Connecticut 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 153 — AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND CAREER SYSTEM.

Last action — FILE NO. 548

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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No.
Senate General Assembly File No.
153 February Session, 2024 LCO No.
548 February Session, 2024 Substitute Senate Bill No.
1012 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by:
153 Senate, April 18, 2024 The Committee on Appropriations reported through SEN.
(ED) AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND CAREER SYSTEM.
OSTEN of the 19th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill ought to pass.
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND CAREER SYSTEM.
As part of the evaluation, the board shall consider geographic differences that may LCO No.
As part of the sSB153 / File No.
1012 1 of 6 Raised Bill No.153 make a trade program feasible at one school and not another and whether certain combinations of program offerings shall be required.
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548 evaluation, the board shall consider geographic differences that may make a trade program feasible at one school and not another and whether certain combinations of program offerings shall be required.
Any indemnification under this section shall be solely for any damages caused as a result of the use of such tangible property, provided there shall be no indemnification for any liability resulting from (1) intentional or wilful misconduct by the person providing such tangible property to [the department or] the Technical Education and Career LCO No.
Any indemnification under this section shall be solely for any damages caused as a result of the use of such tangible property, provided there shall be no indemnification for any liability resulting from (1) intentional or wilful misconduct by the person providing such tangible sSB153 / File No.
1012 2 of 6 Raised Bill No.153 System, or (2) hidden defects in such tangible property that are known to and not disclosed by the person providing such tangible property to [the department or] the Technical Education and Career System at the time the gift is made.
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548 property to [the department or] the Technical Education and Career System, or (2) hidden defects in such tangible property that are known to and not disclosed by the person providing such tangible property to [the department or] the Technical Education and Career System at the time the gift is made.
Section 10-66p of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4-98, 4-212 to 4-219, inclusive, 4a-51 and 4a-57, the Commissioner of Education may allocate funds to allow regional educational service centers and state education organizations to provide professional development services, technical assistance and evaluation activities to local and regional boards of education, state charter schools, technical education and career schools, school readiness providers and other educational entities, as determined by the commissioner.
Regional educational service centers and state education organizations shall expend such funds in accordance with procedures and conditions prescribed by the commissioner.
For purposes of this section, state education organizations may include, but not be limited to, organizations or associations representing superintendents, boards of education and elementary and secondary schools.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4-98, 4-212 to 4-219, inclusive, 4a-51 and 4a-57, the executive director of the Technical Education and Career System may allocate funds to allow regional educational service centers to provide professional development services, technical assistance, special education services and evaluation activities to technical education and career schools.
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The Technical Education and Career System shall offer (1) full- time comprehensive secondary education at technical high schools LCO No.
The Technical Education and Career System shall offer (1) full- time comprehensive secondary education at technical high schools located throughout the state, and [may offer] (2) part-time, [and] evening [,] and extracurricular programs in vocational, technical, technological and postsecondary education and training.
1012 3 of 6 Raised Bill No.153 located throughout the state, and [may offer] (2) part-time, [and] evening [,] and extracurricular programs in vocational, technical, technological and postsecondary education and training.
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(1) Provide the professional services necessary to identify, in accordance with section 10-76a, children requiring special education who are enrolled at a technical education and career school;
(1) Provide the sSB153 / File No.
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548 professional services necessary to identify, in accordance with section 10-76a, children requiring special education who are enrolled at a technical education and career school;
(4) provide an appropriate educational program for each such child;
(4) provide an appropriate educational program for each such child, including, but not limited to, transition programs, as defined in section 10-74o;
(b) For each child requiring special education who is enrolled at a technical education and career school, the local or regional board of LCO No.
(b) Where it is deemed appropriate that a child enrolled in a technical education and career school receive special education, the parents or guardian of such child shall have a right to the hearing and appeal process as provided for in section 10-76h.
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(c) Prior to a student's enrollment in a technical education and career school, the local or regional board of education for the town in which such student resides shall convene a planning and placement team meeting, except the planning and placement team meeting for a student who has been educated in a home shall be convened by the Technical Education and Career System.
153 education for the town in which such child resides shall provide (1) transition services, as defined in section 10-74o, for such child who has completed all academic and trade requirements at the technical education and career school, (2) placement outside of a technical education and career school as determined by such child's planning and placement team, and (3) transportation in accordance with section 10- 97.
The purpose of such meeting shall be to address such student's transition to such technical education and career school and ensure that such student's individualized education program reflects the current supports and services that such student requiresinorder to accessa free andappropriate public educationin the least restrictive environment.
[(b)] (c) Where it is deemed appropriate that a child enrolled in a technical education and career school receive special education, the parents or guardian of such child shall have a right to the hearing and appeal process as provided for in section 10-76h.
[(c)] (d) Prior to a student's enrollment in a technical education and career school, the local or regional board of education for the town in which such student resides shall convene a planning and placement team meeting, except the planning and placement team meeting for a student who has been educated in a home shall be convened by the Technical Education and Career System.
The purpose of such meeting shall be to address such student's transition to such technical education and career school and ensure that such student's individualized education program reflects the current supports and services that such student requires in order to access a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment.
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6 July 1, 2024 10-76q ED Joint Favorable Subst.
153 Statement of Purpose:
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To (1) update references to obsolete committees to "program advisory committee", (2) remove an obsolete reference to the Department of Education, (3) allow allocation of funds for regional educational service centers to provide certain services, and (4) detail the programs offered by, and the special education duties of, the Technical Education and Career System.
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Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] LCO No.
548 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.
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In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.
Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.
OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:
None Municipal Impact:
None Explanation The bill makes various procedural and technical changes that have no fiscal impact.
The Out Years State Impact:
None Municipal Impact:
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548 OLR Bill Analysis sSB 153 AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND CAREER SYSTEM.
SUMMARY This bill makes several changes affecting the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS), including the services it must provide students who need special education.
Existing law requires CTECS to, among other things, provide an appropriate educational program for each child requiring special education.
The bill explicitly requires CTECS to provide transition services as part of this requirement (i.e., services facilitating the student’s transition from school to postsecondary activities such as postsecondary education and training, employment, or independent living) (§ 6).
The bill also requires CTECS (rather than the local or regional board of education) to convene a planning and placement team meeting for home-schooledspecialeducationstudentsbeforetheyenrollina CTECS school.
As under existing law, the meeting must address the student’s transition to a CTECS school and ensure that his or her individualized education program (IEP) reflects the current supports and services he or she requires (§ 6).
The bill also makes several changes to conform the law to current practice.
It requires, rather than allows, CTECS to offer part-time and evening programs and requires it to offer extracurricular programs in vocational, technical, technological, and postsecondary education and training.
The bill also requires that students admitted to a CTECS postsecondary education program without a high school diploma have completed the school year in which they turn 22 (rather than be age 21 or older) (§§ 4 & 5).
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548 Additionally, the bill removes obsolete references to conform the law to CTECS’s establishment as an independent state agency.
Specifically, it removes references to the (1) State Department of Education (SDE) in a statute requiring CTECS to indemnify certain donors of tangible property and (2) effective date of the 2017 legislation that established CTECS (§§ 3 & 5).
Lastly, the bill makes other technical and conforming changes (§§ 1 & 2).
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Upon passage, except that the provisions on transition services, SDE reference, and other technical and conforming changes are effective July 1, 2024.
COMMITTEE ACTION Education Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference - APP Yea 45 Nay 0 (03/06/2024) Appropriations Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Yea 52 Nay 0 (04/04/2024) sSB153 / File No.
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Action History

  1. FILE NO. 548

  2. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 322

  3. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  4. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  5. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/17/24

  6. FILED WITH LCO

  7. Joint Favorable Substitute

  8. FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ON Appropriations

  9. FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations

  10. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  11. FILED WITH LCO

  12. Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference APP

  13. PUBLIC HEARING 0221

  14. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education

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