Sec. 10-144e. Advisory Council for School Administrator Professional Standards.
Sec. 10-144e. Advisory Council for School Administrator Professional Standards. (a) For purposes of this section "administrator" means a certified professional
employee who is employed by a local or regional board of education (1) in a position
requiring an administrator, and (2) whose administrative or supervisory duties equal
more than fifty per cent of the assigned time of such employee.
(b) There is established the Connecticut Advisory Council for School Administrator
Professional Standards. The council shall be composed of seventeen members appointed
as follows: The Governor shall appoint one member who shall represent business and
industry; the State Board of Education shall appoint two members, one of whom shall
be a member of the faculty or administration of a State Board of Education approved
administrator preparation program and one of whom shall represent business and industry; the president pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint one member who shall be a
teacher; the speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member who
shall be a parent of a child attending a public elementary or secondary school; the majority leader of the Senate shall appoint one member who shall be a member of a local or
regional board of education; the majority leader of the House of Representatives shall
appoint one member who shall be a school superintendent; the minority leader of the
Senate shall appoint two members, one of whom shall be a parent of a child attending
a public elementary or secondary school and one of whom shall be a public member;
the minority leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint two members, one of
whom shall be a public member and one of whom shall represent business and industry;
the Connecticut Federation of School Administrators shall appoint three members, two
of whom shall be elementary school administrators and one of whom shall be a secondary
school administrator and the Connecticut Association of Schools shall appoint three
members, two of whom shall be secondary school administrators and one of whom shall
be an elementary school administrator. The members appointed by the Connecticut
Federation of School Administrators and the Connecticut Association of Schools shall
represent different geographical areas of the state. All appointments shall be made and
the names of the persons appointed shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Education
not later than October 1, 1992.
(c) The initial terms for the members appointed by the Governor, the State Board
of Education, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
Representatives and two of the members appointed by the Connecticut Federation of
School Administrators and one of the members appointed by the Connecticut Association of Schools shall terminate on January 15, 1994. The initial terms for all other members shall terminate on January 15, 1995. Terms following the initial terms shall be for
two years.
(d) The Commissioner of Education shall convene the first meeting of the council
not later than November 15, 1992. The council shall establish its procedures and shall
select from its membership a chairperson who shall be a school administrator.
(e) The council shall (1) advise the State Board of Education, the Governor and the
joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating
to education concerning administrator preparation, training, certification, professional
development, assessment and evaluation and professional discipline; (2) review and
comment upon all regulations and other standards concerning the approval of administrator preparation programs and administrator certification; (3) report to the State Board
of Education, the Governor and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly
having cognizance of matters relating to education not later than January 15, 1993,
and annually thereafter, on its activities and recommendations, if any, concerning the
condition of the school administrator profession; and (4) develop a code of professional
responsibility for school administrators not later than September 30, 1993.
(P.A. 92-262, S. 17, 42.)