Connecticut Senate Bill 381

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Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Introduced on March 7 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-22 - File Number 572
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

To (1) establish a minimum starting annual salary for teacher; (2) provide a state subsidy to school districts to cover the cost of implementing the new minimum starting salary for teachers; (3) provide COVID-19 recognition payments to teachers who were providing instruction during the pandemic; (4) include a certified teacher on the Governor's Workforce Council; (5) amend the charge of the Connecticut Advisory Council for Teacher Professional Standards; (6) make revisions to the process by which retired teachers are elected to the Teachers' Retirement Board; (7) add a just cause standard and require a neutral hearing officer in teacher contract termination hearings; (8) require a single arbitrator for arbitration hearings; and (9) provide teachers with some discretion in their responsibility as mandated reporters.

An Act Concerning Revisions To The Mandated Reporter Requirements.

House Education Committee

2024-04-04 - Joint - APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-03-20 - Joint - ED Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference) (Y: 28 N: 13 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-22	Senate	File Number 572
2024-04-22	Senate	Senate Calendar Number 351
2024-04-22	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2024-04-22	Senate	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2024-04-15	Senate	Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/24 12:00 PM
2024-04-05	Senate	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2024-04-04	Senate	Joint Favorable Substitute
2024-03-25	Senate	Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations
2024-03-25	Senate	Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Appropriations
2024-03-25	Senate	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2024-03-22	Senate	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2024-03-20	Senate	Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference Appropriations
2024-03-08	Senate	Public Hearing 03/13
2024-03-07	Senate	Referred to Joint Committee on Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB00381&which_year=2024
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00381-R00-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00381-R01-SB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00381-R02-SB.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FN/PDF/2024SB-00381-R000572-FN.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/BA/PDF/2024SB-00381-R000572-BA.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TS/S/PDF/2024SB-00381-R00ED-CV20-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TS/S/PDF/2024SB-00381-R00APP-CV17-TS.PDF