Bill > SB01199

This bill aims to: 1. Establish an educator apprenticeship initiative to enable students in educator preparation programs to gain classroom teaching experience while working towards becoming certified teachers. 2. Require local and regional school boards to develop and implement "increasing educator diversity plans" to increase the diversity of their educator workforce, with oversight and approval from the Commissioner of Education. 3. Expand the Aspiring Educators Diversity Scholarship Program, including increasing the annual scholarship amount and adding a service requirement where recipients must teach in Connecticut public schools for a period of time after graduation. 4. Establish an Increasing Educator Diversity Policy Oversight Council to advise the Commissioner of Education on strategies to encourage and recruit diverse students into teaching careers. 5. Require clinical, field, or student teaching experiences in more diverse school districts as part of teacher preparation programs. 6. Create an adjunct professor permit to allow part-time instructors from higher education institutions to teach in public high schools. 7. Expand the required content of the model curriculum for grades K-8 to include topics like cursive writing, world languages, and diverse studies. 8. Allow high school graduation credit for completion of learner engagement and attendance programs or other credit recovery programs. The overall goal of the bill is to increase the diversity of Connecticut's educator workforce and provide more opportunities and support for diverse students to enter and succeed in teaching careers.

Budget and Finance, Education

Education Committee (Joint)

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