Connecticut General Statutes/Title 10/Chapter 166/Section 10-156ff

CGS § 10-156ff. Strategies and utilization of resources for the hiring and employment of diverse teachers and administrators.

For the school year commencing July 1, 2020, and each school year thereafter, the Increasing Educator Diversity Policy Oversight Council, established pursuant to section 10-156bb, in consultation with the Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce, established pursuant to section 10-156aa, shall develop and implement strategies and utilize existing resources to ensure that at least two hundred fifty new diverse teachers and administrators, of which at least thirty per cent are men, are hired and employed by local and regional boards of education each year in the state. As used in this section, “diverse” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-156bb.

Short History

(P.A. 19-74, S. 1; P.A. 22-80, S. 21; P.A. 23-167, S. 14.)

Long History

History: P.A. 19-74 effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 22-80 replaced “minority teacher recruitment task force” with “Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce”, effective May 24, 2022; P.A. 23-167 replaced “Minority Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council” with “Increasing Educator Diversity Policy Oversight Council”, replaced “minority teachers” with “diverse teachers” and replaced definition of “minority” with “diverse”, effective July 1, 2023.

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