(a) There is established a Performance Evaluation Advisory Council within the Department of Education. Membership of the council shall consist of: (1) The Commissioner of Education and the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, or their designees, (2) one representative from each of the following associations, designated by the association, the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, the Connecticut Federation of School Administrators, the Connecticut Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers-Connecticut, the Connecticut Association of School Administrators and the Connecticut Association of Schools, (3) a representative from the Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce, established pursuant to section 10-156aa, designated by the chairpersons of said task force, and (4) persons selected by the Commissioner of Education who shall include, but need not be limited to, teachers, persons with expertise in performance evaluation processes and systems, and any other person the commissioner deems appropriate.
(b) The council shall be responsible for (1) assisting the State Board of Education in the development of (A) guidelines for a model teacher evaluation and support program, and (B) a model teacher evaluation and support program, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-151b, (2) the data collection and evaluation support system, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-10a, and (3) assisting the State Board of Education in the development of a teacher evaluation and support program implementation plan, pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10-151b. The council shall meet at least quarterly. The council shall collaborate with the Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce, established pursuant to section 10-156aa, to focus on issues concerning equity and closing the achievement gap, as defined in section 10-14u.
(c) On and after July 1, 2018, the council shall, in collaboration with the minority teacher recruitment task force, incorporate into the work of the council strategies and a framework for educators to be effective in closing the achievement gap and in increasing educational opportunities.
(P.A. 10-111, S. 5; P.A. 11-28, S. 12; 11-48, S. 285; P.A. 13-245, S. 3; P.A. 16-15, S. 19; P.A. 17-68, S. 17; 17-173, S. 15; P.A. 18-34, S. 3; 18-139, S. 4; P.A. 22-80. S. 18.)
History: P.A. 10-111 effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-28 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 3, 2011; pursuant to 11-48, “Commissioner of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” in Subsec. (a)(1), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-245 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “and implementation of the” with “of”, designating existing provision re teacher evaluation guidelines as Subpara. (A) and adding Subpara. (B) re model teacher evaluation and support program in Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (3) re teacher evaluation and support program implementation plan and made conforming changes, effective July 2, 2013; P.A. 16-15 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” with “president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-68 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding “and the Connecticut Association of School Administrators” and making a conforming change, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 17-173 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding “and the Connecticut Association of Schools”, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 18-34 amended Subsec. (a) by adding new Subdiv. (3) re representative from minority teacher recruitment task force designated by chairpersons of task force and redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4), amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re council shall collaborate with minority teacher recruitment task force to focus on issues concerning equity and closing achievement gap, and added Subsec. (c) re strategies and framework for educators to be effective in closing achievement gap and increasing educational opportunities, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 18-139 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective June 11, 2018; P.A. 22-80 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by replacing references to the minority teacher recruitment task force with references to Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce and making conforming changes, effective May 24, 2022.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents
Section 10-144o. - Definitions.
Section 10-145a. (Formerly Sec. 10-146). - Specific components of teacher preparation programs.
Section 10-145b. - Teaching certificates.
Section 10-145c. - Election of persons certified provisionally before July 1, 1974.
Section 10-145e. - Certification for occupational subjects.
Section 10-145f. - Testing for prospective teachers.
Section 10-145g. - Regulations.
Section 10-145h. - Requirements for certification as a bilingual education teacher.
Section 10-145j. - Employment of national corps of teachers' training program graduates.
Section 10-145k. - Issuance of international teacher permit.
Section 10-145l. - Waiver from subject area major requirements for certain teachers.
Section 10-145m. - Resident teacher certificate.
Section 10-145n. - Issuance of adjunct instructor permit.
Section 10-145q. - Issuance of charter school educator permit.
Section 10-145r. - Survey on reading instruction.
Section 10-145s. - Distinguished educator designation.
Section 10-145y. - Issuance of career and technical pathways instructor permit.
Section 10-146a. - Advisory board on state certification of teachers.
Section 10-146f. - Waiver of certification requirements for bilingual teachers.
Section 10-146g. - Teachers of specialized courses.
Section 10-146h. - Report re quality of teacher preparation programs.
Section 10-146i. - Military spouse teacher permit.
Section 10-147 and 10-148. - Kindergarten certificates. Teacher to have certificate.
Section 10-148a. - Professional development for certified employees.
Section 10-148d. - Professional development for paraeducators.
Section 10-149. - Qualifications for athletic coaches of intramural and interscholastic athletics.
Section 10-149d. - Athletic directors. Definitions. Qualifications and hiring. Duties.
Section 10-149f. - Sudden cardiac arrest awareness education program. Consent form.
Section 10-149h. - Exertional heat illness awareness education program.
Section 10-150 and 10-150a. - School registers.
Section 10-151a. - Access of teacher to supervisory records and reports in personnel file.
Section 10-151c. - Nondisclosure of records of teacher performance and evaluation. Exceptions.
Section 10-151d. - Performance Evaluation Advisory Council. Responsibilities.
Section 10-151f. - Teacher evaluation and support pilot program.
Section 10-151g. - Neag School of Education study of teacher evaluation and support pilot program.
Section 10-151i. - Audits of teacher evaluation and support programs.
Section 10-152. - Discrimination in salaries of teachers.
Section 10-153b. - Selection of teachers' representatives.
Section 10-153c. - Disputes as to elections.
Section 10-153f. - Mediation and arbitration of disagreements.
Section 10-153h. - Appropriation.
Section 10-153i. - Designation of statutory agent for service of process.
Section 10-153j. - The making of service of process, notice or demand.
Section 10-153o. - Review of performance of arbitration panel members.
Section 10-153t. - Turnaround plan referees.
Section 10-154. - Homes and transportation for teachers.
Section 10-155. - Emergency teacher training program.
Section 10-155cc. - Definitions.
Section 10-155f. - Residency requirement prohibited.
Section 10-155g. - Educational Excellence Trust Fund.
Section 10-155i. - Pilot program to assist paraprofessionals.
Section 10-155j. - Development of paraprofessionals.
Section 10-155k. - School Paraeducator Advisory Council.
Section 10-155l. - Minority teacher recruitment.
Section 10-155m. - Promotion of teaching profession as career option to high school students.
Section 10-156a. - Duty-free lunch period.
Section 10-156aa. - Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce.
Section 10-156bb. - Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council.
Section 10-156c. - Military leave.
Section 10-156cc. - Report re effectiveness of minority teacher recruitment programs.
Section 10-156d. - Reemployment after military leave.
Section 10-156dd. - Student survey re minority teacher recruitment programs.
Section 10-156ee. - Duties re minority teacher recruitment.
Section 10-156gg. - Minority candidate certification, retention or residency year program.
Section 10-156ii. - Minority teacher candidate scholarship program.
Section 10-157a. - Superintendent for more than one town.
Section 10-158. - Superintendent for more than one town. Supervision districts.