Employee Wellness Domain
Employee Wellness Domain
State Legislation (2020 - 2026)
2026
- Public Act No. 26-1
- Directs SERC to provide professional development, technical assistance, evaluation, and policy support to education entities.
- Public Act No. 26-15
- Allows DOE funds to support curriculum development, teacher professional development, and district capacity for computer science education.
- Public Act No. 26-12
- Expands assault-related workers’ compensation protections for teachers, board of education members, and education employees.
- Requires the Commissioner of Education to establish an educator externship pilot program with private-sector employers.
- Maintains the School Paraeducator Advisory Council to advise DOE on paraeducator training, staffing, and professional needs.
2025
- Public Act No. 25-168
- Public Act No. 25-93
- Requires Access Health CT to study and establish a health insurance subsidy program for early care and education employees.
2024
- Public Act No. 24-45
- Requires SDE to administer a grant program to retain additional school health personnel. Requires The Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce to conduct a study to evaluate the implementation of and analyze the effectiveness of existing minority teacher recruitment and retention programs and analyze any other issue relating to the recruitment or retention of minority teachers. Advisory council will also provide analysis and recommendations concerning the imposition of new mandates regarding educator professional development and in-service training with an aim to repeal duplicative training mandates included in the in-service training requirements for educators.
- Public Act Summary
2023
- Public Act No. 23-159
- Requires school boards to conduct exit surveys of teachers voluntarily leaving employment and to add teacher attrition rates to their strategic school profile reports. Maintains a teacher’s tenure and accumulated sick leave if a new regional school district is formed.
- Public Act Summary
- Public Act No. 23-167
- Requires each school board to submit their increasing educator diversity plan to the education commissioner by March 15, 2024, and to implement the approved plan beginning with the 2024-25 school year.
- Public Act Summary
2022
- Public Act No. 22-80
- Renames the minority teacher recruitment task force and requires it to study existing recruitment and retention programs. Creates a minimum 30-minute uninterrupted lunch period for teachers and other professional employees of school districts. Creates a teacher shortage and retention task force to make recommendations that address teacher attrition and retention, and issues relating to equity and diversity.
- Public Act Summary
State Programs
All State Programs
- Increasing Educator Diversity (Retention Plan)
- Initiatives mandated by SDE that require school boards to create plans on how they will increase the diversity of educators in their school districts. Importantly, they are not solely focused on hiring but also retention.
- Professional Development and Evaluation Committees (PDECs)
- PDECs help develop a district’s evaluation and support plan and the district’s professional learning plan. The Self-Reflection resource in the Work Flow Plan provides guidance for districts to consider effective PDEC practices.
- Staff Appreciation Digital Backpack Program
- Offers staff members discounts for various businesses in Connecticut.
- Teacher Education and Mentoring (TEAM) Program
- Pairs every new classroom teacher with a trained mentor who provides support to the beginning teacher through the first years in the classroom.
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