Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on March 27, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 6881
AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION STATUTES RELATED TO EDUCATOR COMPENSATION AND PARAEDUCATORS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) exclude mandated trainings from professional development programs for paraeducators, (2) include a paraeducator on professional development and evaluation committees, (3) require the collection of data concerning paraeducators on the state-wide public school information system, (4) require an annual report on paraeducator staffing levels, (5) require paraeducators to review a student's individualized education program with a supervisor, as needed, (6) require the establishment of a grant program to supplement teacher and paraeducator salaries, (7) establish a minimum salary for teachers and paraeducators, (8) require boards of education to (A) offer the Municipal Employee Health Insurance Plan to paraeducators, and (B) pay the employee contribution required under a retirement system for paraeducators, and (9) require the state to pay not less than fifty per cent of the cost to boards of education for providing the Municipal Employee Health Insurance Plan and for paying the employee contribution for retirement benefits.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
26 co-sponsors
Jason Doucette, Robyn A. Porter, Anne M. Hughes, Gary A. Turco Jr., Emmanuel Sanchez, Joshua M. Hall, Maryam Khan, Anthony L. Nolan, Kadeem Roberts, Kai J. Belton, Ronald A. Napoli Jr., Dominique Johnson, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Kate Farrar, Juan R. Candelaria, David Michel, Henry J. Genga, Kevin Brown, Kara Rochelle, Josh Elliott, Aundre Bumgardner, Fred Gee Jr., Jane M. Garibay, Tom Delnicki, Robert Sanchez, Peter A. Tercyak
In the Senate
4 co-sponsors
Its course
March 9 to March 27, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action5 actions on 4 days
In the House of RepresentativesMar 9 to Mar 27 · stopped18 days
Education CommitteeMar 9 to Mar 24 · moved on15 days
Appropriations CommitteeMar 24 to Mar 27 · stopped3 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Mar 9 – Mar 24
- Mar 9Introduced and sent to Education Committee
- Mar 10Heard in Education Committee
- Mar 24Sent to Appropriations Committee
All 5 actions, as published
- Mar 9REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 10PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 24Change of ReferenceBoth houses
- Mar 27CHG. REF., HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
- Mar 27CHG. REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate