Connecticut HB 5218: AN ACT AUTHORIZING HUNTERS TO UTILIZE FIREARMS FITTED WITH SOUND SUPPRESSORS.

Bill Text

LCO No. 1536 1 of 7

General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5218
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1536

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION

Introduced by:
(ED)

AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsections (c) to (e), inclusive, of section 10-151 of the 1
general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 3
(c) The contract of employment of a teacher who has not attained 4
tenure may be terminated at any time for any of the reasons enumerated 5
in subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, of subsection (d) of this section. [; 6
otherwise] The standard of review for all such reasons shall be just 7
cause. Otherwise the contract of such teacher shall be continued into the 8
next school year unless such teacher receives written notice by May first 9
in one school year that such contract will not be renewed for the 10
following year. Upon the teacher's written request, not later than three 11
calendar days after such teacher receives such notice of nonrenewal or 12
termination, a notice of nonrenewal or termination shall be 13
supplemented not later than four calendar days after receipt of the 14
request by a statement of the reason or reasons for such nonrenewal or 15
termination. Such teacher, upon written request filed with the board of 16

Raised Bill No. 5218

LCO No. 1536 2 of 7

education not later than ten calendar days after the receipt of notice of 17
[termination, or] nonrenewal or termination shall be entitled to a 18
hearing, except as provided in this subsection, (1) before the board, or 19
(2) if indicated in such request and if designated by the board, before an 20
impartial hearing officer chosen by the teacher and the superintendent 21
in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this section. Such 22
hearing shall commence not later than fifteen calendar days after receipt 23
of such request unless the parties mutually agree to an extension not to 24
exceed fifteen calendar days. The impartial hearing officer or a 25
subcommittee of the board of education, if the board of education 26
designates a subcommittee of three or more board members to conduct 27
hearings, shall submit written findings and recommendations to the 28
board for final disposition. The teacher shall have the right to appear 29
with counsel of the teacher's choice at the hearing. A teacher who has 30
not attained tenure shall not be entitled to a hearing concerning 31
nonrenewal if the reason for such nonrenewal is either elimination of 32
position or loss of position to another teacher. [The board of education 33
shall rescind a nonrenewal decision only if the board finds such decision 34
to be arbitrary and capricious.] Any such teacher whose contract is 35
terminated for the reasons enumerated in subdivisions (3) and (4) of 36
subsection (d) of this section shall have the right to appeal in accordance 37
with the provisions of subsection (e) of this section. 38
(d) The contract of employment of a teacher who has attained tenure 39
shall be continued from school year to school year, except that it may be 40
terminated at any time for one or more of the following reasons: (1) 41
Inefficiency, incompetence or ineffectiveness, provided [, if a teacher is 42
notified on or after July 1, 2014, that termination is under consideration 43
due to incompetence or ineffectiveness, the] any determination of 44
incompetence or ineffectiveness is based on evaluation of the teacher 45
using teacher evaluation guidelines established pursuant to section 10-46
151b; (2) insubordination against reasonable rules of the board of 47
education; (3) moral misconduct; (4) disability, as shown by competent 48
medical evidence; (5) elimination of the position to which the teacher 49

Raised Bill No. 5218

LCO No. 1536 3 of 7

was appointed or loss of a position to another teacher, if no other 50
position exists to which such teacher may be appointed if qualified, 51
provided such teacher, if qualified, shall be appointed to a position held 52
by a teacher who has not attained tenure, and provided further that 53
determination of the individual contract or contracts of employment to 54
be terminated shall be made in accordance with either (A) a provision 55
for a layoff procedure agreed upon by the board of education and the 56
exclusive employees' representative organization, or (B) in the absence 57
of such agreement, a written policy of the board of education; or (6) 58
other due and sufficient [cause] reasons. The standard of review for all 59
such reasons shall be just cause. Nothing in this section or in any other 60
section of the general statutes or of any special act shall preclude a board 61
of education from making an agreement with an exclusive bargaining 62
representative which contains a recall provision. Prior to terminating a 63
contract, the superintendent shall give the teacher concerned