Connecticut § 10-155m - Promotion of teaching profession as career option to high school students.

§ 10-155m. Promotion of teaching profession as career option to high school students.

Sec. 10-155m. Promotion of teaching profession as career option to high school students. (a) The Commissioner of Education, the chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities and the dean of the Neag School of Education at The University of Connecticut shall jointly develop a plan to assist local and regional boards of education in promoting the teaching profession as a career option to students in high school. Such plan shall include, but need not be limited to, a means for local and regional boards of education to develop partnerships with educator preparation programs in the state, and the creation of counseling programs directed to high school students in order to inform them about and recruit them to the teaching profession.

(b) Not later than September 1, 2021, the Department of Education shall distribute to local and regional boards of education information that promotes the teaching profession, including materials relating to educator preparation programs and alternative route to certification programs offered in the state, for school counselors and students. The department shall also make such information available on its Internet web site.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 380; P.A. 24-22, S. 19.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 24-22 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities” with “chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities”, effective July 1, 2024.

Secs. 10-155n to 10-155q. Teacher career incentive programs. Applications for grants; selection criteria. Project evaluations; statement of expenditures. Grant program administration. Sections 10-155n to 10-155q, inclusive, are repealed.

(P.A. 85-405, S. 1–5; P.A. 86-333, S. 18–20, 32; P.A. 90-324, S. 12, 13.)

Secs. 10-155r and 10-155s. Reserved for future use.

Secs. 10-155t to 10-155bb. Advisory commission on career incentives and teacher evaluation. Election to participate in programs; appointment of panels. Local teacher evaluation plans. Presentation of plans. Grants for developing evaluation plans. Local career incentive plans. Grants for developing career incentive plans. Grants for approval of evaluation and career incentive plans; distribution of proceeds. Teacher Career Incentive Fund; grants for approval of evaluation and career incentive plans; distribution of proceeds. Sections 10-155t to 10-155bb, inclusive, are repealed.

(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 86-1, S. 11–19, 58; P.A. 87-2, S. 14, 18, 21; P.A. 90-324, S. 12, 13.)