1. (a) There is established a Performance Evaluation Advisory Council within the Department of Education. Membership of the council shall consist of:

   1. (1) The Commissioner of Education and the chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, or their designees, (2) one representative from each of the following associations, designated by the association, the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, the Connecticut Federation of School Administrators, the Connecticut Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers-Connecticut, the Connecticut Association of School Administrators and the Connecticut Association of Schools, (3) a representative from the Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce, established pursuant to section 10-156aa, designated by the chairpersons of said task force, and (4) persons selected by the Commissioner of Education who shall include, but need not be limited to, teachers, persons with expertise in performance evaluation processes and systems, and any other person the commissioner deems appropriate.
2. (b) The council shall be responsible for (1) assisting the State Board of Education in the development of (A) guidelines for a teacher evaluation and support program, and (B) a model teacher evaluation and support program, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-151b, and (2) the data collection and evaluation support system, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 10-10a. The council shall meet at least quarterly. The council shall collaborate with the Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce, established pursuant to section 10-156aa, to focus on issues concerning equity and closing the achievement gap, as defined in section 10-14u.
3. (c) On and after July 1, 2018, the council shall, in collaboration with the Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce, incorporate into the work of the council strategies and a framework for educators to be effective in closing the achievement gap and in increasing educational opportunities.

(P.A. 10-111, S. 5; P.A. 11-28, S. 12; 11-48, S. 285; P.A. 13-245, S. 3; P.A. 16-15, S. 19; P.A. 17-68, S. 17; 17-173, S. 15; P.A. 18-34, S. 3; 18-139, S. 4; P.A. 22-80. S. 18; P.A. 23-159, S. 24; P.A. 24-22, S. 17.)

History: P.A. 10-111 effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-28 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 3, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Commissioner of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” in Subsec. (a)(1), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-245 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “and implementation of the” with “of”, designating existing provision re teacher evaluation guidelines as Subpara. (A) and adding Subpara. (B) re model teacher evaluation and support program in Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (3) re teacher evaluation and support program implementation plan and made conforming changes, effective July 2, 2013; P.A. 16-15 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing “president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education” with “president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-68 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding “and the Connecticut Association of School Administrators” and making a conforming change, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 17-173 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding “and the Connecticut Association of Schools”, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 18-34 amended Subsec. (a) by adding new Subdiv. (3) re representative from minority teacher recruitment task force designated by chairpersons of task force and redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4), amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re council shall collaborate with minority teacher recruitment task force to focus on issues concerning equity and closing achievement gap, and added Subsec. (c) re strategies and framework for educators to be effective in closing achievement gap and increasing educational opportunities, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 18-139 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), effective June 11, 2018; P.A. 22-80 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by replacing references to the minority teacher recruitment task force with references to Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce and making conforming changes, effective May 24, 2022; P.A. 23-159 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “model” in Subdiv. (1)(A), deleting former Subdiv. (3) re assisting state board in developing teacher evaluation and support program implementation plan and making a conforming change, and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “minority teacher recruitment task force” with “Task Force to Diversify the Educator Workforce”, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 24-22 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing “president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities” with “chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities”, effective July 1, 2024.