Connecticut § 10-145z - Issuance of adjunct professor permit.

§ 10-145z. Issuance of adjunct professor permit.

Sec. 10-145z. Issuance of adjunct professor permit. (a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each school year thereafter, the State Board of Education may issue an adjunct professor permit to any person who is a nontenured and part-time instructor employed by a public or independent institution of higher education in the state. Such permit shall authorize such person to be employed by a local or regional board of education and hold a part-time position of not more than twenty-five classroom instructional hours per week to teach in grades nine to twelve, inclusive, of a public school and provide instruction as part of college and career readiness programming offered by such board, including, but not limited to, an early college experience, advanced placement classes, career and technical education, the International Baccalaureate program, a dual enrollment program, a dual credit program and apprenticeships.

(b) During a period of such employment, a person holding an adjunct professor permit shall be under the supervision of the superintendent of schools or of a principal, administrator or supervisor designated by such superintendent who shall regularly observe, guide and evaluate the performance of assigned duties by such holder of an adjunct professor permit.

(c) Each such adjunct professor permit shall be valid for three years and may be renewed by the Commissioner of Education for good cause upon the request of the superintendent of schools for the district employing such person.

(d) Any local or regional board of education employing a person who holds an adjunct professor permit issued under this section shall provide a program to assist each such person. Such program shall include academic and classroom support service components.

(e) Any person holding an adjunct professor permit pursuant to this section shall become a member of the exclusive bargaining unit for certified employees chosen pursuant to section 10-153b and shall be subject to the same collective bargaining agreement as the members of such exclusive bargaining unit, unless otherwise agreed to by the employing local or regional board of education and such exclusive bargaining unit.

(f) No person holding an adjunct professor permit shall fill a position that will result in the displacement of any person holding a teaching certificate under section 10-145b who is already employed at such school.

(g) Any person holding an adjunct professor permit pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to be eligible for membership in the teachers' retirement system solely by reason of such permit, provided any such person who holds a regular teacher's certificate issued by the State Board of Education shall not be excluded from membership in said system.

(P.A. 23-167, S. 15.)

History: P.A. 23-167 effective July 1, 2023.