2023 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 166 - Teachers and Superintendents
Section 10-156ii. - Minority teacher candidate scholarship program.

(a) There is established a minority teacher candidate scholarship program administered by the Department of Education. The program shall provide an annual scholarship to minority students who (1) graduated from a public high school in a priority school district, as described in section 10-266p, and (2) are enrolled in a teacher preparation program at any four-year institution of higher education. Maximum grants shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars per year. As used in this section, “minority” has the same meaning as provided in section 10-156bb.

(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the department shall, in consultation with the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, develop a policy concerning the administration of the scholarship. Such policy shall include, but need not be limited to, provisions regarding (1) any additional eligibility criteria, (2) payment and distribution of the scholarships, and (3) the notification of students in high school in priority school districts of the scholarship program.

(c) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall award scholarships in accordance with the provisions of this section and the guidelines developed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(d) The department may accept gifts, grants and donations, from any source, public or private, for the minority teacher candidate scholarship program.

(P.A. 22-80, S. 15.)

History: P.A. 22-80 effective July 1, 2022.