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2024 Regular Session

House Bill 5348

AN ACT CONCERNING PARAEDUCATORS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on March 25, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) specify the duties and qualifications of paraeducators, (2) change references to "paraprofessional" to "paraeducator", (3) require the Department of Economic and Community Development to distribute ARPA funds allocated to the department for paraeducator professional development, (4) extend the health savings account subsidy program to the next fiscal year, (5) require the Comptroller to (A) establish a premium subsidy program for paraeducators who are covered by a health benefit plan that is not a high deductible health plan, and (B) conduct a cost-benefit analysis of boards of education providing coverage through a partnership plan, (6) establish a minimum salary for paraeducators, (7) require the Office of Policy and Management to pay the difference between the current and required minimum salary for paraeducators, and (8) repeal a program to provide a stipend to paraeducators to purchase a qualified health plan through the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange.

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

13 co-sponsors

Susan M. Johnson, Kadeem Roberts, Josh Elliott, Robyn A. Porter, Henry J. Genga, Juan R. Candelaria, Jason Doucette, Jaime S. Foster, Anthony L. Nolan, Frank Smith, Christopher Poulos, Bobby G. Gibson Jr., Robin E. Comey

In the Senate

    3 co-sponsors

    Jan Hochadel, Gary A. Winfield, MD Rahman

    Its course

    February 29 to March 25, 2024, 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 action7 actions on 5 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 29 to Mar 25 · stopped25 days

    Education CommitteeFeb 29 to Mar 2020 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMar 20 to Mar 25 · stopped5 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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    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 Feb 29 – Mar 20

    1. Feb 29Introduced and sent to Education Committee
    2. Mar 1Heard in Education Committee
    3. Mar 20Education Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Appropriations Committee
    All 7 actions, as published
    1. Feb 29REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 1PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 20Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    4. Mar 22FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 25RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    6. Mar 25FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
    7. Mar 25FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate