance for College Graduates
S.B. 78
Expands the types of higher education institutions that graduates can come from in order to participate in the Learn Here, Live Here program...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Employment Training for Students with Autism
S.B. 41
Directs the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Board of Regents for Higher Educa...
| More... |
P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Educational Availability for Foster Youth
S.B. 293
Requires that a permanency plan of a child in the care and custody of the Commissioner of Children and Families include information regardin...
| More... |
P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Educators Certification
S.B. 39
Clarifies the staff qualification requirements for early childhood education programs serving infants, toddlers or preschool age children an...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
Postsec. | Data Collection for Financial Aid Programs
S.B. 43
Directs each institution of higher education to submit specified information to the Office of Financial and Academic Affairs for Higher Educ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. | College Remediation
S.B. 40
Requires that no later than the Fall semester of 2014, a public institution of higher education offer a student that is likely to succeed in...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Reporting on Restraint and Seclusion on a Child
H.B. 5347
Requires each local and regional board of education, institution and facility that provides special education for a child to (1) record each...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)
H.B. 5353
Requires additional opportunities for meetings and the exchange of information between school district officials and parents of students in,...
| More... |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
To governor 06/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Teacher Preparation Programs
S.B. 384
Directs The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Board of Regents for Higher Education and The University of Connecticut, to s...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Certification
S.B. 382
Revises the number of grades an endorsement to teach elementary school covers by limiting it to grades one to six, from grades kindergarten ...
| More... |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | School Performance Measures
S.B. 458
(Sec. 18) Revamps the education accountability law post-NCLB (renamed as the performance management and support plan), regarding identifying...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Department of Education Reporting on Website
S.B. 458
(Sec. 88) Requires SDE to annually make the following information available on its website: 1) the statewide performance management and acco...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Low Performing Districts
S.B. 458
(Sec. 34) Defines an alliance district as a town whose school district is among those with the lowest academic performance as measured by a ...
| More... |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | School Improvement Efforts
S.B. 458
(Sec. 19) Establishes the education commissioner's network of schools to improve the student academic achievement in low-performing schools ...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Governance of Technical High School
S.B. 458
Changes the name of the regional vocational-technical (V-T) schools to the technical high school system (CTHSS) and creates a new specified ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Charter School Approval and Funding
S.B. 458
(Sec. 29-31) Starting in FY 14, allows the SBE (starting in 2014), within available appropriations, to approve (1) operating grants of up to...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Open Choice Incentive for Larger Districts
S.B. 458
(Sec. 12) Provides an additional incentive for larger school districts to increase their enrollment of out-of-district students under the Op...
| More... |
Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Physical Exercise Requirement for Grades K-5
S.B. 458
(Sec. 9) Requires public schools to include a total of 20 minutes of physical exercise in each regular school day for students in kindergart...
| More... |
Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Family Resource Centers & School-Based Health Clinics
S.B. 458
(Sec. 8) Directs the education commissioner to establish at least 10 new family resource centers and at least 20 new or expanded school-base...
| More... |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | College and Career Readiness
S.B. 40
Requires that by Fall semester 2016, each public high school and public institution of higher education complete curricular alignment to ena...
| More... |
Leadership--District Superintendent |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Acting Superintendent Term Limits
S.B. 458
(Sec. 58) Extends the maximum duration of an acting superintendent's appointment from a specified period of up to 90 days, with commissioner...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher and Admin Evaluations
S.B. 458
(Sec. 51) Expands the requirements for the guidelines for the state model evaluation program for teachers and school administrators to inclu...
| More... |
P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | P-3 Reading Proficiency & Teacher Preparation
S.B. 458
(Sec. 5) Requires the Department of Education, by January 1, 2012, to develop and approve reading assessments that districts must use to ide...
| More... |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Education Facilities
S.B. 458
(Sec. 1) Requires the SBE to provide funds to appropriate school districts to create 1,000 new school readiness spaces. (Not Codified)
(Sec...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Postsecondary - Core Courses
H.B. 5030
Requires the development of a general education core of courses that will allow for the seamless transfer from the regional community-techni...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Preparation, Certification, & PD
S.B. 458
(Sec. 35) Requires teacher preparation programs (Starting July 1, 2015) to require, as part of their curricula, that students have classroom...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Recuritment to Low-Achieving Schools
S.B. 458
(Sec. 10) Requires SDE, to establish a Municipal Aid for New Teachers (MANE) program, within available appropriations, to provide grants of ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Tenure
S.B. 458
(Sec. 57) Requires school superintendents to incorporate evaluations into decisions about granting tenure to all certified professional scho...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Collective Bargaining on School Turnaround
S.B. 458
(Sec. 20) Requires the local school board and the teachers' or administrators' union to negotiate on any matters in an approved turnaround p...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Secondary School Reform Act Delay/Teacher Evaluations/Tenure/Student Governance Councils/6th Grade Student Success Plan
H.B. 6498
Secondary School Reform Act - Delays by two years the implementation of the secondary school reform requirements enacted in 2010 that: (1) I...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Expelled Students Participation in Adult Education Programs
H.B. 6433
Specifies that a student who has been expelled for the first time and is at least 16 years old is not required to withdraw from regular pub...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Closing the Achievement Gap/Early Literacy
S.B. 929
Sec. 1 - Establishes a task force to address the academic achievement gaps in Connecticut by considering effective approaches to closing the...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Excused and Unexcused Absences
H.B. 6499 - Sec. 16, 18
Sec. 16 - Requires boards of education to provide written notice to parents that unexcused absences could result in a complaint filed with t...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Establishes Truancy Clinic Pilot in Children's Probate Court
S.B. 982
Allows the Probate Court Administrator to, within available appropriations, establish a pilot truancy clinic within the regional children's ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Data Collection Requirements/Charter Schools
S.B. 1039
State Education Resource Center - Clarifies the status of the State Education Resource Center as a nonstock corporation and nonprofit tax ex...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Charter School Educator Permit
S.B. 1160
Establishes a charter school educator permit and allows the education commissioner, starting in the 2011-12 school year, to waive state cert...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Genocide Education/Sign Language is Foreign Language
H.B. 6499 - Sec. 1 and 2
Includes genocide education in the materials provided by the Department of Education to school districts for student curriculum and educator...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Alignment
H.B. 6485
Requires the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, every two years, to identify and report on the sectors or subsectors in which workforce sh...
| More... |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Study Cost of State-Mandated Special Education Requirements
H.B. 6103
Requires the Commissioner of Education to conduct a review of the cost of state-mandated special education requirements including, but not l...
| More... |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Expands Required Reporting of Child Abuse of Neglect
H.B. 5431
Expands the state's "mandated reporter" law, which generally requires specified professionals to report to the Department of Children and Fa...
| More... |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Defines Advanced Placement Course Program
H.B. 6499 - Sec. 21
Clarifies that an "advanced placement course program" is a program approved by the State Board of Education that provides college or univers...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Establishes System of Early Care and Education and Child Development
S.B. 1103
Establishes the Early Childhood Education Cabinet. Creates, by July 1, 2013, a coordinated system of early care and education and child deve...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
Postsec. | Planning Commission for Higher Education
S.B. 858 - Postsecondary Provisions
Existing law creates the Blue Ribbon Commission to develop and implement a strategic master plan for higher education in the state. Renames ...
| More... |
Private Schools |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Nonpublic School Teaching Experience and Professional Certification
H.B. 6434
From Education Committee Summary - Allows teachers to continue to use, or in the case of student teaching to start using, teaching experienc...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Carbon Monoxide Detectors
H.B. 5326
Requires all of the state's public and nonpublic school buildings to be equipped with carbon monoxide detectors. Exempts boards of education...
| More... |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Strengthens School Bullying Laws
S.B. 1138
Expands the types of conduct that constitute school bullying and the situations where it can occur. Makes the school principal responsible f...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Special Education - Evaluation Process
H.B. 6501
Prevents delays in the evaluation process of children suspected of requiring special education and related services. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Superintendent Access to State Information System
H.B. 6499 - Sec. 15
Allows school superintendents or their designees to access the state's public school information system to obtain mastery test information a...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | State-Assigned Student Identifiers
S.B. 858 - K-12 Provisions
Directs the Department of Education to require school districts to include unique identifiers or state-assigned student identifiers on stude...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
Postsec. | Full Disclosure to Student Athletes
H.B. 5415
Provides that, beginning January 1, 2012, any institution with an intercollegiate athletic program that recruits student athletes by solicit...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Teaching Specialized Courses/Teacher Contract Renewal Notification
H.B. 6499 - Sec. 3, 14
Sec. 3 - Allows the Commissioner of Education, upon request from a board of education for a district that has a school with grades K-8, to p...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Charter School Teacher Certification
S.B. 1104
Allows the state Commissioner of Education to waive the requirement that teachers in charter schools hold certification when the charter sch...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Identification of Teacher and Workforce Shortages
H.B. 6485
Requires the state Department of Education to annually, by March first, electronically distribute to the president of every institution of h...
| More... |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Educators Qualifications and Professional Development
S.B. 927
To revise the requirements for early childhood educators and direct the Commissioner of Education to use unexpended funds for providing prof...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Extends In-State Tuition Benefits to Certain Postsecondary Students
H.B. 6390
Extends in-state tuition benefits. Provides that a person, except a nonimmigrant alien (someone with a visa permitting temporary entrance to...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Allows Waiver of Requirement that Substitute Teacher Hold a Bachelor's Degree
S.B. 933
Allows the Commissioner of Education to waive the requirement that a substitute teacher hold a bachelor's degree upon the request of a super...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Diplomas to Veterans of WWI or the Korean War
H.B. 6319
Allows a local or regional board of education to award a diploma to a veteran of World War II or the Korean hostilities, who left high schoo...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Individualized Educational Programs Task Force
HB 5426
Establishes a task force to study individualized educational programs (IEPs); Requires the task force to: (1) Examine the existing processes...
| More... |
Special Populations--Foster Care |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Children In the Care of the Department of Children and Families/School of Residence
SB 31
Creates a presumption that it is in the best interest of a child that the department of children and families (DCF) places in out-of-home ca...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | School Governance Council
S.B. 438 - Sec. 21
Permits the local/regional board of education for a school that has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant or designated as a lo...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Monitoring of Reconstituted Schools
S.B. 438 - Sec. 22
Requires the department of education to monitor, within available appropriations, those schools that have reconstituted (See section 21 of t...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | State Board of Education Membership
S.B. 379 - Sec. 1 and 2
Requires the state board of education to conduct a formal vote before closing or suspending operations of a vocational-technical school; Req...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Vocational-Technical Schools Bus Replacement
S.B. 379 - Sec. 5 and 6
Requires the state board of education to inspect the busses in operation at vocational-technical schools and to replace any school bus in se...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Charter School Law Revisions
S.B. 438 - Sec. 15
Requires the state board of education by July 1, 2011to adopt regulations to: (1) prohibit a charter school and any affiliated charter manag...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Innovation Schools
S.B. 438 - Sec. 6
Permits a board of education for a priority school district to, through agreement with the organizations designated or elected as the exclus...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Elminates Enrollment Caps For High-Performing Charter Schools
S.B. 438 - Sec. 12
Elminates enrollment caps for high-performing charter schools. Statutory enrollment caps prohibit charter schools from enrolling (1) more th...
| More... |
Finance |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Grants to Assist with Implementation of New Grad Requirements
S.B. 438 - Sec. 18
Requires the state department of education to, within available appropriations, provide grants to local/regional school districts to begin i...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | School Boards May Jointly Purchase Employee Health Insurance
H.B. 5424
Allows two or more boards of education to jointly purchase health insurance for their employees. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/ACT/Pa/pdf/2010P...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Student Athletes - Concussions and Head Injuries
S.B. 456
Requires coaches of intramural and interscholastic athletics to complete annual training regarding the recognition of and dangers associated...
| More... |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Children's Trust Fund
S.B. 438 - Sec. 24
Establishes a Children's Trust Fund to fund programs aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect and family resource programs. Also establis...
| More... |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Advanced Placement Courses for College Credit
S.B. 438 - Sec. 31
Effective with the 2011-12 school year, requires every district to offer advanced placement courses. Requires the state board of education t...
| More... |
High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | On-line Credit Recovery Program
S.B. 438 - Sec. 28
Requires schools with a dropout rate of 8% or higher to establish an on-line credit recovery program to help students earn needed credits. S...
| More... |
High School--Exit Exams |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Increases Minimum High School Graduation Requirements
S.B. 438 - Sec. 16
Increases the minimum credits required for high school graduation from 20 to 25 and gives greater emphasis to math, science and world langua...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Board Examination Series Pilot Program
S.B. 438 - Sec. 17
Allows the state department of education (SBE) to establish a board examination series pilot program to allow local/regional boards of educa...
| More... |
Leadership--District Superintendent |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Superintendent Certificate Reciprocity
S.B. 438 - Sec. 2
Permits the commissioner of education to, upon request of a local or regional board of education, grant a waiver of certification to a perso...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Alternate Certification Programs for School Administrators
S.B. 438 - Sec. 1
Directs the state department of education to review and approve proposals for alternate route to certification programs for school administr...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Parent Trust Fund
S.B. 438 - Sec. 26
Establishes a Parent Trust Fund to fund programs aimed at improving the health, safety and education of children by training parents in civi...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Parent-Teacher Conferences
S.B. 438 - Sec. 29
Requires all schools to hold parent-teacher conferences at least twice a year. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/ACT/PA/2010PA-00111-R00SB-00438-PA...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec. | Veteran Tuition Waiver Clarification
S.B. 215
Clarifies that eligibility for the waiver of tuition at state universities and colleges is limited to veterans who have served time addition...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Alignment of Postsecondary Education and Employment in the Green Industry
H.B. 5164
Requires higher education institutions in Connecticut to publicize green technology initiatives in higher education and to collaborate in fu...
| More... |
School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Out-of-School Suspensions
S.B. 438 - Sec. 18
Provides that all student suspensions must be in-school suspensions, unless during the hearing the administration determines that an out-of-...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Boards of Education Cooperative Arrangement
H.B. 5336
Establishes a grant in fiscal year 2012 to any municipality whose board of education makes a cooperative arrangement with at least one other...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Special Education - Applied Behavior Analysis
H.B. 5425
Reconstitutes the State Advisory Council for Special Education by reducing the number of members to make it consistent with federal law; on ...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Expansion of the State-wide Public School Information System
S.B. 438 - Sec. 3
Directs the state department of education to, on or before July 1, 2013, expand the state-wide public school information system as follows:
...
| More... |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Establishes the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council
S.B. 438 - Sec. 5
Establishes the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council within the state department of education; details the council's membership and provi...
| More... |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Academic Achievement Gap Task Force
S.B. 438 - Sec. 30
Establishes a task force to study and monitor the academic achievement gap between racial and socioeconomic groups in Connecticut by conside...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Rehiring of Retired Teachers
S.B. 438 - Sec. 8
Allows retired teachers to be rehired for up to one year in a shortage area or priority school district for up to 45% of the current maximum...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Model Teacher Evaluation Program Guidelines
S.B. 438 - Sec. 4
Directs the state board of education to adopt, on or before July 1, 2013, in consultation with the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Teacher Tenure Reciprocity
S.B. 438 - Sec. 9
Provides that any certified teacher or administrator employed by a local or regional board of education for a school district identified as ...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Early Learning Student Data
S.B. 1014
Concerns longitudinal studies of student achievement; provides for access to student data to a qualified nonprofit educational organization ...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | School Report Cards
S.B. 940
Adds truancy data to annual school report cards. The bill spells out all data that schools are required to report on an annual basis to the ...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Automatic External Defibrillators in Schools
S.B. 981
Concerns the availability of automatic external defibrillators in Schools; saves lives by requiring that: (1) There be an automatic external...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Readmitting Expelled Students
H.B. 6567
Requires boards of education to readmit students to the district if such student has been in an out-of-district placement in lieu of expulsi...
| More... |
Special Education |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 | Use of Physical Restraint and Seclusion in Schools
RCSA 10-76b-5 thru -11
Addresses the use of physical restraining and seclusion in public schools for children who are or may be eligible for special education.
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| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher Certification Policies
H.B. 6901
Relates to the required training in competency for professional teaching standards for preparation programs, alternative route to certificat...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Adult Literacy Board and Services
S.B. 465
Establishes an adult literacy board as a standing committee of the state Employment and Training Commission to review and advise the commiss...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Career/Tech -- Agriculture Science and Technology
H.B. 5869
Concerns agriculture science and technology education; increases state support of regional agriculture science programs by increasing the pe...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | High School Foreign Language Credit
H.B. 5820
Concerns high school credit for private world language courses; provides that students may earn up to two credits toward high school graduat...
| More... |
Health--Mental Health |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Awareness/Intervention Related to College Students w/ Mental Illness
S.B. 467
Requires each constituent unit of the state system of higher education and each independent college or university to submit a plan to the De...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Bullying and Student Discipline
H.B. 5826
Relates to a school learning environment; provides for in-school suspensions; requires a policy to address bullying in schools; provides tha...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Special Education Instruction
H.B. 5590
Concerns special education and instructional methods concerning autism and other developmental disabilities; requires the development and us...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Role of State Board in Teacher Certification
S.B. 403
Concerns the role of the state board of education in the teacher certification revocation process; provides that the Commissioner of Educati...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Revamp of Teacher Support and Training Program
H.B. 5871
Concerns the Beginning Educator Support and Training (BEST) Program; requires school boards and unions to bargain over compensation, hours a...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Charter School Governance
S.B. 648
Concerns state charter school governance; reforms charter school governance and membership of the governing council; provides for transfer o...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Youth Policy Council
H.B. 5133
Continues the function of the Youth Futures Committee by establishing the Youth Policy Council to assist youth between the ages of twelve an...
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School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | School Security Grants
S.B. 1110
Establishes a school security competitive grant program to reimburse towns for certain expenses for schools under the school district for th...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Democracy Education in Elementary Schools
H.B. 7017
Concerns democracy education in elementary schools; requires students in the fourth or fifth grade to take part in a program of participator...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | State Board of Education Chairperson Qualifications
S.B. 1354
Concerns the Chairperson of the State Board of Education and appointment of the Commissioner of Education; requires the Chairperson of the S...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Accreditation and Diploma Mill Oversight
S.B. 1139
Concerns enhanced enforcement authority by the Department of Higher Education; provides the Board of Governors of Higher Education and the C...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
Vetoed 06/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Tuition for Undocumented Students
H.B. 5656
Concerning college tuition for undocumented immigrants committed to the care and custody of the department of children and families; require...
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Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Plans To Increase College Graduation Rates
S.B. 1216
Concerns graduation rates at institutions of higher education; develops a plan to increase graduation rates at state institutions of higher ...
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Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Transfer and Articulation Review
S.B. 1318
Concerns the public institution of higher education system transfer and articulation agreements; requires a study of transfer and articulati...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Suspension/Expulsion Waivers
H.B. 7273
Concerns suspensions and expulsions by local and regional boards of education; provides that pupils who are facing their first suspension or...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Pesticide Control on School Grounds
H.B. 5234
Banns pesticide use on the grounds of middle and high schools; promotes a healthy environment in middle and high school facilities; provides...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Restraint and Seclusion of Students
S.B. 977
Relates to restraints and seclusion in public shools; concerns restriction on unreasonable restraints and seclusions of students; avoids the...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Technical High Schools Committee
S.B. 1283
Relates to the advisory committee on technical high schools; reconstitutes the state-wide technical high school advisory committee with memb...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | International Teacher Permits
S.B. 1287
Relates to visiting international teacher permits; establishes a durational permit to qualify certain visiting international teachers to tea...
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Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Tax Credits for Donations to Nonpublic Schools
S.B. 378
Relates to tax credits for donations of computer equipment to nonpublic schools; provides that any business firm may apply for such tax cred...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Workforce Expansion
S.B. 455
Concerns the early childhood education workforce; expands the number of early childhood education teachers through development of an acceler...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Parent Involvement Reporting
H.B. 5513
Concerns parental involvement reporting in school profiles; raises the importance of parental involvement among administrators and enable pa...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | School Bullying Policies
H.B. 5563
Concerns bullying policies in schools requires school notices be provided to parents and guardians with minimal cost to local and regional s...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Textbook Affordability
H.B. 5527
Relates to textbook affordability; requires disclosure of textbook pricing before a sales transaction is entered into and to provide for a s...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Charter School Enrollments
S.B. 637
Concerns charter schools; allows for an increase in charter school enrollments for existing charter school and to provide for a new per stud...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Physical Health Plans for Students
S.B. 204
Promotes the physical health needs of students; allows local and regional boards of education to adopt guidelines to coordinate services and...
| More... |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | School Nutrition Requirements
S.B. 373
Concerns healthy food and beverages in schools; authorizes a percentage of funds per lunch served in a prior school year by a school distric...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Community College Board Members
S.B. 14
Relates to the board of trustees for community- technical colleges; requires that at least two members of the board have financial expertise...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Special Education Due Process and Evaluation
S.B. 380
Concerns special education; makes the state statutes concerning the provision of special education, special education due process hearings a...
| More... |
P-3 |
Issued 02/2006 |
P-12 | Governor's Early Childhood Research and Policy Council
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 13
Establishes the Governor's Early Childhood Research and Policy Council and defines membership and duties. The Council will: (1) Advise the E...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
Postsec. | Nanoscale Science and Engineering
S.B. 1167
Allows the Commissioner of Higher Education to create degree programs and pathways in the field of nanoscale science and engineering.
Requi...
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Health |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 | Pesticide Applications
S.B. 916
Defines "pesticide" and adds an emergency exception to the pesticide application prohibition at day care centers. The exception includes eme...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 | Bilingual Education Teachers
H.B. 6678
For the period from July 1, 2005, to July 1, 2008, the State Board of Education is to require an applicant for certification as a bilingual ...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Review of Department Programs and Services
H.B. 6989
New section: Requires the state board to review the programs and services administered or provided by the Department of Education in order t...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Students with Life-Threatening Allergies
S.B. 1312
Requires the department to develop and make available guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Requir...
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Health |
Vetoed 06/2005 |
P-12 | Healthy Food at Schools
S.B. 1309
Clarifies that K-5 daily physical exercise requirement must include at least 20 minutes of exercise per full school day in addition to any p...
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Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec. | University of Connecticut
S.B. 1050
Increases membership of board of trustees for the University of Connecticut from 19 to 21 to reflect additional two ex officio members, the ...
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Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec. | Student Protection Account
H.B. 6795
To potentially lessen the amount taken from the student protection account when a new school closes. Increases from $10,000 to $20,000 the a...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Timely Transmission of Reports to the Teachers' Retirement Board
S.B. 1318
To require the timely transmission to the Teachers' Retirement Board of the reports and information necessary for the proper administration ...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Automatic Fire Extinguishing System Waivers
S.B. 1032
Authorizes the State Fire Marshal and the State Building Inspector to jointly grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or ...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
Postsec. | Educational Doctoral Degrees
S.B. 605
Makes the pilot program under section 4 of public act 01-141 that allows the Connecticut State Universities to award education doctoral degr...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | Board of Education and Services for the Blind
S.B. 23
Concerns the Board of Education and Services for the Blind monitoring council. Provides additional time for the Board of Education and Servi...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 | Educational Cost Sharing Distribution Technical Error
H.B. 6489
Corrects a technical error in educational cost sharing distribution and enables the provision of existing funds to interdistrict magnet scho...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | English as a Second Language Instruction
H.B. 5438
Concerning English as a second language instruction and in-service training for teachers and teacher preparation courses; requires persons s...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Workforce Development
S.B. 517
Concerning workforce development; establishes a competitive grant program for the development of educational programs in emerging and interd...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Allied Health Workforce Policy Board
S.B. 519
Concerning allied health workforce needs; creates a State Allied Health Workforce Policy Board to monitor data and trends in the allied heal...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Community College | Nursing Incentive Program
H.B. 5571
Establishes a State Nursing Incentive Program within the Department of Higher Education to provide program assistance to the state's 4 regio...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | School Nurses and Medication in Schools
H.B. 5429
Requires each local regional board of education that allows a school or other licensed nurse to administer medicine or that allows a student...
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Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Nutrition In Schools
H.B. 5344
Concerns childhood nutrition in schools, recess and lunch breaks; requires minimum time limits for school recess and lunch breaks; requires ...
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No Child Left Behind--Finance |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | No Child Left Behind Compliance Costs
H.B. 5584
Requires an estimates of costs of state, local and regional boards of education associated with compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act...
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P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | School Readiness Programs
H.B. 5690
Concerns school readiness; relates to the state encouraging the development of a network of school readiness programs; relates to the fundin...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Connecticut Student Loan Foundation
H.B. 5410
Concerns the Connecticut Student Loan Foundation; creates a nonprofit corporation know as the Student Loan Foundation to improve educational...
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Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Evaluating Athletic Coaches
S.B. 535
Requires local and regional boards of education that employ athletic coaches to require the coaches' immediate supervisor to evaluate them o...
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Curriculum--International Education |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | International Studies Programs
H.B. 5577
Encourages international studies programs; encourages the development of international education opportunities and programs; requires the Co...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | School Construction Funding and Graduation Dates
S.B. 343
Provides that if a town, whose school district is the priority district with the largest student enrollment, uses federal funds to finance s...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Scholarship Contributions
H.B. 5499
Concerning the deadline for depositing political contributions and authorizes town committees to contribute to scholarships. http://www.cga....
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Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec. | Teacher Education Programs
H.B. 5507
Concerning teacher education programs at institutions of higher education; requires teacher training programs to include literacy training. ...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Teachers Licensure Reciprocity and National Certification
S.B. 536
Concerning national board certification; allows nationally board certified teachers with certain teaching experience in another state and th...
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Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Teachers Evaluations
S.B. 533
Concerning teachers' evaluations; makes the failure to follow the procedures of evaluation programs subject to the grievance procedure in co...
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Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Education Technology Programs & Technology Infrastructure
S.B. 531
Concerning education technology programs; requires schools to consider wireless technology in planning school construction projects and to t...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Student Textbook Purchasing Policies
S.B. 461
Requires the Commissioner of Higher Education to examine ways to maximize the combined purchasing power of the constituent units of the stat...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | School Readiness Staff Qualifications
H.B. 5428
Concerning school readiness staff qualifications; eases staff shortages without diminishing the quality of individuals employed for school r...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
Postsec. | Authorization of Bonds
S.B. 30
Concerns an authorization of bonds of the state for higher education capital improvements and other purposes; implements the Governors budge...
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Finance |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Special Education Funding and Evaluation or Consent; Regional Education Center Funding
H.B. 6806
Concerns the general budget and revenue implementation; makes provisions regarding funding for children requiring special education; amends ...
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Health |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Medical Care for Students
H.B. 5931
Allows certain school staff members to use an automatic prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment used to deliv...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | After School Programs
H.B. 5723
Establishes a state "after-school committee" to make recommendations on a state-wide after school system through enhanced agency coordinatio...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Reemployment of Retired Teachers
H.B. 6696
Concerns the reemployment of retired teachers; purchases additional credited service in the Teachers' Retirement System, the excess earning ...
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Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Adult Education
S.B. 966
Defines an adult as a person who is not enrolled in a public school program, eliminates the requirement that local or regional board of educ...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Adult Education and Workforce Development
H.B. 6634
Establishes a pilot program to expand adult education opportunities for incumbent workers (individuals who are employed in this state, but w...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | No Child Left Behind Act
S.B. 1155
Requires testing in compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act; states an elementary teaching endorsement is valid for kindergarten to gra...
| More... |
Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Student Assessment
S.B. 1093 § 1
Revises statutes to allow student scores on grade 10 mastery exams to be added to the student's permanent record and transcipt for a student...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Special Education Services
H.B. 6391
Acknowledges and address special education needs of children in the juvenile justice system. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/asp/cgabillstatus/cg...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Funding to Promote Children's Well-being
S.B. 886
Requires the State Prevention Council to determine long-term goals, strategies and outcome measures to promote the health and well being of ...
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Business Involvement |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Donation Of Teaching Services By Private Sector
H.B. 5841
Permits the donation of teaching services by private sector specialists in workforce shortage areas identified by the Labor Commissioner and...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Student Voter Registration
S.B. 646
Establishes an official state-wide student voter registration drive; encourages students to learn about civics and participate in the democr...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Service by Students as Poll Workers
S.B. 647
Encourages student to participate in the election process by serving as poll workers. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2003/act/Pa/2003PA-00108-R0...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Teacher Certification
S.B. 1093 § 2
Requires teachers to achieve a satisfactory evaluation on a professional knowledge clinical assessment no later than the end of the second y...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Regional Educational Service Centers
S.B. 1093 § 3
Allows the department of education to fund (within available appropriations) in cooperation with one or more regional educational service ce...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
Postsec. | Student Members of The Armed Forces
H.B. 6199
Concerns student members of the armed forces called to active duty during a semester and college course fees; ensures that members of the ar...
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Health |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Immunization
H.B. 6373
Allows institutions of higher education to save resources currently used to collect information that has already been collected by Connectic...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 | Paraprofessional Pay
H.B. 5289
Allows school districts to pay paraprofessional on a year round basis; defines paraprofessional as an employee of a local or regional board ...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Repealed 09/2002 |
P-12 | Low-Performing Schools List
C.G.S. 10-223 b-c
In 1999, the State Board of Education prepared a list of elementary and middle schools, by school district, that are in need of improvement ...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 09/2002 |
P-12 | State Expenditures (various sections)
H.B. 6004 (Special Session Act No. 02-7)
Amends the provisions concerning the exemptions of limited English proficient special education students from participation in the state mas...
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Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
Signed into law 09/2002 |
P-12 | State Expenditures (various sections)
H.B. 6004 (Special Session Act No. 02-7
Requires interdistrict magnet schools that begin operations after July 1, 2005 to limit the percentage of students from one district that en...
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No Child Left Behind |
Signed into law 09/2002 |
P-12 | State Expenditures (various sections)
H.B. 6004 (Special Session Act No. 02-7)
Requires the Commissioner of Education to prepare a state-wide education accountability plan in conformance with the federal No Child Left B...
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No Child Left Behind |
Active 07/2002 |
P-12 | 2002 Consolidated Plan
N/A
2002 Consolidated Plan (revised 7/19/02): http://www.state.ct.us/sde/whatsnew/eseafa02v2.doc...
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Parent/Family |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | An act concerning educational support orders
HB 5088
This bill permits judges and family support magistrates to order divorcing parents and fathers subject to paternity orders to support their ...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
Postsec. | A bill concerning smoking in university dormitories
HB 5290
This bill prohibits smoking in any dormitory room in a public college or university. Current law specifically exempts such dorm rooms from t...
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Assessment |
Passed 06/2002 |
P-12 | English Language Assessment
N/A
The Board, pursuant to Section 10-17f of the Connecticut General Statutes and the requirements of the No Child Left Behind
legislation, appr...
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Civic Education |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Bullying and Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance
H.B. 5425
Requires local and regional boards to establish policies addressing bullying in the schools. Policies must include components set out in leg...
| More... |
Finance |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | United We Stand Tuition and Fee Waivers
S.B. 102
Requires the issuance of United We Stand commemorative number plates, most funds from which are to go to the commemorative account. Establis...
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Middle School |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Gear Up for CT Futures Account
H.B. 5498
Allows the Board of Governors of Higher Education to establish and administer within the general fund a GEAR Up for Connecticut futures acco...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Sexual Harassment by Coach
H.B. 5722
Establishes as sexual assault in the second degree any incidence of sexual intercourse between a coach or a person who provides intensive, o...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Credited Service of Substitutes and Half-Time Teachers
S.B. 635
Lowers threshold from 20 to 18 days substitute or half days or less of service that are to equal one month of credited service for purposes ...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Colocation of Family Resource Centers and School-Based Health Clinics
H.B. 5179
Mandates that the Commissioner of Education and Public Health create plan for the colocation where possible of family resource centers and s...
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Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Sexual Abuse of Minors and Child Abuse and Teacher Records
H.B. 5680
Lengthens statutes of limitations in cases of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or sexual assault of a minor to 30 years from date of victim...
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Students |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Employment of 15-Year-Olds
H.B. 5062
Extends to 2007 the expiration date of the law allowing fifteen-year-old minors to work in mercantile establishments such as supermarkets an...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12 | Equitable wages for early childhood education professionals
H.B. 6931
Concerns education and equitable wages for early childhood education professionals; increases the number of highly qualified early childhood...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Taking the State Test in the Junior year instead of the Sophomore Year
S.B. 1175
Changes the academic year that students take the Connecticut Academic Performance Test from the sophomore to the junior year....
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Assessment--Accommodations |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Change in Exemptions for limited-English-proficient students
H.B. 6751
Limits the exemptions from the Connecticut Master Test and the Connecticut Academic Performance Test for limited-English-proficient students...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. | Meningitis Vaccinations of College Students
H.B. 5675
Requires meningitis vaccinations of college students living in on-campus housing....
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Development of an Articulation Agreement
S.B. 1366
Encourages the development of an articulation agreement between the constituent units of the state system of higher education and independen...
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Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Underperforming Schools - Assistance and Incentives
H.B. 5737
Concerns underperforming schools; provides grants for boards of education with schools in need of improvement; provides for partnerships wit...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | High School Grant Program for Math, Science & Computers
H.B. 5231
Provides that the Department of Education shall establish a competitive grant program for high school projects that involve one or more of t...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Teacher and Administrator Certification Restrictions for Felons
H.B. 5317
Bars State Board of Education from issuing a teacher or administrator license to anyone convicted of certain felonies for 5 years after serv...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
Postsec. | Local Scholarships for Postsecondary Education
H.B. 5664
Allows towns to establish local scholarship funds for financial assistance for postsecondary education for residents; provides for a check-o...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Awarding High School Diplomas to Wartime Veterans
S.B. 154
00-124., Allows local and regional boards of education to award high school diplomas to wartime veterans who did not earn their diplomas bec...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Compulsory Attendance - Age 18
H.B. 5276
Starting July 1, 2001, this act requires students to stay in school until age 18, instead of age 16, unless their parents consent to their l...
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High School |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | High School Civics Graduation Requirement
H.B. 5274
Requires one half credit in civics as part of the 3 credit social studies requirement for high school graduation....
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Surrogate Parents
H.B. 5316
Expands responsibilities of surrogate parents appointed by Education Commissioner to represent children who may require special education in...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Establishes Braille Literacy Advisory Council
H.B. 5531
Establishes a Braille Literacy Advisory Council to review braille literacy and assess availability of services to school children, collect d...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Education and Technology Programs
sHB 5737
The act provides incentives to encourage students to enter high-tech fields, including pilot scholarship and loan reimbursement programs for...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Wage Payment Schedules
H.B. 5157
Allows local and regional boards of education and unions to agree to wage payment schedules that differ from the statutory requirement that ...
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Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Teacher Evaluation
H.B. 5275
Strengthens the relationship between teacher evaluations and the provisions for teacher dismissal for incompetence....
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